Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
Delinquent Tax Bill.

Delinquent Tax Bill.
Senate bill No. SO modifying the pup.
lication of delinquent taxes as amended
in the senate and house seems to be
generally misunderstood. This is not
surprising as the original bill was
amended and substitutions made by
both the senate and the house and final
ly an important change was made IN
the bill by amending it on the floor OF
the house.
The original senate bill, n o.63, intro
duccd by Senators Farrell and Orton'
was drawn for the purpose of ellmlnat-
ing the publication of delinquent taxes
nnl contained the emergency clause. A
substitute bill was drawn and approved
by the senate committee eliminating the
publicaticn Of delinquent taxes in coun-
tics having 100000 or more inhabitants
or moro .Multnomah) but providing
that in all other counties the delinquent
list should be published as under the
old law. Thus the bill was sent to the
house by the senate. The house adopted
report of a portion Of the committee
amending the bill still further and
passed it to third reading. The bill as
It appeared for final passage in the
house had the amendment striking out
the clause pertaining to Multnoman
county and further provided that in all
counties Gas soon as practicable - no
ticc should be sent to all delinquents
ly mail and four months after taxes
should be delinquent notice should be
published of all delinqucnts whose let
tors mad been returned. In other words
publication should be based on the let
ters returned When the amended bill
came up for third reading objection was
made to basing the publication on the
undelivered letters as it was pointed out
that in many cases the real owner OF the
property would not appear on the tax
roll at the time when notices might be
mailed and in that event the owner
would and could not be notified by mail
and as a result his property would not
be advertised After considerable dis
cussion amendments were offered which
seemed to be in the nautre of COM
promise changing the bill to read that
those who were delinquent at the ex-
riration of four months after having
been notified by mail 80 days after de.
linquency should be published The bill
was passed by the house in TINS ror1n
and while it may not be ideal, having
been introduced late in the session and
passed hastily, yet it will doubtless save
the tax payers considerable money ow-
ing to the fact that no notice will be
given until 80 days after delinquency,
then those who are delinquent will be
notified by card and given 30 days more
in which to pay, all who pay during this
period will not be published. The saw
ing is up to the property owners, If they
act upon the card notice, there will be
no expense for publishing, if they do
not comply with the first notice, then
the new law will not help us.
Among the bills passed which the
committee on corporations introduced
and approved.
(1l A bill requiring the county assess
or to furnish information to the cor
poration commission of corporations do
ing business in the county so that bet
ter regulation can be had of such
firms
(2) A bill extending the time of dis
solution of a corporation five years
from the date of the governors s proela-
nation for the purpose only of protect
ing the public from "fly by night y
concerns Uuder the present law, cor
poration dissolved by the proclamation
of the governor cannot be sued subse-
quently as corporation. Under the
new law, such firm will be continued
for five years to protect creditors, but
for no other purpose.
(3) A bill giving the right to eom-
munities to incorporate for the purpose
of supplying themselves with water for
domestic purposes.
(4l Four other bills regulating for
eign corporations.
Among the bills which l personally
introduced were the following.
Three bills amending the lien law
pertaining to personal property, all
passed
A bill granting the rights of farm and
public crossings and requiring that all
grade crossings be maintained in good
condition by the railroad. Passed by
the house.
(4l A bill providing for uniform
grades of grain. This bill did not re-
quire any appropriation, but, owing to
the fact that more elaborate bill COW
ering the same subject was later intro.
duced and passed, / withdrew my bill.
(5) A bill limiting the salary of any
professor or employe Of the Q. A. G, to