La Grande evening observer., August 25, 1913, Image 3

FRDPOSEO CHIBTER FRESEflTED TO LEGAL VOTERS
.for the benefit of legal voters whs
say not have time to devote careful
study to the proposed charter, the Ob
orver will from time to time present
eectione of the proposed commission
form, of government. In this way tho
voter can absorb portions of the char-
ter each day and probably become ad-
ditionally acquainted with the pro
visions of the document Today pre
sents the last installment.
(Continued from Thursday's Daily.)
nrh 'l " Pf reof of such property for tho Uses levied there
Pedtuto! it rTu.;' t&CtT tX?t advertuTn 4nd
?J1,enI2'lpro,?rt7 ta.old 'or 'Hnquent taxes of as
sessments, the Chief of Police shall make and deliver to the purchaser,
upon the payment to him of fifty cenU for the benefit of the city, a cer
tiflcate of sale therefor, and thereafter, if such sale be of real property
and the same be not redeemed, a deed shall be executed by the Chief of
Police to the purchaser thereof or to his assigns, at the expiration of .
the time for redemption. The purchaser shall be entitled to the posses
sum of said property from the day of sale.
o i, . Boat Property; Redemption of. i
4 Section 12. Real property sold for delinquent taxes or assessments
. may be redeemed within three years after the sale, upon the payment of
the amount of the taxes, penalty, inte-est accrued up to the time of
, sale, the expenses of sale and interest at the rate of ten per centum per
: annum from the day of sale. .
' " " Surplua Paid to Owner.
, . Section 13. Whenever any property sold for delinquent taxes shall
bring more than the amount of such taxes, the penalty and interest, and
, the costs and charges of collection, the surplus must be paid to the
Treasurer, and the person executing the warrant must take a receipt
therefor, and file the same with the Commission on .the return of the
- warrant. At any time within six years thereafter the owner of the
property sold, or his legal representative, is entitled upon demand to a
warrant on the Treasurer for such surplus.
True Consideration Named. 1
Section 14. In all cases of sales of property for delinquent taxes, the
true consideration thereof shall be expressed in the certificate of sale
- therefor, and the return of the officer executing the warrant must ex
, press tha,consideration and the name of the purchaser.
Alias Warrant; Costs of Collection.
' Section 16.' -The commission may provide within what time a war
rant for collection of delinquent taxes of assessments may be returned,
, . and may order an alias warrant -to issue for the collection of any such
: taxes or assessments not made on as previous warrants All costs and
charges, for collecting delinquent taxes or assessments must be made on'
the warrant and collected as a part of the taxes of assessments. The
- Commission may prescribe fees and compensation for collecting delin
quent taxes; but the same shall in no wise be paid out of the Treasury.
Property Not Sold for Less than Taxes; Advertise Certificates of Sale.
Section 16. All real property shall be subject to levy and sale for
; the collection of delinquent taxes by local assessment, whether the same
is exempted from general taxation by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Oregon, or not .
No property shall be sold for less than the assessments or taxes
.. assessed against it, and if such amount is not bid, the Chief of Police
or officer executing the warrant shall strike the same off to the city for .
.. said amount and issue to the city a certificate of sale therefor.' The
Recorder may thereafter, 'when authorized by the Commission, assign
such certificate to any one paying therefor the price that is required for
the redemption of said property, and the Recorder may thereafter, un-...
: der the direction of the Commission, once each year, until the city ob
' tains a deed, advertise and offer said certificates for sale, but in no case
shall he sell for less than the amount required to redeem said property
: until the city obtains a deed., and annually thereafter he shall advertise
the land lor sale, and snail sen the same to the highest bidder for cash,
irrespective' of the amount of taxes charged against the same. The
deed of the Chief of Police conveying real property sold for taxes on
account of local improvements, shall be prima facie evidence of the regu
. larity of said proceedings, and no action, suit or proceedings shall be
brought to set aside the same without first tendering to the purchaser or
" his assigns the amount of the taxes, penalty, interest, costs and expenses
. of sale. :.' -y''"'"''
City a Road District; Road Taxes Collected Therein.
