Notice of improvement to contain estimate of cost of every item to be expended.
Memphis Charter, art. 53, § 537
in effectSec. 537. - Notice of improvement to contain estimate of cost of every item to be expended.
The notice of the adoption of an ordinance for the improvement of any street, alley or highway shall contain an estimate of the cost of every item to be expended in said improvement, and no item not embraced in said estimate shall be assessed as part of the cost of the improvement, except the 10 percent charge for the general supervision an unitemized expense of the City, which shall in all cases be in such estimate and embraced in said assessment without being itemized or set out in detail. The amount of the estimated cost of any item shall not control or affect the amount to be assessed for said item if the cost thereof shall not exceed by more than 10 percent the amount as estimated. If the bids received for said improvement shall exceed by 10 percent or more the amount estimated for any item it shall be the duty of the legislative body of the municipality to pass a new ordinance for said improvement or abandon same, or in default of such action, to pay the amount expended upon any item in excess of said estimate.
(Priv. Acts 1913, ch. 244, § 5)
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_ART53STIMUNFRFOASLA_S537NOIMCOESCOEVITBEEXFetched: 10/28/2026