The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-23

pRoPosED AMENDMENT NO. 5-A PRO-
l. position to amend sections one 1). four az,
seven CD, eight 49, nine 90 and thirteen t13) OF
article eight 49, of the freehClders charter adopted
October l. A. ID. 1890 and TO further amend said
article eight (VIII.) by adding thereto a section to
be section Twenty-Five (29i.
Resolved. That section /, of article VIII of the
freehoiders charter be amended so as to read
follows:
SECTION l. There shall be, and Is hereby Gre
ated, board of public works. which shall consist
of three members who shall be appointed nv the
mayor. by and with the advice and consent Of the
city council in joint convention assembled for the
Of three years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified such members shall be
electors and freeholders of city and shall have
resided in the city three years next before such an
pointmeut, and not more than two members Of
such board shall be members of the same political
party AT the first meeting OF The CITY roncii held
after the adoption or this chatter the mayor shall
nominate three members OF such board, one for the
term of one year one for the term OF two years and
one for the term Of three years from and after the
first Monday IN January, eighteen hundred and
ninety-one. and thereafter shall the first Mon
OF such board to I'll the vacancy of the member
whose term then il about TO expire. In case the
city council shall refuse to confirm any nomina-
ton made by the mayor he shall send TO them
another name and so continue 10 do until q party
pointed shall hold such office from the date of their
qualification
Resolved. That section four az of article eight
tNIIll Of the freehoders charter be amended by
the addition OF paragraph 10 be numbered thir-
teenth, and 10 read as follows:
Thirteenth-In addition to the powers herein
above enumerated, the members Of said board OF
public works shall be ex-ofcio members Of the fire
commission and Of the police commission
And the members OF said board while
acting in conjunction with the mayor as
such fire commission and police commission shall
have all the authority and sha! he invested with
all the power which has heretofore may herein
after be reposed in said fire commission and police
commission.
Resolved. That section 7 Of article VIII of the
treeholders charter be amended TO read fol-
lows:
Sec. Rehabilitation l. Whenever the public in
terest or convenience may require the city council
Ia sfsssr
whole or any portion of the streets, lanes. alleys
squares places of the city graded regrai ed to
the official grade, pianked or rcplanked paved or
repaved, macafsmizsd remacsdam ized. grav-
e!ed or regraveled, piled or replied capped or
capped, and to order sidewalks, sewers. manic IS,
culverts curbing and croSswaiks 10 De constructed
repaired therein, and 10 order any all work
TO be done which shall be necessary 10 comp rte
the whole or any portion nt Tue streets, sidewalks,
lanes, alleys, squares or places, and the city
Gil may, aud in all cases where such
improvement IS the first Improvement
upon such street alley or place or
part thereof, shall levy and collect Assessment
upon all Iois parcels OF land benefited by such
improvements 10 defray the cost and expense
thereof. which assessment shall become a lien
upon all property liable therefor.
subdivision =. he cl,y council shall by general
ordinance provide the manner in which the afore-
said improvements NAV Toe made and prescrihle
all uepfui regulations for the exercise by the city
OF The power granted and contained Ia the fore
going subdivision Of this section; provided that in
All cases In which the cost of such Improvement is
10 be BETRAYED by the collection OF special assess
meut upon the properly benefited the following
presented 10 the board OF public works a written
petition setting forth the streets alley or
alleys, squares or places. or parts thereof, 10 be
HnFdcNeu. the nature OF lhe Improvement, The
mode Of payment aud the fact that the >ignerS are
owners II property 20 he benefited 10 the aggregate
amount OF tWnntthS 81 the asses men 10 Re levied
fer such Improvement, according 80 the transfer
books in the office OF the county auditor the
Board 81 public WORKS hnd The facts set forth in
said petition be- true they shah cause an csti-
mate OF the cost OF such Improvement 20 be made
and transmit the petition together with al papers
ami Information in their possession topChiug such
improvement with the stin-ated cost thereof. and
their recommendation thereon, 90 the city council.
The city council shS.l have ful. authority %
slider ali matters an relation to such proposed Inn
provemeut and may authorize or refuse the
SAME IN their discretion; Proyiding that the
said city council o. board Of public
works shall not have authority To further
proceed IN the matter Of such Improvement wheu-
ever the estimated ar actual cost Of any work
improvement contemplated OF or lere,i 70 he done
by the city council and ohargeahle as lien under
the prov OF fhiS article against any lot lots,
parcel ar parcels OF land, shall exceed ont-AAf Of
the total Sed valuation Of the lotg parcels II
land Contained In such assessment district ss the
same appeArs upon the last annual assessment
purposes, iu which case said Improvement shall
NOT he granted uue>> the SAINT be 50 modified that
the cost thereof WI not exceed such one-half Of
the AZ resald valuation,
The action and decisions Of the city council as 70
ali matters passed upon bs them IA relation 20 the
rejection OF the granting Of such petition shall be
final aaG conclusive
Subdivision & said general ordinance shall also
provide Ter The establishment Of = local improve
ment district 10 he called iScAl IMPROVEMENT d.
Irtct No. 49, which shall include al she properly
between the termini Of Ssia improvement Abuttlug
upon, adjacent or pTos innate 70 ths sire g. alley,
place or square proposed to be improved TO dis
tauce back from The marginal line thereof OF one
hundred SnG twenty feet and ali property Included
within said limits % such local Improvement dis
tric; shall be considered and held 20 Rave 'front.'
age upon SDch improvement and shall ne the prop
erty benefited by such local Improvement, ani
shall lie the property 70 assessed o pay the
thereof which cost shall be assessed upo1
si Of SAID property benefited ia proper
tiuu 20 the frontage thereof up0n such inn
proveneut. one f0og Of frontage or the equivalent
Thereof viz; One hundred ana tsenty square feet
OF spherical area "a be taken the anti by which
u determine tbs amount Of frontage for which
each OF said lots parcels parts thereof benefited
~ aforesaid shsl be assessed A. aforesaid
sad assessment district shall for lie purpose Of
said assessment. De divided into fuar subdivisions
Parallel 10 the center line Ct Tie street a.Iey PRIV