. Section 17. For the purpose of assessments and collection of road
taxes, the territory within the corporate limits of the City of La Grande
ishereby constituted a road district of Unon County, Oregon, and the
' Street Superintendent or other officer of the city who Has charge of the
: repair of the streets and highways within said city, is hereby made Road
Supervisor for said district,1 and all taxes for road purposes within the
corporate limits of said city, when collected, shall be paid to the Treas
urer of said city, and the same shall be kept by him in a separate fund
for road and street purposes within said district, and shall' je 'paid out
' by him upon warrants on said fund by order of the Commission of said
city. "' v .
CHAPTER X.
OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, t
' Fiscal Year.
Section 1. The fiscal year of the City shall commence on the first
day of January and end on the last day of December, same year.
m Licenses; Limitations.
Section 2. Obtaining a license from Union County, shall not exempt
' - one from paying a license to the city of La Grande for like business or
occupation. "No license shall be granted for vending, dealing in, or in
any manner disposing of, any spirituous, vinous, fermented or malt li
quors to be drunk on the premises, within four hundred feet, measured
on street lines, of any block on which a public school building is situated
within fha city of i La Grande ;v no? shall there be licensed or permitted,
more than ten such places where such liquor is to be disposed of, until
the population of the city reaches eight thousand inhabitants, and there
after there shall be no more than one such place licensed for each eight
hundred inhabitants. : : ,
Enacting Clause of Ordinances; Warrants.
Section S. The enacting clause of every ordinance shall be: "THE
' CITY OF LA GRANDE does ordain, as follows." And all warrants IS
C' sued, either by the Recorder or in the Municipal Court, shall run in the
name of the City- of La Grande, Union County, Oregon.
The Initiative and Referendum.
Section 4. All municipal legislation of the City of La Grande shall
be subject to the Initiative and Referendum and the provisions of the
Statutes of the State of Oregon upon these subjects, are hereby extended
to and adopted by, this Charter as the method of carrying into effect the
nmrprii nt thn lecral voters of the City of La Grande, affecting municipal
legislation within its limits. When any such matter so adopted as afore
said shall be certified by the City Recorder, the Commission shall put
the same into effect by proclamation.
Of the BecalL ,
Section 5. Every elective officer of the City of La Grande is sub
ject, as herein provided, to recall by the legal voters of the City of La
Grande, upon filing a petition with the Recorder, demanding the recall
of such officer, equal to not less than twenty-five per cent of the total
number of votes cast at the last preceding general city election. Said
petition shall set forth the reasons for said demand. If the officer sought
to be recalled shall tender to the Recorder his resignation," it shall be
accepted, and take effect on the day it is offered, nd the vacancy shall
be filled, as provided heretofore in this Charter. . If said officer shall not
treslgn within five days after the petition for his recall is filed, the Re
corder shall call a special election in said city within twenty days there
after to determine whether the legal voters will recall said officer. Said
officer shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the result of
said election Bhall officially declare, which if a majority vote is for re
call, the office is at once vacant The office may, however, bo. sooner de
termined by legal proceedings, which may vacate the same cower than
theilection which shall vacate the same. Other cantfidete or candidates
for the office may be nominated to be voted for at said special election,
in the manner prescribed by this Charter.
Official Undertakings.
A Section -6. The Commission shall by ordinance fix the amount of
the official undertaking of each and every officer of the city, and of every
other person who may be required by this Charter, or by ordinnr.ce to
execute and file an official bond; provided, that such vr.rirVr-r-.'ztl-be
given in-a suitable and sufficient sum and manner, n-nrt nv-rnrf-d fij-.
H : thor, that aa approved indemnity bonding company open inch under
taking may be accepted aa surety thereto. , -
Bosals Bahardiaattri.
- - - Section 7. Every officer may require of bis deputies, clerks or era-
?iloyees, bonds of indemnity, with sufficient sureties for the faithful per
ormance of their duties, the penalties in which shall be prescribed by
ordinance. Every officer shall be liable to the city on his official un
dertaking or bond for the acta and omissions of his deputies, assistants,
- clerks and employees appointed by him, and of any and each of them,
: and every official undertaking or bond shall contain such condition or pro
.. vision.
Prohibitions of Officers and Employees.
