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

| SONS arrested or sentenced to lmprls
onment under the ordinances of tn
town, or the general laws; to pro
vide for the construction, cleaning
). and repair of side and cross walk
adjacent to lots or lands by the own
crs thereof; and also, for making
clearing and improving cutters
bitches, drains and sewers; to grade
pave, plank or otherwise improve
clear and keep in repair streets, high
ways, alleys, bridges and sidewalks
to erect, regulate and repair publi
wharves and docks, and to regulat
the erection and repair of privat
wharves, and to fl the rates of wharf
age thereof; to license, tax and regu
late auctioneers, taverns, hawkers
peddlers, brokers and pawn-brokers
and also hacks, carriages, wagons
carts, drays, omnibuses, and to fl,
the rate for conveying persons OF
property thereon to provide for wa
ter for the town; to prevent and re
move nuisances; to regulate the stor
age of gun powder and other com
bustible material. and the use of can
dies, lamps and lights in shops, hall
and other places; to prevent, remove
or secure any fire place, stove or othe
apparatus which may be dangerous
in causing fires; to regulate and pre-
scribe the manner of building fiues
chimneys, partition walls and fences
to regulate and restrain domestic ami
mails from going at large within the
limits of the town or any specified
part or parts thereof, and to provide
for the taking up and impoundine
any such animals and for their sale il
not redeemed; to provide for meas
uring hay, wood and other commodi
ties bought and sold in said town:
to provide for the removal of stand
ing water, and unwholesome and Of
fensive substances, and to proven,
streams from overfowing their banks
to provide for the removal of obstruc
tions from the Willamette river; To
regulate or prohibit the discharge OF
firearms within the town; to prevent
and restrain any riot, noise, disturb
ance or disorderly conduct or assem-
blage in any street, house or place in
the town; to make bylaws not in
consistent with the. laws of the Unit.
ed States and of this State, to carry
into effect the provisions of this char
ter, and to secure the health. peace
and improvement of said town; to
provide for the punishment of the
violation of town ordinances by fine,
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or Imprisonment not exceeding TWEEN
ty days; to appropriate moneys for
any item of town expenditures, and
to provide for the payment of the
debts and expenses Of the town; Pro-
vieled, that the board of trustees shall
not create a town debt, borrow money
or loan the credit of the town to ex-
ceed the sum Of two hundred dollars;
to appoint town attorney and pre-
scribe his duties, and to provide by
ordinance for the punishment Of
within the town by fine
and imprisonment, and generally to
provide tor the safety, peace, order
and well-being of the inhabitants Of
the town.
Sec. 5. That the enacting clause
of every ordinance shall be, "The
people Of the town Of independence
do ordain as follows" and every Or
dinance to be valid must receive the
vote of three trustees,
whose names must be entered in the
journal.
SEC. 6. That claims against the
town must be audited by the board
of trusted, and paid on the order Of
the president, countersigned by the
Recorder.
SEC. Z. That the term Of Office
shall commence on the first Monday
in January following the election, but
all officers shall serve until their sue
cessors are sworn into Office. Tire
trustees shall receive no compensa-
tion; the Recorder shall receive the
fees of a Justice of the Peace, and
the Marshal the fees of constable
for like service.
Sec. s. The qualifications Of an
elector shall be thirty days residence
ISNO piSSSuiI9 Vic SiCSticu, WlCiih
The limits of the corporation; shall
have paid tax other than road tax,
and shall not have refused or neglect
I'd to pay any town fine or tax le-
gally assessed against him; and no
elector shall be eligible to office who
las not been resident of the town
,hree months Immediately preceding
such election.
SEC. 9. Within five days from the
enactment of any ordinance, a copy
hereof shall be posted at some place
n said town by the Marshal, and no
ordinance shall take effect in less than
i've days from its passage.
SEC. 10. A majority of the mem
,ers Of the boar.l of trustees, with
he presiding officer, at any meet
ng Of the board, shall constitute a
|norum to do business, and all their
neetings shall be public. They shall,
meet at such time as may be provid
d. for by ordinance, and at least once
year they shall cause a statement
f the financial affairs of the town to
re published.
SEC. IL. Every ordinance which
hall have passed the board of trus-
ees, shall be ST signed by the presi-
ent or presiding officer.
SEC. IL. Owing to the necessity of
he amendments to this act (the orig