d i t i ! I l II H l'H 'IlT T E D
IO T l l K o ffic e , ahull lain um| file with lli.i
Iteeord er an oath to honeatly and
VOTI Ili» <»l ITIK < I l % O F
fnlthfiiUy dlecliarK» Ihe dull"» of hla
\ K I lM lM .t .
of flu« and thut In* will Hiipporl the
law» und Const It in ion of t h" S t a t u
.Sulle«' I» I" "'!> ) g lve n lim i u Mp " of Oregon and of t h " United Slat«-»
All of
| ,ml city ••!«•• 1 1 *»11 io lui belìi uli iin* to III" he»t of Ilia ability
fleliil bond» sliull hi- uud"rlukliiKH of
lyiii day ot May. i
. Hi" ro llo »
I lui |ii"l",M 'I i lia rle r ulil«ttif|iil*»iiI h »uridy conipunlea und »hull h" pul,I
„ ili li" »u lu liliIm i lo lliu v o le r » or f r out of tliti renerul fund of th "
' I I DOUia ÌOI 1 1 1 •• I r u|, City.
provai or rej. cllon w li Ir li salii pr„ .
t i e d Ion 7. T h " Mayor and Coun-
puii-d d ia rle r iiiiieiidlneiita uro con
cllin«n »hall reeelvii uu eompeiiNU
tulood
“ r< «o liliim i ilu ly pussed lion whuievtir tor ineir aervlee» a»
by III" I IIUIII'II oli III" lu i II i||| y ,,f such offic er» Tile Iteeorder, Treaa*
Aprii, n
** li ir li propoM"<| resola
ur«r and M.uslnil and o th e r auliordl
nu t" of fleers »hull receive ul »luted
nuli I» In morda uh folloWM, lo w |(
time» couipeuaullon to lie fixed hy
iti si ii.i r i u s i .
orilliiaiice hy th» Council, which com
... .e m .nl.VIMi HY T H E l'UM penHSlIon Him 11 not he lher"uH»d ur
J , S ,1)1 V II-
T I I K l ' I T Y O F dnnliiluhfd u fl»r th»lr »lection or
v h u . no NIA < üluinblii ( ounty, or»? during t h e ir »»v»rul term» of office
' Ì , tini t»‘*’ follow Inn proposed Nothing herein contained »hull ho
J" Bdlli.Mll» lo III- e lm rt rr of Hl,1,1 c on strued to pr«v»nt the Council
b,. „11.1 III»
li"r«l*y ur"- from flaliiK such w»v«ral umounl» id
nriiiHMKid f»r »il h in i aaloo to Un. legai colupeiiHUtlon, In Ih» first Instance,
L T d , alti elty « ' “ » 1 »"<I“ I d ' y during ih» term of uny such o fficer
'I It» txiiupfiiHu
.fleet 1««" hereby called lo be Ii-I'l In a f t e r I i I h election
wld city un Ih« l a t h 'lay of May. thin of ull o th e r o ffic e rs »hull lit*
fixed from tliii» to nun« by ordinance
Il II tltTKK
\MI M *M I V I *
H i l l - duly puhmm I by th» Council
S»eilou X.
T h e m arshal of the
Mirrai» i«> t h k v o t k i i h h y
City of Veru onla »hall have all of
t i i k r u i M l i..
the power and authority of u »herltf
within the limit» of nttld city und It
Ili \et
To amami an Act "iilitl««l "A n uri «hull lie dlls duty In addition Hi the
.u mcuriior.il«- ' !>*• 1 « y of V ern o nia. duile» prescribed for him hy th»
.-H,., (omit) " ( ' olumblu, Ht ut«. ..r council, to nxecu t" anil return ull
proee»»»» iHHiied und directed to him
hy th e re co rd e r or hy any other
Eyrtsaon." Hi»*« I» <>"’ o f f , c " ,,f
legal .m in o rity ; he »hall urre»l up
rretary of Stato, Kehruury IH.
on coinplulnt or otherw ise, a» a peace
b ll.
o ffic e r, all perHon» for u breach of
Ju. i, Knwiiul by tin* l*«n»|»lt« o f the III" peace ur u violation of the city
d i ) or V i o a o a U
o rd in ances or the laws of the »tutu
and bring them before the record»!
That au Act entitled ' An Act to
' > "I Y.■ruolini. In or o t h e r legul authority for trial or
exu illlnntloti; he »hull attend Ihe re
,
ri'reit«*■« I '
'*"• o f f H - of III" c o r d e r ’» court und the meeting» of
the city c ou n c il; lie shall he the keep
»
.
Sint«, F e b r u a ry
II
||SII h" am«ntl"il »" as lo reati a» ur of the elty Jail and the city pound
und Hliall lie a conservator nf tin-
blluws.
peace und »hull have churge of ull
t'ha|il«'r
«teenun 1
i li*’ municipal ,<*ir prisoner» und vagrants and »hall un­
Hit ami known us der the auth o rity of the ordinances
of the city requ ire all prisoners to
j ,
■ iUllll.lt l>
upon the »(reels or other pu b­
L yhicti an lu ro lnafter d escribed work
.
lic work» of th e city
l ie »hall have
r, : .
