The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-03-22
rs PROVISIONS.
Fm1 Text Of Corvallis Water Works
Bill. Recently Passed by the
Legislature.
Continued from Saturdays Issue.

clerk OF said committee. shall under
the direction of said committee, give
notice by publication in some news
paper published in Corvallis, Ore
gon, of the time and place of said
election, which said notice shall
state that the said election is held for
the purpose of determining wheth-
er or not the said water committee
of the city of Corvallis shall issue
the bonds of the city of Corvallis,
bearing interest at a rate not ex-
ceeding S per cent per annum, on
so years time, for the purpose of
constructing water works for the
city of Corvallis. Said notice shall
also state the maximum amount of
bonds proposed to be issued, and
that the same will not be issued nor
said water works constructed, TN
less a majority of the votes cast at
such election, shall be in favor of
issuing said bonds. that if it is de-
sired to favor the issuance of bonds
ballots should be read, s'For bonds
and if against the issuance of bonds
said ballots shall read against
bonds.''
Said notice of election shall be
published for not less than two
weeks Immediately prior to the date
OF said election.
Section I6-The failure to COM
ply fully with all the requirements
of the section last aforesaid shall
not operate to invalidate said bonds
after the same are issued, provided
it shall appear that there has been
substantial compliance herewith,
and to that end said section last
aforesaid shall be literally con-
strued.
Section 17-Whenever and as
soon as the water works herein
provided for are, in the judgment
of the committee, ready for use,
there shall be selected, as herein
provided, four persons for the pur-
pose of maintaining and conducting
said water works, who shall be
styled Individually, ''water COM
missioners and collectively, "The
Water Commission and are here
in referred to as the Commissioners
and Commission respectively, and
thereafter the power and author
ity hereby given to the city to keep
conduct and maintain water works
therein shall be exercised as here
matter provided; and during con-
struction of said water works, and
until delivery thereof, said COM
mittee shall have the power and
authority conferred on said COM
missions of this act.
Section I8-The commissioners
shall be selected by the committee
! from their own number for the sew.
eral terms of one, two, three and
four years, but in case a sufficient
number do not consent to serve as
such commissioners, the remainder
may be selected from the resident
tax payers of the city.
Section Io-Whenever any mem
Der of said commission above nam
ed or hereafter elected as herein
provided, shall arrive at the age OF
| 70 years, or shall cease to be tax
| payer or bona fde resident of the
city of Corvallis, then in either OF
said events there shall be deemed
to be vacancy in said commission
| Whenever vacancy shall exist
in said commission as result o1
the causes above named, or by rea-
son of the death or resignation of a
member, the said committee shall
Immediately hold a meeting and
elect from their own number, or in
case none of said. number will con.
sent to serve, then from the bona
| fde resident tax payers of said city,
some person to fill the term of such
vacancy, provided that when va
cancy occurs for any reason othe1
than the expiration of term of Office
the successor to fill such vacancy
shall be elected for the unexpirec
term only;
| Provided, that not more thar
| three of said commission shall be
long to the same political party
and provided further that the pol
itics of each member shall be de
termined for the purposes of thi!
act, by his politics at the time o
his election as a member of saie
committee;
| Section 2o-Three commission
ers shall constitute a quorum fo
the transaction of business; thi
commission shall meet at time anl
place to be appointed by the com
mittee, and organize by the se1ec
ton of chairman and clerk, a
herein provided in case of the com
mittee, which chairman and cler1
shall have the same powers ant