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1AQB BIX OAILT CAPITAL JOVBKAL, SALEM, OBEOOH, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1913. PR ORDINANCE SUBMITTED TO THE LEGAL VOTERS OF 1 CITY OF SALEM, ORE By the Common Council to be Voted Upon at a Special Election to be Held Sept. 10, 1913 BALLOT TITLE. Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Common Council No. One, Shall Section 52 of the Charter be amended permitting the Council to install public sewers and drains under a spe cial tax levy; prohibiting the Council from incurring indebtedness thereunder; creating a sewer fund for the construction and maintenance of public sewers and refunds therefrom; declaring all public sewers assessed by the City against private property to be public neces sities and assuming payment thereof; authorizing gen- eral obligation bonds ; providing for refunds of payments heretofore made and payment and redemption of indebt edness; providing the mode of sale of said bonds and requiring the Common Council to levy an annual special tax over the charter limit of indebtedness to pay off said bonds and interest thereon. Vote YES or NO. 100. Yes. 101. No. ORDINANCE NO. 1238. Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Common Council No. One. An Ordinance providing for the amendment of Section 52 of the. Charter of the City of Salem, Oregon, a3 adopted by a vote of the people under the initiative December 2, 1912, by modifying said Section 52 to en able the Common Council to. construct public sewers and drains; to create a sewer construction, mainten ance and redemption fund, and to authorize a millage tax to provide the same ; to prohibit the Common Coun cil from incurring indebtedness for public sewer con struction and defining the procedure for construction of sewers; to authorize the issuance of general obliga tion bonds ; to define public sewers ; to provide for the payment of all indebtedness for the cost of constructing all public sewers; to provide for refunds on account of paid assessments and the method of making the same; to limit payments and refunds to public sewer construction and to City assessments of the cost thereof; to provide for the sale of said bonds; to authorize the question of issuing bonds to be submitted to an election and to authorize the Common Council to pass ordinances to carry Into effect the provisions of Section 52 of the Charter as modified by this ordinance; to provide that the bonds authorized hereunder shall be redeemed by a , special and limited tax levy in addition to the limitation of indebtedness provided by Section 6, Subdivision 3 of the City Charter. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Salem, Oregon: Be it ordained by the Legal Voters of the City of Salem, Oregon: Section 1. Section 52 of the, Charter of the City of Salem, Oregon, as amended under the initiative by a vote of the people on December 2, 1912, is hereby amended and modified so that the same shall read as follows, to-wit : "Section 52. (a) The City Council shall have power "to build, construct and lay down all necessary sewers and "drains within the limits of the City of Salem, and to such "point or points beyond as may be necessary for the pur "pose of carrying the sewage and drainage from said City "to a safe and convenient point of discharge, and in the "construction of any sewer or drain the City shall have "the' right to use and divert from their natural courses, "any and all creeks or streams running through the City, "and cause the same to flow into and through such sewers "and drains for the purpose of cleansing and flushing the "same. "(b) The Common Council under the power vested in "it by paragraph (a) of this section may levy a special "sewer and drainage tax not to exceed five (5) mills on "the dollar on the taxable property within the corporate "limits of the City at the time of making out the annual "budget as provided for by this charter and as a part of "the total City levy. Said tax levy shall be special and in "addition to the ten (10) mill tax limitation contained in "Section 6, Subdivision 3 of this Charter and the money "from said special levy shall be kept in a separate fund "and be used for constructing public sewers and drains "and maintaining public sewers and drains which are now "or may hereafter be constructed and for no other purpose "except repayment of public sewer or drainage assessments "heretofore paid under assessment ordinances of the City "as hereafter provided. The Common Council shall not "construct any public sewers or drains unless the money to "pay for the same is either on hand or a tax levy has been "made to provide the same or any shortage of money nee pessary to meet construction expenses as they mature. "Before undertaking any public sewer or drainage con struction project the Common Council shall declare, by "resolution, its intention to construct the particular sewer "or drainage system or district and therein shall direct the "City Engineer to file a report with the City Recorder "showing the plans, profiles, specifications and estimates "for said system or district and such plans shall show the "boundaries of the area proposed to be served by 3uch sys "tern or district in sufficient detail for prospective bidders "and for accurate information to the public. The City "Recorder shall present said report to the Common Council "at its first regular meeting thereafter for its considera tion. At any time within six (6) months after said report "is presented whenever the same shall be