■ o ntlnu e a n d tlM
power, with the direction and s a n c ­
L,„! .
un hereby con
tion of th e mayor and common coun
j. j,,.,)
i t . ho i muni
ell, to appoint a» many deputies as
I
may from lim e to time re required
,,t i ,■ , .>| t
n.oila and lie
.Section 9 T h e niur»hnl of the city
Itch name »hall hav» perp e tu al uu>
mull, sue and I h -.ut .1, plea 1 alni In addition to his other dutle» »hull
he ex officio street superintendent,
Impleaded in all
ou. I a of jU.t-
[». m all action», .un» nr proc. ■ d and It »ball be bis duty an such 'o
(■ aliai» e w r , .nay pu rch aro, bold keep the s t r e e t * clean, have churge of
e[ ft,. it" prup"i . Iiotu I " " , anil all street work not performed under
jrrtunal. »
u I i lly for pulillt tlie special Improvement provision»
udina». pu III le » o i k anil elly llu- of th is c h a rte r, and to keep anil ext-r
else a care fu l oversigh t of the
ivrmeiit». may îea»ef »"Il « r dis-
■ tre e ts and sidewalks of said city to
,| t... »uun ... Ill* Ii"'i ,#'l of
city. Bay p u .......i t e bold M 1 Ihe "lid that no dang'-ri. d"f.-< t» or
lent» prut" ;
■ i " it nini **-r places rem ain unrepaired and re­
y
i t he i i; > ported a» required hy this c h arte r
h" üs ".| t u
« pu rk i ir ourlai
t i ia p l e r — —.
»Umani and
Section 1. T h e City of Vernoula.
nntcuaiu •• t a noipllul for 111 "
ceptiuB ut pei »oli» aflo c te d with Oregon, shall hold It» regular elec-
tton for It» »ev.-ral elective officer»
DUfltiu» disease» or o t h e r di»«©»
at the sum» tim e that the general
: r » .
. . : . , pu» «■ r pluiit*.
Il •
I u I of I ni rei biennial ©lection for state and coun-
ly o fficer» Is held and the election
I ,
;
II. nel I' precin cts and election o ffice rs »Itsll
I
i ity
\ .. ; 11 ..ili l i a i " un ,1 I la. ihi« s am e for all elections held at
Kvery o ffic e r who.
■ t iiirpur.iie -t al and may ul't i ‘the s am e time
I
.. . ■
■ . i m ak e a ni".» at the time of the adoption of this
c h a r t e r 1» th e duly qualified Incum­
I
iSrctiuB :
I » , i.rporut" lim it . bent of an e lective o ffic e shall hoi I
his o ffice for the term for which he
I
i »hall
was fle e te d and until hi» »uccessot
I
elected and qualified.
|t uBituetintiK at th" n o r t h » " » ! «or
Sm-tton 2.
T h e Common Council
of teitiun f ir, towtiHhlp tour
Irth, of rang" tour west. of the shall have power und authority hy
nal:.'
e»
:
m i o lum bla ord in ance, to make operative the
. riihtiinic t li.Mie cotiKtllutlotiul provision In reference
I
nce w ul i. mi to the election» to he held under
theiiee west t tu »•«* fon rt li» e t
i tils c h a r t e r
3
No person »hull he e n ­
I
-
-
........... m ile in Section
I
titled to vote at any municipal elec
V
.-...i. of begin
lion of the city who 1» not u quali­
fied legal voter of the S tate of Ore­
I fiapter
.
|Se.timi i The power and au th o - gon, and who Is not a bona fhle
■
, .pu I I I n pur u resident of the city of Vernonia.
S e ctio n 4
Immediately a f t e r any
l D of ’ !..• • .
. i ■ 1 1., ml., b) Ibi»
T
i u S I i i on vote cast at any municipal election
►jt''ouncll, ami their suc ce s so rs In has been ranva»»ed hy the < ount)
Clerk and his return thereof mude to
^" ii -
i i i live of f u e r » III" Iteeord er o f »aid city a» re­
quired tiy the laws of Oregon the He
. M i . U . 1 rea
o rd er must then muke and Issue to
'
"li » ho »ha II
a c h person declared hy the canvas
t,'l‘
i onto il
I I"
l>or »ml Iris, ui. r »hull be e l " d - sers to ........ I ©cit'd to any o ffice a t e c
., |l"l toil of t l f tc a t e t h e r e o f ; such cer tifica te shall
' "
111. II • I ut 11 ll" he prtmu facie evidence of the facts
An election contest
till n pel toil t h e re in stated
*» fears, provided (hut t h e Mie­ for any o ffic e muet be determined
li. Ill, " I * ■ r III :« acco rd ing to the laws of th« S ta
' " ■ .,
, i y d I . ,f Oregon re g ulatin g contests for city
|
t
t
1.................
