Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-25
ORDINANCE NO. 1898.

Common CoagciL-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 drains; to create construction, mainten-
ance and redemption fund, and to authorize miage
tax to provide the same; to prohibit the Common Coun
Gil from mourning indebtedness for public
strucon and defining the procedure for construction
of sewers to authorize the issuance Of general obiga
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
construction and 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 election
and to authorize the Common Council to pass ordinances
to carry into effect the provisions Of Section So of the
Charter modified by this ordnance 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 6, Subdivision 8
of the City Charter.
Be ordained By the Common Council of the City of Sale
Oregon:
Be 1t ordained By the Legal Voters of the City of Sale
Section l. Section So of the Charter of the City of
Salem Oregon as amended under the initiative by vote
of the people December 1872 hereby amended and
modified so that the same shall read follows, tow:
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 sewer or drain the City shall have
he 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
and drains for the purpose Of cleansing and flushing the
same
"(b) The Common Council under the power vested in
1T by paragraph (a) of this section may levy special
sewer and drainage tax not to exceed five (5) mills
the dollar the taxable property within the corporate
limits of the City at the time of making out the annual
'he total city levy Said tax levy shall be special and in
addition to the ten QO) 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 and drains
and maintaining public and drains which
or may hereafter be constructed and for no 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 public sewers drains unless the money to
pay for the is either hand tax levy has been
made to provide the any shortage of money
essary to meet construction expenses they mature
Before undertaking any public drainage con-
"struction project the Common Council shall declare by
resolution its intention to construct the particular sewer
cor drainage system or district and therein shall direct the
"Cy Engineer to file report with the City Recorder
Showing the plans profies, specifications and estimates
for said system district and such plans shall show the
boundaries the area proposed be served by such sys
stem district in sufficient detail for prospective bidders
"and for accurate information to the public The City
Recorder shall present said report to the Common Council
Eat its first regular meeting thereafter for its considra
ton At any time within six (6) months after said report
's presented whenever the shall be made to meet
'the approval of the Common Council it shall be adopted
'by resolution in which the drains to be
"structed shall be particularly described Thereafter the
Common Council may proceed to construct such public
Sewers drains either by contract under competitive bids
cor with City employees through the engineering depart
ent Of the City under the direct control of the Common
Council.
"(c) All sewers and drains heretofore laid and
structed by the City of Salem whether by special
ent 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 installed under the
"degQnatiOn lateral districts numbered
zone ~ to thirteen (S) both inclusive and sixteen GJ