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ORDINANCE No.175.
METHOD OF TAXATION FOR LOCAl.IMPROVEMENTS:
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AN ORDINANCE relating ,to local improvements in the ~own of Marysville,
Washington,and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith.
bE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOVm,OF M~~YSVILLE,WASHINGTON,
as follows:
SECTIONl.METHOD OF PROCEDURE;Whenever the 'town Council shall
provide for making local improvements ahd for paying the whole or any
portion of the cost and expense thereof by levying and,collecting
special assessments on property specially benefited,the proceedings
therefor shall be in accordance with the provisions of an act enti-
tled,,,,An Act relating to lacal improvements in cities and towns and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts",'approved March 17,1911,
being vhapter 98,Session Laws of year 1911,the laws of the state
of Washington governing cities of the fourth class,so far as
applicable,and the provisions of this ordinance and acts and
ordinances amendatory thereof •
SECTION 2.PETITIONS,WITH WHOMFILEDi Petitions for local
improvement shall be presented to and filed with the ~own Clerk.
SECTION 3.PETITIONS and RESOLUTIONS;TO WHOM REFERRED:The
Town Clerk and the Committee on streets and Lights of the Town Council
.are hereby named as the or'r i cer-a to ascertain the truth of the facts
set forth in any petition filed for any local improvement,and all
resolutions or petitions initiating any local improvement shall be
referred to said officers,and it shall be their duty,with the
assistance of the Town Engineer,if any shall be appointed or
employed,to make all preliminary estimates of the cost of such
improvement and prepare all diagrams,plans and specifications
and other data as are required by Sections 9 and 10 of Chapter 98,
Session Laws of 19l1,and submit the same to the ~own Council upon
the hearing of any resolution and at such other times as may be
required.
SECTION 4.VOTE REQUIRED:No ordinance relating to local im-
provements shall be considered passed unless the same shall have
,recei'ved the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members
of the Town Council jprovided,that no ordinance pr ov td fng for any
such improvement shall be effective over the written objection or
objections of the owners of a majorit:y-of the lineal frontage and
of the area within the limits of the proposed improvement district,
filed with the Town Clerk prior to the final passage of such ordin-
ance,unless such ordinance shall receive the affirmative vote of
at least two-thirds of all the members of the ':i:own Council.
SECTION 5.AWARD OF CONTRACT:lWANAGEWiENTOF W6IlK:Atter the
'rown Council shall have provided by ordinance for the making of any
local improvement,plans and specifications therefor shall be
approved and t~ee .p$I}~r.~t let by"the 'I'OWn Council,and the work
shall be un~,(!b"fiElthow Councilor any sua-coma;ttee thereof,officer
or other person that shall be designated by t~e Town Council.
SECTION 6'.MODES OF PAYMENT:'.J:here shall be two medes of making
payment for sucnvpor-t t on of the cost and expense of any such improve-
ment as shall bepay~,ble by special assessments,to-wit:"Immediate
Paymentttand "Payment by l:londs."The mode adopted shall be the mode
petitioned for in case said improvement shall be made upon petition,
otherwise the mode shall be the one which the Council shall designate
in,the ordinance ordering such improvement.
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SECTION 7.THE ASSESSMENT ROLL:Not more than thirty (30)
days after the Town council shall have awarded a contract for
any local improveme~t,authorized by ordinance ~f the TOwn
Oouncil,or shall have determined that such local improvement
shall be done by the :I.'own itself lexoept as.the time for filing
said roll may be extended by the ~own Oouncil),there shall be
f.iled in the office of tbe 'town Glerk,aa assessment ..roll pre-
pared in duplicate by the Committee on otreets and ~ights~or
other committee,person or persons,officer PI'.offic.ers as shall
be designated by the TOwn Council,which assessment roll shall
eonta t n the description of each lot,tract or parcelof land,or
other property to be asse;3sed,the amount to'be charged,levied
or assessed against the same,and the name of the owner or owners
thereof,if known;but in no case shall a mistake in the name
of the owner be fatal when the description of the property is
correat.
