Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-27
ORDINANCE NO. 1888.
Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the
Common COu1aciI-N0. One.

Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters By the
Common COueciL-NO One
An Ordinance providing for the amendment of Section
81 of the Charter of the City of Salem Oregon, as
adopted by a vote of the people under the initiative
December 2, 1912, by modifying said Section So to
able the Common Council to construct public
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 sewer con-
sruction and defining the procedure for construction
Of sewers to authorize the issuance of general oblga
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 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 election
and to 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 it ordained By the Common Council of the City of Sae
OregOn:
Be ii ordained by the Legal Voters of the Cy of Sae
Oregon.
Section Section So of the Charter of the City of
Salem, Oregon amended under the initiative by vote
of the people December 1912 is hereby amended and
modified that the shall read as follows to-wit
Section 52 (a) The City Council shall have power
ito build construct and lay down all necessary sewers and
drains within the limits Of the City Of Salem and to such
point or points beyond may be necessary for the pur
pose Of carrying the sewage and drainage from said City
o safe and convenient point Of discharge and in the
construction Of any sewer or drain the City shall have
the right to and divert from their natural courses
amy and all creeks or 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
it by paragraph GAY Of this section may levy special
Sewer and drainage tax not to exceed five 5) mills
"the dollar the taxable property within the corporate
mits of the City at the time of making out the annual
of
the total City levy Said tax levy shall be special and in
addition to the ten Q0) mill tax limitation contained in
"Secton 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 sewers 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 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
"strucon project the Common Council shall declare, by
resolution its intention to construct the particular
cor drainage system district and therein shall direct the
"City Engineer to file report with the City Recorder
Showing the plans, profes, specifications and estimates
for said system district and such plans shall show the
boundaries of the proposed to 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
a its first regular meeting thereafter for its consdera-
"tion 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 or drains to be con-
"struced shall be particularly described Thereafter the
Common Council may proceed to construct such public
sewers drains either by contract under competitive bids
"or with City employees through the engineering depart
ment Of the City under the direct control Of the Common
Council
"(c) All sewers and drains heretofore laid and con-
struced 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 installed under the
designation Of lateral districts and numbered from
"one W to thirteen GS) both inclusive and sixteen G)