The San Francisco call., 1898-04-12

tirety and its value as reduced Tn slze by the appropriation of a part thereoI to said public use. The expense or Iiie in,proyement shall include the value of the land taken, with the improve ments. If any. thereon, and the expense of the proceedings for its approprlatloh or condemnation. .a
 Sec s. On the day named in salo notice and upon such other days as llie matter may be continued to, from tune +o time the Board shall proceed to value the several parcels Of lano nec essary to be taken for the purpose oL the intended improvement. Such Vaiue shall be ascertained as of the tune ol said inquiry, independently or any dp preciation or depreciation that nay pe caused to the same by reason or sucn intended improvement ana tue @ @pott.
 shall fix such valuation as the amount to be given to the owners theieto1' The Board shall also assess the peht fits and damages which may Iesui. from the contemplated lmproVellenss of the lands within said district, and shall distribute the total value oI ai the lands and improvements taken, to- frather with the damages, 1T any, caused by said improvement to the au- iacent lands, and the estimated cost and expense of said improvement III the form of an assessment upon eaoh and every lot of land within the olS- trict determined to be affected by said Improvement in proportion to the oen- efifs which the Board shall determine will be received by said lots ana IanoS' Sec. g. The meetings of the Board when engaged in making said VaIua- tion and assessment, shall be pubic end held at the office of the Board, and aJ persons interested in such Valua- tion and assessment shall have the right to be present and be heard ln person or by counsel. All persons claiming any interest in the lanus lo be taken for said improvement, or that will be damaged thereby, are required at or during such hearing, to nIe "ltn the Board. plats, and description or their respective lots of land.
 Sec. 10 In making said assessment and valuation the Commissioners snail act as a Board, and said assessment and valuation shall be authenticated by the signatures of said Commsslon- CTS. and every assessment and Valua- ton so authenticated and recorded Tn the Book of Assessments for Condem- nation shall be prima facle evldence of the correctness and regularity or all the proceedings of said Board ana or the Supervisors prior to the date or such record.
 Sec. H. 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 thereof, the amount allowed for the same the name of the owner of each lot, when known (and if unknown. that fact shall be stated), and thes 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 and County, the owner thereof. II 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 no tice During said period of thirty days, but not thereafter, the Board may alter, change or modify said as sessment Upon the expiration of saiG
 
 in the form of a report and schedule embracing the value of the lands takeI and the assessment of said value, to gether with the expense of the i'm provement, as hereinbefore provided upon the several lots of land embraced within the aforesaid district. Said re port and schedule shall, within siXt! days after the first publication of th' last mentioned notice, be filed in thu office of the County Clerk, together with petition signed by the Presiden of said Board. to the Superior Court praying for a judgment of said C0ur confirming the assessment contained therein against the respective lot therein described as assessed, and fo the condemnation and conveyance t the City and County, upon the paymen of the Value thereof as ascertained b. said report, of each of the lots of lant alleged in said petition to be necessar to be taken for said improvement.
 Sec. 13. On filing such petition, an upon application to said Court, tn Presiding Judge thereof shall appoin some day, not less than ten nor nor than thirty days thereafter, as tn time when any objections to the con firmation of said report will be hear by said Court. The Clerk of said Cour shall thereupon cause to be publishe for ten days in the official newspapel a notice of the filing of said report an of the day assigned for the hearing ( any objections that may be made there to. Any party interested therein ma at any time before the day assigned fc the hearing thereof file in said Coul his objections in writing to the confirm ation of the same. specifying his objet tions; and all objections not specific 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 COT f1rmation of said report Upon proof publication of said notice said Cou shall have and take jurisdiction of sa report and of the subject matt, thereof as a special proceeding; ar upon said day and at any other tin or times to which said hearing may l adjourned may hear the allegations
 the parties and proofs adduced in SUI port of the same, and may confirm sa report. or change, alter or modify tl same, or cause the same to be change altered or modified by said Board. Sa judgment of confirmation shall be
 lien upon each lot of land described
 said report for the amount assess, against the same. and shall provide f the conveyance to the City and Coun
 of each and every of the lots of lar declared necessary for the purpose
 said improvement. upon the payment
 the Value thereof as fixed hy SIT,