The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-13
.DALLES WATER BILL.
Full Text of the Bill as Passed by the
Recent Legislature and Signed by
the Governor

Section 1. That section of the ac
filed in the Office of t he secretary of state
February 10, 1889, be amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 2. The water works purchased
and enlarged or constructed under the
provisions of said act and owned by said
Dalles City shall be under the contro
and management of seven commissioners
who shall be styled collectively "The
Board of Water Commissioners o1
Dalles City" and individually water
commissioners and which shall, in the
first instance, be composed of the follow
ing named resident taxpayers of Dalles
Buchler, NJ. T. Nolan. u. F. Moody,
Robert Mays, A. S. Macallister and
George Ruch, and whose term of office
shall be as follows: Two of said COM
missioners shall hold their said office
until the first Monday of July, 1890, OF
until their successors are elected and
qualified and their successors shall hold
their term of Office for the term of three
years thereafter, two of said commission
ers shall hold their office until the first
Monday in July, 1891, and until their
successors are elected and qualified, and
their successors shall hold their said Office
for the term of three years thereafter,
and the remaining three commissioners
shall hold their said Office until the first
Monday in July, 1892, and until their
successors are elected and qualified, and
their successors shall hold their said
office for the term of three years there
after; proUided further, that for the pur-
pose of continuing said board of water
commissioners, they shall be elected as
follows: Two of said commissioners
shall hold their said office until the first
Monday of July, 1890, or until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified, and
their successors shall hold their term of
Office for the term of three years there
after; two of said commissioners shall
hold their office until the first Monday
in July, 1891, and until their successors
are elected and qualified, and their sue
cessors shall hold their said Office for the
term of three years thereafter; and the
remaining three commissioners shall
hold their sad Office until the first Mon
day in July, 1892, and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified, and
their successors shall hold their said
Office for the term of three years there
after. Provided further, that for the pur-
pose of continuing said board of water
commissioners they shall be elected as
follows: At the next regular city cleo
tion for Dalles City two such commits
sioners shall be elected to take their office
on the first Monday of July next, and at
the second regular city election for Dalles
City three such commissioners shall be
elected to take their office on the first
Monday of July, 1892. At every such
election for water commissioners one
shall be elected from each ward of said
city and at said regular city election for
1892, and at every third regular city
election thereafter one shall be elected
by the qualified voters of said city, at
large, who shall be known as commits
sioner at large each of said commits
sioners to be elected, shall be chosen for
the term of three years from the first
Monday of July, following their election
and until their successors are elected and
qualified. Vacancies occurring in said
Office shall be filled by the majority vote
of said board Of water commissioners,
and their selection shall hold office only
until the next regular city election and
until his successor is elected and quail
fed, who shall be elected for the mex
pired term of the three years in which
such vacancy arose. Said water COM
missioners chosen from said wards, shall
have the same qualifications as council
men, and said water commissioner
chosen at large, shall have the same
qualifications as mayor of said city. To
entitle persons to vote for water com
missioners such persons shall be required
to have the same qualifications as voters
for councilmen of said city. Before
entering upon the duties of their office
the commissioners shall each take and
subscribe an oath or affirmation required
of other city officers, and file the same
with the recorder of Dalles City, and the
office of any commissioner named in this
section, or hereafter elected as herein
provided, who shall fail to file his oath
or affirmation with said city recorder
within twenty days after notice of his
election, shall be declared vacant to be
filled in the manner provided by this act.
Sec. 2. That section 3 of said act filed
in the office of the Secretary of State,
February 10, 1889, as aforesaid be amend
ed SO as to read as follows:
Sec. 3. The water commissioners
shall be inhabitants of Dalles City and
qualified voters of the regular city cleo
ton mentioned in section. of this act
and all vacancies occurring in the office
of any such commissioner shall be filled
by appointment made by majority of
the remaining water commissioners.
Sec. 3. That section 4 of the act men,
toned in section of this actbe amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. 4. Said board of water com
missioners shall elect annually one of
their number president of the board,
whose term of office shall be one year,
and until his successor is elected and
qualified the commissioners shall hold
regular meetings at such times as they
may appoint by order and may hold
special meetings at such times as they
may be requested by written notice from
their president; they shall hold their
meetings at such places in Dalles City as
they may provide, and majority of
their number shall constitute quorum
for the transaction of any business; they
shall elect one of their number at Secre-
tary, whose term of Office shall. be fixed
by the board as secretary, and who shall
ings; all claims or debts incurred by the