The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-10

ton. along the east boundary line of
said town plat to the Yamhill river;
thence up said yamhill river with the
meanderings thereof, to the place OF
beginning. =
SEC. 8. The officers Of the said
town shall be: five trustees; a Re
corder. who shall be the clerk of the
board of trustees and assessor, and
ex -officio Justices of the Peace within
the limits of the town of Lafayette;
Mais shall, who shall be collector of
taxes and ex-oflicio constable within
the town of Lafayette; and a Treas
urer, who shall hold their offices un-
til their successors are elected and
qualified, and who shall be legal vot-
ers and actual residents of the town
six months next preceding their cleo
ton.
Sec 4. Said officers shall be elected
by the qualified electors of said town
on the first Monday in December Of
each year, Provided, that no person
shall Sc entitled to vote at a munich
pal election who has not resided in
said town limits thirty days next pre-
ceding the election, or who shall have
refused or neglected. 90 pay any city
fne or tax legally assessed against
him Provided, such fine or tax has
been legally demanded Of him: A,ad
proyided further, that legal voters
having real estate and doing perma-
nent business within the limits Of said
town.. shall also be deemed legal
voters at municipal elections. The
first election Of city officers shall be
as fellows: the County Clerk OF Yam
hill county shall post in three of the
most public places in said town at
least one week before the election, a
notice, designating the time and
place where said election will be
held, and thereafter and before the
election, shall appoint three persons
3 to receive the votes at the place dcs
lgnated, and the persons SO appointed
shall receive the votes as aforesaid,
and within four days thereafter shall
make return Of said votes TO the clerk
of the county court, who shall forth
with, in the presence of the judge OF
the county court, or Justice OF the
Peace, canvass the same, AND to the
persons respectively having the high
est number Of votes for Recorder,
Marshal and Treasurer, he shall give
certificates of election; and to the
five persons having the highest n'An-
Der Of votes for trustees, he shall give
certificates of election as trustees.
SEC. 5. The board of trustees shall!
, elect one of their number to be presi-
dent, which board shall constitute the
town council, and at any meeeing
shall have exclusive power to provide
for the election and qualifications OF
officers, and for filling vacancies in
office; to fix the time and place OF
their meeting, but they shall meet as
often as once in each month; to levy
and collect taxes for city purposes ;
to establish hospitals ) prevent and
remove nuisances: to provide water ;
to license, tax and. regulate at1ction-
GERS, taverns, ,ordinaries, hawkerS, ped
dlers, brokers, pawn brokers and mon
ey changers and also hackneys,. car
riages, wagons, carts, drays, onnl-
buses, and to fix the rate of carrying
persons and property therein; TO Ii
cense, tax and regulate bar rooms,
f billiard tables. liquor vendors, theat-
rical and other shows, exhibitions,
and other amusements, and also to
prohibit bawdy houses, gaming and
gambling houses; Provided, that no
person having paid a license to the
town for carrying on any business or
traffic named in this section shall be
+ compelled to pay to the county or the
State for the same business ; toestab-
lish and regulate market houses and
places; to establish fire companies,
and provide for the prevention and
exlinguiShment Of fire; to appoint
fire wardens and property guards and
to prescribe their duties; to compel
any person or persons present to aid
in the extinguishment of fire, or for
the preservation of property exposed
to danger in times Of fires, and by
ordinance to prescribe such otherpow-
ers as may be necessary on such occa-
sions; to establish and regulate po-
lice and night watch; to impose fines.
penalties, torfetures to provide for
the construction, cleansing and re-
pairing of side and cross-walks; Pro
ciolcel, the residents of said town shall
not e exempt from the payment OF
such road taxes as are or may be i'm
f posed by law upon the residents OF
Yamhill county; And provided fur
5 thcr, that the trustees OF said town
shall have power to compel by ordi-
+ nance the owners of lots or blocks, to
construct and repair sidewalks, and
[ to- dig and maintain bitches and sew
: ers along the streets adjacent to said
, lots or blocks at the cost OF the own
1, ers thereof, and to provide for the
. selling of the lots and blocks adja-
cent to which any such works may
be constructed, bitches dug, sewers
constructed, or Improvements made,
to pay all costs and expenses thereof
! in the same manner as like property
, is sold On execution under and i'll pur-
suance OF the laws OF this State. To
grade, pave, plank Or otherwise clean,
construct and keep in repair, streets,
: alleys and sidewalks. To prevent
aud ro,uIoto thu r,rn,,iurr of 1ar,ro of