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a. i TWW Proposed Oregon Tax Law (CtintlntMwt from last trees) Statement of county rxmns) to be ecrtlliod to secretary of state.) Section 6, That rwtlon SUHft of the Code and Statute f Oregon, compiled iii! annotated by Hon. Charles II. Bel linger and William V. Cotton, be tut the mum hereby I amended to read m follow! Ity the 10th of January of each year (m county clerk of ttict several count it in the iate shall prtir, upon a lilnnk form jrttK'rllHl ami turuls-hed liy the secretary of state, a concise tabulated statement of all the exarne of hia county for the preceding year, sxciet tiM'iiw for rind anil highways, ami except the soma ll for the erection of court hoiuun, or on account of immU lenee of epidetulca, which statement ahall be certified to by him a such 'county clerk ami forwarded to Uie sec retary of state, anil a duplicate thereof lie placed on II Iti In hi own oilice. Ilk onlj change la la require Ik Milt' merits 111 to nlcd lie III tlltti instead nf the lata mt lanitaiy, anal in aserpt costs of court lloliara, prstilriwrs. Of epi.lrmlce from the csprits siat.mrnt. A lb wppoitlonmeM must taller Itnol a maoe on the basis nf Ihrae statf-mems, ae well aa those previously ntsilc, ami remains la k errlitlet lo the ctain llrs. anl trie several county court then, at trie lemisry term, most make a levy stiihciem lo cover the apportionment, III necessity lor promptness la eparcitl,) (Secretary of state to keep record of statement certified.) Section 7. The eeivtarv of state ahull immediately record such state ment In hooka provided and kept In hla olllon fur that porpt, and shall supply the several county clerks with the itmiwintry fornui for making such rt'lHirta, aa pruvldi for in title act. (II, ft C. Coma., section loaf, without chsnae.) ( Ainirtimniint of revenue of etate tutmng counties.) Section 8. It ahall be the duty of Die governor, secretary of atate and elate tnwjitirer, acting Jointly, In Jan nary of cn'h year, to aw-crtain by coin ptilMlion, aa hereinafter provided, tlie tulnl amount of revenue nwiumtry for atate piirtia, and to apiortion tlte adirnutlil total revenue among the aeve ml mtintiea in tlte manner hereinafter provided. (II. t C. romp , arrtlon Man, rernacird hi Ijoa ol Stiacltl hcuion, IVt, uaa , ariiuoul ckanat.) (Method of pMoeeding in making elate apxrtionment.l rectlon 0. The afortvaid itate offi cent ahall proceed aa followa: - 1. l'rere a tabular etatement, con fluting nf all the Item of expenif, oivi'ii acinrntcly, to which theatate will he atthlcct under eiiKttng law for the llmitl year next after that year for which the limt preceding atate levy of tnxeri waa computed and doclared; alao all iiema of dflloicncy, incltntlng Inter cat on unpaid warranta left over from the nrevloua year, the payment of which luut Wn authorlaed by law; and alao the aitm provided by law for tlte current exiHiiiM of the Oregon annua l itttarti, and the ainn of 147,500 for the ettpport of the I'niveniity of Oregon, and the aitm of (KI0 fur tlte support of the Pluto Agricultural college; and aleo, when auch levy la mado on the aaaeiia- mentofan even year, tlte eatimnted xieiiae of one biennial aeaalon of the legialutive aaaombly: and alao, when etich levy ia made on the aaeeeamcnt of an even year, the eet lmateil total coat, not excelling $200,000, of auch addi tiimal public buildiitga and imnriive itienta of public buildinga of the state an the atilil atate ofllcer. ahall believe it neceaiiry to make during the fiscal vear for which such levy of taxea is computed. 2. KMin the sum totnl of the afore- auid items shall be deducted any stir plus in excess of 15.000 remaining in the treasury from all funds, however derived, if nut aimtied by law to some special nurnone. 3. The remainder so obtained shall 1 the total amount of revenue to be ruined lite next ensuing year for state purpuric which are not provided tor ty a special tax duly auuiorixou oy taw and said remainder shall be apportion ed among the several counties in the milliner hercinafkr provided, and be IovIihI and cullected in each of said counties in the manner other taxes are levied and collected, and be paid over to the state treasurer. 4. In order to ascertain the propor tion of such taxea to be paid by the sev oral count ies, said state officers shall ascertain from the report of expend! tnres of the several counties on file in the otllco of the secretary of state the average amount of expenditure in each cottntv dttr its the period ol live years and each county shall pay such propor tion of said state tivxcs as its average amount of expenditures for said period bears to the total amount oi expenni tttres in all of tlte counties of tlte state Provided, that all of the IndbotednesB and expenses Incurred by Buker county in the acquisition ol mat portion oi what was formerly a part of Union cottntv. and known as the "Panhandle, by reason of the assumption by Baker county of a portion of the then existing indebtedness of Union county, and tlte incurred bv Baker county in obtftlnina from Union county the rec ords relating