The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-05-15

.ion provided for i'll this ordinance, anl
snal retain jurisdiction thereof until the
same snail he finally disposed OF. The
action ana decision vi the council as t
20 any sucn petition or resolution shal
De ilnal and conclusive.
SeculOn IL. The town council in the or.
uinance oruering any such local improve.
nent may provide that such work be dOnl
and such Improvement made directly BY
Lne employment Oh LABOR under the SUD-
erVlsion "a the cOmlnltte on pubic I'm
provements, oI the town council, or direcl
the town clerk to advertise for bids foi
uoinS said work by contract. Said bids
sAaI be made IN duplicate, securely seal
eu, ana snail be Illed, one with the town
clerk, anu one with the salu committee
Oh pubic improvements, and shall not
pe opened until the meeting OF the town
council at winch SAID bids are 10 be con-
sidereu. Upon the opening oil said bids
the town council may.
~ Let tne contract Tor the doing Oi
SAID wolk OF any part thereof to re-
SponlspIe bidded; OF
W REJECT any and all bids or any part
thereof, and order The whole OF any part
lown by the employment oil labor, under
tne supervision OF the said committee; Oh
(3) Reject any and all bids OF any part
OF such bids and direct the town clerk to
ready ertiSe for bids for the whole or any
part OF such work.
Section IL. Whenever the town council
shall decide to do the whole or any part
of such work directly by the town by the
employment OF labor, the town council
may provide for the issuance OF warrants
in payment OF the cost and expense OF
sucn Improvement district, said warrants
to be payable out of the special fund In
such local Improvement district, said war;
rants to bear interest from date thereof
at rate not exceeding s per cent per
annum, and be redeemed either in cash OF
in local improvement bonds.
Section IA. The town council may, In
the ordinance authorizing said improve
ment, provide for the issuance OF special
improvement bonds TO pay for the cost
and expense of said improvement or to
take up and pay any special Improvement
warrants that may have been isseued
against said fund. Said bonds shall bear
interest at rate not exceeding per
cent per annum, payable annually, and
shall be in all respects as provided in
chapter 9S of the laws of Washington OF
1911. In case the said improvement shall
be done by contract upon competitive bids
said bonds may be issued to the contract
or, or may be issued and sold as hereinaf-
ter provided. Whenever the town council
shall determine to sell said bonds they
shall be sold BY the town and
treasury to the credit of said special i'm
prOVement fund.
Section 10. AS soon as possible after
the taking effect of an ordinance provid-
ing Tor the creation OF "a special assess
ment district under the provisions OF this
ordinance, and providing for any OF the
improvements herein contemplated, and
"a soon as the committees on public i'm
provements of the town council, shall as
certain the cost and expense thereof, such
committee shall cause to be prepared and
certify to the town council and assessment
roll which shall exhibit in separate col
umns; the name of the owner OF the land
or parcel OF land separately assessed, II
known to said committee, and II the name
Nhx,s I,aA ynrIs
known" shall be written opposite the de-
scriptiOn Of such lot or parcel of land; a
brief description, by lot, block or other
wise, of each lot or parcel Of land assess
ed; the assessment number OF each lot or
parcel separately assessed; the area in
square feet of each of said lots or parcels
OF land. Said assessment roll shall also
state the total area in the district, the
total cost OF the improvement, including
all necessary incidental expenses, and
shall have annexed thereto map or dia-
gram OF the assessment district showing
the lots or parcels OF land assessed for
such improvement. In case said work il
to be done by the town directly by the
employment OF labor, the said assessment
the cost OF said Improvement made by the
committee on public iprovements, OF the
town council. In case said Improvement
is made by contract upon competitive
bids, the basis OF such assessment shall be
as follows: Ii the contract ii for d speci-
lied sum OF the completed work, such as
SeSSment roll shall be based upon the
amount OF such contract price plus al
necessary incidental expenses. II the
contract provides specified price per
unit OF work, the assessment roll shall
be based upon the unit price specified in
such contract, and the estimate OF the
said committee on public improvements
as to quantities plus all necessary in
cluentaI expenses.
Section IL. The portion of the cost and
expense OF any Improvement not to be
pad Dy special assessments shall be pre-
scriDed by ordinance and snail be paid out
of the general fund.
Section II. Whenever any assessment
roll tor local improvements shall have
Deen prepared as provided by law, sucn
roll snail DE Tiled with the clerk Oh said
Town. The council snail thereupon Tx a
date for hearing upon such roll before
the council, and direct the clerk to give
notice OF such hearing and the time and
place thereof. Sucn notice snail specify
sucn time and place OF hearing ON such
roll, and shall notify all persons who
may desire to object thereto to make
sucn Objec tons in writing and to file the
same with said town clerk, at or prior to
the date fixed for such hearing; and that
at the time and place fixed and at such
|Other times as the nearing may be continu-
ed to, the council Will SIT as board OF
equalization for the purpose OF consider
ing such roll and at such hearing or hear
ings, will consider such objections made
thereto, or any part thereof, and will cor
rect, revise. raise, lower, change or mod
lly SUCH Toll, VI any part tneTcOl, OI SCI
aside such roll and order that such as
sessment be made de novO, as to such
body shall appear just and equitable, and
then proceed to confirm the same by or
dinance. Such notice shall be published
at least two ca times in the official week. :
ly newspaper of said town, provided, that
at least fifteen (15) days must elapse be-
tween the date of the last publication
thereof and the date fixed for such hear
ing.
The council, at the time fixed for hear
ing objections to the confirmation OF
said roll, or at such time or times as
have power to correct, raise, lower, re-
wise, change or modify such roll, or any
part thereof, and to set aside such rol
and order that such assessment be made
de novo as to such body shall appear
equitable and just, and then shall con-
firm the same by ordinance. All objec-
tions shall state clearly the grounds oi
objections; and objections not made with.
in the time and in the manner herir
prescribed shall be conclusively presumed
to have been waived
Whenever any such roll shall be amend.
ed so as to raise any assessments appear.
ing thereon, or to include omitted prop.
erty, a new time and place for hearing
and new notices Of hearing on sucf
roll, as amended. shall be fixed and giver
as In the case of an original hearing
provided, that whenever any property
shall have been entered originally upor
such roll and the assessment upon any
such property shall not be raised, nc
objections thereto shall be considered by
the council, unless such objections bt
made in writing, or prior to the date fix.
ed for the original hearing upon such roll