The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-02-07

vote at any municipal election who
has not resided in said limits thirty
days next preceding the election, and
also shall have refused or neglected
to pay any city fine or tax legally as
sessed against him; Provided, such
payment has been legally demanded
of him. The first election of city Of
ficers shall be as follows; The Coun
ty Clerk of Umatilla county, or his
deputy, shall post in three of the
most public places of said city, at
least one week before the election, a
notice designating the place where
said election shall be held, and there
after shall appoint three persons to
receive the votes at the place desig.
mated, and the persons SO appointed
shall receive the votes as aforesaid,
and within five days thereafter shall
make return of said vote to the clerk
or deputy, and he shall forthwith, 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, Recorder, Marshal and
Treasurer, lie shall give certificates of
election, and to the six persons hav'
ing the highest number of votes for
aldermen he shall give certificates of
their election as aldermcno of sail city.
SEC 6. The Mayor and aldermen
shall compose. the common council OF
said city, and at any meeting shall
have exclusive power to provide tor
the election and qualification of off
GERS, or for filing vacancies in off So !;
to fix the time and place Of their
meetings, but they shall meet as Of
ten as once week in each month; to
levy and collect taxes for city pur
poses not to exceed one-half of one
per cent. per annum on property in
said city taxable for county purposes;
to prevent and remove nuisanceS; to
provide water; to- license, tax and
regulate a1ctionper>, iaverns, ortlina-
ries, bankers. peddIers, brokers, pawn
brokers and money changers; and
also hacknryS. carriages, wagons,
carts, dravs and omnibu<es,, and To
fix the rate of carrying persons or
property thereon to license, tax and
regulate bar-rooms, billiard tables,
theatrical and other shows, cxhibi-
tions and other amnsements; and
also, TO prohibit hawdy houses, gam
ing and gambling houses; Provided,
the tax and license hereby granted
shall be in addition to those made
by the county; to establish and reg
ulate fire companies and provide for
he prevention and extinguIshment of
fires; to appoint fire wardens and to
prescribe their duties, and property
guards, to compel any person or per-
SONS 10 aid in the extinguiShmrnt of
fires or tor.the preservation of prop.
erty exposed to danger in time of
fires and by ordinance, to prescribe
such other powers as may be neces-
snrv on sncI: occasions; to establish
and regulate police and nj ght watch
es; TO impose fines, penalties and for.
FIXTURES; to provide tor the construc-
ton, cleaning and repairing side and
cross-waIks adjacant to lots by the
holders thereof; and also for making,
cleaning and improving CUTTERS J; TO
grade, pave, plank or otherwise clean
and keep in repair streets, alleys and
sidewalks to regulate the storage of
gunpowder and other comi,ustibIe
material, and the use Of candles,
lamps and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., stables
ami other places; To prevent, move or
secure any fire place or other apr r,lra-
tas which may be dangerous in t:ius-
ing fires; to prevent or regulate the
running ut large of animals, and the
discharge of firearms in said city; to
appropriate for any item OF city ex-
pcnhiture and to provide for the pay
mentof debts and expenses of the city;
To appoint City Attorney and pre-
scribe his duties; to change anil make
wards and change the number OF al
dermen, as the interests OF the city
may require; to provide for measur-
ing wood and weighing hay and 9th
er commodities sold in SAID city; "a
provide for the removal of sanding
water and unwholesome aud offensive
substances; TO prevent streams from
overf1owing their banks To make by
laws aud ordinances not inconsistent
with the laws OF the United States Oh
of this State, to carry into effect the
prov vlsiOns of this charter and secure
the health, peace aud improvement OF
said city; and To provide for the pun
isslinent of the violation of city or,li
nances by fine or Imprisonment bu,
no ti::e shall exceed one hundred dol
lars, nor imprisonm. more than
twenty days; and shall have power
to prevent the introduction of diSeaS
es INTO the city 10 prevent any riot,
noise, disturbance or disorderIy as
j. semhlage in any street, house ar place
i'll the city; Provided, that the resi-
dents of said city shall be exemp,
from payment of such road takes a,
are or may be by law imposed upon
the residents of Umatilla COUNTY
And proUided further, that the city
council shall appoint II suitable per
son as supervisor of roads, who shall
collect and apply all road tax within
the City of Weston to the road.
within the limits of said city, and
within the road district in which SAID
city is situated.
SEC. I. The Mayor shall have pow
er to call meetings O.: the common
council, and shall preside at ,hei,
meetings, and when there is q tie i,