The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-06-25
SPECIAL
SESSION
COUNCIL
Amendment Proposed to the
Salem Auction eeT'S LII.
cenSe.
Movement TO Secure Sprink-
ling of the Principal
Streets of the City.

A special meeting Of the city council
was called by Mayor Bishop last night TO
consider an amendment TO the ordinance
providing Tor license for auctioneers.
Tie meeting was held in the police
court rooms and all the aldermen were
present except Mr.. Buren.
At present an annual license Of 500 is
required for anyone TO conduct an auc-
tioneers business in this city, which is
considered too high.
The object OF this amendsment to the
ordinance is to make special provision
for those who desire TO move from the
city and 10 dispose OF their household
goods by auction, and to auction, and to
authorize the city recorder to issue a
special license for aperiod ot not more
than three days at the rate Of So per
day. The amendment was introduced
and read twice, but in discussing the
merits Of the same, some we're in favor
Of the passage, while others were in
favor Of reducing the license fee, OF the
| OTlBluAl OiuihAhNot hOhA ffNNt W N@OS
per year and the result was that it
failed and went 10 ordinance committee,
with instructions TO report ut the next
regular meeting. The amendment to
the ordinance, as introduced before the
council last evening, 10 as follows:
"sec. THAT section Of ordinance
No. 372 OF the city Of Salem, Oregon,
entitled AN ordinance fixing the rate oi
auctioneers' licenses and regulating the
conduct OF the business done hereunder.
within the city of Salem, Oregon be
amended 80 az 20 read as follows:
, "Sec. Each auctioheer, belors en-
tering upon business in the said CT y
shall pay 10 the recorder thereof, II
advance, on annual license fee Of t400
and the payment Of said sum shall en-
b title the person so paying the same
TO certificate setting forth such pay
ment and license 20 maintain and con
duct the business OF an auctionser In
J said city, for a period Of one year from
p the date Of said payment. And no u
cense issued under the terms oi thii
ordinance shall be issued for less sun
nof for a shorter period, than the sun
and period named in this section; pro
; vided, however, in the event OF citizen
about to depart from the city, and II
, shall be necessary TO dispose OF his ol
her household goods and chattels, then
. and in such case, IL shall be lawiu
for the recorder OF said city TO issue
special license upon the payment
10 him of the sum OF So per day, fol
period not TO exceed three days
D and said licenae. certificate shau beai
4 upon its face statement in the hand
writing of said recorder, showing th'
same 10 be an emergency, or special IL
u cense, together with such data as shal
/. show the particular reason for its issu
q ance, and said special licenGe must b.
endorsed upon It's face with the sigma
> ture OF the mayor Of said city before thu
= same shall be valid for use by any auc
tionser in said city; and provided, iur
ther, that the household goods an'
chattels permitted TO be sold at auction
V under the special license hereinbelor'
; provided for, shall be sold upon th'
; home premises where the same hav'
}. been in use, aAd nowhere else in sai'
city"
Mayor Bishop, at the request oi Seere
tary Of State +. |. Dunbar, brought uI
- the matter of sprinkling State and Cour
, streets between High and 18th streets
I, Mr.. Dunbar informed Mr.. Bishop tha
y, the state would be willing TO pay one
10 third OF the EXPENSE II the county woul'
pay one-third aud the city the other one
third. The matter was discusse
thoroughly aud ii was decide
that il the residents alonI
10 said streets should be willing to cor
10 tribute toward paying the city's porto
of the expense. II would be a good pla
B. and an improvement TO the city. Tn
J. matter was referred to Mayor Bisho
d aud City Recorder Judah, with instruC
?, tions to wait upon the Secretary OF Stat
ol the County Court. tho Salem Ligh
's Power 4 Traction Company, and th
g. residents upon said streets, and asce
= tain what could be done, and To repol
= at the next regular meeting of the cit
J. council.
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