~he TOwn Council upon receipt of such assessment rolL shall
fix a date for the hearing thereon,and direct the,fown...Olerk
to give notice of such hearing and the time and place thereof.
Such notice shall be published at least two times in the offic-
ial weekly newspaper;provided that at least fifteen (15)days·
must elapse.between the date of the last publication thereof.and
the dat.e fixed for such hearing.At the time fixed for such
hearing,the Town Oouncil shall sit as.a board.of equalization'
on said assessmen~rOll,and as soon thereafter as there shall
have been certified to them a statement of the totaL charges
against the district;ahalladjust the roll.in conformity thereto
The ordinance confirming any assessment roll shall levy and
assess against each 19t,tract,parcel of land or other property
appearing upon such roll the amount charged against the'same .'.
Uponvt herenac'tmen't of such ordinance,the roll shall be delivered
to the Town Clerk,who shall forthwith transmit the duplicate
of the.same to .the Town Treasurer,with his certificate that
the same ,has been duly approved by ordinance.
SEOTION.8.MODE OF "ThlMEDIATEP1\.YMENT":Whenever the.cost
and expense of any improvement shall be paYable by them046 of
~Immediate Payment",the Town .Treasurer shall upon rec.eipt of
such r-oLl.,publish a notice in the official paper of the.town
for two (2)consectiveweekly issues,that said roll is.in his
hands for collections,and that any assessment thereon or any
portion of any such assessment may be paid at any time within
thirty (3q,)Aays from the date of the firstpublicati()npfsaid
notice,wi.;~hout penalty,interest or costs,andthatilialess pay-
ment be -mad e within such time,such assessment or u~;paidliort.ion
thereof will become delinquent ..Upon delinquency a penalty of
five,per cent (51&)shall att.achto and become a part of.all
assessment~.Delinquent assessments shall bear interest at the
rate of eight per cent (81&)per annum from date of delinquency,
until paid.
SECTION 9.MODE OF "PAYMENT BY BONj)Sir;Whenever the cost
and expense of any improvement shall be payable by the mode of
"payment by Bonds",the whole or any portion,of any assessment
levied on account.of such improvement may be paid without .
penalty or interest during the first thirty (00)days following.
the date of'tl:J.efirst publication .or a notice given as pre ...
scribed in Section 8 of this ordinance by .tne 'l'ownTreasurer
that such assessment and asSessment roll i8in his hands for
collection,and the unpaid balance,if any,may be paid in equal
annual in13tallments,the number of which shall equal the .n1lll1berofyearswhichthebondstopayfortheimprovementmayrun;.,or,
the lien of any such assessment may be discharged at any .time
.after said thirty (30)days,by paying the entire unpaid portion
thereof,'with aLl,penalty and cos'll'attaching,together with all
interest thereon to date of delinquency of·the installment thereof
next falling due.'l'hefirst installment shall become due and
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payable during the .thirty(50)days period,succeeding a date one
year from the date of,·th6 first publication of such notice and
annually thereaf:t;er each succeeding installment shall become due
and payable in like manner.If the whole or any portion of any
assessment remains unpaid after the first thirty (50)day period
herein provided for,.interest upon the whole unpaid sum shall be
charged at the.rate fixeli in the ordinance providing for such
improvement,and each year thereafter one of said installments,
together with the interest due upon the whole of :the unpaid
balance,shall be collected.Any installment not paid prior to
the expiration of the thirty (50)day period,during which such
installment is due and payable,shall thereupon become delinq-
uent.All gelinquent installments,shall until paid be subject
to a charge for interest at the bond rate,as herein specified
from the date of delinquency until the date of delinquency'·l5f
the installment next falling due 'after the payment of$uch
installment,and to an additional charge of five per cent (5%)
penalty,levied upon both principal and interest due on such
installment or installments.
