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ORDINANCE NO. 40 q AN ORDINANCE providing for the acquisition by con- demnation of land necessary and convenient for the proper construction, control , maintenance and operation of one or more water supply lines for the furnishing of a supply of fresh water into the City of Everett, and directing the City Attorney to institute condemnation proceedings for the purpose of acquiring said land and declaring an emergency to exist. WHEREAS , the City of Everett is in the process of building a fresh water supply line from Lake Chaplain to the City of Everett for the purpose of supplying the City of Everett with fresh water from its storage basin at Lake Chaplain, and it is anticipated that additional lines will be built over said land, and WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is necessary and convenient that the City of Everett take easements in the land hereinafter described for the purpose of construct- ing, operating, replacing, repairing and maintaining a water supply line system under, over and across the property hereinafter described, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1 : That public necessity demands and requires that easement in the land hereinafter described be condemned, taken and appropriated for public use and the same is hereby condemned, taken and appropriated for public object and public use and necessity s follows : For the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining, replacing and repairing one or more water supply lines for the purpose of furnishing into the City of Everett a supply of fresh water. Section 2 : That the City of Everett condemn, acquire, appropriate and take easements in the land more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein as though set forth in full . Section 3 : That the City Attorney be, and he is hereby authorized to file in the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for Snohomish County a petition according to the laws of the State of Washington asking that easements in said land be condemned and appropriated for such use and that just compensation to the owner thereof be fixed by the court or jury in the manner provided by law.