East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-15

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 c c."
shall have those words written, printed or
engraved thereon. and shall be numbered
consecutively, commencing with number l..
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 tn 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 Pendeton 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 OF
Pendleton.
vote Ed OF NJ.
402. Yes.
The full title and text of such measure
Is as follows:
BILL
To propose by Initiative petition An Act
to amend the Charter Of The City of Pen.
dleton, Umatlla 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>
tion, reconstruction or repair OF any sewer,
or for any kind of local improvement which
has been, or may hereafter be, made by
said City.
BE 1t 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, Umatila County, Oregon shall be
amended by adding thereto section to be
numbered SECTION b, 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 be
made By the City, has been or shall here
after be set aside, annulled, declared or
rendered void, or Its enforcement refused
by any court Of this state, or any Federal
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, OF
any part thereof, the council may, by ordi.
nance, make a 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 Ieassessment shall bt
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 accordanc,
with the law In force at the time 1t Il
made; but the Council may adopt a diff
| ferent plan Of apportionment of benefits
when in Its judgment essential, to secur'
an equitable re-assessment. The proceed
ings required by. this Charter to be hat
prior to the making Of the original as
sessment shall not be required to be taker
or had within the intent of this Section
Such re-assessment shall be made and shall
become a charge upon the property upor
which the same Is laid, notwithstanding tn,
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 proceeding
OF the Council or Of any officers, contractor
or other person connected with such worl
or improvement may have been irregular o
defective. whether such irreguarity or de
feet be jurisdctional or otherwise. Sucl
re-assessment shall not be made in case O
a street improvement wherein remon
STRANGE sufficient in law to defeat the or
iginal improvement shall have been filed
The Council shall by resolution declare tn
district that has been or will be, benefited
by the improvement for which the re-as
sessment Is to be or shall be made, an(
shall direct the Recorder or City Enginee
to prepare preliminary re-assessment up
on the property included therein within
time to be fixed by said resolution. Upol
the passage of such resolution the Recorde
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 Pendleton. tina
such reassessment is on file in his office
giving the date Of the passage Of the reso