The Corvallis gazette., January 17, 1879, Page 3, Image 3

weekly mm gazette.
. Corrallis, Jan. 17, 1879.
THE GRANGER
PUBLISHED J3T REQCEST.
Saw you the Granger at hia plow,
As you were passing by ?
Or, wearied 'neath nis long-day toils,
When autumn suns were high ?
And thought you that his lot was hard ;
And did you thank your God,
That you, -and yours, were not condemn'd,
Thus, like a slave to plod ?
Go, see him at his pleasant home,
When garden, field, and tree,
Conspire with richest stores, to fill
His barn and granary.
His healthful children gaily sport,
Upon the new-mown hay ;
Or, gladly, aid, with vigorous arm.
His task as best they may.
Tiie dog partakes his master's joy,
And gnards the loaded Wain,
The joyful poultry clap their wing3,
And lead their youngling train.
Perchance, the Granger's loving wife;
The pleasant scene surveys,
And breathes a blessing on her race ;
Or, guides the evening praise.
The Harvest' Giver is their friend :
He made the fertile soil ;--
And Earth, the Mother, gives them bread,
And cheers their patient, toil.
Go, join the Grangers' wintry hearth,
Their heartfelt pleasures see,
Then you can better judge how blest,
The Granger's life may be.
Tyro.
Corvallis, Or., May 2, 1874.
From the Salem Statesman, Jan. 7.
Till: OTHER 1 !!:.
Toledo, Dec. 31, 1878.
To TheEditok of the Statesman:
Dear Siis: Several articles liave
lately appeared in your paper over
the assumed name Aineiicus, which
Matun en mnnv unrofiMnnnVilo fiilsr-
affairs at this agency as to rentier
them incapable of belief by any sen
Bible person.
It is sufficient for me to say that
tho author of such stuff is either a
discharged employe, a disappointed
aspirant for place, or a squaw man
who by the vigilance of our police
force has been prevented from secur
ing a mistress from among the female
aborigines.
Notwithstanding the lack of bnsi
tress capacity reported by Americus
(should be sorry instead of merry)
the work of bringing the Indians
into a state of Christian civilization
is progressing just- in- proportion to
our abilitr 1st to keep bad white
men from among tnem ; 2d, to furn
ish them with teams, tools, etc., with
which to work, and 3d, to give their
children a common school education
and teach them the arts of civiliza
tionin 6hortto work for their living.
When truly converted to Clrris
'tianity they will choose good asso
ciates and are themselves anxious to
learn and adopt the customs of civili
zation, hence our first, efforts arc to
teach and persuade them to become
Christians.
Durinir the past year more than
:n: .... i u I I
ft all a iiiiiiiuii ui minuet n.t- m-rii
manufactured at the department saw
mill, the only white men workina in
the mill or yard being an engineer
and head sawyer. The greater part
ot this lumber lias been used by the
Indians in the construction of houses
barns and fences and for themselves
on their own arms.
All who are provided with teams
tools, etc., to work with are nnprov
ing their farms or working for th
government on the improvements
being made at the agncy.
At the uay school at the agency
there is a daily average attendance
of more than fifty pupils, seven of
whom are whiles children of the
government employes' and the
agent's.
Tho Indian Department have allot
ea two thousand nve hundred dollars
(82,500) to be expended in ?.he con
struction of a boarding and manual
labor school, where fifty Indian boys
and girls mar find a home and be
instructed to read, write and work
By the most careful and economical
expenditure ot this sum, we hope
before the close of the present fiscal
year to have this house completed
and ready tor occupancy.
The department has also furnished
us with 23 (not 80) boxes of crackers
lor a noon lunch lor the Indian pupils
attending me day school, and a small
quantity of cloth with which to
clothe pupils.
.1 ...
xy actual count there are over
1,080 Indians who belong to the
agency, though onlj' from six to sev en
hundred are now on the reserve.
From the monthly official reports
of our former agency physician, F.
M. Carter, I find that during his last
year s services here, he treated and
cured over twelve hundred (1,200)
Indians beside those who died under
his treatment.
Without reflecting on tho energy
of our present resident physician,
Rev. Dr. John Bos well, (who is so
well known in Oregon, that I will not
attempt to add to his reputation as a
physician and honorable Christian
gentleman), I will here state that
since he commenced his labors here
there has been a great falling off in
the number of eases reported as
treated by himself.
