The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07


 after the expiration of the time of the publication of said resolution of inten- ton, Which objections shall be delivered to. the Secretary of the Board of Pubic Works, who shall endorse thereon the date pf:its reception by him. Such ob- 1ecIl0ns' shall be a bar for six months to zSl5y: further proceedings in relation to Nthen. doing of said work or making ssi& improvement, unless the owners of the :ope-half or more of the frontage or Of the district as aforesaid, shall meanwhile petition for the same to be done, and the same shall, after the eX- pitatiop of said six months, be contin- ued.: ttnder the resolution of intention first passed if said Board shall deem proper, If, however, the owners of at least two-thirds of the property front ing on said proposed work or improve ment, and, in the case of a district, those owning at least two- thirds of the superficial area of the district, shall make written objections to the same within said six months, no fur ther. proceedings shall be taken under the afoFesaid resolution of intention.
 RN,heR the work or improvement pro- poSsd to be done is the construction of seNets,. Tnanholes, culvertS or cess pooiS, and the objections thereto are sigled~by. the owners of a majority of the ftQntage or of the district as afore- said, tka Board shall, at its next meet ing fix a time for hearing said obiec- E0Es;. not less than one week there after: The Secretary shall thereupon notify the persons making such objec- t4ouS, by depoSittng a notice thereof in the Post Office at the City and County. postage prepaid, and addressed to each obJector or his agent when he appears for such objector. At the time speci- fled the Board shall hear the objections p praH rA1 decision shall be final and conclusive: and if said objections are overruled the proceedings shall be continued as though no objections had been made.
 At any time before the making of the assessment as hereinafter provtd- ed, all owners of lots of land liable to assessment therein, who, after the first piS lcation of the aforesaid resolution Qf&lntention, Qf may feel aggrieved, or Who may have objections to any pro- ceedingS in relation to the performance of. the work described in said resolu- ton, may file with the Secretary a De- lItlon or remonstrance, wherein they snail state In what respect they feel a$grieved, or the proceedings to which they object. Such petition or remon- strance shall be passed upon by the Board,. and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.
 Sec. Q. When the contemplated work or improvement in the opinion of the Board of Public Works is of more than local or ordinary public benefit, it may recommend to the Supervisors that the expense of such work or improvement be made chargeable upon a district, and said Board shall in its res olution of intention set out the district benefited by said work or improvement and 10 be assessed to pay the expense thereof. Objections to the extent and hAundgTieS n Ia ri of rn be*beneftted by said work or improve n:ent may be made by any interested paftyf in writing, within ten days af- ter the expiration of the time of pub ECation of the resolution of intention.
 :The Secretary of the Board shall lay said objections before it and the Board shall, at its next meeting, fix a time for hearing said objections not less than one week thereafter The Secre- $ary shall thereupon notify the persons InakifIg such objections by depositing g notice thereof in the Post Office at the City. and County, postage prepaid, ad- dressed to each ob1ector At the time Specified the Board shall hear the ob- 5ectfeps urged and pass upon the same aTid if said objections are overruled, it's .qectston shall be final and conclusive as. 10. the extent and boundaries of the district.
 :. If the objections are sustained, the I ard shall proceed to set out another Gt5trict !: to the extent and boundaries of which objections may be made and a"heaFing had thereon as above pro- ytd%di and so on in like manner until a. district has been set out to the ex- tent. and boundaries of which all ob- Jectiops shall be overruled by the Board tits decision in that behalf to be final and conclusive; and thereupon the pro- ceedings shall continue the same as if no o:objections had been made. In its report to the Supervisors the Board shall: accompany its report with dia- gram on which shall be delineated each separate. lot, piece or parcel of land, the area. in square feet of each of such lots, pieces or parcels of land, and the relative location of the same to the work or improvement proposed to be dQTe within the limits of the district. Such" diagram shall be certified to be correct by the Secretary of the Board. :: Sec. 6. When the work under any contract shall have been completed, the .cpntEactor shall make and file in the office of the Board of Public Works an-.' affidavit to the effect that he has not entered into any private agree ment, verbal or written, with any per- son liable to be assessed for said work, or with any one on his behalf, to ac- cept. a price from him less than the price named in said contract, or to IIldEt any ItDdle or QtuuCllOn lO HlIn fraEn such price. Any such agreement shah be deemed a fraud upon all per sotis liable to be assessed for such work other than the property owners Whv were parties to the agreement, and shall make void, as to such persons so defrauded, any assessment made for the work done under such contract; and where there is more than one contractor each contractor shall make such aff- davit.
 Sec. :. When any work in or upon any public street shall have been com pleted according to contract, and the affidavit mentioned in the next preced- ing section shall have been made, the Board shall make an assessment to cover the sum due for the work per formed and specified in said contract -nncIuding all incidental expenses), in conformity with the provisions of this Article, according to the nature and character Of the work. The assessment shall briefly refer to the contract, the work contracted for and performed, and shall show the amount to be paid therefor, together with any incidental expenses. the rate per front foot as sessed. the amount of each assessment, the name of the owner of each lot Qf known to the Board, and if not known, the word unknown" shall be written OrDocifa ba Of the lot and tba