East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-06

right to reject any or all proposals
| received. II all proposals shall be
| rejected the Common Council shall
have power by resolution duly adopt
| ed, to order that such improvement,
or any portion thereof, may be made
under the direction of the Common
Council by purchasing the materials
and hiring the labor therefor. The
Common Council shall have the pow
er to provide for the proper inspec-
tion and supervision Of all work done
under the provisions of this article,
and to do any other act to secure
the faithful carrying out and the COM
pletion Of all contracts, and the max
ing Of all improvements in strict COM
pliance with the ordinances and
specifications therefor, and shall have
power to direct that the cost of said
improvements, or any portion there
of, shall be paid for by the City.
90 Upon the signing of the con-
tract, or upon the determination of
the Common Council to make said
improvement under its own supervi-
sion by purchasing the material and
hiring the labor therefor, or as soon
thereafter as is reasonably conven-
lent, the Common Council shall pro-
ceed to apportion and assess the cost
of making such improvement upon
the lots, parts of lots and parcels of
land within the assessment district, in
accordance with the special and pc
culiar benefits derived by each lot,
part Of lot and parcel of land. No
notice of such hearing and assess
ment shall be necessary other than
| the notice required by subdivision
Of this section, and all objections or
exceptions to the Surveyors estimates
! of percentage or any application for
raising or lowering the same in any
| particular shall be filed with the City
| Recorder within fifteen days after
the first publication of such notice,
and at such hearing the Common
/ Council shall consider the said City
Surveyors estimates Of assessments
and all objections thereto, and shall
have the power at its discretion, and
without any further notice, to con-
slider, ascertain and determine the
amount of the special and peculiar
benefits accruing to each lot, part OF
lot or parcel of land within said as
| sessment district by reason of such
| improvement, and the amount appor-
toned by the City Surveyor to any
| lot, part of lot or parcel of land shall
be so reduced or increased by the
| Common Council that it shall be in
| just proportion to such benefits. But
in no case shall any such percentage
exceed such benefit. The amount OF
such assessment against each lot
part OF lot and parcel Of land shall
| be declared by ordinance, and the Re.
| corder shall thereupon enter the same
| in the lien docket Of The City of Pen
| dleton, and the same shall thereafter
| be known as the Recorders Estimate
and Assessment. The contract price
| based upon the estimate Of the City
Surveyor, or If there be no contract
| the estimates Of the City Surveyor
the cost of right of way and expenses
| Of condemning the land and a sum
| not exceeding five per cent of tn,
contract price, or the surveyors esti.
! mate as the cost OF advertising, engi-
neering and superintendent shall be
| deemed to be the cost of every i'm.
provement.
This notice is published pursuant
to order of the Common Council, the
first publication hereof being mad,
April 3, 1911.
| Dated Pendleton, oregon, April 8
| 1911.
THOMAS FITZ GERALD,