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BON TON BAKERY and = RESTAURANT M e a ls a t all h o u rs C. Ullom, Proprietor The best to eat at the handiest place to eat. Now In Stayton Hotel Dining Room TIN WORK and PLUMBING ok e l e c t io n . Notice is lio-eby given that on the 17*h day o ' June, 1912. at the City Hall. In the Town o f stayton. Marlon County, Oregon, a Special election will be held for the purpose of sub mitting mi amendmeat to Cliapler VII. of the Charter of the Town of Slayton, to Hit. legal voters of said town, for their approval or rejection, the same having been submitted to the legal votera by the Council of suld town, having been passed an I approved May l.rith, 1912. Said •lection will lie held from 9 o'clock In the morning until 6 o'clock In the evening of suld day. Thu follow ing Judges have b-en appointed to conduct the same: J. T. KKAHNS, J. I*. DAVIE, H. II H ELTZEL. That a copy o f «aid amendment Is hereunto marked "Exhibit A ," and part hereof. The ballot title of said amendment la ns follows: proposed annexed made a proposed " ( 'barter Amendment Ntihmllletl to the V o id -» o f tlie Town of Stayton, Oregon, by the Council." Bath Tubs, lavatories and Shall Chapter VII. o f the Charter all Lanitary fittings--Farm- era-W e carry a line of pumps, leader water sys tems, etc. Gasoline engines. of the Town o f Stayton, Oregon, be so .imendcd ns to require the eoHt of all .truet and sidewalk improvement*, to lie charged to the adjacent prop erly holders and that the same shall be a lieu upon the property Immedi ately abutting upon such Improve ment, and for tho cost of sewers and necessary drulus In connection there with to lie charged to the property directly bcnefltted thereby. Vote Yus or No. Y es’ 100. No. 101. Dated this 1st day of June, 1912. J. II. (iltlld t, Recorder. JACOB SPANIOL For Sale BRICK, CEMENT, • PLASTER W. A. Weddle M ONUM ENTS New fa th« lint« to order o monument Wi n o t ic e cm foratali Marble, Granite or BroRZt Afao build M o n « or C o n tret« W.ilta to Don't (oil to fet price* befori l . L. THOMAS. OREGON STAYTON. J. M . R I N G 0 Undertaker a n d Embalmei Third and Marion Streets STAYTO N. OREGON FARM AND CITY BARGAINS BUY NOW There will be a rapid increase in land val ues and now is the time to BUY. Nothing more safe on earth than earth itself. J. T. KEARNS The Reelestate Men o f Stayton City Meat Market Jos. Sestak & Sons, Props. D««l«ra m fresh. Salt and Smoked M tA T S Highest Market Price Paid (or Stock anr hide*. STAYTON. ORfGON Real Estate ^ I f you hnv« property to »ell come in and list it with us, and we will find it buyer. We already have a number o f choice farms listed. I f you desire to make an investment it will pay tu We Sell the Earth THOMAS & LEE Ollicc next to Stayton Hotel YOUR EYES HI Eye Trouble Correctly adjusted. Hasses fitted while you wait, ly a graduate of the Eye and Ear Col lege o f Chicago, III. HI work guaranteed. Ixamiqntions free. Two doors west ot Mnsonie Hall. THE OPTOMETRIST Better let us do your printing you ay find it cheaper than you expect. “ E X H IB IT barter Amendment submitted to tin- k'olers by the Council. Chapter VII. of the Charter of the fuwu of Stayton, Oregon, shall be, .ud hereby is, amended to read as (•Hows: Section 1. The Council shat' lim e power uud Is authorized, whenever It deems It expedient, to Improve the public grounds, sttecta, al.e/.t. cioes- •valk*. sidewalks, and any and all public ways; to define wnat shall (institute public grounds, streets, Jleys, crosswalks, sidewalks, and •tlier public ways, and to regulate heir use: to establish and open treats, alleys, and all other public ways within the limits of said town u continuation of those now or here- .fter laid out; to establish or alter iuy grade and to Improve any street • r part thereof now or hereafter laid ut or established within the limits tf said town; to construct sewers md drains; to build, maintain, or au*e to be built or maintained any treet; ulley, or other public way, or illy part thereof; to establish the trades of said streets, or other im provements. or parts thereof; to con- itruct. Improve, repair, aud keep In «pair, streets, alloys, public ways, rosswalks, sidewalks, pavements, .ewers and drains, and to determine .ml to provide everything convenient ind necessary concerning such Im provements aud repairs, and shall llrect the character of materials used in and the manner of building til