The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-02-07
SENATE BILL
NUMBER l4S
FOR CREATION OF CASCADE COUNTY
Following Is the Bill In Which Hood
River Is yi'ally In
terested.

Section /. That all that portion ol
the state of Oregon embraced within
the following boundary lines be and
the same Is hereby created and orga.
nized into separate county by the
name Of Cascade, towit: Beginning
ut point in the middle Of the chan.
mel Of the Columbia river opposite
the meandsr corner between sections
three ana four, township two north,
range eleven east OF Willsmetts meri.
dian, then running south along the
section line between sections 3 and
aud said line extended to a point on
the base line at the southeast corner
east, W. NJ, thence west along said
base line to the northeast corner oil
tp. l south, range 10 east of w. M,
thence south along the township line
to the southeast corner of township
three south, range 10 east of william
ette mel idisn, thence west along the
south line Of township three south,
range 10 east and said line extended
along the south side of tip. south,
range 9 east Of W. M, to the summit
Of the ascade m ,untains, and the
line between Clackamas and Wasco
counties; thence northeily along the
summit Of the Cacsade mountaiDs and
along the line between Claokamas and
Wasco, and between Multnomah snG
Wacso counties to the middle OF the
channel of the Columbia river and the
northwest corner OF Wasco county
thence III a general essterly cour .
along the center OF the Columbia riv-
or to the place Of beginning.
Section Z. That the territory en-
laced within the said boundary shall
compose q county for all civil and
military purposes and shall be subject
to the same laws and restrictions and
be entitled to elect the same officers
as other counties OF this state; pro-
vidsd, that 1t shall be the duty Of the
governor, as soon as it shall be con.
venient after this act shall have be.
come q law, to appoint for Cascade
county and from its citizens the sew
sral county ocfheIs allowed by law to
other counties in this state, which
said officers when duly qualified &C
cording to law, shall be entitled to
hold their respective offices unil their
successors are duly elected at the gen
eral election of 1908 and are duly
qualified according to law.
Section 3. The temporary county
seat Of Cascade county shall ce locat-
cd at Hood River In said county until
permanent location shall be adopt
cd. At the next general election the
question shall be submitted to the
legal voters of said county, and the
place, II any, which shall receive q
majority of all the votes cast at said
elect ion, shall be the permanent coun'
ty seat Of said county. But II nc
place shall receive majority OF oil
votes cast, the question shsil again be
submitted to the legal voters of said
county ct the next general election,
but between the two points having
the highest number of votes at said
slection, and the place receiving the
highest number Of votes at such last
election, shall be the permanent coun-
ty seat OF said county.
Sectin 4. Said county of Cascade
shall, tor representative purposes, he
annexed to the 29th representative
district and for senatorial purposes
said county shall be annexed to the
10Th senatorial district, unless other
wise provided ia the apportionment
OF 1907.
Section 5. The county clerk Of
Wasco county shall, within thirty
days after this act shall have gone in
to operation, make out and deliver to
the cocnty clerk of Cascade county a
transcript of all taxes assessed upon
all persons and property within said
Cascade county which we're previous.
ly included within the limits Of Was.
90 county, and ali taxes which shall
remain unpaid upon the day this act
shall beccome q law, shall be paid to
the proper officers OF Cascade county.
The clerk OF Wasoo county shall also
make out and deliver to the county
clerk OF Cascade county, within the
time above limited, transcript Of al
cases pending in the circuit and coun'
ty courts of Wasco county between
parties residing In or concerning
property located In Cascade county
and transfer all original papers In
said cases to be tried ip Cascade
county.
Section 6 The county count o.
Cascade county shall be held ut tn,
county seat on the first Monday IL
January, April, July and October o
each year.
Section 7. The said county of Gas
cade 10 hereby attached to the I'll
judicial district for judicial purposes
and the terms of the circuit court To-
said county shall be held at the coun
ty seat OF said county on the secont
Monday In July and the second Mon
day In January of each year.
Section s. Until otherwise provid
ed by law the county judge Of Gas
cade county shall receive an annua
salary OF $500; the county clerk o
said county shall receive an annua
salary of 1920; the sheriff shsll re
oeive an annual salary of 81, 200; ant
the treasurer shall receive an annua
salary OF 500. The county schoo
superintendent SHAH receive an an
nusl salary of $500; and the assesso
of said county shall receive an annua
salary of $500, and the county com
missioners of said county shall receiv,
90 per day for the time actually EN-
ployd In county business and mileag
at the rsts OF ten cents per mile escl
way when required to travel on coun
ty business.
| Section 9. The law relating to tres
pass OF sheep and other animals shal
bs the same in Cascade county as no'
maintains In Wasco county.
i Section 10. The county judge Q
Cascade county shall let by contrac
TO the lowest responsible and efficieu
bidder, the work of transcribing a
records Of Wssoo county, affectin
real estate situated In Cascade cour
ty, and when completed they shall B
examined and certified to by th
clerk of Cascade county, and sha
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