SECTION 10.Amended by Seationl,of Ordinance No.262.
(See Ordinance No.262).,.Page 1))5 ..relating to
Foreclosure of DelinQuent AssesBments.
SECTION,ll..NOTICE BY 11AIL:In all cases of assessments or
'installments thereof becoming due and pay,ple,the Town Treasurer
l;Jhgllmail a copy of the notice required to be published to the
owner of the property assessed,when the post office address of
theowner.is known,but failure to mail the same shall not be
fatal when publication is made.
SECTION 12.NOTICE OF INSTALLllilENT:Whenever any ins tallmen t
of an assessment,payable by the mode of "Payment by Bond.",shall
become due and payable,the ~own Treasurer shall publish a
notice thereof for four (4)consecutive weekly issues in the·
official newspaper,the date of the first publication of which
shall be at 1 east thirty (50)days prior .to the date of the
delinquency of such installment..
SECTION 15..SPECIAL FUND:The ordinance confirming any ass-
ess~ent roll shall also create a special fund,to be called,
"LQcalImprovement J!'und,District No._",into which shall
be placed :all sums paid on account of.such assessment,including
allini;erestand ,penalty thereon,and vm event of sale of bonds
byJ;he town,the proceeds thereof and all premiums and accrued
interest.on bonds issued ~or such improvement.
SECTION.l4.IEl~UJi.NCE OF BONJilS;COUPONS:At the expiration of
thirtyd30)days after the date of the first pUblication of the
Treal;Jurer's notice,refe.rred to in Section))of this ordinance,
the Town'I're,asurer sh,all report to the :iown Clerk the total
amount Of the assessment,the total amount paid to him to redeem
any lots,tracts,parcels of land or other property from the
assessment levi eli thereon,and the total amount uppaid on such
assessment.Vfuereupon the Mayor and ~own Clerk shall issue the
bonds.onrthe local improvement in an amount ..equal to the amount
remaining1:ll,lpaid on said assessment roll,as shown by such report
The bonds herein provided for shall not be issued prior to twenty
(20)liaysafter the expiration of the thirty \50}days above
mentioned,but may be issued at,any time thereafter.Such bonds
shall he in denominations of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)each,
excepf b.ond numbered on (1),which shall be in an amount not to
exce~diTwo Hunlired ($200.00)Dollars;provided,that the Town
OouncLl,may,in the ordinance .conr t rmt.ng the assessment roll,
aesignateany different denomination for such bonds.Such bonds
shall be numbered from one (1)upwards consecutively,and each
bond and coupon shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the,
Town Clerk;provided,however that said coupons may,instead of
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being so signed,have printed :thereon the fac-simile of the sign-
atures of said off,icers,and each bond shall have the seal of the
town impressed thereon,and shall refer to the improvement to pay
for which the same shall be issued,and to the ordinance ordering
the same.
SECTION 15.TERW~OF BONDS;INTEREST:Such bonds by their
terms shall be made payable on or before a date not to exceed ten
(10)years from and after the date of the issue of such bonds,-
which date may be fixed by resolution,or may be fixed by the'
ordinance confirming the assessment roll.Such bonds shall bear
interest at the rate provided by the ordinance ordering the im-
provement,not exceeding eight(S)per cent per annum,such inter-
est to be payable annually.~ach bond shall have attached there-
to interest coupons for each interest payment.
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SECTION 16.FOffiW OF BONDS:All bonds issued in pursuance 'of
the provisions 01'this ordinance shall'be in substantially the
following form:
"Local Improvement Bond,District No.
of Marysville,State of Washingtmn.
No. ','
N.'B.This bond is issued by vitt,u.e of the provisions of
an act of the Legislature of the State of Washington,entitled,
'~Act relating to local improvements in cities and towns and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts",approved March 17,1911,
Section 5201'which act reads as follows"to-wit:
'1Section 52.Neither the holder nor owner of any bond
issued under the authority of this act shall have any claim there-
for against ,the city by which the same is issued,except from the
special assessment made for the improvement for which sllchbond
is issued,but his remedy in case of non-payment,shall be con-
fined to the enforcement of such assessment.A copy of this
section shall be plainly written,printed Or engraved,on each.
bond vso issued."
