East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-18

works to supply said City and Its lnhabi
tants and the inhabitants Of the territory
adjoining the City and In the vicinity Of
said gravity system with water. The bonds
known As WATER BONDS. Series G C.s
shall have those words written, printed or
engraved thereon, and shall be numbered
consecutively, 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 author lied Indebtedness which The
City Of pendlet0n 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 oe
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
Vote YES or NO.
tSs 49, ". Yes.
The full title and text Of such measure
A BILL
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 atrppt. the
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 It Ell Enacted . BY The People of The City
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
numbered SECTION 1B, to read as follows !:
SECTION 1 B. That whenever an "a.
sessment for the opening, altering, grading
paving or Improving Of any street, or the
construction, reconstruction or repair Of
ment, which has been or may hereafter bt
made BY the City, has been or shall here
after be set aside. annulled, declared or
rendered void, or Its enforcement refused
sSns oy any court our, 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, or
any part thereof, the council may, By ordi
nance nance make new assessment, or re-a:sess
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
tit Of such improvement to the respective
parcels OF land assessed, at the time Of itp
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 It 10
made; but the Council may adopt a ar.
when In Its judgment essential, to secure
an equitable re-assessment The proceed
ings required by this Charter to Be had
prior to the making of the original a..
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 ls laid, notwithstanding the
omission. failure or neglect of any officer,
body or person to comply with the provisions
to such Improvement and original assess.
ment and notwithstanding the proceedings
| Of the Council or Of any officers, contractor
or other person connected with such WORK
Or Improvement may have been irregular OF
defective, whether such irregularity or de.
feet be jurisdictional or otherwise. Such
re-assessment shall not be made In case Of
q street Improvement wherein q 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 ID to be or shall be made, and
shall direct the Recorder or City Engineer
to prepare preliminary re-assessment up-
on the property included therein within g
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 Pendieton, that
such re-assessment is on file in his office,
giving the date Of the passage Of the reso