■ general "lei
" held on the first Tuesday
Hr»t Monday in N o v e m b er,
>flSe?Mon
— • All officers elected
,r appointed under this act before
-nt.-ring upon the duties of t h e ir o f ­
^
nil lie uppolnl fice must take, subscribe and file
with Ihe R e c o rd e r of said city a
In- approval
L
■union o a th of of fit « to fo il» » ink
• I
it
do solemnly " » e a r ( or
"0<1i
»nul t II) al III" fir»t ri'K-
a f f i r m i that I »HI " “ ^ V ^ V / e d
i
" ’ '
. i ni h gent-
»tltutlon and laws o f , h * lr " ' ,ed
I
......... I He. old
*
'
I* 1
r o f f l i . » until S t a t e s and of the S tate of
o f my
T ,
i ppolllletl Mill and I »HI- <•> »•»"
f a ith fu lly perform the dutles o
__ _____ during my continuant«
fcllun 4 Th" Common Council
Ho help ™e (J°d "
f “ >*
, n l,# 'll»'rei Ion appoint a City . h e r e in
person af f irm . Instead of ‘ he '* »
i
®nd f u hi» coinp"n «utlon
C l a u s e of th e said oath there shal
1 ‘,rm of office
be added:
"A n d 1 do affirm under
anv"n«.i' ,' i" l " 'rM°n I n e lig ib le
"fflee m the municipal c o r ­ the pains and penalties of Pj'r ) “ Ty.
Section -
T h e general election
dini ' Wh" ' 1,1 l h " , , n " ' ,,f h l*
or said city o ffic e rs shall las h**W
, h e f irs. T uesday
■ lay In November In the year
■-
id t ?[ *PP",***m"nt I» not en- anti b ien nially th e r e a f t e r And■ HP j
urdí
prlvllegon , (f mi yleetor
d a l elec tio n s may be called M' 1
’
vh *et0
*‘,WM ° f title Htilte. hv o rd e r of t h " Common « «»un. ti.
v „ ° h®" hot resided Hr th e Cltv
* I» > Initiative of
onj* for three moni ha pre- c o u n c il o r'u po n a p.M" l«.n ° f fIve P - r
«Ui I, elee' to : i or appointm ent.
- 1
................... . o » lit I
1
’ li" I III p o n ile th e last preceding vote for Mayor
1
1
diali he a miMiiber
;
* h*H e c U o n -------N o m in ation , for of*
............
■ ■ "I del . I ri an flee rs under this act may h" mad
■ I lu.fiire "nlt-r
I.
' l l in peetlve
"'V *in "writing
f of v»r ' ®***<"’, f * 11 bOMl to the S L J T ^ S l ^ y
l„
I' ll pemil sum
I
I ilium ■■ may ill
Z
Z X o ffic e nominated am, be
i at any lim e sig ned hy the ehblrm«n■ £ dJ J
M
r.r;.
'" i
i.un, II eon re tary of the mu*e meeHng an
with th e Recorder at lea*
-
• i .
fin • t und u t b e fo re election
Provided that ^
! i,,’
•
a hid , I...I..I d ependent cnndldatea for “ • . , P1,
I
•• •• • "Mm H I." within the d l y may ^
*',7 '
] :
' ! • " ' ' i upon hy Individual elec to rs of
.
L
■ir
d u n .»
rii-
or any o f f ic e to he f » M ->n
R , . ,l" 1 hn eiiHlodlan of
tors th e re in an Independent c . n d i
datea a r e nom in ated under chap
’ relaiir,
ll,w ,,f M
— -------- of T i t l e --------------
• ,
1“ .
"ffii ' ll bond <
!;■
neh bond».
1
■i - pro?Id
!
o? n p
1
f V e i nonla lie
n* uWei the dui le» o f hU
I
|
!
C r ;r
a" ,h*
, sald uri shull he slgned hy not h- ..
> hall two per cent of thè eleelurs i f
«ititi <-lty hh »boari by III» laut pre
cedilig vote of sald city for .Vluyor
Sectlou
T h e City lle c o -d e r
.hall certlfy ull ntuiiluatlons so umile
to fili dm tu un i«-l pul offic e» o f lite
city ot Veruonla, to ttio Couniy
Clark of Columbia ( ounty, () regoli,
ut leiist '¿'J tlays liefore each g e n t i . .1
electlon; und otherw lse pe rfo m i ull
diitles requlreil of liim hy tue I uwh
of Hit- Stute of Oregon, of thi» ch;u
ter and of d ie ord in ane.- m of thè city
Hection
T h e Cotiiiiion Comi
eli shull liv ordlnunc«- prescrllu- th*
uiunnt r of ri-glst rat loti of votar*.
Sectlou
All electlonu aliali
he held In uccordancn wllh thè geli
• rul cl.-cHon I uwh of th è S i a l e <,f O r e ­
gon ho far u» Oiu sitine iiiuy *«• ap
pllcuhle, and If nt.-cessary, Om c>ni-
moli Councll of thè city inity provido
hy ord inane" for thè currylng luto e f ­
fe l of sudi la wh hy proper enaLlu
nn-nts
( 'ha|il e r .—
If any ordinance,
c h a rte r,
amendment to the c h a rte r of the c
sliull lie proposed by Initiative pell
lion, said petition Hliall lie filed with
the city recorder and he shall tran*-
iiill it to the next session of the ci'y
council
T h e council sliull e ith e r o r ­
dain o r r e je c t th e same, as proposed,
within in days t h e re a fte r, und If t'ue
council shall re je c t sulil propostu o r ­
dinance. c h a rte r, or am en dm en t to
the charte r, or shall take no action
thereon, then the city recorder shall
n tun It the same to the vo ters of 'lie
d t y at the next ensuing election held
therein not less than 4 0 days a f ’ ur
the same was first presented to the
city council.
T h e council may o r ­
dain said ord in ance, c h a rte r, oc
amendment to th e c h a r t e r and re fo -
!t to llie people, or It may ord ain
such o rdin ance, c h a r t e r , or am *nd-
ment to the c h a r t e r without r e f e r ­
ring It to the people, und In thut cu t-!
