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A RESOLUTION
for more than six months preceding his election or appointment, and no
CHAPTER IV.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Jacksonville Jack-
person shall be eligible to the office of mayor or councilman who, including
The
Mayor
—
His Powers and Duties.
son County, State of Oregon; and
the above qualification, is not a taxpayer upon real property in said city.
Section 33. The mayor shall be the executive officer of the city und
BE IT RESOLVED by the President and the Board of Trustees of the
Section 12. Should a vacancy occur in any of the elective offices, pro­ shall supervise its affairs, and all of its officers and employes, with the ex­
Town of Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon.
vided for herein, by deawl, resignation, order of the city council, or other­ ception, however, of the city council. He shall be a member of the said
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the iollow,ng Proposed amendments to the charter of said muntcl- wise, such vacancy shall be filled by the city council by an election by said , city council, but shall not vote upon any question except in case of a l.e.
pa y be, and the same are hereby, proposed for submission to the legal council of some fit and qualified person for such office, and such officer and then he shall east the deciding vote; but in case of an eiection by the
voters at a special election to be held as in this resolution provided.
| so elected ’ey said city council shall thereupon from the date of his elec- council to fill any vacancy in any elective office he shall have the ia.ee
HARTER AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE CITYjtion hold raid office for the balance of the unexpired term of his pre- right to vote as any other councilman. He shall have power to ca:l
COUNCIL:
AN ACT
i decessor. Such election shall be held at the next regular meeting of the special meetings of the city council whenever he deems it necessary so to
Dre Jon ‘Tmit“
tle?n"Af Act to Ia«orporate the Town of Jacksonville,' oity_councll following the occurrence of such vacancy.
do upon giving the proper notice prescribed herein, At the last reguuir
Section 13. All ordinances of the town of Jacksonville in force at the
__ meeting of the council before the annual election in each year he shall
lo Amend an
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S amended b , y ....
An Act „„„J
entitled an act I
.s
an Act entitled An Act
th« Tnun « p inniro.
V b ~. to
10 IncornomtA
lncorl,orate
Oregon, approved February 14. i 1887;
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aiIleI the Town of Jacksonville, time of the adoption and approval of this charter and which are not in- make a written statement describing generally the condition of the afi'a rs
?y.A8 A,c_‘ entlt*ed "An | consistent therewith, shall remain in force and effect as the ordinances of of the city, and recommending such measuie for its government as ho
Town° of" Jack^n^ne’ nit®" Act appi oved October 19, 1860, to Incorporate the!
to amend an Act J dhh a a ”
amend Section 4 °f Article VI of an Act! the City of Jacksonville until such time as they be amended or repealed shall deem expedient and necessary, He shall at the first regular mectii 3
approve 1 February u1887 »n'C' toA I"c°rPorate the Town of Jacksonville, by the city council or by the electors of said city under the initiative powers of the council after each annual election appoint three members of t .j
iproveu reoruary 14, 1887. and an Act to amend Section 2 of Article IV of herein enumerated.
council on each of the following committees, to-wlt, finance, street.:,
approved“Fenb7uaPrOyai98 imT'Tl °f Jackson'11|e. approved October 19, I860,"
sewers and drains, water and light. health, police regulations, and liquor
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Section
14.
All
indebtedness
of
the
Town
or
City
of
Jacksonville
legally
To° Amend Section 2’nt
8 !° amended bV an act entitled "An Act
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Article IV of an Act to Incorporate the Town of incurred and now in force shall be and remain in force against the City of licenses. Said committees shall be standing committees of the year ami
shall have general supervision over the different subjects pertaining tj
of State^br’iryrOlV8ed18^tObnd191 1?60’’’ filed iD the °fiW bf the Secretary Jacksonville until legally satisfied.
to SitS
lmeendFeSborXry . 9’
by »
an act
entitled “
An Act
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i'T..*?"1 aa also amended W
«'■< .¡¡titled
"An
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Section 15. The city council shall have the power, not inconsistent, their departments and such further powers andduties as the council may
however, with the express provisions of this charter, to prescribe the duty prescribe by ordinance or resolution.
Section 34. He shall sign each ordinance approved by him within
of each of the officers of said city, in addition to those specifically enumerated
K he does not approve of th*
herein, and to compel the faithful discharge of such duties under penalty of five days of its passage by the council.
entit ed asd?oyil»LJUne’ 19101
app™ve<1 by sa‘d voters at said election, dismissal.
ordinance passed by the council he must within ten days from such passages
entitled as follows:
return to the elty recorder his objections thereto in writing, stating over
CHAPTER III.
his
signature that said ordinance Is disapproved by 1-im and his reason*
Elections.
