Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02

Their amended by adding a new section
to be designated as section 16, as fol-
lows:
Section 16. The port districts of the
first class, is herein defined, shall be
missioners to be known and designated
as Board of Port Commissioners of
tn the Port Gnserting name
vided for shall consist of the following
officers, namely: three elective COM
missioners, elected by the electors of
the port district, in the manner here
matter provided, and having the quail
fications hereinafter mentioned, to
serve for a period of six co. years, eX
their successors are elected and have
qualified; in addition to the said three
elective commissioners, the said board
shall consist of the following officers
ex-officio, namely, the county auditor,
the county engineer, and the prosecut-
ing attorney of the county whose linn
it's are. co.extensive with that of the
port district, and the. mayor of the
gest population within such port dis
trict: Provided, That if under the char
ter of such city there shall not be an
or such officer being lacking, then the
legislative body of such city shall ap-
point from among it's own members
y,
a member of such board to supply the
place of such officer so lacking, and
any such appointment shall hold good
as to such member of the board of
the term of his then city office
The. qualifications for. elective port
commissioners in port districts of the
first class, as herein defined, and the
method and manner of their nominal
ton and election shall be the same as
now provided for port commissioners.
Of Remington & Ballinger's Annotated
Codes and Statutes of Washington, ex-
cepting the term of office of said COM
missiohers shall be six l6) years, and
commissioners shall be held at the same
time and places as the general election
IN each even numbered year All cleo
tive commissioners contemplated by
this amendatory act shall qualify on
the same day as county Officers quail
ify.
In the case of any port district al
ready formed, which is a port district
and having three commissioners UNI
der existing law, the said commission
ers 50 elected shall be the three cleo
tive commissioners contemplated by
this amendatory act: Provided, That
the said commissioners shall serve and
hold office until their successors are
elected and have qualified: And pro-
whose terms expire on the second Mon
day of January, 1916, and the second
l Monday Of January, 1917, respectively
held in 1915, the one receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for
a term of six CO. years and the one
f fee IN the next highest to serve
OF any elective port commissioner shall
be filled until the next general election,
by appointment by majority of the
remaining port commissioners COM
posing the board.
SEC. 3 That said act referred to in
chapter 80 Of the laws of 1911, be fur
ther amended by adding a new section
to be designated as section II, as fol-
lows:
Section II. The total bonded indebt-
edness of any port district of the first
class shall not exceed two and one
sessed valuation of the taxable pro
perry in said district but in no event
shall shall the said total bonded indebted
ness ever exceed the sum of five mil
lars ($5, 1901 100000; and whenever said
limit shall have been reached, no other
or further bond or bonds shall be is
whether or not the same may have
been authorized by any law heretofore
enacted and Notwithstanding that the
authorization thereof may have been
completed in accordance with the re-
quirements of such law: Provided, That
al existing lawful obligations of any
port district, whether consisting of
bonds or, other forms of Indebtedness,
are hereby recognized as such, not
W WIZ the fact that they may,
either by themselves or in connection
with other obligations, exceed the limit
herein fixed, and the same shall con-
tinue to be valid obligations of such
port district. The board of port COM
missioners shall continue to have and
to exercise all of the powers and duties
conferred or imposed upon said board
by this amendatory act, or conferred
by the act of which this act is amenda-
tory, so far as necessary to pay, re-
fund or renew any existing obiga-
ton a"d to carry out and perform any
tect the rights of all persons holding.
any obligation or having any contract
created by, such port district, though
1T be found to exceed the limit hereby
established.
SEC. 4. That said act referred to in
section / of this amendatory act, being
chapter 81 of the laws of 1911 be fur
ther amended by adding a new section
lows:
Section IS. The members Of the
board of port commissioners of each
port port district of the first class shall
compensation. Such board shall adopt
an official seal and shall organize by
the election of one of it's members as
president. The county auditor shall be
ex-officio secretary and auditor of the
board of port commissioners without
extra compensation. The county en-
gineer shall be ex-officio engineer of
such port district, and shall have
charge and supervision over the en-
gineering department of such port dis
trlct without extra compensation; Pro-
times be subject to the authority and
control of the board of port commits
sioners: And provided further, That all
engineering expenses incurred in be-
half of the port district shall be the
obligations of such port district and
be paid from it's funds, the same as
ing attorney of the county shall be ex-
officio the attorney for such port dis
trict without extra compensation
Provided: That all legal expenses in
Cured in behalf of the port district