It »hull lie s u b je c t to referendum
petition In like m an ner as o t h e r ord i­
nances; If the cou nc'l h I i «H re je ct
such ordinance, c h a r t e r or a m e n d ­
ment to the c h a rte r, or ta k e no a c ­
tion thereon It may ordain u co m p e t­
ing ordinance, c h a r t e r or a m e n d ­
ment. which shall he subm itted hy
the city recorder to the people o f t h "
city ut the same election at which
sat'd Initiative proposal Is su b m it­
ted
Such competin g ord in ance,
c h aste r or amendm ent shall tie p r e ­
pared hy the council und ordained
within 20 days allowed for Its ac-
0 n on the measure proposed hy In­
itiative petition
T h e m ay o r shall
not have power to veto e ith e r o f such
measures
If c o n flictin g ord in ances,
rh u rle r» or c h a rt e r
am en dm en ts
shull he submitted to the people at
the saint* election and two or more
«,f such conflicting measures shall be
approved hy the people, then the
measure which shall have received
the greatest' number of affirm a tiv e
votes s h f l l be paramount In all p a r­
ticulars as to which there Is con flict,
even though such measure m ay not
have received the greatest m a jo r ity
K nactm ents of or am endm ents to the
city c h a rte r may In' proposed and
submitted to the ...... pi" hy the city
council with or ai*wout an Initiative
petition, but the sume shall be filed
with the city recorder for submission
not less tliun 30 days before m e
election at which they are to he voted
ipon and no c h a r t e r or amendm ent
.f th e city c h a rte r shall be effectiv e
until It Is approved hy u m a jo r ity of
the votes east thereon hy th e people
of the cltv
T h e city council may
hv ord in ance, e ith e r upon their own
Initiative or hy petition of ten pet
cent of the voters of said city as
shown by the last preceding vote
for mayor, ord er special elections to
vote on municipal measures.
Section -------
R eferendum p e ti­
tions against any ord in ance. Iran-
chtH»‘ or resolution passed by a city
council »hall be signed by not 1«*«
than ten per rent of the voters of
the cltv, and sutd sig natures shall he
verified In the manner provided by­
law and the ord in ances of th e city ,
the petition shall he filed with th"
cltv recorder within 30 days a f t e r
the passage o f such ordinance, re so ­
lution or franchise.
No city
j
mince resolution o r fran chise shall
lake e ffe ct und become operative u n ­
til ;t0 days afte r Its passage hy th«
council und approved by the ">tt>o r -
unless the same shall be passed over
his veto, and In that case It shall
not t a k e effect or become operatlve
until 30 days a f t e r such final pas­
sage except measures necessary for
the im m ediate preservation «^ the
peace, health or safety o f the f t ) ,
,nd no such emerg ency measure shall
become immediately operative unless
it »hall s la te In a separate seoth n
the* reason » W It Is necessary that
it should become immediately
„Ove. and »hull he approved by th
a ffirm ativ e vote of all the ntent t
Of the rIty council present and vot-
„ 7 hereon, taken hy ayes and noes,
and also approved hy the mayor
Section -------- Kv,'r y P«'r * >n wh,I
l . «Tauallfled e le c to r of the OUT <>f
Vernonia may sign a petition for the
referendum or for
f^ r
m*anure upon which h
.
" n o t ed t o vote
Any
mg hla n am e o th e r than once to any
petition, or ^m.wlngly signing
name m ore than once for the rant
. . . i r e ii it one election, _i*y
or who
Is
nioaMir*
t^|» a ny
tnove o r suspend fro m o f f ic e any a p ­ the gen eral laws of the S t a t e p re ­
pointive o f f ic e r of the City.
** scrib ing the duties o t a J u s t i c e of the
f„|HH n,0n
T -'
T , im t'o u u cll shall P eac e and the mode of perfo rm in g
f 11 nil v acancies that may iM.-cur. hut the same. I ll s duties and c o m p e n s a­
»ucti o f f ic e he elective, such up tion us Clerk of the Common Council
Point»., shall hold o ffice o nly until shall he prescrib ed by ord in ance.
Sectio n --------. T h e T r e a s u r e r shull
l in next re g u la r election, a t which
t me a person shull he elected to re ceiv e and safely keep all fuuds and
» rve for the re m a in d e r o f th e un- m oneys of the City, and shall pay uu'
v ilre d term
In case a m e m b e r o f the s am e only on a w a rr a n t slgued
he < omicll is ab sen t from the city hy the M ayor and a tte ste d by the R e ­
, r ,w o con se c u tiv e r e g u la r meet c o r d e r ; and no c la im a g a i n s t t h e City
mgs. unless by perm ission o f the shall he paid until audited and a l ­
„ " “ '“ '‘ I- ,,,,, off*«« may be declared lowed hy the Common Council.
vacant and he filled us In the case
S e c t i o n --------. T h e T r e a s u r e r shall
or o t h e r vacan cies.
keep an uccouul with the general
■ ;S ? l !OU 7 ----- '
A,,y o f f ic e r ap- fund and a s e p a ra t e ac co u n t with
Hinted to fill a vacancy must q u a li­ ■ ach special fund t h a t muy he ruised
ty within five days u f te r his appoint fo r any specific o b j e c t ; and when a
"ten t, or he shull tie deemed to de- w a rr a n t is drawn on any p artic u lar
,
, ,hH ° f f ,c®. and the s a m e shull fund, it cun only be puld out of such
-• deemed vaennt and he filled hy fund.
he i ouncll and so on until the o f ­
Section --------. T h e T r e a s u r e r and
fices a re all filled.
