Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-20

day Of May, 1916, are hereby ex-
tended to, and shall be exercised by,
and required of the said Mineral
Springs and Park Commission, here
inabove created, and all of the pro-
visions of said ordinance are hereby
approved and confirmed.
Section IL. That all Charter pro-
visions, ordinances and resolutions of
the city of Ashland, Oregon, in con-
flict with this amendment, especial
ly those charter provisions of Arti-
cles XIX and Xxx, are hereby re-
pealed. Except, however, the amend
men to Section / of Article XIX,
adopted by the people of the city Of
Ashland, Oregon, on the 9Th day of
May, 1912, in so far as said amend
ment granted certain rights and priv
ileges and imposed certain exactions
and burdens on the Southern Oregon
ChautapQua Association, it being the
intention that all such rights and
privileges, SO granted, and all of the
burdens placed upon and required of
said association, by virtue of said
apendment, as set out in said Sec
ti6n 1, shall be and remain in full
force and effect.
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 Articles XIX and
Xxx of the now existing Charter,
thereby abolishing both the Ashland
Park Commission and the Springs
Water Commission of said city; ere
ating new Board, to be known as
the Mineral Springs and Park Com
mission; defining the powers and
duties of said Board, designating the
park lands of the city, and the crea-
tion of fund for the improvement
and maintenance of the Auxiliary
Water Plant and the parks of the
city and the protection Of the grow
ing timber on any of said parks from
injury or destruction by insects or
fire. Vote YES or NO
100 YES
1O1 NO
Notice is further given that pursu-
ant to resolution Of the Common
Council of the city of Ashland, Ore
gon, duly adopted on the 9th day of
November, 1916, and approved by
the Mayor of said city on the said
9th 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
aforesaid oath day of November,
1916, to wit:
Title.
An Act to amend Article VII of
the existing Charter of the city Of
Ashland, Oregon, by adding thereto a
section to be known as Section "a,
authorizing and empowering the
Common Council of said city to
make re-assessments against any real
property of the city, on which any
prior assessment may have been
made for a public improvement, and
which assessment may, for any cause
leading up to the making OF such
public improvement or levying Of
any such assessment, be declared
void, illegal or doubtful, by reason
of any omission or defect on the part
of the City Council or other officer
of the city, or for any other cause.
Be 1t Enacted by the People of the
City of Ashland:
That Article VII of the present
Charter of the city of Ashland, Ore
gon, be amended by adding thereto
section to be known as Section "a, to
read as follows:
Section "a. Whenever heretofore
or hereafter the Council has caused
or may cause any street or alley to
be improved, or has caused any sew
er main, sidewalk, curb or gutter to
be laid, and has or may hereafter
assess or attempt to assess upon the
property adjacent thereto or bene-
fitted thereby, the cost of such i'm