The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-11-08
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE or PROPOSED AMEND.
MENT TO CITY CHARTER,

NO|lCE Of FHOPOoEp AWEND'
MENT TO CITY CHARTER.
Notice IN hereby given. That mn In
itlatiyr Petition. signed BY over twd
hundred electors Of tho Clty OF Ahto-
rn, has been iiled with tho undcralgn-
ed, Auditor and Police Judge " The
city Of Astoria, demanding that the
hereinafter mentioned proposed a.
mcndment 10 the Charter Of the CITY
OF Astoria shall be submitted 70 the
lrRpl electors Of the city OF Astoria for
their approval or rejection, nj The
general election 10 be held on tho 18Th
tho tenor and effect thereof being ah
follows;
An amendment to Section Ss OF the
Charter Of the city or Astoria, being
section 81 OF nn Act OF tho ltgisla- :
tive aFaembly Of the state OF oregon.
Titled AN Act 10 Incorporate the CITY
Of Astoria IN clntsop County State OF
Oregon and 10 repeal an act entitled
AN Act to incorporate tho cry OF
Astoria In Cintsop County. state oi
Oregon" ana TO repeal an act entitled
Astoria In ciataop County. Oregon
Approved october 20, 1916 Filled IN
the ONCE of the Secretary Of stale
February ~, 1891, defining the pow"
era OF the Council ana providing Tor
hcensing. taxing. regulating restrain
rooms and drinking ahops and places
where liquors are sold. prohibiting
gambling and providing for levylns
taxes providing for contracting In
dchtednrHs and prohibiting any oincct
from being interested In any contract
and restricting the granting OF iran.
uhiaes for street railways for u Ion.
sr period than thirty years nnd reRu"
lnting the manner OF issuing frhn-
chiscs,
he IT ENACTED BY THE ELECT
oRs or THE CITY OF ASTORIA;
~ That section ~ OF the Charter OF
Abe city OF Astoria being section ss
of sniA Act aforesaid be and the
Rnme II hereby amended NO aH TO read
~ lollnwa;
section rs. The Council has power
Md authority within tho city OF As
tDria.
i. 10 ASSESS levy and collect taxes for
Gcneral municipal purposes. not ex,,
needing two per ccntum unnn ny
0foperty both real and personal
Within the city limits, which ~ taNh-
Bic by law for state and County pnr'
z. To levy and collect special tax
pf not exceeding one per ccntum up"
6n nll the property assessed by uu.
n thnrity OF the FIRST hubdivislon OF
ths section. for any speeine obleci
within tho authority Of the municipal
corpofatlon, Including Ire phyinru'
M OF any existing debt. or for munich
n pal improvements. bu, the ordnance
providing therefor must specify the
VS. object therefor ana tho amount
3 thereof.
~ TO ileeuae tnx and regulate auc.
"a tioneera. hotel rnnnerH hVnrnS
" boarding houses, hnwkcrs. pcddlerH
1T pawnbrolcrH. solicitors. book agents
real estate and insurance agents. bro"
tera BARRIERS. bakers, dealers In gem
crhl merchandise. clothing. boots ana
shoes. grocerica dry goods. meat
markets. hardware. hnwnrc, crock
cry. glassware. millinery. dealers IN
cigars and tobacco. fruit and confce-
tioncry. lawyers. doctors. furniture
stores dentists, book and stationery
stores commission merchants. tailor
Ing establishments, jewclry stores.
and all offensive trades and occnpn =
VI tions and 10 define what shall conSu-
I. TO license. tax and regulate
4 hacks. cabs hackneys carriages
wagons carts, draya or other We
hiclea used for the transportation OF
passengers or any. article or trade,
earth ballast or building material
rates thereof whether the same DC
8. To license, tax. regulate. re-
strain. restrict and prohibit bar;
rooms ana drinking shops and aii
places where liquors are sold: sl nna
where gambling In carried on. and
nlso 10 SUPPRESS nickel. in" slot
machines, No license shall be Issued
or granted by. the Common Coun-
ell at the meeting when the applica.
applications shall lay over at least
one meeting OF said Council. and II
any person or persons, holding q IL
cense for. and maintaining n bnr-
room or drinking shop In the CITY
shall be convicted, either under tne
taining a nuisance or OF Keeping q
dsnrderly house on account or the
manner In which snid bar~room or
drinking shop In conducted or carried
on, or wlllfully selling liquor to, mi
nors, or OF allowing minors to l9lter
In or about such bur~rooms or drink :
Ing shop. or for having committed 4
felony. said license shall be deemed
forfeited and thereafter no license
for bnr-room or drinking shop shall
be issued or be granted to any sucn
person or persons, and PROVIDED
FURTHER. that the CITY or Astoria
may. upon being authorized 30 TO uo
by n majority vote of the electors OF
the city, own, operate and conduct
places for the sale OF malt, spirltu-
Gus or vlneuua liquors, and prohibit
all persons other than the CITY or as
toria from engaging In or conducting
such business.
TO license and tax wharfngers;
TO license, tax and regulate Junk deal
ers and dealers In second hand mer-
chandlse; to license. tax and regulate
thenters and other exhibitions, mer-
ry-go- rounds, shows, public ,amuse-
ments steamboat runners. biillard ia,
bles and other tables where balls and
cues are used, shooting galleries and
bowling alleys, and to suppress bawdy
houses, gaming and gambling houses;
places kept for opium smoking, ana
TO punish inmates OF bawdy houses
or houses OF III fame, and to defne
what shall constitute the same and TO
punish keepers of places kept for
smoking opium. and opium smokers.
7. To make regulations to prevent
the introduction " cont ious dis
eases In the city to remove al per
sons afflicted with such diseases there-
from to- suitable hospitals provided DS nS
the city for that purpose; to, secure
the protection Of persons and prop
ertv therein and to provide FOR the
health and cleanliness, ornament peace
and -ood order OF the CITY
s. TO prevent and punish tresphss
upon real or personal property
o. TO provide the citv with good
and wholesome water, and for the
erection and construction OF such
water works and reservoirs within or
without the limits Of the city as may may