The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29

tirety and its value as reduced in size by the appropriation of part tnereol to said public use. The expense of the improvement shall include the value of the land taken, with the improve ments, If any, thereon. and the expense of the proceedings for its appropriation or condemnation.
 Sec. 8. On the day named In said notice and upon such other days as tne matter may be continued 10, rom .iiuee z to time, the Board shall proceeo to value the several parcels Of lana neo- essary to be taken for the purpose or the intended improvement Such value shall be aScertained as or the Ilnie oA said inquiry, independently or any ap preciation or depreciation that may oe intended improvement, and the bootu U shall fix such valuation as the amount to be given to the owners tnete IL The Board shall also assess the oene. fits and damages which may resuis from the contemplated 1mproVeHlens. | of the lands within said district, ana shall distribute the total value or ali the lands and improvements taken, to- gether with the damages, II any caused by said improvement to lHe du tacent lands, and the eslllilateu o0He and expense of said improvement III tbe form of an assessment upon each and every lot of land within the ols trict determined to be affected Dy salo irnprovement in proportion 10 the peh- efits which the Board shall deternlne will be received by said lots anu 5atiuS auS
 Sec g. The meetings of the Boaro' when engaged in making said VaIua tion and assessment, shall De Pupnc and held at the office of the Board, ana alI persons interested in such va1ua- ton and assessment snail nave lHe right to be present and be hearo ln person or by counsel. All per claiming any interest in the lanos 10 be taken for said improvement or that will be damaged thereby, are reQulIed at or during such hearing. to flle with the. Board. plats' an ana a GeSeIip'ion iend o
 Sec. 10. In making said assessment and valuation the Commissioners sna1i act as a Board, and said assessmen. and valuation shall be authentlcateu by the signatures of sald Corn1illssioii- ers and every assessment and Valua- fion so authenticated and recorded ln the Book of Assessments for Condem- nation shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness and regularity or Ill the proceedings of said Board ana o! the Supervisors prior to the date or such record.
 Sec. Il. In determining the valuation of the property which is taken for said inprovement the Board shall in It's re- port set forth, under appropriate neau- ings, a brief description of each !ot
  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 sa1d improve assessment, under appropriate head ings. a brief description Of each lot assessed, the amount assessed against the same, the person to whom salo property was assessed upon the next preceding Assessment Book of the City and County. the owner thereof. if known (and If unknown, that fact snali 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 8 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 or sald thirty days 1t 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 in- 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 a 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. 13. On filing such petition, and 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 Court shall thereupon cause to be published for ten days in the official newspaper, B notice of the filing of said report and of the day assigned for the hearing Of any objections that may be made there to. Any party interested therein may at any time before the day assigned for the hearing thereof file in said Court 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 day fixed in said order said Court shall pro- ceed to the hearing of any objections that may have been filed to the con- firmation of said report. Upon proof of publication of said notice said Court shall have and take Jurisdiction of said report and of the subject matter thereof as a special proceeding; and upon said day and at any other time or times to which said hearing may be adjourned may hear the allegations of the parties and proofs adduced in SUD- port of the same, and may confirm said report or change, alter or modify the same, or cause the same to be changed altered or modified by said Board. Said Judgment of confirmation shall be a lien upon each lot of land described in said report for the amount assessed against the same, and shall provide for the conveyance to the City and County of each and every of the lots of land declared necessary for the purpose ot said improvement, upon the payment o1 k1a