Now, hi conclusion, Mr. Editor,
let me extend a cordial invitation to
you, arid all fail-minded, disinterested
persons, to visit tliid agency and see
for yourselves what is being done by
the agent, employes and Indians, and
udge us according to our works.
Do not accept for truth the state
ments of " Aroericus," who is asham
ed or too cowardly to subscribe his
own name tc his falsehoods. Very
respectfully your obedient servant.
Wit Bagley,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
THE LAWS JF OREGON.
SPECIAL LAWS.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Town ot Independence,
in the County of Polk, and State of Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of
the state of Oregon :
Sectiox 1. That the town of Inde
pendence, in the county of Polk and
State of Oregon, shall be bounded as
follows: beginning at the mouth of
Independence slough and following
the center of said slough to a point
where C. A. Sharp's laud claim crosses
said slough ; thence west on said line
to the north west corner of section 28;
thence south to the line of John E.
Davidson's land claim j thence east
to the northeast coiner of said land
claim ; theiiee south thirty-six rods ;
thence east to the Willamette river;
thence down ?aid river to the place
of beginning, and the inhabitants
within saiil boundaries are hereby ere
aled a body corporate, with perpet
ual succession, by the name of the
Town ot Independence. They shall
have a common seal ; may sue and be
sued ; may acquire anil hold real and
personal property within the said limits
for any public, educational or chari
table purposes, and shall possess all
the rights and powers incident to mu
nicipal corporation.
Sec. 2. The officers of the town
shall be a board of five trustees, a
Recorder and a Marshal, who shall
be legal voters and actual residents
of the town daring the three months
next preceding their election. The
legislative powers arc vested in the
board of trustees, who may enact all
ordinances necessary and proper for
the due execution of the powers herein
granted. The judicial powers are
vested in the Recorder, who shall by
virtue of his office, have jurisdiction
and power like a Justice of the Peace
within the town, and shad hav ex
clusive original jurisdiction of all
cases and matters arising under the
ordinances ot the town, and shall act
as clerk of the board of trustees, and
shall be the town assessor. His du
ties ot clerk and assessor shall be as
prescribed by the board of trustees.
He shall preside in the absence of the
president, and shall keep a journal of
the proceedings of the board of trus
tees. The Marshal shall be the exec
utive officer of the town, and shall
execute all process directed to him
by the Recorder or any legal author
ity of the town; he shall be a consta
ble and conservator of the peace, and
shall arrest and bring befoie the Re
corder for trial, on comnlaint or oth
erwise, all offenders against, the law
of the State or ordinances of the
town, and shall perform all such du
ties as the board of trustees sha
prescribe. J he board ot trustees
may appoint a treasurer and other
subordinate officers and aaents, and
prescribe their duties by ordinance.
and to till all vacancies in office.
Sec. 3. That the officers shall be
elected by the qualified voters annu
ally, on the first Monday in Decern
ber, and the election shall be con
ducted in accordance with the gen
era I laws of the State, except as here
inafter provided, the first electioi
shall be held at the school house, on
the second Monday after the approval
of this law by the Governor, at the
place of holding general elections
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. and
ending at 4 o'clock p. ic. The inspeo
tors at said first election shall be M
S. Pipes, Henry Hill and Isaac M,
Butler, and the next election shall be
held on the first Monday of Decern
ber, 1879, and annually on the first
Monday thereafter in December; and
the inspectors of election shall give
certificates to the successlul candi
dates, and shall deliver the poll books
to the Recorder elect. The board of
trustees shall appoint inspectors of all
subsequent elections, and the places
ot holding the same, and cause ten
days' previous notice thereof to be
posted throughout the town, and shall
receive the returns and declare the
result, and the president and Record
er shall give certificates ot election to
the officers elect.
Sec. 4. That the board of trustees
shall elect a president, keep a record
ot their proceedings, and meet at
stated times, and at such other times
as the president shall appoint; thev
shall judge of the qualifications and
elections of their own members; and
shall decide contested elections of all
town officers. The hoard of trustees
shall have power within the town to
levy and collect taxes for town par
poses, not to exceed one halt of ont
per cent, per annum on all the real
and pesronal property which istaxable
by law tor State or count v purposes
in said town; and to provide bv ordi
nance for enforcing the payment of
all such taxes, by sale of the prop
erty so taxed by the town Marshal,
in the same manner as like properly
is sold by the sheriff for State.
