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RESOLUTION NO. 283
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton was the ovmer of Lot 13, Block 4, Anderson's Bay
View Addition to Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington, by virtue of a purchase
through the sale of said property for taxes, and,
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has sold the above described property to Johnny
Fife and wife under real estate contract and at the time of said sale, and unknown to
the City of Bremerton, the structure built on
Lot 14, Block 4, of said Anderson's Bay
View Addition to Port Orchard, Kitsap
County, Washington,
encroached upon the property owned by the City of Bremerton and sold to said Fifes,
and ~at by reason of said encroachment, a controversy arose regarding the survey of
said property and in order to determine the correct boundaries of the aforementioned
Lot 13, Mayor H. A. Bruenn advised the said Fifes to procure the services of a surveyor
to survey said property and represented that ~]e City of Bremerton would pay for the
costs of said survey, and
WITEREA$, the said Fifes procured the services of Olin Sprague, a licensed surveyor
in the State of Washington, who made a complete survey of said property and charged the
s~,~ of $50.00 therefor, and
WHEREAS, thereafter a suit was brought by the said Fifes to establish the boundary
line in accordance with the survey made by the aforesaid Sprague, in which suit the
City of Bremerton was a party plaintiff and which suit resulted in the establishment
of the boundary between Lots 15 and 14 as aforesaid, in accordance with ~e survey made
by said Sprague, which adjudication was beneficial to the City of Bremerton and because
of the prior representaticns of Mayor H. A. Bruenn, the said Fifes have demanded that
the City of Bremerton pay to Olin Sprague the sum of $50.00 for the costs of such
survey,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the
City Clerk is hereby directed to draw to the order of Olin Sprague, a warrant on the
local improvement district sinking fund in the s~ of $50.00, and the City Treasurer
is hereby directed to cash the same, said warrant to be in full compensation for all
services rendered by the said Olin Sprague in connection with the aforementioned survey
and the litigation arising therefrom.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, this 13th day
of January, 1943.
Mayor
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