The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-01-26
BILL TO CREATE
CASCADE COUNTY
NOW BEFORE THE LOWER HOUSE
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House, Bill No ia, Introduced and
read first time by Representative
Jayne, January l6, 1908, and entitled
a bill for an act TO create the coun,
ty Of Cascade, and to- fix the salaries
of the offices thereof ~
Be it enacted by the people of thu
1 state Of Oregon; and, Be it enacted
.aby the legislative assembly of the
state of. Oregon
-Section That all that portion
OF the state of Oregon embraced
within TIE following boundary line
be and tho same Is hereby created
and oragnized into a separate county,
by name of Cascade, to-wit: Begin
ming at point on the summit of the
Cascade mountains whore the south
line of Multnomah county meets the
line of Nasco county, running thence
northerly ON a straight line and along
the summit Of the Cascade mountains
to the southeast corner of the north
west quarter of section twenty-five,
in township two north, Tango seven
east of Willamette Meridian, thence
northerly along the said east line
OF said section twenty-five TO the
middle Of the main channel of said
Columbia river, thence up the middle
of said channel Of said river in gen
eral easterly direction, to point
north Of and opposite the meander
corner to sections two and three, in
township two north, range twelve east
Of the willamette meridian; thence
south TO the south cast corner of sec
tiou twenty. two, said township and
range; thence west to the southeast
corner Of section twenty, said town
ship and range last named. ; thence
south to the southeast corner of soc
zion thirty-two township and range
last named, thence west to the south
aast corner of section thirty-siX, !
township two north, range eleven east,
willamette meridian; thence west
On the base line to the northwest
corner of township pue south, range
zen east of Willamette meridian
hence south to the southeast corner
Of township three south, range ten
oast of willamette meridian thence
vest along the township line and
ilong the south boundary of township
jhree south, range ten east, and along
said line extended to the summit of
jhe Cascade mountains and to the
western boundary of said Wasco
county, thence in a general northerly
direction along the summit OF said
and aiung Une easturn
bundary of CIackamas county, to,
said point of beginning.
Section ,. That the territory en-
Draced within the said boundary
ines shall compose a county for all
,ivil and military purposes, and shall
10 subject to the same laws and restric- |
ions, and be entitled to elect the
anne officers as other counties Of this |
tate provided it shall be the duty |
If the governor as soon as it shall be |
after this act shall have |
become law to appoint for Cascade
county and from its citizens the sew
raj county officers allowed by law TO
,ther counties in this state, which
aid officers after duly qualifying ac-
ording to law shall be entitled to
lold their respective offices until
heir successors are duly elected, at
he general election of 1906, and have
Iuly qualified according to law.
Section 3. The temporary county
eat of Cascade county shall be located
It Hood River, in said county, until
permanent location shall be adopted.
vt the next general election the ques-
ion shall be submitted to the legal
'oters of said county, and the place,
+ any, which shall receive a majority
If the all votes cast at said election
hall be the permanent seat of said |
county. But if no place shall receive
/ majority of all votes cast, question
hall again be submitted to the legal |
yoters of said county at the next gen
'ral election ; and the place receiving |
he highest number of votes at such |
asst election shall be the permanent |
seat of said county.
Section 4. Said county of Cascade |
shall, for representative purposes, be
to the twenty ninth repre-
district, and for senatorial
purposes said county shall be anneqed
10 the twentieth senatorial district.
Section 8, The county clerk of
Wasco county shall, within thirty
lays after this act shall have gone
into operation, make out and deliver
10 the county clerk of Cascade county
1 transcript of all taxes assessed up
IN all persons and property within said
Cascade county, and which was pre-
,iously included in the limits of Was
20 cOuny, and all taxes which shall
remain unpaid upon the day this act
shah become a law shall be paid TO
5he proper officers Of Cascade coun-
,y The said clerk of said county
Of Wasco, within tho time above limit
sd shall make out aud deliver to the
county clerk Of Cascade county a
transcript Of all cases ponding in the
circuit and county courts of said
county Of WascO between parties re-
siding in Cascade county.a and transfer
Ill original papers in said cases to
Do tried in Cascade county.
Section s. The county court of
Cascade county shall be held at the
county seat on the first Monday in |
January, and the first Monday of |
very alternate month thereafter OF |
zach year
Section .. The said county of Cas-
,ade IL hereby attached TO the fourth |
judicial district for Judicial pur-
poses and the terms of the circuit |
,ut for said county shall be held at |.
,he county seat on the----Monday |
n--and the Monday in - of |
each year.
Section Until otherwise provided |
by law the county judge of Cascade
county shall receive an annual sala-
~ Of $500, the county clerk of said
county shall receive an annual salary
Of 1920, the sheriff shall receive an
annual salary of Sl200, and the treas
nrer shall receive an annual salary of
$50, and the county school superin-
Lendent of said Cascade county shall
receive an annual salary of $780,
The county court Of Cascade county
shall appoint the stock inspector and