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

AN ACT to incorporate the City of Union.
Be 1t enacted by tine Legislative Assembly Of
the STATE of Oregon:
SECTION !. That the inhabitants
oe Union and their successors within
the following limits are hereby de
clared body polite and corporate
by the name and style of the City of
Union.
SEC. 2. The limits Of the city shall
be as follows: ,Commencing at S.
w. cor. S. 1e, p. 4, S. r. 40 f., run
ring thence S. mile, E. mile, N.
mile, W. J mile, S. ! mile.
Sec 3. Said city shall have power
to purchase, use, lease, sell or dispose
of property, real or personal; to make
contracts, sue and be sued; to have
and use a common seal, and to change
the same at pleasure.
SEC. 4. The officers of said city
shall consist .ef-one May or, -four Al
dermen, Recorder, who snail be ex-
officio clerk of the common council,
an Assessor, a Marshal, who shall be
ex-officio collector of taxes. snd a
Treasurer, who shall hold their offices
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
SEC. 5. Said officers shall be elect
ed annually, by the qualified electors
of sail city, ons the tirst Monday OF
December of each year; Provided,
that no person shall he entitled Il"
vote ut any municipal election who
has not resided in said city limits
thirty days next preceding the elrc
tion, and also shall have refused or
neglected to pay any city fines or tax
legally assessed against him; Pro
cided, such pavment-has been Legally
demanded of him. The first election
of the city officers shall be as follows: ::
The County Clerk of Union county,
or his deputy, shall post in three of
the most public places of the city, at
least one week before the election, a
notice desigsHfk'g the place and time
there4icr lsapfoint.thrce persons
to reeeivethc votes at the place dies
ignatcd, and the persons so appoint
ed shall receive the votes aforesaid.
and within five days thereafter shall
make return OF said votes te-the clerk
or deputy, and shall forthwith, in
presence of Il Justice of the Peace,
and TO the persons having highest
number of votes for Mayor, Recor-
der, Marshal and Treasurer, ne shall
give certificates OF election, and to
the four persons having the highest
number of votes for aldermen, he
shall give certificates of election as
aldermen OF said city.
SEC. 6. The Mayor and aldermen
shall compose the common council ot
SAID city, and ut any meeting shall
have exclusive power to provide for
the election and qualification Of off
GERS and for filling vacancies in Office;
10 fix the time and place for their
meeting, but they shall meet as often
as once in each month TO levy and
collect taxes for city purposes not to
exceed one-half of one per cent. per
annum on property in said city taxa
ble for county purposes ); to establish
hospitals; To prevent and remove
| nuisances; to provide water; to IL
cense, tax, and regulate auctioneers.
taverns, hawkers, pedlIers, brokers',
and ais" job wagons, carts, drays,
omnihuses, and to fix rates for the
same : to, license, tax and regulate
bar-rooms, billiard tables, theatrical
aud other shows, exhibitions, and
amusements; and. also TO prohibit
bawdy houses, gaming and gambling
houses; to establish and regulate
market houses and places, to "stah'
lish fire companies, and TO provide for
the extlnguishment and prevention
of fires to appoint fire wardens and
to prescribe their duiies; to compel
any person or persons present to aid
in the extinguishmcnt Of fires, or for
the preservation of property exposed
20 danger in time of fire, and by or.
dinance to prescribe such other pow.
ers as may be necessary on such oc
casions; to establish and regulate al
efficient police and night-watch; t,
impose fines, penalties. and forfeit
ures; to provide for the construc
tion, cleaning and repairing of sid.
and cross walks adjacent to lots by
the holders thereof; and also, fol
making, cleaning and improving gut
trrs: /" grade, pave, plank or other
wise clean and keep in repair streets
alleys and side walks; to erect, rcgu
late and repair public bridges within
the city limits; to regulate the stor
age of gunpowder and other com
buStible materials, and the use of can
dies, lamps and other lights in shops
stables and other places, by which
property is endangered to prevent
move or secure any Fireplace or Other
apparatus which may be dangerou.
in causing fires; TO regulate the man
ncr of bnil,ling- PARTITION walls and
fences; To prevent or regulate the
running at large of animals and tn.
discharge of fire arms; to Ecen {
and regulate porlers. aud to appro
propria,e for any item of city expcn
diture and to provide for the pay
ment of debts, expenses of the city
TO appoint city Attorney and pre-
scribe his duties; to establish and
change wards; to provide for Tho
removal of standing water and un
wholesome and offensive substances
to make bylaws and ordinances moi
inconsistent with the laws of the
United States or of this State; tt