The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
ORDINANCE NO, 14O4.

An Ordinance providing for the
laying Of water mains on College
Avenue from Figueroa street to Mel
rose street in the City Of Walla Wal
la, and creating an assessment dis
trict to pay therefor.
The City of Walla Walla does or
dain as follows:
Section l. That water mains be
laid on College Avenue from Figueroa
street to MelrOSe street in the City of
Walla Wa'la, according to the plans
and specifications heretofore adopted
therefor, and all lots and parts of
lots abutting on said street between
said terminal points excluding i'm
provements thereon, are hereby Great
ed into an assessment district 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. 1888, of
the intention to make such improve
ment.
Section 5. The City Assessor is
hereby directed to make an assess
ment and appraisement of all the
lands exclusive of the improvements
included in said district. and to re-
port to the Council in tabulated form
the assessment number, name of own
er, or if owner be unknown, report
that fact: description of lots APP
praised; 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
publ inspection.
Section A. 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
inspection 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 writ
ing 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
made, at the first regular meeting of
the Council, after the expiration or
said ten days. provided that the
Council may by order set a definite
day for such hearing. which day shall
be published as the date of such hear
ing in said notice.
Section 5. When the protests, re-
monstrances, petitions and all other
objections to said Improvement shall
have been passed upon by the Coun-
Gil the plans and specifications
adopted assessment roll approved
the amount of benefits accruing from
the making of improvements deter
mined. the Council shall by ordinance
levy 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-
fled 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 Walla County.
to be recorded in the book of liens of
said county, and the tax so levied
shall be lien upon the real estate
| in said assessment district on which
the same is SO levied, from said date