The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-06-05
THE CITY COU NCIL.

The city council met Monday
night in the council chambers and was
called to order by Mayor John Burn
ett. All members of council were
present.
The resignation of Alderman NJ. S.
Neugass was read and on motion ac-
ceptcd. W. A. Wells was nominated
to fill the vacancy and was on motion
duly elected. There upon he qualified
common council.
The council then elected J. r. Bry-
son president Of the council.
The salary of police judge was
placed at $50 per month, the salary of
hief of police at $50 per month and
he salary of nightwatch at So per
night. 1t was further ordered that
chief Of police be made ex-officer sup
erintendent of streets, and he is here
by required to perform the duties of
street commissioner without addition
al salary. The official bond of chief
of police was fixed at $4,000 and the
bond of treasurer at $4,000.
The election of a police judge then
was taken up and there were placed
in nomination J. r. Hughes and John
son M. Porter. The ballot being
spread and johnson M. Porter having
received all the votes cast was declar-
ed duly elected.
The election of chief of police then
came before the meeting and applica-
tions for the position were read from
J. r. Scrafford, A. r. Pygall, T. Ell.
Dupuy, O. G. McLagan, and Ed Cline
The ballot being spread, Scraffoad re-
ceived 2 votes, Pygall 2, Dupuy 2, Nc
Lagan 2, Cline l. There being no
election, the ballot was again spread,
which resulted in no election. On the
the fourth ballot J. r. Scrafford re-
ceived 5 votes, Dupuy 1, and McLa-
gan 3. Scrafford having received the
majority, was declared elected
S. L. Jeffreys was on motion elected
city attorney.
Five tippling house bonds were ap-
proved, placed on file and recorder in
structed to issue licenses.
On taking his office the following
message was read by Mayor Burnett
Gentlemen of the Common Council:
The city charter makes it the duty
of the mayor to make such suggest
ions to the council from time to time
concerning the interests of our city,
as he may deem beneficial. The new
charter, under which you have met
for the first time, and which will be
your guide and chart in all future leg
islatiOn, has enlarged very considera-
bly, the powers of the council over
those conferred by the old charter;
upon the exercise of these enlarged |
powers in proper manner depends
to large extent the future advance
ment and prosperity of the city of |
Corvallis. Your first duty will be to ma
ture and adopt such ordinances as will !
constitute system Of efficient police
for the government of the
CITY, The utmost care should be used |
in the manner of the passage of ordin-
ances, for in that particular they are
more likely to be defective than in the
matter of which the ordinances them
selves are composed. A few general
laws or ordinances well digested and
passed is all that is necessary
for the government of our city; the /
next thing is that when an ordinance
is passed and become law of this
city, it should be enforced until altered
or repealed
Nothing SO demoralizes q commun-
ity as the failure to enforce the laws.
The new charter confers upon the
council the authority to appoint the
Police Judge and Chief of Police, the
judicial and executive officers of the
and fix their salaries,
thus contiding to you power hereto