, 1866-02-09
TO OWNERS OF CITY LOTS.

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AN ACT CoNFERRING CERTAIN POWERS
ON THE CITY OF WALLAi iWALLA, W. II,
Re Il enacted bv the Lsqislaties Assembly Of tie
Territory Of Washington;
SEcrIoS l. That the city Of Walla WaIls, 10
the Territory of Washington, be, and is hereoI
authorized and empowered to grant, make ana
execute deeds of conveyance, possession and
ownership &c. all persons holding and occupying
lots in said city. within its corporate limits who
shall have acquired a right thereto by having
located or built upon or so fenced and improved
such lots as to have complied With the uia-
tions in regard to locating town lots IN salu CITY,
passed by the Board Of County commissioners
of Walla Wana county, or with the subsequent
ordnance of the city of Walla Walla regulating
the manner of locating and holding lots in said
CITY. and also to all persons who shall have
bo1gbt the right to such lots from persons law
fully claiming and holding as Aforesaid.
SEo. 2. Such deeds shall be drawn and exc
cuted as a warranty against all claimants, and
shall vest the ownership of such lots in fee sim
Die in the person to whom the deed shall be ex-
ecuted.
Sic. 3. The Common Council of said city
shall have power to prescribe, by ordinance,
the proofs necessary to be made, and tine man
ner of making sIch proofs as may be necessary
to entitle the persons to receive deeds, and may
in the same manner fix the time when applica-
tions for deeds shall be made, and may limit
such time to a period not less than thirty days
after such ordinance shall have been published
in some newspaper published in said city; pre-
pided, that notice requiring claimants to pre-
sent their claims, shall be published three
months; aad all non residents holding and claim
ing lots as aforesaid, shall have .hree months
from the date of such notice in which to resent
their claims for deeds.
SEc. 4. The Common Council aforesaid shall
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of any and al, lots within the corporate limits
of the city aforesaid, defined in section one Of
the act of Incorporation of said city, for which
no application for a deed or deeds thereto shall
have been made as herenbefUre provided the
proceeds of which shall be paid into the city
treasury as other city revenue.
SBc. 3. The Common Coun0l aforesaid shall
have power to charge, receive and collect the
sum OF ten dollars for each lot or fraction ex-
ceeding one-half of lot, and the sun of five
dollars for each fraction Of half or less than
half of a lot, from every person who shall re-
ceive deed therefor; aud the City Clerk shall
receive from such person fee Of two dollars
for each deed so executed proridsd, that any
person who shall hold certificate of record
from said city, showing that the necessary fee
has been paid, shall receive deed GU payment
OF the Clerks fee as aforesaid.
Sec. @. All deeds shall be signed by the May
shall be attested by the City Clerk, who shall
afix the seal of the city to such deed, and no
acknowledgment shall be necessary to reader
such deed valid.
SEC. 7. If any lot or lots shall be claimed by
more than one person, The Common Council
shall have power to execute Il deed warraHting
and defending such property against the United
States and the city Of Walla Walla, and if any
person shall receive a deed of such nature
and shall subsequently, be deprived of TIE pro-
perty so decided by any person holding 4 prior
righk or with whom a suit may be pending at
the time such deed is executed, he shall be en-
titled to recover the amount paid for such deed,
from the person who shall gain ownership of
such property.
SEC. g. This act is passed in conformity with
the provisions of the act of Congress, passed
May 23d, 1874, entitled e An Act for the relief
of citizens of towns, upon the lands of the Uni
ted States, under certain circumstances"
SEC. .. This Act shall be in force from and
after its passage.
EDWARD ELDRIpus,
Speaker oNthe House of Representatives.
HARVEY X. HINES President Of Council.
Approved December Ilth, 1865.
(Sjgned) WILLIAM PICKER1yG,
Governor of Washington Territory.
SECRETARY's OFFICE,
Olympia, December r. 1865.
I, Elwood Evans, Secretary el Washington
Territory, do hereby certify the within to be q
true copy of original roll on ie in this Office,
entitled +" An Actcouferring certain powers on
the city of Walla Wdlla, W. T, f." and as it is
recorded therein.
Witness, my hand and the seal of said Office
-, at Olympia, this 18th day Of Decem-
I l.. s. Der, A. D. 1865.
~ FLwooD Evans,
Secretary Washington Territory