The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07

by the appropriation of a part thereof to said public use. The expense Of the improvement shall include the value of the land taken, with the improve rnents. if any. thereon, and the expense of the proceedings for its appropriation or condemnation.
 Sec. s. On the day named in said notice and upon such other days as the matter may be continued to, from tlllie to time, the Board shall proceed 10 value the several parcels of land nec- essary to be taken for the purpose or the intended improvement. Such value shall he ascertained as of the time or said inquiry, independently or any ap- preciation or depreciation that may pe caused to the same by reason or sucii intended improvement, ailu +bn el aroo,int shall fix such valuation as the amount to be given to the owners therefor. The Board shall also assess the pehe- fits and damages which may result from the contemplated lmproVelile1l. of the lands within said dlstrlct' ahu shall distribute the total NaIue oA ~ Iii the lands and improvements taken, to- gether with the damages, II any caused bv said improvement to the ad- tacent lands, and the estimated cost and expense of said improvement III the form of an assessment upon each and every lot of land Wlthln the uis trict determined to be affected by salu improvement in proportion to the pen efits which the Board shall determine will be received by said lots and lanos.
 Sec. g. The meetings of the Board, when engaged in making said Valua- ton and assessment, shall De puollS and held at the office of the Board, and ail nersons interested in such valua- tion and assessment shall have the right to be present and be heard Tn person or by counsel All persons claiming any interest in the lands 10 be taken for said improvement, or that will be damaged thereby, are required at or during such hearing, to file with the Board, plats, and description or their respective lots of land.
 Sec. 10. In making said assessment and valuation the Commissioners small act as a Board, and said assessment and valuation shall be authenticated bv the signatures of said Commission CTS. and every assessment and Valua- ton so authenticated and recorded III the Book of Assessments for Condem- nation shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness and regularity or all the proceedings of said Board and or the Supervisors prior to the uate oI such record.
 Sec IL In determining the valuation of the property which is taken for said improvement the Board shall in its re- port set forth, under appropriate head ings, a brief description of each lot
  same. the name of the owner of each lot. when known (and if unknown, that fact shall be stated). and the name or any claimant thereto, or to any inter est therein; and in making the assess ment for the expense Of said improve ment the Board shall set forth in the assessment, under appropriate head ings, a brief description of each lot assessed, the amount assessed against the same, the person to whom said property was assessed upon the next preceding Assessment Book of the City known (and if unknown, that fact shall be stated), and the total amount of the expense of said improvement.
 Sec. 12. Upon the completion of said valuation and assessment, the Board shall cause to be published for ten days a notice of the completion of said as sessment and valuation, notifying all parties therein to examine the same; and for that purpose said assessment, valuation and map shall be opened and exhibited to public inspection at the office of the Board for thirty days after the first publication of said mo- tice. During said period of thirty days. but not thereafter. the Board may alter, change or modify said as sessment. Upon the expiration of said thirty days it shall complete the same in the form of a report and schedule, embracing the value of the lands taken and the assessment of said value, to- gether with the expense of the inn provement, as hereinbefore provided, upon the several lots of land embraced within the aforesaid district. Said re- port and schedule shall, within sixty days after the first publication of the last mentioned notice, be filed in the office of the County Clerk, together with a petition signed by the President of said Board, to the Superior Court, praying for Judgment of said Court confirming the assessment contained therein against the respective lots therein described as assessed, and for the condemnation and conveyance to the City and County, upon the payment of the Value thereof as ascertained by said report, of each of the lots of land alleged in said petition to be necessary to be taken for said improvement
 Sec. Is. On filing such petition, ano upon application to said Court, the Presiding Judge thereof shall appoint some day, not less than ten nor more than thirty days thereafter, as the time when any objections to the con firmation of said report will be heard by said Court. The Clerk of said Cour shall thereupon cause to be published for ten days in the official newspaper @ notice of the filing of said report anC of the day assigned for the hearing O. any ob1ectlonS that may be made there to. Any party interested therein ma, at any time before the day assigned fo the hearing thereof file in said Cour his objections in writing to the confirm ation of the same, specifying his objec tions; and all objections not specified shall be deemed waived Upon the da. fixed in said order said Court shall pro ceed to the hearing of any objection that may have been filed to the con firmation of said report. Upon proof O publication of said notice said Cour shall have and take jurisdiction of sait report and of the subject matte thereof as a special proceeding; ant upon said day and at any other tim or times to which said hearing may b adjourned may hear the allegations o the parties and proofs adduced in sup port of the same, and may confirm sai report, or change, alter or modify tn same, or cause the same to be changed altered or modified by said Board. Sai judgment of confirmation shall be
 lien upon each lot of land described i, said report for the amount assesses against the same, and shall provide fo the conveyance to the City and Count of each and every of the lots of Ian declared necessary for the purpose o said improvement, upon the payment O