The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-31

SECTION /. The town of Dallas, in
the county Of Polk, and the State of
Oregon, shall he bounded as follows:
Beginning at point forty chains
north and forty chains west of the
court house in said town; thence run
ming soulheighty chains; thence west
eighty chains; thence north eighty
chains; thence east eighty chains TO
the place Of beginning.
SEC. Q. The inhabitants residing
ir the aforedescribed limits, and their
successors, are hereby created and
established, and declared to be a mu-
nicipal corporation, by the name and
style Of the Town of Dallas, and by
such name shall have perpetual sue
cessinn. size and be sued, plead and
be implcaded, in ali courts of Justice
and in all legal proceedings whatever.
they may purchase, hold and receive
property, both real and personal.
within said town limits, for pnbli"
building, public works and town i'm
provcments, and they may lease, sell
or dispose of the same for the benefit
of the town. They shall have and
Use a seal, and alter thesame at pleas.
| urc.
SEC. 3. BY this act, the power and
authority given to tie municipal cor
porations of the town Of Dallas is
vested in a board of FIVE directors, a
Recorder and a Marshal, who shall
be legal voters and actual residents
of the town duriny the six months
preceding the election.
SEC. 4. The said officers shall be
elected by the qualified electors o
said town on the first Monday in No
vcmbcr, OF each year; PrODided, thal
no person shall be entitled to vote ri
any municipal election who has not
resided i'm said town limits sixty days
preceding the election, or shall have
neglected or refused to pay any tow
tax or fine legally assessed agains
him Prouided, such payment ha,
been legally demanded of him.
SEC 8. The Recorder, under di
rec,ion of the board of trustees, shal
give ten days notice by hand bills
either written or printed, of each an
nual election, the place Of holding
the same, the officers to be elected
and the judges and clerks appointed
to conduct the same, which Judge
aud clerks shall be appointed by the
board of trustees.
SEC 6. All elections shall com
mence at 9 o'clock ~. NJ, aud contin-
ne until 6 O'Clock of the same day
Provided however, that the polls shal
lie closed from IL O'Clock noon, unti
/ O'Clock p NJ. Of said dav; and i
any Judge of election fails to attend
the qualified electors present may
elect another in his place; and if any
clerk fails to attend, the Judges may
appoint /, clerk 10 fill the vacancy.
SEC. 7. On before the second day
after the election, the returns thereof
must be fled with the Recorder, and
within three days thereafter, the Re
corilcr shall call to his assistance III.
County Clerk of Polk county, and e
Justice Of the Peace residing in Dal
las precinct. and they shall canvas.
the returns of the election; and to
the five persons receiving the highes1
numbcf of votes for trustees he shall
give certificates of election az trlS
tees, and to the persons respectively
receiving the highest number of votes
for Recorder and Marshal, he shall
give certificates Of their election.
SEC. s. The board of trustees sha!
elect one of their number to he prrsi
dent, which board shall constitute the
board Of trustees of the town of
Dallas, and at any meeting shall have
power as follows:
l. TO assess, levy and collect taxes
for general municipal purposes, with
iii the town limits; said tax not ii
exceed four mills on the dollar pei
| annum to issue warrants and levy
on real or personal property of delin'
qnent taxpayers, and cause the same
to" III, sold, and conveyances made
thereof, in the same manner as real
and personal property are sold to sat
isfy delinquent State and county
taxes; Provided, that the town Re,
cordcr and town Marshal, in the eli
iorcement hereof, shall have similar
powers to the Comfy Clerk and Sher
itf; to prevent and suppress riot, dis
turbances, noise, obscene language,
drunkenness and disorderly y conduct
or asscmblages, at any time or place
within the limits of the corporation
to make bylaws and ordinances not in
conflict with the laws Of this State or
of the United States, and all nesrssa-
ry provisions for carrying them into
effect. --
2. To levy poll tax of not less
than one, nor more than two dollars
on the male residents of the town
over the age of twenty one and and
under the age OF fifty years.
3. To license, tax and regulate anc
tioneers, taverns, hawkers and ped
dlers and all offensive or noxious
trades or occupations.
4. To license, tax, regulate, restrain
or suppress bar-rooms, drinking shops
and all places in which spirituous OF
malt liquors or wine is sold, and it is
herein especiaiIy provided, that the
license shall not be less than two
hundred dollars per annum.
8. To license, tax and regulate
theatrical aud other exhibitions, pub
lie amusrmcnts, shows, billiard and
pigeon bsIe tables and bowling alleys,
and ta .,raIihft and su,,t,PcSS ha wdy