made to meet "the approval of the Common Council, it shall be adopted "by a resolution in which the sewers or drains to be con structed shall be particularly described. Thereafter the "Common Council may proceed to construct such public "sewers or drains either by contract under competitive bids "or with City employees through the engineering depart ment of the City under the direct control of the Common "Council. "(c) All sewers and drains heretofore laid and con structed by the City of Salem whether by special assess ment or otherwise, particularly those known and described "as the North Salem Sewer, the South Salem Sewer, the "extension of the Marion Street Sewer, the Union Street "Sewer and those certain public sewers installed under the "designation of lateral sewer districts and numbered from "one (1) to thirteen (13), both Inclusive, and sixteen (llTJ, "seventeen (17), eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21), all "installed under City contracts at the expense of the prop erty specially benefited by special assessments and also "such other public sewage and drainage systems as may "have heretofore been constructed by special assessment "against the property specially benefited under special "assessments by the Common Council and such sewage and "drainage systems as may hereafter from time to time be "constructed, are hereby declared to be public necessities "and a benefit and improvement to the City at large and "to each and every individual piece of property therein "and the laying and constructing thereof is hereby ratified "and confirmed and the total cost of the same is hereby "assumed by said City as a debt and charge against the "City to be paid by assessment upon the property subject "to taxation within the City of Salem. "(d) The City of Salem shall have full power and "authority to issue and sell its general obligation bonds for "meeting the cost and expense incident to the laying down "and constructing of any and all public sewers and drains "heretofore laid or constructed within or without the cor porate limits of the City, and for the purpose of paying "and redeeming any and all bonds, warrants or other evi dences of indebtedness heretofore issued by the City in "the construction of any and all public sewers or drains "heretofore laid, built or constructed and for the payment "or refund of any and all public sewer or drainage bonds "or warrants now outstanding against said City and for "the payment and refunding of any special assessment lev "ied and paid by any person, firm, association or corpora "tion on account of the laying and construction of any such "public sewers or drains. "(e) Upon the adoption of this amendment and the "passing and adoption by the qualified voters of the City "of Salem, of an ordinance providing for the issuance of "bonds or warrants for the payment of public sewers and "drains heretofore constructed, and for the refunding of "outstanding bonds or warrants issued by the City for such "purposes, and for the repayment of any and all special "assessments levied on said account, the Common Council "shall proceed to issue general obligation bonds of the City "of Salem and sell the whole issue or any part thereof at "public sale to the highest responsible bidder or bidders, "or at its discretion may sell the whole issue or any part "thereof on a popular loan plan. "The Common Council may sell said issue or any part "thereof below par value and accrued interest and is author ized to incur and pay reasonable expenses for the sale of "said issue or any part thereof and to pay the cost of mak ing said refunds and redemptions, out of the proceeds of "the sale of said bonds. "The Common jCouncil shall repay out of the funds "derived from the sale of said bonds to all property owners "who have heretofore paid into the City Treasury by them selves or their grantors, such sum or sums as may have "been from time to time paid by themselves or their grant "ors, together with interest thereon at 6 per annum from "the date of payment as entered in the docket of City Liens "to the date of sale of said bonds, on account of the special "assessments levied against any property to "which said "person held the record legal title on December 2, 1912, "the date of the adoption of Section 52 under the initiative "laws. The remainder of such funds shall be applied to "the payment and redemption of any bonds, warrants, notes, "or other evidences of indebtedness outstanding against the "City of Salem on account of the construction of any of "the sewers and drains mentioned in subdivision or para graph (c) of this section. "After the period of one year from the date of sale of "said bonds any of the proceeds from the sale thereof re maining on hand shall revert to the sewer fund provided "for by paragraph (b) of this section and shall be used "as said funds are authorized to be used either for construe "tion, maintenance or for refunding or redemption pur poses for the purpose of fully and completely carrying out "the purpose and intent of this Charter Amendment. "(f) The City Council of the City of Salem shall pro vide the manner of submitting to the people all questions "to be voted upon at any elections which may be held under "the provisions of this section, and the manner of the can vassing of the votes cast at such election and declaring the "result thereof, and the City Attorney shall prepare the "form of ballot to be used at any such election ; not more "than a majority of all the votes cast upon any proposition "submitted to the