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

named therein. All bids shall be accom-
panied by a certified check payable to the
order of the city comptroller for a sum no
less than five per cent. of tie amount Of
the bid, and no bid shall be considered un
less accompanied by such check.
Sec. Is: At the. time and place named
and read; no bid shall be rejected
FOR ,informality; but shall be received
Il It can be understood what is
| meant thereby. The board shall proceed tC
| determine the lowest bidder and may LET
| sQch contract to such bidder, or if in their
3p a1 n, all bids are too high, they may re-
| JecI ali or them and readvertiSe and in
suoh case all checks, shall be returned to the
o:dders, but if such contract be let, then
ana N such case all checks shall be re-
cessful bidder, which shall be retained Tn
| I'll a contract be entered into for making
| such Improvement between the bidder and
| the city IN accordance with such bid If the
sad bidder fails to enter into such contract
| IN accordance with his bid within ten DAVIS
| from the date at which he is notified that
he is the successful bidder the said check
and the amount thereof shall be forfeited
| to the city, and the secretary shall deliver
] sald check to the city comptroller, who
snail draw said amount and pay the same
INTO INTO the city treasury, to the credit of the
| local improvement fund.-" and the board
snail readvertise for proposals for such
| work. Neither the board nor city council
shall have power to remit such forfeiture.
Sec. L. In letting all contracts for public
| improvements the board shall provide
thereln that at least thirty per cent. of the
| amount due the contractor on estimates
| SHAH be retained to secure the payment of
| laborers Who have performed work thereon.
and material men who have furnished ma
| ter:als therefor, and such laborers and ma
terlal men shall for thirty days after the
, work mas been completed have a
s nen on fo Such 1o thirty per cent. so re-
furnished, which lien shall be Senior
| 10 all other liens, whether by judg-
nent, attachment or contract and no I'M
/ hn 1Na1 49, -
! the board shall have filed with the city clerk
q statement signed by a majority of them
! GecIar!ng the same has been completed
me city council shall by ordinance pre-
| SCRIBE suitable means and remedies for the
preservation and enforcement of the liens
/ provided for in this section.
Sec. IL. Any funds remaining in the
treasury belonging to the fund of any local
Improvement district, after the payment Of
the whole cost and expense of such i'm
| prOvement in excess of the total sum re-
! quired to defray all the expenditures bv the
| city on account thereof, shall be refunded
on demand, to the amount of such over
payment; and IL there shall be such an eX-
cess IN the assessment of any person who
snail not have paid his assessment rebate
snail, on demand, be allowed to such per-
| son to the amount of such oVer-aSSeSsnent.
provided, such demand hereinabove pro-
| vided for be made within two years from
the date upon which the assessment for
Such local Improvement district became
! due Any such funds remaining in the
treasury after the expiration Of two wears
j from the date aforesaid for which no de-
mand has been made as herein provided
belonging to any local improvement DIS
! trlct, after the payment Of the whole cost
and expense of such improvement. shall be
! transferred to the general fund.
Sec. Is. Subdivision l. Whenever an as
sessment for laying out. establishing, clos
ing, Strengthening, altering, Widening,
grading. regarding, paving, repaving,
, bridging, macadam:zlng, remacadam:zing
graVeling, regraveling, piling, repiliug,
Gaping, recapplng, any street, avenue or
alley, or for any local Improvement, which
! has heretofore been made which may
, hereafter be made by the city has been or
may be hereafter declared VOID, and it's en-
, forcement under this charter or the laws
governing the city refused by the courts CT
this state, or for any cause whatever, as
been heretofore or may be hereafter set
aside, annulled or declared void by any
court, either directly or by virtue of
any decision of such court, the city
council shall. by ordinance, order and
ment upon the lots, blocks or parcels
. of land which have been or will be bene-
hted ny such local Improvement, to the eX-
: tent ct their prOportionate part of the ex-
penSe thereof, and II case the cost shall eX-
coed the actual value of such local i'm
] proVement, the new assessment or reaSSeSS
ment shall De for, and based upon the
actual value Of the same at the time of its
i completion; and to this end the boari of
public works shall make d new assessment
roll N equitable manner with reference to
the DEMENT'S received, as near as may be in
accordance with the law in force at the time
such reasSeSsment is made, and when the
same shall have been confirmed and ap-
proved by the council it shall be enforced
7 and collected IN the same manner that
other assessments for local improve nentS
! are enforced and collected under the charter
or laws governing the city, but all pro-
ceedlngS relative to making the expenses
of local improvements chargeable upon
property benefited thereby, required and
provided by this charter or laws of the
city prior to the making Of original
assessment roll, shall not be included or re-
quired within the purpose Of this section.
Subdivision 2. The city council shall by
ordinance order and make new assess
ment or reaSSeSsment, as provided in this
section, upon the lots, blocks or parcels Of
land, which have been or will be bene-
flied by such improvement, to the ex-
tent of their proportionate part Of the cost,
expense and vaIue thereof.
Subdivision 3. Upon the passage Of an
ordinance, as hereinbefore provided, the
board of pub lc works shall make out an
assessment roll according to the provisions
/ Of the said ordinance, and shall certify
the same to the council.
| Subdivision 4. Upon receiving the said
assessment roll the city clerk shall give
notice by three 90 successive publications
| in the official newspaper of the city, that
such assessment roll IS on file in his office,
! the date of filing of the same, and said
notice shall state q time at which the
! council will hear and consider objections
to said assessment roll by parties aggrieV-
| ed by such assessment. The owner or
owners of any property which is assessed
in such assessment roll, whether named
or not in such roll, may within ten QO)
! days from the last publication provided
herein, file with the clerk his objections
t in writing to said assessment.
| Subdivision 5. At the time appointed
| for hearing objections to such assessment,
/ the council shall hear and determine all
| objections which have been filed by any
party interested, to the regularity of the
| proceedings in making such re-assessment,
! and to the correctness of the amount of
such re-asSessment, or OF the amount
levied on any particular lot or parcel of
| land; and the council shall have the power
| to adjourn such hearing from time to time,
! and shall have power, in its discretion, to
| revise, correct, confirm or set aside, and to
| order that such assessment be made de
! novo, and the council shall pass an order
| approving and confirming said proceedings
and said re-aSSeSsment as corrected by it,
and it's decision and order Shall be final
| determination of the regularity, validity
and correctness of said re-asSesSment, to
| the amount thereof, levied on each lot or
| parcel of land.
Subdivision g. The fact that the contract
| has been let or that such Improvement
| shall have been made and completed in
| whole OF in part, shall not prevent such
| assessment from being made, nor shall the
| omission, failure or neglect Of any officer
| or officers to comply with the provisions of
| the charter or laws governing the city,
| as to petition, notice, resolution to inn
| prove, estimate, survey, diagram, manner
| Of letting contract or execution of work,
| or any other matter whatsoever connected
| with the improvement and the first assess
ment thereof, operate to invalidate or in
| any way affect the making of the new
| assessment or re-assessment as provided
| for by this section, charging the property
| benefited with the expense thereof. Pro
| Vided that such new assessment shall be
1 for an amount which shall not exceed the
| actual cost and va lie Of the improvement,
| together with any interest that shall have
| lawfully accrued thereon, and that such
| amount be eQuitably apportioned upon the
property benefited thereby, according to
| the provisions Of the clerrter or laws of
the city. It being the true intent and
and expense of all local improvements
| PAYABLE by the real estate benefited by such