Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-24


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-E
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 Is 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
, of supplying II with water, and may
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 ever
Y grant any franchise to any person or
: corporation for the purpose of sup
vi plying the inhabitants of said city
: with water, but the right to furnish
, the inhabitants thereof with water
I shall forever be vested in the City of
e Ashland, with full power and author
!, ity to condemn, purchase, appropri-
; ate and own the water of any stream
: or spring for the purpose of supply
v ing the water system, and to do any
[ and all things necessary, proper or
= convenient in the premises to give
= Iu0 ulObI dhu CllCSIudi WdlCl
}. service to the said city without in
1 any way impairing it's right to any
4 existing water, waterpower or water
O right now owned by it, or which may
d hereafter be owned by it, or which
Ii may hereafter be owned by the said
q Icity; and may make any and all ar
J. rangements and ordinances deemed
l. by the City Council of said City oi
II Ashland pertinent and proper for the
l, preservation and security of such wa
> ter and the effectiveness of such wa
, ter system; provided the uses anC
It appropriations heretofore made t.
n and by said city and the water right!
.e heretofore purchased by said cit!
v. shall be and the same are hereb!
al vested in said municipality, with th'
b, right to exact and collect compensa
,r tion of the users of water from sucl
ID water system; provided, further, tina
ID all revenues arising from the sale o
: water, waterpower. or the collection
" of rents shall be set apart as funt
n, from which to pay, first, all needfu
c. expenses in repairing, renewing an'
ID extending said water system as ne
er cessity therefor shall arise and 70
o. the payment OF the interest on tn
5: water bonds of the City of Ashlant
as the same shall accrue; and sec
n ond, of the residue of such waite
g. rents and revenues a sinking fun
n shall be created to be kept inviolat
III and to be applied to the discharge o
ct the water bonds of said city when tn
MS same shall become due and said wa
n ter funds shall be used for no othe
ne purpose. The City Council shall, a
n, it's first regular meeting after tn
st adoption of this provision, enact suit
ty able ordinances for the purpose c
ed carrying the same into effect. Tn
n said City of Ashland shall have a
tn the general powers possessed by mt
4; nicipal corporations under the statut
ty laws of this state, and of common La
on not inconsistent with the state Law
of and in addition thereto shall posses
ad all powers hereinafter specificall
.ly granted, and all the authority there
i'd of shall have perpetual succession.
i'd And whereas, canvass of the r.
nd turns of said special election on sal
Ity measure was had on the 18th day
&C. December, 1914. in the manner pre-
q: vided by lew, and the result thereC
on ascertained to be as follows: