Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-20

provement, and said assessment, by
reason Of any failure to give any
requisite notice or by reason of any
other defect in the proceedings lead
ing up to the making of such i'm
provement or the levying Of such as
sessment, shall be declared void by
any court, or If the Council shall be
of the opinion that said assessment
is illegal or doubtful, by reason OF
any such omission or defect, said
Council may cause the cost of said
Improvement to be re-assessed
against the property adjacent to said
improvement or benefited thereby In
the following manner: The Council
shall declare, by resolution, its in
tention to make such re-assessment,
which resolution shall briefly de-
scribe the improvement, and shall
declare the intention of the Council
to assess the cost thereof upon the
property adjacent to said improve
ment or benefited thereby describ-
ing in said resolution each parcel Of
property which it intends to so re-
assess, and the amount it intends to
assess against each parcel. Said res
olution shall fix the time and place
for holding a meeting of the Council.
at which all protests against re-as-
sessing the cost of said improvement
against adjacent property, or proper
ty benefited thereby, shall be heard.
Said resolution shall be published
three times in newspaper published
and of general circulation in said
city, and shall be posted in three
public places in said city, at least ten
days before the date of said meet
ing.
The ballot title and number Of
such Charter Amendment shall be as
follows:
Measure Submitted to the Voters by
the Common Council.
An Act to amend Article VII Of
the existing Charter of the city Of
Ashland, Oregon, by adding thereto
a section to be known as Section "a,
authorizing and empowering the
Common Council of said city to make
assessments against real property
of the city ON which prior assess
ments may have been made or at
tempted to be made for public i'm
provement. and which assessment
may, for any cause, be declared void,
illegal or doubtful, by reason of any
omission or defect on the part of the
City Council or other officer OF the
city Vote YES or NO
102 YES
1913 NO
For the said special election to be
held on the oath day of November.
1916, for the submission to the legal
voters of the city of Ashland, for
their approval or rejection Of the
foregoing Charter amendments, the
following voting places and judges
and clerks OF election have been duly
appointed and designated by the
Common Council:
FIRST WARD-Voting place,
Fourth street fire station building.
SECOND WARD-Votlng place.
Mccarthy Hall, corner of Main and
Granite streets.
THIRD WARD-Voting place, City
Hall.
FIRST WARD-Judges, G. w.
Benedict, P. S. Provost, j. w. Fin
nell.
SECOND WARD-Judges, w. A.
Patrick, Mrs. Alice Murphy, Mrs.
Hathaway.
THIRD WARD-Judges. c. l..
Cunningham, Mrs. o. G. Howard, j.
M. Beaver.
The last two named judges in each
ward shall also act as clerks of said
special election.
The polls shall be open at the sew
eral voting places aforesaid from 9
O'Clock in the forenoon until
O'Clock in the afternoon of said oath
day of November, 1916.
G. H. GILLETTE,
City Recorder.
Date Of first publication, Novem-
Der 18th, 1916. 50-2t-Mon.