The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-14
DRoPosEn AMEN n,tESr NO "a PRO

PROPOSED AMEN DMENT NO. 5-A PRO-
position to amend sections one az four az,
seven 90, eight (S), nine 90 md thirteen (13) Of
article eight 81 OF the freeholders charter adopted
october l, A. ID. 1890 and To further amend said
article eight (VIIi.) by adding thereto a section to
DE- section twenty-nine (Z9l.
EeSolNed, That section j, of article VIII. of the
lreehoiders charter be amended so To read as
fellows:
SECTION l. There shall be, and is hereby Gre
ated board of public works, which shall consist
OF three members who shall be appointed by the
mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the
CITY council IN JOINT convention assembled for the
term Of three years and until their successors are
appointed anu quallted Such members shall be
electors and freehoders of The city, and shall have
resided in the city three years neat before such APP
p3lntment, and not more than two members OF
Such board snail be members OF the same political
party. At the first meeting o. the city council held
after the adoption of this charter the mayor shall
nominate three members Of such board for the
term of one year, for the OF two years and
one for the term of three years from and after the
first Monday January, eighteen hundred and
nlnety-one, and thereafter shall on the first Mon
day OF January of each yea appoint one member
of such board to ill the vacancy of the member
whose term then is about to expire In case the
city council shall refuse to confirm any nominal
ton made By the mayor he shall send to them
another name and so continue to do until party
nominated is confirmed. The members first APP
pointed shall hold such Office from the date of tn cir
Resolved, That section four az of article eight
(VIII) of the freehOlders charter be amended by
the addition of paragraph TO be numbered thir-
teenth. and TO read follows:
Ihirteenth-In addition to the powers herein
public works shall be exotlicio members of the fire
commission and OF the police commission
acting in conjunction with the MAYOR as
such fire commission and police commission, shall
have all the authority and shall be Invested with
al the power which has heretofore or may herein
after be reposed in said fire commission and police
commission.
Resolved, That section of article VIII of the
freeholders charter be amended so TO read fol-
lows:
Sec. 7-Subdivison l. Whenever the public in
terest or convenience may require the city council
is hereby authorized and empowered to order the
whole or any portion of the streets lanes allevs
squares places of the city graded regraf ed to
the official grade, planked repIanked paved or
renaved macadamized or renlacaIamized gray-
e!ed regraveled, piled renileti capped or re-
capped, aud To order sidewalks, sewers. Inanholes
cu'T"tts curling and crosswaIks TO be constructed
or repaired therein, and 10 order any or all work
TO be done which shall be necessary to comp etc
the whole or any portion of the streets, sidewalks,
eli may, and in all cases where such
Improvement Is the first Improvement
part thereof, shall levy and collect an assessment
upon all lots or parcels of land benefited by such
thereof, which assessment shall become lien
upon all property liable therefor.
subdivision Z. The city council shall by general
ordnance proVlde the manner in which the afore-
said Improvements may be made, and prescribe
all needtui regulations for the exercise by the city
OF the power granted and contained n the fore
going subdivision of this section; provided that in
all cases in which the cost of such Improvement is
10 be betrayed 10y The collection of special
ment upon the properly benefi ed the following
proceedings shall be taken, viz: There must be
presented TO the board of public works a written
petition setting forth the street streets, alley or
alleys, squares or places, or parts thereof to DO
imuroyed the nature of the irnDroyeoent tina
M de of payment and The fact that the signers are
owners Of property to be benefited TO the aggregate
amount of two ifths of the asses m ent 90 I Levied
for such Improvement, according 10 the transfer
books in the Office of the county auditor. If the
board of public works find the facts set forth in
said petition to be true they shall cause esti-
mate of the cost OF such Improvement to be made
and transmit the petition. together with al papers
and information IN their possession touching such
improvement with the estimated cost thereof, and
their recommendation thereon. to the city council.
The city cOunc shall have full authority to con-
slider all matters IN relation To such proposed inn
provement and may authorize refuse the
same IN their g.sGsetlon' providing, that the
sad CITY council or board or public
works shall not have authority TO further
proceed in the matter OF such Improvement when
the estimated or actual cost of any work or
Improvement contemplated or or.ered 10 be done
by the city council and chargeable as lien under
the provisions of this article against any lot lots
parcel or parcels of lana. shall exceed one-halF of
The total ssed valuation o. the lots parcels OF
land contained in such assessment district as the
same appears upon the last annual assessment
rol made for the leVyng Of taxes for municipal
PURPOSES in which case said Improvement shall
not he granted unless the same be so modified that
the cost thereof VIII not exceed such cne-half of
the ~ resaid valuation.
The action and decisions Of the city council as TO
hi matters passed upon by them in relation To the
rejection az tie granting OF such petition Shall be
subdivision 3 said general ordinance shall also
provide for the establishment of a local improve
ttiCt II, , which shall include II the property
between the termini of said Improvement abuttiug
upon adjacent or roymate TO the sire alley,
place or square lt posed 10 ne improved 20 dis
lance back from the marginal line thereof OF one
hundred and twenty feet, and all property included
within said limits OF such local Improvement dis
shall he considered aud held To have a 'front.'
axe upon such Improvement, and shall be the prop
cry benehted by such local Improvement, and
shall be the property TO ee assessed 10 pay the
thereof, which cost shall be assessed upon
all OF sad properly SO benefited IN proper
tion TO the frontage thereof upon such inn
provement, one fyoi of frontage or the equivalent
thereof, viz; one hundred and twenty square feet
OF supercial area 10 be taken as the unit by which
to determine the amount OF frontage for which
each If said lots, parcels parts thereof benefited
Is aforesaid shall be assessed As aforssaid
SAID assessment al trct shall. for the purpose Of
said assessment be DIV Iea into four sub VISIONS
parallel e. the center line of tie street alley pro-
POSED 10 be- improved. each thirty feet in width
and beginning with the one nearest TO the MAJ
Clnal tine OF s.ii street be Numbered respectively
FIRST. second, hIrd aud fourth. Each front foot or
Is equ' va ent area IA the hrst subdivision thirty
feet vide nehrest TO the street t. be improved
shall he assessed 10 per cent OF he total amount
t. be assessed against each front foot % equiv
lent, tHe second subdivision thicjy feet wide be-
iween thirty and sixty feet back trom the street
snai! be assessed - per cent, ot the total amount
u he assessed against each front foot its equiv
asvnI; the third SUBDIVISION tuiriy feet Wide be-
tween sixty AMI ninety feet back from the street
small Ae assessed 20 per cent of the total amount
u i'e assessed against each rent toat or It's uN Il
lent. aud the fourth sa3CtNasl between uluesy
aud oar hundred a twenty feet back from the
street snail Oe ASSESSED 10 pr cent OF the total
atn uRt 20 DO assessed against each front foot or III
equivalent
Al assessments levied upon lands Of the Quilted
States, state OF Washington. state university.
county Of King, the city OF seattle or apy school
dlst1cs shall b. paid by the city OF Seattle out OF
its gtneral road fund.
subdivision l. in al cases Of special
assessment fer local Improvement If
any kind against any property, persons or
corporations whatsoever. and said assessments
have tslcd 10 90 valid IN Whole or III part because
fur want OF form. inS ali tencv. Informal T. or IT.
regularity non compliance with Ihe charter
provisions governing such assessment. tie CITY
Couacil shall be and hereby are authorized so re-
asses, such speCia, taxes Or assess sneutS aud to
euf0Hce their collection in accordance with the
provisions of laws or ordinances existing al lhs
time Ehe re assessment - made.
And It Is further provided, that whenever for any