The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
ORDINANCE NO. 1903.

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ORDINANCE NO. 1903
An Ordinance providing for the
laying of water mains on Bellevue
street from ISaacs Avenue to Garden
street in the City of Walla Walla, and
creating an assessment district to pay
therefor
The City of Walla Walla does or
daHl as follows:
Section l. That water mains be
laid on Bellevue street from Isaacs
Avenue to Garden street in the City
Of Walla Walla, according to the
plans and specifications heretofore
adopted therefor, and al lots and
parts of lots abutting on said street
between said terminal points exclud-
ing improvements thereon, are here
by created into an assessment dis
trict for the purpose of paying the
costs of said improvement.
Section 2. The City Clerk is here
by directed to publish in three sue
cessive issues of the city official pa
per, notice in accordance with the
provisions of Ordinance No. 1893, of
the intention to make such improve
ment.
Section 3. The City Assessor is
hereby directed to make an assess
lucIlL anu dpDIdlSeflleHl VI ill luc
lands exclusive of the improvements
included in said district, and to re-
port to the council in tabulated form
the assessment number, name Of
owner, or if owner be unknown, re-
port that fact; description of lots
appraised; value and amount of bene
fits to be received by the making of
said improvement, by each lot, piece
or parcel Of land in said assessment
district. together with the amount of
the estimated cost of said improve
ment to be assessed against each lot,
tract or parcel of land. which report
shall be filed with the City Clerk for
public inspection.
Section 4. When the report of the
assessor shall be filed. the City Clerk
shall, by publication in three success
Sive issues of the official city paper
give notice to the property owners
and all persons interested, that said
report is filed in his office for their
irsrection and information, and that
anyone having any objections or re-
mOnstrances to make against the
said Improvement or report, or any
part thereof, shall file the same in
writing with the said clerk, within
ten days after the first publication of
said notice. or the same shall be con-
sidered as having been waived: and
that the Council will sit to hear said
protests or remOnstranceS, if any be
m de. at the first regular meeting of
the Council, after the expiration of
said ten days. provided that the
Council NAV by order set a definite
day for such hearing. which day shall
be published as the date of such
hearing in said notice.
Section 5. When the protests, re-
petitions and all other
objections to said improvement shall
have been passed upon by the Coun-
Gil. the plans and specifications adop-
ted, assessment roll approved. the
amount of benefits accruing from the
making of improvements determined.
the Council shall by ordinance levy
a tax on the lands included in said
assessment district to pay for the
making of said improvements Said
tax shall in no case exceed the
amount of special benefits accruing
to said lands respectively. A certi-
fed copy of the assessment roll with
the taxes extended thereon. shall be
filed by the City Clerk in the office
of the auditor of Walla Wa'la COun-
tv, to be recorded in the book of liens
of said county, and the tax 50 levied
shall he lien upon the real estate
in said assessment district on which
tie same is 50 levied, from said date
of fling of said roll in the auditors
office until the same shall be paid
A certified copy of said assessment
roll shall be filed in the Office of the
registrar of the water department,
who shat Immediately open an ac-
count with each tract, lot or parcel
of land in said assessment district,
as provided by Ordinance No. 1888
Section 6. That the work of MAX
ing said improvements shall not be
begun bv the CITY of Walla WaIla I'M
til five days after the levy of said as
sessment during which time any of
the freeholders in said district. by
complying with the provisions OF Sec
ton 50 of the Charter Of the City of
Wal!a Walla, and who shall agree to
do the work for less than the amount
of the estimate made by the CITY of
Wa'la Walla, may have the contract
to make such Improvement
Section Z. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after five days after its passage, ap-
prevail and publication.
Passed the Council Nov. ,. 1909.
T. D. S. HART, City Clerk.
Approved Nov. 8, 1909
EUGENE TAUSICK, Mayor.
Published in the Evening States
man November 4. 1909.
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