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


Board shall be regularly filled every
year, as follows: One member shall
be elected at the annual city cleo
tion, to be held in December, 1917;
and every year thereafter, member
shall be elected at the annual city
election. The full term Of office of
each of said members so elected, af-
ter the first set of officers, shall be
three years, and they shall each take
office on the lst day of January, fol-
lowing his election, and the member
Oldest in service on the Board shall
be its chairman. Provided, further,
that in case of vacancies occurring
on said Board, the same may be
filled by appointment by the Mayor
of the city, which appointee shall
hold office until the next annual city
election, or until a successor is
elected and qualified. Appointments
so made must, before going into eff
feet, be confirmed by the City Coun-
Gil Provided, further, that all can
didates for membership on said
Board shall be nominated in the
same manner and within the time as
provided in Section 8 of Article w
of the City Charter. The vote for
membership of said Board shall be
canyassed and certificate of cleo
| tion issued and delivered to the sue
cessful candidates. as provided in
Section Z of said article ", and
thereafter such person shall qualify
by taking the oath of office, as pro-
vided in Section 9 of Article w of
the City Charter.
Section 4. Whenever the member
of said Mineral Springs and Park
Commission have been elected and
qualified, as hereinabove provided,
the Springs Water Commission and
the Ashland Park Commission shall
each, Immediately after such qualifi-
cation, deliver to the said Mineral
Springs and Park Commission all
public records, money and other pub
lie property in the possession of
either of said Commissions, by virtue
of their respective offices, together
with the possession of the mineral
springs plant, and the possession of
all the park lands of the city, here
matter particularly described, and
that thereafter the operation, man
agement and control of said mineral
springs water plant and the parks
and the park lands of the city of
Ashland shall devolve upon said Min
eral Springs and Park Commission
Board, and the said Springs Water
Commission and the said Ashland
Park Commission shall be relieved
of further management, control or,
responsibility on account of said
parks and said water plant.
Section g. The members of the
said Mineral Springs and Park Com
mission, after qualifying as afore-
said, shall Immediately meet and
elect one of their number as secre-
tary, and shall then, or as soon
thereafter as practical, formulate
and adopt rules and regulations for
their govel eminent, and for the pur-
pose of carrying into effect the pur-
poses of their creation. as commits
sion, under the provisions of this
amendment. The said Board shall
also appoint Superintendent of
Parks and Superintendent of the
Mineral Springs Water Plant, and
shall fix the compensation to be paid
to each of said Superintendents, who
shall each have the powers of police
men within the city limits. The
Board shall have power to discharge
either or both of such Superintend-
ents whenever, in the judgment of
the Board, such discharge will be
for the best interests of the city, and
the Board may employ additional la
borers to assist in the necessary up
keep and maintenance of said water
plant and the public parks of the
city. But all such additional labor
ers shall be under the immediate SUI
pervision and direction of the re-
spective Superintendent Of Parks or
the Superintendent of the Mineral
Springs Plant. as the case may be,
either of which Superintendents
shall have authority to discharge any
such subordinate employe who fails,
neglects or refuses to render good
and efficient service in the line of
his employment.
Section 6. That the lands now
owned by the city of Ashland lex
cept its streets, alleys and plaza, and
excepting also such lands as are now
owned by 1t for the purpose Of TAX
ing rock for street purposes, city
pound, hitching grounds, reservoir
sites, septic tanks, public market
sites and such lands as have been
taken over by the city on account
of public assessments), and all lands
owned by said city bordering upon
or adjacent to Ashland creek. and
described as follows, to wit: Begin
ming at the point of intersection of
Main street and South Pioneer av-
enue; thence southerly along said
South Pioneer avenue to its intersec-
tion with the south line Of D. L. c.
No. 40; thence east on said D. L. c.
line to Glenview Drive; thence
southerly along said Glenvlew Drive
to its intersection with the south line
of the NWA OF the NWA of Section
16, township 80 south, range l east,
w. M, Oregon; thence west along
said line to Granite street; thence
northerly along Granite street to