R e c o rd e r shall m ak e a report of the
, , 8* f tlon, ------- • Any elective o f f ic e r receipts and e xp e n d itu re s o f the City
. th* ‘ “ Y w,*o Is required under fo r the q u a i t e r endin g with the last
Ills c h a r t e r to give bond shall do so day of M arc h, J u n e , S e p t e m b e r and
,
,lrHt day o f th e term o f o f f ic e O e ce m b er In e a c h year and file the
o which he I h e lected, or he held to s am e with th e R e c o rd e r within five
have renounced all claim t h e r e t o ; days fro m the expiratio n of each of
anil the city council may then pro­ said q u a r t e r s , respectively, which re ­
ceed to fill such vacancy.
ports shall be published by the R e ­
co r d e r a s may be prescrib ed by o rd i­
C h a p t e r -------- .
nan ce.
The l>ut lea o f |*roNidlng O ffic e rs .
Section --------. T h e Mayor shall be
l i e executive o f f ic e r of the co r p o r­
ation and much exercise a ca re fu l
upervlsion o f its g e n er a l a f f a i r s and
over its s ub o rd in ate o ffic e rs
He
»hall hav e power to call m e e tin g s ot
*'■ ' "m m o n Council, and shall pre-
s de over and a t t h e i r m e e tin g s but
"all have no vote except In c ase of
a He, W|len hB s h a)| cagt a decldln .
vote on ull qu estions.
He sh a ll a*
least once In each y e ar s t a t e to the
ouncll the condition, financial and
otherw ise,
and
recom m end
such
measures f o r t h e peace, h e a lth , i m ­
provement and prosperity of t h e ’ City
us he may deem expedient. He shall
at the first r e g u la r m e e tin g o f the
' ouncll a f t e r each ge n eral election
appoint three m e m b e rs of th e C o u n­
cil unon each of the following c o m ­
mittees. to -w lt:
l.
Ju d iciary ;
2.
M n a n c e ; 3.
S t r e e t s ; 4.
F i r e and
Wa e r ; 5
H e a lth ; 6
P rin t in g and
I o llce; who shall he and rem ain
standing committee© until t h e i r suc-
"■ssor.s ur>- duly appointed, and shall
nav© gen eral power and supervision
over the d iffe re n t s u b je c ts pertaln-
ng to its d ep artm e n t und such f u r t h ­
er power as may be prescrib ed by o r­
dinance or assign ed It from tim e to
time hy the council.
S ection --------, S o o rd in an c e passed
hy the Council shall go Into e f f e c t
or be in force until approved by the
Mayor except us p r o d d e d In the
three following s e c t io n s ;
Section --------.
Upon th e passage
or any ord in ance the e nrolled copy
I hereof atte ste d by the R e c o rd e r
shall he subm itted to th e M ayor by
the Rocorder. and If th e M a y o r ' a p ­
proves the same, he shall write t h e r e ­
on, •Approved,” with the d ate of
such approval and sign th e s a m e o f ­
ficially. and thereu po n, unless o t h e r ­
wise provided th e re in , such o rd i­
nan ce» shall becom e a law as provid­
ed In th is C h arte r.
Section --------. I f th e M ayor does
not upprove of an o rd in ance so s u b ­
mitted. he must within ten days of
the receip t t h e r e o f re tu rn th e s a m e
to the R e c o rd e r with his reasons fo r
'tot approving It. and If In ten days
the M ayor does not re tu rn It, such
o rd in ance shall becom e a law as If
lie had approved It.
Section --------. At the first m e e t ­
ing o f th e Councll a f t e r the return
by the Mnyor o f th e o rd in ance not
approved, the R e c o rd e r shall present
the sam e to the Council with the
o b je ctio n s o f the Mayor, all of which
must be read t o t h e Councll and
such o rd in an c e shall then be put up­
on Its passage again, and if th re e -
fourths o f all m e m b e rs co n stitu tin g
the Council a s then provided by law
shall vote in fa v o r o f such o rdin ance
It shall thereupon becom e a law
without t h e approval o f the M ayor
hut not otherw ise.
S ection --------,
T h e Mayor shall
t ike and approve all o ffic ia l un d e r­
takings which th is Act and the o rd i­
nance o f th e City m ay re q u ire any
o fficer to give as sec u rity fo r the
faithful pe rfo rm an c e o f his duty, or
any u n d e rta k in g which may be re-
requlred o f any c o n t r a c t o r f o r the
faithful p e rfo rm a n c e of his co n tra c t,
and when he approves such un d e r­
takings. he must im m ed iately file
the s am e with th e R e c o rd e r.
Section - ■
He shall pprfortn
such o th e r d uties and e xe rc ise such
o th e r a u t h o r it y a s shall be s u b ­
scribed by this Act. a n y City o rd i­
nance. any law of th e United S tates,
or o f th is S ta te .
C h a p te r —
.
O f O t h e r City O ffice r*.
