Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-10-05
YoPAY DEBTS WITH WARRANTS.
A Proposition in City Government
Discussed Pro and Con.

The committee on ordinances at the
last council meeting submitted the fol-
lowirg report: ITO the Hon. mayor
aud common council of the city of Sal
em:-Hour committee on ordinances TO
which was referred "a bill for an Ordin-
ance providing that all moneys, ex-
ceptiug fines, forfeitures, penalties and
costs payable to- the city of Salem may
be paid In gold coin or city warrants
begs leave 10 report, that section /,
which evidently aims to make all taxes,
licenses, and one class only Of assess
ments payable in gold or silver coin or
city warrants by the use of the words
and all other moneys due the city Of
Salem excepting fines, penalties for
FIXTURES and c,,sts, thereby makes all
assessments SO payable but does not
make the excepted items payable in
either.
while section 2 attempts to provide
for the payne 1T of special fund assess
ment in special fund warrants, but as
these assessments are included In all
other sums cue the city, provided for
in section |. the payor has the option to
pay special assessments in warrants on
the general fluid.
"Sections l and both attempt to
init the legal tender power of U nited
States silver coin to the sum of ten dol
Iars, power not conferred by the
charter.
"SectiOn provides that the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall not be
deemed to apply to the payment ofin-
debtedness of Thomas Holman to the
aity etc., and under 1t said indebted
ness is not payable in either United
States gold or silver coin or city war
rants.
"As being relevant to the provisions
and counter provisions of this proposed
ordinance, your committee begs to
quote from section $3.50, chapter II,
little of Miscellaneous laws (page 1916
Hill's Code) as follows, all taxes levied
n this state by authority of the state
,r a municipal corporation therein, upon
any person or property in this state,
shall be collected and paid in gold or
silver coin of the United States and
not otherwise
"Section of the old, and section 93
Of the present charter, both provide, re-
ferring to the lien docket, that from
the date of the entry therein of an as
sessment upon lot or part thereof, the
sum so entered is to be deemed tax
levy and lien thereon
GAS to the payment of certain street
improvement assessments, all of which
are long since delinquent, which section
| of this bill aims to make payable in
city warrants, section 70 of our present
charter provides that mo proceeding
for the collection of taxes or assessment
or sale of property shall be effected by
this act, but the marshal shall proceed
to enforce the same by virtue of this
act, and section 80 of the charter under
which such delinquent assessments
were made, provides that they must be
paio in gold or silver coin of the United
States.
"Un1er our present assessment and
taxation laws, city taxes must be col
lected by the county sheriff and be paid
as the state law above referred to re-
quires, viz; in gold or silver coin of the
United states.'
"Your committee recommends the
indefinite postponement of the ordin-
ance."
A motion to adopt the report of the
committee was lost on an aye and nay
vote as follows; Ayes-Smith, Cross
aud Albert; noes-Lafore, Gray and
Klein, the chair casting negative vote
on the tie. The ordinance on reaching
the vote on passage, was by an inter
vening motion, referred to the city at
torney with orders to report at next reg
ular meeting,