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

paving, or other improvements, OF
any street. sidewalk alley, square,
and other public highways or other
places within the town of Friday
Harbor, Washington, or the construc-
ton of sewers therein, and providing
the manner of assessment and col
lection of taxes for the cost of such
improv ements, and the method to be
pursued in ordering any improvements
made
Be it ordained by the council of the
town of Friday Harbor, Washington.
Section l. The town council shall before
ordering the grading, paving or other i'm
provement Of any street. sidewalk, alley,
square and other public highway or place
within the town, or the construction of
sewers therein, the cost Of which is to
be levied and assessed against the prop
ertv benefited, first pass a resolution or
ordinance declaring its intention to make
such Improvement and stating in such
resolution or ordinance the name of the
to be improved, the points between which
the said improv ements are to be
made, the. general character of the
proposed Improvement and the es-
innate of the cost of the same,
and that the cost Of the same is to be
assessed against the property (and in
after provided) on such street proposed to
be improved and to fix time (not less
than 10 days. in which protests may be
filed in the office of the town clerk. The
estimate of the cost of the proposed i'm
provement hereinbefore mentioned shall be
based upon the report of the town engin-
eer, to whom shall have been submitted
the general character of the said i'm
provement, and which report shall con-
sist of a survey, profile and estimate of
the entire cost OF said proposed improve
m ent. Said resolution or ordinance shall
also state what proportion, if any, OF the
expense of the improvements in the space
formed by the junction of two or more
streets, or where one main street ter
inmates in or crosses another main street,
and also all necessary street crossing or
crossings at corners or intersections OF
streets, and the expense OF i. establls M E
building and repairing conduits, etc., shall
be paid by said town, or what proportion
thereof, or if all thereof, shall be assessed
against the property. in said improvement
district proposed to be formed
Sec 2. 1t shall be the duty of said
clerk to cause said resolution or ordin
ance, as the case may be, to be published
in some newspaper OF the town in at
| time fixed in said resolution or ordinance
for filing such protest. An affidavit of
such publication shall be filed on or be-
fore the time fixed for the filing of such
protests.
Sec. 8. If protests against the pro-
posed improvement by the owners of more
than twO-thirds Of the front feet of lots
and lands abutting on such proposed i'm
prov ement and including in the assess
ment district therein provided, be filed on
or before the day fixed for such fling
| the council shall not proceed with the
shall vote to proceed with the work. If
no such protests are filed, or if such pro-
test is filed and four oouuncilmen shall
vote to proceed with said work. the coun-
| ell SHALL at it's next regular meeting, pro-
coed to consider the same, and shall then,
or at a subsequent time proceed to enact
! an ordinance for such Improvement. The
| provisions of such ordinance shall be as
| set out in the next section.
| Sec. 4. BY the provisions of such ord
nance, local improvement district shall
provement District Mo- which shall
| include all of the property fronting on
or approximate to the street to be i'm
such resolution or Ordinance to the dis
| lance back from such street, if plated
| in blocks, to the center of the blocks;
Of each lot; and if not plated, to the
distance of 120 feet. Such ordinance shall
also provide that such improvement shall
/ be made and that the cost and expense
thereof shall be taxed and assessed upon
all the property in such local improve
| ment district which cost shall be assess
ed in proportion to the benefits derived
ordinance may provide, if the town coun-
Gil shall so determine, that there may be
i EXPENDED from the SoneTdl IunQ TOT Such
purposes such sums as in the judgment
of said town council may be fair and
equitable in consideration of the benefits
/ aceruing to the general public by reason
| of such Improvement. Said ordnanoe
/ shall also provide what proportion, if any,
/ of the expense of the improvements in
/ the space formed by the junction of
| two or more streets, or where one main
! street terminates in or crosses another
! main street, and also all necessary street
/ crossing or crossings at corners or inter-
/ sections of streets, and the expenses of
/ establishing building and repairing con-
duits. ETC., shall be paid by said city;
or what proportion thereof, or if all there
i of. shall be assessed against the property
| in said Improvement district as the town
| council shall have provided in its resolu-
4 ton or ordinance declaring it's intentions
/ to make such improvements; that the ex-
I penses incurred in making and, repairing
sewers in any street shall be paid by
special assessment levied against the
property benefited thereby When any
work or improvement mentioned in this
/ section is done or made on one side OF
the center line of such street, avenue or
i public way, the ordinance shall provide
that the lot. or portion of lots fronting
on that side only shall be assessed to
4 cover the expenses of said work -ccord-
i ing to the provisions OF this ordinance.
Sec S. Within fifteen days after the
| passing OF the resolution or ordinance
declaring the intention of the town 10
make such improv ements, unless further