Section --------. T h e R e c o rd e r shall
he th e Judicial o f f ic e r of th e City,
und shall huve Jurisd ictio n o f all o f ­
fenses against t h e City or violation
of any o rd in an c e thereo f.
He shall
hold a cou rt in said City a t suen
place as t h e Council sh a ll d irect,
which Court shall he known as the
Recorder's Court, and he may Impose
fines o r com m it to th e City J a i l any
person o r persons found guilty of
inv o ffe n s e o r violation within his
ju risd ictio n. He shall have a u th o rity
to Issue process f o r th e a r r e s t o f any
person o r persons accu sed o f any o f ­
fense against the City, violation of
any o rdin ance, and may com m it such
accused to Im prisonm ent o r admit
them to bnll pending tria l. He shall
dntixra or by imprisonment In the have the a u t h o rit y to Issue su b p o e ­
O ty J a i l not ............Hng »'fty days, or nas to com pel witnesses to appear
and te stify on th e t ria l o f a n y cause
before him and e n f o r c e ob edience
to; and to Issue any and all
i v r ." * ;™
« '" '» - * ■ ' - * “ * processes necessary to c a rry Into e f ­
t t i a p t c r --------
fect th e ju d g m e n t o r s e n te n c e o f hla
court
All civil and c rim in a l pro­
ceedings In t h e R e c o rd e r's Court
shall be governed and re g u lated by
the general laws o r th e S t a t e g o v ­
e rning J u s t i c e s o f th e P eac e and J u s ­
tices' Courts, and In all proceedings
In the R e c o rd e r's Court for t h e vio­
lation o f a c ity o r d in a n c e th e trial
shall he without a Jury.
,,f shall bo »bsen from t
Section --------. T h e R e c o r d e r shall
have the Ju risd ictio n and a u t h o r it y
of a J u s t i c e o f th e P e a c e within the
limits o f t h e City or V e rn o n ia . In
both civil and c rim in al m a t t e r s ; and
when exorcising such Jurisd ictio n an I
; 7 u n c K : ! l huv“ th e p o » « r t o re- au th o rity , s h a ll be s u b je c t to all o f
"•*”« y e f e* "V i."'*,
C h a p t e r -------- .
O f t h e Common Council, I ts Pow ers
anti Dufies.
S e ctio n --------. At th e f i r s t reg ular
m eeting of the Council in J a n u a r y
of each year, a s so soon t h e r e a f t e r
as practicab le , th e Council shall
choose by ballot oue o f Its m e m b e rs
to p re scrib e over the Council and
pe rfo rm the d uties of the M ayor in
the ab sen ce o f the M ayor fro m the
City, or if he be from any cause un­
ab le to ac t as such, said P re sid e n t of
th e Council shull hav e and e xercise
the powers and p e rfo rm all th e duties
of the Mayor, and the m e m b e r bo
presid ing shall not lose his vote as
a m e m b e r of the Council.
Sectio n --------. No m e m b e r of the
Common Council s h all, d uring the
period fo r which he is elected or
serving as such, be in te re ste d in any
c o n t r a c t th e expenses o f which a re
to be paid by the City o r In any con­
t r a c t wherein the City is interested .
Sectio n --------.
A m a j o r i t y o f all
th e m e m b e rs o f th e Cou ncil elected
shall c o n s t i t u t e a quorum f o r the
tra n s a c tio n of all business, but a leas
nu m b e r may m eet and a d jo u rn from
tim e to time and com pel th e a t t e n d ­
ance of absen t m em b ers.
S e c t i o n --------. T h e Com m on Coun­
cil shall have a u t h o rit y to adopt and
e sta b lish rules and by-laws g o v e rn ­
ing t h e ir own proceedings, and the
conduct of any and all e le c tiv e and
appointive o ffic e rs, and may punish
any and all e lective and appointive
o fife e rs and may punish any m em b er
fo r d isord erly b ehav ior In Its pres­
ence.
Sectio n --------. All proceedings of
the Com mon Council sh a ll be public.
S e ctio n --------. T h e sty le o f e n a c t ­
ing c lau se of all o rd in an c es shall be,
The City of V e rn o nia does ord aiu
as fo llo w s .” All c o n t r a c ts made or
to be m ade wherein the City is an
Interested
party,
all
fran ch ise»
granted, all approp riatio ns made In
excess o f F iv e Hun dred D olla rs and
all o t h e r Im portant a cts sh a ll be by
ord in ance and the r ig h t of r e f e r e n ­
dum shall rem ain invio late with r e f ­
erence th e re to , as provided by law.
E ach and every o rd in an c e shall be
consecutively n u m b e re d ; shall c le a r ­
ly s t a te its o b je c t in its t it le and
sh a ll be Introduced a t a n y re g u la r
o r specially called m e e ting o t the
Councll.
E ve ry o rd in ance shall be
read t h r e e tim es and may be read
the second tim e by t it le only, but no
o rd in ance shall be placed upon its
final p assag e at th e m eeting at which
It is Introduced, unless in c a s e o f an
e m e rg e n c y ; such e m e rg e n c y to be de­
cla red by a vote of th e e n tire C o u n­
cil.
E v e ry o rd in ance shall receive
a m a jo r it y o t all th e m e m b e rs c o n ­
stitu tin g th e City C o u n c il; such vote
to be tak e n by yeas and nays. A fter
approval by the Mayor ev ery o rd i­
nance shall be enro lled by th e R e ­
c order in th e B o ok of O rd in ances and
its passage ce r tifie d to t h e re in In
full.
