The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-17
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
THE LAWS OF OREGON.
SPECIAL LAWS.


the State of Oregon
SECTION l. That the town of Inde
pendence, in the county of Polk ant
State of Oregon, shall be bounded a
follows: beginning at the mouth o
Independence slough and following
the center of said slough to a poin
where G. A. Sharp's lard claim crosses
said slough; thence west on said lint
to the northwest corner OF section %
thence south to the line of John E
Davidson's land claim; thence cas-
to the northeast corner of said lanG
claim; thence south thirty-six rods
thence east to the Willamette river
thence down said river to the place
of beginning. and the inhabitants
within said boundaries are hereby ere
ated body corporate, with perpet'
ual succession, by the name of the
Town of Independence. They shall
have a common seal !: may sue and be
sued ; may acquire and hold real ard
personal property within the said limits
for any public, educational or chari.
table purposes, and shall possess all
the rights and powers incident to mu
nicipal corporation.
SEC. 2. The officers Of the town
shall be board of five trustees, a
Recorder and a Marshal, who shall
be legal voters and actual residents
of the town during the three months
next preceding their election. The
Legislative powers are vested in the
board Of trustees, VINO may enact all
ordinances necessary aud proper for
the due execution of the powers herein
granted. The judicial powers are
vested in the Recorder, who shall by
virtue of his Office. have Jurisdiction
and power like Justice of the Peace
within the town, and shall have ex-
elusive original jurisdiction of all
cases and matters arising under the
ordinances OF the town, and shall act
as clerk of the board Of trustees, and
shall be the town assessor. His du-
ties of clerk and assessor shall be as
prescribed by the board Of trustees.
He shall preside in the absence of the
president, and shall keep a journal of
the proceedings of the board of trus-
tees. The Marshal shall be the exec.
utive officer Of the town, and shall
execute all process directed to him
by the Recorder OF. any legal author
ity of the town; he shall be consta-
BILE and conservater of the peace, and
shall arrest and bring before the Re
corder for trial, on complaint or 9TH
erwise, all Offenders agains: the laws
of the State or ordinances of the
town, and shall perform all such du
ties as the board Of trustees shall
prescribe. The board. of trustees
may appoint treasurer and other
subordinate officers and agents, and
prescribe their duties by ordinance,
and to fill all vacancies in office.
Sec. 8. That the officers shall be
elected by the qualified voters annu-
ally, on the first Monday in Decem-
Der, and the election shall be con
Quoted in accordance with the gen
eral laws of the State, except as here
matter provided. The first election
shall be held at the school house, on
the second Monday after the approval
Of this law by the Governor, at the
place Of holding general elections,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. and
ending at O'Clock p NJ. The inspec-
tors at said first election shall be NJ.
S. Pipes, Henry Hill and Isaac NJ.
Butler, and the next election shall be
held on the first Monday Of Decem
ber, 1879. and annually on the first
thereafter in December; and
The inspectors of election shall give
certificates to the successful candi-
lates, and shall deliver the poll books
10 the Recorder elect. The board of
trustees shall appoint inspectors of all
subsequent elections, and the places
Of holding the same, and cause ten
lays previous notice thereof to he
posted throughout the town, and shall
receive the returns and declare the
'esult, and the president and Record
II shall give certificates of election to
he officers elect.
SEC. 4. That the hoard of trustees
'hall elect president, keep a record
If their proceedings, and meet at
stated times, and at such other times
IS the president shall appoint; they
hall judge of the qualifications and |
lections of their own members and |
hall decide contested elections Of all
own officers. The board of trustees
hall have power within the town to
evy and collect taxes for town pur
'oses, not to exceed one halt of one
er cent. per annum on all the real
nd pesronal property which istaxable
y law for State or county purposes
q said town; and to provide by ordi-
ance for enforcing the payment OF
II such taxes, by sale of the prop
rty SO taxed by the town Marshal,
a the same manner as like property
sold by the sheriff for State,
ounty and school taxes. The board
t trustees shall have power to COM
el. by ordinance, the owners of lots
+ lands within the limits of the town.
conduct construct or repair side
r cross walks, and improve or gray
the streets adjacent TO such lots or
ands, at the cost and expense of the
wners thereof; and to provide for
he selling of lots and lands adjacent
which any such walks may be con-
tructed or improvements made. to II
ay all costs and expenses thereof in
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