TheTha^herethheT°n7 h'
as Follows:
act InUtledh "Anb Act dtnhuCby 8 propose'’- the following Amendment to an
Section 16. A general election shall be held in said city on the first therefor, and the same shall by said recorder immediately be filed and
ihe Is eeislmive
the ToW11 °f Jacksonville," enacted by Tuesday in March of each year, at which all the officers provided for in made a public record; and if the mayor fails to return the said ordinane v
by the Governor of the Stat^ Jt' r ?<ate of OreKor1’ approved and signed this charter shall be elected.
within said time the same shall be considered passed without his signature.
acts or narts of acts
. Oregon, October 19, A D. 1860, and all
Should
the mayor disapprove and veto an ordinance passed by said city
Section 17. Not less than 15 days prior to the first Tuesday In March
Town of lacksonville and wh^°iy ‘hereof, the same being the Charter of the
made to read as follows- h * Charter and Act when so amended shall be of each year, the city council shall, by resolution order said general election, council the said recorder shall report said disapproval and veto with hLt
therein specifying the officers to be elected and the ballot titles of the written reasons therefor to the said city council for its action at its next
AN ACT
measure
or measures, If any, to be submitted to the voters, and shall by said regular session. Whereupon if three of the members of said council shall
enacte^by^he Vsttegisr An Act t0 lncorl,orato 1116 Town of Jacksonville,"
vote for the adoption of said ordinance it shall become and be a valid ordin-
signed by the Governò atlve assembly of the State of Oregon, approved and resolution appoint three judges and two clerks of election and shall appoint ance of
the City of Jacksonville, subject, however, to the referendum act
place
therefor.
and
provide
a
time
and
polling
•H parts or oar of
f of the Sta,e of OreKon> October 19, A. D. 1860, and
the Town of Jac’ acts amendatory thereof, the same being the charter of
Ejection 18. Notice of said election shall be given by publishing the afore­ hereinafter provided.
Section 35. He shall, by virtue of bis office, be the chairman on tha
In the ulace th -.sonville, and to enact and provide a complete charter said resolution in a newspaper published iti said city not less than 10 days
therein provi»’ areof for the government of the City of Jacksonville and prior to said election and by posting a copy thereof in three public places committee on police regulations and of liquor licenses, and as such chair­
name of ,"r *‘ng for a chanBe of the name of said municipality frodi the
man it shall be his duty to make a personal and careful Investigation and
and ther' -own of Jacksonville” to the naiqe of “City of Jacksonville,’’ within the corporate limits of said city for a like period.
Section 19. The city council Is hereby granted power and authority inspection of all matters coming before said committees.
bounda ’lln Providin8 and defining the geographical corporate limits and
Section 36. In event of the temporary absence or inability of the Mayor
office ‘les
said clty; Providing for a city council and all municipal to order special elections for the submission of measures to the people
rs, their election, appointment, term of office, powers and duties
to attend any meeting of the council the members present shall elect one of
time,
and
like
under
the
provisions
of
this
Charter,
in
like
manner
at
any
J. jviding the police powers and regulations of the city and the manner
their number Mayor pro tempore who during such absence or inability of the
X the exercise thereof; providing a municipal court, its officers, powers, notice thereof as provided for general elections shall be given.
authority, jurisdiction and procedure ani the powers and duties of its
Section 20. If any judge or clerk of election shall fail to attend, at mayor shall have and exercise all powers pertaining to the office of mayor.
officers; providing power and authority for the punishment by fine, im- the proper hour an election for which he shall have been appointed, the
CHAPTER V.
prisonment and labor, one, both or all, for the violation of any ordinance, judges and clerks of election may appoint one in his stead. AU judges
The
City
Connell
—Its Powers and Duties.
resolution, crime or police regulation; providing for the exercise of the
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Section 37. A majority of the city council shall constitute a quorum
right of eminent domain, the purposes for which private property may and clerks of election must be electors of the city.
