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


make ordinances to prevent and pun
ish vagrancy and disorderly conduct,
and to provide rules and regulations
compelling persons convicted Of va
grancy or disorderly conduct to work
on the st:eels and public works Of
the town; Ptouided, that no sentence
to hard work on the streets or public
works of the town shall exceed ten
days for any conviction.
SEC. 6. The president of the board
of trustees shall have power to call
meetings of the board, and shall pre-
side at its meetings, if present, and
shall, at least once in each year, state
to said board the condition, financial
and otherwise, Of said town, and
make such recommendations as he
shall deem cxpedient.
SEC. 7. The Recorder shall be ex
officio Justice of the Peace, and have
Jurisdiction, civil and criminal, per-
taining to that Office, and shall have
jurisdiction over all violations of city
ordinances, and may hold to bail, fine
or commit persons found guilty there
Of His duty as clerk and assessor
shall be as prescribed by the board
of trustees. He shall preside over
all meetings Of the hoard in the alb
sence Of the president, and shall keep
a journal of the proceedings of the
board Of trustees, and shall be casto,
dian of the records Of said town, ex-
cept the treasurer's books.
SEC s. The Marshal shall. execute
all processes directed to him by the
Recorder or any legal authority !;
shall be eonservator OF the peace, and
shah arrest all persons guilty of a
breach thereof, or of the violation OF
any city ordinance, and take them
before the city Recorder or Justice of
the Peace for trial and may, rs col
lector, enforce the collection Of city
taxes as the collection of county
taxes are enforced. and shall perform
snch other duties as may be required
of him by the board of trustees.
SEC. g. The Treasurer shall receive
and keep the funds and moneys OF
the city, and pay out the same as
hereinafter specified. He shall exc
cute a bond, with two suretics, to be
approved by the board of trustees,
in such sum as the board shall order,
for the safe keeping of moneys of the
said town and the proper discharge
duties as treasurer, and when requir-
ed by theboard, he shall make % state
mert of financial affairs Of the town.
SEC. 10. No claim against the city
shall be paid until it is audited and
allowed by the common council, and
then the treasurer shall pay it upon
warrant drawn upon him by the
Recorder.
SEC. IL. No member of the board
of trustees shall, during the period
for which he is elected, be, interested
in any contract, the expenses OF
which are to be paid out of the town
treasury.
SEC. II. Within five days from
the enactment OF any ordinance, a
copy thereof shall be posted in three
of the most public places in said
town, Or published in newspaper in
Lafayette, and no ordinance shall
take effect in less than five days after
its passage.
SEC. l3. A majority of the trus-
tees present at any meeting shall con-
stitute. a quorum to do business, and
all mi ings of the board shall bc
public, and at least once a year a
statement Of the financial affairs of
the town shall be published by the
board.
SEC. II. The board of trustees
shall not in any manner create any
debt or municipal liability, which
shall singly or in the aggregate cX-
cee.l two hundred dollars; and the
board of trustees shall not, during
any one year, levy any tax or taxes
to exceed four mills on the dollar in
the aggregate; and they shall levy a
poll tax Of not less than one dollar,
or more than two dollars, upon each
legal voter within said town during
each year, if necessary. to create a
fund for current city expenses.
SEC. 15: The board of trustees
shall provide by ordinance for the
canvass and count Of the woes at city
elections; and shall provide rules
governing the place and manner OF
such elections, and shall decide all
contested elections.
SEC. 16. No person shall be eligi-
BILE to the Office of trustee unless he
shall be the owner of real estate with
in said city.
SEC. II. That the enacting clause
of every ordinance shall be: "Ihe
people Of the town Of Lafayette do
'ordain as follows;'' and every ordi-
nance to be valid must receive the
Affirmative vote of at least three trus-
tees, whose names must be entered in
the journal.
SEC IS. The board of trustees
shall have no power, without the con-
sent of the owners, to lay ont or open
anv streets on the lands of Edwin or
Henrietta Poppleton, Edgar Popple-
ton, A. r. Burbank, John Bird, J. c..
Nelson and Joe Matby, living in a
body, and across which no streets
now run.
SEC. 70. The term of Office of each
officer shall commence on the day
following the election, but in case OF
disability, resignation, non-accep:-
ance or election contest, all ofhcers