The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-18
SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL
Sill Drawn al the Request of Resi-.
dents in Upper Astoria Providing
for Building and Maintaining
Boulevard.


zens Of Upper Astoria was held and
. committee appointed TO draft bill
to be presented to the legislature pro-
viiing for public thoroughfare from
the eastern to the western limits OF the
city The committee has prepared a
bin winch was submitted to the COM
mon council Monday night. The bin is
as follows:
a HilL-For an Act to Establish and
Build Public Highway at Astoria,
clatsop County, Oregon.
Be 1t enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state Of Oregon. and be
it enacted by the people Of the state
OF Oregon.
Section /. That the common council
of the city Of Astoria be and is hereby
authorized to lay out, establish the
grades, open out and build public
thoroughfare or highway from the
eastern limits Of the city of Astoria
to the western limits of said city. over
and through any of the public streets
Of said city now laid out. or which have
been dedicated to the use and benefit
Of said city by the laying out, plating
and recording any addition to said.
and over such routes as may be select
ed by the common council Of said city
Of Astoria, said public thoroughfare or
highway when so laid out and estab-
lished. and improved, to be known as
the Astoria boulevard" for the COM
mon use and enjoyment OF the public.
Sec. 2. Immediately upon the pass
age and approval of this act, it shall
be the duty Of the common council Of |
the city Of Astoria to instruct the city
surveyor to establish grades, prepare
plans and specifications for such pub
lie thoroughfare and an estimate of
probable cost, said thoroughfare to be
laid out over such streets and highways
or alleys as in the judgment of the
common council will be Of benefit to
the people of said city. and to establish
such assessment districts as may be
necessary to defray the cost and ex-
pense Of laying out and establishing
said public thoroughfare, and when SO
laid out and established. the cost
thereof shall be betrayed by special as
sessments upon the districts to be
established in the same manner as as |,
sessments for street improvements are
made: provided. that no property shall I,
be assessed for such thoroughfare /,
abuting upon or whic1 may nave been
included in assessment districts for {
the improvement of streets already inn :
proved, but only upon such streets as
have not been heretofore improved by i.
general assessments II
ing the cost and expenses of establish :
ing, laying out and improving such 9
public thoroughfare, the common coun- p
ell is hereby authorized to levy an an :
nual tax not exceeding 5 mills in any
one year, for the purpose of improving n
and keeping in repair such public
which said tax shall be 4
levied and collected in the same man d
ner as other municipal taxes are lev
led and collected, and shall be kept a
In a separate fund to be known as "the u
Astoria boulevard fund"
Sec. 4. The building of said public +
shall be commenced at n
The eastern limits of the city of Asto-
ia and extend in westerly direction h
over such streets, alleys and public Y
highways as are now laid out and "
where practicable, and h,
,ver sucn other streets, alleys and a,
highways as may be selected by the cr
common council. And when such pub cx
ic thoroughfare is laid out, improved fr
md established, the expense of repair IT
ng and maintaining the same snail be p
laid out of the fund hereby established, NJ
md no cost of maintaining or repair IN
hg tne same shail De assessed against tn
my of the property adjacent to said
public thoroughfare, but shall be kept
n repair and maintained by general
axation in the manner herein pro-
'ided for. ~