The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-17

first meeting, elect one of their mum
Der as chairman, who shall preside al
all of their meetings; Provided, thai
when he is absent, the council may
appoint a chairman pro tenn. A ma
, iority of said council shall constitute
quorum to do business. The coucil
men shall receive no compensation
for their services.
Ind be 1T further enacted, that sec
tion IL of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:
SEC. IL. The city council shall
have power and authority within the
city limits to make by laws and Or
dinances not in conflict with the laws
af the United States, nor the State
of Oregon, and necessary provisions
to enforce the same; to assess and
collect taxes upon all the taxable
property within the corporate limits
P'oJided, said taxes shall not exceed
three mills per annum on the dollar
Provided, that two, thirds of the legal
voters Of the city may petition the
city council asking an increase Of tax
for special purposes, and :hen not to
exceed six mills on the dollar per an
mum; to license, tax and regulate
mercantile and business houses, tav,
erns, eating houses, auctioneerS, ped
dlers, brokers and different branches of
business, which, in their judgment, or
by petition from the legal voters of
the city should be licensed under this
charter; to license, tax and regulate
or prohibit bar rooms, tippling houses
and all places where malt or spiritu-
Gus liquors are sold, billiard tables,
bowling alleys, theatrical and other
exhibitions, shows and amusements
of any kind, and also to prohibit
bawdy houses, gaming and gam
bling houses. All citizens within the
corporate limits of this charter, shall
be exempt from any county tax as
license, which now is or may be i'm
posed by the general laws of the
State of Oregon; Provided, no city
license shall be less than is now or
may be prescribed by the statutes of
this State; to provide for a city at
torney when necessary, and to pro
vide for the restraint, employment
and support of vagrants, and provide
for the care and comfort of paupers !;
to build Jail, provide means for pro
lection against fire, and to provide
and maintain police when necessary !;
to provide for the improvement and
repairs of streets aud highways, and
sidewalks and bridges, and tor the
cleanliness of the same. and of bitches,
drains and sewers; to prevent and
regulate domestic animals running a;
large within the city limits, or any
special parts thereof, and to provide
for the taking up and impounding o.
such animals, and for their sale if not
redeemed, and to prevent the dis
charge of fire arms in the city; to
prevent and restrain riot, disturbance,
noise, obscene and protane language,
drunken or disorderly conduct at amy
time or place within the city limits;
to impose, collect and appropriate
fines and penalties for the breach of
any ordinance; Provided, no fine shall
exceed fifty dollars or imprisonment
twenty five days in the city jail; to
provide for the collection and dis
bursement Of moneys which may be
assessed or authorized to be collected:
to issue or levy on real or personal
property of the delinquent tax-pay-
ers, and cause the same to be sold
under such rules and regulations as
they may prescribe.
Ind be at further enacted, that sec
ton l2 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:
SEC. II. The Recorder shall have
jurisdiction Of Justice of the Peace
in civil and criminal proceedings;
have original jurisdiction over all
violations of the city ordinances, and
his court shall be governed, as far as
applicable, by the general laws of the
State of Oregon under which Justices
courts are now held. The Recorder
shall be ex-officio city auditor ami
clerk of the city council, but in case
of his absence or inability to act in a
council meeting, the council may ap
point some person to act as clerk pro-
tenn, or one Of the council may act as
clerk. Tho Recorder shall receive
the same fees as are provided by law
for Justice of the Peace, and he
shall be city assessor.
Amd be it further amended [emact-
ed that section Is of said act be
amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. Is. The Marshal shall be ex-
officio tax collector, and shall pay
over all moneys to the Treasurer
within thirty days after collection and
take receipt for the same, and shall
make quarterly report to the city
council of the same. The Marshal
shall attend all council meetings and
the Recorders court; and shall exc
cute all processes to him delivered
shall be conservator of the peace,
and shall arrest and bring before the
for trial, on complaint or
all offenders against tho
laws of the State of Oregon, or ordi-
nances of the city, and ex-officio
pound master, and act in accordance
with ordinances governing pound
and he may appoint one or
more deputies if necessary, in his alb
sence or inability to act, or in case of
emergency; Provided, he shall be
responsible for said deputies' acts: