St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-04-11

The City OF st. johns does or
dain as follows:
That whereas. the Viewers
having been appointed by this
Council in the matter of the
opening, laying out and estab-
| fishing. and extending of Polk
Street from It's northerly termi-
nation at the'northerly line of st.
Johns Heights Addition to the
southerly line of Dawson street
and appropriating therefor a
strip of land Sixty Feet in width
and the Viewers having met
pursuant to a resolution of the
Council and having viewed the
said property to be appropriat ed
and having assessed the benefits
and damages thereof to this
Council, which said report has
been filed with the City Record
er of the City of st. Johns. and
which said report is in words
and figures as follows, to wit:
st. Johns, Oregon, March 10,
1913.
To the Honorable Mayor and
Common Council of the City of
st. Johns, Oregon.
Gentlemen: We, the under
signed having been duly appoint
ed by your Honorable Body to
act as viewers by resolution
lated the 2lst day of January,
1918, and having been duly noti-
lied of our appointments as
viewers in the matter of the
opening, laying out. establishing
and extending of Polk Street in
the City of st. Johns, in accord
lnce with Ordinance number 524
dated the 7th day of January.
1918. and approved by the May
Or the 7th day Of January. 1913.
10 respectfully report as follows,
20 wit:
That pursuant TO individual
notices to ourselves sent by the
Recorder of the City of st. Johns,
a0i,fylng us and each of us, of
our appointment as such view
ars. We met at the time and place
designated at the office of the
Mayor in the City Hall of the
City of st. Johns, Oregon, at
Ten O'Clock in the afternoon, on
the 9Th day of February, 1918.
and at the said time and place
we took oath TO faithfully dis
charge the duties assigned us,
which said oath was duly filed
with the City Recorder of the
City 6f st. Johns; and after hav-
ing taken and subscribed TO the
said oath, we were furnished
With a copy Of Ordinance number
524. together with a copy of the
Engineers Report, Survey and
Plat and written descriptions of
the hereinafter described proper
ty TO be appropriated for the pur-
pose of opening. laying out, es-
tablishing and extending of Polk
Street, and together with copy
Of the Charter of the City of st.
Johns.
AT the said time and place of
meeting of the viewers the City
of st Johns was represented by
Perry C.. Stroud, City Attorney
of st. Johns, and Olive M. Hem
low and Harry Hemlow, her hus-
oand. were represented by their
duly authorized agent, Miss
Elizabeth Caples, and Mrs. Nam
cy c. Caples was represented by
her agent, Miss Elizabeth Caples.
After being so sworn in as view
ers we proceeded to view the
property proposed to be appro-
priated for the opening. laying
out, establishing and extending
of Polk Street and the whole
thereof. and listened to the evil
dence introduced and TO the ar
guments of the counsel and
agents, and we took into consid-
Grafton the claims of all parties
concerned, and we then deter
mined and assessed the damages
that will be sustained by the |
taking of the property, and of
The benefits that will be derived
by reason of the opening, laying |
)ut, establishing and extending
If the aforesaid Polk Street.
That we adjourned from time
20 time as follows, TO wit:
From Feb. 8, 1913, to Feb. Is,
1913. from Feb. 18th. 1913, TO Feb.
10, 1913, from Feb. 10Th, 1913, to
Feb. 25. 1918. from Feb.25, 1913,
% March /, 1918, from March /, |
1913, to March z. 1918, and from
March 7th, 1918, to March 10th.
.9l3, and that during all the said
lines and meetings we investi-
rated and considered the pro-
,osed opening. laying out, sstab-
ishing and extending of said
'olk Street.
That the proposed opening. lay
ng out, establishing and extend
ng of Polk Street in accordance
With Ordinance number 524 will
include and neeessitate the ap-
for street purposes
nd for the public use the follow
ng described tract of land. TO
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