The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-11

4 lICuIL NOuIl OF the Otdtc Oh OTeHOIl
for Clatsop County to condemn and
appropriate to the use OF such city
such right Of way and il shall not be
necessary in order TO maintain any
such action to submit any question
10 a vote Of the taxpayers, inhabi-
tants or voters Of the city and such
action shall be commenced and
prosecuted In the manner prescribed
I by the general laws Of the State Of
Oregon, providing and regulating the
mode Of proceedings to appropriate
land by private corporation.
Sectlpn l7. No contract for the
construction Of any bulkhcad or re-
tanning wall shall be lc. Or entered
into by the Commission until plans
and specifications for the same and
complete and detailed estimate Of
the costs thcrof shall have been made
and filed with the Commission and
approved by a resolution therof, in
which resolution said Commission
shall specify and provide the time and
manner Of constructing and complet-
ing the proposed Improvement and
all necessary matters relating to the
execution and inspection and appro-
val Of the work and The time and man
ner Of the payment Of the contractor
therefor All contracts shall be let
10 the lowest responsible bidder af-
ter advertisement Tor bids published
in the City Of Astoria. and no con-
tract for any bulk-head or retaining
wall shall be let at price exceeding
the estimated cost thereof fifteen per
cent The Commission shall provide
for rejecting any and all bids and the
contractor entering into any contract
for the construction Of any bulk-head
or retaiing wall shall be required to
give bonds with one or more suffi-
cient sureties in such sum as the Com
mission may determine conditioned
for the faithful performance Of the
contract and the contractor will pay
all persons supplying labor or mater
ial in the performance Of the same
upon which bond any person or per-
sons supplying labor or material shall
have right to bring action against
such principal and surety or sureties
in the name OF the City Of Astoria.
Section 1863 Whenever the Sani-
tary and Reclamation Commission Of
the CITY OF Astoria shall consider it
necessary to fiji in or reclaim any OF
the tide lands, and fats, overhowed
lands or water frontage in the City
of Astoria in order to protect the
health of the inhabitants OF said city,
the City of Astoria is hereby given
power and authority to fill in and re-
claim any or all of the tide lands, mud
flats, overhowed lands and water from
tage and the abutting streets within
the said City of Astoria to such depth
or level as said Commission shall
deem proper including all streets, al
leys, parks, squares, lots, blocks,
tracts, parcels of real estate and wa
ter frontage north of or below the
extreme high tide line or any street
next south of said line or between
the extreme high tide line or any
street next south thereof and the u.
S. Bulk-head line, and may establish
and lay out reclamation districts and
provide for filing in such districts
as said Commission shall from time
to time consider necessary and pro-
per- to defray the costs and expenses
thereof by leyying special assessments
upon the lots, lands and premises, in
cluding the water frontage, franchis,
es, rights of way and easements with
in each district so reclaimed accord
ing to the benefits resulting to each
lot, tract or parcel Of land, tract of
water frontage, right of way, fran
chise or easement within the district
from the filling of the same or re-
clamation of the same, including the
costs and expenses OF filling in the
street, and intersections thereof with
in the district so RECLAIMED and each
lot, tract or parcel of land, including
water frontage, right of way or fran
chise in each district shall be assessed
such proportion of the entire costs
and expenses of making the fill in
cluding the filling of the streets and
alleys as the benefits resulting to such
lot, tract or parcel of land, water
frontage. right of way or franchise is
proportonate to the benefit resulting
to all such property from the i'm
provement Of such district. And
provided further that any and all
streets within any reclamation district
may be filled in to the same level or
grade that the lots, blocks, tracts Of
land or water frontage is filled in or
to the full established grade Of such
street or streets or to such depth or
level below the established grade as
the Commission shall deem proper or
and provided further
that whenever the boundary OF any
district to be filled in shall be the line
of any street which is to be filled in
whole or in part as part Of the i'm
provement Of the district the lots.
lands and premises including water
frontage abutting upon or adjacent
to and specially benefited BY the i'll
ling in Of such street or portion there
Of may be included within the special
assessment district and be assessed
Tor its proportion Of the cost Of fill
ling in such treet according to the
benefits resulting therefrom, although |
such lots, lands or premises or water
frontage be not within the district
to be filled in or reclaimed,