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O RDINANCE: NO . .�J.
AN ORDINANCE declaring the existence of an emergency by reason
of the dangerous condition of the bridges over Valley and Tumwater Gul-
ches at Eighth Street in the City of Port Angeles; stating the estimated
amount of money necessary to meet such an emergency; authorizing the is-
suance of emergency warrants against the current expense fund of the
City of Port Angeles and declaring. an emergency.
THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section I. That it recently became known by reason of inves-
tigations carried on by the State highway Department and the office of
the City Engineer of Port Angeles that bridges over Tumwater and Valley
Gulches at Eighth Street in the City of Port Angeles had become unsound
and unfit and dangerous for traffic by reason of the decay of the mater-
ial constituting the said bridges; that the said bridges constitute a
part of one of the .main arterial ;highways in the City of Port Angeles
and part of the highway system and the principal means of ingress and
egress to and from the City of Port Angeles and that part of Clallam
County lying westerly therefrom; that no provision was made in the cur-
rent budget for the repair and reconstruction of the said bridges owing
to the fact that their dangerous condition was not determined at the
time of making the said budget and the same was not foreseen.
Section II. That the estimated amount of money necessary to
meet such emergency and to effect temporary repairs which will place
the said bridges in a safe and suitable condition for limited traffic
is the sum of $ ,IV/ vePe"e/i°
Section III. That by reason of the fact above set forth in
Section I hereof, a public emergency exists which could not have rea-
sonably been foreseen at the time of making the current budget, which
public emergency is now declared to exist.
Section IV. That the Mayor and Ci' Clerk of the City of
Port Angeles be and they are hereby authoriz to sign, execute and
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issue emergency warrants on the current expense fund of the City of Port
• Angeles in an amount not exceeding'00/44249'°O, being the amount wbi.ch it
will be necessary to draw upon the said fund for the purpose of making
payment for the cost of repairs and rehabilitation which have been and
will have to be made in order to render the said bridges suitable for
limited traffic.
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'Section V. That by reason of -:Va.ie e.ier;ge4ay heretofore de-
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elarqA,`Alnd for the immediate preservatiop� of l e publ}.e peace, health,
and atfe of the City of Angeles arm its ihabit� is this ordin-
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f an.ce jlspail take effect and be in force from and after a is passage, ap-
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.,1"C Passed first reading by City 10Ami'ssion,,, 'karch. 28, 1928.
` Passed second reading by City Cbmmissiory; April 4, 1928.
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Passed third reading and adopted by,tinanimetis vote of the
• City Commission, April 4, 1928.
Approved and signed by the nayor, April 4, 1928.
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Q.-City Clerk.
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'Aproved as to form: `J
Mimi* City Attorney&
DATE of Publication, AprilZ
1928.
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