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2218 LAl1'S OF FLORIDA Section 110. The City Council may adopt a resolution directing, and requiring the owner of any lot, parcel or tract of land front- ing or abutting on any street, avenue, alley or other public way to construct, build or repair a sidewalk, foot pavement, curb or gutter, or either one or more of said improvements thereon, to be built in front of such abutting property, and upon a grade, and of such materials, width and other dimensions and in such man- ner as the City Council shall direct. The said resolution shall fix a time within which the said work shall be done by the owner, and a copy of said resolution shall be served upon such owner or upon the agent of such owner, or if the owner is a non-resident or cannot be found within said City, and has no known agent within the City, a copy of such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in said City, and a copy thereof posted upon said lot, parcel or tract of land; or if no newspaper is published in said City, such posting upon said lot, parcel or tract of land shall be deemed sufficient. If the owner, or owners shall not, within the time fixed in said resolution, build, construct or repair such sidewalk or foot pavement, curb or gutter, or either one or more of said improve- ments in the manner and as directed in said resolution, the City Council may cause the same to be clone and pay therefor, and charge, assess and collect the expenses thereof against such lot, parcel or tract of land, and against the owner or owners thereof. But nothing in this section shall be construed to be in conflict with Section 59 et seq. of this Act, but both shall exist as cumu- lative, and as independent modes of procedure, either to be fol- lowed in the discretion of the City Council. All the provisions of Chapter 9298 of the Laws of Florida rela- tive to the making of said assessment and proceedings subsequent thereto, notice to hear complaints and action thereon and the effect thereof, and providing for the issuance of bonds based upon said assessments as contained in Chapter 9298 of the Laws of Flor- ida, shall be applicable to and may be followed in making and enforcing the assesmentx authorized by this section. Section 111. The fiscal year of the City of Vero Beach shall end on October 31 of each year; and as soon thereafter as possible the City Council shall have an audit made of all the books of the City of Vero Beach, and a competent accountant or flrm of ac- countants shall be employed for this purpose. Section 112. All officers of said City shall be exempt from jury duty during their respective terms of office. 135