The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-24
,itv. or any part thereof, with gas or

city, or any part thereof, with gas or
otherwise, and to make the necessary
regulations and contracts therefor; to
provide for supplying the city with
pure water for domestic, sanitary,
fire and other purposes, and to make
the necessary regulations, restrictions
and contracts therefor; to change,
alter, yacate and lay out and open
streets and alleys within the city
limits; to create a board of health
officers for said city, and define its
duties; to divide the city into three
or more wards, and to change the
same and create new wards; Pro
Uided, that each ward so created and
established shall be entitled to elect
and be represented in the city council
by two aldermen, one of whom shall
be elected each year; Provided, that
at the first election held in said city,
after the establishment of any new
ward or wards, there shall be two
aldermen elected from each of such
wards, one for the term of one year,
and one for the term Of two years
| from each of said wards; to provide
for, regulate and control the storage
of gunpowder and other combusli-
ble materials, and the use Of candles,
lamps and other lights, in shops, sta
hles and other places; to provide for
the erection, repair and regulation of
piers, public wharves, docks aud
bridges, and to fix the rate Of wharf
age; to provide for the prevention,
securing or removal of any fireplace,
stove or other apparatus which may
be dangerous in causing fire; to reg
ulate and prescribe the manner of
building partition walls and fences;
to prevent and regulate the running
at large of animals, and the discharge
Of fire arms within the city limits; to
license and regulate porters and hotel
or steamboat runners, and to fix the
rate of portage; to make appropria
tions for any and all items of city
expenditure. and to provide for the
payment of the debts and expenses
of the city; to appoint city attor-
ney and prescribe his duties and pro-
vide for his compensation to pro-
vide for the weighing and measuring
of hay, wood and other commodi-
ties bought and sold in said city; to
provide for the removal of standing
water and other unwholesome and
offensive substances, and to prevent
streams from overlooking their banks;
to provide against and prevent the
introduction of diseases into said citv !;
to provide for the prevention or re-
straint of any noise, riot, disturbance
OF disorderly assemblagein any street,
; house or place in said city; TO pro
vide for the prevention and removal
of any obstruction in the Willamette
! river within the city limits; TO make
all laws and ordinances necessary to
7 carry into effect the provisions Of this
charter, and to secure the health,
peace and'improvcment of said city,
and to provide for the punishment OF
, the violations Of any city ordinance
: by fine or Imprisonment, but no fine
( shall exceed one hundred dollars, and
no imprisonment shall exceed thirty
5 days; Provided, the citizens of said
:, city shall not be exempt from the
f payment of such road taxes as are,
; or may be imposed by the law of this
/, State; Provided further, that the
+ county court shall not have power to
: establish any county road within the
e corporate limits of said city.
| SEC. 4. That section IL of said
! act be amended so as to read as fol
| lows:
: SEC. II. The Mayor and aldermen
D of said city may receive such pay for
;, their services as the common council
e shall by ordinance prescribe, not to
i exceed one dollar for each meeting OF
G the council; Provided, that no com
+ pensation shall be audited in favor OF
, any member OF the council who is
l not present at such meeting.
, Sec 3. That the best interests OF
e the city of Albany demand that the
Z same be divided into three or more
\ wards at as early a day as possible,
] therefore, this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's
approval by the. Governor.
Approved October Is, 1878.