The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-22
SHORT SESSION :
OF COUNCIL
new WATER SCHEME PRESENTED
Ordinance to Buy Present Water Plant
Indefinitely Post.
pOned.

Aoosiuk hohody cNouiuks OIuluhu-
ces I'll and 2l2, relating to street
improvements, we're passed.
The Judiciary Committee we're
authorized to confer with the city
recorder and report as to fixing new
basis for the compensation for that
officer, as the fees received from
licenses are now 80 small as to te
entirely inadequate for the routine
work to be done.
The following communication was
received fiom G. d. Woodworth and
referred 10 the committee on lire and
water:
Hood River, Oregon, July 10. 1909.
To the Honorable City Council,
Hood River, Oregon,
Gentlemen Relative to the ques.
tion of supplying Hood River with
good drinking water | wish to submit
the following proposition In addition
to my former proposition of selling
the Lava Bed spring, for sl5, 600 or
installing a modern water system In
return tor a 30 year contract fran
chise:
will deliver the water from the
Lava Bed spring to the Hood River
city limits for the sum OF One Hun
dred and Thirty One (l31, ,OOOl Thous-
and Dollars and will give good
sufficient bond tor the proper fultill-
ment Of the contract.
Yours respectfully.
u. ID. Woodworth.
The Judiciary Committee reported
as follows ON the former Woodworth
proposition:
Hood River, Ore, July 10, 1909.
10 the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council, of the City OF Hood
River, Oregon.
Gentlemen :--Communication..of of Mr..
G. ID. Woodworth under date OF July
II, 1909, has been referred to your
Judiciary Committee. This oommu.
nication is not accompanied by any
ordinance, nor has II to DO with any
matter over which your Committee
has jurisdiction and which properly
should come before 1t. Your Comit.
tee therefore returns the eommunica-
tion herewith and beg to report back
that, u In the opinion of the Council
there is anything In the communioa.
tion requiring tho attention OF O
Committee, that 1t be referred to the
Committee on Fire and Water tor Its
report.
Very respectfully submitted.
T.. q. Brosius,
J. M. Wright.
The following report from the
Judiciary Comittee was adopted, and
Ordinance 2l0, referred to, was in
definitely postponed:
| Hood River. Oregon, July 3, 1909.
10 the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council, of the City of Hood
River, Oregon.
Gentlemen Your Judiciary Com
mittee to whom hes been referred
Ordinance No. 2l0 along with initia-
tive petition, praying that the ordi-
nance be submitted to the people ut
special election already called to be
held on the 28th day of July, has had
our careful attention.
White 1t is probably true that the
Council could have taken this matter
up on the date of its presentation
and have the same, after advlsing
with the City Attorney, we find that
1t would have been useless to have
done so, inasmuoh as Ii could not be
done within the time between the
date of presentation and the date OF
the election called. This ordinance
being presented for reference to the
people under the initiative and refer
endum power would have to be gov
erned 10 all particulars by Chapter
226 of the Laws Of 1907, which among
other things provide on Page 4406
that, Arguments supporting munich
pal measures shall be fled with the
City Clerk, Auditor or Recorder not
less than thirty days before the cleo
tion, at which they are to be voted
upon. Opposing arguments shall be
filed not less than twenty days before
election. It 10 intended to make the
procedure In municipal legislation
as nearly as practicable the same In
initiative aud referendum procedure
for measures relating to the people
of the state at large" Ii would be
seen that from the date OF the Coun-
oil meeting at which this ordinance
was passed until election, does not
allow thirty days for the filing OF an
affirmative argument.
, This ordinance contains NO emer-
gency clause, and 1t is Q question
whether or not 1t could be referred
short of thirty days without the
! same. Section II of the initiative
act provides, "No city ordinance,
,, resolution or franchise shall take
J effect and become operative until
! thirty days after Its passage by the
Council and approval by the Mayor"
This Of course refers TO ordinances to
, which the emergency clause 10 not
appended. Your Committee are not
. able to cay that the ordinance pro-