Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-22

Installed under City contracts at the expense or tne prop
ery specially benefited by special assessments and also
"such other public sewage and drainage systems may
haye heretofore been constructed by special assessment
against the property specially benefited under special
assessments by the Common Council and such sewage and
drainage systems may 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 is hereby ratified
and confirmed and the total cost of the is hereby
assumed by said City as debt and charge against the
CITY to 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 and drains
heretofore laid or constructed within without the
porate limits of the City, and for the purpose of paying
"and redeeming any and all bond warrants other evil
dences of Indebtedness heretofore issued by the City in
"he construction of any and all public sewers 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
he payment and reundng of special assessment lev
ed and paid by any person. firm association corpora
on account of the laying and construction of 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 Salem of ordinance providing for the issuance of
"bonds warrants for the payment of public and
drains heretofore constructed and for the reunding of
Outstanding bonds warrants issued by the City for such
purposes and for the repayment of any and all special
assessments levied said account the Common Council
sha proceed issue general obligation bonds of the City
Of Salem and sell the whole issue any part thereof at
public sale to the highest responsible bidder or bidders
or at its discretion may sell the whole issue or any part
thereof a popular loan plan.
"The Common Council may sell said issue any part
thereof below par value and accrued interest and author
zed to incur and pay reasonable expenses for the sale of
ling said refunds and redemptons 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 by them
sees their grantors such sum or sums may have
"been from time to time paid by themselves their grant
"ors together with interest thereon at go per from
he date of payment entered in the docket of City Liens
Ito 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,
he date of the adoption Of Section 81 under the initiative
claws. The remainder of such funds shall be applied to
he payment and redemption of any bonds warrants notes.
cor other evidences of indebtedness outstanding against the
Getty of Salem account of the construction Of any of
he and drains mentioned in subdivision or para
"graph (c) of this section.
"Afer the period of year from the date of sale of
ad bonds any of the proceeds from the sale thereof re-
"maning on hand shall revert to the fund provided
"for by paragraph M of this section and shall be used
as said funds authorized to be used either for construc
"tion maintenance for refundng redemption pur
poses for the purpose of fully and completely carrying out
"the purpose and intent Of this Charter Amendment
"CD The City Council of the City of Salem shall pro-
wide the of submitting to the people all questions
o be voted upon at elections which mayb held under
he provisions of this section and the manner OF the can
vassng of the votes cast at such election and declaring the
"resut thereof and the City Attorney shall prepare the
ethan majority of all the votes cast upon any proposition
Submitted to the people of the City of Saem provided
n this section shall be required for the adoption of the
Same.
"(g) All powers herein enumerated as accrung to the
"City Council are reserved well to the people of the
Cty of Salem and may be exercised directed controlled
by the said people of the City of Salem by and through
"the operation Of the initiative and referendum laws.
"(h) For the purpose of securing and paying off the
"bonds authorized by this section the Common Council is
thereby authorized and directed to make annual tax
evy upon the taxable property within the corporate limits
"of the City, sufficient to meet the annual nstamens of
principal and accrung 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.
"() The Common Council shall have full power and
authority provide for the method of proving claims for
refunds out of the proceeds of said bond issue and
"und 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 refunds or pay
ments under this amendment except upon verified claims
against the City provided in Section thirteen lS OF
"the City Charter
"C) Nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued to authorize any refund payment for the con-
stucton of any private either upon private prop
ery or in any of the public Streets alleys other public
paces of the City of Saem or to authorize any refund
cor payment for the construction Of any public sewer unless
he cost thereof to the property benefited shall have been
assessed by the City of Salem and regularly entered in the
0Doclet of Civ Liens of said CITY,"