The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-03-02
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.-COntinue


ment, to-wit: Immediate payment and
payment by bonds" The mode to be
adopted shall be. the mode petitiond for.
The mode OF immediate payment shall be
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 works
shall report to the council an assessment
roll prepared by the city engineer, which
Shall contain the description of each lot,
parcel of land or part thereof to be as
sessed, with the number of feet frontage
charged to each, the total frontage in the
district frontage to be determined as pro-
vided in section II of this article). the total
cost OF the Improvement, including all nee
esSary incidental expenses, the rate per
front foot the amount Of each assessment
and the name Of the owner of each lot. par
eel of land or part thereof if known, but in
no case shall a mistake n the name of the
owner be fatal where a description of the
property is given, together with the amount
charged to street crossings.
The council on receipt of such roll and
assessment shall cause 4 notice thereof to
be published in the official newspaper of the
all persons interested that such roll has
been filed and requiring them to appear at
a time liked, not less than fifteen days
from the date Of such notice, and make OBJ
lection thereto. The council shall at the
time fixed consider any and all objections
made, and shall make such corrections of
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deduct the amount of such cost assessed
against street crossings, which shall be
paid from the en"ral fund Of the city, and
SHALL then by ordnance approve such roll
and shall levy and assess the amounts there
OIL aga'nSI edch parcel and lot and declare
the same first lien 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
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law on some other officer; provided, that
such treasurer shall give ten days notice
IN the official newspaper land 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 per cent.
shall be added, and the sums delinQu 9nt
shall be entered on the annual tax roll for
the current year against each lot and par
eel 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 such additional
charges or penalties as are authorized to
be charged and collected on other del;n-
quent taxes, and each lot or parcel so de-
linQuent shall be sold for the ano INT of
such assessment with interest, penalty and
costs at the time and in the manner and
by the same authority as lands and lots
are sold for city taxes. The city treasurer
shall add no penalty to any delinquent as
sessment in any case where the state laws
require a penalty to be added to such as
SeSSn1ent
Sec Is. 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 contract
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 II 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
Improvement, in the method prescribed by
sections II and z Of this article, and the
crossings shall be paid from the general
fund of the city, the same as in said sec
tlons PROVIDED. contracts shall be MADE
and assessments levied and collected in me
same manner as is provided in this article
for the levying and collection of assess
ments where payment IS provided to be
except as otherwise provided herein.
Subdivision 2. The city council shall by
ordinance provide that the entire cost of
such Improvement shall be payable in an
nual installments of equal amounts. ex-
tending over period to be fixed by said
ordinance, not exceeding ten years from
council shall also p1toxide by eFeia2f Il ee Ter
the issuance or inStallment coupon bonds
of the local Improvement district created
for said Improvement, of such denomina-
ton, and bearing sucn rate of interest, rot
exceeding 9 per cent. per annum, as pre-
scribed in such ordinance. Such INSTALL
ments must be equal in amount apA each
coupon shall include thu inter
est upon such installment to the late of
the maturity thereof.
Subdivision g. The city counc shall,
after 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 shall
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 pad out upon war
rants drawn thereon, as other city moneys
are diSburSed by him.
Subdivision 4. The owner of any parcel
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
he may redeem his property from
such liability after the issuance Of the
ments levied up to the time of such pay
mant and the amount OF unIeV1ed 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 maturing.
All funds paid or collected on account Of
said Improvement shall be paid to the city
treasurer and applied solely to paying for
said Improvement or to the redemption of
bonds issued therefor. Any parcel of land
which has been redeemed as her9n pro
vided, or the total assessment against
which has been paid prior to the issuance
of bonds, as herein provided, shall not
thereafter be further liable for the cost of
such Improvement.
such special assessment or to enjoin the
making of the same shall be brought, or
any defense to the validity thereof allowed,
after the expiration Of thirty days from the
time the amount due on each lot or piece OF
ground liable for such assessment is aScer-
tanned and confirmed by the city council.
Subdivision 6. The issuance Of such bonds
to the contractor, or the sale thereof, shall
operate to transfer to the purchaser or
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 of redemption herein
and shall authorize the holder or
holders thereof to receive, sue for and col
lect or have collected, such bond or bonds,
by 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 or
to promptly collect any of said assessments
when due, the owner or owners of any such
bonds may proceed in his or their own name
to collect such assessment and foreciose the
lien thereof in any court of competent juris-
dict:on, and shall recover, IN addition to the
amount of his or their bonds, and interest
thereon, five per centum thereof together
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