The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-01-28

10 the secretary OF state ths passsBe
Of the ordinance provided for IN Sec,
ton 2 hereof, its subsequent approval
bv the several municipalities ana
County Courts approving the same IN
the manner aforesaid and the result oi
the election held as herein provided.
Section 10. Upon receipt OF the GER
tifcate mentioned in the foregoing sec
lton the secretary Of state shall "lthih
ten days issue his eertictiate Teeltlng
that the public utility district (naming
i'd has been duly Incorporated accord
ing to the laws Of the state OF oregon
and that such district is composed oi
/ the municipalities Of ---- (namlhg
all the municipalities which have ap-
nroyed at the election such organlza-
I lion) and of unincorpOrated territory
/ describing the same.l A copy OF such
/ certificate shall be transmitted to each
of the municipalities comprising sueh
district and 10 the County Court oil the
counties or counties unincorporated
territory Of which is included m such
district.
! Section II. The organization OF
/ public utility districts including unin'
corporated territory only shall be pro,
posed and effected and the Board OF
/ Directors thereof and their successors
shall be elected in the manner now
provided by law for proposing and
] sffecting the organization Of irrigation
districts: and the election of the Board
If Directors thereof and the tenure OF
office Of such directors shall be the
same as that now provided for direc-
I tors of irrigation districts.
/ Section ". From and after the date
of the certificate of the secretary OF
state mentioned in Section 10 Of this
act or where the district includes unln-
corporated territory only from the date
of the order Of the County Court de-
clarins the district organized, the DIS
trict named therein shall be deemed
/ Incorporated as a public utility district
with all the right, privileges and
powers set forth in this act and reas-
onably or necessarily incident thereto.
/ Section l3. No infOrmality in any
proceedings, or informality IN the con
/ duet of any election, not substantially
affecting adversely the legal rights OF
any citizen, shall be held to invaldate
/ the incorporation Of any public utility
and any proceedings wherein the valid
| ty of such incorporation is denied or
questioned shall be commenced within
! three months from the date of the GER
/ tifcate or order of incorporation,
otherwise said incorporation and the
legal existence of said public utility
district and all proceedings in respect
thereto, shall be held to be valid and
in every respect legal and incontest-
able.
Section ii. Any public utility dis
trict Incorporated as herein provided,
shall have power:
/. To have perpetual succession.
2. To sue and be sued, except as
otherwise provided, or by law, in all
actions and proceedings in all courts
and tribunals of competent lursdic-
tion.
3. To adopt a seal and alter it at
pleasure.
4. To take by grant, purchase, gift,
devise or lease, hold, enjoy and to
lease or dispose of real and personal
property of every kind within the dis
trict necessary to the full or conven-
lenL exercise OF lls pOWeTs.
s. To acquire, construct, own, oper-
ate, control or use within or without,
or partly within and partly without,
the district, works for supplying the
inhabitants of said district with light,
water for domestic and irrigation pur-
poses. power, heat, telephone service
or other means of communication, and
do all things necessary or convenient
to the full exercise of the powers here
in granted. Provided, however, that
the Railroad Commission of the State
of Oregon shall have the same juris-
diction and power of regulation over
every such public district and the pub
lie utilities owned or operated thereby,
as said Railroad Commission now has
over public utilities owned or operated
by private corporations and the cor
porations owning or operating the
same.
6. To have and exercise the right of
eminent domain and in the manner pro
vided by law for the condemnation Of
private property for public use, tC
take any property necessary or conven
lent to the exercise of the powers here
in granted, whether such property bt
already devoted to the same use o.
otherwise. In proceedings relative t
the exercise of such right the distric
shall have the same rights, powers ant
privileges as municipal corporation.
Z. To construct works across OF
along any street or public highway, O.
over any of the lands which are now ol
may be the property of this state. II
construct its works across any strean
of water or water course. The distric
shall restore any such street or high
way to its former state as near as ma!
be and shall not use the same in i,
manner to unnecessarily impair it
usefulness.
8. To borrow money and incur in
debtedness and to issue bonds or othe
evidences of such indebtedness also t.
refund or retire any indebtedness o
lien that may exist against the distrc
or property thereof. provided, how
ever, that no district shall incur any
Indebtedness which shall, in the aggre
gate, exceed fifteen N5) per cent o
the assessed value of all real and per
sonal property included within the dis
trict.
g. To levy and collect or cause to b
levied and collected, taxes for the pur
pose of carrying on the operations ant
paying the obligations of the district.
10. To make contracts, to emplo
labor and to do all acts necessary o
convenient for the full exercise Of tn
powers herein in this act granted.
Section Is. The powers herein enum
Grated shall, except as herein other
wise provided, be exercised by boar
to be known as Board of Directors o
the named public utility district. Sue
board except as provided in Section
of this act, shall be composed a
follows.
/. The mayor, or if there be n
mayor, then the president or chairman
of the board of trustees or other gov
erning body, of each municipality com
prising the district, and the Count
Judge of the county, unincorporateu
territory of which is included With
the district, shall be ex ofticio mem
ber of said board.
2 Each municipality having at leas
five thousand legal and registered vot
ers shall choose by and from the mem
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