Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-07

may PuICndS6 OF acquire Dy 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 it 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
grant any franchise to any person or
corporation for the purpose of sup
plying the inhabitants of said city
with water, but the right to furnish
the inhabitants thereof with water
shall forever be vested in the City of
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
ing the water system, and to do any
and all things necessary, proper or
convenient in the premises to give
the most efficient and effectual water
service to the said city without in
any way impairing its right to any
existing water, waterpower or water
right now owned by it, or which may
hereafter be owned by it, or which
may hereafter be owned by the said
city; and may make any and all ar
rangements and ordinances deemed
| by the City Council of said City of
Ashland pertinent and proper for the
| preservation and security of such wa
ter and the effectiveness of such wa
| ter system; provided the uses and
appropriations heretofore made to
and by said city and the water rights
heretofore purchased by said city
shall be and the same are hereby
vested in said municipality, with the
right to exact and collect compensa-
tion of the users of water from such
water system; provided, further, that
nv;c 1n nf
water, waterpower, or the collections
of rents shall be set apart as fund
from which to pay, first, all needful
expenses in repairing, renewing and
extending said water system as ne
cessity therefor shall arise and for
the payment of the interest on the
water bonds of the City of Ashland
as the same shall accrue; and sec
| ond,-- OF the residue of such water
rents and revenues a sinking fund
shall be created to be kept inviolate
and to be applied to the discharge of
the water bonds of said city when the
same shall become due and said wa
ter funds shall be used for no other
purpose. The City Council shall, at
it's first regular meeting after the
able ordinances for the purpose of
carrying the same into effect. The
said City of Ashland shall have all
the general powers possessed by mu-
nicipal corporations under the statute
laws of this state, and of common law
not inconsistent with the state law,
and in addition thereto shall possess
all powers hereinafter specifically
granted, and all the authority there
of shall have perpetual succession.
The ballot title and number of
such Charter Amendment shall be as
follows:
Measure Submitted to the Voters by
the Common Council.
An Act to amend Section l of Ar
ticle | of the Charter of the City OF
Ashlands Oregon, thereby enlargins
the boundaries of said city.
Vote YES or NO.
100 Yes.
I1O1 No.
Notice is further given that pur-
suant to resolution of the Common
Council of the City of Ashland, Ore
gon, duly adopted on the Gath day
of November, 1914, and approved by
the Mayor of said city on the said
oath day of November, the following
proposed amendment to the charter
of the City of Ashland will be sub
mitted to the legal voters of said city
for their approval or rejection at a
special election to be held on the said
18th day of December, 1914, to-wit:
AN ACT
to amend Article VII of the existing
Charter of the City of Ashland, Ore
gon, by adding thereto a section to
be known as Section 23, empowering
the Mayor and Common Council Of
the said city to make an annual levy
not to exceed one-half mill on tho
dollar of the taxable property of said
city, and to expend the proceeds Of
said levy for the general welfare,
rcomfort and interests of said city.
! Be it enacted by the people of the
City of Ashland, Oregon, that Arti-
Gle VII of the present Charter of the
City of Ashland, Oregon, be amended
| by adding thereto a section to be
known as Section 23, to read as fol-
lows:
Section 23. The Common Coun-
Gil may, at the time of making the
annual levy for the expenses of the
city, as provided in Section Two CD
of Article Seven OVID of the City
Charter include in such levy, for the
uses and purposes hereinafter speci-
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