The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-11-02
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CITY CHARTER.

1 MENTS TO CITY CHAhIEN.
I Notice Is hereby given. that an In
! itiative Petition. signed by over two
| hundred electors Of the City OF Asto-
ria. has been filed with the undersign-
/ ed. Auditor and Police Judge OF the
| City of Astoria, demanding that the
hereinafter mentioned proposed a
mendment to the Charter Of the City
of Astoria shall be submitted to the
legal electors of the City of Astoria for
their approval or rejection. at the
general election to be held on the 18th
day of December. A. D.. 1906 and
the tenor and effect thereof being as
follows:
An amendement to Section 10s OF
providing the method of assessing
damages and benefits in laying. out
widening and opening streets and al
leys, ands providing the method Of
collecting assessments levied for that
purpose.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE ELECT
ORS OF THE CITY OF ASTORIA:
That section 10S of the Charter Of
thh City of Astoria, being section 10S
of an act of the legislative assembly
of the State of oregon. approved Feb
fUHTy 10, 1879, ana SHllllCu All "a.
to incorporate the City Of Astoria IN
Clatsop County. State of oregon, ana
TO repeal an act entitled An Act to in
corporate the city of Astoria in Clat-
sop County, State of Oregon, and to
repeal an act entitled an act to moor
porate the City Of Astoria In Clatsop
County. Oregon, approved October 20,
1876" filed in the office of the Sec
retary of State February IS, 1891. be
and the same is hereby amended SO as
to read as follows:
Section 10S. The Auditor and Po-
lice Judge shall Immediately and at
least five days before the time as
viewers to be notified of their ap-
pointment and the time and place Of
such meeting. and such viewers shall
meet at the time and place desig-
mated. and take an oath faithfully
to discharge the duties assigned
them, and shall then, or any otner
day to which they may adjourn, not
the proposed street or alley. and
to assess and determine hohy
much less valuable, If any. any
lands. tenements, hereditaments or
premises. or any part thereof, through
or over which, or any part of which,
established, or widened, will be rend-
cred by the laying out. establishing
or widening Of such street or alley;
and If several parties have different
estates or interests in any lot, or parts
thereof, or any improvements tnereoI
the damages Of which each Of said
persons will respectively sustain, ac-
cording to the rules of law. the suits
of petition, and shall also make just
and equitable estimate and assessment
of the value of the benefits and ad-
vantages Of such street, or alley. SO
to be laid out, established or widened,
as the case may be, to the respective
owners. lessees, or other persons in
terested in any lands, tenements, he
reditaments, and premises, any part
of which is required for the opening,
laying out, or widening Of such street
or alley and Of the value Of the bene--
fits and advantages OF such street
or alley In excess of the damages
which any such owner or lessee. or
other person interested, will sustain
by REASON Of the orening. laying out,
establishing or widening Of such street
or alley, and of the value Of the benefits
and advantages Of such street or alley,
to the respective owners, lessees, or
other persons interested in any lands,
tenements herediataments, and premi-
ses required for the purposes Of laying
out, opening. establishing and widening
any such street or alley, but fronting
on or to the front thereof, or being at,
and within half the distance or the next
street or. alley. BIT fronting on or to
the front thereof, or bein@ at and
within halt. the distance of the next
street or alley thereto, and also with
in one hundred feet Of the boundary
of the street or alley to be laid out
opened, established or .widened, on
each side thereof, and which the said
viewers shall deem, to be benefited
by such street or alley. in respect to |
the respective estates and interest Of
such owners. lessees, and other per-
sons interested in any lands. tene-
ments hereditaments and premises, |
and shall report such assessment to
the next session of the Council. The
respective sums so assessed by said
viewers on the owners. lessees; or 9TH
er persons interested in the lands ten
ements hereditaments. or premises,
deemed by the said viewers to be ben |
efitted by the laying out, opening es- |
tablishing or widening of any such
street or alley under the provisions |
Of this Act shall be lien or charge |