The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-09
LEGAL NOTICES

South 18th Street to South 10th
street; creating Local improvement
District No. sS3; providing for a
special fund for the payment of the
eial assessment upon property with
In said district benefited thereby;
providing for the issuance Of local
Improvement bonds; and declaring
an emergency.
| WHEREAS, an initial resolution
adopted by the Council of the City
of Tacoma, Nov. 10th, 1915, jsclar-
ing the Intention of said Council to
make the Improvement hereinafter
described and fixing Monday, Nov.
29th, 1918, as the time for hearing
objections to the making of said
Improvement. was duly published
as provided by law; and
| of Nov. 1915, the Commissioners Of
Public Works of said City submit
ted to said Council the estimated
| cost of said improvement In the
sum of t2,0sS.S5; and a statement
| of the proportionate amount there
OF which should be borne b. the
| property within the proposed as
sessment district, in the sum Of
| $2.0SS.s5; and a statement of the
| aggregate assessed value of the
| real estate, exclusive of improve
ments, within said district, accord
Ing to the valuation last placed
upon II for the purpose of general
taxation, In the sum of $4,000;
and a diagram or print showing
thereon the lots. tracts or parcels
I OF land and other property which
will be specially benefited by said
Improvement and the estimated
amount of the cost and expense of
the. Improvement to be borne by
each lot, tract or parcel of land
within said district; and
| WHEREAS, on said goth day of
| November, 1915. no objections to
the making OF said Improvement
were made or presented to the
Council; NOW, THEREFORE,
BIZ n ORPHANED BY THE CITY
Section 1. That &c" Street from
South 45th Street to South 46th
Street be improved by grading to
the established grade with O DAD
way forty feet in width and a
sidewalk and parking space on each
side thereof twenty feet In width,
constructing curbs and cutters of
plank, and laying down on said
sidewalk spaces cement concrete
sidewalks five feet in width; ac-
cording to the plans and specifica-
lions heretofore prepared therefor
by the City Engineer, now on file
In the office of the Commissioner
OF fuDllc works.
Section q That the real prop
erty to be benefited by said i'm :
provement and which is hereby ere :
ated Local improvement District
No. 936, Is described as follows:
The west half of Block los, and
Ihe east half OF Block 116,
Amended Map of First School
Land Add. to the City of Tacoma.
All Of said property being in the
Tnnnma -.
Washington.
| Section 8. An assessment is
hereby levied upon the several lots
tracts and parcels of land in said
Local Improvement District for the
purpose of defraying the cost OF
sag improvement In accordance
with the laws of the State Of Wash
ington and Ordinance M. 4611 OF
said City.
Said assessment so levied upon
SAID lots, tracts and parcels of Lame
respectively, may be paid either In
cash. without interest, before the
Issuance of bonds, or in five eaual
annual installments, together witt
interest on the whole sum sc
charged at six per cent per annum
and each year after the Issuance OF
the bonds hereinafter provided fol
one or such installments, together
with the interest due thereon and
4 thereafter
become due, shall be collected in
the manner provided by law ano
the Charter and ordinances of the
Guy or Tacoma for the collection
or assessments for local improve
ments.
Section I. "A special fund Is
hereby created to be called Locai
Improvement Fund. District No
sSS, which shall consist in the ag.
gregate Of the several amounts as
sesssd, levied and collected upor
the several lots and parcels of land
In said local Improvement district
Tor the purpose of defrayin; the
Cost and expense OF said improve
ment. out OF said fund shall be
paid the bonds, interest thereon
and the entire cost of said i'm
provement, and no part of said fund
shall become the property of the
City OF Tacoma. but shall be treat
ed as special trust fund for the
purpose herein indicated.
| Section s. The Commissioner of
Public Works is hereby ordered to
proceed with said Improvement By
ietting contract for the construc-
tion OF the same, after inviting bids
thereior In the manner provided by
the CITY Charter, and make out AMI
certify TO the Council an assessment
roll, charging the cost and expense
OF said Improvement against said
lots, tracts and parcels OF land in
the manner provided by law.
In calling for bids the Commits
sioner, of Public Works shall state
mat the contractor doing the work
snail agree to accept at par the
ponds issued in pursuance of this
ordinance in payment OF the same,
and shall have no claim whatever
on account thereof against the City
OF Tacoma except solely upon said
ponds, the special assessment made
and the fund hereby created.
section .. Under the provisions
or Chapter 9S of the Laws of the
state of Washington of 1911, and
this ordinance, there shall be is
sued five-year annual installment
local Improvement bonds against
SAID district amounting in the ag-
gregate. to a sum equal to the
amount of said assessment remain
ing unpaid at the time of their is
suance, but not In excess of the
cost and expense of said improve
ment, which bonds shall bear in
terest at the rate of six per cent per
annum from the date of their is
suance. shall be numbered consecu-
s .Ioey and be In denominations of
300. each. except the first num-
bered bond, which may be for less
sum IL necessary.
| Said bonds shall be issued and
dated not less than thirty days
after the expiration of the time
when said assessment may be paid
without interest, penalty or cost.
as fixed by the City Treasured
notice of the assessment roll being
In his hands for collection.
Section Z. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately after publication.
| Passed Dec. s, 1915.
/ A. v. FAwCETT,