Ibe condemned by the city and the procedure therein; providing for what
Section 21. All elections in the City of Jacksonville shall be held In for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from
•act *»tì improvements special benefit assessments may be levied, upon accordance with the general election laws of the State of Oregon, so far time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such man­
wba» property, the manner and procedure therein and the collection and
¡payment thereof; providing for borrowing money on the faith of the city, as the same may be applicable, and shall be held at the place and time ner, and under such penalties as the council may prescribe. They shall
judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of their, own members
the issuance of warrants and bonds and the limitation of indebtedness; named in the notices of election.
powers and purposes of taxation and the collection of the same; providing
Section 22. No person shall be allowed to vote at any municipal elec- and the other officers elected under this charter and shall determine con­
and defining the qualifications of electors at all elections and the manner tion in said city who does not possess all the qualifications of a legal tested elections. The council shall have the power and authority to adopt
of conducting th* same; the manner and procedure of exercising the voter as prescribed by the constitution and laws of the State of Oregon, and establish rules and by-laws governing their proceedings, and the con-
Initiative and Referendum powers reserved to the municipality by the
Constitution of Oregon; and fully providing and defining all and every and in addition thereto has not resided in the City of Jacksonville for a duct of any and all elective and appointive officers, and may punish ar.y
power and authority of the council of the City of Jacksonville and the tfbriod of thirty days next preceding the date of said election, or who shall member or other person for disorderly conduct in their presence or at any
City of Jacksonville and fully providing for the government of the City of have refused or neglected, after proper demand, to pay any city fine of the meetings Of the council, and with th* concurrence of the mayor •nd
Jacksonville and everything needful and requisite to maintain, establish legally imposed against him, and the council may prescribe such oath to three of the other members of the council may, upon a proper hearing
and promote the peace, good order, health, cleanliness, ornament, pros­
perity, general welfare and government of the city and to protect the property be administered by the judges of elections as it may deem proper to ascer- and for good cause shown, expel any member of the city council, or any
and persons of Its inhabitants.
tain such facts.
other officer qf the city, except the mayor; and four-fifths of said council
The People of the Town of Jacksonville do Ordain as follows:
Section 23. It shall be the duty of the city recorder to call a mass meet- may at any regular meeting upon a proper hearing and for a good cause
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ing of the electors of said city to be held in thè city hall at a date named shown, declare the office of mayor vacant and proceed to the election of
Incorporation and Boundaries.
in a public written notice given by said city recorder, which said written his successor; Provided, however, that before any officer of the city shall
Section 1. The inhabitants of the county of Jackson living within the notice shall I specify that at said meeting the elective officers to be voted be expelled or bls office be declared vacant, there must first be filed with
boundaries hereinafter described are hereby constituted and declared to for at the next ensuing election may be named at such mass meeting, the recorder of said city a statement under oath, verified by the person
be a municipal corporation by the name and style of the ‘‘City of Jack­ Such mass meeting must be held not less than fourteen, nor more than signing the same, and preferring charges against such officer, which said
sonville,” and by such name they and their successors shall have per- thirty days next
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preceding any municipal election; provided, however, that no statement must contain the exact nature of said charges and the cau^e
petual succession; sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all suits person shall be allowed to vote at such mass meeting for the nomination of of such removal, and at least two days before the matter shall be deter­
or actions of every kind and nature, may contract and be contracted with, candidates to be voted for at any municipal election who shall not be a mined or heard a certified copy of said charges shall be served upon said
may acquire, receive, hold and possess property, both real
and qualified elector of said city, and an assemblage of electors constituting officer by delivering to him in person or leaving said certified copy at his
personal, within or without said corporate limits, when necessary or more than twenty Of the electors of said city inay nominate candidates for residence, or last known address. With a copy of said chares there shall
convenient for municipal purposes, or any purpose hereinafter enumerated the respective offices to be voted for at any election.
also be served a notice of the time and place when the same shall be heard
in this charter, or may sell, lease or dispose of the same, or contract
Section 24. All persons to be voted for at an election of said city shall, and such officer shall have the right to be present at such hearing, ,and If
within relation thereto for the benefit of the city, or in pursuance of powers not less than seven days before such election, file with the recorder of said he requires it, may at his own expense, be heard by counsel in his behalf.
granted in this charter; may exercise all the powers usual and necessary city, a certificate of nomination made by some political or mass convention,
Section 38. None of said councilmen shall receive any compensation
for a municipal corporation, including police power and the power of or a nomination signed by not less than twenty legal voters of said city, for their services as such officers, nor for any service of any kind done,
eminent domain, and all powers hereinafter enumerated or necessarily implied, together with the candidate’s written acceptance Of said nomination, and rendered or performed on behalf of the city, and neither the mayor nor
and may adopt and use a corporate seal, and may alter the same at pleasure.
thereupon the recorder shall enter the name of all such candidates npon the any member of the council shall, during his respective term of office bo
Section 2. The geographical boundaries and corporate limits of said ticket to be voted for at the next following election, and not otherwise; and interested, either directly or indirectly in any contract the expense of which
city shall be as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of the the recorder shall cause a sufficient number of proper tickets to be printed is io be paid by said city; provided, however, that when any memeber of the
southeast quarter of section 31, township 37 south range 2 west of the and distributed prior to the opening of the polls on the day of election. council or the mayor is called upon to perform and does perform any special
Willamette Meridian, running thence east 160 chains; thence north to the The expense of printing such tickets shall be borne by the city.
duty where he is required to incur expenses, such actual expense, if previ­
south boundary line of J. N. T. Miller’s land claim; thence west 160 chains;
Section 25. At all elections of the City of Jacksonville, the polls shall ously authorized by the council, shall be paid by the city.
thence south to the place of beginning.