"The TOwn of MarySVille,a municipal corporation of·the
state of Washington,hereby promises to pay to
or bearer,Dollars,lawful money of t~h~e~u~n~i~t~e~d~s~t~a-t~e-s-,~
with interest thereon at the rate of percent,P13r annum,
payable annually,out of the fund established by OrdinanceNo~__
of said Town,and known as "Local Improvement J!'und District No.
It,and not otherwise,both principal and interest payable
at:the-office of the TOwn Treasurer of said TOwn."A coupon is
hereto attached for each installment of interest to accrue hereon
and said interest shall be paid only on presentation and sur';'
render of such coupons to the Town Treasurer,but in case this
,bond is called for payment before its maturity,each and ,.13very
coupon representing interest not accrued at the time this bond
is payable under such call,shall be void.'l'his bond is payable
on or before the day of ,19,'and is
subject to call by the TOwn whenever there shall be sufficient
money in said Local Improvement Fund to pay the same and all
unpaid bonds of the series of,which this bond is nne,which are
prior to this bond in numerical order,over and above sufficient
for the payment of interest on all unpaid bonds of said series.
The Town Council of said Town as the agent of said Local Improve,;.
mentDistrict has caused this bond to be issued in the name 'of
said Town,as the bond of said Local Improvement District No..,
established by Ordinance No.,the bond or the proceeds ---
thereof to be applied in part pa~ent of so much of the cost and
expense or the improvement of under said ordinance
No.i,,as is 'levied and assessed against the property in-
cluded in said local improvement district and benefited by said
Lmpr-ovemen t ;and the said,"Local Improvement Fund District No.
=-r-=-::-="'f has been established by ordinance for said purpose,
and the holder or holders of this bond shall look only to said
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fund for the payment of either the principal or the interest of
t·his bond.
"The call for payment of this bond or of.any bond of the
series.of which this is one,shall be made by the 'I'own 'I'reasurer
by publishing the same in the official newspaper of said town and
when such call is made tor the payment of this bond,it will be
paid on the day the next interest coupon hereon shall become due
after said call,and upon said day interest upon this bond shall
ceasev and any remaining coupons shall be void.
This bond is one of a s.eries of bonds,aggregating
in all the principal sum of Dollars,issued for
said local improvement district,all of which bonds ar-e subject
to the same terms and conditions as herein expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the 'fown of Marysville has caused these
presents to be signed by its Mayor and attested by its Clerk,and
sealed with its corporate seal this day of ,in
the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred a nd
'tHE 'I'OWN OF MARYSVILLE
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A'fTES'1':
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COUPONS,NUMBER and lfORM:There shall be attached to each
bond such number of coupons,not exceeding ten,as shall be re-
qUired·torepresent the interest thereon,payable annually,for
the term of said bonds,·which coupons shall be in substantially
the following form:
"The Town of Marysville,Interest Coupon No.,Interest.---."",.>(~,;!,$--'r;o::n~the day of ,the 1'Own of Marysville,Wash-
ington,.pr-omi se s to pay to the bearer at the office of the 'l'own
Treasurer Dollars,being one year's interest due
that day on bond No.of the bonds of Local Improvement
Fund District No."and not otherwise;provided,that this
.coupori is subject to a.Ll,the terms and conditions contai ned in
the bond to which it is attached.
