The herald., 1895-03-29
Mr.. BuIla's Bill Does Not Affect
Street Extension
CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION
The Assemblyman Has a Senate Bill
Covering the Question
The Widening Of Broadway Can Proceed and
Condemnation Proceedings Can Be
Had IL Necessary

There has been much comment as to
the ultimate effect of Mr.. Bulla's bill re-
lating TO the sale of property for delin-
quent taxes, and several OF the newspapers
have intimated that the effect of the bill
wouldbe disastrous to street improve
mentsin the way of widening, opening and
extending streets.
II have had before me copy of the
bill, said City Attorney Dunn yester-
day, 'and before having an opportunity
for a thorough investigation | had some
fears upon the subject myself. The OBJ
ject Of the Bulla bill is to make the state
til, sole purchaser of all property sold for
delinquent state and county taxes and it
amends the sections of the Political Code
necessary to fully effect this object.
Almost every owner OF real property has
had some experience with old tax sales
and tax payers will appreciate the good
results to be derived from Mr.. Bulla s
bill.
The law providing for the opening.
widening and extending of streets under
which we have heretofore worked and
under the provisions Of which Broadway
and many other streets of this city have
been opened. widened, and extended pro-
Vides that property may he sold for dciI,-
quent street assessment III the same man
ner provided for the sale Of property de-
linuudent for state and county taxes.
This VIII compel us to sell property for
delinquent street opening assessments to
the state, and as the state pays no money
until the property is finally redeemed, it
would stop all street work of this kind.
with his usual sagacity, however, Mr..
Bulla discovered the possible effect of his
bill upon this class Of street work, and
caused a bill to be passed later in the ses-
sion known as Senate Bill $50 which was
signed by the Governor on the 9th OF this
month avoiding this danger by providing
that the sale and redemption OF real
property for Delinquent assessments to
pay the damages, costs and expenses for,
or incident to laying out, widening, ex-
tending, opening, ETC.. in whole or in
part OF any street, square, lane, alley,
court or place within municipalities shoEld
he conducted under and according to the
provisions of the law as it existed prior
to the passage of Mr.. Bulla's bill for the
collection of delinquent state and county
taxes.
LAS to the effects of the Bulla bill upon
sales of property delinquent in the pay
ment OF instalments of bonds issued un-
der the street bond act. or of property de-
linquent in the payment of assessments
for establishing the grades of streets,
| am not yet certain. but in any event
should the effect upon these latter classes
of sales be to bring them within its pro-
visions it will not by any means be so
disastrous as would appear. because OF the
fact that comparatively little re-establish-
ing of grades where damages accrue is
necessary. and this class of work can we'll
wait until another session OF the Legisla-
ture without serious harm being done.
mo street bonds have been issued that
will finally accrue for five for six years to
come. and should the act interfere with
the sale of property for delinquent in
stalments on these bonds, the bondhold-
ers need not elect to sell the property
until the matter has been cured by sub.
sequent legislation
''Taken all together, the benefits to bs
derived from Mr.. Bulla's bill are so great
that any slight inconvenience which maj
be suffered by reason of it will very cheer
fully be borne by the people.
at will be seen from the foregoing that
the resent proceedings for the widening
of Broadway cannot be affected by the
passage of the Bulla bill, and that all
property delinquent for assessments in
said matter can be sold in the same man.
ner as heretofre in like cases. l."