Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-11-17

W AAShi thoN StduulOtul. Dut ~ uOCh
give the council power to issue bonds
al a lower rate Of interest but only
for funding purposes; that is, issue
bonds for funding outstanding war.
rant Indebtedness or issue bonds at
a lower rate of interest than bonds
already issued are now drawing.
In other words, II the bonding mar
ket should get exceedingly good the
council could pass ordinances and do
such things that are necessary and
issue bonds at rate of interest low
er than was being paid at the time,
without the expense OF special ell
ection and probably missing the sale
OF the bonds at a low rate OF inter
est by slump In the market.
Page 7S; section IS is changed to
determine what is an Improvement.
Page rs; section SO is amended
to allow the council TO create sewer
drainage districts which will make
property owners, using the sewers or
drains and not on the line OF an i'm
provement subject to ray their pro-
rata of benefit.
Page 70; section 9S gives property
owners opportunity to come in at an
earlier date than heretofore provid-
ed and remonstrance against pro-
posed Improvement. This will cut
down preliminary expenses,
Page 81; section SO provides that
demonstrated out, property owners
are barred for six months from petit
tioning, unless owners OF one half or
moro Of the property affected shall
thereafter petition the council to be-
gin de novo, provided, however, that
where the proposed improvements is
the construction or repair of any
sewer for sanitary drainage or
storm sewer, the council may by
UNANIMOUS vote order the con-
struction or repair of such sewers,
storm sewer or sanitary drain not
withstanding such remonstrance. The
Latin phrase de novo heretofore
mentioned means begin anew" The
words as used In the printed ccpy
read do novo." This is a typo
graphical error.
The reason for refusing property
owners to petition within ak months
OF former petition is TO cut down
continual expense where property
owners petition for one kind Of paw
ing, then make up their minds they
want another kind and petition fol
that, and then later bring In still
another proposition, and so on tc
evaporation and much expense tc
the city.
Page SS; section ia provides
that instead of the old plan Of as
sessing a fat rate on intersection
to property owners, this amendment
provides for an equal percentage
plan and reads In full as follows
Section ia. Where Is is neces
sary to distribute the cost OF an al
ley or street intersection over the
abutting property, take one-fourtl
Of the cost OF the entire intersection
and distribute the same over thu
quarter Of the block adjoining II
the following manner:
THE quarter adjoining the inter
section, or the first quarter, 40 pc
cent.
"The second and third quarters
each rs per cent.
1.-THE fourth quarter, or the on
farthest from the intersection, II
per cent.
Where acreage property, o
property not laid out in lots an'
blocks Is ebutting an intersection
the assessment shall extend over al
area $50 feet each way from the IN
tersectlon, this area shall be dlvlde'
into four quarters and assessed as
quarter OF block abuttlng an inter
section"
Page 90; section 12O provide
that in condemnation proceedings
II the council desires instead Of TAX
Ing the long route provided by th
old charter. and which may eventu
ally come into the circuit court 10
final decision. condemnation pre-
ceodlngs may be initiated in the clr
cult court, thereby. In some IN
stances, saving time and expense.
BOGUS FARMERS ROB.