Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-16

annoyance and damage necessarily
occurring where property is built
upon and developed before such sys-
TENS are designed, acquired and
made.
CD The fact that a part Of the
territory proposed to be annexed
is already built upon, though with
out any sufficient system of sewers or
other Improvements, makes it not
only expedient, but necessary that
| some complete system of sewerage
be promptly provided for the proper
sanitation and improvement of such
territory.
al That within the territory
| proposed to be annexed there are sew
eral locations where the houses and
population are more or less dense,
which necessitates better police and
fire protection than the counties OF
| Alexandria and Fairfax are enabled,
with the means at'their command, to
afford to such communities, and, as
| result, it endangers the safety of
life and property not only without
but also within the corporate limits.
3. The City of Alexandria hereby
sets forth the terms and conditions
upon which it desires to make the
proposed annexation, and proposes for
the future management Of the an
uexed territory the following:
"a That the city Of AleXan-
dria shall assume and provide for
the reimbursement of the counties
of Alexandria and Fairfax, respec-
lively, of a just proportion of any
existing debt of said counties, il
any there be, and shall also make
compensation to the counties of AL
exandria and Fairfax, respectively,
| for any schoolhouse or other public
building located within the annexed
territory.
CD That the tax rate upon
the land within the annexed territory
shall not be increased beyond the
rate assessed by the counties Of AL
exandria and Fairfax, respectively,
for their purposes at the time Of the
annexation under this ordinance for
period of five years after such an
nexation, except upon the petition OF
majority of the freeholders Of such
territory presented to the council Of
the City of Alexandria.
60 That all revenues derived
by the city of Alexandria from taxa
ton in said territory during the first
period of five years, either on prop
erty or from other sources, including
licenses, shall be wholly expended by
the City Of Alexandria upon streets,
sewers, light, and other public i'm
provements in said territory; provid-
ed, however, that at any time within
the said five years the council OF the
City Of Alexandria may, by ordinance,
set apart sum equal to twelve per
centum OF the assessed value, at the
time of annexation, Of the lands an
uexed, or of such part thereof as may
be determined upon by said council,
which sum so set apart shall be Who'll
iy expended in public improvements
In and for the benefit of the annexed
territory, or part thereof, as may be
determined as aforesaid; and when
said sum shall have been so set apart
and said public Improvements shall
have been begun, the land annexed
or part thereof, as aforesaid, shall be
subject to city tax rate, and the pro-
ceeds thereof. shall be paid into the
city treasury along with all other
taxes and licenses In such territory
for general purposes, although said
five years shall not have elapsed, pro-
vided that said sum to be set apart
and expended shall be reduced by the
sum already expended on said I'M
movements under any other plan of
annexation; and provided said sum
also shall further, that out OF the
proceeds of sale of the next Issue OF
bonds by the City Of Alexandria
after such annexation the said sum
equal to the said twelve per centum
Of the assessed value at the time of
annexation of the land annexed, re-
duced by the sum hereinbefore men
toned, shall be set apart and ex-
pended in said territory as herein
before directed unless said sum has
been already SO expended.
(4) That all county levies i'm
posed on persons and property with
in such territory for the current fis-
cal year in which said annexation is
made shall be paid to the counties OF
Alexandria and Fairfax, respectively.
go That the taxes assessed,
collected and expended during the