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o 8UNDAYhJUNE 12, 1160 2 A. MEDFORD MAJL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. District 4 Association of Counties to Meet in City A meeting of District 4 of the Association of Oregon Counties will be held here in December, County Commis sioner Chester Wendt, district chairman, has announced. It will include the county courts of Coos, Curry, Doug las, Josephine and Jackson counties. : Wendt returned last week from a meeting of the AOC executive committee in Port land where various bills pro posed for the state legislative session starting in January were discussed. "This year, the legislative committee will concentrate on a basic program, it was it- elded. It will decide on not more than 10 or 12 top prior ity measures. "We will be called upon to favor or oppose numerous other proposals, but special efforts would be made to re search, document, and effec tively present the basic pro- gram to the legislature," it was explained. ... To be included in the basic program will be a constitu- 1 1 o n a 1 amendment to per mit a tax base, once estab lished, to remain available as the basis to compute a future tax levy even though more than three years have inter vened since the date of the last levy. Bancroft Bonding A proposed statutory amendment would permit the counties to use the "Bancroft bond", method of financing street assessments as cities are now permitted to do. Also in the program will be a proposed law to permit counties to license businesses outside cities for regulatory Former Prisoner Angry at State Portland - IUPD - Charles F. Hollo was a bit put out Satur day after being cleared of an arson charge that put him be hind bars two years ago. -He complained because he was released from prison last month without a dime or the traditional suit of clothes sup plied men leaving prison. Rollo was originally con victed of setting fire to the Peyton Bag Co., in Portland in May 1058, although he claimed he only dropped a match by accident after light ing a cigarette. The case went all the way to the Oregon Supreme Court while Rollo remained in pris on. The high court finally de cided he had been improperly questioned Bbout alleged pre vious crimes of which no docu mentary proof was ever ob tained. The court granted a new trial and the District Attor ney's office then dismissed the charge. Commented Rollo: "The state owes me something for the time in which I was de prived of my freedom. They kick me out without a dime, a job or anything and yet the record shows I did nothing to even be in prison for." purposes. A bill to delegate this authority to the counties was sponsored by Multnomah county and endorsed by the AOC in 1959. The executive committee discussed a statute to amend the 1959 boat regulation law with respect to provisions for whistles and lights on small boats and license posting re quirements, Wendt said. They discussed a proposal to specify in the law that moneys received from the Marine Board be earmarked for enforcement of boating regulations. Wendt said he fa vored such a proposal, provid ing such enforcement would be under the jurisdiction of the county court or county commissioners. Referred to Convention Referred to the convention In the fall for further discus sion is a proposed law to re quire appraisal of farm land In urban areas at its value for agricultural purposes, a pro posed law to permit counties to provide certain urban serv ices outside cities and charge the cost to the areas benefit ted; a law to establish a re tirement system for elective county officials. Also approved was a pro posal to repeal the required $10 per census child county school levy, Wendt said. If this law cannot be repealed, it has been suggested it should be amended to provide clear authority for offsetting the levy with a non-property source. Wendt suggested the proposal be amended making it permissible for the county to contribute. Recommended for further study were statutory amend ments to permit flexibility in establishing procedures by lo cal welfare commissions, re quire a review by counties of proposed biennial monthly welfare allocations, limit state and county welfare commis sion members to two terms, permit local control of wel fare personnel hiring, and au thorize notifying credit asso ciations that individuals are welfare recipients. More Study Suggested Further study was recom mended also on a law to en able local governments to lax possessory interest of private companies In federally-owned real and personal property. This legislation Is needed to take advantage of some recent U.S. Supremo court decl- I slons, and would be of spe I cial value to counties affect ed by the proposed missile In dustry developments, Wendt said. Also recommended for fur ther study are statutory amendments to permit spread ing of county street and side walk assessments among properties benefitted by an improvement instead of limit ing the assessment to abut ting properties only. Being considered by the as sociation, Wendt said, are: Statute to either require the state instead of the counties to pay the salaries of circuit court reporters or to permit the county courts to deter mine the amount of salary and fees to be paid; a law to change the county fiscal year back to a calendar year basis; a law to permit counties to bring suit to declare public ways open for public travel, espeically where recreation areas are involved; a law to reduce present requirements on publication of county re ceipts and expenditures; a law to provide the counties with a share of the net revenues of the Oregon liquor control commission comparable to that received by cities; and a law to allow counties to pay mileage of county officials for travel between their homes and county courthouse. Other proposed laws being considered are: a statute to require all school elections to be held on regular primary or general election days; a law permitting any county con trol of access on new county roads; a statute to repeal the law enacted by the last legis lature which requires pay ment of the prevailing wage rates on public works contract jobs, and statement of amounts to be paid in the contract; a law to authorize counties instead of the speed control board to determine in dicated speeds on county roads; and a law to repeal low which enabled Malheur county to bond for its court house under special circumstances. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station K-BOY 'Task Forces' to Report to Group Salem - (UFO - Attorney Gen. cral Robert Y. Thornton said Saturday current plans are for 11 "talk force" groups to make recommendations to the attorney general's advisory committee on crime preven tion at a general meeting the end of July. The committee is now split up into the work groups in all parts of the slate. The groups are considering crime preven tion from particular profes sional viewpoints. Election Turnout Close to Record Portland CUPD The May 20 election drew the largest per centage of city of Portland voters lo the polls since 1948, final tabulations revealed here Friday. Completed figures showed that 7 2 percent of the 199 198 registered Portland vot ers cast ballots. In 1948, a turnout of 74.69 percent was recorded. going or staying.. SAVE OTi your vacation needs with WARDS SALE BOOK Merer Maids Nice As Bees Leave Car Salem - CM - Salem store clerk Frank Kerrett had mix ed emotions out finding the Inside cf hie er parked down town full of Woes rr!ly. Ha was aonaernad 'hat it took tnro eouri befura an ex pert cme and icattored the be, lint St ww gratified thai luring that time Salem Meter Maids efreod not to ticket aim fer overtime park ing. , O e Vocation bound? 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