Section --------.
In the ab s e n ce of
the R e c o rd e r or if he be fro m any
cause un ab le to act, th e M ayor may
d esignate any
person
having the
qu a lific a tio n s of R e c o rd e r to act in
his stead. S u ch appointee shall im ­
m ed iately t a k e the o a th of o f f ic e and
pe rfo rm th e duties o f the R e c o r d e r
d uring th e te m p o rary ab s e n ce o r in ­
ab ility and he shall re ceiv e th e sam e
com pensatio n as th e R e c o rd e r, all
s u m s so paid to him bein g deducted
from the s a la ry and fees of t h a t o f ­
ficer.
Sectio n -------- . T h e Cou ncil m i v
provide for the time and place of its
r e g u la r m eetings, a t any of which it
may a d o u m to the next succeed ing
r e g u la r m eeting, o r to som e specified
tim e prio r t h e r e t o ; but its re g u la r
m eeting m u st be held at least once
e ach month.
Sectio n --------.
T h e council must
keep a Journal o f its proceedings, and
on call of two of Its m e m b e rs shall
cause the yeas and nays to be taken
upon any question and e n te re d tn
Its Jo u rn al but upon a motion to a d ­
jo u r n Its yeas and nay s shall not be
taken unlesa a call of fo u r m em b ers
Sectio n ------ . T h e Com m on C o u n­
cil shall hav e a u t h o rit y a n d power
within t h e City of V e rn o n ia to pro­
vide for the p u nishm ent o f all vio­
l a tio n s o f th e o rd ln s n c e s by fine or
i m p ris o n m e n t; but no fin e sh a ll e x ­
ceed the sum o f five hundred dol­
lars, and no Im prisonm ent m ore than
two hundred and flty days.
Sectio n --------. W h e n e v e r any per­
son shall be convicted of a n y o ffe n s e
under the laws o r o rd in an c es o f the
Otty and shall be a d ju d ged to pay
a fine, and it he f a l ls to pay the
sam e, he may In addition t h e r e t o be
sentenc«*d to lab o r t»ne day f o r each
two do llars o f said fine on th e stre et»
o r pu blic w orks o f t h e City, under
the ch a rg e o f the M arshal, S tre e t
Com m ission er, or o t h e r person des­
ignated by th e Council, and the
Council shall provide such f e t t e rs
and m an acle s as may be n iy e s s a r v to
secure such person d uring such term
o t labor.
C h a p t e r ———.
S e c t i o n ------- . T o assess, levy, and
co lle ct ta x e s fo r general municipal
purposes, not exceeding one per cen t
p.'t m m
of all pro perty , both real
und personal, except a s o th e rw is e
provided in this act. within the c o r ­
po rate lim its of said City, without
exem ption for in d eb te d n e ss; said ta x ­
es to be collected under the gen eral
laws of the S t a l e of Oregon.
Bnetlon
T o llca n a a and tax
au c tio n e e rs, taverns, haw k ers, ped­
dlers, paw n b ro kers, hotels, f a c to r ­
ies, s ta b le s and shops in th e said
City
Sectio n --------. T o license, tax and
re g u late in su ran ce ag e n ts, b rokers,
au ction e e rs,
d ru m m e rs,
haw kers,
peddlers, paw n b ro kers, wood saws,
places of public a m u se m e n t or e n t e r ­
ta in m e n t, (in clu d in g t h e a t e r s , op­
eras, e xh ib itio n s, shows and the
llk ey, hotel keepers, hoard ing house
keepers, re s t a u ra n t s , j u n k d ealers,
d ealers in second -hand a r t i c l e s of
m e rch an d ise,
ke e p e rs
of
billiard
tab les, pool tables, bowling alleys,
box a lle y s and sho o tin g g a lle rie s and
auy o t h e r c h a r a c t e r of a lle y s or g a l ­
le rie s where balls and cues, ra c k s ,
or o t h e r device is used; a n d ' f o r the
pu rpose of this ac t to define and de­
c la r e what c o n stitu te s a n y of such
professions, callings, e m p lo ym e nts
o r places of a m u se m e n t o r e n t e r t a i n ­
ment.
Sectio n --------. T o license, tax and
re g u late livery and b oardin g stable s,
c abs, taxic ab s, c a rria g e s , drays, a u ­
to m obiles, a u to m o b ile tru ck s, w ag­
ons, and o t h e r v e hicle s used f o r the
t r a n s p o rta tio n of persons, p asse n g e rs
o r goods, wares or m arch an d ise ,
e a rth , ro ck, ballast, building m a t e r ­
ial, lum b er, or o t h e r a r t i c l e s within
the lim its of said city e i th e r with or
without hire and to p re s cr ib e the rate
to be c h arg ed fo r such t ra n s p o rta tio n .
S ection — -— . T o tax, r e g u la te and
license the sale of c ig a r e t t e s , cig ars,
tobacco, and sn u ff, and to prohib it
the s ale of th e s am e to minors.