couuty and school taxes. The board
ot trustees shall have power to com
pel, by ordinance, the owners of lots
or lands within the limits of the town,
to conuuet, i construct or renair side
or cross walks, and improve or grav
el the streets adjacent to such lots or
lands, at the cost and exnense of ih
owners thereof; and to provide for
the selling of lots and lands adjacent
to which any such walks inav be con-
structed or improvements mado t
pay all costs and expenses thereof in
the same manner as like Drovfertv i
said on execution, under, and in pur
suance of the laws of this State- to
license, tax, and reirnlate. or prohibit
bar-rooms, houses for the sale of in
toxicating liquors, ale and beer, bill
iard tables, theatrical and othei exhi
bitions, shows and amusements, but
such taxes shall not be less than re
prescribed by the eenerat laws: also.
to prohibit bawdy houses, houses of
gaming nd gambling; to establish
fifes; to establish, maintain and reg
ulate a day and night police; to pro
vide and regulate a lock-up for per
sons arrested or sentenced to impris
onment under the ordinances of the
town, or the general laws ; to pro
vide for the construction, cleaning
and repair of side and cross walks
adjacent to lots or lands by the own
ers thereof; and also, for making,
clearing and improving gutters,
ditches, drains and sewers; to grade,
pave, plank or otherwise improve,
clear and keep in repair streets, high
ways, alleys, bridges and sidewalks;
to erect, regulate and repair public
wharves and docks, and to regulate
the erection and repair of private
wharves, and tofix the rates of wharf
age thereof; to license, tax and regu
late auctioneers, taverns, hawkers,
peddlers, brokers and pawn-brokers,
and also hacks, carriages, wagons,
carts, drays, omnibuses, and to fix
the rate for conveying persons or
properly thereon; to provide for wa
ter for the town ; to prevent and re
move nuif ances ; to regulate the stor-
fire companies, and to provide for
the prevention and extinguishment of
age of gun powder and other com
bustible material, and the use of can
dles, lamps and lights in shops, halls
and other places; to prevent, remove
or secure any fire place, stove or other
apparatus which may be dangerous
in causing fires; to regulate and pre
set ibe the manner of building flues,
chimneys, partition walls and fences;
to regulate and restrain domestic ani
mals from going at large within the
limits of tho town or any specified
part or parts thereof, and to provide
for the taking up and impounding
any such animals and for their sale if
not redeemed ; to provide for meas
uring hay, wood and other commodi
ties bought and f.old in said town;
to provide for the removal of stand
ing water, and unwholesome and of
fensive substances, and to prevent
streams from overflowing their banks;
to provide for the removal of obstruc,
lions from the Willamette river; to
regulate or prohibit the discharge of
fire-arms within the town ; to prevent
and restrain any riot, noise, disturb
ance or disorderly conduct or assem
blage in any street, house or place in
the town ; to make by-laws not in
consistent with the laws of the Unit
ed States and of this St?tp, to carry
into effect the provisions of this char
ter, and to secure the health, peace
and improvement of said town ; to
provide for the punishment of the
violation of town ordinances by fine,
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or imprisonment not exceeding twen
ty days; to appropriate moneys for
any item of town expenditures, and
to provide for the payment of the
debts and expenses of the town; Pro
vided, that the board of trustees shall
not create a town debt, borrow money
or loan the credit of the town to ex
ceed the sum of two hundred dollars;
to anpoint a town attorney and pre
scribe his duties, and to provide by
ordinance for the punishment of
drunkenness within the town by fine
and imprisonment, and generally to
provide tor the safety, peace, order
and well-being of the inhabitants of
the town.
Sec. 5. That the enacting clause
of every ordinance shall be, "The
people of the town of Independence
do ordain as follows,'' and every or
dinance to be valid must receive the
aflimative vote ot three trustees,
whose names must be entered in the
journal.
Sec. 6. That claims against the
town must be audited by the board
of trnsteflf and paid on the order of
the president, countersigned by the
Recorder.
Sec. 7. That the term of office
shall commence on the first Mondav
in January following the election, but
all officers shall serve until their suc
cessors are sworn into office. The
trustees shall receive no compensa
tion; the Recorder shall receive the
fees of a Justice of the Peace, and
the Marshal the fees of a constable
for like service.
Sec. 8. The qualifications of an
elector shall be thirty days' residence
next preceding the election, within
the limits of the corporation ; shall
have paid tax other than wad tax,
and shall not have refused or neglect
ed to pay any town fine or tax le
gally assessed against him; and no
elector shall be eligible to office who
has not been a resident of tho town
three months immediately preceding
such election.
