The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-05-04
Ordinance No. 388.

Ordinance No. 3ss.
An ordinance calling a special election
to submit to the qualified voters of the
City of North Yakima system of sew
erage for said city and the proposition
to incur Indebtedness and issue bonds
| to pay the cost of constructing the
same.
The City Council of the City of North
Yakima do ordain follows:
Section L. That, Whereas by virtue
of an act of the Legislature of the state
| Of Washington. entitled An act author
| lZng cities and towns to construct, con-
denim and purchase, purchase, acquire.
add to, maintain, conduct and operate
water works. systems of sewerage works
| for lighting. heating, fuel and power
| purposes, cable. electric and other rail-
ways with all land ana property requir-
| ed therefor. providing for payment there
for repeating an act entitled An act re-
latlng to and authorizing cities and towns
to purchase. construct and maintain wat
er works. systems of sewerage gas and
electric light plants and to issue bonds
to pay therefor. and declaring an emer-
gency.' approved February 10th 1898
and declaring an emergency" approved
March ~ 1897, as amended by an act of
the legislature of the state of Washing
| ton, entitled IAN act amending section
one of an act entitled AN act authoriz-
| ing cities and towns to construct con-
denim and purchase. purchase acquire.
add to- maintain. conduct and operate
| waterways. systems of sewerage, works
for lighting. heating. fuel and power pur-
poses cable, electric and other rail
ways with all land and property requir-
ed therefor, repeating an act entitled
| an act relating to and authorizing cities
ana towns to purchase, construct and
maintain, water works. systems of sew
erage, gas and electric light plants. and
TO issue bonds to pay therefor and de-
| clarlng an emergency; approved Febru-
airy 10. 1898. and declaring an emergency;
| approved March Il. 1897. being section |
OF chapter 112 of the Session Laws of
the state of Washington for 1897" ap-
proved March A. 1899; and as amended
| by an act of the legislature of the state
OF Washington. entitled AN act amend
| ing section 1917 of Bailnger's Annotated
Codes and Statutes of Washington relat
ing to the power of Incorporated cities
| ana towns to maintain and construct
water works. sewerage. works for light
ing. fuel and power purposes. or cable
electric or other railways, and declar-
| ing an emergency" approved March 16
1901. The City of North Yakima, Wash
| ington. is authorized to incur indebted
ness and to issue its city bonds therefor
TO an amount not exceeding five 60 per
cent; OF the taxable property of the city
as shown on the last assessment roll OF
the city made for general municipal pur-
poses, such bonds to be additional to all
otnef outstanding Indebtedness of the
city created within constitutional limits
to pay for a sewer system. whenever the
SAID system shall have been ratified and
approved by a mapority vote of the
quallhed voters of said city voting at an
election held for that purpose, and when
ever the proposition and authority to be
come so indebted shall be adopted and
aSsented to by three tifthS of the uuali-
ned voters of said city voting nj an
election held for that purpose. after ten
Gays notice of the purpose to submit
such system or plan to be voted on nj
such election shall be given in the news
paper doing the city printing by publca-
| tlon IN each issue of said paper during
said time; and
Whereas. The taxable property in said
city. as ascertained by the last assess
| nient LOT general municipal purposes is
Sl,aol,z - 'S.o9' and the existing indebted
ness OF said city heretofore incurred for
| sewer purposes, as evidenced by out
standing bonds. is SEQ 00O. 90; Therefore
be it further ordained
section ;. That a special election be
ana the same is hereby called. to be held
on the 2>th day of May. 1904. for the pur-
pose or submitting to the uuaihed voters
OF said city for their ratification or re-
lection the system of sewerage heretofore
adopted by ordinance No. 3S7. and here
matter proposed, and the estimated cost
thereof and also the incurring of an in
debtedness in the sum Of sos 600 90 under
and by virtue of the acts of the legisla :
ture of the state of Washington herein
before referred to and the issuance of
bonds to pay the same.
Section 5. Such election shall be con-
Quoted at the places and i'm the manner
provided by law for general municipal
elections, and the CITY Clerk is berehy,
directed TO give due and legal notice
thereof
Section 4. The form of ballot nj sucb
election shall be:
For sewerage system Yes"
For sewerage system, No"
'tor Indebtedness and bonds Yes"
For indebtedness and bonds No"
Section .. The system of sewerage
adopted by the city council and submit
ted to the qualified vo,ers of said CITY
at such election for their ratification
or rejection is as follows. the "McCul-
ION and Cotterill System of Trunk Sewers
for the City of North Yakima. Washing
ton. as appears by resolution of the
council OF said city. heretofore PASSED
and Ordinance No. 3S7. entitled IAN or
dinance adopting a system of sewerage
for the City Of North Yakima, Washing
ton. passed nv the city council of said
city May 2. 1904, with the maps. speci-
hcations and estimates now on file in the
office of the City Clerk all of which are
hereby specially referred to.
That the estimated cost of said sewer
system is SEQ. 600. to the payment of
which cost the bonds herein referred to
are to be applied
this ordinance shall be twenty five in
number and Of the denomination Of one
thousand dollars. each and shall become
payable twenty years from date thereof:
shall bear date of their issue and sholl
be numbered from one up. consecutivelv.
ana shall bear interest at the rate of (
per cent ner annum. payahle semi-an-
nuallv and shall conform In other re-
snects 10 the requirements of the acts
before seven years prior 10 the maturity
thereof an annual sinking fund tax shall
he levied and collected on Oh the taxa
BILE property OF the city of North Yakima