S e ctio n --------. T o m a k e a ll n e c ­
e ss a ry or ap p rop riate r e g u la tio n s to
prev ent the Intro d uctio n into said
City of auy in fe ctio u s o r co n tag io u s
d is e a se ; to re m ove any person a f ­
fected with any such d isease away
from th e City to a s u it a b le place to
be prepared by the said C o u n c il; to
s ec u re the protectio n of p ersons and
p roperty therein, and to provide for
th e he alth , c le a n lin e ss , o rn a m e n t,
c o n v en ience, peace and good ord e r
of th e City.
S e ctio n -------- . T o rem ove, repress
o r prevent any and all th in g s which
would be d e tr im e n ta l to t h e health
o r m o r a ls of th© City, o r to prevent
o r r e s t r a in o b sc e n e o r b o iste ro u s
langu age, d ru n k e n n es s o r d is o rd e r­
ly conduct.
S e ctio n --------. T o p re v e n t and re­
move nuisances.
S e c tio n -------- . T o provide f o r t h e
prevention
and e x t i n g u i s h m e n t of
f i r e s ; and fo r th e p re s e rv atio n ot
property e n d an g ered t h e r e b y , and
for the ap p o intm en t of o f f ic e r s re ­
quired to r the pu rpose, to r e g u la te
the s to r a g e of gunpowder, t a r , pitch,
resin , o r o t h e r c o m b u s t ib le m a t e r i a l s ,
and th e use of cand les, lam ps and
o th e r tigh ts in stores, shops, stab le s
and o t h e r place s; to suppress, re m ove
or
s ec u re
any
fire place ,
stove,
stovepipe chim ney , oven, boiler o r
o t h e r a p p a r a tu s which may be d an­
g e ro u s in c au sin g f ire s and t o pre­
vent by all possible and proper m e a n *
d anger o r risk o t i n ju r y o r d am age
by fire arisin g from care le s sn es s or
n eg ligence o r othe rw ise.
Sectio n --------. To provide f o r the
si pport, re s t r a in t o r e m p lo ym e n t of
v a g ra n ts and paupers.
Sectio n --------. T o d e te r m in e the
nu m b e r of day and n igh t w atchm on
who shall be appointed by th e M a r­
shal s u b je c t to th e approval o f th e
Council auu shall be Deputy M ar­
shals. and to provide fo r payin g the
sam e, and to r e g u la te and fix the
com pensatio n o f th e M ars hal fo r th e
services ren d e re d by him w here
th e re is no com pensatio n provided by
the laws of the State.
S e ctio n --------. T o provide f o r the
prevention and re m ov al o f a l l o b ­
s t ru c tio n s from th e s tr e e t s and s id e ­
walks and c ro ss w a lk s and alleys, and
fo r cle an in g and rep a irin g the same.
Sectio n --------. T o re g u la te th e lo ­
cation und m an a g e m e n t of m a r k e t
houses und places, and s la u g h t e r
houses.
S e ctio n --------. T o provide fo r City
H all and J a i l and m a i n t e n a n c e o t
same.
Sectio n --------. T o prevent, re strain
and punish auy noise, d is tu rb a n ce or
riot or disorderly as se m b lag e s , or any
un law fu l o r indecent prac tice tn a n y
s t re e t , hou se o r place in t h e city.
S e ctio n --------. T o provide f o r th e
collectio n and d is b u rse m e n t o f all
moneys which the City is o r may b e ­
com e e n title d to by law. or which
may be assessed o r auth o rized in
c o n ne ctio n with th e laying o r e s t a b ­
lishm en t o f s ew ers and d rains, o r in
con nectio n with paving,
grading,
p lan k in g or o th e rw is e improving th e
s t re e t s of th e said City o f Vernonia.
Sectio n --------. T o a p p ro p riate m o n ­
ey to pay t h e debts, liab ilitie s and
e xp e n d itu re s o f t h e City, o r any part
or Item th e re o f, from any fund ap­
plicab le thereto .
Sectio n --------. To provide for the
survey o f the City blocks and s t re e t s
th e re o f, and f o r th e m ak in g and es­
tab lis h in g bo un dary lin es o f such
b lo ck s and stre ets.
S e c t i o n -------- . To lay out and c o n ­
s t r u c t new s t re e t s and alle ys and to
build, c o n str u c t and r e g u la te la n d ­
ings a t th e foot o f th e s t r e e t s t e r ­
m in atin g at the w a te r fro nt.
S e ctio n --------. To e re c t wharves
and docks, to fix a m axim um r a te of
w h a r fa g e and d o ck age on public or
priv ate wharves, and
to
provide
proper re g u la tio n s fo r keeping t h e
s am e In repair, to cornel th e o w n­
e rs o f th e driveway leading t o such
wharves to keep the s a m e in rep a ir
and to put a s u ita b le ra ilin g upon
all such elev ated d riv e w ay s; to e n ­
fo rc e the o b se r v a n c e o f all o rd in a n c ­
es passed in r e f e r e m e to th e fo re ­
going In th e s a m e m a n n e r ae t h e o r­
din ances a r e e nfo rced In re la tio n to
th e layin g and m a in t a in in g o f sid e­
w alks in t h e City of Vern onia.
S e ctio n --------. T o tax, r e g u la te o r
prohibit a n im a ls from ru nning at
la rg e within the c o r p o ra t e lim its o f
t h e City or any specifie d p art t h e r e ­
of
Sectio n — —. T o d e te r m in e and
describ e by o rd in a n c e t h e n u m b e r
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