Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-07
The CHARTER
PROPOSED FOR
CITY OF SALEM
IT HAS BEEN PREPARED WITH
GREAT CARE By COMMITTEE
AND SHOULD BE STUDIED
CAREFULnY BY EVERY CIrl'
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and to prescribe and define the rights,
movers and liabilities of said City of
Salem and prescribe the rights, powers
and duties Of said Board of Commission
ers the manner and time of their cleo
tion. tenure Of office; and to repeal An
Ict entitled AN Act to incorporate
the City of Salem" approved February
18th, 1898 also An Act to incorporate
tbe City of Salem, approved -. 1862.
also an Act entitled ar Act to ineorpor-
Ste the city Of Salem. approved February
18th, 1898; also An Act entitled
An Act to incorporate the City
1899; also An Act entitled IAN
Act to Amend Section No. ., Subdivision
and Ii of Section No g. and Sections
Is, %, ~, 81, At, 81, and "A Of the
Charter Of salem, 99h, Oregon approved
Amendatory to the above mentioned Acts
approved February 7th, 1903, and all
amendments thereto, and to repeal all
Acts and parts of Acts to Incorporate
the said City Of Salem under its orig
nal form of government by Aldermen or
CITY COuncilmen, and substitute in lieu
thereof the Commission Form of Govern
ment, as defined and set out herein.
ARTICLE l.
NAME, BOUNDARIES, POWERS, RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES.
Section /. Name-The corporate name
of this City shall be Salem.
Sec. >. Boundaries-The boundaries of
the City Of Salem shall be as follows,
tO.wit:
Beginning where the south line of Locust
street in Highland Avenue addition to the
City Of Salem, oregon, If extended west
erly would strike the middle of the Will
lamette river thence easterly along the
westerly etension of the sout hline of said
Locust street and along the south line of
said Locust street, ana along the easterly
extension thereof, to the east line of the
rght-Uf-way of the Southern Pacific rail
road; thence sOutherly along the east line
of the right-Of-way of the Southern Pacific
railroad to the southwest cOrnar of the
westerly extension of the State Fair
grounds; thence east along the south line
Of the westerly extension of the State Fair
grounds to the inner angle thereof; thence
sOuthery along the west line of the State
Fair grounds to the southwest corner
thereof; THEME easterly along the south
line of the State Fair grounds to point
due north of the most northerly northeast
corner of the donation land claim of A. F..
Waller and wife, in township Z south,
range west of the Willamette meridian
thence south to the most nOrtherly north
east corner of the said donation land
claim thence sOutherly along the east line
of said donation land claim and along .-.e
east line Of simpsons addition to the City
of Salem to the center of Salem and Turner
County road thence sOutheasterly along
the center OF said road to the northeast
corner of lot 4 in Millers Mill Greek Rural
Home tracts thence sOutherly along the
east line of lots and g. in said Millers
Mill Creek Rural Home tracts, to the line
running east and west through the center
Of section SO, in township Z south, range
west of Willamette Meridian thence
westerly along said line through the center
Of sections 30 and "a to the east line OF
South Commercial street; thence southerly
along the east line of South Commercial
street to tn eeasterly extension of the south
line OF City View cemetery thence west
erly to the southwest corner of City View
cemetery thence due north to the middle
of the Willamette slough thence down the
middle Of the Willamette slough to the
middle of the Willamette river; thence
down the middle of the Willamette river
to the place of beginning.
TERRITORY ADDED BY POPULAR
VOTE, MARCH 2S 1910.
Beginning at a point where the east
boundary line OF the CITY OF salem inter
SeCts the north boundary line of Glen Oal
addition to the City of Salem thence east
erly on an easterly extension of said nOrtl
boundary line of said Glen Oak addition t
point where if said north boundary line
OF Glen Oak addition were extended east
ery 1t would intersect with a line running
north and south through the center of sec
tions "A and % of township south, rang
west; thence Southerly along said cente
line to a point where the same intersecti
with the north line of a road commOnl!
known as the Penitentlary road theme,
westerly along said north line of said Pen
ltentlary road to the east boundary line o
the city of Salem thence nOrtherly alOn!
said east boundary line to the point o
beginning.
Sec. 8. Powers Rights and Liabilities
BY and in the corporate name, the Cit!
snail have perpetual succession; shall haY
and exercise all powers, functions. right
and privileges now or hereafter given o
granted to- and shall be subject to all tn
duties, obligations, liabilities and limita
lions now or hereafter imposed upon mu
llclpal corporations of its class, by tn
Constitution and Laws of the State Of Ore
gOn, and shall have and exercise all Othe
powers, functions, rights and privilege
usually exercised by, or which are Incl
dental to, or inner nj municipal corpora
lions Of like character and degree.
Sec. /. Powers, How Exercised-AI
powers of the City, unless otherwise pre-
vlded in this charter shall be exercise
by through and under the direction of thre
COMMISSIONERS who shall constitute tn
Board of Commissioners and one of who1
shall be the Mayor. The Commissioner
snail be subject to the control and directio
OF the people at all times by the initiative
referendum and recall, provided for in thi
Charter.
ARTICLE H.
ELECTIONS.
Sec. ). General and Special Municipf
Elections-There shall be a general muni'
ipal election in the City of Salem on tn
hrst Monday in December, 1911, ana Q
the first Monday in December of ever
second year thereafter. and shall be know
as the general municipal election. A
other municipal elections that may be hel
Shall be known as special municipal ele
lions, and may be ordered by the Board
Commissioners.
The terms of office of those electe
under this Charter and thereafter sha
begin at 10 o'clock a. m. on the first Tue
dayof January following their election, an
AL officers elected shall hold office unit
their successors are elected and qualifie
unless previously removed, as elsewhei
provided in this charter.