The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-11-02
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CITY CHARTER.

/ NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMEND
/ MENTs TO CITY CHARTER,
Notice is hereby given. that an In
| itiative Petition, signed by over wv,
| hundred electors OF the City OF Asto'
| ria, has been flled with the undersign'
ed Auditor and Police Judge Of th'
/ City OF Astoria demanding that the
| hereinafter mentioned proposed a.
mendment to the Charter of me Cisy NY
or Astoria shalt be submitted 10 tht
legal electors Of the City OF Astoria foi
| their approval or rejection. Mt lht
| general election TO be held on the l2tf
| dav OF December. A. d.. 1906. and
| the tenor and effect thereof being as
| follows:
An amendment to sections 1, 5. 6, s.
IL, l2. 12T and 1lS OF the Charter OF
| the City of Astoria. being sections 4, 3
| s. s, IL. IL. 127 and lis of an act OF
| the Legislative Assembly OF the state
OF oregon. approved February Is, 1899
and entitled IAN act. to incorporate
the City OF Astoria, In Clatsop County,
State OF oregon" and TO repeal an act
entitled An act TO incorporate the
State Of oregon" and to repeal an
act entitled An act 70 incorporate the
City OF Astoria in Clatsop County,
oregon, approved october 20. 1875,
filed in the office Of the Secretary OF
State. February lS 1891" Creating
four wards and defining the boundar-
les thereof. and providing for TWO
councilmen from each ward and one
councilman at large. fixing the time
of election bi-annually on the second
Wednesday, In December In the even
years and providing that the term OF
councilman shall be four years and
all officials Of the city of Astoria Ia
office when this act takes effect shall
hold until the lst Monday IN January
1909 and extending the term Of office
OF each police commissioner two years
and providing that commencing with
the election of 1908 one police COM
missioner shall be elected every two
years and a person appointed TO fill
the vacancy shah hold the remainder
of the unexpired term
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE ELECT
ORS OF THE CITY OF ASTORIA:
That sections 1, 5. 8, 5. II. Y, TT
and 11S of the Charter OF the CITY of
Astoria, being sections a. s.. 8. s.. IL,
II. 1871 and 1lS Of an Act OF the leg
gon. approved February l5. 1883 ana
entitled An act TO incorporate the
City of Astoria. In Clatsop County,
State of Oregon. and to repeal an act
entitled IAN act to incorporate the
Cit of Astoria. In Clatsop County,
State OF oregon. and TO reneal an act
entitled. An act 70 incorporate tne
oregon. approved Oct. 20. 1876, filed
in the office of the Secretary OF state
February IS. 1891 be and the same
are each hereby amended so rs to read
as follows:
Section 4. For the purpose Of Mu.
nicipal Representation the city OF
Astoria Is hereby divided into four
shall be as follows,--unttl changed by
ordinance-to- wit:
The first ward shall comprise all
the portion of the City of Astoria
lying West of the center line Of Fifth
Street, extended a sufficient distance
North and South to intersect the
North and South lines Of the City of
prise all that portion of the City OF
Astoria lying between the East line
Of the First ward and the center line
of Fourteenth Street. extending sut-
ficient distance North and south TO
intersect the North and South lines
Of the City Of Astoria. The Third
ward shall embrace all that norton of
the city of Astoria lying between the
East line of the Second ward and the
center line Of Thirty-fifth Street. ex-
tended a sufficient distance North
and South to intersect the North and
South lines Of the City of Astoria,
and the Fourth ward shall comprise
all that portion Of the city of Asto-
toria lying East Of the East boundary
OF the Third Ward; and the Common
Council bv Ordinance may create
additional wards or change the boun-
daries of those established and when
it creatds an additional ward the
Council may appoint two Councilmen
from such ward to hold until the next
election, at which election one Coun,
Gilman from each Of said additional
wards shall be elected for the term
of two years and one for the term OF
four years and the successors Of each
Shall be elected for the term Of four
years, so that one Councilman from
each ward shall be elected every two
years
Section 5. Each ward now estab-
lished and any additional ward that
may hereafter be establishd Is entitled
to elect two members Of the Common
Section s. That from and after the
general election to be held on the
End, Wednesday, In December. 1908,
the members Of the Common Council
from each ward shall be elected to
term of four years and shall hold their
Office until their successors be elected
and qualified, and one Councilman at
large shall be elected for a term Of
two years; But at said election one
mdmber Of the Council from each
ward shall be elected for a term OF
four years, and one Councilman at
large shall be elected by the electors
of the City of Astoria as whole. for
the term Of yWo years, and one Coun-
Gilman from each ward for the term
Of two years, and thereafter the sue
cessors to each of the Counclmen |
from the respective wards shall be
elected for the full term of four years, |
to hold their office until their success |
ors are elected and qualified and one
at large shall be elected
for the full term Of two years and SO
that one Councilman at large and
half OF the members Of the Council !
from the respective wards shall be
elected every two wears and until said
election on the End Wednes-
day in December. 1908, there shall be
no other election of officers of the
City and the present elected and quail
flied officers of the City Of Astoria
who shall be in office on the 1st Mon