I 'i'BE TOWN OF MARYSVILLE
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SECTION.17 •BOND REGIS1'RY:The Town Clerk shall keep in his
.officea registry of all such bonds issued.He shall enter there-
in the local improvement fund district number for which the same
are.issued and the date,amount and number of each bond and the
terms of payment •
.SECTION 18.WARRp.NTS;rffiEN ISSUED:Vfuere the improvement shall
beo.rdered and payment therefor made wi thou t the issuance of bonds,
the Town Council shall cause warrants to be issued in payment.of
the cost and expense thereof,which warrants shall bear interest
at a rate not to exceed eight per cent (8%)per annum and shall
be payable.only out .or the special fund to be provided for the
loeal improvement district under which the same are issued;said
warrants to be redeemed in (l!i\&\J!l;.
SECTION 19.CALL AND PAYMENT OF WARRANTS:It shall be the
duty of the Town Treasurer to call and pay in numerical order
such outstanding warrants against any particular improvement
fund as he may be able to pay with the money on hand credited to
such fund,and whenever he shall have money on hand to the credit
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of such,fund,but not eur.r ict errt.to pay the whole of the next
succeeding o~tstanding warrant,he may call in and pay such por-
tion thereof as shall e~haust the amount of such fund.
¥fuenever the Town Treasurersha~l pay a portion of any
warrant,as above provided,he shall endorse upon such warrant
the date and.amount of such payment,and take a receipt fromth,8
holder thereof,shoWing the number and description of such war-
rant,and the date and.amount so paid,which rece,ipt the treasurer
shall return with his report to the Pown Clerk,as a voucher for
the money so paid.'
sECTION 20.HECORD OF PETITION FOR LOCAL IMPROVEWiliNT:When-
ever the Town Council shall pass an ordinance ordering any improve-
ment,and such improvement is.to be paid for in whole'or in part
by special assessment upon the .property specially benefi ted,the s",d
Clerk shall forthwith record in a book to be kept for ,that purpose,
the pe't i tion presented by the property owners,to the '!'own Council,
together with t he endorsements and other entries contained thereon
and the names in full of all the petitioners.Said book shall
beendorsed,"Record of Petition for Local Improvements",and shall
be properly indexed,so as to indicate the pages on which the
petition for each improvement can be found,and shall remain in the
office of the ~own Clerk.
If any vsuch petition for'any improvement be lost,destroyed,
concealed,mislaid,or for any reason be not in the proper place in
the office of the 'l'ownClerk,the reGord'of such petition in the
book herein designated or'a copy thereof certified by the ~own
Clerk,shall be received,and treated for all purposes as of equal
force and effect as the original petition.
SECTION 21.LOCAL IfuPRO~ffiNT CONTRACTS:In letting all con-
tracts for'public improvements"the '!'own Council shall provide there-
in that at least thirty (30)per cent of the amount due the contractor
on estimates shall be retained tb secure the payment of all laborers,
mechanics,sub-contractors and material men and all persons who shall
supply such person or persons,or sub-contractors,with provisions and
supplies for the carrying on of such work,'all just debts,dues and
demands incurred 'in the performance of such work,and such laborers,
mechanics,sub-contractors,material men and such other person or
persons shall,for a period of thirty (30)days after the work shall
have been completed,have a lien on such thirty per cent (30%)so '
reserved as aforesaid,which lien shall be senior to all other liens,
whether by judgment ,attachment or contract,and no tmprcvement shall
be deemed completed until the ~own Council shall have filed With the
~own Clerk a statement signed by a majority of them,declaring the
same to have been completed.'
During the time allowed in the contract,the engineer in charge
shall on or about the last day of each month,issue an estimate,of the
amount of work eomp Le t ed during the morrth by the contractor at his
request in writing,but,shall,after the date set for completion of
the contract,furnish no estimate other than the final estimate issued
after the completion of the work.Said final estimate issued by
the engineer in charge shall include in a~dition to a statement of
the amount of money due the contractor,a statement of the amount of
money,if any,expended by him or the .rown for abstracts,advertis-
ing and engineering prdlor to the date set for the completion of the
,contract.All engineering expense incurred after the time fixed,in
the contract for its completion shallbe borne by the contractor,as a
penalty for failure to Gomplete the work within the specified time.