streets, improvements and repairs above mentioned, the said Improve ment of streets and sidewalks shall je done at the expense of the owners of tho adjacent property; and said o w n shall not In any event bo liable lu damages to any person for any In- ury caused by any defect or danger- ills place ut or In nuy street, alley, iridge, public grounds, public build ings, or ditch, unless said town shall lave an actual notice of such defect >r dangerous place, and a reasonable line thereafter lu which to repair ir remove mich defect or dangerous place before the happening of such iccldeut or injury; and In no ease shall more than $100.00 be recovered is damages from the town for sueh accident or In jury. Section 2. The Council In improv ing any street or streets, or any part •r parts thereof within the Town of Itayton, Oregon, may within Its dis cretion employ an engineer to pre pare plans, specifications, and esti mates for one or more kinds of ap propriate Improvements, at least one ,.f which must he of a non-patentable kind, and the probable total cost of each class of Improvement, and said engineer shall file said plans, speci fications and estimates in the ofllce of the Recorder of the Town o f Stay- ton, Oregon. If the Council shall find such plans, specifications and estimates to lie satisfactory It shall approve the same, and shall determine the limits o f tho street proposed to be Im proved, and the Council shall by res olution declare Its purpose nnd Inten tion of making said Improvement and determine the portion of the street lo be Improved. Tho action of tho Council In declaring Its Intention to Improve any street nr streets, or any part or part« theroof, approving and adopting the plans, specifications and estimate* of said engineer, and de termining the portion of the street to be Improved may all be done at (•no aud the same meeting of the Council. Upon the passage of such I’MHolutlon by the Council, the Re corder shall duly give notice by pub lication for not) cm than five suc- cesstve days In a dally newspaper published lu tho City of Halein, Or egon, nnd also that raid notice shall be published at least twice In a newn- papor published within the limits of the Town of Stayton, Oregon, Invit ing bids for making said Improve ment*. Each bid submitted must be accompanied by a certified check equal In amount to 10 per cent of the amount or the bid. When such bids are received and the amount of the lowest responsible bid for each klud or dans of Improvement ha* been ascertained, the Council shall, by resolution, determine the charac ter of the Improvement to be laid, ind lowest responsible bid. When the Council shall have deter mined the kind of Improvement to be made and the lowest bid submit ted therefor, the Recorder shall re turn to the respective bidders whose bids have been rejected the checks submitted with their said bids, and shall retain the check accompany ing the bid selected and adopted for the Improvement by the Council. $uch check shall be held until such time as a remonstrance Is filed su ffi cient to defeat said Improvement, the contract and bond executed, as pro vided by law or ordered returned by the Council. Provided, that no grade or Improvement mentioned In this section or In section one 11), except the original establlsnlng of the grade • an be made without eight (8 ) days’ notice thereof being first given by posting notices In five (6 ) public ••laces In said town of Stayton, three of which said notices must be posted upon the property to lie Improved. Provided further, that the provisions o f this section shall apply, so far as practicable, to all public improve ments within said town. 8ectlon 3. The five (5 ) notices required to be posted In section 2, must be posted by the Recorder, by order of the Council, and must speci fy with convenient certainty the street or sewer or other Improvement proposed to be made, or of which the grade Is proposed to be estab lished or altered, and the kind of Improvement which Is proposed to be made. The Council may within Its discretion, have said notices also published In some newspaper in said town of Stayton. Section 4. Within eight days from the posting of aatd notices a major ity of the property owners of prop erty adjacent to such street or part thereof, as tho case may be, may make and file with the Recorder a written remonstrance against the proposed Improvement, grade or al teration thereof, and thereupon the same