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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1971)
The license fee law does not become law until September 9, 1971. It is questionable if the Motor Vehicles Division would accept those requests before the effective date of the law. Three Linn County cities have passed resolutions levy ing a $5 tax and requestion the World Day of Peace— To my knowledge, there is no county court to levy a $5 tax. international holiday celebrat The Lebanon and Brownsville ed by all peoples on the same resolutions also claimed that day. Why not a World Day of an emergency existed and that the laws were effective imme Peace? Our peace people seem to diately. Those resolutions could want nothing less than etern not be effective immediately al peace; Mr. Nixon would because the state law enabling settle for a generation of peace. the resolutions was not in ef Why not strive for just one fect at the time the resolutions day of peace?—a non-religious, were passed. A judge ruled in non-political day agreed upon a similar case that for a reso by all nations as a yearly in lution to be valid it must not ternational holiday dedicated claim to be effective before to peace. One day of world enabling legislation becomes peace just might grow into effective. For these reasons it is doubtful if the Albany, Leb many. anon and Bronwsville resolu Edward L. Rada. tions levying a $5 license tax Mill City. has any effect as they were not justified under any law To the Editor: Earlier this year the legis and claimed to be effective lature passed a bill, #1979 when they could not be. The Oregon Constitution re which enabled the counties to levy a $10 or $5 tax on ve serves the right of initiative hicles. The bill also permits and referendum to the people. cities within a county to re This means that if enough sig quest the county to levy a $5 natures are collected, the peo tax to go only to the cities. ple can vote on laws passed The license tax law does not by the state legislature, and go into effect until September that new laws can be written and become effective if the 9. In the process of doing re- majority of people vote for a rearch on the legality of the new law. It is our opinion that we license tax law, some interest should be allowed to vote on ing facts came to light. The city councils of Albany, all new taxes, and that the Lebanon and Brownsville have procedures for voting on new passed resolutions levying a taxes levied locally be clari $5 license fee. Many have fied. We are initiating a pe questioned if letting City tition for Linn County that Councils, in cities whose popu will give us a chance to vote lations are 60% of the popu on the action taken by the lation of people living in cities, Linn County Commissioners levy a tax on the whole coun in levying a $10 tax. We know that there is a ty violates the intent of the Oregon Constitution. This is a chance that we will get to form of taxation without re vote on the state law enabling presentation, in that non-city the county to levy the license residents would have no re tax. It is possible that the law presentatives on city councils will be voted for by a major ity of the people in the state. which were levying a lax. Many cities and counties in If this happened, Linn Coun the state have passed resolu ty could then levy this tax tions when no law was in ef again. Our Linn County peti- i tion would still give us a fect authorizing them to do so. chance to vote on a tax that I could be levied in Linn Coun- ty. Our purposes in initiating this petition are to give us in Linn County a chance to vote on this new tax, and help pre serve the right of citizens to initiate new laws and repeal laws which are not in the best interests of the majority. IAN L. TIMM Rt. 1, Box 325, Albany. MICHAEL E. CONLEY, It's a new kind af ln*urmc> that 515 E. Grant, Lebanon. "fun insurance” cover» thing» lik» your campar or l«>«t or water ekiia or—most of th» many fun thing» you use for your leiaura or your holiday». If» w»U worth th» »mall coat banco JERRY PITTÂM Insurance Phone «97-2321 or «97-27.M Mill City Enterprise TV, Radio & Appliance Call Us Any Day For Service No Mileage Charge on Route Calls Between Stayton and Gates. ON OR OFF THE CABLE RCA VICTOR The Best TV for Cable or Fringe Areas. RCA WHIRLPOOL The Best Laundry Equipment .POP►TERd;LAl -TV- Appliance — Radio SAIJCS _ SERVICE •VOS N. Third Ave. Staytoe Ph. 769-21M LYO By Eva Bressler Mr. and Mrs. Chester Weage from Niles. Mich., were Thurs day afternoon visitors at the home of Mrs. Clyde Bressler. They are cousins of the late Clyde Bressler. George Laverty and Mrs. Virginia Johnson of Newport were Tuesday visitors at the home of their aunt, Mrs. Ethel Huffman. Mrs. Lula Jerkey from Wal la Walla, Wn., and Elaine Ros- nin of Milwaukie surprised Mr. and Mrs. Byron Shuck. The occasion honored the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Shuck. Mrs. Jerkey is a sis ter of the Shucks and Mrs. Ronsin a daughter of the Shucks. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turn- er, who have been living in the Methodist parsonage mov ed to Stayton this week. Congratulations are going to upon the birth of their first grandchild, Eric Scott, born Sunday, August 29, at a Salem hospital to their son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carter and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Griffith of Stayton. Pa ternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Griffith, also of Stayton. Chris Rebmann resumed his duities as mail carrier out of the Lyons office Saturday. He replaces Jim Sullivan, who re signed July 24. Mrs. Leota Worden, substitute carrier, worked until Mr. Rebmann was transferred from Scio, fol lowing eight years of service. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Olm stead and four children from Auburn, Wn., spent the Labor Day weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur Olmstead. Mrs. Rose Cox is doing as well as can be expected fol lowing open heart surgery Wednesday at a Portland hos pital. Mrs. William Martin of Rus tin, Calif., left Monday for her home after a visit at the Robert Carpenter home. Sandra Landers is now con valescing at home following surgery at a Salem hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Odor of Downey, Calif., are staying at the Robert Carpenter home, assisting with the chores while 3—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Sept 9, 1971 Mr. Carpenter is confined at a Salem hospital with a broken leg which happened in a log ging accident August 12. One Week Delivery! WEDDING STATIONERY Advertise where people LOOK to buu ) ) ) HELIOGRAVED« by the creators of The Flower Wedding Line (*tMogiaving-not to bo confused with «ngreetngj Ì HELIOGRAVING is itch, raised lettering... with the luxurious distinction of fine craftsmanship -but costs about half u much as you'd eapect and b ready within a week. 7 Many other styles from which to choose. THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Phone 897-2772 Trlephone 897-2772 Ì U7 N. W. Wall St. ) Ì J