fhe Town Clerk shall on or about the 15th day of the month fol-
lOWing the issuance of the estimate by the engineer in charge or
other person,officer or committee designated for that purpose,de-
liver to the contractor money or warrants in an amount equal to
seventy per cent of such estimate;in case warrants are issued,
they shall be -dz-awn against the local improvement district fund
under which the work is being done and shall bear interest at a rate
not to exceed eight per cent {S%)perannurnfrom date to the time
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fixed in the proposal and contract for the completion of the im-
provement,plus ninety(90)days additional allowed fOT the ap-
provalof the assessment roll and the issuance of bonds,beyond
which time the'Eown shall not allow interest.15ach such warrant
s,hallhave plainly endorsed upon its face the date upon which
i~terest thereon ceases.Such warrants shall be redeemed in cash
in the order of priorityso far as payments made into thelocal im...
provement district shall permit.If the mode of payment be
"Payment by Bonds"the principal amount of warrants not redeemed in
cash shall be redeemed in order of'their priority in local im-
provement district bonds,issued in accordance with the'provisions
of'the ordinances of the 'i'own of'Marysville and the laws of the
State of Washington;the unpaid interest,if any,on such war-
rants<shall be redeemed by the issuance of a non-interest bear-
ingwarrant payable from the first moneys in such fund.If the
mode of payment be "Immedia~e Payment tt ,any warrants not redeemed
in cash-within ninety (90)days after the completion of the con-
tract shall be redeemed by the issuance of a warrant or warrants
for the principal amount drawn on the local improvement district
fund<bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent (8%)per
annum from date of issuance until redeemed,and the unpaid in-
terest,if any on such warrants shall be redeemed by the issu-
ance of a non-interest bearing warrant payable from the first
.moneys in such fund.
The estimates shall be filed with the Town Clerk and he shall
certify said estimates,together with any accrued interest on war-
rants issued to the contractor,as hereinbefore provided,to the ,
Town Council.the thirty per cent (30)%required to be held as
a reserve as hereinbefore provided for a period of thirty days
after final completion of the improvement shall at the expiration
o~such period be paid to the contractor in warrants,so far as
.tihe same shall be free from liens,which warrants shall draw in-
·terestfrom the date of telease to a date ninety (90)days after
the time fixed in the proposal and contract for the completion of
the improvement.In lieu of warrants issued as aforesaid,there
may be issued to the contractor at the option of the town,if so
provided in the proposal and contract for said improvement,cer-
tificates of estimate and assignment forms,certified as here~n
directed showing the amount of work completed as shown by such
estimates and for which no previous certificate has been issued.
In the evant that the town elects to sell the bonds for the
improvement,the amount due the contractor shall bear interest
at the bond rate from the.date of release until paid.
SECTION 22.CONTRACTS;'1'0 LOw-EST BIDDERS;NO'rICE;CHECK WITH BIrD:
The Town Council may provide that all the work to be done in any
local improvement district shall be let in one contract,or at its
pptionr,t may provide that the work in any local improvement district
be sUb-divided,and separate and distinct contracts be let for each
subdivision thereof.All public improvements to be made by contract
shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor.Defore a ...
warding any such con'tr-ao.t or con ta-ac t sj :the '1.'own Council shall
cause to,be published in the official newspaper of the :fown a notice
for two (2)consecutive week1.y issues before the letting of such con-
tract cr.contracts inviting sealed proposals for such work,the plans
and specifications whereof must at the time of the publication of such
notice,be on file in the offi ce ofthe'J.'own Clerk,subject to pub-
lic inspection,.Such notice shall state generally the work to be
done and shall call for proposals for doing the same to be sealed
and filed with the TOwn Clerk,on or before the day and hour named
therein.All bids shall be accompanied by a certified check,pay-
able to the order of the ',toWn Clerk,for a sum not less'than five
per.cent (5%)of the amount of the bid,and no bid shall be con-
sideredunless accompanied by such check.11',in the jUdgment of
the ..'1'own Council,the work should be done by the~own by day work
and under its supervision,it is hereby empowered to proceed with
the work,irrespective of all such bids,and in such case all bids
shall be rejected.