to that part of Union cottntv added to Baker county, known aa the "Panhandle," ahall not be con. trued or considered a part of the x- penae of .laker County under thl act for any of the ycare In which aaid ex- peumiure were made: Provided fur- ther, that the amount paid by any county In reducing or discharging it linlfhtiHliiMMi, or paying interest on it Indebtedne, shall not be considered a part of the expense of a county under tli la act. Huch computation lo be made by paid Hate oflltwr In 1010, and In January In each fifth year thereafter. I tilt I the January, 1010, computation the tiroiMirtion of the state taxe to be paid by the several Ctmntlea ahall lie aa art out in the following table, to wit: Couniira. lr et Count Ira. Per ct. .om Lincoln .oust .omit l.lnn ........ .nj.u M.lhrar ..... .0MM .utif Marlon oais .KM Morrow .omit .Old Multnomah ., .! .ouo I'oia ........ ,oiit .ihiio Sherman oiiaT .mil Tillamook ... .ootr .IhiKl tlmaolla 0400 ,im truon "f" .OIM Wallow 0071 .(1314 Waaro ...... .(14 .im.wi Waahlnalon S'i .Oil Wl.crlrr MIT .ouiT Yamhill 0M .04 HI Ilakrr .... ltnlon .... (iarkaniaa Mataop ... I oiuioma . Coi 'nk .... Curry .... I(niilac .. I.illi.a, ... rant .... lUrrwy ... acktoin ,.. oarnltliM . Klamatk 1-aW. Lt . . , . , (No chana from irctlon I. !.awa 1901. tiaa 3fiT, fftcrpi in omit two llnca Immediately pre- ceiling th laltle, "whii'h la baaed on the a eaamenta ot live arveral countiee for the pat nv yeara, aa not Htrraiiy irue, in an act lo be nuw enacteil. 1 ha oriamal lahl waa found Lawa of 1001. and the tank waa bated on the aeaceamenia mad during lha nv yeara priof io that year. (Secretary of state to report to legisla ture account of collections and appor tionments.) Pertlon 10. The secretary of state hall embody in hia printod report to Uie legislative assembly an accurate transcript or account of the afoieaaid annual collections and iriodical appor tionment ocmiriing Ut ween the bien nial sessions of tlte legislature; and he ahal) also transmit immediately after said apportionment an accurate trans cript of it to the county clerks of the several counties, and in no case shall any deduction or statement be made from the apportionment to the respect ive counties on account of the delin quent taxpayers. (It t C. Coma., aecrion toel. without chanae.) (N'umermia atatuinrv nroviaione for apeclal and general tevtee of laxr by countiea, citiea, tnwna, arhnol dialricta. road rlialrtctt, and I'orl nf I'orlland, and for the incluaion in the atate aprMirtionmenl of certain eume, may be found. Many of thcee proviaiona arc lo be found in the apecial alatiilea and city charter: other are Intimately connected with atatulra directing the dienualtion ol lb fund ao tcmea. lo at tempt to aroup them In a chapter dealing of the aubjeel of the ley and apportionment of taaea generally would be all but Imprauible, and misleading if accompliahcd, and la not at templed.) (Of tlte Collection of Taxes and Proceed- ings In Iteiation I hereto.) (Words "tax collector" Meaning.) tktion 1 1 . The words "tax collect or" wherever used In this act shall lie taken to mean the pemon or oltloer who by law is charged with the duty ol col lecting taxea aaaetised upon real proper ty, and shall be held to include his deputy. (New.) (Treasurer is tax collector.) taction 12. The trenmirer of each county shall be the tax collector thereof. (Substitute treasurer for therm in R. & C. Comp., aection anal. The changea in Ike euc- ceeding tecliont necessitated by thia chanae will not be specifically notca.j (Bond as tsx collector Cumulative to general qlttcial Dona.) Section 13. Before entering upon his duty as tax collector the tieaeurer shall give a bond, signed by some reeponible surety company, or some responsible surety or sureties as approved by .the county court, conditioned for the faith ful performance ol his amies as sucn tax collector, in such amount as the county court shall direct, and such bond, if signed by a surety company, shall be paid for by the county court. Such bond shall be additional and cu mulative to the general bond given by the treasurer, to which resort may be had in case of failure or default of his duties as tax collector if the bond de scribed in this section be unenfoiceahlo or insufficient. rTh. 1, nln lines nf section 8004. B. A C. Comn.. without change, except change of title of officer.) (Extension of taxes by county clerk.) Section 14. The county clerk of each county in the state shall, immediately alter receiving Irorn tne state ooara oi tax commissioners a copy of the assess ments of persons and property within his county, made and certified by said state board of tax commissioners, enter and apportion the same in the assess ment roll which has been made by the county assessor, and corrected and eoualised by the county board of equal iaation. and returned to said cierk. Said clerk shall forthwith after receive ing all the notices provided for in sec tion 4 of this act, and after the appor tionment of taxes, make a certicfiate of the several amounts apportioned to be assessed upon the taxable property in his county for