Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11
Council Proceedings.
Council Chambers, Toledo, Or, !
May Z, 1900. /

The common council met in regular
session. Present-Mayor II. w. Vincent
Aldermen j. Ofstedahl, f. F. Gaar,
William Alexander, A. p. Peterson, +.
ID. Tlllotson; absent, c. G. Kubler.
Minutes of last meeting read and APP
proved.
Claims of c. II. Young for 81 for SER
vices as city marshal for the month of
April, 1900, and b. F. Swope for 81. 20
tor services as city recorder for same
period, read, and allowed under sus-
pension of the rules.
Written application of Al Waugh to
sell malt, vinous and spirituous liquors
in the city of Toledo, read, and on mo-
ton, placed on file.
Bond of Al Waugh to keep an orderly
house and comply in every way with
the ordinances of said city of Toledo,
read by the recorder. On motion, bond
was accepted and recorder instructed to
issue license to applicant.
Petition of certain citizens of Toledo,
praying that the common council of said
city cancel and vacate all city liens for
street Improvement, read, and on mo.
ton, received and placed on file.
Resolution of A. I. Peterson in re-
gard to vacating and annulling certain
sales of real property within the city of
Toledo, under ordinance No. 20, on No
vember II, 1898, read for the last time.
Letter of II. G. Watson of Albany,
Or, giving his opinion as to the power
OF said council to pass the said A. T.
Peterson resolution, and wherein he eX-
pressed the opinion that said common
council had full power and authority to
pass said resolution and vacate the sales
and liens therein mentioned, read, and
on motion, placed on file.
Letter of w. S. Hufford of Portland
giving his opinion in regard to said A. r.
Peterson resolution, wherein he eX-
pressed the same opinion as II. G. Wat
son, read, and on motion, placed on file.
THE resolution of Mr.. Peterson, as it
appears below, was adopted by unan-
lmous vote OF those present. In order
to save space, THE LEADER has trimmed
the resolution of legal verbiage, giving
description of property, amount of lien
and name of owner.-ED.l
To the Honorable Common Council Of
the City of Toledo:
Whereas, On the 5th day of August
1896, the common council of the city O
Toledo, III regular session assembled
did duly pass Ordinance Bill No. 20
wherein and whereby an assessment was
duly levied upon all the hereinafter de
scribed real estate, situate in the CITY o
Toledo, Lincoln county, Oregon, anC
that said assessments so levied should
become due and payable sixty days afte
date of publication of said ordinance
and that said ordinance was duly ap
proved by the mayor August 5, 1896
and attested by the city recorder and
Whereas, A warrant to collect all de
linquent taxes under and by virtue o.
said Ordinance No. 20 was issued by the
city recorder to the city marshal, direct
ing him to collect all delinquent taxes
on the hereinafter-described property
by virtue of said ordinance, and
Whereas, The said marshal did, as by
law directed, duly advertise and sell
November -, 1898, all Of the hereinafter
described property to the mayor, for the
city of Toledo, in order to satisfy sale
delinquent taxes, and pursuant to sale
warrant, and
| Whereas. The owners of said herein
after-described property had performed
executed and completed each and all O
the street Improvements, as provided
and set forth in said Ordinance No. 20
prior to the expiration of said 80 DAYS
and before said taxes had become de
linquent, and
Whereas, Said sales of property were
enormously and illegally made and ex
eculed by the city of Toledo, by reasol
OF the work having previously been per
formed and the city marshal's failure tC
accept said streets as improved under
said ordinance and report the same t.
the common council of said city, and
Whereas, 1t duly appears to the com
mon council of the city of Toledo. il
in regular session assembled, that's II grea'
wrong and injury has been inflicted
upon the hereinafter-named propertN
property owners of said city and right
and justice demands that each and all o.
said sales be declared BY said common
council to be void and set at naught
Therefore, be it
Resolved by the common council o.
the city OF Toledo, in regular session as
sembled, That each and all of the sale,
OF the hereinafter-described property
situate in said city, county and state
are illegal and void, and the same are
hereby declared to be illegal and void
and Of no effect whatsoever upon the
following described real estate. to-wit:
1t l., sub-div blk l3, Graham's 5tf
add, } II Mcneil, $50; 1t Z, blk II, Ora
hams 5th add, So; 1t 8, blk 2, also lts
9, 10, IL and II, all in blk u, Graham'i
9th add, S5 each, a r Peterson; 1t 6
blk 6, Graham's 4th add, $40, Krogstad
Bros. Its a and 5, blk 8, Graham Is 4tl
add, $40, Elizabeth Graham; Its l, .
and 3, blk 6, Graham's 4th add, $S each
l. M Trapp; all of blk 13, Grahams g 5tl
add, $40, NJ M. Hufford; parcel OF land
railroad right-of-way, Graham add, $25
o G d y r Il lt7 blk 4, Graham's 4tl
add, $50, G g Copeland 1t |, blk 4
Graham's 4th add, $25, also sI< OF 1t 7
blk 6, Graham's 4th add, $40, Krogstat
Bros; 1t 8, blk IL, Graham's 9Th add
$40, Henry Kruse 1t 7, blk ID, Graham