Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-22

. public improvement, and which as
sessment may, for any cause leading
up to the making of such public i'm
provement or levying of any such
assessment, be declared Eoid, illegal
or doubtful, by reason 81 any omis-
sion or defect on the part of the city
council or other officer of the city,
or for any other cause.
BE It enacted by the people Of the
City of Ashland:
That Article VII of the present
Charter of the city of Ashland, Ore
gon, be amended by adding thereto
a section to be known as Section 26,
to read as follows:
Section 26. Whenever heretofore
or hereafter the council has caused
or may cause any street or alley to
be improved, or has caused any sewer
main, sidewalk, curb or gutter to be
laid, and has, or may hereafter assess
or attempt to assess upon the proper
ty abutting thereon and benefited
thereby, the cost of such improve
ment, and said assessment, by reason
of any failure to give any requisite
notice or by reason of any other de-
feet in the proceedings leading up to
the making of such improvement or
the levying of such assessment, shall
be declared void by any court, or II
the council shall be of the opinion
that said assessment is illegal or
doubtful, by reason Of any such omis-
, sion or defect, said council may
cause the cost Of said improvement
, to be re-assessed against the real es-
tate fronting on such improvement,
, on the same side Of the street, in the
following manner: The council shall
q declare, by resolution, its intention
: to mako such re-assessment, which
= resolution shall briefly describe the
! improvement, and shall declare the
il intention of the council to assess the
n cost thereof upon the property 'front.'
q ing on such improvement, on the
a same side Of the street, and benefited
A. thereby describing in said resolution
70 each parcel of property which 1t in
d tends to re-assess, and the amount II
N intends to assess against each parcel
l. Said resolution shall fix the time and
place for holding a meeting of the
=, council at which all protests against
y re-assessing the cost of said improve.
., ment against abutting property shall
e, be heard. Said resolution shall be
i, published In a newspaper of genera
=" circulation in said city, for two issues
% Of said paper, the date of the first
- publication of which shall be at least
~ ~ ten days before the date of said hear
a. ing.
d. At said hearing the council shall
al consider all protests against the levy
IT ing of such assessments, and, II after
n considering the matter, the council
g. shall determine that the property
Is abutting on said improvement has
20 been specially benefited thereby, il
l. may cause tho cost of said improve
10 ment to be assessed against said
n abutting property, to the extent OF
g. the special benefit so received by said
0 property therefrom Provided, how
d ever, that no parcel of property shall
r be so assessed unless the same has
n been described in the notice of inten-
= tion to make re-assessment above
n provided for, and no parcel of prop
:. erty shall be assessed for a greater
T. amount than the amount designated
|, therefor in said notice. In making
d said re-assessment, the council shall
r. distribute the cost of said improve
II ment between the various parcels
l. abutting thereon in proportion to the
II benefits received, or the frontage OF
II the property on said improvement
as the case may be, assessing no par
e eel any greater amount than the act
n ual benefit received by 1t from said
d improvement, but the council shall
J, enter no assessment against any par.
Le eel Of property which has been pre-
2 viously assessed and which assess
It ment has been paid. Any existing
l. assessments so re-assossed shall be
IL marked cancelled by re-assess
At ment." Said re assessment shall bt
al declared by ordinance and entered II
r the city lien docket and collected II
IL the same manner as the original as
,e sessments shall be collected, unde'
le the provisions Of the Charter and or
Of dinances Of the city of Ashland ant
r the laws Of the state of Oregon.
s, TITLE
X An Act to amend Section 23 Of Ar
ne ticle VII of the existing Charter o
or the city of Ashland. Oregon, SAT-
II Charter being that certain act of tn
ke Legislative Assembly of the state o
he Oregon, filed in the office Of the Sec
1t retary of State, October 14th, 1898
le entitled IAN Act to amend an Ac
be entitled An Act to incorporate tn
IL city OF Ashland, in Jackson county
Id Oregon, and define the power there
d, Of filed In the office of Secretar.
n Of State, February 25th, 1895
y, amending the same" as amended b,
by all acts subsequent thereto, eithe
Of the Legislative Assembly of tn
state Of Oregon, or by vote of tn
ne qualified electors Of the city of Ash
h land. Oregon, as said Section %, wa
a added to and made part Of salt
6. Article VII OF the Charter. and mad,
ne effective by the proclamation Of tn
re Mayor Of the city on the 21st day o
p November. 1914.
Or Be II enacted by the people Of tn,
~ ] pifv ~ AabIopd nraUon.