state, county, general, and special school and road, military, university, town, city, port, or other purposes for which a tax may have been leimlly levied, ana aonver tne sata cer ticfiate to the tax collector of the coun ty, together with the said assessment roll containing the assessments made by the county assessor as corrected and qaailged by the county board of equal isation, anil tlao containing ins Mweas menU made and certified by the state tioard of tax commisaooners entered therein, ruled with proper columns for the extensions of tax collections aua ae- llnquent list, and for payments, issu ance of certificate, redemptions, Issu ance of deeds, and other entries therein ss contemplated by law, and with the total amount of taxes properly extended and entered thereon in one sum against each separate parcel of real property, a well a against the personal property awrMsed to each individual. Huch roll ahall thereafter be a tax roll, and there shall be attached thereto a warrant, in the name of the state of Oregon, under the Itand of the said clerk and the seal of tlte county clerk authorising the col lection by said tax collector of said tax es; knd such clerk shall thereupon take the receipt of aaid tax collector there for, and duly charge against the tax col lector the full amount of tax cliarged on such roll; and the tax collector shall in settlement be allowed aa credit against such charge such amounts a he shall report to the county court of -his county, as hereinafter in this act pro vided, that he ha collected on said roll, also such a he shall And to have been twice aaaesed thereon, and such a he shall be unable to collect, and shall o return to the court as not collectible. All such tax roll sliall be public rec ords, and a such preserved in the oflice of Uie tax collector. I Compere H. A C. Comp., sections goo and S0M. Omits the now obsolete provision for computing valuationa after e-tualiulion by atate board of equalisation, substituting alter eouali talion by the county board and enlre of ae sessments certified by the state board of tas commissioners. Provides alao for computa tion of aroounta to ba made, and aa to valua tion and rate in the arvrrat road districts. porta, and other municipal taxing agencies. See Iws 1 08, page UH. l'rnvldce I he clrrk ahall extend the tax in one total aura. The separation among funds on the roll and in tax receipt is unnecessary when Ihe several rates of levy arc specified, as Itui method of accounting and the require ment for diminution of each payment in the tax collectors collection register ebowa tne exact amount of taxea for each municipal urtw-e with which the collector ia charged. and in amount collected by him. In several countiea of Ihe Stat the distribution is carried on the receipt atub on the mil. and also in the us collection book and distribution book. 1 hia causes much additional and useleee labor and confusion at the busy season, of Ihe year. In Ihe larger countiea th former practice waa abandoned Irom the very necessity oi tne case, snd no loss of accuracy or fulneaa in ac counting resulted. A very large aaving ia clerical force waa thereby made.) (School, town, city, port, or other tax ing agency levy On w hat valuation.) taction IS. All the taxes hereinafter levied by any incorporated city or town, school district, road district, port, or otlier municipal taxing agency or dis trict, shall be levied on tho property therein respectively assessable upon Uie valuation of auch property as shown by the assessment roll last compiled by the assessor, corrected and equalised by the county board of equalitation, and including entries therein of assessments a certified by Uie state beard of tax commissioners and apportioned to such municipalities by the county clerk And it shall be the duty of the county clerk in each of the several countiee, upon the application of the clerk or board of school directors of any school district, and of any road supervisor, or of any three resident freenolders of any road district, or of the recorder, auditor, or clerk or common council, board of directors, or trustees or other governing body of any incorporated city or town, port, or other municipal taxing district or agency, to furnish a cert meat, unaer the seal of Uie county court, showing the aggregate valuation of the assessa ble property in the school district, road district, incorporated city or town, port or other taxing district or agency, from which such application shall have been made. (Add Drovlalona aa to port or other munid- nal taxin aeencv or district: modifies pro vision as to valuation of Property on which y ia made old law provided it ahall be on assessment roll last complied. This adds, corrected and enualiicd and including sal menta made he the state board ol tax commis sioners. Also conaolidatea part of Lawa of twos, pace 111, as to road districts, but makea no change.) (All taxes levied to be collected by same officer and in same manner aa county taxes.) Section 16. All taxes levied by any school district, road district, incorpor ated city or town, port or other munici pal corporation or taxing