people of the City of Salem, a3 provided "in this section, shall be required for the adoption of the "same. "(g) All powers herein enumerated as accruing to the "City Council are reserved as well to the people of the "City of Salem, and may be exercised, directed or controlled "by the said people of the City of Salem by and through "the operation of the initiative and referendum laws. "(h) For the purpose of securing and paying off the "bonds authorized by this section the Common Council is "hereby authorized and directed to make an annual tax "levy upon the taxable property within the corporate limits "of the City, sufficient to meet the annual installments of "principal and accruing interest on the bonds authorized "by this section, which levy shall be in addition to and "free from the limitation of indebtedness provided by Sec "tion 6, Subdivision 3 of the City Charter. "(i) The Common Council shall have full power and "authority to provide for the method of proving claims for "refunds out of the proceeds of said bond issue and sewer "fund created by paragraph (b) of this section and for "ascertaining and declaring to whom refunds shall be paid "hereunder and the amount thereof subject to review by "any court of competent jurisdiction, and the Common "Council is prohibited from making any refunds or pay ments under this amendment except upon verified claims "against the City as provided in Section thirteen (13) of "the City Charter. "(j) Nothing contained in this section shall be con strued to authorize any refund or payment for the con "structioit of any private sewer either upon private prop "erty or in any of the public streets, alleys or other public "places of the City of Salem, or to authorize any refund "or payment for the construction of any public sewer unless "the cost thereof to the property benefited shall have been "assessed by the City of Salem and regularly entered in the "Docket of City Liens of said City." Passed by the Common Council this fourth day of August, 1913. Attest: Chas. F. Elgin. City Recorder. Approved by the Mayor this fifth day of August, 1913. B. L. Steeves, Mayor. BALLOT TITLE. An Ordinance Submitted to the Legal Voters of the City of Salem, Oregon, by the Common Council, No. Two, An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1172 of the City of Salem, adopted by the initiative, December 2, 1912, to authorize the Common Council to issue and sell $180,. 000.00 general obligation serial numbered 5 City of Salem gold bonds for paying the cost of constructing the North Salem, South Salem, Union Street and Marion Street extension sewers, and certain other lateral sewer districts and other public sewers omitted from said Ordinance No. 1172; to change interest payments to semi-annual periods; to provide for the detaiU of mak ing the refunds of assessments and payment of out standing indebtedness and to provide for cancellation of sewer and drainage liens. Vote YES or NO. 102. ' Yes. f 103. No. ORDINANCE NO. 1239. Submitted to the Legal Voters of the City of Salem, Oregon, by the Common CouncUrNo. Two. An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1172 of the City of Salem, Oregon, adopted under the initiative by the legal voters of the City of Salem, Oregon, on the 2nd day of December, 1912, by defining the sewer pro jects authorized to be paid for out of a bond issue aggre gating $480,000.00, and to include all public sewers here tofore constructed and omitted from the original pro visions of said Ordinance No. 1172; to provide for bonds to pay for said sewers, together with interest on out standing evidences of indebtedness issued for sewer and drainage construction purposes; to fix the limit of the 1 said bond issue and to prescribe the details of issue; to require interest to be paid semi-annually and to authorize a limited millage tax for paying the principal and inter est of said bonds ; to provide for paying interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum upon moneys paid under assessment ordinances for public sewer construc tion and to authorize the Common Council to require proof of claims for refunds and the method of paying such claims. Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the City of Salem, Oregon: Be it Ordained by the Legal Voters of the City of Salem, , Oregon: Section 1. Ordinance No. 1172 of the City of Salem, Oregon, as adopted under the initiative by a vote of the people on the 2nd of December, 1912, is hereby amended and modified so that the same shall read as follows, to-wit: "Section 1. For the purpose of paying the Indebtedness "heretofore incurred in the construction of the North Salem "Sewer, the South Salem Sewer, the Union Street Sewer "and the extension of the Marion Street Sewer, and also "those certain public sewers installed under the designation "of 'Lateral Sewer Districts' and numbered from one (1) ' "to thirteen (13) both inclusive, and sixteen (16), seven "teen (17), eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21), all installed "under City contracts at the expense of the property spe cially benefited and by special assessment and such other "public sewage and drainage systems as may have here "tofore been constructed by special assessment against the "property specially benefited under special assessments by "the Common Council, the building and construction of "which is by the people of the City of Salem, Oregon, con firmed and ratified and the indebtedness thereof assumed, "and of refunding to the property owners all moneys which "have been paid