Section 8. No Commissioner or other officer or employee of the city -shall
be or become directly or indirectly interested in, or in the perform-
- ance of, any contract for the supply of labor or material to the city, or
in the sale of any article, the pnee or consideration of which, is payable
fipm the city treasury, or in the purchase or lease of any real estate
, or other property belongingito or to be taken by the city, or which shall
be sold for taxes or assessments or by virtue of legal processes at the
suit of the. city. " And in case any officer or employee of the city shall
be interested personally as a promoter or stockholder in any flrr. or cor
poration, in any grant or privilege or franchise sought by himself or his
associates or such firm or corporation from the City of La Grande, or any
public utility which is sought to be acquired by the city, or which is of
fered, for sale or lease by the city, such officer or employee shall be in
capacitated to take any part in the negotiations or proceedings connected,
with the giving or granting of such grant, privilege or franchise; but
such negotiations or proceedings and acts as would otherwise be con
ducted by such officer or employee shall be conducted and dona on be
half of the City of La Grande by such officer and employee as would
have done and conducted the. same In the absence of such interested
' officer or employee. If any officer or person in this section designated
shall violate the provisions of this section in any manner, he shall forfeit
his office, and all such contracts, grants, privileges or franchisee, in the
hands of others, except a purchaser without notice for value, shall be
void.
Limit of Contracts.
Section'. Any contract entered into for or on behalf of the City
of La Grande, for a longer period than five (5) years, shall be dull and
void.
Annual Budget Shall Be Made.
Section 10. Ori the,, third Monday in December in each "year the
Commission shall make ana "file a complete budget of actual revenues to
be derived from all sources for the ensuing year, and from the total
of that estimate, deduct the total of all fixed charges, with an estimate
of all proposed expenditures by the Commission for such ensuing year,
which shall be restricted to the balance found. Any liability incurred by
the Commission to be paid in any fiscal year, which singly or in the
aggeregate, shall be in excess of the revenues for such year shall be null
and void. Any warrant or other evidence of indebtedness, except upon
special assessment funis and judgments against the city, unless there
is money in the Treasury duly appropriated and applicable'to the pay-
. ment of the same upon immediate presentation or issued contrary to the
provisions of this section, shall be null and void.
Expenditures of Money, How Made.
. Section 11. No debt shall be contracted in excess of the estimated
revenue, nor shall money be expended or payment made from the funds
of the city, except assessment funds, until a specific apporpriation shall
be made therefor, and an ordinance making an appropriation of money
which shall contain no provision on any other subject, except as other-.
. wise provided herein; bat in case of an emergency or unforeseen calam
ity, the Commission may borrow by giving a note or notes or In the is
suance of bonds or otherwise, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars
.'. ($5,000), but not in any event for ordinary indebtedness or purpose. The
Commission may also call by ordinance an election to determine whether
the City shall incur an indebtedness, and such ordinance shall be passed
not less than thirty (30) days prior to such election, and shall set out
the terms of the proposed indebtedness and upon two-thirds of those
persons who are qualified electors of said city and who shall vote at such
election being in favor of authorizing the proposed indebtedness, the
Commission may then contract the same. Any Commissioner voting to
incur indebtedness in excess of the amount estimated, or as authorized by
this Charter shall upon trial and conviction therefor, but punished by a
fine not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dol
lars, and shall forfeit his office as Commissioner.
Public Statements.
- Section 12. It shall he the duty of the Recorder to publish in some
newspaper of the city, statements of the financial condition of the city,
once each month, verified by his certificate. , -
Favoritism Prohibited.
