§ 48-9. Reimbursement for cost of construction and repair.

The town shall be reimbursed for the cost of building, relaying or repairing any sidewalk or curb, when made as provided in § 48-6 of this Article, by the owner or owners of the respective lots and parcels of land in front of which such construction or repair was made, by assessment upon and collection from the lots or parcels of land termed benefited by such construction or repair, so much of the actual and complete cost upon and from each such lot or lots as shall be in just proportion to the amount of benefit which the improvements shall confer upon the same and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other ad valorem town charges.