Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-22
ORDINANCE NO. 1898.



Common CO1cncI-NO One
An Ordinance providing for the amendment of Section
81 of the Charter of the City Of Salem, Oregon,
adopted by vote of the people under the initiative
December 2, 1872 by modifying said Section 81 to
able the Common Council to construct public sewers
and drans to create a sewer construction, mainten-
and redemption fund and to authorize miage
tax to provide the sane to prohibit the Common Coun
Gil from incurring Indebtedness for public
srucon and defining the procedure for construction
of sewers to authorize the issuance of general obga
ton bonds; to define public sewers to provide for the
payment of all Indebtedness for the cost of constructing
all public sewers; to provide for refunds account
of paid assessments and the method of making the
same; to limit payments and refunds to public sewer
construction and to City assessments Of the cost thereof
to provide for the sale of said bonds to authorize the
question of issuing bonds to be submitted to an election
and authorize the Common Council to pass ordinances
to carry into effect the provisions Of Section 81 of the
Charter modified by this Ordinance to provide that
the bonds authorized hereunder shall be redeemed by
special and limited tax levy in addition to the limitation
Of indebtedness provided by Section g. Subdivision 3
of the City Charter
Be 1t ordained By the Common Council of the City of Salem,
Oregon:
Be ordained By the Legal Voters of the City of Sae
Oregon;
Section l. Section So of the Charter of the City Of
Salem Oregon, amended under the initiative by vote
of the people December q 1912 hereby amended and
modified so that the shall read as follows, towt:
"Section So (a) The City Council shall have power
o build construct and lay down all necessary and
drains within the limits of the City OF Saem and to such
point points beyond may be necessary for the pur
pose of carrying the sewage and drainage from said City
ito safe and convenient point of discharge and in the
CONSTRUCTION of any drain the City shall have
the right to and divert from their natural courses
any and all creeks streams running through the City,
and the to flow into and through such sewers
and drains for the purpose OF cleansing and flushing the
Same
"(b) The Common Council under the power vested in
"t by paragraph a) of this section may levy special
"sewer and drainage tax not to exceed five 5) mills on
"he dollar on the taxable property within the corporate
"ms of the City at the time of making out the annual
budget provided for by this charter and part of
on Ia 1onltt
addition to the ten 0) mill tax limitation contained in
"Section g. Subdivision of this Charter and the money
from said special levy shall be kept in separate fund
"and be used for constructing public sewers and drains
"and maintaining public and drains which
or may hereafter be constructed and for other purpose
Except repayment of public drainage assessments
heretofore paid under assessment ordinances of the City
"as hereafter provided The Common Council shall not
construct any public or drains unless the money to
pay for the is either hand tax levy has been
made to provide the same or any shortage OF money nec
"essary to meet construction expenses they mature
Before undertaking any public sewer or drainage CON
structon project the Common Council shall declare by
resouon its intention to construct the particular
cor drainage system district and therein shall direct the
"City Engineer to file report with the CITY Recorder
"showng the plans pr0es specifications and estimates
"for said system district and such plans shall show the
boundaries of the proposed to be served by such sy
item or district in sufficient detail for prospective bidders
"and for accurate information to the public The City
Recorder shall presen said report to the Common Council
cat its first regular meeting thereafter for its consdera
ion At any time within six (6 months after SAID report
s presented whenever the same shall be made TO meet
the approval of the Common Council, 1t shall be adopted
by resolution in which the sewers or drains to be con-
sruced shall be particularly described Thereafter the
Common Council may proceed to construct such public
sewers or drains either by contract under competitive bids
cor with City employees through the engineering depart
men of the City under the direct control of the Common
Council
"(c) All sewers and drains heretofore laid and con-
sructed by the City of Salem whether by special assess
ment or otherwise particularly those known and described
as the North Salem Sewer the South Salem Sewer, the
extension of the Marion Street Sewer the Union Street
Sewer and those certain public sewers installed under the
designation of lateral districts and numbered from
zone () to thirteen (l3) both inclusive and sixteen u6l