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18 <br />the city governing the laying of such laterals, and that unless such <br />ownerscause such laterals to be laid on or before a date specified in the <br />resolution, such date to be not less than thirty (30) days after the date of <br />the resolution, the council will cause the same to be laid; <br />(f) A designation of the proportion of the cost of the improvement or <br />improvements to be assessed against abutting property, and of the <br />number of equal annual installments in which assessments may be paid. <br />The resolution after its passage shall be published at least once in some <br />newspaper published in the city, or, if there be no such newspaper, the <br />resolution shall be posted in three (3) public places in the city for at least <br />five (5) days. <br />(g) In lieu of publishing the resolution in the manner prescribed by <br />paragraph (f) of this subsection (11), the city council may publish, or <br />cause to be published, a notice containing the information specified in <br />paragraph (b) and the first sentence of paragraph (f) of this subsection. If <br />the city council, in its discretion, chooses to publish the notice prescribed <br />by this paragraph in lieu of publishing the resolution prescribed in said <br />subparagraph (f) then such notice shall be published at least once in <br />somenewspaper published in the city, or, if there be no such newspaper, <br />the notice shall be posted in three public places in the city for at least five <br />(5) days. Two (2) or more notices may be consolidated into a single <br />notice. <br />(12) The city council shall have power to determine the character and type of <br />construction and of material to be used and to determine any other details of plan <br />or construction necessary to be determined in making any of the improvements <br />authorized by this section and to determine whether any work to be done by the <br />city shall be done by contract or by forces of the city. The council shall have <br />power also subject to the provisions of subsection (11), paragraph (e) of this <br />section to determine the number of water,sewer and gas laterals that shall be laid <br />to any lot on any street to be improved. If the work or any part thereof is to be <br />done by contract, the city may let all of the work in one contract, or it may divide <br />the same into several contracts, and may let the contracts separately. In any <br />case where part of a street is required to be paved by a street railway or railroad <br />company as provided in the next preceding subsection; the city may, in the <br />discretion of the council, contract with the street railway or railroad company for <br />the paving, or work incidental thereto, or both, and the cost of the paving or work <br />incidental thereto, or both, as fixed by the contract shall constitute a lien on the <br />franchises and other property of such street railway or railroad company. <br />(13) Upon the completion of the improvement or improvements to be made by <br />the resolution, the city council shall ascertain the total cost thereof. In addition to <br />other items of cost, there shall be included in such total cost the cost of all <br />necessary legal services, the amount of damages paid or to be paid for injury to <br />property by reason of any change of grade or drainage, including court costs and <br />other expenses incidental to the determination of such damages, and the cost of <br />retaining walls, sidewalks or fences built or altered in lieu of cash payment for <br />such property damage, including the cost of moving or altering any building. In <br />determining the cost of any street lighting improvement, the council shall <br />ascertain the excess of cost of construction of the system of lighting over and <br />above the cost of construction of such system of lighting as the city provides at <br />