Section 39. The council may provide the time and place of its regular
be opened at 12 o’clock M. and shall be kept open until 7 o’clock P. M.
Section 3. Said city shall be divided into one or more wards, the
Section 26. The judges and clerks of election shall each be paid $2.50 meetings, but its regular meetings must be held at least once in each
boundaries of which shall be fixed by the city council, and the same may be j for their services.
month, and the date of holding the same shall not be changed oftener than
changed and new wards created by ordinance.
Section 27. Immediately after the close of the polls, the ballots shall twice in any year, and all of the meetings and proceedings of said council
CHAPTER II.
be counted, and full returns made out and certified to by the judges of shall be public.
Section 4. All power given and vested in the City of Jacksonville, | election. Immediately after the ballots are counted the judges and clerks
Section 40. The ayes and nays shall be called and duly entered upon
and the government of said city, shall be exercised and vested in a I of election shall post a certificate in front of the voting place in which the journal of the council on the final passage of every ordinance or resolu­
Mayor and City Council, and 'their successors in office, hereinafter de- 1 they shall certify the number of votes cast for each candidate for each of tion; and on the payment of all claims and demands against ^the
scribed, unless otherwise specifically provided.
the respective offices. The ballots shall then be placed in packages and the city; and in any and all cases where the financial rights or interests
Section 5. The Mayor shall be elected and hold office for a term of packages securely scaled, and the contents of the package endorsed there­ of the city or any of Its taxpayers are involved, either directly or Indirectly,
two years, or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
on, and within six hours of the closing of the polls said returns and pack­ and in all other cases where the same Is called for by two or more member»
Section 6. The city council shall consist of the mayor and four council­ ages containing the ballots shall be deposited by one or more of said judges of the council, or by its presiding officer.
men, who shall be elected and shall hold office for the term of two years of election with the city recorder.
Section 41. In case the city recorder, city marshal, treasurer or tho
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or until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, that at the
Section 28. On or before the first Saturday next following an election, street commissioner shall be absent or unable to perform any of th* duties
first general election held after the adoption of this charter there shall be the city council shall meet and canvass the returns of said election, and | devolving upon him during his term of office, the mayor may in his diserc-
elected two councilmen, each to hold office for the term of one year or the city recorder shall, upon the order of the council, Issue and deliver , tion appoint some other person to act as such officer during ths time that
until their successors arc elected and qualified, and two councilmen, each without delay or charge to the persons elected, a. certificate of election I such disability continues, and such appointee shall receive th* same com-
to hold office for the term of two years or until their successors are eleetd under his hand and the seal of the city,
1 pensatlon as is received by the regular officer tor performing the same
and qualified. Until such time as the city shall by proper ordinance be
Section 29. The new council, when duly organized, shall be the sole 1 services knd such sums so paid shall be deducted from the salary of such
divided Into more than one ward, said councilmen shall be elected by the judges of the qualifications and elections of its members. Contests for regular officer; provided, however, that the mayor shall not have such
legal voters of the city, but should said city by proper ordinance be divided other city offices shall be heard and determined by the council when or­ power In the event that the officer so absent or disqualified from acting
luto two or more wards, then not more than two of said councilmen shall ganized for business, and all such contests shall be governed by the law shall have previotAly designated or appointed a competent deputy to per­
be elected from any one ward.
of the state regulating contested elections for county officers, so far as form the duties of said office during his disability, but this section shall
Section 7. The other elective officers of said city shall be a city recorder the same are applicable; but In the event of two or more candidates for the not be construed so as to deprive the city council as herein prescribed from
and city treasurer who shall each hold office for the term of one year, or same office having an equal and the highest number of votes therefor, the the power and right to remove any officer.
until their successors are elected and qualified.
