notified. walks in cities of the first, second or third class, and providing for payment therefor by the owners of abutting property and declaring an emergency" approved March 21st, 1895, be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 1. That whenever any street, lane, square, place or alley in any city of the first, second, third or fourth class now or hereafter legally organized in this state, shall have been improved by the construction of a sidewalk or sidewalks along either or both sides thereof, the duty, burden and expense of maintenance, repairs and renewal of such sidewalk or sidewalks, shall devolve upon the property directly abutting upon that side of such street along which such sidewalk has been constructed as hereinafter provided. Whenever, in the judgment of that officer or department of any such city who or which is or shall be charged with the inspection and care of the sidewalks along the public streets, lanes, squares, places and alleys in such city, the condition of any sidewalk is such as to render the same unfit or unsafe for purposes of public travel, the Owner to be said officer or department shall thereupon notify the owner of the property immediately abutting upon said portion of said sidewalk of the condition thereof, instructing the said owner to clean, repair or renew the said portion of said street or sidewalk. Said notice shall specifiy a reasonable time within which such cleaning, repairs or renewals shall be executed by the said owner, and in case the said owner shall fail to comply with the instructions of said notice within the Repairs, how time therein specified, then the said officer or department shall proceed to clean said walk or to make such repairs or renewal forthwith, and shall charge the full cost thereof to the said owner of abutting property, which said charge shall become a lien upon said property and shall be collected by due process of law. For the purposes of this act all property having a frontage upon that side or margin of any street shall be deemed to be abutting property, and such property shall be Payment. chargeable, as provided by this act, for all costs of maintenance, repairs or renewal of any form of sidewalk made. improvement between the said street margin and the Passed the House March 1, 1899. Additional powers granted. CHAPTER LXIX. [S. B. No. 206.] DEFINING POWERS OF UNCLASSIFIED CITIES. AN ACT to enlarge and define the powers of unclassified cities within the State of Washington, incorporated by special charter prior to the adoption of the state constitution. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. The council, or other legislative body, of all cities within the State of Washington which were created by special charter prior to the adoption of the state constitution, and which have not since re-incorporated under any general statute, shall have, in addition to the powers specially granted by the charter of such cities, the following powers: 1. To construct, establish and maintain drains and sewers. 2. To impose and collect an annual license not exceeding two dollars on every dog owned or harbored. within the limits of the city. 3. To levy and collect annually a property tax on all property within such city. 4. To license all shows, exhibitions and lawful games carried on therein; and to fix the rates of license tax upon the same, and to provide for the collection of the same by suit or otherwise. 5. To permit, under such restrictions as they may deem proper, the construction and maintenance of telephone, telegraph and electric light lines therein. 6. To impose fines, penalties and forfeitures for any and all violations of ordinances; and for any breach or violation of any ordinance; to fix the penalty by fine or imprisonment or both (but no such fines shall exceed three hundred dollars or the term of imprisonment or both;) but no such fine shall exceed three hundred dollars nor the term of imprisonment exceed three months. 7. To cause all persons imprisoned for violation of any ordinance to labor on the streets or other public property or works within the city. 8. To make all such ordinances, by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State of Washington, as may be deemed expedient to maintain the peace, good government and welfare of the city, and to do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the municipal corporation. systems. SEC. 2. The city council of all unclassified cities in Sewer this state are hereby authorized and empowered to construct a sewer or system of sewers and to keep the same in repair; the cost of such sewer or sewers shall be paid from a special fund to be known as the "sewer fund" [to] be provided by the city council which fund shall be created by a tax on all the property within the limits of such city: Provided, That such tax shall not exceed fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of all real and personal property within such city for any one year. Whenever it shall become. necessary for the city to take or damage private property for the purpose of making or repairing sewers, and the city council cannot agree with the owner as to the price to be paid, the city council may direct proceedings to be taken by law for the condemnation of such property for such purpose. Tax assessments for sewers. SEC. 3. The city council shall have power to provide by ordinance a complete system for the assessment, levy, and collection of all city taxes. All taxes assessed together with any percentage imposed for delinquency and the cost of collection, shall constitute liens on the property assessed from and after the first day of November each year: which liens may be inforced by a summary sale of such property, and the execution. and delivery of all necessary certificates and deeds. therefor, under such regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance or by action in any court of competent jurisdiction to foreclose such liens: Provided, That any property sold for taxes shall be subject to redemption within the time and within the manner provided or that may hereafter be provided by law for the redemption of property sold for state and county taxes. Passed the Senate March 2, 1899. Passed the House March 9, 1899. Municipal jurisdiction extended. CHAPTER LXX. [S. B. No. 79.] PROVIDING FOR PURE WATER SUPPLY. AN ACT to preserve from pollution the water supplied to the inhabitants of cities and towns in the State of Washington; to declare what are nuisances in the vicinity of the source of such water supply; providing for the abatement thereof, and for the punishment of the violations of this act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington : SECTION 1. That for the purpose of protecting the water furnished to the inhabitants of towns and cities. within this state from pollution the said towns and cities are hereby given jurisdiction over all property occupied by the works, reservoirs, systems, springs, branches, and pipes, by means of which and of all sources of supply from which such cities or the companies or individuals furnishing water to the inhabitants of such cities or towns obtain their supply of water, or store or conduct the same. procedure to SEC. 2. That the establishment or maintenance of Certain things prohibited in any slaughter pen, stock feeding yards, hog pens, or vicinity of water supply. the deposit or maintenance of any uncleanly or unwholesome substance, or the conduct of any business or occupation, or the allowing of any condition upon or sufficiently near the sources from which the supply of water for the inhabitants of any such city or town is obtained, or where such water is stored, or the property or means through which the same may be conveyed or conducted so that such water would be polluted or the purity of such water or any part thereof destroyed or endangered, is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful, and is hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance, and as such to be abated as Method of other nuisances are abated under the provisions of the remove. existing laws of the State of Washington, or under the laws which may be hereafter enacted in relation to the abatement thereof; and that any person or persons who shall do, establish, maintain, or create any of the things hereby prohibited for the purpose of or which shall have the effect of polluting any such sources of water supply, or water, or shall do any of the things hereby declared to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty Penalty. of creating and maintaining a nuisance, and may be prosecuted therefor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. If upon the trial of any person or persons Prosecution. for the violation of any of the provisions of this act such person or persons shall be found guilty of creating. or maintaining a nuisance as hereby defined or of violating any of the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of such person or persons to forthwith abate such nuisance, and in the event of their failure so to do within one day after such conviction, unless further time be granted by the court, a warrant shall be issued by the court wherein such conviction was obtained, |