The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-02-26
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE,=COntfnue

adopted shall be the mode petitiond for
| The mode of immediate payment shall bt
| as follows: After the city council has BY
| ordinance or resolution ordered or author
| lied the making of any local Improvement
! and not more than twenty days after the
| contract therefor has been let as herein
| after provided, the board of public work.
| shall report TO the council an assessment
! roll prepared by the city engineer, which
shall contain the description of each lot
/ parcel or land or part thereof to be as
| sessed, with the number of feet frontage
I charged to each, the total frontage in the
district frontage to be determined as pro,
| vided in section II Of this artic1e), the tota
| cost OF the improvement, including all nee
| essary incidental expenses, the rate pei
| front foot, the amount Of each assessment
| and the name of the owner of each lot. par
/ Gel of land or part thereof if known, but II
no case shall a mistake N the name of the
| owner be fatal where description of the
| property is given, together with the amount
| charged to street crossings.
The council on receipt of such roll ant
| assessment shall cause 4 notice thereof tC
be published in the official newspaper of the
| city for ten consecutive issues, notifying
| all persons interested that such roll has
| been filed and requiring them to appear al
| q time fixed, not less than fifteen days
| from the date OF such notice, and make cb-
| lection thereto. The council shall at the
time fixed consider any and all objections
! made, and shall make such corrections OF
| such roll as It deems just, and shall then
deduct the amount of such cost assessed
| against street crossings, which shall be
! paid from the general fund of the city, and
| shall then by ordinance approve such roll
| and shall levy and assess the amounts there
! Of against edch parcel and let and declare
\ The same first len thereon and shall
| cause the roll to be delivered to the city
! comptroller who shall forthwith deliver to
| TIC city treasurer a certified copy thereof.
upon receipt of which the treasurer shall
| proceed to collect the same except as the
duty Of collection thereof is devolved by
! law on some other officer; provided, that
such treasurer shall give ten days notice
| IN the 0fhclal newspaper (and shall mail a
| copy Of such notice to the owner of the
| property assessed when the postoffice ad-
dress Of such owner is known, but the fail
ure to mail the same shall not be fatal
when publication thereof is made) that
/ such roll has been certified to him for col
! lection, and that unless payment Is made
within thirty days from the date of such
notice assessment shall become delinquent
and shall bear interest at the rate of ten
| per cent. per annum until paid, and if not
paid before such assessment shall have be-
come delinquent a penalty Of 5 per cent.
shall be added, and the sums de1inqu ent
shall be entered on the annual tax roll for
the current year against each lot and par
| Gel so delinquent, and with the interest and
penalty, collected as other taxes. separate
account being kept thereof, and If not paid
within the time fixed for the payment of
city taxes, shall be collected as such taxes
are collected. together with sEch additional
charges or penalties as are authorized to
] be charged and collected on other delin-
Quent taxes, and each lot or parcel so de-
lnquent shall be sold for the amo1 int of
such assessment with interest, penalty and
costs, at the time and In the manner and
are sold for city taxes The city treasurer
shall add no penalty to any delinquent as
SeSSrnent in any case where the state laws
require penalty to be added to such as
sessment.
Sec. Il. Subdivision 1. The mode of pay
ment by bonds shall be as follows: After
the city council has by ordinance ordered
or authorized the Improvement, and not
more than twenty days after the contra =
therefor has been let, IN estimate and roll
shall be made and returned and corrections
be made therein and notice given rs pre-
scribed in section u Of this article govern
ing local improvements made under the
immediate payment plan, and the cost and
expense of such Improvement shall be
charged against the lots and parcels of land
in the local improvement district to be
created by the ordinance authorizing the
sections II and L of this article, and the
cost and expense of grading the Ctree1
crossings shall be paid from the general
fund Of the city. the same as in said sec
tons provided. Contracts shall be made
and assessments levied and collected in me
same manner as is provided Il this article
for the levying and collection Of assess
ments where payment is provided to be
made by the mode of immediate payment,
except as otherwise provided herein.
Subdivision 2. The city council shall by
such Improvement shall be payable in an
nual installments of equal amounts. ex-
tending over a period to be fixed by said
ordinance, not exceeding ten years from
the date of the issuance of the bonds. The
council shall also provide by ordinance for
the Issuance s5f idStallment. coupon bonds
of the local Improvement district created
for said improvement, of such denomina-
ton, and bearing such rate of interest, rot
exceeding per cent. per annum, as pre-
scribed in such ordinance. Such '-stall-
ments must be equal in amount ard each
insta1lment coupon shall include tR@ inter-
est upon such installment to the late of
the maturity thereof.
Subdivision 3. The city counc shall,
sitter considering upon notice as a. owe pro-
vided objections to the assessment roll and
correcting the same, by ordinance approve
the roll. and charge and assess against each
parcel and lot Of land described therein, Its
proper share thereof, and declare the same
to be first lien thereon, and shall each
year levy special assessments to redeem the
bonds so issued, next thereafter maturing,
and the bass of the first assessment snail
be retained for each succeeding assessment
so to be made. Such ordinance shall pre-
scribe the form Of the bonds to be issued,
and may provide that the entire issue OF
bonds shall be issued to the contractor in
payment for the making of the Improve
ment: otherwise the city comptroller shall
sell the bonds at not less than their par
value net and pay the proceeds Thereof to
the city treasurer, to be by him kept IN the
Improvement fund to be paid out upon war
rants drawn thereon, as other city moneys
are disbursed by him.
Subdivision 4. The owner OF any par eel
of property SO charged may redeem the
same from liability for such improvement
by paying the entire assessment charged
against the same ten days before the time
fixed for the issuance of the bonds; or
such liability after the Issuance Of the
bonds, by paying the amount of the assess
ments levied up to the time OF such pay
ment and the amount or unleVied assess
ments with interest on the latter at the
rate of eight per cent. per annum from the
date Of the last installment to the time OF
the maturity of the bonds last maeuring;
All funds paid or collected on account OF
said Improvement shall be paid to the city
/ treasurer and applied solely to paying Tor
said Improvement or to the redemption OF
bonds issued therefor Any parcel OF land
which has been redeemed, as herein pro-
vided, or the total assessment against
which has been paid prior to the issuance
of bonds, as herein provided, shall not
therea fter be further liable for the cost of
such Improvement.
1 Subdivision 5. No suit to set aside any
such special assessment or to enJoin the
making Of the same shall be brought or
anv defense to the validity thereof allowed
after the expiration CT thirty days from the
time the amount due on each lot or piece OF
ground liable for such assessment is aScer-
famed and confirmed by the city council
/ Subdivision 6. The Issuance of such bonds
to the contractor, or the sale thereof snail
operate to transfer to the purchaser OF
! contractor or holder thereof, all the light
ard interest of the city in respect OF such
assessment and the lien thereby created
subject to the right or redemption nerelI
provided, and shah authorize the holder o.
holders thereof to receive, sue for and col
: Let or have collected, such bond or bonds
b tyTt or through any Of the methods provided
by law for the collection of assessments for
local improvements, and, if the city shall
fail, neglect or refuse to pay said bonds OF
to promptly collect any of said assessment
when due, the owner or owners of any such
bonds may proceed in his or their own name
to collect such assessment and forectoSe the
lien thereof in any court Of competent juris
dict:on, and shall recover, in addition TO tht
amount of his or their bonds, and Interest
thereon, five per centum thereof, together
with the cost of such suit Any number OF
holders of such bonds for any single i'm
rrovencent may join as plaintiffs, and any
number of owners of property upon whicf