Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26

first class as herein defined, shall be
governed by board of seven % com,
ns Board o Of Port commissoners 'e Of
the Port of.....' (inserting name
Of principal seaport city within said
district. The said board herein pro
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 period of six go years, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, and until
qualified; in addition to the said three
elective commissioners, the said board
shall consist of the following officers
ex-officio, namely, the county auditor,
ing attorney of the county whose linn
it's are co-extensive with that of the
principal seaport city having the lar
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 APP
point from among its own members
a member of such board to supply the
place of such officer, SO lacking, and
any such appointment shall hold good
COMMISSIONER CO Until the expiration 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 nomina-
ton and election shall be the same as
now provided for port commissioners,
all as near as may be in section S165-3
Of Remington & Ba1linger's Annotated
Codes and Statutes. of Washington, ex
cepting the term of office of said com
mlsSionerS shall be six co. years. and
excepting the said election for port
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
of the first class, as herein defined,
and having three commissioners un-
ers so 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-
vided further, That the commissioners
whose terms expire on the second Mon
day of January, 1916, and the second
Monday of January, 1917, respectively
shall be elected at the general election
held in 1915, the one receiving the
a term of six 60 years, and the one
receiving the next highest to serve
four "a years. Vacancies in the office
be filled until the next general election
by appointment by majority of the
remaining port commissioners COM
posing the board.
SEC. g. That said act referred to in
section of this amendatory act, being
chapter 80 of the laws OF 1911, be fur
Their amended by adding a new section
to be designated as section II, as fol-
lows:
Section II. The total bonded indebt-
edness of any pert district of the first
class shall not exceed two and one
f degrsa R psus eentpm Of X Of the as
perry in said district but in no event
shall the said total bonded indebted
ness ness ever exceed the sum of five mil
lars C$,5,75O, 100000; and whenever said
limit shall have been reached, no other
or further bond or bonds shall be is
sued sued, sold, delivered or hypothecated
been authorized by any law heretofore
enacted and Notwithstanding that the
steps and proceedings relating to the
authorization thereof may have been
completed in accordance with the re-
quirements of such law: Provided, That
an existing lawful obligations of any
bonds or other forms of Indebtedness,
are hereby recognized as such, not
understanding the, fact that they may,
either t by themselves or in connection
herein fixed, and the same shall con-
tlnue 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-
1und or renew any existing. obliga-
ton and 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 l OF this amendatory act, being
chapter 81 Of the laws of 1911 be fur
lows:
Section 10. The members of the
board of port commissioners of each
port district of the first class shall
serve as such ex-officio without extra
compensation Such board shall adopt
an official seal and shall organize by
president. The county auditor shall be
-officio secretary and auditor of the
| board of port commissioners without
extra extra, com a9 ,a The county en-
such port district, and shall have
charge and supervision over the en-
glneer1ng department. of such port dis
trict without extra compensation; Pro-
vided, That such engi1 eer shall at all
times be subject to the authority and
control of he board of port commits
engineering expenses incurred in be- .-
half of he port district shall be the
obligations oS such po1. district and
be paid rom it's funds, the same as
other e-Ipe ses. the ,eof. The prosecut-
ing attorney of the county shall be ex-
ofiicio the attorney for such port dis
trict without extra compensation:
Provided: That ell legal expenses in
CURED in behalf of the port district
shall be the obligations of the port
district ard be paid from lis fund, same
as otheH exper ses Thereof. Five mem
bers of the board of port commission
ers shs cons,i cute. quorum for the
transaction of business, and the af-
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