shall not be then further pro ceeded with or made, and the partic ular Improvement so defeated by lemonstrance shall not be again pro posed for three months except on petition of a majority o f the prop erty owners to be affected thereby. Hut notice may at once be given of a different kind or character o f any improvement from the first proposed. Section 5. I f no such remon strance be so made and filed, the Council, at ItB earliest convenience thereafter and within six months from the final posting o f such no tices, may establish the proposed grade or alteration thereof or com mence to make the proposed Improve ment, as hereinafter provided. Section 6. In case the notice be for the improvement of a street or part thereof and the same shall not have been defeated by a remon strance. as provided In section 4, the Council shall direct the Mayor and Recorder of the town to enter Into a contract with the jserson. nersons, firm or corporation submitting the lowest bid as hereinbefore provided, to make said improvement, and shall require any *uoh contractor to exe cute a good and sufficient bond and undertaking In a sura equal to tho amount of the contract price, condi tioned to make said Improvement according to the plans and specifica tions. and according to the terms and conditions o f such contract, nnd to complete the same within a rea sonable time to he determined by Ihe Council. After such contract and nond nre executed and the Council have thereby ascertained and deter mined the actual cost o f such im provement, including a sum not ro exceed 5 per cent of such contract price for engineering expenses, ac quiring descriptions of property nnd other speclnl expenses connected with making such Improvement, shall assess upon each lot or part thereof liable therefor. Its proportionate share of such costs. Provided, how ever, that Ihe Council shall have the right to reject any and all bids for any of said proposed Improvements. Section 7. When the probable cost of the Improvement has been ascertained and determined, and the proportionate shnre thereof o f each lot or part thereof hns been assesaed as provided In section 6, the Council must declare the same by Ordinance, and direct the Recorder to enter a statement thereof In the docket of town liens as provided in the next section. Section S. The docket of town i. ns is a book in which m ist be en tered, in pursuance o f section 6, the following matter In retatlon to as- sesamenU for tho lmurovement of streets (1 ) The number, letter, or duscrlption of the lot assessed and the number, letter, or description of ihe block In which It la situated and If a separate assessment Is made up on a part of a lot, a particular dealg- nation of such part; (2 ) the name of the owner thereof or that the owner Is unknown; 13) the sum assessed upon each lot or part thereof, and the date of entry, Section 9. The docket of town llena Is a public writing, and the original or certified copies of any matter authorized to be entered therein are entitled to the force and effect thereof, and from the date of entry therein of an assessment upon a lot or part of lot, the sum so en tered Is to be deemed a tax levy and n lien thereon, which shall have priority over all other llena or In- • umbra tire* thereon whatsoever. The Town of Stayton, by and through Its Recorder, shall also keep and main lain a certain book or record, prop erly bound and ruled, to be known ;•* the "M inor Men Docket of the Town of Stayton, Oregon,” In which shall be entered and kept, upon the order of the Common Council, all matters having relation to the estab lishment and enforcement of the claims and liens of the said town against the property of the citizens under the authority or this charter and the ordinances of said town, which said book, or record, so known as the "M inor Lien Docket of the Town of Stayton, Oregon,” shall be ruled Into columns headed as fol lows: "Date of Entry— Month, Day, Y e a r;" "Ordinance Authorising M ens;” "O fficer Filing L ien ;’ ’ "Nature of L ien ;” "Property Charged with L ien ;” "Owner of Properly Charged;” "Notice to Owner— Month, Day, Y e a r;" "Order of Coun cil— Month. Day, Y ear;” "Copy of Advertisement Calling for Bids fer Work O rdered;” "Amount of Bid Accepted;” “ Name of Contractor;” "Item s of Expense;” "A m ou n t;” "B ill Rendered by W hom ;" "Paid by Warrant No. — “ Li en Paid by W hom ;" "M en Discharged— Month. Day, Y ear;” "Rem arks.” Each and