Section 13. Any officer of the city, who shall aid or assist a bidder
in securing a contract to furnish labor, material or supplies, or permit the
same to be done, when in his power to prevent, at a higher price than
that proposed by any other bidder, or who shall favor one bidder over
another, either by giving or withholding information or otherwise; or who
shall wilfully mislead any bidder in regard to the character of the ma-
. terial or supplies called for, or who shall knowingly accept materials or
supplies of a quality inferior to that called for by the contract, or who
shall knowingly certify to a greater amount of labor performed than has
: been actually performed, or to receipt for a greater amount or different
kinds of material or supplies than has actually been received, or know
, ingly permits the same to be done when in his power to prevent the same,
' shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance and Bhall be punished by a fine
not less thin fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and shall
be removed from office. : , , t .:..,
. - Bonded Indebtedness. j
Section 14. The City of La Grande shall not have power to issue
its bonds for any purpose or to incur any indebtedness in excess of ten
(10) per cent of the taxable property within the city, the amount
thereof to be ascertained from the last preceding assessment made for
County and State purposes. ; , . ..v. 1 -
Succession of Property Interests, Contracts, Ordinances and Indebted
ness, Continued in Force. 1 . -
Section 15. All property, real and personal, rights, privileges and
immunities, together with all books, papers, records, deeds, patents, mon
eys, accounts and everything now held possessed and enjoyed by the City
of La Grande at the taking effect of this Charter shall by the operation
of this Charter and by law, pass to and be held, possessed, retained and
enjoyed'by the City under this Charter, and all contracts heretofore
entered into by said City of La Grande, are herefftav continued in fnll
force and effect as though granted by the City of La Grande under thii
Charter; and all bonded and other legal indebtedness incurred by said
city of La Grande and in full force and effect at the taking effect of this
Charter, shall be and is continued in full force and .effect under this
Charter, and all ordinances and resolutions, and orders not in conflict
with the provisions of this Charter, which were in force at the taking
effect of this Charter shall remain in full force and effect by this Char
ter, except that where this Charter presribes the method of performing an
act, such method herein is exclusive and repeals any ordinance, resolu
tion or order prescribing any other, different or additional method.
Proof of Ordinances.
Section 16. In all judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings in this state
either in a Police Court, or in any state or Federal Court holden there
in, a copy of any ordinance or resolution or records or proceedings, cer
tified to by the Recorder shall be competent evidence of the provisions
and passage of such ordinance or resolution or adoption of such records.
Conveyance of Real Property. , ,
Section 17. All instruments conveying real property belonging to the
said City shall be signed by the Commissioners, attested by the Re
corder and the seal of said city affixed thereto, and shall be acknowl
edged by said signatory officers, witnessed and recorded as required by
the general laws of the State of Oregon. No conveyance, not thus exe
cuted, acknowledged, witnessed and recorded, shall have any validity
whatever as against the city.
Succession of Officers. . .
Section 18. The incumbents in office of the City of La Grande,
when this Charter shall take effect, shall hold their respective offices un
til the election and qualification of Commissioners as in this Charter pro
vided, "and upon the election and qualification of said Commissioners the
terms, of all incumbents in. office under the former Charter shall cease,
determine and be deemed vacated. .
i ' This Charter in Effect.
- Section 19. This CHARTER, shall go into effect immediately upon
its adoption by a majority of the legal votes cast at the election called
for its adoption or rejection, by the legal voters of La Grande, Oregon,
and be and continue in full 'force and effect thereafter until legally
amended or repealed.
Former Charters Repealed.
Section 20. All Charters of the City of La Grande, and all legisla
te act or tne incorporation of the oity of La Grande, are hereby re-
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Classified Directory
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
A.T.&A. M. La Grande Lodge No.
41, A. F. A A. M. holds regular
seetings first and third Saturdays
. :30 p. m. Cordial welcome to
al Masons.
GEO. E. COCHRAN, W. M.
A. C WILLIAMS, Sed.
a PTO. E. La Grande Lodge No 138
meets each Thursday evend'g at 8
o'clock in Elk'a club, corner of De
pot street and Washington avenue.
Visiting brothers cordially invited
to attend.
' L. F. DUNN, E. R.
H. E. COOLIDGR. Rec Sue
WOODMEN OF THE WORD La
Grande Lodge No. 16 W O. W.
meets every first and thM Fridays
at I. O. 0. F. halL All Visiting
. members welcome. 1
" W. W. BERRY, C. C.
J. H. KJSENEY, Clerk
1 T .
MODERN WOODMEN OF. AMER
, ICA La Grande Camp No. 7703
meets on the first and third Thurs
day evenings of each month in the
K. of P. hall. Visiting neighbors
welcome.
' A. W. NELSON, V. 0.
W. F. LANDRUM. Clerk.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS '
A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D.
J. W. LOUUHUN, M. D. , .
Drs. Richardson " Loughlia
Physicians and surgeons. Phones
Office, Black 1362. Dr. Richard
son's rea. Main 56. Dr. LoughlJa'f
res. Main 767. ,
DR. R. E, L. HOLT Physician and
surgeon; successor to Dr. N. Moll
tor; corner Adams avenue and De
pot St Phones Office Main 68;
Residence, Main 780.