agency or dis trict, now or hereafter authorixed by law to levy taxes, shall be collected by the same officer and in the same man ner and at the same time as taxes for county purposes are collected. (Set firat two lines of B. ft C. Comp., aec tion alliu; UWB OI mos, pngc aev, section , 11. A C. Coma., aection 4661, to the aame ef fect.) (Taxes to be paid in gold and silver coin.) Section 17. All taxes levied In this state by Uie authority of the stata or a municipal coiporatlon therein upon any person or property in this state shall be collected and paid in gold and silver coin of the United States, and not otherwise. (B. ft C. Comp., aection 8157.) (Grantor or grantee Which to pay tax.) Section 18. As between the grantor and grantee of any land, when there Is no express agreement as to which shall pay the taxes that may be assessed thereon before the conveyance, if such land Is conveyed at the time or prior to the date of the warrant authorising the collection of such taxes then Uie grantee shall pay the same, but If couveyed after the date the grantor shall pay them. (B. ft C, aection 153, no change.) (To be continued next weak) IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Friday, January IS. Washington, Jan. 18. Ay a rising vote ol 133 to 02 the house today adopt ed an amendment to the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill, which was taken from the speak er's table with senate amendments, in creasing Uie salary of the vice presi dent, Uie speaker and member of Uie cabinet to 112,000 a year and those of senator and representatives, delegate from territories and the resident com missioner from Porto Kico to 17,600 a year, the increase to take effect March 4, 1007. An urgent deficiency bill was passed, carrying a total of $344,6o0. The house then went into committee of the whole and passed 60 bills on the private calendar reported ty the committee on claim. Washington, Jan. 18 The senate to day deferred further action on the Brownsville matter until Monday. It paused a bill authorizing relief for earthquake smitten Jamaica. The Warren bill, increasing the corps of Uie army, waa passed. The total in crease, whicn is to reach it maximum in five years, is 6,197 officers and men, which, with the increase in certain sal aries of men in separate grades, such as electricians, machinists, etc., cost $243,324 annually. The senate agreed to the Kittredge resolution instructing the secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate the lumber trust. The resolution directs that the inves tigation shall be conducted to ascertain whether there exist any combination, conspiracy, trust, agreement or contract intended to operate in restraint of law ful trade in lumber or to increase the market price of lumber in any part of the I nited Htatee. Thursday, January 17. Washington, Jan. 17. The legal plume of President Roosevelt's dis charge of the negro troop was again injected into the controversy in the senate today by notice of an amend ment to the roraker compromise reso lution, which Blackburn said he should press. The amendment expressly dis claims any intention to "question or deny Uie legal right of the president to discharge without honor enlisted men of the army of Uie United States.' Consideration of the resolution was deferred until Monday at the conclusion of Foraker s address. Eulogies on Uie life and character of the late Senator William B. Bate, of Tennessee, were delivered, after which the senate adjourned as a mark of res pect to his memory. Washington, Jan. 17. An emergen cy bill for the relief of the sufferers on the island of Jamaica was passed by the house today. The bill is as fol lows: "The president of Uie United States is authorixed to use and distribute among the sufferers and destitute peo ple of the island such provisions, cloth ing, medicines and other necessary ar ticles belonging to Uie sustenance and other naval stores as may be necessary for succoring the people who are in peril and threatened with starvation in Uie said island in consequence of the recent earthquake." Without division the bill was sent to the senate. The bill did not reach the senate be fore adjournment, but will probably be taken up by that body tomorrow. Wednesday, January 18. Washington, January 16. Senate leaders tonight consider Uie end of the Brownsville discussion in sight, and it is confidently expected that a, compro mise resolution offered by Foraker just before Uie close of today's session will be adopted. Foraker had the floor to make what he today expressed the hope would be the concluding speech on the subject. He will proceed immediately after the morning business tomorrow, unless interfered with by the special order of the day, which is Uie delivery of eulogies on the life of the late Sena tor Bate, of Tennessee. Whether he speaks tomorrow or Friday, it is ex pected that a vote will soon follow, al though it is possible Uiat other brief speeches may be made before Uie end ia reached. Washington, Jan. 16. Smokeless powder patents were under debate to day in the house. Gaines, of Tennessee, told of how Professor Monroe