Section 4>< The City of Jacksonville oan not enter into any contract
council shall decide by lot which of said candidates shall hold said office,
Section 8. Upon the adoption of this charter by a vote ef the legal voters
Section 30. All persons elected or appointed to any city office shall, except by ordinance duly adopted in the manner herein provided, and
and its approval by the Mayor, the present incumbents of the offices of the before entering upon the duties thereof, take and subscribe an oath or all ordinances shall contain the enacting clause: "The People of the City
town of Jacksonville shall be the officers of the City of Jacksonville, to‘wit: affirmation to support the constitution and laws of the United States, and of Jacksonville do ordain as follows:’’ An ordinance can be adopted only
The president of the present board of trustees of said town shall be mayor, of the State of Oregon, the charter and ordinances of the City of Jack­ upon a majority vote of the council and the approval of the mayor, or if
the town recorder shall be the city recorder, the town marshal shall be sonville. and faithfully perferm all duties of the office to which he has been the mayor does not approve, then upon it Ibrea-fourth’» vote of all of tho
the city marshal and the street commissioner shall be tlie street commissioner elected or appointed; and if a bond shall be required of such officer, he I members nt the Council
of the City of Jacksonville and the four members of the board of trustees shall give The same, it to be subject to the approval of the mayor and
Section 43. The City Council may prescribe by ordinance the manner in
shall with the Mayor, constitute the city council, and said officers and each council, and such oath and such bond, when the latter Is approved, shall | which contracts for the furnishing of supplies or material of any kind to
o* tlitm shall hold their respective offices until( under and by virture of the both be filed with and safely kept by the city recorder, but the recorder’s | or for the city or for the doing or performing of any work or labor of
provisions of this charter, their successors have been elected and qualified bond and oath of office shall be deposited with the treasurer.
any kind or the construction of any improvement for or on behalf of the elty,
or appointed as in thM chapter provided.
Section 31. The council shall meet on the second Tuesday In March, shall be let; provided, however, that all contracts shall be by ordinance;
Section 9, The city council in their discretion or as hereinafter directed, following the date of each general municipal election, take the oath of provided, further, however, the city council are hereby given the power and
may appoint one city engineer, one city attorney, one electrical engineer’ office, and shall hold regular meetings at least orce in each month, at such authority to construct any Improvement that they have the power to contract
such other subordinate officers, and such assistants to the city marshal and times as they shall fixe by ordinance. Special meetings may be called at any for under the provisions of this charter by the employment of day
other city employes, as may from time to time be deemed necessary, and time by the mayor, by written notice delivered to each member then pres­ laborers and such contracts of hire shall not be required to be by ordinance.
may remove any such appointive officer at the pleasure of the council. ent within the city at least three hours before the time specified for the
Section 44. Whenever a resolution is adopted, or an ordinance is passed
In cases where an emergency exists, the mayor may appoint such assistants proposed meeting, which notice shall specify the object and purpose of such as provided In Section 40 of this Chapter, the City Recorder within five
to the city marshal and such other employes as may be required for such meeting, and no other business shall be transacted at any special meeting ■lays thereafter shall recoru the Fame together with the vote thereon In
emergency, but in case such appointments be made by the said mayor it than that named in said notice, Personal appearance by any member of a book to be kept for that purpose and which book shall be entitled
shall not continue for a period of more than forty-eight hours, unless the the council at any special meeting »hall be deemed as to him equivalent "ORDINANCES of
the CITY — OF — JACKSONVILLE ' and s' all contain nothing
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same be ratified by the city council.
other than ordinances and resolutions and the vote thereon together with
ttPdue notice.
Section 10. It shall be the duty of the city council upon their election
Section 32. The term3 of all officers elected Khali begin on the second the approval of the mayor.
and qualification, and not later than the second Tuesday In March, following Tuesday in March, or as soon thereafter as they shall duly qualify, but If
CHARTED VI.
the general municipal election, to elect by ballot one city marshal and one they fail to qualify within ten days from and after said day. then said office
The Recorder— III« Powers mid Duties.
street commissioner who shall hold office for the term of one year unless may by the council be declared vacant, and the council at the same meeting
Section 45. The city recorder shall be the clerk of the city council;
sooner removed by vote of the city council, in which event the city council st which the office is declared vacant, shall proceed to fill said vacancy by elec­ shall keep the journal of their proceedings and all records of the city;
shail immediately elect a successor to said officer to hold for the «expired tion; and all vacant ea ccurring from nny cause in any elective office ahull be he must keep the accounts of the city showing all moneys received and
term of said office or until removed by vote of the council.
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filled tv ' • count I..
• :■• ejection of some qualified elector of the city, disbursed
Section 11. No person shall be eligible to any office in said city who to raid vs. :.y, V mi snail hold said office to the next election, and until treasury, keep a true account thereof and of the financial condition of the
is not a qualified elector thereof and has not been a resident of said city his successor is elected and qualified.
city; and do such other*things as the council may, by ordinance, prescribe.
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