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


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warrant or order may issue, and new pro-
ceedings be had in Ike manner, until such
special assessment shall be fully collected,
as to each and every lot or parcel Of land
charged herewith
Subdivision s. Any person who has filed
| objections to such new assessment or re-
assessment as hereinbefore provided, shall
have the right ito appeal to the superior
co S,rtl Of *, King county tys .oo, .ou :,
| made by fling a. written notice of appeal
with the city clerk within ten QO days
after such new assessment or re-assess-
ment roll shall have been approved and
| confirmed by the council, and said notice
| shall describe the property and the OBJ
Jectons OF such appellant to such assess
| with the clerk of the Superior Court
aforesaid, within twenty (20) days from
the approval and confirmation of such
roll by the council, copy of said notice,
appeal, re-assessnent roll and proceedings
thereon, certified by the city clerk, together
with a bond to the city, conditioned to
pay all costs that may be awarded against
the appellant in such sum not less than
two hundred dollars $500, and with such
| security as shall be approved by a judge
OF said court. and the case shall be dock
eted by the clerk of such court in the
name Of the person taking such appeal
against the city as San appeal from as
sessments." The judgment of the court
shall be either to confirm, modify or an
null the assessment in so far as the same
affects the property of the appellant,
from which judgment an appeal shall lie
To the Supreme Court as in other causes.
IN case the assessment is confirmed the
fees of the city clerk for copies of the
record shall be taxed against the appel
Subdivision TO- Whenever. for any
cause. mistake or inadvertence, the
amount originally. assessed shall not be
ment made and enjoyed by the owners of
property in the local assessment district
where the same is made, it shall be law
ful, and the city council is hereby direct
ed and authorized to make re-assess-
ments on all the property in said local
assessment district sufficient to pay for
such Improvement, such re-assessment to
be made and collected in accordance with
the provisions Of this section.
Sec. 10. No contracts for lights or
lighting shall be let for longer term
such kind as the city council may by
ordinance prescribe.
Sec. 20. No work shall be done by the
city or any department, officer or en-
Sunday by way of construction or extern
sion of any public work, nor shall any
work be done on any such day. or be-
tween seven o'clock p. m. Of any day and
six o'clock a. M. of the following day,
by any corporation or other person, by
way of construction, extension or removal
along any street, alley, or other public
place within the city or under control Of
the city, except in case of extraordinary
emergency, and then only upon the writ
ten permit of the mayor, wherein the fact
of such emergency. and the nature there
Of shall be specified, and in case Of viola
ton of any provision Of this section by
any person or corporation owning, holding
or claiming any franchise in, over, under, or
along such street, alley, or other public
place, all his or its right, title and inter
est in such franchise shall thereby be
forfeited and instantly revert to the city.
The mayor shall be free in his discretion
to grant or withhold such permit. And
in no case shall any corporation or per-
son be permitted to commence the build
ing or construction of any street or other
railroad, telegraph, telephone or electric
tanning a permit therefor from the board
of public works.
Sec. q. The board OF public works
shall from time to time make such rec
ommendations to the city council relat-
ing to the extension or Improvement of
the sewerage system as said board may
deem proper.
Sec. %. Said board, subject to such
control as the city council shall by ordi-
nance exercise, shall prescribe the loca-
ton, form and materials to be used in
sewers, man-ho1es, sinks, cesspools and
other appurtenanceS belonging to the
sewerage system, and Of every private
sewer emptying into a public sewer, and
ton thereof, except as otherwise in this
charter provided. - -
be contracted for or built, its construc-
ton shall be ordered by the city council,
and the city engineer or any other per-
son the council may designate, shall
mates and plans for the work, and a pro-
file showing the grades of the street and
sewer, and the depth of such sewer below
the surface of the street and the height
above the level established and used as
the city datum, and when such sewer is
completed he shall cause a map to be
irow a G. md lnno nm
~of the man-holes, basins and branches.
Sec. "a. No person shall connect with or
open or penetrate any public sewer or drain
without first obtaining a permit in writing
from said board, and complying with the
rules and regulations of said board in ref
erence thereto.
Sec. rs. Air, gas, steam or water above
one hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit
in temperature shall not be discharged into
any public sewer or into any private sewer
or drain connecting with such public sewer,
and the city council shall by ordinance pro-
hibit the same.
Sec e. Said board shall recommend to
the city council such other rules and regu-
lations concerning the public and private
sewers and drains in said city as said board
shall deem best.
Sec q. The city council may upon the
recommendation of said board, by ordi-
nance passed by the affirmative vote of the
majority of all the members elected, au-
thorize the purchase of any personal prop
erty, or the acquisition by purchase or con-
demnation of any real estate, which may be
necessary for the construction of any sew
ers or the making of any Improvement pro
Vided for in this article. The title to all
real estate purchased shall be taken in the
name of the city.
Sec. %. Said board may, with like au-
thorization by the city council, agree with
the owner of any real estate over or
through which it is deemed desirable to
construct any sewer or other Improvement 1 en-
amount of damage to be paid to such own
er for the perpetual use Of said real estate
for such purpose.
Sec. %. Said boar1 shall, when author
lied by ordinance OF the city council, con-
struct such sewers, reservoirs and pump
ing works, whether within or without the
city, as may be necessary to carry out the
general system of sewerage of the city.
Sec. 80. The city council shall by ordi-
nance provide that the owners and occu-
pants of lands, buildings or premises with
In the city, at their own expense, properly
drain the same or dIain or clean any vault,
cesspool ditch, pipe or drain therein used
as a receptacle or conductor of filth or
refuse matter, and that all expenditures of
the city in draining or cleaning private
premises, be assessed against such prem
ises Every assessment shall be a lien up
on the premises 80 Grained or cleaned, and
such assessment may be collected and the
lien enforced by 8 silt in the name of the
city.
Sec. 81. Subdivision 1. Before any con-
tract for the doing " any work or labor,
to or for the city OF Seattle shall be valid
or binding against tie city, the contractor
shall enter into pint and several bond
with the city of Sea tie, for the use of the
city and also for theuse of ali persons who
may perform or cause to be Performed any
work or labor, or finnish or cause to be
furnished any sl-tll, labor or material in
the execution of suUl contract, conditioned
to perform the contract according to its
terms, conditions aid stipulations and to
ray as they become hue all just claims for
Al work and labor SO performed, and all
fhe Iecution OF s1ch contract, and to
comp, with all thu requirements of the
oho rtnT- :. nd ordinances of the city and the