The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
STONES ADD
NOW A LEGAL
PART OF CITY
After an Irregularity Had
Been Found, Plat Is
Filed With Auditor
COUNCIL PASSES
A NEW ORDINANCE
Everything E Had Been Fixed
Up When Mistake Was
Discovered.

After the city engineer and city
council had approved and adopted the
plat of the proposed addition; after the
city council had passed the ordinance
! annexing the territory to the city Of
Walla WaIia; after Mayor Eugene Tau
sick had attached his signature to the
ordinance the startling discovery was
made that the proceedings to bring
Stones addition into the city by ordi-
nance is wholly illegal through the
failure to file with the county auditor
the plat of such addition as required
by law. Section 1o4 of the city charter
expressly provides.
Whenever any addition to said city
shall be plated and recorded in the
office of Walla Walla county, as requir4
ed by law, then, and in that case,
the city OF Walla Walla shall have
power by ordinance to include such
addition within the corporate limits
thereof; provided, always, that such
addition is joined to the already estab-
lished boundaries of said city"
General surprise was EXPRESSED yes
terday afternoon when the discovery
was made that there had been tech
nicality in the proceedings, and al
though the statement was made that
everything was in accordance with
the charter, the city council last night
in adjourned meeting, lost no time in
reconsidering their action in giving the
| ordinance final passage, and the meas
ure was again given passage, with the
| certain knowledge that the plat had
! been recorded with the county auditor
lo1 hxyf ha IA ri
Mistake Is Rectified.
The ordinance rectifying the mistake
of the city council was introduced by
| the judiciary committee and passed on
suspension of the rules. Previous to
it's passage City Attorney j. c. Hur-
spool, who drew up the ordinance in
the first instance, said in explanation
This addition was annexed by the
council, but it has since been dis
covered that the plat OF the addition
was not recorded as provided by law
and as there has been some question
raised as to the legality Of the pro-
ceedings of the council in annexinG
the addition before the plat was re
corded, it has been deemed best to re-
introduce the ordinance and pass 1t
second time"
Discovered Mistake Yesterday.
The first intimation that there hao
been illegality in the proceedings con-
nected with the passage Of the ordi-
nance annexing Stones addition was
given yesterday afternoon and FOR
time there was no little CONSERVATION
among the various city officials whe
were informed of the fact. Efforts
were at once set on foot to see if the
mistake counld be rectified, and after
due consideration it was thought tina
passage Of the ordinance seoonc
time after the plat had been recorded
would redeem any error that mlgn
, have been made in the first place.
Through some chance the necessit!
of filing the plat of the proposed add
. ton with the county auditor previous
to the annexation of the addition b!
the city was overlooked, and the ordl
nance was passed by the council am
signed by Mayor Tausick before tn
: error came to light.
Cloud On Title.
According to those who were awar
OF the discrepancy in the proceedings
the action of the council in annexlni
the territory by ordinance, before tn
plat was recorded with the count
auditor would have placed a cloud o.
the title of every lot contained therein
: The city, according to a recent decision
in the case of the Dement, compan
" would have no authority to suppl
water for the addition, as it would b
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