Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-27

Installed under City contracts at the expense of the prop
ery specially benefited by special assessments and also
such other public sewage and drainage systems may
have heretofore been constructed by special assessment
against the property specially benefited under special
assessments by the Common Council and such sewage and
drainage systems hereafter from time to time be
constructed hereby declared to be public necessities
and benefit and improvement to the CITY at large and
ito each and every individual piece of property therein
and the laying and constructing thereof hereby ratified
and confirmed and the total cost of the same is hereby
assumed by said City debt and charge against the
Cy be paid by assessment upon the property subject
Ito taxation within the City of Salem.
(d) The City of Salem shall have full power and
authority to issue and sell its general obligation bonds for
meeting the cost and expense incident to the laying down
and constructing of any and all public sewers and drains
heretofore laid constructed within or without the cor
porate limits of the City, and for the purpose of paying
and redeemng any and all bonds warrants or other evil
dences OF Indebtedness heretofore issued by the CITY in
he construction of any and all public sewers or drains
heretofore laid built constructed and for the payment
or refund of any and all public drainage bonds
or warrants outstanding against said City and for
the payment and refundng of any special assessment lev
lied and paid by any person. firm association or corpora
0n account of the laying and construction of anv such
public sewers or drains.
"(e) Upon the adoption of this amendment and the
passing and adoption by the qualified voters of the City
of Saem of ordinance providing for the issuance of
bonds or warrants for the payment of public sewers and
drains heretofore constructed and for the refundng of
outstanding bonds or warrants issued by the City for such
purposes, and for the repayment of any and all speca
assessments levied said account the Common Council
shall proceed to issue general obligation bonds of the City
OF Oalem ana sell the whole thereof
public sale to the highest responsible bidder bidders
or at its discretion may sell the whole issue or any part
thereof on popular loan plan.
The Common Council may sell said issue any part
thereof below value and accrued interest and author
zed to incur and pay reasonable expenses for the sale of
said issue or any part thereof and pay the of max
ing said refunds and redempons out of the proceeds of
"the sale of said bonds
"The Common Council shall repay out of the funds
derived from the sale of said bonds to all property owners
who have heretofore paid into the City Treasury bv them
selves or their grantors such sums as may have
been from time to time paid by themselves or their grant
ors together with interest thereon at So per annm from
the date OF payment entered the docket of CITY Liens
TO the date of sale Of said bonds account of the special
assessments levied against any property to which said
person held the record legal title December 2 1912
the date OF the adoption of Section So under the initiative
laws. The remainder of such funds shall be applied to
the payment and redemption Of any bonds warrants notes.
or other evidences of Indebtedness outstanding against the
City OF Salem account of the construction of anv of
the sewers and drains mentioned in subdivision or nara
graph (c) of this section.
Afer the period of one year from the date of sale f
SAID bonds any OF the proceeds from the sale thereof re-
manning on hand shall revert to the fund provided
for by paragraph b) of this section and shall be used
as said funds are authorized be used either for consruc
ton, maintenance for refundng or redemption pur-
poses for the purpose of fully and completely carrying out
the purpose and intent of this Charter Amendment
"fl The City Council of the City of Salem shall pro-
vide the manner of submitting to the people all questions
TO be voted upon at any elections which may be held under
the provisions of this section and the manner of the can
assg OF the votes cast at such election and declaring the
result thereof and the City Attorney shall prepare the
Vi DaOC 10 De USED at any Such election;
than majority of all the votes cast upon any proposition
Submitted to the people of the City of Saem as provided
I'm this secon shall be required for the adoption of the
"same
"(g) All powers herein enumerated as accrung to the
City Council reserved we'll to the people of the
CITY of Saem and be exercised directed or controlled
by the said people of the City of Salem by and through
"the operation of the initiative and referendum laws.
"() For the purpose of securing and paying off the
bonds authorized by this section the Common Council is
"hereby authorized and directed to make an annual tax
"evy upon the taxable property within the corporate limits
of the City, sufficient to meet the annual nsaments of
principal and accruing interest the bonds authorized
by this section, which levy shall be in addition to and
ree from the limitation of Indebtedness provided by Sec
"ton 6, Subdivision of the City Charter.
"W The Common Council shall have full power and
authority to provide for the method of proving claims for
efnds out of the proceeds of said bond issue and
fund created by paragraph b) of this section and for
"ascertanng and declaring to whom refunds shall be paid
hereunder and the amount thereof subject to review by
"any court of competent jurisdiction, and the Common
Council is prohibited from making any refunds pay
ments under this amendment except upon verified claims
against the City provided in Section thirteen 3 of
"the City Charter.
"G) Nothing contained in this section shall be
srued to authorize any refund payment for the
truction of any private either upon private prop
"ery or in any of the public Streets alleys other public
cor payment for the construction of any public unless
he cost thereof to the property benefited shall have been
assessed by the City of Salem and regularly entered the
"