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Petition to Extend City Limits of Seattle To the Honorable, the City Council, the Legislative Body of the said city of Seattle, hereby respectfully petition that the boundaries of the City of Seattle be altered and extended so as to include the new territory hereinafter described within the said City of Seattle after proceedings had as required by law, and that you submit to the electors of said city and to the electors residing in the said territory hereinafter described, the question whether said territory shall be annexed to said City of Seattle and become a part thereof. The said new territory proposed to be annexed to the City of Seattle is particularly described as follows to-wit: Beginning at the point in the center of Lake Washington, which is the Northeast corner of the present limits of the City of Seattle; thence Northerly along the center of Lake Washington to an intersection with the south line of Section Sixteen, in Township Twenty-five, Range Four West, W.M., produced eastwardly; thence West in the waters of Lake Washington and Union Bay along said east line produced to the intersection with the east line of said Section Sixteen, produced southerly; thence North in the waters of Union Bay along said east line produced to the shore of said Union Bay, and thence North along the east line of said Section Sixteen and of Section No Nine in said Township and Range to the quarter-section on the east line of said Section Nine; thence West along the center line of said Section Nine to the quarter-section corner in the west line thereof; thence North along the east line lines of Sections Eight and Five in said Township and Range to the north line of said Township Twenty-five North; thence West along said Township line to the quarter-section corner in the north line of Section One, in Township Twenty-five North, Range Three East, which latter point is the Northeast corner of the present corporate limits of the town (now city) of Ballard; thence South along the center line of said Section One, and Sections Twelve and Thirteen in said township Twenty-five North, Range Three East to the Southeast corner of Government Lot 2, in said Section thirteen, said last-named line being the Easterly boundry of said City of Ballard; thence West along the South boundary of said City of Ballard to the center of Salmon Bay; thence Northwesterly following the present corporate limits of the City of Ballard along the center line of Salmon Bay to deep water in Puget Sound of Admiralty Inlet; thence West to the main channel of Puget Sound or Admiralty Inlet; thence southerly along said main to a junction with the main channel from Elliott Bay; thence Easterly and Southeasterly along the main channel of Elliott Bay to the point in the center of Elliott Bay, which is the Northwest corner of the present limits of the City of Seattle; thence Northeastwardly along the present Northwestern boundry of the City of Seattle to the intersection between the shore of said Elliott Bay and the west line of Section Twenty-four, in Township Twenty-five North, Range Three East; thence North, following the present boundary of the City of Seattle along said west line of said Section twenty-four to the quarter section corner in the west line of said Section Twenty-four; thence East, following the present boundary of the City of Seattle along the center line of said Section Twenty-four, and of Sections Nineteen and Twenty in Township Twenty-five North, Range Four East to the east line of said Section twenty; thence South following the present boundary of the City of Seattle, along the east line of said Section Twenty to the Southeast corner thereof; thence East following the present boundry of the City Seattle along the North line of Sections Twenty-eight and Twenty-seven in Township Twenty-five North, Range Four East, to the shore of Lake Washington; and thence Easterly in the waters of Lake Washington following the present boundary of the City of Seattle to the present Northeast corner of the limits of the City of Seattle and place of beginning, including all waters embraced within the boundaries above described. 1 N G Ronald 2 John T Cochran 3 J H Gleson 4 Levi C Pitner 5 C White 6 M E Lewis 7 W E Wilson 8 James T Blakistone 9 J D Tonnau 10 G F Hansell 11 G Willis Price 12 A L Sutton 13 Vince H Taben 14 C A Arnoudts 15 J R DeWitt 16 L A Booth 17 M G McClaire 18 John Parkinson 19 J Wellnel 20 J M Gaylor 21 F W Amsworth 22 A H Phitcher 23 George Falleacham 24 W H Taylor 25 R J Huston 26 S E Clengh 27 I M Hall 28 F J Stanley 29 William Copland 30 J H Swanan 31 W A Steves 32 S F Milham 33 E C Griffith 34 D J Emerson 35 B S Parker 36 W McDonald 37 Wm L Grim 38 GeoH Sharp 39 L F Biart 40 F A Woodward 41 H F Clark 42 Rev W H Mahaffie 43 J B Fox 44 Geo Wm Poor 45 A Jackson 46 John P Fay 47 H Gardner 48 R W Emmous 49 G H Pratt 50 J B Sample