DR. M. E. HALL Physician and sur
geon. New Foley building, third
- floor. Phone Main 68.
C. H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Physi
cian and surgeon. Special attention
to eye, ear, nose and throat Of
fice in La Grande National Bank
1 Building.' Phones: Office Main S;
residence, Mam 82. '
DR. L. UNDERWOOD Physician
and surgeon. , Diseases of the eye
a specialty.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS Meets every
second and fourth Fridays every
month. All visiting members cor
dially invited.
CORA FITZGERALD, Owwrle.
LILLY C KIMMLE, Recorder.
REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 59
meets every Tuesday evening in the
I. O. 0. F. hall All visiting mem
: bers are invited to attend.
ZELLA ROBERTSON, N. G.,
i EVA MONROE, Sec '
R. DORA' J. UNDERWOOD Dis
ease of women and children. . Of
fices Adams avenue, over , Red
Cross Drug Store.
OSTEOPATHS.
GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath
physician. Over Lilly's hardware
store. .Phone Main 63. Successor
to Dr. F. E. Moore.
VETERINARY,
L. 0.0. M. La Grande Lodge No.
; 850, Loyal Order of Moose holds
regular meetings first and third
Monday nights, at I. 0. 0. F. hall.
Visitors always welcome.
P. A. FOLEY, D.
, . C H. SCRANTON, Sec.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross
Lodge No. 27 meets every. Monday
night in Castle halL (Old Elks' hall)
A Pythian welcome to all visiting
Kniarhts. "
R. P. OLIVER, C. C.
R. L. LINCOLN, K. of R. 4 S.
0. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 18, 0. E.
' 8., holds stated communications the
second and fourth Wednesdays of
each month, Visiting members cor
dially invited.
MISS CYNTHIA STEIN, W. M.
MARY. A. WARNICK, Sec
F. O. E. La Grande Aerie No. 259
meets 1st and 3rd Friday evenings at
' 8 o'clock, at the K. of P. hall. Vis
iting members cordially welcomed.
HARRY SWART, W. P.
! L. F. BELLINGER, Sec
WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE
NO. 47 Meet second and fourth
Tuesday nights of each month at
K. of P. hall. All visiting neigh
bors welcome.
LENA HEAD, G. N.
LILLD3 ALL8TOTT, Clerk.
DR. P. A. CHARLTON Veterinary
surgeon. County stock inspector.
Office at Hill's drug store. La
Grande. Residence phone. Red 701;
office phone, Black 1861.
CHIROPRACTORS.
G. T. DARLANO CHIROPRACTIC
PARLORS No. 4, Depot St., ad
joining Oregon hotel Phone Red
1761.
DENTISTS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
H. E. DIXON, LAWYER An State
and Federal Courts. Collection.
Rooms 4 and 6, La Grande Nation
al Bank Building. .. '
COCHRAN A EBERHARD Geo. T.
Cochran and Colon R. Eberhard,
Attorneys. La Grande National
Bank Bldg., La Grande, Oregon
T. H. CRAWFORD; ROBT. & EAKTN
CRAWFORD A . EAKIN Attor
neys at law. Practice in all tho
courts of the state and i United
States. Office In LaTGrande Na
tional Bank Building, La Gr"de,
Oregon. '
R. J. GREEN Attorney-at-Law.
Rooms 9-10, Sommer Bldg., La
Grande, Ore. Practices in all sta
and federal courts.
MISCELLANEOUS.
E. C. THATCHER, Painting and Deco
rating, mone Ked Ti. intimate
freely given...
Remarkable Cure of Disentery.
"I was attacked - with dysentery
about July 15th, and used the doctor's
medicine and other remedies with no
relief, only getting worse all the time.
I was unable to do anything and my
weight dropped from 145 to 125
pounds. I suffered for about two
months when I was advised to use
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. I used two bottles of
it and it gave me permanent relief,"
writes B. W. Hill of Snow Hill, N. C.
For sale by all dealers.
Retail Department Phone Main 8
For Lumber. Lath
Shingles, Sash and DDors
Ruberoid Roofing
GEORGE PALMER LUMBER HO