In the event the amount collected from the assessment under any ordinance authorizing the purchase of a sewer, sewers, or sewer system shall exceed the total cost and expense of the same, there shall be refunded to each of the parties affected by said assessment a proportionate amount of the excess upon demand made thereafter by said parties within 12 months after maturity or payment of the bonds authorized by this division.
History: (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2119; Code 1940, T. 37, §644.)