Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-25


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 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
TO taxation within the City of Salem.
I'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 constructed within without the
porate limits Of the City, and for the purpose of paying
and redeeming any and all bonds warrants 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
led and paid by any person. firm association corpora
on on account of the laying and construction of such
public 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 refundng 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
shall proceed to 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 it's discretion may sell the whole issue any part
thereof on 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
said issue part thereof and to pay the cost of max
ling said refunds and rdemptons 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
SELVES their grantors such or sums as may have
been from time to time paid by themselves their grant
ors together with interest thereon at SO per from
the date of payment as entered in the docket of City Liens
ito the date of sale of said bond account of the special
assessments levied against any property to which said
person held the record legal title December e. 1872
he 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
Cy of Salem account of the construction of anv of
the sewers and drains mentioned in subdivision or para
graph (c) of this section.
After the period of year from the date of sale of
said bonds of the proceeds from the sale thereof re-
manning hand shall revert to the sewer fund provided
for by paragraph b) Of this section and shall be used
as said funds are authorized to be used either for consruc
tion maintenance or for refunding or redemption pur
poses for the purpose Of fully and completely CARRYING out
"the purpose and intent of this Charter Amendment
"Q( The City Council of the City of Salem shall pro-
vide the manner OF submitting to the people all questions
ito be voted upon at any elections which may be held under
the provisions OF this section and the manner of the
assng of the votes cast at such election and declaring the
result thereof and the City Attorney shall prepare the
form of ballot to be used at any such election not more
than majority of all the votes cast upon any proposition
Sin this section, shall be required for the adoption Of the
same.
"(g All powers herein enumerated as accruing to the
Getty Council reserved well to the people of the
Getty of Saem 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
hereby authorized and directed to make an annual tax
levy upon the taxable property within the corporate limits
of the City, sufficient to meet the annual nstamens 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
"tion g. Subdivision of the City Charter.
"(D The Common Council shall have full power and
authority to provide for the method of proving claims for
refunds 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 or pay
mens 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 con-
trued to authorize any refund payment for the con-
stuction of any private either upon private prop
erty any of the public Streets alleys other public
places of the City of Salem, to authorize any refund
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 in the
Docket Of City Liens of said City"
Passed by the Common Council this fourth day of
Auoust 1919