The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-02
albany gegister,
An Act 10 Incorporate the city OF
Albany.

tne ot0te oj oregon, as f0li0WS:
SECTION /. That the inhabitants of Al
bany and their successors. within the fol-
lowing limits, are hereby declared to be a
body polite and corporate, by the name
and style of the City of Albany.
SEC. 2. The limits of said city shall be
as follows: Commencing in the middle
of the main channel OF the willamette
river, at the northeast corner OF Hackle-
mans Addition TO the town of Albany;
thence south ON the east side of said addi-
tion TO the southeast corner of said addi-
tion thence west on the south line of said
addition to the east line of Thomas Mon.
teith'S land clam then south on said line
to point three-ionrths of a mile from the
Willamette river; thence west TO the west
ern boundary OF Walter Monteith's land
thence north along said boundary OF the
Calapooya river; thence down The middle
of the channel Of said nyer 10 the place
of beginning and said city shall consti-
tute one ward.
SEC. 3. Said city shall have power to
purchase. use, lease, sell or dispose of prop
erty, real and personal, to make contracts,
to sue and be sued, TO have and TO use
common seal, and The same 10 change ut
pleasure.
SEC. 4, The officers Of said city shall be
a mayor; six aldermen u recorder, who
shall be ex officio clerk of the common
council and assessor: a marshal, who shall
be ex otlicio collector of taxes and treas
urer, who shall hold their ofilcesuntil their
successors are elected and qualified.
SEC, 8. Said officers shall be elected an
nually by the qualified electors OF said
city ON the first Monday in December OF
each year: PfVpdd That no person shall
be entitled to vote at any municipal cleo
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thirty days next preceding the election,
and also, shall have refused or neglected
TO pay any city fine or tax legally assessed
against him, provided such payment has
been legally demanded of him. The first
election Tor city Officers shall be as follows:
The County Clerk OF Linn county, or his
deputy, shall post in three OF the most
public places of said city, al least one week
before the election, a notice designating
the place where said election will be held,
and thereafter and before the election,
shall appoint, three persons to receive the
vote at the place designated; and The per
sons so appointed shall receive the votes
as aforesaid, and within five days there
after shall make return of said votes 10
the clerk or deputy. and he shall forth
with, in the presence OF the County Judge
or a justice OF the peace, canvass the same;
and to the persons respectively having the
highest number of votes for mayor, re-
c0rder, marshal and treasurer, he shall
give certificates of election, and TO tho six
persons having the highest number OF
votes for aldermen, he shall give certiti-
Gates OF their election aS aldermen OF said
city.
SIC. Q, The mayor and aldermen shall
compose the common council OF said city,
and at any meeting shall have exclusive
power 10 provide for the election Of Off
GERS, and for filling all vacancies in Office;
to fix the time and place of their meet
ings, but they shall meet as often as once
in each month to levy and collect taxes
for city purposes, not to exceed one half Of
one per cent, per annum on property in
said city taxable for county purposes; to
establish hospitals; to prevent and re-
move nuisanceS; to provide water; to Ii
cense, tax and regulate auctioneers, tav-
erns, ortlinaries, hawkerS, peddlers, bro
kers, pawn brokers and money changers,
and also hackney carriages, wagons, carts,
drays and omnibusses, and fix the rates of
carrying persons or property thereon; 10
license, tax and regulate bar-rooms, bill
liard.tables, theatrical and other shows,
exhibitions and other amusements, and
also to prohibit bawdy houses, gambling
and gambling houses. Pro1aled, The tax
and license hereby granted shall be in adj
lition to those made by the county: to
establish and regulate market houses and
places; to establish fire companies, ana to
provide for the prevention and eXtin-
guishment of fire TO appoint fire wardens
and prescribe their duties, and property
guards. to compel any persons present to
aid in the extinguishment OF such fire, or
for the preservation of property exposed
to danger in time of fire, and by ordinance
to prescribe such other powers as may be
necessary on such occasions; to establish
and regulate a night watch to impose
fines, penalties and forfeilures; to provide
for the construction, clearing and repair
ing OF side and crosswalks adjacent TO lots
by the holders thereof, and also making,
cleaning and improving cutters; 10 grade,
pave, plank, or Other wise clean and Keep
in repair. streets, alleys and sidewalks; 10
erect, regulate and repair public Wharves,
docks and bridges, and to regulate the
erection and repairs of private wharyes
and nix the rates of wharfage thereof; to
regulate the storage Of gunpowder and
other combustible materials, and the use
OF candles, lamps ana other lights, in
shops, stablesand other places; to prevent,
remove or secure any fireplace, stove or
other apparatus which may be dangerous
in causing fires TO regulate and prevent
any manner Of building partition walls
and fences; to prevent or regulate the
running at large of animals, and the dis
charge Of firearms In said city to license
and regulate porters and fix the rates of
porterage; 10 appropriate for any item OF
city expenditure, and to provide for the
payment Of debts and 5expenses of the |
city; to appoint city attorney and plts- !
scribe his duties; TO change and make |
wards, and change the number Of alder
men, as the interests Of the city may re-
quire to provide for measuring and
Weighing hay and wood and other COM
modities bought and sold in said city; to
provide for the removal Of standing
waters, and unwl0lesome and offensive
substances, and 10 prevent streams from
OyerfloWing their banks to make bylaws
and ordinances not inconsistent with the
laws Of the United States or Of this State;
TO carry into effect the provisions OF this
charter, and secure the health, peace and
improvement of said city, and 70 provide
for the punishment Of the violation OF city
ordinances by fines or imprisonment, but
no fines shall exceed one hundred dollars
and no Imprisonment more than twenty
days and shall have power to prevent the
introduction Of diseases into the city TO
prevent or restrain any noise, riot, dis
turbance or disorderly asselnblage in
any street, house or place In The city
10 provide for the prevention and
removal Of distractions In the VIII
lamette river within the limits Of
said city; Pr0ctfeti, That the residents OF
said city shall not be exempt from the
payment Of such road taxes as are, or may
be by law, imposed on other residents Of
Linn county; Alid pyOctted FURTHER, That