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THE COOS BAY. T-IMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY; APRIL 6, 1909 EVENINGEDJTION 4 I T t ' ! antics and in their team work won THE THEATRE. . Tho "Bell Boy" Compnny delight ed a good sized audience at the Masonic Opera House last evening with one of the best all-around per formances presented In that play house in some time. A good chorus, good singing, clev- thelr way to the hearts of tho audi ence. While not the largest It was the best and most winning chorus ever seen on the Masonic stage. There was a vim and dash In their work that made It go with a swing that was entrancing. The scenery was new and the cos- TJIE PORT IiAW ARTICLE II. I RBjsniSHHiHaaHiBnaannBMVVB"'""" er dancing, nnd elaborate costuming that made th'o stage pictures some thing seldom seen on Coos Bay. All contributed to an enjoynble evening, Ella Galvln, the clever little sou brette, madQ a decided hit while Johnny Galvln as "A Bell Boy" cap tured the audience by his clever tumes most elaborate. The Japan ese scene Is the big hit of the pro duction, introducing two juveniles who btought down the house by their cleverness. The songs were well sung and the jokes new and catchy . All together it was an excellent show. 5 er i F (Continued from page 1.1 rum of the council but In tho sec tion governing the rejection of ap pointments by the mayor, It express ly provided that such rejection must bo by two-thirds majority of the entire council. He also stated that according to his interpretation of tho chnrter the appointees be came lognl olllcers of the city as soon as they had filed their acceptances and qualified before the city record er. Councilman Coke wanted to know bow many votes Mr. Snover thought any difference. Ho said that the charter provided a two-third's ma jority o' tho entire council of six. Mr. Coko said that there wore only fcur members of tho council that hr.d to decide the question nud that three were a two-thirds ma jority c four. Councilman Albrccht said that he was getting tired of this squabble nnd thought it was high tlrno for both sides to bury the ax. He said that 't wasn't doing either side or the city In general any good. He said that ho would llko to have It arranged so that the council could enjoy tho mayor's confidence nnd tho mayor tho council's confidence nnd to get down to business. Ho said thnt ho thought that tho mat ter of tho appointments could hnve been airlcably arranged had there i fi r A i 1908 I J. O J Jr t Taxes now and Save r I Penalty & Interest To save time, annoyauco, ex ponso aud money drop Into our office and u will attend to the payment of your tuxes without oxpouae to you. To euro the naming of 10 per cent penalty and one per cent inter est, you should pay t of your taxe on nr before April 1st, and the balance on or bfui October 5th. 19'St TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO been a conference beforo the names of "Haines and Carleton were pres ented for slaughter." He said that they had been anxious for such a conference but it was not forthcom ing. He said that the council stood willing and glad to accept Mr. Cnr loton's appointhient but that they could not accept the appointment of W. R. "Haines. He said that Mr. Haines had been too active In the last campaign nnd was not accept able to'-tnTTclty "He said that Haines na'd signed his name to mis leading circulars during the cam paign nnd could not be nccepted. Hero Councilman Nelson Inter rupted, Mr. Nelson wanted to know why Messrs. Cnrleton and Horton had not been named. He snid they would be acceptable to the council. Ho snid that If Mr. Snover's opinion was correct, the city might just as well i ot have any council. Mr. Snover replied that It did not make any difference to him in this mntter us he had simply given his opinion of the regulations govern ing the point nt issue. Mayor Straw then had his say. He snid that he had not consulted anyone about tho appointments be cause he did not think that the dignity of the office of mayor of Marshneld would permit the belittl ing of It to consult any one person or any faction relative to tho per sons he should appoint. He snid that In making tho appointments, he hnt not attempted to cross any one. He said that he had merely tried to get two good men for the place and was sure that he had not appointed anyone thnt was dis honest Furthermore, he said that he wished to say that he would not I nppojnt any one that was unfriendly t& him nnd people whom he knew would not stand for the policies which ';e has stood for. He said I that he would be foolish to appoint nny enemy to such a position. He said tiint during his term of office ho had never attempted to use the prerogatives of his office to override anyone or to force any action, but as he had been Informed by the city attorney that his appointments hold, they must stand. I X Next a ooinmunioution from G. I W. Carleton was read. This was the II same as printed In The Times 1 jterday After the conclusion pending. Mayor Straw asked CIt Iiiuiui-,1 onurer ii u couid be con 'sldered a resignation. The latter 1 replied thnt it scnrooly could as It was addressed to tho mayor alone j instead of to the mnyor and city i (council but he sld that if the coun cil no wished, it might be consider ed a resignation. Conncllmaii Coke SRld that it could nht bo so con sidered as he did not think Mr Car letou was r member of the b-d Previously, one of the t nn 1 stated that If Mr. SnoVer's o-.