Sec. 9. Within five days from the
enactment of any ordinance, a copy
thereof shall be posted at some place
in said town bv the JVIarshal, and no
ordinance shall take effect in less than
five days from its passage.
Sec. 10. A majority of the mem
bers of the bor-d of trustees, with
the presiding officer, at any meet
ing of the board, shall constitute a
quorum to do business, and all their
meetings shall be public. They shah
meet at such time as may be provid
ed, for by ordinance, and at least once
a year they shall cause a statement
of the financial affairs of the town to
be published.
Sec. 11. Every ordinance which
shall have passed the board of trus
tees, shall be signed by the presi
dent or presiding officer.
Sec. 12. Owing to the necessity of
the amendments to this act (the orig
inal act being defective on the snb
ect of taxation) this act shall be in
force and take effect from and after
its approval by the Governor.
oec. 13. All acts or parts ot acts
inconsistent or in conflict with this
act, are hereby repealed.
approved October 17, 1878.
ty, Oregon, and their successors with
in the metes and bounds hereinafter
prescribed, are hereby established
and declared a body corporate under
the name of the City of Gervais, and
as such have the right to sue and be
sued, defend and be defended in any
courts in this Stale ; to hold real and
personal property; to sell and other
wise dispose of the same for the com
mon benefit ; to borrow and loan
money; to have and to use a seal, and
to alter the same at pleasure.
Pe it further enacted, that section
2 of said act shall be amended to read
as follows :
Sec. 2. The corporate limit of said
City of Gervais shall be as follows:
beginning at a p'lint in the northwest
boundary line of the said town of
Gervais as designated on the record
plat thereof, where it is intersected
by the line between the donation
land claims of A. Bonefaut and depot,
and running thence north 50-J- deg.
west 2.00 chains; thence north 41
dec;, east 3.80 chains: thence south
chains; thence
AN ACT to ameDd an act passed by the Legislature
oi the state of OnmnnnW a i.Ti ... t ..
Stateof Or Gervaia in Marion County,
r -. . . . .
" ""aaea otj tlie Leaistative Assembly of
v wts :
be
That section 1 of said act shall
amenaea to read as follows :
Section 1. That the inhar.it ante
of the town of Gervais, Marion coun-
50 dee. east 2.00
north 4l deg. east 13.34 chains;
thence north 6 deg. east 5.20 chains;
thence north 83f deg. west 2.75
chains; thence north 6deg. east D.30
chains; thence south 48j deg. east
42.14 chains ; thence south 4l deg.
west 39.53 chains ; thence north 48 J
west 2.60 chains; thence south 4l
deg. west 2.07 chains; thence north
48-deg. west 15.27 chains; thence
north 41 deg. cast 2.07 chains; thence
north 48J deg. west 14.47 chains;
thence norlh 41 deg. east 1 1.84 chains,
to the place of beginning ; said limits
being identical with the recorded plat
of said Gervais except two offsets on
the northwest boundary, respective
ly, two chains, and two chains and
seventy-five links wide, and one offset
in the siuthwest boundary, two
chainsand seven one-hund red ths wide.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 3 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows :
Sec. 3. There shall be elected as
hereinafter provided, a board of five
conncilmen, a Recorder, a Marshal
and a Treasurer, who shall each hold
their respective offices for the term of
one year, or until their successors are
elected and qualified.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 4 of said act shall be amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. 4. The qualifications of an
elector shall be ninety day's residence,
next preceding the election, within
the limits of the corporation, and shall
have some business occupation, and
shall have or is liable to pay tax oth
er than n.ad tax, and shall not have
refused or negler.ted to pay any city
fine or lax legally assessed against
him, and otherwise legally qualified ;
and no elector shall be eligible to of
fice who has not been a resident of
the city six months immediately pre
ceding sne.h election.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 5 ot said act shall be amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. 5. All officers authorized by
this charter shall be elected annually
on the first Monday in November in
each year, and all vacancies snail be
filled by appointment by the board
of conncilmen, except as hereinafter
provided.
