Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-23

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 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
ana confirmed and the total cost OF the is hereby
assumed by said City debt and charge against the
City 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 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
dence of Indebtedness heretofore issued by the CITY in
the construction of any and all public sewers or drains
heretofore laid built constructed and for the payment
refund of any and all public sewer or drainage bonds
or warrants now outstanding against said City and for
the payment and refundng of any special assessment lev
led and paid by any person. firm association or corpora
on account of the laying and construction of anv such
public sewers 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 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 special
assessments levied said account the Common Council
shall proceed to issue general obligation bonds of the Cv
OF Oaen ana sell the whole thereof at
public sale to the highest responsible bidder or bidders
or at It's discretion may sell the whole issue or any part
thereof on popular loan plan.
The Common Council may sell said issue or any part
thereof below par value and accrued interest and author
lied to incur and pay reasonable expenses for the sale of
said issue or any part thereof and to pay the cost of max
ing SAD Te1unas 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
serves hava
been from time to time paid by themselves or their grant
ors together with interest thereon so per annum from
he dae OF payment entered in the docket Of City Liens
TO the date Of sale of said bonds account of the special
assessments levied against property to which said
person held the record legal title on December 9 1912
the date of the adoption of Section 81 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
graph (c) of this section.
After the period of year from the date of sale of
said bonds any of the proceeds from the sale thereof re-
manning on hand shall to the sewer fund provided
for by paragraph (b of this section and shall be used
as said funds authorized to be used either for consru
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
"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
he provisions OF this section and the of the can
Vassng 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
submitted to the people Of the City of Salem as provided
I'm 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
City of Salem and may 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
(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 nstaments of
principal and accruing interest the bonds authorized
by this section, which levy shall be in addition to and
free from the limitation of indebtedness provided by Sec
'ton 6, Subdivision of the City Charter
"G) 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 sewer
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 bv
amy court of competent jurisdiction and the Common
Council is prohibited from making any refunds or 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 con-
rued to authorize any refund payment for the con-
tructon of any private either upon private prop
erty or in of the public Streets alleys other public
places of the City of Salem, to authorize any refund
or 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
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