Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-09

Sec. 90. Inventory-The Board shall pre-
pare at the end Of each fiscal year full
inventory Of all real estate and personal
property Of the City, showing to date all
| improvements and Increase Of value OF said
real and personal property in each service.
| The operating expenses Of the year must
| be balanced by a special account.
| ARTICLE VIII.
DEPARTMENT No. 1-PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
Sec. 81. The Mayor Commissioner shall
| have charge Of all public affairs Of the
City which shall not be specially defined
in this Charter and represent the City at
large for all questions pertaining to Its
welfare.
FINANCE.
Sec. 6S. Fiscal Year-The fiscal year
Of the City shall commence on the first
/ day of January and end on the last day
| Of December OF each year. The cash bal
ances Of the City shall be kept on deposit
| M such banks doing business a. tre "a, OF
| salem as the Board from time to time shall
| direct. provided that such fund shall not
/ be deposited In any bank established less
| than three (3l years prior TO making such
No demand for money against the City
| shall be approved. allowed audited or paid
| unless it shall be In writing. dated, and
sufficiently itemlzed to Identity me eHpehn, en-
| diture and shall first be audited by the
| Commissioner at the head OF the depart
ment creating the same, and approved by
the Board.
/
which shall e signed by the Mayor and
| one Commissioner.
| Sec. 90. Supplies-Each Commissioner
shall procure all supplies needed by It's
| department. Such requisitiOn shall be in
| writing and duplicate kept Of same, by
/ carbon copy. In case Of emergency where
| the estimated cost exceeds two hundred
| GOO dollars such requisition shall have
| the Endorsement Of one otper Coz i'Sslu er
| II no emergency exists, requisitlon for
| supplies, the estimated cost Of which Is
| tbOyc one hundred tliui dollars snali
first he approved by the Board Whenever
he considers it practical and advantageous
| the Commissioner shall advertise by cir
cular letter or otherwise for competitive
proposals.
| Expense-On or before the first Monday in
| December in each year the Commissioners
| and the appointed boards and appointed
| commissioners Of the City shall furnish
| to the Mayor estimates in writing OF the
probable EXPENSE to be Incurred in their
| several departments for the ensuing fiscal
| year, specifying in detail such probable
expenditures, including statement OF the
| salaries of their subOrdnatps These state
ments shall include the amount required to
meet the interest, sinking fund and matur-
| Ing bonds Of the outstanding Indebtedness
Of the City and also an estimated state
| ment of the amount OF revenue from all
| sources, including tax levy
See a. Annual Budget-FrOm such es-
Inmates the Mayor shall, on or before the
third Monday in December of each year,
| and prior to the time for fixing the county
tax levy, make a budget Of the estimated
| amounts required to pay the expenses of
| conducting the business Of the City govern
ment for the next ensuing year. The budget
| shall be prepared in such detail as to the
| aggregate sum and the items thereof al
| lowed to each department, office board, or
commission, as the Board may deem cd
| viSable
The Board shall on receipt of the budget,
consider and adopt the same with such
amendmcnts as the Board may direct.
The Board shall also in adopting the
said budget, estimate and declare the
amount of money necessary to be raised
by tax levy, taking into account the
amounts available from other sources to
meet the expenses Of the city for the ensu-
| ing fiscal year, based on the budget so
adopted. Said budget and estimate as fin
ally adopted shall be signed by the Mayor
and Clerk and kept on file.
Sec -. Appropriations Upon the basis
| II the budget as adopted and filed the
several sums shall forthwith be apprOprl-
| lted by ordinance to the several purposes
| therein named for the ensuing fiscal year.
said ordinance shall be adopted not later
than the thirty-first day of December in
| Hach year, and shall be entitled "rhe An
| nual Appropriation Ordinance
| Sec I3. Leyy-'lhe Board shall forth
with proceed to make by ordinance the
each dollar of the assessed valuation of
all taxable property within the city. such
| ,evy representing the amount Of taxes for
| lily purposes necessary to provide for all
| properly authorized demands upon the City.
| rhe Board shall thereupon cause the tOta
| Ievy to be certified by the City Clerk to
| the county clerk, who shall extend the said
tax in proper column upon the county
| tax roll and the same shall be collected
| by the officer collecting the county tax
and shall be by him turned over to the
! city Treasurer within ten 10) days after
he has collected the same provided. that
| q inH m 70 tba
Clerk shall be in one sum and shall be
entered in a column headed salem Tax"
| Neither the Sheriff, nor the Tax Collector
OF Marion County, nor said county shall
receive fees or compensation for collecting
such taxes.
II the Board fail In any year to make
| SAID tax levy as above provided, then the
rate last fixed shall be the rate fixed for
| the ensuing fiscal year.
| The amount required to make payment of
any interest, sinking fund or principal of
bonded Indebtedness may be included in
and met by tax levy, except as otherwise
provided for In this Charter.
The, taxing power shall be used for mu-
| nicipal purposes only, and no donations,
subsidies, or bonuses shall be granted from
the peoples money.
Sec. "A. No Liability Without Appro-
priatiOn-Neither the Board nor any of
fcer or employe of the city shall have
authority to make any contract involving
the expenditure Of public money, or impose
upon the City any liability to pay money
unless and until a definite amount of
money shall have been appropriated for
| the liquidation of all pecunlary liability of
the city under such contract or in conse-
quence thereof to mature during the period
covered by the appropriation. Such con-
| tract shall be lab lnltiO' null and void as
TO- the City for any other or further lia-
| Olnty; provided, first that nothing herein
contained shall prevent the Board from
contracting liability for payment of any
expense, the necessity of which Is caused
by any casualty, accident or unforeseen
contingency arising after the passage of
the annual appropriation ordinance pro-
Vlded, that the total amount of such ex-
pense shall not exceed the sum of $4,000
during any one fiscal year This section
shall not apply to contracts or liabilities
Tor the making of any improvements the
cost OF which shall be assessed upon the
property especially benefited by said i'm
proyement. Provided, further the Board
may make such special appropriation as
may De necessary to pay the salaries and
detray the expenses of all departments
oiIlcers and employees of the City during
the year 1917 and may cause to be issued
warrants Tor the payment thereof and
may make such appropriations of the gen.
eral funds of the City for said yeor MS
they may deem eXpedient and any actual
necessary expenses either for payment of
officers salaries, employees or agents, of
the City, during said year shall NOT he
deemed and considered within the limita-
lions OF Indebtedness herein provided.
Sec. 10. Limitation Of City Indebted.
ness-EXeept as herein otherwise provided
no Indebtedness shall be incurred. nor
bonds issued for the purpose Of making
any Improvement until the question of
lncurrlng such Indebtedness making such
Improvement and the isSuonco ofS - -.