And be it further enacted, that s?c
tion 6 of said a:t be amended as to
read as follows:'
Sec. 0. The board of conncilmen
shall order the Recorder, or in case of
his inability, some other person, to
advertise every election held under
tins charier, by posting notices in
three public places within the city
limits, five days prior thereto, and
shall appoint three judges, and they
shall choose their own clerks; and
said iirdges and clerks shall qualify
according to law: and all elections
shall be conducteiT according to the
laws of the Slate ot Oregon, except,
the polls shall be opened at 9 o'clock
a. St., and closed at 4 o clock p. M
Provided, that no election shall be
held in anv bar-room, grocery or tip
pliug house ; and all such houses shall
be closed during any special or an
nual election.
And be it further enacted, that sec
uon oi sain act be amended 60 as
to read as follows:
Sec. 7. The returns of all elec
tions shall be made to the city conn
cil, who shall, within five days, pub
licly canvass the same and declare
the result, and issue certificates to the
persons duly elected, and they shall
qualify within three days after receiv
ing such certificates, and in case of a
tie the council shall have power to
decide the contest by lot.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 8 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 8. The term of officers elect
ed shall commence on the day after
they shall have qualified, each one
taking the oath of office,and such oalh
filed with the Recorder as clerk of
the city council, that they will well
and-failhtully perform their respect
ive duties according to law ; any per
son so elected and failing to quality
within ten days, his office shall be
deemed vacant, and the council shall
appoint some other person to-fill said
vacancy.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 9 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows :
Sec. 9. The Recorder, Marshal
and Treasurer shall each give a bond
for two hundred and fifty dollars,
that they shall pay over all moneys
coming into their hands by virtue of
their offices and the faithful perform
ance of the duties of their respective
offices, and such bonds must be ap
proved by the city council, and the
council may increase such bonds
when they think it proper. The Re
corder shall keep the Marshal's and
Treasurer's bonds, and the Treasurer
shall keep the Recorder's bond.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 10 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows :
Sec 10. The conncil shall, at their
first meeting, elect one of their num
ber as chairman, who shall preside at
all of their meetings; Provided, that
when he is absent, the council may
appoint a chairman pro tern. A ma
jority of said council shall constitute
a quorum to do business. The coucil
men shall receive no compensation
for their services.
And be itfurtier enacted, that sec
tion 11 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:-
Sec. 11. The city council shall
have power and authority within the
city limits to make bylaws and or
dinances not in conflict with the laws
af the United Slates, nor the State
of Oregon, and necessary provisions
to enforce the same ; to assess and
collect taxes upon all the taxable
property within the corporate limits;
Provided, said taxes shall not exceed
three mills per annum on the dollar;
Provided, that two thirds of the legal
voters of the City may petition the
city council asking an increase of tax
for special purposes, and then not to
exceed six mills on the dollar per an
num ; to license, tax and regulate
mercantile and business houses, lav
eras, eating houses, .auctioneers, ped
dlers, brokers and different brauchesof
business, which, in their judgment, or
by a petition from the legal voters of
the city should be licensed under this
charier; to license, tax and regulate
or prohibit bar rooms, tippling houses
and all places where malt or spiritu
ous liquors are sold, billiard tables,
bowling alleys, theatrical and other
exhibitions, shows and amusements
of any kind, and also to prohibit
bawdy houses, gaming and gam
bling houses. All citizens within the
corporate limits of this charter, shall
be exempt from any county tax as
license, which now is or may be im
posed by the general laws of the
Slate of Oregon ; Provided, no city
license shall be less than is now or
may be prescribed by the statutes of
this Slate; to provide for a city at
torney when necessary, and to pro
vide for the restraint, employment
and support of vagrants, and provide
for the care and comfort, of paupers;
to build a jail, provide means fur pro
tection against fire, and to provide
and maintain police when necessary;
to provide tor the improvement and
repairs of stieets and highways, and
sidewalks and bridges, and tor the
cleanliness of the same, and of ditches,
drains ami sewers; to prevent and
regulate domestic animals i tinning at
large within the city limits, or any
special parts thereof, and to provide
for the taking up and impounding oj
such animals, and for their sale if not
redeemed, and to prevent the di
charge ot tire arms in the city ; to
prevent and restrain riot, disturbance
noise, obscene and profane langua
drunken or disorderly conduct at any
tune or place within the City limit
to impose, collect and appropriate
hues anil penalties, for the breach of
any ordinance ; Provided, no fine shall
exceed fifty dollars or imprisonment
twenty hve days in the city iau: to
provide for the collection and dis
bursement of moneys which may b
assessed or authorized to be collected
to issue or levy on real or persona
property ot the delinquent tax-pay
ers, and cause the same to be sol
under such rules and regulations as
they may prescribe
And be it further enacted, that sec
lion 12 ot said act be amended so as
to read as follows
Sec. 12. The Recorder shall have
jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace
in civil and criminal proceeding-"
have original jurisdiction over all
violations of t he city ordinances, and
his court shall be governed, as tar as
applicable, by the general laws of tin
State of Oregon under which justices'
courts are now held. 1 he Recorder
shall be ex-otncio city auditor and
clerk of the city counci' but in case
of his absence or inability to act in r
council meeting, the council may ap
point some person to act as clerk pro
tern, or one of the council may act as
clerk. 1 ho llecorder shall receive
the same fees as are provided by law
for a Justice of the Peace, and he
shall be city assessor.
