The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-21

n ordinance relating to street assess
ments, etc. introduced by Mr.. G. r
Thomson at Tuesday nights meeting
of the city council, but inasmuch, az
the measure is calculated to carry out
the provisions of the charter in ar
almost new departure in municipal gov
ernments, and as the public have to
,sHght expense only been familiarized
with the plan for assessing street i'm.
provements, the full text or the ordi.
nance is given as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. -
An ordinance In relation to street
assessments and defining the duties
and fixing the compensation Of the
members Of the board of assessors.
Section /. The Common Council of
the City of Astoria at their first reg
ular meeting in January OF each year,
or as soon thereafter as practicable,
shall nominate and appoint two assess
ors to Abe called street improvement
assessors who together with the city
surveyor shall constitute the board Of
assessors, whose duty it shall be to
make all assessments for improving
and repairing the streets and sidewalks,
and removing snow, earth and ice from
the same, as provided in the Charter
of he City Of Astoria. The said as
SCISSORS shall hold Office for the period
of one year, or until they shall be re-
moved by the Common Council: the
Common Council shall nave power and
authority to remove said assessors or
either of them, whenever in the judg-
ment of said Common Council the said
assessors shall appear incompetent for
the duties of said Office, or the work
of said assessors shall be unsatisfactory
to said Common Council. Whenever a
vacancy occurs in the board Of assess
ors for any cause the Common Council
shall have power and authority to fill
such vacancy at n time by nomina-
ton and appointment, as in the original
instance.
Section 2. The compensation of each
of said assessors shall be three dollars
per day for each day actually employed
in discharging the duties of the said
office.
Section 3. Before entering upon the
discharge of the duties of their Office
each of said assessors appointed by the
Common Council must qualify by
taking. subscribing and filing with the
auditor and police Judge an oath to
faithfully and honestly discharge the
duties of the said office to the best of
his knowledge and ability.
Section 4. Whenever the Common
Council shall direct the beard Of asses
sors to make a special assessment for
the improvement Of a street, pro rata
upon the lots and premises in any spec
flied district according to the benefits
as provided in section n of the city
charter, the board. of assessors shall
proceed as follows: The board shall
obtain from the recorder Of con-
OF Clatsop county, through
the auditor and police judge, a GER
showing the names of the own
ers of all the property in said ASSESS
district; provided, tina t such
certificate may be obtained from any
responsible person, company or corpor-
engaged in the abstract BUSINESS
N the city of Astoria, whenever said
company or corporation shall
agree to furnish such certificate for less
than said county recorder, an" in such
went such certificate shall have like
and effect as the certificate of
said county recorder. The board shall
hen proceed to make an assessment
oil as follows: The names of the
,wners of the property shall be placed
IN said roll in alphabetical order; oppo-
lite each name shall be placed in sepa-
ate columns d the number of each
OF or fractional lot, or If a tract of
and, a description of the tract owned 4
,y the person whose name is used; () {
of the block and the name of ]
he addition of the city in which 1t Is
() the assessed value of the l
part Of lot or premises, according !
o the last preceding city assessment !
oil; "a the sum in dollars and cents !
which the board ASSESS upon said lot, =
fractional lot or tract; () in case the :
premises should be justly assessed :
or more than so per cent of its said \
asst assessed valuation, the board shall :
lere place the amount which said as u
essment exceeds said so per :
ent. and place only so per cent. OF :
IS valuation under "a above. In case :
more than one person owns property '
ointly, the m of all the owners '
hall be placed together, beginning =
With the name first appearing on said q
ertifcate, and a reference should be =
made to this at every place where the I
Their names should appear under the .
lphabetical order. And in case one II
erson, firm, company or corporation =
WINS more thar one lot or tract Of
Nd, each lot and tract should be sep
ratsly assessed, on lines following the
rst line used, con~secutively. The fl
orm of the assessment roll may be sub e
tantially as follows:-: =
The board must show total of assess
tent at end of roll and also total Of
xcess, and this added together must
quail the total assessment required to Z
O raised The total amount renuired n