Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-03

side line of Walker avenue a dis
tance of 1858 feet; thence south
Sc degrees and 13 minutes east par
allel with and 800 feet distant at
right angles from the northerly side
line of the Boulevard a distance of
1864 feet to the center line of
Cemetery street; thence south three
hundred and fifty-eight feet to the
north boundary line of the Boule-
ward; thence south sc degrees and
13 minutes east along the north line
of the Boulevard five hundred and
seventy-eight feet; thence south sew
en- hundred and eighty feet; thence
north Sc degrees and 13 minutes west
seven hundred and seventy-two feet;
thence north six hundred and sixty
feet to the south boundary line of
the Boulevard; thence north Sc de-
grees and 13 minutes west along the
south boundary line of the Boulevard
twenty-five hundred and ten feet;
thence south twelve hundred and fif-
teen feet; thence west along the
south boundary of donation land
claim number forty-five, township
thirty-nine south of range one east
of the Willamette Meridian, Jackson
County, Oregon, six hundred and
four and eight-tenths feet to the
! southwest corner of said donation
| land claim number forty-five; thence
south eleven hundred and seventy
feet; thence west fifteen hundred
and twenty-five feet to the place OF
beginning, shall be and the same is
hereby constituted the City of Ash
land, and the present and future res
idents of said district shall be and
are hereby constituted a municipal
corporation by the name of 'the City
of Ashland" and by that name may
sue and be sued plead and be i'm
pleaded, prosecute and defend, in all
courts of justice and in all actions,
suits or proceedings whatsoever;
may have and use a common seal,
and may alter the same at pleasure;
may purchase or acquire by exercise
of eminent domain, lease, hold or re-
ceive real or personal property with
in and beyond the limits of the city,
for the construction and maintenance
of waterworks to supply the city with
water, and for the construction OF
gasworks or other works to supply
the city with light; and for the con-
struction of street railways, and any
and all other public utilities which
after submission to the people of the
said corporation shall by them be
deemed advantageous to said corpor-
alton; and for such purpose or pur-
poses may take private property
within the limits of said city for
public use, and within and beyond
the limits of said city for the purpose
| vs,,,r ,,,s&I a u
lease, sell or dispose of any of the
above described property for the ben
eft of the city, provided that any and
all water and waterworks and water
rights now owned or which may here
after be acquired by said city, or any
; property now owned or which may
, hereafter be acquired by said city
for the purpose of supplying the in
: habitants thereof with water shall
never be rented, sold or otherwise
. disposed of; nor shall said city evel
grant any franchise to any person Of
corporation for the purpose of sup
, plying the inhabitants of said cit!
with water, but the right to furnish
; the inhabitants thereof with waite
{ shall forever be vested in the City o
. Ashland, with full power and author
ity to condemn, purchase, appropri
: ate and own the water of any strean
= or spring for the purpose of supply
Y ing the water system, and to do an.
I and all things necessary, proper o
= convenient in the premises to Civ
: the most efficient and effectual waite
service to the said city without il
/ any way impairing its right to an,
{ existing water, waterpower or waite
D right now owned by it, or which ma,
I hereafter be owned by it, or whicl
\ may hereafter be owned by the saiC
E city; and may make any and all ar
: rangements and ordinances deeme
: by the City Council of said City o
{ Ashland pertinent and proper for tn
h, preservation and security of such wa
: ter and the effectiveness of such wa
> ter system; provided the uses an
{ appropriations heretofore made t
\ and by said city and the water right
e heretofore purchased by said cit
=. shall be and the same are hereb
| vested in said municipality, with tn
/. right to exact and collect compensa
r tion of the users of water from sucl
water system; provided, further, tha
4 all revenues arising from the sale o
= water, waterpower, or the collection
v of rents shall be set apart as funt
/, from which to pay, first, all needfu
: expenses in repairing, renewing an
1 extending said water system as ne
r cessity therefor shall arise and 70
= the payment OF the interest on tn
: water bonds of the City of. Ashlan'
as the same shall accrue; and sec
= ond, of the residue Of such waite
: rents and revenues a sinking fun
= shall be created to be kept inviolat
4 and to be applied to the discharge o
t the water bonds of said city when tn
S same shall become due and said wa
= ter funds shall be used for no othe
e purpose. The City Council SHALL a
j, it's first regular meeting after tn
t adoption of this provision, enact suit
y able ordinances for the purpose o
d carrying the same into effect. TIL
: said City of Ashland shall have al
b the general powers possessed by mu
; nicipal corporations under the statut
Y laws of this state, and of common lay
n not inconsistent with the state law
( and in addition thereto shall posses
1 all powers hereinafter specifically
y granted, and all the authority there