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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
10
The state tax commission will assume all inheritance tax duties from the treasurer starting June 12. Inheritance tax accounts and records will be kept by the commission, while funds are paid to the treasurer. About 400 cases will be prosecuted to collect overdue taxes, with reopenings where court actions had previously closed accounts.
The city enacts a plan to build a wooden sidewalk on the east side of Front Street from Chestnut to Race Streets. It creates Local Improvement District 112 to levy assessments on specified lots in blocks 12 and 17 through 19 and 30s, plus related costs and warrants.
Ordinance 534 outlines levying and collecting special assessments for North Yakima local improvements. It designates a fund named Local Improvement District No 11 Fund to hold these assessments. The ordinance takes effect five days after publication, passed June 3 1907 and approved June 5 1907. Mayor A Fechter and City Clerk J C Brooker attest.
Ordinance No. 543 establishes Local Improvement District No. 143 on the west side of Eighth Street from Yakima Avenue to D Street for a wooden sidewalk under Standard Specifications. It authorizes warrants and a special assessment fund to cover construction, with City Engineer grades and plans on file.
The ordinance describes the land boundaries for the district along Eighth Street Yakima Avenue and sets the special assessments to be placed in a dedicated fund. It references Ordinance No 584 and notes passage by the City Council and approval dates.
Ordinance 544 lays out a wooden sidewalk upgrade on EF Street from Nateches Avenue to Fourth Street. It creates Local Improvement District No 114 to levy costs and issue warrants, covering publication expenses and other related charges. The district includes specific lots in block 85. The measure references Standard Specifications and prior city actions from 1907.
Ordinance 536 provides for grading Front Street from Race Street northward and for funding through Local Improvement District No. 106. It lays out assessment on listed lots in blocks 12 to 17 and includes described lands along West Chestnut Street and Race Street, with warrants and a dedicated fund.
The ordinance adopts methods of levying and collecting special assessments under Ordinance No. 534. All local improvement assessments go into a special fund by the City Measurer. The ordinance takes effect five days after publication. O. A. Fechter.
North Yakima enacts a grade for West Yakima Avenue and Ninth Avenue West with bench mark determinations and specified elevations. The ordinance repeals Ordinance No. 510 and takes effect on June 3, 1907.
North Yakima city adopts a comprehensive ordinance creating a streets and ditches committee as board of assessors for levying improvement costs on property in local assessment districts. It outlines assessment rolls, hearings, appeals, delinquency procedures, and fund handling with mayoral approval dated June 5 1997.
An ordinance provides for grading Sixth Avenue West between West Yakima Avenue and West Maple Street, establishes a local improvement district, levies special assessments, and authorizes warrants. It notes grading will follow City Engineer plans and adopted grades, with related publication costs and expenses.
The ordinance defines Local Improvement District No 107 with boundaries along West Yakima Avenue West Maple Street and Sixth Avenue West, detailing measurements and lines for the district. It mentions a special fund named Local Improvement District No 117 Fund and notes passage by the City Council in June 1907.
Ordinance No 538 establishes a cement sidewalk on the east side of Natches Avenue between B and F Streets in North Yakima Washington Local Improvement District No 108 outlines cost assessments and warrants funding for the project based on standard city plans and the 1907 ordinance on special assessments. J Co Brooker signed the measure June 3 1907 and approved June 5 1907.
Ordinance 539 authorizes a wooden sidewalk project on the west side of Sixth Avenue West between West Yakima Avenue and West Maple Street. It declares Local Improvement District No. 199 and levies special assessments on adjacent properties to cover construction and publication costs as outlined in the legal description.
City ordinances levy and collect assessments for local improvements under Ordinance No S34 of North Valley. The measure was passed by the City Council on June 3 1907 and approved June 4 1907 with Local Improvement District No 109 designated. Approved June 10 1907.
City council approves Local Improvement District No 110 for the building of a wooden sidewalk on the west side of Fourth Avenue West from B Street north to D Street in North Yakima Washington. Project adheres to Standard Specifications No 1 and associated plans adopted in 1904 with city engineer drawings on file. Approval dates June 3 1997 and June 5 1907 noted.
The city enacts an ordinance to create a local improvement district for Fourth Avenue West now Kittitas Avenue. It authorizes a wooden sidewalk on the east side from Spruce Street to Lotten 10, with costs raised by special assessments to be collected by the City Treasurer as part of Improvement District No 111. Approved June 19, 1907.
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