The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-12

ORDINANCE No. 65ss.--An ordI-
ment of South 18th Street from
south e. Street to South ID"
Street and South ID" Street from
South 4Sth Street to South 51st
street; creating Local Improvement
District No. -977; providing for q
special fund for the payment of the
cost OF said improvement by special
assessment upon property within
said district benefited thereby; pro-
yiding for the issuance of local inn
provement bonds; and declaring an
emergency.
adopted by the Council of the city
OF Tacoma March l4th, 1917. declar-
ing the intention of said Council to
make the Improvement hereinafter
described and fixing Monday tho
End day of April, 1917, as the
time for hearing objections TO the
making of said improvements. was
duly published as provided by law;
land
WHEREAS. prior to the End day
of April, 1917, the Commiss Toner OF
Public Works of said City submitted
to said Council the estimated cost
of said Improvement in the sum of
$2,5l3.i5: and "A statement of the
pfoportionate amount thereof which
should be borne by the property
within the proposed assessment dis
trict, in the sum OF S2513.45; and
a 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 Ii for the purpose
OF general taxation, In the sum OF
S5,02s. 90; and diagram or print
showing thereon the lots, tracts or
parcels of land and other property
which VIII be specially benefited by
said Improvement, and the estimated
amount of the cost and expense of
the Improvement to be horne by each
lot, tract or parcel of land within
said district; and
WHEREAS, on said End day of
April, 1917, no objections to the
making of said Improvement were
made or presented to the Council;
NOW, THEREFORE,,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
or TACOMA:
Section /. That South 49th Street
from South e. street to South -"
street, and South "D" Street from
South 18th street to South 51st
street, be improved by grading to
the established grade with a road
way thirty feet in width, and side
walk and parking space on each
side thereof twenty feet in width
on said portion of South 18th Street.
and a sidewalk and parking space of
variable widths on said portion OF
South -" Street; according to
the plans and specifications pre-
pared therefor and now on file
in the office of the Commissioner of
Public Works
Section .. That the real property
to he benefited by said Improvement
and which is hereby created Local
Improvement District No. 977, Is
described as follows:
All the lots in Block L.
Map of Pearsons First Addition
to the City of Tacoma, WASH;
Lots to 13 inclusive in Blocks
and 10.
Lots to IA inclusive In Blocks
Is. 16 and II,
An the lots in Blocks 4 and 8.
Map of Lakeside Addition to Ta-
coma;
Tract of unplatted ground des-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner
of South 50th and ~" Streets;
thence east 1926 feet: thence south
315 feet; thence west 1876 feet; thence
north S15 feet to point of begin
ming.
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
purpose of defraying the cost OF
said Improvement. in accordance
with the laws OF the State of Wash
ington and Ordinance No. 46l1 OF
said city.
Said assessment so levied upon
said lots, tracts and parcels of land
respectively. may be paid either I'm
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 after the issuance OF
the bonds hereinafter provided for
one of such installments, together
with the interest due thereon and
on AL installments thereafter to be-
come due, shall be collected in the
manner provided by law and the
charter and ordinance of the City
OF Tacoma for the collection OF
assessments for local improvements.
Section 4. special fund Is here
by created to be called Local Inn
provement Fund, District No. 977,
which shall consist in the aggregate
of the several amounts assessed,
levied and collected upon the sew
eral lots and parcels of land In said
local Improvement district for the
purpose of defraying the cost and
of said fund shall be paid the bonds,
interest thereon. and the cost OF
said Improvement, and no part OF
said fund shall become the property
of the City of Tacoma, but shall be
treated as special trust fund for
the purpose herein indicated.
Section 5. The Commissioner OF
Public Works is hereby ordered to
proceed with said Improvement by
letting a contract for the construc-
ton of the same, after inviting bids
therefor in the manner provided by
m ~ mt N nd
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 Commis-
sioner of Public Works shall state
that the contractor doing the work
shall agree to accept at par the
! bonds issued In pursuance of this
ordinance In payment of the same.
and shall have no claim whatever
) on account thereof against the city
bonds, the special assessment made
and the fund hereby created.
Section 8. Under the provisions
OF 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 remains
ing unpaid at the time of their is
suance, but not in excess OF the
cost and expense of said improves
ment. which bonds shall bear inter-
est at the rate OF six per cei.t. per
annum from the date of their is
suance, shall be numbered consecu-
lively and be In denominations OF
800 each, except the first numbered