every entry made In said docket, as hereinbefore provided, by order of the Common Council, shall have the same force and effect as the original documents and recorded orders lead ing up to said entries and record; and said book or record shall be and Is a public record, entitled to prevail and stand as such In law. Section 10. A sum of money as sessed for the Improvement of streets cannot be collected until by order of the Council ten days' notice thereof Is given by the Recorder by personal service, or If personal service cannot be had within the Town of Stayton. then a notice may be served by publi cation In a newspaper published In the Town of 8tayton, for two weeks, and notice of such assessment shall be sent by mall, when service is by publication, when postoffice address of the owner Is known; such notice must, substantially, contain the mat ters required to be entered on the docket of town liens concerning such assessment. Section 11. If, within ten days from the service of the notice or final publication thereof as pre scribed In section 10, the sum as »eased upon any lot or part thereof Is not wholly paid to the Town Treasurer and a duplicate receipt therefor filed with the Recorder, the Council may thereafter order a war rant for the collection of the same to be issued by the Recorder, dl rocted to the Town Marshal or other person authorized to collect taxes due to the town. Section 12. Such warrant must require the person to whom It Is di rected to forthwith levy upon the lot or part thereof upon which the as sessment la unpaid, and sell the same in the manner prescribed by law for the sale and collection of delinquent state and county taxes, and to return the proceeds of such sale to the Town Treasurer and the warrant to the Re corder. with his doings indorsed thereon, together with the receipt of the Town Treasurer for the proceeds of such sale as paid to him. Section 13. Such warrant shall have the force and effect of an exe cution against real property, and shall be executed In like manner, ex cept as herein otherwise specially provided. Section 14. The Town Marsha! shall. Immediately after having sold any real property by virtue of such warrant for the collection of delin quent taxes, make a certificate of sale of the property so sold, setting forth therein the object for which the sale was made, a description of the property sold, a statement of the nmount It sold for, for the Improve ment for which the assessment was made and the year In which the tax was levied, the amount of such tax or assessment, the name of the pur chaser. and that the sale is made subject to redemption within three years from the date of the certifi cate; and then deliver such certifi cate to the purchaser. The owner or his successors In Interest, or any person having a Hen by Judgment, decree or mortgage on any property sold, may redeem the same upon the conditions provided In the next sec tion. Section 15. Redemption of any real property sold for delinquent as sessments or taxes under the pro visions of this act may be made by the paying to the Recorder for the purchaser, at any time within three years from Ihe date of the certificate of sale, the purchase price and twenty-five per cent additional, to gether with six per rent Interest upon the purchase price from the date of such certificate, and the amount of any taxes paid thereon by such pur chaser, and Interest thereon from the date of their payment. Such redemption shall discharge the prop erty so sold from the effect of such sale, and If made by a Hen creditor the amount paid for the redemption shall thereafter be deemed a part of his Judgment, decred or mortgage, as the case may be. and shall bear like Interest and may be enforced and collected as a part thereof. Section 16. After the expiration of three years from the date of such certificate. If no redemption shall hnve been made, the Town Marshal shall execute to the purchaser, his (Continued on next page) THE "Bee”» “Bee” BAILEY & BERG, Proprietors WINES, LIQUORS, ___ CIGARS SALEM B E E R O N T A P Your TradeSolicited— W e'II Treat Y ou Right Banking Here Is Pleasant and Safe Safety of your funds is not the only advantage this bank can offer. In addition to the un questioned safety that our strong directorate, business-like management, and well chosen sé curités give to our depositors' money, this is a pleasant place to do business. 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