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

shall be elected, except the commls'
sioner of streets. The board of trus-
tees shall appoint the commissioner
of streets within thirty days after
their election.
That section4 of article 8 be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
SEC. 4. All vacancies occurring
from any cause, in any of the offices
of the town, shall be filled for the
uncxpircd term, by appointment 10y
the board of trustees, at any regular
or called meeting thereof.
Approved October II, 1878.
AN ACT to Incorporate the town Of Oakland.
Be At Enacted by the Legislative assembly Of
the S:ate of Oregon:
SECTION l. That the inhabitants
of the town of Oakland, in Douglas
county, State of Oregon, and their
successors within the limit hereinafter
prescribed, are hereby created and
estabIised a body polite and corpor-
ate, by the name and style OF the
City Of Oakland, and by that style
shall have perpetual succession, the
right to sue and be sued, defend and
be defended in all courts within this
State; to purchase, lease, receive and
hold property, both real and personal,
and dispose of the same for the com
mon benefit !; to- have and use seal, ,
and to alter the same at pleasure.
SEC. 2. The corporate limits of
said City Of Oakland shall be as fol-
lows: commencing at n point thirty
feet west of the center of 0. " &.
railroad tract, 1T point parallel with
the north line of the railroad addition
to the town Of Oakland, running
thence along said rail- Dad on the west
side and thirty feet from center OF
track to the north line of block No.
l.; thence westerly TO the northwest
corner of said block No. Il; thence
southerly along the west line OF block
! No. !, to the southwest corner; thence
easterly along the south line OF said
block to the southwest corner OF block
NJ. lG; thence southerly in due line
to southwest corner of block A in
Browns addition to the said road ad-
dition to the town of Oakland thence
easterly along the south line OF
Browns addition, to the line between
the donation claim of Thos. Banks
and l.. II. Grew thence north along
said line to point due east of the
north line Of the railroad addition to
Oakland; thence west to place OF
beginning.
SEC. 8. The officers of said city
shall be board of five trustees: a
Recorder, Treasurer, Marshal, who
shall be legal voters and actual resi-
dents of the town during the six
months next preceding their election.
The legislative powers are vested in
the board of trustees, who may enact
all ordinances necessary and 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, be likewise a
Justice of the Peace, and shall nave
exclusive original jurisdiction of all
causes and matters arising under the
! ordinances Of the town, and shall act
as clerk Of the board of trustees. The
Marshal shall be the executive officer
of the town, constable and conser-
vator of the peace, and shall arrest
and bring before the Recorder for
trial or complaint, or otherwise, all
offenders against the laws Of the
STATE or ordinaccs of the town,
ami perform all such duties as the
board OF trustees shall prescribe. The
board of trustees may appoint night
watchman and other subordinate of
ficers and agents, aud fill all vacan
cies in office
Sec. f. That the officers shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the
town annually, on tire first Monday
OF November, and the election shall
be conducted in accordance with the
laws of the State. The first election
shall be held in said Oakland, at the
place of holding general elections,
commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and
ending at 4 o'clock P. NJ, and the in
spcctors of the election shall give
certificates to the successful candi-
dates, and shall deliver the poll books
to the Recorder elect. The board of
trustees shalLappoint the inspectors
of all subsequent elections and the
place of holding the same, and shall
cause ten days previous notice there
of to be posted throughout the town.
and they shall receive the returns and
declare the result, and the President
and Recorder shall give certificates
of election to the officers elect.
Sec. 5. That the board of trus-
tees shall elect a President, keep q