Filing of viewers report; engineer to file estimate of cost; elements of cost.
Memphis Charter, art. 54, § 551
in effectSec. 551. - Filing of viewers report; engineer to file estimate of cost; elements of cost.
Said report must be filed with the Comptroller within sixty days from the appointment of said viewers, and within fifteen days after said report is filed, the City Engineer shall file with the Comptroller an estimate which shall set forth the amount to be borne by each particular piece of land, the cost of said improvement in which said estimate shall be included, the following items, to-wit:
The cost of all labor and material necessary to do the improvement contemplated.
The cost of all property to be acquired and all damages to be paid.
The cost of all proper supervision of said work, which may be done by engineers hired for that purpose by the Engineering Department of said municipality; and if said work is done by the Engineering Department of the municipality the cost thereof shall be ascertained by adding to the cost of labor and materials, ten percent of the amount thereof which sum shall be conclusively held to be the entire cost to said municipality of said engineering and of all the costs of collecting and clerical work connected with said improvement; the cost of the viewers in determining damages and the value of the property taken, court costs, and the expense of litigation, and in general, all expenses incurred on account of said improvement.
The cost of abstracts, plans, advertisement, collections and clerical help shall also be charged unless the engineering work is to be done by the municipality, in which event these items shall be embraced in the ten percent above set out.
(Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 426, § 4; Priv. Acts 1937, ch. 123, § 18)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART54STIMUNDIPLNOFRFO_S551FIVIREENFIESCOELCOFetched: 10/28/2026