The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-07
LEGAL.

SFEt1AL ELFCTUS pROC IAMNvlRN
NOTICE Is h'rnov given that sr,rt
Of Tulsa Oklahoma. ~ hereby ra..t ,
the Mayor and BoTfd OF Cotnmis.i.,,,, /,
and whl be held In the said city Of Tyf,
on ,n the so'h day of Noyembor. 1890, b.
I o'clock y. NJ. OF that day for the mn.
pose OF submitting to qualified electors ,
the said city OF Tulsa for adoption !
rejection, the following several amepJ
ments to the Charter Of the said civ civ ',
Tulsa. '
FIRST; That paragraph No. "a o, 60.
s OF Article II Of the Charter Of tho Cu
~. The City OF tulsa shah hoSs
turisdlcti ton over all places within
Five U) miles OF the corporate Iimi,,
OF the said city for the enforce.
regulations OF said city. provided th,t
. said City OF Tulsa shall have and
exercise Jurisdiction over all lands
owned or controlled by It outside of
extent that II has over land owned by
IL within said City limits"
SECOND; That Sec. OF Article " ,
the Charter OF the City OF Tulsa be amend
ed by striking out. repeating and annuI
Ing all OF Paragraph One. Paragraph TV
and Paragraph Three Of said Sec. 6, Articl
II, and adopting In lieu thereof the follow
Ing amendment to said Charter. sal
amendment when adopted to be known an
designated as Paragraph One. Paragrap
Two and Paragraph Three OF Sec :,
Article III OF the Charter of the CIV ,
Tulsa. In words and figures as follow
to.wit:
/. The City Of Tulsa shall have ths
right, ana power to acquire. own
operate and maintain within or with
out the corporate limits OF the city
OF Tulsa, real estate for sites and
rights OF way for public utility and
public park purposes: and, for the
location thereon of waterworks sys.
T1 aNNin ~ .uI
hospitals, quarantine stations, GENE.
teries. work houses, poor houses. gar.
bage, trash and waste reduction plant,
transportation plants and disposal sys.
TENS. storm sewers and pumping pants
sanitary sewers and disnosM sys--
TENS, transpprtatIui systems street
railway systelns, Telephone systems.
te1ssapn inss sas sS5SI,. sS.sSs pipe liz. ., VIE
water lines, for the transmission and
transportation OF gas. water, sewerage,
garbage. fuel. waste. freight and per.
sons. and. lines for the transmission
water power air power and other
forms OF power ,and. for any plants Tor
the manufacture OF any material Tor
public Improvement purposes. public
buildings. and for the construction. re-
pairing and maintenance thereof; and
shall have and exercise the right
whether within or without the cor.
porate limits OF the City Of the city
Of Tulsa, to manufacture. make, mine
and produce any material for public
Improvement purposes, and to barter
and exchange the same for other ma
terial to be used In public improve.
ment, within or without the corporate
limits OF said City OF Tulsa, and to
sell the same 10 other Cities for Ike
purposes; and TO lay. establish build,
construct. operate and maintain any
public utility, public park. public plant,
public Improvement, public transmits
sion and transportation plant, pub
MIR MI tafI Iana to-, al.
dams. locations, waterways. water
lines, pipe lines, sewer er-linss, power
lines. Telegraph lines. telephone lines
electric lines, automatic ana Wireless
and Transmission and transportation
systems, terminals, buildings sta
tions. connections and crossings,
and the said city OF Tulsa shah
have the risnt to engage in any
be engaged IN by perfon, firm
or corporation by virtue Of
franchiss from said City Of Tulsa;
end. for all such purposes as herein
provided shall have and exercise The
right OF eminent domain. whether
within OF without the corporate limits
OF the city OF Tulsa. and, In order TO
raise means 70 carry out the same:
shall have the power TO issue and
sell bonds In manner and form pro-
vided by law, bearing interest not 10
exceed Six tD per centum per annum,
maturing In Twenty-Five (25) years,
and redeemable At Will In not less than
Ten GO) yearsl and, whenever any
such public Improvements shall have
been constructed by means derived
from the sale OF bonds as above pro.
vided. II shall be the duty OF the City
OF Tulsa to fix the rates charged for
services to the public as near as prac.
ticsble so as TO pay the interest, and
not less than Three per centum t1%l
per annum on the principal OF such
bonds In excess OF the expenses Of
maintenanes and operation OF such
2. THE city OF Tulsa shall have tho
right and power TO sell, transfer and
dispose Of any property acquired by
said city OF Tulsa for public utiity
purposes. In manner and form as pro-
yided by law. and. provided further,
that said city OF Tulsa shall exercise
police Jurisdiction over all ands Or
property purchased. controlled or con"
demned by IL, outside of said Guy
limits, to the same extent, and In the
same manner as II exercises Jurls-
diction. over lama witnin said CITY
3. THE CITY OF Tulsa shall have tho
right TO acquire real estate for sites
and rights of way for public utilp
and public park purposes, within or
without the corporate limits ot me
C!ty Of Tulsa, by purchase, Donation
bequcst, lease, rental, and cundejnna-
tion proceedings. provided, the con-
demnation OF such property shsi ps
regulated In all respects as provided by
law for the condemnation OF property
for railroad purposes. All acts ana
parts Of acts OF the Charter OF ih7
city Of Tulsa, and the ordinances en-
acted therunder. IN conflict with the
provisions Of this amendment are
hereby repealed and annulled. .,,
THIRD; That the Charter of the n
thereto an article to be known and desis
mated as article XII Water Commission
That said Article XII shall be In N''l
and figures as follows. t9,wlt: ...,
a WATER COMMISSION conSis'lns
OF five t5l qualified electors OF tho
City OF Tulsa, whose rights powers
and duties shall be as herein pro-
SECTION 2. The WATER cOMMIs;
SION herein mentioned shall consist oi
Five 90 members, one of whom .nS.'
AGE COMMISSIONER provided Tor
In the Charter, who shall be eL-oftl'l9
chairman and member OF sAl-
"wATERoCOMMIssloN." and Fau,
90 other members who shall he ele.I,n
and serve term Of -Four 90 years
from and after election. except 40
herein provided,
s%Gs2 SEGTI@N Of ,ush ahe %HTnR SpSf"',S9 ,eS69MMrs
SION" shall be that such membtr H
an actual bona. fide resident OF tha
City OF Tulsa, qualified elector ana
free holder thereof
SECTION I. Immediately upon the
adoption OF this amendment 90 the
Charter OF the city OF Tulsa by the
qualified electors thereof, and It's ap-
proval By the Governor of the ste.
OF Oklahoma, the Mayor OF the 'NS
OF Tulsa shall nominate, and the Con-,
missioners confiruS Four 90 qualliled
electors possessing the qualifications
provided In this amendment who t1s
Rether with the "WATERNORkn
AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONER
OF said City, shall constitute and 20
the first WATER COMMlsSlON
and. the said -Four 90 members Nh'n
So nominated and confirmed. shall
hold office until the election and quall'
fication Of their Successors 49,
SECTION h At the TekufAr CIV