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SECTION 23.OPENING BIDS:ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTIONS: LETTING
CONTRACTS:RETURN Of CHEQKS:EOREFITURE:NO REMISSION:At the time
and place named such,bids shall be pub Li oLy opened and read.rw
bids shall be rejected for informality,but shall be received.if it
can be understood what is meant thereby.'ihe Town Council shall
proceed to determine the lowest,r$onsible bidder and may let such
contract to such bidder,or if,in its opinion,allabids are too
high,it may reject all of them and re-adverj;lse in theirdiscre-
tion,or if in the jUdgl)lent of the co unc t L such work can be.performed
or supplies or materials furnishe.d by the city independent of con-
tract,cheaper than under the lowest bid submitted,it may cause
such work to be performed or supplies or materials to be furnished
independent of contract,and may purchase 'the necessary materials".
and proceed to do the work under its own supervision by "day worktl;i'.
and in.such case all Checks shall be.returned'to the bidders by the
TOwn Clerk,but if the.contract be let,then and in .that case all
checks shall be returned to the bidders,except that of the suc-
cessful bidde.r which shall be retained until.the contract be en-
tered t nto f.ormaking such improvement between the bidder and the
town in accordance with such bid,and the duly approved and accepted
bond therefor,be filed in the office of the iown vlerk.If said
bidder shall fail to enter into such contract,in accordance with
his bid,within ten (10)days from the date on which he is notified
that he is the successful bidder,the Town Clerk shall stamp across
the face of the certified check,"Forfeited to the i'own of Marys-
ville;.
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and shall de+iversaid check to the TOwn Treasurer to be deposited
in the Town treasury to the credit of the "Local Lmprovement fund",
and the Town Council shall re-advertise for proposals for such work
at their discretion or may proGeed as hereinbefore authorized to
purchase the materials and to do the work under its own supervisions
by"daY,w.ork".Neither the 10wn Council nor any officer therof
shall have power to remit such forfeiture.
::;ECTION 24,.(As amended by Sec.i,Qrd.NO.186)AMOUNT OF
CQNTRACT'S BOND:Before any contract for the making of any im~
provement .shaLl,be binding against the iown,the contractor shall
enter into a !bond with the i'own in a penal'sum of not .Less than the
full contrac1;price for said improvement,oonditioned as prOVided
by law.
SECTION 25..ASSESSMEN'l'ROLL:AMONNT OF:HOW ASCER'l'AINEI):In
case the i,mprovement is constructed directly by the town by the em-
ployment o'f,day labor,the a s se.s smerrb roll may be made ei therbe_
fore.or after t11e completion of the improvement;if.made before the
improvement is completed,said roll shall be based upon the esti-
mated cost ,of such improvement,made as in this ordinance provided.
If upon the completion of the improvement,i.t is found that the
actural cost thereof has exceeded the amount assessed therefor,a
13i!llpplemel1tal assessment roll based upon the amount of such excess
shall be prepared in the same manner as the original rolL If the
assessment is made after the improvement is completed,it shall be
..based upon the actural cost .of the improvement •In case such im-
provement is made by c.ontract 'upon compet i t tve bids,the basiso;f'
such assessment Shall be the contract price of said imprGvement,
inclUding the fixed estimate.
