The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-19
Attest: w. d. NICKEUS,
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Jul. To- i'L'
ORDINANCE NO. ss3O.-AN ORDI-
NANCE providing for the i'm
proyement of South 4Sth Street from
Union Avenue to Washington Street; ;
creating Local Improvement Dis
trict No. 9S2; providing for a spe-
cial fund for the payment of the
cost of said improvement by special
assessment upon property within
said district benefited thereby. pro-
viding for the issuance of local I'M
provement bonds; and declaring an
emergency.
WHEREAS, an initial resolution
adopted by he Council of the City
81 Tacoma, June 20, 1917. declar-
ing the intention of said Council to
make the Improvement hereinafter
described and fixing Monday, July
eth, 1917 as the time for hearing OBJ
jeotions to the making of said i'm
provement, was duly published as
provided by law; and
WHEREAS, prior to the 9th day
OF July 1917, the Commissioner of
Public Works of said City submitted
to said Council the estimated cost
of said Improvement in the sum of
te0S.70. and a statement of the
pr0portionate amount thereof which
should be borne by the property
trict in the sum of $S03,70, and
q statement of the aggregate as
sessed value of the real estate, ex-
elusive of Improvement, within said
district. according to the valuation
last placed upon IL for the purpose
e6.550.00 and diagram or print
showing thereon the lots, tracts or
parcels 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 9th day of
July, 1917, no objections to the max
ing OF said Improvement were made
or presented to the Council; NOW,
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section 1. That South 4Sth Street
from Union Avenue to Washington
Street. be improved by grading to
the established grade with a road
way thirty feet In width and side
= walk and parking spaces os each
side thereof fifteen feet In width,
and laying down on said sidewalk
spaces cement concrete sidewalks
five feet in width. according to the
plans and specification prepared
therefor by the City Engineer, now
on file in the office of the Commits
sfoner of Public Works.
Section 2. That the real property
to be benefited by said Improvement
and which Is hereby created Local
Improvement District No. $50, is
described as follows:
Lots s to Is inclusive in Blocks
and O.. Branson's Addition to Taco
una, w.
All the lots In Blocks and 10
HAYS, addition to Tacoma, Wash.
All of said property being in the
City of Tacoma, Pierce County
Washington.
Section 3. 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
said Improvement, In accordance
with the laws OF the State OF wash
fngton and Ordinance No. 4e11 OF
said City.
said assessment so levied upon
said lots, tracts and parcels OF land
respectively, may be paid either In
cash. without interest, before the
issuance of bonds. or In five equal
annual installments. together with
interest on the whole sum SO
charged at six per cent. per annum;
and each year efteI the issuance OF
= the bonds he inafter provided Tor
enc OF such istallments, together
with the intss est due thereon and
On all installments thereafter to be-
come due. shall be collected In tbs
manner provided by law and tn
charter and ordinance of the Cit