by them or their grantors toward the con struction of each of said sewers, and to pay off and cancel "all liens against private property, Incurred by the construc tion of said sewers, there shall be issued and sold, general "obligation bonds of the City of Salem, Oregon, aggregating "the sum of Four Hundred Eighty Thousand ($480,000) "Dollars running from one (1) to twenty (20) years. "Twenty-four Thousand ($24,000) Dollars of said bond "issue shall be paid annually. Said bond issue shall bear "interest at the rate of five (5) per centum per annum "payable semi-annually and shall be dated May 1, 1913. "Section 2. The bond3 issued under the provisions of "this ordinance shall be a general obligation of the' City of "Salem, Oregon, and shall be paid in gold coin of the United "States and may be issued in denominations of not less than "Fifty ($50) Dollars or more than One Thousand ($1000) "Dollars, and shall be issued and sold according to the "method prescribed by paragraph (e) of Section 52 of the "charter as amended at the election held on the day of the "submission of this ordinance to the legal voters of the "City of Salem. "Section 3. The Common Council of the City of Salem, "Oregon, is hereby empowered and directed to levy a millage "tax over and above the tax limitation of Section 6, Sub division 3 of the City Charter in addition to the amount "necessary each and every year for the maintenance and ' "operation of the several departments of the City govern ment, at the time provided by the Charter of the City of "Salem for fixing the annual tax levy of said City, as an ad ditional levy each year from and after the issue date of said "bonds, sufficient to pay one-twentieth of the principal of "said bonds and the annual accrued interest thereon; and "there shall be collected by taxation and assessment under "said special levy as herein provided, and paid on the prin "cipal and semi-annual interest of said bonds during each "and every year until the full amount thereof is fully paid "and satisfied the following amounts during each year, "to-wit: "1913, $48,000, being principal $24,000, interest $24,000. "1914, $46,800, being principal $24,000, interest $22,800. "1915, $45,600, being principal $24,000, interest $21,600. "1916, $44,400, being principal $24,000, interest $20,400. "1917, $43,200, being principal $24,000, interest $19,200. "1918, $42,000, being principal $24,000, interest $18,000. '1919, $40,800, being principal $24,000, interest $16,800. "1920, $39,600, being principal $24,000, interest $15,600. "1921, $38,400, being principal $24,000, interest $14,400. "1922, $37,200, being principal $24,000, interest $13,200. "1923, $36,000, being principal $24,000, interest $12,000. '1924, $34,800, being principal $24,000, interest $10,800. 4925, $33,600, being principal $24,000, interest $ 9,600. 1926, $32,400, being principal $24,000, interest $ 8,400. '1927, $31,200, being principal $24,000, interest $ 7,200. L928, $30,000, being principal $24,000, interest $ 6,000. "1929, $28,800, being principal $24,000, interest $ 4,800. "1930, $27,600, being principal $24,000, interest $ 3,600. 1931, $26,400, being principal $24,000, interest $ 2,400. '1932, $25,200, being principal $24,000, interest $ 1,200. . ."S,rjtion 4 0ut of the mone'3 derived from the sale of said bonds, there shall be repaid to all property owners entitled thereto, who have heretofore paid into the City (Ireasury, by themselves or their grantors, such sum or (sums as may have been from time to time paid by them or their grantors on account of special assessments levied for the construction of any of said sewers or drains, together with interest thereon, at six (6) per centum per ,.BTn-? rr?m ?e ate of Pment as entered in the Docket of City Liens to the date of sale of the bonds provided for under Sec ion 52 of the -Charter, as amended at this elec tion, and this Ordinance. ,"Setio"5 That out of tIie moneys derived from the ( sale of said bonds, there shall also be paid off, discharged and cancelled all bonds and evidences of City indebtedness and hens heretofore created by virtue of special assess .."Jj, le'cd, gainst Private property and each and all ,, 8,fof thu co"suctlon of any of said sewers or drains $8 Sf ?my 0id,"Ce,8Nos- m 877' 821. 876, 950, ?noQ 71J iSiS a,1d 1049 1014 and 1081 1015 and 1045 -11 3 Th7 ??4u ?7i1168 S 1108, il17-1118- m "M a rii ' "r48, n,71n 1191' Pnssed and adopted by the Common Council of the C ty of Salem Oregon and thereafter alt of the private property aKd bytte con? 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NOTICE TO CONTBACTOB j Sealed proposals for furniilijjii and material required for fill ', tion of two separate and diitiitl ; lugs and the finishing only of I : , hospital building (aggregating ii V about $15,000) to be erected on pr ' ' ty located about one andone-hil: north of the city of Salem, and It a the Oregon State Sohoel fir s Deaf, will be opened bvtiiOv State Board of Control, ft?, to? 25, 1913, at 2 p. m., at theiuleti: !', building. j PlanB, specifications and jt-j sheet may be obtained at the off ,' W. C. Knighton, architect cap in1 1 liig, Salem, Ore. B. B MOP;.; Secretary Oregon State Board of j: trol. NOTICE TO TAXPATE1S The board of equalization wi!! ' at the court house In said twl' Monday, September 8, 1911, i o'clock a. m., and publicly enw assessment rolls and correct al r In vauation, description or qui" land, lots or other property, tti tinue in session until suchwcrU pleted. 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