The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-31

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gered thereby, and for the appoint
ment of officers required for such
purposes.
8. To provide for the preventation
prevention and removal Of obstruc-
tlons from the streets, cross and side
walks, and the construction, repair
ing and clearing the same.
9. To impose fines, penalties and
forfeitures.
10. TO compel by ordinance the
owners of lots to construct and re-
pair sidewalks, and to dig and main
tain bitches along the street adjacent
to said lots, at the cost of the owners
i. thereof, and to establish and open
streets and alleys within the limits of
said town in continuation of those
now or hereafter to be laid out or es'
tablshed within the corporate limits
of said town. The power and au-
thority to improve a street includes
the power and authority to construct,
repair and keep in repair. the side
walks and pavenents, and determine
and provide for everything convenient
and necessary concerning such inn
provcment and repairs.
SEC. 8. Whenever the board OF
trustees deems expedient to improve
) street or parts thereof, it may pro
cepd To ascertain and determine the
probable cost CT making such inn
provements, and assess upon such lot
or part thereof. liable therefor, its
proporiionatp share of such costs.
SEC 10. Wnencver the probable
costs of the improvements have been
ascertained and determined, and the
proportionate share thereof of each
lot, or part thereof, has been assessed,
as provided in section 9, the town
must declare the same by ordinance,
and direct the Recorder to enter a
statement thereof in the docket o!
town liens
SEC. IL. The docket of town liens
is book in which must he entered
in pursuance of section 10, the fol
lowing matters in relation to assess
ments for the Improvement of streets
/. The number or letter of the lot
assessed, and the number or letter OF
the block i'll which the same is situat-
ed, and if a separate assessment is
made upon part of a lot, particu
lar designation OF such part.
2. The owners name, or that the
owner is unknown.
3. The sum assessed on said lot
and the date of the entry.
SEC. ~. The document of town
liens Is public writing, aud the orig
;; inal or certified copies of any legally
authorized entry thereof are entitled ,c
the force and effect thereof. and from
the date of entry thereino ap assess
mcnt npon lot, or part thereof, The
sum so entered is to be deemed tax
levied thereon, which lien shall have
priority over all other liens or encum
brances. For the purpose of asccr
J. tanning who is the owner Of any lot
or part thereof assessed, for the i'm
) provcment of street, the Recorder
shall take the certificate Of the Coun
:. ty Clerk of the county of Polk, stat
ing who is the owner thereof at the
date of the ordinance making said as.
: sessmrnt, as may appear from the rec
ord of deeds for said comfy. which
certificate the County Clerk is req ,r
ed and authorized to give when the
Recorder demands the same.
SEC. l3. A sum of money assessed
for',he improvement of a street can
not be collected until, by order of the
board of trustees, ten days notice
thereof is given 10y the Recorder, by
publication in a weekly newspaper
published in the town Of Dallas, on
county of Polk, or by posters, il
: three conspicuous places in the town
limits, which said notice must conia
the matters required to be entered in
the town docket Of liens concerning
assessments.
,, SEC. IA. IF within ten days from
the final publication of the notices
prescribed in section l3, the sum as
seSsed upon any lot or part thereof
is not wholly pail to the town treas
urcr and Il duplicate receipt filed
therefor with the Recorder, the trus
tees may thereafter order warrant
for the collection Of the same, To be
issued by the Recorder, directed to
the town Marshal, or the person au-
thorized to collect the taxes due the
town.
SEC. Is. Such warrant must direct
the officer TO whom it is directed, to
forthwith levy upon the lot or part OF
the lot, upon which the assessment is
unpaid, and sell the same in the man
ner provided by law for the sale of
property for State and county taxes,
and return the proceeds of such sale
to the town treasurer, and the war
rant to the Recorder with his doings
thereon, together with the receipt o!
the town treasurer for the proceeds of
such sale as paid him.
SEC. 16. Such warrants shall have
the force and effect Of an execution
against real property, and shall be
executed in like manner. except as
herein otherwise expressly provided.
SEC. II. The officer executing said
warrant, shall Immediately make a
deed for the property sold thereon, to
the purchaser, stating in said deed
that the same is made subject to re-
drmption as provided herein. With
in three years from the date of sale,
the owner, Or his successor in interest,
| or any pprson hnyinr q lion or inter