Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-12-14
ASHLAND TIDINGs
Notice Of Special Election

city limits, and shall thereafter levy
a tax OF not more than one mill on
the dollar of the taxable property
OF the city, at the same time the
council makes its levy for general
city purposes, and the fund thereby
created, or any other funds acquired
by donation or otherwise, for the
maintenance of said plant, shall be
segregated and known as the Auxil-
iary Water Fund, and be expended
only In the way of improving and
maintaining the said Auxiliary Water
1 Plant.
Section 4. That so much of Arti-
Gle Xxx of the Charter of said city,
and so much Of any other Charter
provisions, ordinances or resolutions
of said city, as is in direct conflict
with the provisions hereof, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
The ballot title and number of
such Charter amendment shall be as
follows:
MEASURE SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS BY THE COMMON COUN-
Gil.
An Act to amend Article Xxx of
the now existing Charter, thereby
abOlishing the Springs Water Com
mission of said city, and placing the
management and control of the Auxil-
iary Water Plant in the hands of the
common council. Vote YES or NO.
100 Yes.
101 No.
Notice is further given, that per-
suant to resolution of common
council of the city of Ashland, Ore
gon, duly adopted on the 9Th day
of December, 1916, and approved by
the Mayor of said city on the same
day, the following proposed amend
ment to the Charter of the city of
Ashland will be submitted to the
legal voters of said city for their ap-
proval or rejection at special cleo
tiOn to he held on the said 10Th day
OF December, 1916. to-wit
AN ACT
An Act to amend Article XIX of
the Charter of the city of Ashland,
Oregon, said Charter being that GER
tain Act of the Legislative Assembly
of the state of Oregon, filed in the
office of the Secretary of State, Octo-
ber 18th, 1898, entitled "An Act to
ament an act, entitled An Act to in
corporate the City of Ashland, Jack
son county, Oregon, and define the
power thereof, filed in the office of
Secretary OF State, February 25th,
1895, amending the same as amend
ed by all acts subsequent thereto,
either of the Legislative Assembly
of the state of Oregon, or by vote
of the qualified electors of the city
of Ashland Oregon, to abolish the
Ashland Park Commission, created
by Section 2, of Article XIX of the
Charter, as said Article XIX was
added to and made a part of the
Charter, by an amendment, made ef-
fective by the proclamation of the
Mayor of said city, on the 18th day
of December, 1908; to confer upon
the common council of the city OF
Ashland, Oregon, certain powers, and
requiring of said council, certain
duties, heretofore required of and
performed by the said Ashland Park
Commission, under and by virtue oi
said Article XIX of the Charter, and
the amendment thereof; to require
that the common council levy tax
annually, of not more than two mills
on the dollar of the taxable property
of the city, at the same time the
council makes its levy for general
city purposes, the fund thereby Gre
ated to he segregated and known as
the Ashland Park Fund, and to be
expended only in the protection,
maintenance, beautifying and improv-
ing of the public parks of the city,
and the growing timber and other
Improvements thereon, and the pay
nent of any present Indebtedness now
existing against the said Ashland
Park Commission; directing that the
said Ashland Park Commission make
full, true and complete report of
all moneys received and disbursed
by it during the past year, as well
as all otner matters and things per-
tanning to the operation, present con-
dition and equipment of said public
parks, and file the same with the
City Recorder, on or before the 1st
day of January, 1917, and at the
same time deliver over to the city
council, all books, contracts, deeds,
money or other public property now
in the possession of said Ashland
Park Commission, and repeating all
Charter provisions, ordinances and
resolutions of the said city OF Ash
land in conflict herewith
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO-
PIE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND,
OREGON:
That Article XIX, as said Article
was added to and made a part of the
Charter of the city of Ashland, be-
coming operative by the proclamation
of the Mayor of the said city on the
18th day of December, 1908, be
amended to read as follows:
Section ]. That the Ashland Park
Commission of the city of Ashland,
as created under and by virtue of
Article XIX of said Charter of Ash
land be, and the same is hereby
abolished. Provided, however, that
the members of said Commission, as
now constituted, shall perform their
duties as set out in said Article XIX,
until the 1st day of January, 1917
at which time they shall make full,
true and complete report of all mon
eys received and disbursed by the
Commission during the past year, as
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