Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-01-04
ORDINANCE NO %.


woman.
ORDINANCE NO 90.
An ordinance establishing Local Improve
ment Districts Nos. and 8. and provid-
ing for the re.assessment of the lots OF
land situate within said two districts,
fronting and abutting upon the alley.
way running through Block No. 43 and
Block I" u" in the original plat OF Aber-
deem, for improvements and planking
heretofore done.
PREAMBLE.
Whereas, it appears to the city council
of the city of Aberdeen that heretofore,
to-wit: on or about the month of August,
A. d. 1890, the said council duly passed
a resolution and made contract for
the improvement and planking of that
portion of the alley in Blocks 43 and 81, +"
in the original plat OF Aberdeen, all within
the city OF Aberdeen and within the Local
Improvement Districts Nos. and 3,
hereinafter formed and established; and
whereas, such improvement and plank
ing was done in accordance with said
resolution and contract, the cost OF which
was by such resolution to be assessed and
was attempted to be assessed to and made
payable by the property and lots fronting
and abutting OH said portion OF alley
and whereas, a greater portion OF the
cost OF said improvement remains I'M
paid, Notwithstanding that the city has
attempted to collect the same and for that
purpose have prosecuted one certain suit
to final judgment in the superior court of
this state within and for Chehalis county;
and whereas said attempted assessment
and the proceedings leading thereto have
been declared by said court in said causes
to be void on account OF Irregularities and
omissions appearing from the records OF
said city,
NOW, THEREFORE,,
The City Council CT the City OF Aber-
deem do ordain as follows:
SECTION |. That there be and hereby
is formed and established within the city
OF Aberdeen two Local Improvement Dis
tricts to be known as Local Improvement
Districts Nos. 2 and 81; said districts shall
be described and bounded as follows. viz:
Local Improvement District No. = is
described and bounded, commencing on
the westerly bank OF the Wishkah river
at point in line with the center of the
alley.way in Blocks 10 and az, thence
westerly over and along the center of said
alleyway to point in the center OF "G'
street, thence northerly along the center
of &c" street to point opposite the cen
ter of the alley-way in Block SO, thence
easterly along the center OF last said alley
through Blocks SO, So and "a to the west.
erly bank of the Wishkah river, thence
southerly along said bank to the point OF
beginning. And said Improvement Dis.
trict No. 8 is described and bounded,
commencing at the last named place OF
beginning, running thence westerly along
the center Of the alley-way in said Blocks
43 and 81" to a point III the center OF
&c" street, thence southerly along the
center OF &c" street to point opposite
the center of the alley-way in Blocks A
and -, thence easterly along the cen
ter OF last said alley to point on the
westerly bank Of the Wishkah river,
thence northerly along said bank OF the
Wishkah river to place OF beginning; both
Districts being within the original plat OF
the city of Aberdeen.
SEC. 2. That, pursuant to an act Of
the legislature of the state of Washing
ton, entitled can act relating to and
authorizing the collection OF assessments
for local improvements by new assess
ment or re-assessment of the cost and ex-
pense of making the same in cities and
towns, and declaring an emergency"
approved the 9th day OF March, A. d.
1898, by the Governor OF said state, there
be and hereby is ordered and made a re-
assessment upon the lots and parcels OF
land which have been benefited by the
improvement and planking Of that por
tion Of the alley.way in said Blocks 43
and 81" included within the limits of
the Local Improvement Districts Nos. 2
and 8, formed and established by Section
One Of this ordinance, each lot or parcel
of land to bear and pay its proportionate
part of the cost and expense thereof,
which said improvement and planking
was done and completed according to
contract in the month OF December, A.
d. 1890.
SEC. 8. That the lots and parcels of
land benefited by the improvement and
planking named in this ordinance are Lots
2, 8, 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, 9, 10, II and IL, in
Block 43, and Lots 2, 3, 1, 5, 6, and 8.
in Block "I", all in the original plat OF
Aberdeen, and now within the corporate
limits Of the city of Aberdeen, Chehalis
county, Washington, said lots being with
in Local Improvement Districts Nos. 2
and herein formed and established, and
fronting and abutting upon the alley-way
running through said Blocks 43 and al"
so improved.
Sec. 4. That the actual cost and ex-
pense OF the improvement and planking
upon that portion Of the alley-way named,
and, properly chargeable to the lots in
Section described, each lot in proportion
to the whole number thereof, and the real
value OF such improvement and planking
at the time of its completion was, and
Of Six Hundred Thirty-nine 5000 COY Dol.
lars, which said sum was due and pay
able in the manner provided by law and