Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-03-18
BE 1t Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Dallas:


the City of Dallas:
Section 1. The following amend
ment to the Charter of the City of
Dallas, Oregon, is hereby proposed, to
wit:
Immediately after Section G1 of an
Act of the Legislative Assembly of the
! State of Oregon, entitled, IAN ACT to
incorporate the City of Dallas, in Polk
County, Oregon, and to provide a
Charter therefor, and to repeal all Acts
or parts of Acts heretofore passed to
incorporate the Town of Dallas, or
State, and all Amendments thereto,
whether in conflict with this Act or
| otherwise" approved by the Governor
of the State of Oregon, on the 4th day
of February 1901; the said Charter
be, and the same is hereby, amended
by the addition thereto of Section 61a,
which Section shall read as follows, to
wit.
Section 61a. The territory within
the corporate limits of the City of
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, is hereby
made and constituted a separate and
entire Road District of Polk County,
State of Oregon, and control over all
public highways, streets, alleys, and
bridges within the corporate limits of
the City of Dallas is hereby placed
in and given to the said City of Dallas.
|. All the inhabitants and property
within the corporate limits of the said
City shall be liable to the payment of
road taxes under the laws of the State
of Oregon, and all taxes for road pur-
poses paid by persons residing within
and upon property situated within the
corporate limits of said City shall,
when collected, be paid to the said
City, and shall be applied to the i'm
provement, repair, and maintenance of
the streets, alleys, public highways,
and bridges within said city.
2. All the inhabitants within the
limits of the said City, not
exempt under the General Laws of
Oregon, shall be liable to the payment
of Road Poll taxes under the laws of
the State of oregon, and all Road Poll
taxes paid by persons residing within
the corporate limits of the said City
shall, when paid, be applied to the inn
provement, repair, and maintenance
Of the streets, alleys, public highways,
and bridges within said City.
3. The power and authority given
by the General Laws of the State of
Oregon to the County Court of Polk
County to divide said County into road |
to appoint Road Supervisors |
and to lay out or work highways, shall |
not apply to or extend to the territory .
within the limits of the said city of
Dallas, Polk County Oregon; but the
'aid City of Dallas and the territory
within the corporate limits
IF said City and the inhabitants there
IF are hereby excepted out of the jur-
sdietion OF said Court upon said sub
ects; PROVIDED, however. that the
street Commissioner OF said City Of
Dallas having control of the repair
md maintenance of streets within the
aid City shall be the Road Supcrvis-
n of the road district created hereby
md he shall care for and improve the
'ublic streets, alleys, highways. and
ridges within said city. under the dl-
ection of, and make his report to the
'ouncil of said city; and the said
treet Commissioner shall collect the
oad poll taxes due from the inhabi-
ants of the City Of Dallas, In the man
er prescribed by the General Law Of
he state OF Oregon for Road Super
tsors; and he shall have the same
over and authority TO collect and en-
nrce the payment OF such road poIl +,
axes as is provided In such General
aw for Road Supervisors: hut an
lits. actions, or proceedings concern ,
X road or street work, or road or
BAD poll taxes shall be prosecuted in
he name OF the City OF Dallas The
lid Street Commissioner shall report +,
he application OF said money collected !
the City Council OF said City.
T. All levies made by the CITY ,
ouncii OF said city OF Dallas for road /,
Nes, shall be known and designated
] a special tax FOR a special purpose: -
Id such levy is not 20 be deemed a =
irt Of the ten mill levy permitted 20
made by the said City FOR General
purposes; but II made. Is to
in addition thereto. and separate
erefrOm.
s. All levics made FOR roads and
ghways within the corporate limits
said City are 10 be made az the
ne and place, and IN the manner
divided FOR the leyying Of other taxes
the said City. L
II. c. EAKIN. "
Mayor :,
test: CHAs. GREGORY.
Auditor and Police Judge OF Dallas.