Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-13

16, township SO south. range east
w. NJ, Oregon; thence west alonl
said line of Granite street; theme,
northerly along Granite street Il
Main street; thence southeastern
along Main street to place of begin
ming. And all lands acquired by thu
city during the year 1915, abuttini
on either Mill street or Granite
street in said city, and also al
park lands in the center OF the Boul
eyard and the center of the Plaza
are hereby reserved and forever ded
icated by the people of the city O.
Ashland for park purposes, and shal
never be sold, encumbered or uset
for any other purpose inconsistent
Herewith; provided, however, tha
such public buildings as may en-
hance the beauty of said parks OF
which shall not detract therefrom
may be erected and maintained
therein, with the approval and under
the direction of the said Board. Pro.
yided, further, that nothing con
tanned in this act shall be construed
so as to impair or interfere with the
proper maintenance or operation OF
the city's light, power or water sys-
TEN, or the right to protect the water
of said creek from contamination
nor to prevent the City Council from
making street connections between
Mill street and Granite street or any
point they may select, and to grade,
pave or otherwise improve such
street or streets.
Section Z. The said Mineral
Springs and Park Commission shall
have control and management of all
the lands so dedicated for park pur-
poses, and all other lands that may
hereafter be acquired by the city for
such purposes. And the right to con-
troll and manage said park lands
shall include and empower said
Board to improve and beautify the
same, and to grant concessions to
individuals, companies or corpora
tions to conduct places of amusement
and business of temporary nature,
such as confectionery and ice cream
stands, etc., within the boundaries
or said park, and to charge and col
lect a reasonable fee for such con
cessions, but no concessions shall be
granted for longer period than ten
years, without the Board having first
been authorized so to do by a major
ity vote Of the electors of the city of
Ashland. Provided, further that
concessions shall in no event be
granted by said Board for the CON
ducting, operating or playing of any
game of chance or other form of
amusement in which the element of
chance enters, or the playing or op-
Grating OF which is in violation of
the laws of the state of Oregon. or
the Charter, or any of the Ordinances
of the city of Ashland, nor shall per-
mission be granted, licensing or al
lowing improper or immoral conduct
on any of the parks of the city. Said
Board is further authorized and en-
powered, at its discretion. to either
lease or charge royalty for a term
not exceeding twenty-five years, for
the use of the citys interest in any
of the mineral waters flowing into
said park, over and above that drank
or otherwise consumed at the public
fountains. The Board shall have
control and direct the expenditure of
all the park funds, and funds created
or received for the maintenance of
the Auxiliary Water Plant, the pub
lie parks and for publicity purposes,
as hereinafter set out, whether said
funds are obtained by taxation, do
nation or otherwise.
Said Board shall also have power
and it shall be its duty to employ
such means as may be necessary to
prevent the ravages of the pine bee
tie, now working on the growing
timber now located on any of the
park lands hereinabove described.
and to protect said timber from de-
struction by said beetles or other in
sects or by fire, and the Board is
further empowered to expend from
the funds hereinafter created such
amounts as are reasonably necessary
in the protection of said growing
timber; the Board is also authorized
and empowered to sell and dispose
OF, at the best price obtainable. all
dead timber, and all fully matured
trees which may show signs of decay,
found on any of the said park lands,
and to deposit the proceeds of such
sales in the aforesaid fund, but none
other of the growing timber on said
lands shall ever be sold or otherwise
disposed Of.
1t shall be the duty of said Board,
and 1t shall on the first of each
month, file with the City Recorder,
for the information of the Council
and the public, complete report of
its doings for the preceding month,
which report shall specify all funds
on hand, and the source from
whence obtained, and it shall carry
clear statement of all moneys ex-
pended ard for what purpose, includ-
ing all purchases made and all labor
performed, together with the cost
thereof Said report shall also con-
tain a full and complete statement
of all improvements made in and
about said park, as well as improve
mentS made in connection with tha