Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-15
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

ter the city council shall make like
levy, until all of said bonds, and the
interest thereon, are fully paid. It
is further provided that the revenue
derived from any such levy shall be
applied to the payment Of the princi-
pal and interest on said bonds, and
to no other purpose; and provided,
also, that the debt limitation, con-
tainod in the Charter of said city,
shall not apply to the bonds hereby
authorized.
The ballot title and number Of such
Charter amendment shall be as fol-
lows
Measure submitted to the voters by
the Common Council:
An Act to amend Article VII of the
now existing Charter of tho city of
Ashland, Oregon, by adding thereto a
section to be known as Section 25,
empowering the Mayor and Common
Council of said city to issue the bonds
thereof, in the sum Of SIS, 100000,
for the purpose Of procuring funds
with which to purchase all that por-
tion of the lands belonging to the
Southern Oregon Chautauqua Asso-
citation lying southerly from and ad-
joining the south line of the Central
Park of the city, consisting Of about
six and three quarters acres.
Vote YES or NO
100 Yes
Notice is fu! ther given, that pur-
suant to resolution of the Common
Council of the city Of Ashland, Ore
gon, duly adopted on the said 9Th
day of March. 1917, 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 thereof for their approv-
al or rejection, at a special election
to be held on the said 18th day Of
March, 1917.
TITLE.
An Act to amend Article VII Of the
existing Charter of the city of Ash
land, Oregon, by adding thereto a
section to be known as Section 26,
authorizing and empowering the
Common Council of said city to make
re- assessments against any real prop
erty of the city, on which any prior
assessment may have been made for
public improvement. and which as
sessment may, for any cause leading
up to the making Of such public i'm
proyement or levying of any such
assessment, be declared void, illegal
or doubtful, by reason of any omis-
sion or defect on the part of the city
council or other officer Of the city,
or for any other cause.
BE 1t enacted by the people Of the
City OF Ashland:
That Article VII Of the present
Charter of the city OF Ashland, Ore
gon, be amended by adding thereto
section to be known as Section 26,
to read as follows;
Section 26. Whenever heretofore
or hereafter the council has caused
or may cause any street or alley to
be improved, or has caused any sewer
main, sidewalk, curb or gutter to be
laid, and has, or may hereafter assess
or attempt to assess upon tho proper
ty abutting thereon and benefited
thereby, the cost of such improve
ment, and said assessment, by reason
of any failure to give any requisite
notice or by reason of any other de-
feet in the proceedings leading up to
the making of such Improvement or
the levying of such assessment, shall
be declared void by any court, or II
the council shall bo Of the opinion
that said assessment Is illegal or
doubtful, by reason of any such omis-
sion or defect, said council may
cause the cost of said improvement
to be re-assessed against the real esr
tate fronting on such improvement,
on the same side of the street, in the
following manner: The council shall
declare, by resolution, its intention
to mako such re-assessment, which
resolution shall briefly describe the
improvement, and shall declare the
intention of the council to assess the
cost thereof upon the property 'front.'
| ing on such improvement, on the
same side of tho street, and benefited
thereby. describing in said resolution
each parcel Of property which 1t in
tends to re-assess, and the amount 1t
intends to assess against each parcel.
Said resolution shall fix the time and
place for holding meeting Of the