A Jackson, Chairman Superintendent of Public Works G N Alexander, Superintendent Streets & Sewers J W Van Brocklin, Superintendent Bridges, Buildings, & Wharves The City of Seattle George F Meacham, Secretary Board of Public Works Seattle, Washington Dec 10, 1894

To the Honorable City Council Seattle Washington Gentlemen :Referring to a Communication from the Board of Aldermen, dated Nov 30, 1894, regarding the repair of Albert and Howell Streets from Eighth Street to Mercer Street, the Board of Public Works desires to say, that having obtained from the Corporation Counsel an opinion to the effect that the Railroad Company operating a street car line on those streets, could be required to make the necessary repairs, a notice was served by order of the Board, upon Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company, to put the streets in a good condition for travel. The reply of the Consolidated Company to the notice is herewith submitted, also the opinion of the Corporation Counsel referred to. The Board respectfully awaits such instruction as the City Council may be plaesed to make in the matter yours very truly, George F Meacham Secretary

A Jackson, Chairman Superintendent of Public Works G N Alexander, Superintendent Streets & Sewers J W Van Brocklin, Superintendent Bridges, Buildings, & Wharves The City of Seattle George F Meacham, Secretary Board of Public Works Seattle, Washington Dec 4, 1894

To The Consolidated Street Railway Company Seattle Washington Gentlemen By order of the Board of Public Works you are hereby notified to at once repair and otherwise put in good condition for travel the space between the rails and between the tracks of the railway operated by you on Howell Street and on Albert Street in the City of Seattle. Very Respectfully George F Meacham Secretary

Department of Public Works Office of the City Engineer Reginald H Thompson, City Engineer H W Scott, A V Bouillon, Assistant Engineers A Jackson, Chairman Board Public Works G N Alexander, J W Van Brocklin, Members board Public Works Seattle, Washington, July 5th, 1894 Hon. J A James, Chairman Committee of Claims, House of Delagates Dear Sir, With reference to the petition of Amanda Boake for rebate of tax paid on account of the Division Street Assessment I would respectfully report as follows:That Lot 12 in Block 5 of Renstorff's Addition to the City of Seattle was assessed to Lucinda Kesser and the amount of the tax was $50.94. This tax became delinquent on June 25th 1892. On February 27th 1893 eight months after the date of delinquency, the above tax on Lot 12 in Block 5 Renstorff's Addition was paid together with penalty and interest, the total then paid amounting to $56.74. There is no note whatever of the petitioner Amanda Boake having any connection with said lot either at time of assessment of payment nor is there any record of the payment on said lot being made under protest as is set forth in the petition. On January 27th 1894 the Mayor approved Ordinance No 3200 duly passed by the City council authorizing a re-assessment of the actual value at the time of completion of the improvement upon all the property benefitted by the Division Street Improvement in accordance with the law and charter provisions now in force. this re-assessment was made for the reason that the

Department of Public Works Office of the City Engineer Reginald H Thompson, City Engineer H W Scott, A V Bouillon, Assistant Engineers A Jackson, Chairman Board Public Works G N Alexander, J W Van Brocklin, Members board Public Works 2 J A James Seattle, Washington, original assessment could not be enforced in the courts of the state This re-assessment was made, approved and is now in force, according to the law passed by the last legislature authorizing such re-assessments. Between the times of the original and the re-assessment, the charter provisions governing the district benefitted and the manner of assessment, were changed- the lot in question was by this change of charter provisions left outside of the assessment district created by the re-assessment ordinance, hence no assessment or tax was levied against it. The error in the original assessment was not made by including property not benefitted in the assessment district but by other irregularities of procedure. The lot was benefitted by the grading of Division Street and properly assessed according to the law then in force. The taxes collected from this and other lots similarly assessed on the original assessment were used to redeem the warrants issued in payment of the improvement. The charter amendments adopted afterwards established a limit of assess-ment districts at 120 feet from street margins hence the lot in question being further from the street was not included in the re-assessment and consequently not taxed. Every lot thence excluded from the new district will eventually receive such rebate as their previous payments entitle them to,