The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-24

time is granted therefor ~ the town
council q ts sG local sea
which shall include all property ironing
mate tfsetS e G rs SUCH resoason
j the distance back from such street =
nnIatted in blocks, to the center or me
block if plated in lots only MY n 70 tne
j To q distance of 120 feet, and shall! WITHIN
i such time make out and complete an
4 assessment list which shall snow anu
i exhibit in separate columns as follows'
/ E'irst-The name of the owners or re-
1 puted owners, as shown by the recoros
!! ia the Office of the. county AUDITOR lor
i niece parcel or subdivision of land to
] be separately assessed. If by the pro-
/ visions of the resolution or ordinance de-
/ nroveTnent any part or all of the inter-
/ sec, on of street crossings at corners o.
1 intersection of streets. or the expenses
of estabishlng' building ngg,a a hv said city,
/ the sane shall be shown on said plat
/ as assessed against the town.
/ Second-A number placed against each
/ subdivision of land to be separately as
i sessed. Numbering assessments 70 pc
| paid by the city as other assessments
/ are numbered.
| division of land to be separately assessed,
which shall be sufficient for identifica-
] ton thereof,
! right Of the description OF the land Oh
| sufficient space SO that the first column
can be used by the town council for the
/ purpose OF placing the amount assessed
/ against each separate tract as hereafter
/ provided, and the second column can be
used for the eaualized assessment.
j Fifth-The assessment number against
each subdivision of land shall be by the
] town engineer placed upon the plat filed
| by him, so the same can be readily 1den-
/ tilted thereon, and said plat and assess
ment list attached, together shall be
| forthwith filed with the town clerk, ana
when the assessment shall have been
provided, and placed thereon, shall con-
stitute the assessment roll OF SAID town.
/ Sec. 6. AS soon as the ordinance mem
! toned in sections three and four shall
have been passed and approved and pup
lished, the town clerk shall at once ad-
yertisa for sealed bids for such improve
ments by publishing. in some paper OF
] the town. for a period of at least one
week Notice to Contractors" specify
| ing the work to be done, and that the
plans and specifications thereof are at
| his office open for inspection. AND asking
| for sealed bids therefor, which bids must
| panied bv a certified check in such sum
| as the town council may have determined,
drawn to the order Of the town treas
urer, as guarantee that should sa i1i
| enter into a contract pursuant thereto
! and furnish the necessary bonds to com,
ply with the terms the 5heree % And sno fa
| to enter into such contracts and furnish
bonds as required within ten days after
the acceptance Of the same the &c eeT to1Tn
otherwise to he returned to the
party party Bidding. All bids shall be filed
with the town clerk within such time as
| NAV be specified in the notice, and none
Others shall be considered by the council
Such bids shall not be opened except at
the meeting of the council The council
may renew such invitations for bids from
time to time by publishing notice as
aforesaid. The council may reject. any
and all bids or may adopt that OF the
lowest reasonable bidder.
writing, and such contracts shall be
executed on the part of the town until the
contractor shall give bonds to the town.
with one or more sureties, to the salts
faction of the town council, in an amount
to be fixed by the council in authorizing
the making of such contracts. conditioned
contracts, on the part OF the con-
tractor, and conditioned that such
contractor shall pay all laborers,
| mechanics and sub-contractors and mat
supply such contractor, such person or
persons or sub contractor with provisions
all Just debts dues and demands in
Cured in performance of such work
All such improvements made by contracts
shall be made and completed to the salts
| faction of the town engineer or other
| officer designated by the council.
| Sec. s. At the first regular meeting
after the letting of said contract, the
! town council shall proceed to assess the
| total cost of said Improvement upon the
| land in said local Improvement district
in proportion to the benefits. derived by
said Improvement, and shall place the
amount assessed against each subdivision
of land opposite the description thereof,
on the assessment list filed by the town
engineer. In the making of said assess
advise with the town council. Before
adjournment of said meeting the town
council shall fix a time not less than ten
days nor more than thirty days from
| that date when they shall meet for the
purpose of hearing any and all objections
which may be filed against said assess
ment and equalizing the same.
Sec. 8. Immediately after making said
assessment the town clerk shall give no
| tice to the owners of all the property
affected by said assessment by publica-
| two consecutive issues thereof, which no.
tice shall contain the description of each
subdiv ision of land as shown on the as
sessment roll the name of the owner or
reputed owner thereof, and the amount
assessed against the same. and shall mo-
tify each and every owner reputed
lands and not satisfied with the said
assessment, or believing themselves
agrieved Thereof (that they) may appear
before the town council at the time fixed
| by the town council, as provided for
| in the foregoing section, which time shall
be specified in said notice, and which
shall not be less than ten days after
| the first publication of said notice and
/ file their written objections to said as
sessment, or any part thereof, to which
! they may object. and shall also contain
| a notice that said assessment roll is in
/ his Office and open for inspection
Sec. 10. At. the time appointed by the
council for hearing objections to said as
sessment and equalizing the same, the
/ said town council shall hear and decide
upon ali objections which may be. pre-
sented by any person interested in the
lands assessed which have been filed in
writing with the Town clerk on or prior
/ to the time of said hearing whether the
same be to the regularity of the pro-
ceedings in making said Improvement Nor
| in 1evying said assessment, or to the cor
rectness of said assessment in amount
or the amount levied upon any particular
lot or parcel of land, and if the proceed
ings are found by the council to have
been Irregular. they shall correct any
errors which may be found in the assess
ment, and if the assessment shall be
found by them to have been made not
in proportion to the benefits derived by
said improvements, they shaHs change
said assessments so that same shall be