Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-06-08

sued, to whom issued and amount
paid for each item thereon enumer-
ated; and the said vouchers shall not
be paid until countersigned by the
payee in such manner that the vouch-
er shall stand for a receipt from said
.payee to the Treasurer for the amount
so paid
Section 6. All contracts entered
into by the Springs Water Commits
sion for material, construction, labor,
supplies and for every other purpose
in carrying out the object of it's ere
alton shall be made in writing under
the seal of the Commission, signed
hv the Chairman and Secretary there
of in four duplicates, one of which
shall be filed with the City Treas
urer, one with the City Council, one
retained by the Commission and one
by the contractor; and no work under
said contract shall be proceeded with
until the said duplicate contracts
have been so filed.
Section Z. The council may exact
good and sufficient bond to be en-
tered into by the commissioners in
such sum as in the judgment of the
council may be necessary, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of the
commissioners duties according to the
tenor of this amendment, and that
they will honestly and promptly &C
count for all funds passing into their
hands, provided the expenses of said
bond shall be paid out of the funds
herein appropriated.
The commissioners shall enter into
no contract or issue any voucher in
excess of the sum hereby appropri-
ated for the construction of an auXil-
iary water system, and no contract
or other obligation, together with the
total of all contracts and obligations
previously entered into, shall exceed
the amount of funds herein appropri-
ated for the purpose, it being the in
tent hereof to keep the expenditures
made by said commission entirely
within the said appropriation, and
any contracts entered into or any
voucher issued therefor in excess of
said appropriation shall not be a
charge against said fund or the city
of Ashland, but may be recovered
upon the bond of said commissioners
by proper civil procedure.
AL OOulld dSlo shall bC maui III lhC
name of the city of Ashland and all
contractors shall be required to fur
nish good and sufficient surety bonds,
conditioned upon the faithful per-
formance of their contracts.
Payments to contractors may be
made from time to time as the work
progresses on the estimates, but at no
time shall such payments exceed the
work actually performed, and in no
case shall more than SO per cent of
the contract price be paid until the
work is fully completed and accepted.
Section s. During the construction
of said plant the said Springs Water
, Commission shall file with the City
Council on the first Tuesday OF each
month thereof an itemized statement
OF all expenditures made by the CON-
mission during the preceding month,
showiinns for what the expenditure
was made, and each Item thereof, the
total Rh6nnt and to whom paid,
which itemized statement shall be
published by the commission for the
information of the public; and when
the construction of said plant Is com
pleted the Springs Water Commission
shall make detailed statement of all
amounts expended in said construc-
tion and of all properties ac-
quired for said purpose, for the in
formation of the Council and the pub.
spread upon the permanent records
of the city; and thereafter monthly
reports shall be made.
Section 9. At the time for making
the tax levy for general city purposes
in each year, the said commission
shall cause a careful estimate to be
made of the money required for aux
iliary water purposes for the ensuing
year, and file the same with the City
Recorder. whereupon the City Coun-
ell shall include in the said general
levy not to exceed one mill on the
dollar of the taxable property of the
city to meet the necessary require
ments, which, when collected, shall be
deposited with the city, treasurer to
be placed to the credit of the auxiliary
water plant fund and subject to the
order of said commission.
Section 10. The said Commission.
ers shall serve without compensation
provided, that upon the completion
of the construction and installation
of said auxiliary water plant and the
filing of the report hereinabove pro
vided, the City Council may, in its dis
cretion, audit and recommend the
payment of such compensation tC
each Commissioner as 1t may deem
reasonable for the services rendered
the same to be paid out of any money
unexpended of the proceeds of the
proposed One Hundred Seventy-fivC
, Thousand ($175, 5,000.00) Dollar bono
, issue.
| The ballot title and number oI
such measure shall be as follows:
= Measure Submitted to the Voters by
the Common Council.
: An act to amend the Charter o.
, the city of Ashland, Oregon. by add
ing Article Xxx thereto, whereby {
, board of three Commissioners is ere
! ated, to be known as the Springs Wa
ter Commission, of the city OF Ash
I land, naming the commissioners, pre-
c scribing their duties, their compensa
4 tion, their powers and duration o
office.
r VOTE YES OR NO.
5 100 Yes.
4 H.. thte snaniat oIaotior 90 ha boI,