And be it further amended enact
ed, that section 13 of said act be
amended so as to read as follows ,
(1 - 'II I c i t 1 111
oec. 13. ine luarsnai snail be ex-
officio tax collector, and shall pay
over all moneys to the I reasurt
within thirty days afier collection and
take a receipt for the same, and shall
make a quarterly report to the city
council of the same. Ihe Marshal
shall attend all council meetings and
the Recorder's court; and shall exe
cute all processes to him delivered ;
shall be A conservator of the peace,
and shall arrest and bring before the
Recorder for trial, on complaint or
otherwise, all offenders against tha
laws of the State of Oregon, or ordi
nances ot the cily, and ex-ofticio
pound master, and act in accordance
with ordinances governing pound
masters ; and he may appoint one or
more deputies if necessary, in his ab
sence or inability to act, or in case of
emergency ; Provided, he shall be
responsible for said deputies' acts;
and he or his deputy shall perform
such other duties as the council may
direct ; and
the Recorder shall
have power to appoint a deputy
wdien in case of an emergency for
any special business. The Marshal
shall receive the same fees as are now
provided for constables in the general
laws; and the council shall allow him
a salary of one hundred dollars a
year, and increase said salary when
they deem it necessary.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 14 of said act be amended so as
to read as follovVs:
Sec. 14. The Treasurer shall safely
keep all moneys coming into bis
hands, and disburse the same on or
der of the city council, with Whom
he shall make quarterly settlements.
The Treasurer shall receive for bis
services one per cent, of all moneys
coming into bis hands, and a like
amount for all moneys disbursed by
him.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 15 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 15. Within five days after
the passage of any ordinance, copies
thereof shall be posted in three pub
lic places within the city limits, and
all such ordinances shall take effect
within five days after such notices are
posted.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 16 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 16. The said corporation shall
not create any debts or liabilities, the
aggregate of which shall exceed two
hundred and fifty dollars; Provided,
the said corporation may increase the
taxes by a petition to the city coun
cil, signed by two thirds of the whole
number of resident voters in said city
of Gervais.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 17 of said act be amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 17. No officer shall, in the pe
riod for which he is elected, be inter
ested in any contract, the expenses of
which are to be paid ont of the city
treasury ; and any officer neglecting
or refusing to perform his duties, or
absents himself without leave for
thirty days, the city council shall de
clare his office vacant and appoint
some other person to fill his place,
and such officer shall qualify in the
same manner as if elected.
And be it further enacted, that sec
tion 19 of said act be amended', so as
to read as follows :
Sec. 19. When any person shall be
convicted of any criminal offense un
der any of the ordinances of the said
city, and shall be ad judged to pay a
fine and costs, and shall fail to pay ihe
same, he may be made to labor one
day for every two dollars of such
fines and costs, upon the streets or
public works of the city, or may
be hired out to do any other work in
ihe city, and the City Marshal, or
any other person said defendant may
be working under, may shackle or
attach a chain ami ball to keep said
defendant from escaping ; Provided,
such shackle or chain and ball shall
not injure such person.
And be it further enacted, that sec-
lion 23 bo added to the charter.
Sec. 23. Pe it enacted, thai all or
dinances or parts of ordinances here
tofore passed by the board of trus
tees for the town of Gervais, State of
Oregon, are hereby legalized, and all
ordinances hereafter passed shall be
made'in the name of the cil y of Ger
vais, and the enacting clause shall be,
"the city of Gervais does ordain as
follows."
Sec. 2 4. And be it further enacted,
that there being urgent necssity, as
the annual election will be licit on
the first Monday in November, and
sections governing such elections are
deficient, that this act shall lake ef
fect from and after us approval by
the Governor.
Approved October 17, 1S7S.
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