had patented the smokeless powder process, having dis Plan to Reclaim Swamp Land. Washington, Jan. 16. An extensive plan for reclamation of swamp and overflow land will be considered at an early meeting of the senate committee on public lands. The scheme is ad vanced in a bill introduced by Senator Clapp, which provides for the estab lishment of a "draining fund" from all ' moneys received from the sale of public land in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louis iana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, except the 5 per cent set aside for educational purposes. covered ft while filling the chair of chemistry at the naval academy, ani also said a patent waa taken out by John K. liamavloa while the latter was a commanding officer in the navy. Uaines quoted the Supreme court de- ciiion in the Gilly and Solomon case that a patent taken out by an officer for a discovery made by him in the line of duty belongs to Uie government. Mr. Monroe, be stated, had turned hi pat ent over to the United States, and yet it waa today in the hand of a great powder monopoly, "and Uie government is in the grasp of that monopoly." do far a Uaines could find out, Mr. Barnadou had not turned hi patent over to Uie government. Tuesday, January 15. Washington, Jan. 15. The feature of the day's session of the senate waa a constitutional argument by Spooner, of Wisconsin, upholding the presi dent's right to discharge the negro troop at Brownsville. The remarks were questioned by Tillman, and the two engaged in a heated controversy. Spooner made a bitter attack on Uie South Carolina senator. The bitter feeling provoked make it impossible to say when a vote can be had on tbe Brownsville resolution. It is expected tbe debate will be extended. Wisbington, Jan. 15. The house of representatives spent almost the entire day in considering the fortifications ap propriation bill, and completed only six pages of it. Amendment looking to the defense of tbe mouth of Chesa peake bay and for the purcliase of addi tional ground at Fort Hamilton, K. Y.. were voted down. Tbe bouse also re fused to incorporate an amendment in creasing to Uie extent of $1,000,000 Uie appropriation for tbe construction of seacoast batteries In Uie Hawaiian and Philippine islands. Monday, January 14. Washington, Jan. 14. Taking oblj a brief time to pas the legislative. executive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying nearly 31,0U0,000, Uie senate devoted the rest of the day to Uie Brownsville affray. President Roosevelt's message, accompanied by many additional affidavits and a cigar box of bullets and empty cartridge shells, was received, read and ordered printed. The speech-making on Uie subject continued until 5:30 o'clock. Washington, Jan. 14. The house spent most of today considering legis lation pertaining to Uie District of Columbia and proposed a number of bills, after which consideration of the fortifications appropriation bill was re sumed. The message of Uie president regarding Uie Colorado river was also read. - Saturday, Jan. 12. Washington, Jan. 12. The senate listened to a debate on the race ques tion today in which Tillman was Uie principal participant and Patterson, of Colorado, his opponent. They brought into striking contrast the ideas of Uie South and North. President Roose velt's action in the Brownsville matter was the subject of discussion. Tillman held that nothing was in volved in it except the race question, and that Uie administration was respon sible for the growing acute condition of the race question in Uie South. The president, he maintained, had encour aged the negro to assert his equality, and then hod wrought vengeance on a whole batialion for following that en couragement. He condemned Uie pres ident's action in some respects. Patterson defended the President's right to dismiss Uie troops, but said there might be some ground to question its policy. He condemned in strong terms what he regarded as the radical position of Tillman, and predicted the extinction of the Democratic party in Uie North would follow a continuance of such tactics. Wants Report ou Black Sands. Washington, Jan. 15 Senator War ren, of Wyoming, has called on the In terior department for a report of the Portland experiments in the electric smelting of iron ores and asks an opin ion if it should be continued. Hawley Learning the Ropes. Washington, Jan. 17. Congressman elect Hawley is here to learn Uie ropes and help put with pending Oregon leg islation. He is especially interested in the river and harbor bill. Confirm Two Secretaries. Washington, Jan. 16. The senate committee on finance today agreed to report favorably the nominations of Postmaster General Cortelyou to be secretary of the treasury and James R. Garfield to be secretary of the Interior. The vote on both Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Garfield was unanimous, - the members of Uie committee assenting to the view that Uie president should be allowed to select his own advisers. The committee also agreed on Arthur S. Statter, of Washington, to be assistant secretary of the tieasury.