-n p of the law govemiur the ro; ! . was correct, the coancll must s .vt 'but there were no definite . ,f -'mentt on the queettan. j Then the council proceed .! -o oher bns!neB. By Francis II. Clarke. X ARTICLE I OF THIS series I undertook to explain sections 1 . and 2 of the Port law, more particularly in the matter of boundaries. T xvlll nnn nll dttantlin lrlofl.. in frnnttnno 3 A K nnH ft flf tVlo RnTno law. Sectlpn 3 Is a mere matter of detail, prescribing the form of bal lot, the manner of holding the election and the form of decree and proclamation by which the district becomes an organic body. Of course, nobody objects to these asthey merely follow the forms In vogue and which the courts and people are familiar with. Section 5 provides that the expenses of the election shall be paid by the county. Section 6 provides that, from and, after the date of the proclama tion there shall he "a separate district to be known as the Port whose name Is specified." "The inhabitant. thereof shall be u corporation," etc. Such corporation shall have perpetual succession and by the said name shall exercise and carry out the objects and corporate powers. It shall make contracts, hold, receive and dispose of real and, personal property and do all other acts and things which may be ' requisite, necessary or convenient to carry out the objects of the act; It may sue and be sued, plead and be Impleaded in the courts. The provisions of Section 6 are the usual ones, but I want to point out that the Inhabitants of the District constitute the Corporation under the corporate name. I understand that some have contended that the Commissioners are the corporation and have a right to exercise the powers of the corporation without taking the Inhabitants into considera tion. In Oregon the wisdom of the people has placed on the 3tatute books two very important constitutional enactments They are the fundamental law of the state. They are not merely a part of the Port law but the very foundation of it. I refer to the Initiative and Re ferendum provision of the Constitution and the Recall which was re cencently enacted by the people. The particular reason why this Port law makes the "Inhabitants" the corporat'on instead of making the Commission the corporation Is, th: t In Oregon, under the Constitu tion, the people rule and the Commission could not be allowed powers which the Inhabitants could not regulate, limit or suppress. The in habitants of the district thus created can, under the Constitution and under th's law, amend the law itself, so far as it applies to the dis- i trict after the district is once organized. ' In order to make this feature plain, let me quote -the Constitution and again remind the reader that every word of the law must be read with this constitutional provision in mind. Section 1 A of Article IV of the Constitution of Oregon contains the following: "The Referen- ( dum may be demanded by the people against one or more Items, sec- j tlons, or parts of any act of the legislative assembly in the same man ner In which such power may be exercised against a complete act The Initiative and Referendum powers reserved to the people i by this Constitution are hereby further reserved to the legal Voters of every municipality and district as to all local, special and municipal legislation, of every character, in or for their respective municipalities and districts." Note specially that all local, special and municipal legislation may be brought to popular vote by the people of the district. In order that no questipn may be made about this, let me cite the-case of Dalzell vs. The Port of Portland in which the Supreme Court of Oregon, in an opinion filed November 24, 190S, decided that the Port of Portland was a Municipal Corporation and that the Inhabitants of that Port had a right to invoke the Initiative and Referendum to change and amend the law under, which it was organized. There is not the remotest ques tion that the Port of Coos Bay wl'i have the same right. Xow. I have called attention to this Constitutional provision so that those who doubt that the people nrve the final say on everything may dispel the doubt. If the Commissioners enact an ordinance, pass a res olution, make a regulation which eight per cent of the people of the district insist by petition, shall be submitted to the people to vote on, it will have to be done. For instance, there are some 1,300 acres of mud fiats in the Bny. I have heard r said that this "Port Bill" is a scheme of the present owners of the flats to have the Port Issue bonds nnd pav them a large price for thr t property. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Suppose such a echenie were started. Suppose the Commissioners voted to issue bonds and to buy those fiats and pay one hundred dollars an acre for tfem. It is not at all probable, but simnnsn it for nrenment's sake. Now. the owners. I am Informed naid ..,., -. .., - . - . . . . $2.50 per acre about four years ap0 for the title. To compel the Inha- j T bltants of the Port to pay ?100 an acre, or ?50 an acre, or even $25 jT. an acre would be an Imposition. 7 he flats are not worth any more to- j T day than they were when they were purchased and if the Commission- ,T ers should do such a thing as I hae suggested eight per cent of the 4 people would bring the right to ifsue those bonds into question by J , compelling the submlsion of It to tre people. "Who can doubt that a proposition to purchase such proi erty at an exorbitant price would be voted down. Thus, I have shown Jou how this law is, so far as the granting of powers to the Port is conCeriied, is as bate and effective as any law that was ever enacted. .And let me say further that the men who are most earnest in the suppcrt of this law, Including myself, will be the first to invoke the Initiative and Referendum if any such meas ures as the one suggested, are attempted. But they will not be attempted. I YOU PROVE IT ! ' An invitation to sill owners of cylinder machines Columbia end others. We could argue the quality of Columbia Indestructible Cylinder Records until a year from now but what good would it do if you could not prove it for yourself by coming into our store and seeing and hearing it? We could print a whole newspaper every day about the special and original Colum bia processes of manufacture and get no where at all if the Records did not bear the evidence. 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