The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17

wbich shall include all property fronting
/ on said street OF pubic pace OF be PUas
the distance back from such. street II
plated in b9ess to t tnts emy to the
! center of each lot; and if not plattea,
~ a distance of 120 feet, and shall WITHIN
i such time make out and compete an IA
i assessment list which shall show and
/ exhibit in separate columns as 1oiioWs.
4 E'irst-The name of the owners or re-
puted owners. as shown by the a;t tecof for
| in the office of the county AUDITOR Lor
/ San Juan county, of each separate lot
/ niece parcel or subdivision OF lana 70
/ be separately assessed. II py ane p ~
/ claring its intention to make sucn IN ill
nrov ement, any part or all OF the inter-
/ Section of street crossings at corners or
/ intersection of streets, or the expG;n pens; ?
] Of establishing, building and repalInns
/ conduits etc, to be paid by SAID CITY,
! the same shall be shown on SAID pia,
| as assessed against the town.
Second-A number placed against each
subdivision of land to be separately as
/ sessed Numbering assessments TO pc
paid by the city as other assessments
Third-A brief description of each sub
division of land to be separately assessed,
which shall be sufficient for identifica-
| Fourth-Two separate columns to the
right of the description of the land OF
! sufficient space so that the first column
purpose OF placing the amount assessed
| against each separate tract as hereafter
| provided, and the second column can be
used for the equalized assessment.
| 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-
| titled thereon, and said plat and assess
ment list attached, together shall be
forthwith filed with the town clerk, and
when the assessment shall have been
1Qui hereafter
/ provided, and placed thereon, shall con-
stitute the assessment roll of said town.
Sec. 6. AS soon as the ordinance men
toned in sections three and four shall
have been passed and approved and pup
lished, the town clerk shall at once ad-
vertise for sealed bids for such improve.
ments by publishing. in some paper OF
the town. notice i3T to m e 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
be deposited with the town clerk accom-
panied bv a certified check in such sum
as the town council may have determined,
urer as a guarantee that Should said
bid be accepted, the party blouing will
enter into contract pursuant thereto
and furnish the necessary bonds to COM
ply with the terms thereof. And should
such party whose bid is accepted fail
to enter into such contracts and furnish
the acceptance of the same the certified
check shall be forfeited to the town,
otherwise to be returned to the
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
may renew such invitations for bids from
time to time by publishing notice as
aforesaid. The council may reject. any
hi dc aIn MT hat of q
lowest reasonable bidder
Sec. Z. All such contracts shall be in
writing, and no 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
for the faithful performance, of such
contracts, on the part OF the con-
tractor, and conditioned that such
contractor shall pay all laborers.
erial men and all persons who shall
supply such contractor, such person or
persons or sub-contractor with provisions
and supplies for carrying on of such work,
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. 5. 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
aoJournment Of said meeting the town
days nor more than thirty days from
that date, when they snail meet for the
purpose of hearing any and all objections
which may be filed against said assess
ment and equalizing the same.
Sec. 9. 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-
ton in some newspaper of the town for
two consecutive issues thereof, which no
tice shall contain the description of each
subdivision 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 no
tify each and every owner or reputed
owner or other person interested in said
lands and not satisfied with the said
assessment, or believing themselves
agrieved thereb-- 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
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 all objections which may be pre-
scented by any person interested in the
lands assessed which have been filed in
writing with the own clerk on or prior
to the time of said hearine whether the
same be to the regularity of the pro-
ceedings in making said Improvement or
in levying 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 shall change
said assessments so that same shall be
in such proportion and shall equalize
said assessment so that the same shall
in all respects show the amount set
against such subdivision of land to be
the amount. which, in their Judgment,
such subdivision Of lands should be as