SECTION 26.WARRAIilTS:HOW ISSUED WHERE.WORK IS PERFORMED BY
DAY LABOR:Whenever any l.ocal improvement is made in whole or in
part directly by the.town,by day labor,the 'l'owh Council may pro-
vide for the issuance of local improvement warrants upon the local
improvement fund created by the ordinance ordering the impro.yement
in payment of the cost ofs~ch improvement.Said warrants shall
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bear interest at a rate not to exceed eight perpent per annum from
the date of issuance,and shall be payable only out of the said
local improvement fund when the assessments are paid or the local
improvement bonds sold.The cost of such improvement shall be
paid for in the first instance from such fund as the ~own Council
in the ordinance ordering the improvement shall direct,such fund
to be re-imbursed from the.local improvement fund when the ass-
essments are paid or the local improvement bonds sold.
SECTION 27.NOTICE OF INSTALLMENT:V~enever any installment
of an assessment payable by the mode of "Payment by Bonds"shall
become due and payable the Town Treasurer shall publish a notice
thereof in the official newspaper for four (4)successive weekly
publications,the date or the first publication of which shall be
at least thirty (30)days prior to the date of the delinquency of
such installment.Such notice shall be practically the same form
as the notice that "the assessment roll is in the '!'own Treasurer's
hands for collection.In all cases of assessments or installments
thereof becoming due and payable,the Town Treasurer shall mail
a notice thereof to the owner of the property assessed when the
post office address of the owner is known,but failure to mail
the same shall not be fatal when a notice is published as re-
quired by this section.
SECTION 28.SUB-DIS'rRICTS AUTHORIZED:Vfuenever the Town Council
shall provide for the construction of a trunk sewer or trunk water-
main,it may divide the territory to be served thereby into sub-
districts;the construction of such improvements may be made under
separate contracts for such sub-districts thereof,the ~own Council
may levy assessments in each sub-district,and issue bonds to be
.paid by the collection of assessments against property in each
sub-district,independent of any other sUb-district;provided,
however,that such sub-district shall be set forth in said or-
dinance providing for such improvement,and when it is proposed to
pay any portion of the cost of such improvement from the general
fund such ordinances shall specify approximately the amount to be
apportioned to each sub-district.
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SECTION 29.Repealed by Ordinance No.220.
SECTION 30.TOWN'S.CONTRIBUTION TO BE SPECIFIED IN'ORDn~ANCE:
It'very ordinance ordering any improvement herein provided for,shall
declare what,if any,portion or proportionate amount of such cost
and expense shall be borne by the ~own of Marysville out of any of
its general funds,and Shall direct that the remainder of such cost
and expense be assesseaagainst the property withingsaid district
in the manner prOVided by law.
~TION 31.ITEMS OF COST:In making an estimate of the cost
and expense of any improvement,as provided in this ordinance,
the ~own Council shall include therein the estimated cost and X
expense of the engineering and surveying necessary for said im_
provement,to be done by and under the direction of an engineer
and the cost of ascertaining the ownership of the lots and parcels
of land included in the assessment district,and the cost of ad-
vertising,mailing and pUblishing of notices required to be ad_
vertised,published or mailed,also shall add as a.charge against
each description of property appearing on the assessment rOll,the
following sums,to-wit:
In case of "Iinmediate Payment"assessment,the sum of forty
cents (40¢)per description;in case of assessment payable in f.ive
annual installments the sum of One Dollar (1.00)per description;'!\.
in case of assessment payable'in ten annual installments,the sum /'
of One and 75/100 Dollars ($1.75)per description,which sum in a
particular case will be the charge for the cost of the accounting,
clerical labor,books and blanks incurred by the Town Clerk and
the Town Treasurer,in connection with.such assessment.
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SECTION 32.ORDINANCES REPEAI.]!~D:All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in.conflict herewith are her~by repealed.
SECTION 3.3.
..be in force
if approved
provided by
IN EFFECT:.ThisoI'dinance shall take.effect and
from and after its.passage,approval and publication
by the l\layor;otherwise it shall take effe.ct as
law.
PASSED on the 28th day of April,1913
Approved on the 28th day of April,1913
E.$.Colvin
'Mayor .
A'rTEST:
C.M.Schumacher
Town Clerk
Published on the 2nd day of May,1913
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