Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-11-27
TEXT OF GOVERNORS CALL
Special Election Ordered in Two
Senatorial Districts, Wednesday,
December 10.

The text Of Governor Chamber
lain's call for a special session Of
the Legislature follows:
Il, George E. Chamberlain, by
virtue ofthe authority in me vested
as governor of the state Of Oregon,
do hereby direct the converting Of
the two houses Of the legislative
assembly Of the state Of Oregon in
special session at the state capitol,
in Salem, on Monday, the 21st day
Of December, 1908, at 10 O'Clock
a. M. Of said day, for the purpose
Of meeting the objections made by
the supreme court TO, and curing
defects in, an act entitled 'An act
to provide more efficient method
for the assessment and collection Of
taxes, and to amend sections 3057,
3060, 1882, 30S4, 30S5, 5000, SO9S,
3106, 3107, 3112, 3116 and 1920 Of
Bellinger and Cotton's annotated
codes and statutes Of Oregon, passed
by the legislative assembly Of the
state of Oregon at its twenty-second
regular session in 1903.
"All who shall at the time here
inbefore named be entitled to act
as members Of said legislative
assembly are hereby required to
take notice.
"Given under my hand and the
great seal of the state Of Oregon at
the capitol in Salem, this 21st day
Of November A. d. 1903"
The governor also issued writ
Of special election for the Ninth
and Nineteenth senatorial districts
to elect successors to Senators Full
ton and Williamson. The special
election will be held in Clatsop
county, the Nineteenth district, and
Klamath, Lake, Crook and Grant
counties, of the Ninth district,
Wednesday, December 16, 1908, to
fillthe unexpired terms. No special
election is called for Benton county
to succeed DAILY.
Governor Chamberlain, at 10
o'clock Saturday morning issued
call to the members Of the Legisla-
tive Assembly of the State of Ore
gon, directing them to appear at
the State Capital at 10 O'Clock ON
the morning of Monday, December
81, 1903, and to convene in ex-
traordinary session for the purpose
Of enacting such legislation as to
provide for the levy of a tax upon
the assessment roll of 1908.
This action was taken by the
Governor in view of a recent de-
cision Of the supreme court of this
state, which held that the Phelps
act, a law enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of 1908 aud providing
the manner Of the assessment, levy
and collection of taxes, repealed the
old law and left the county courts
of the several counties and the
state board without authority to
levy a tax upon the assessment roll
of 1903.
This would have the effect of de-
priving the state and the counties.
towns and school districts of the
state from their annual revenue
from taxation, providing no funds
with which to carry on their busi-
ness for a whole year and making
it necessary for them to issue
warrants, in payment of all in
debtedness during that period. The
interest upon these warrants, from
the date of issue until funds were
provided for their redemption,
would amount up into thousands
Of dollars and would seriously
cripple the business of many |
counties, towns and school districts.
The Governor arrived at this
only after three weeks
serious consideration, during which |
period he made a thorough investi-
cation of the condition of the state
funds, which would be directly
effected by the non-levy of a tax
Tor 1908. He also addressed circular
letters 10 the members of the
Legislature, inquiring into the
financial condition of their respec-
i've counties, towns and districts,
and requesting of them the assur-
ance that they would confne the
business of the session to the en-
lctment of such legislation only as
would be required to remedy the
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