East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-14

works to supply said City and Its inhabi-
tants and the inhabitants Of the territory
adjoining the City and In the vicinity OF
said gravity system with water. The bonds
Issued pursuant TO this Section shall be
known as ''WATER BONDS, Series G c."
shall have those words written, printed or
engraved thereon, and shall be numbered
consecutlvely, commencing with number i.
and II the whole amount OF bonds author
lied by this Section shall not be Issued at
the same time, any subsequent issue shall
be numbered commencing with the number
next following the last number Issued In
the next preceding issue Of said bonds. No
bond issued pursuant to the provisions OF
this Section shall be subject or liable to any
taxation. and none Of them. nor any in
debtedness evidenced by them, shall be
taken into account in computing the here
tofore authorized indebtedness which The
City Of Pendleton may Incur.
The following is the form and number In
which the measure will be printed on the
official ballot:
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION.
Charter Amendment providing for re-assess-
ment Of property assessed, or liable to
assessment. for the opening. altering or
In any manner improving Of any street,
construction or repair OF sewers, or for
any kind of local Improvement, hereto
fore or hereafter made by The City or
Pendleton.
Vote YES or no.
4oS 4os Yes.
The full title and text Of such measure
Is as follows:
To propose by initiative petition An Act
to amend the Charter of The City Of Pen.
dleton, Umatilla County, State of Oregon,
and to provide for the re-assessment Of pro-
perty assessed, or liable to assessment, for
the opening. altering, grading, paving or
Improving OF any street. or the construc.
ttrta aaNr faxx IT.
or for any kind of local Improvement which
has been, or may hereafter be, made by
said City.
Be it Enacted by The People of The City
of Pendleton
The People Of The City of Pendleton do
Ordain as Follows:
That the Charter of The City Of Pen
dleton, Umatilla County, Oregon shall be
amended by adding thereto section to be
numbered SECTION 1B, to read as follows
SECTION b. That whenever an as
sessment for the opening altering. grading,
paving or Improving of any street, or the
construction, reconstruction or repair of
any sewer or for any kind of local improve
ment which has been or may hereafter bt
made by the City, has been or shall here
after be set aside, annulled, declared OF
rendered void, or Its enforcement refused
by any court Of this state, or any Federal
court, having jurisdiction therein, whether
directly or by virtue Of any decision Of such
court or when the council shall be In doubt
as to the validity of such assessment, or
any part thereof, the council may, by ordi.
nance, make new assessment, or re-assess.
ment, upon the lots, blocks or parcels OF
land which have been benefited by such
improvement to the extent Of their respec.
tive and proportionate shares of the full
value thereof. Such Ye-assessment shall be
based upon the special and peculiar bene.
fit Of such Improvement to the respective
parcels Of land assessed, at the time Of Its
original making, but shall not exceed the
amount Of such original assessment. In
terest thereon from the date Of delinquency
OF the original assessment may be added
at the discretion Of the Council. Such re
assessment shall be made In an equitable
manner, as nearly as may be In accordance
with the law In force at the time 1t II
made; but the Council may adopt diff
ferent plan Of apportionment of benefits,
when in Its judgment essential. to secure
an equitable reassessment. The proceed.
ings required by this Charter to be had
prior to the making of the original as.
sessment shall not be required to be taken
or had within the intent of this Section.
Such re-assessment shall be made and shall
become charge upon the property upon
which the same Is laid notwithstanding the
omission. failure or neglect Of any officer,
body or person to comply with the provisions
Of this Charter connected with or relating
to such improvement and original assess.
ment and notwithstanding the proceedings
Of the Council or Of any officers, contractor
OF otner person connected with such WORK
or improvement may have been irregular OF
defective, whether such irregularlty or de-
feet be jurisdictional or otherwise. Such
re-assessment shall not be made In case Of
street improvement wherein remon.
STRANGE sufficient in law to defeat the or
lginal improvement shall have been filed.
The Council shall by resolution declare the
district that has been or will be, benefited
by the improvement for which the reas.
sessment Is to be or shall be made and
ha nr ~ ErDtp
to prepare a preliminary re-assessment up
on the property included therein within q
time to be fixed by said resolution. Upon
the passage Of such resolution the Recorder
shall, as soon thereafter as such re-assess.
ment is prepared, give notice by ten sue.
cessive publications in some daily newspa.
per published In The City of Pendeton, that
such assessment is on file in his office
giving the date Of the passage of the reso-