Of) WEEKLY mim GAZETTE, CorVallis, Feb. 7, 1879. It is a wise man who knows liis own umbrella: Most people are like egs too full of themselves tv anything els... This may be a world of change, bnt somehow or other rery lUtfe gets into circulation. The object of education is not ex ternal' show and splendor, but inward development Seneca. A-gtoeer advertises in the follow ing terse riihtitier: "Bams and ci gars smoked and unsmoked." How' can' We help our town?" asks a Chicago editor. Did vmi ever try leaving it? Cin. S'it. Night. Let amusements fill up the chinks of your existence, but not the great spaces thereof. Theodore Parker. Matrwastes hi mornings in antici pating his afternoons, and wastes his afternoon's in regretting his mornings. Do all the good you can in the world and make as little noise about it as" possible. When women give np wearing trains out doors, the Street Cleaning Department will have to go to work again. Wc have morp power than will, and' it is often by way of excuse to ourselves that we fancy things are impossible-.- tie alone is ungrateful who. makes return of iiMfeTiin, because he does it merely to free himself from owing-so much as thanks. Butler. It is not till the storm comes that we find out tfie real timber of n ves sel. The things which try people show what is"in them. Sound'. ' If," saiiFan Irish apoth ecary, "yon find two tumblers of whisky-punch disagree with you over nigRt, (fnti't take Vin till the next clay, an then leave 'em off intirely." "Thirty me'als have been discov ered this century." Just sr.! But then some folks would rather discover brie frteCat thirty limes, if they could choose the metal. A Pittsbnrg school-teacher had just taught her scholars to say "ither'' and "nither" and "fe nance," when she died. Wo one can tell when their life's" work will be" cut short. E. Journal of Education. " Speaking of bathing," sr.id Mrs. Partington, "some can bathe with perfect imparity in water as cold as Greenland's icy mountains ami India's Coral strands ; bnt for my part, I pre fer to have the water a little tot-j i 1.' ady (severely). "I presume yon tlndfertaand about kerosene to kindle file fire' with?' Applicant (confident ially.) "Indade I do, ma'am. Show me where" ye kape yer ile can, an it'll mvercosl ye a'cft'nt for kindlin!" Softhearted grandpapa (to Torn my, who has just been" castigated by his mamma) "And you know, Tom riiy, it'reatly pains' mamma more than it does ytrul" Tommy " Oh, yes, I know it does;-she says so; it hurts fier hands !" A gentleman- whoresides' Very close to the railroad was praying one even ing, when a train of cars came by and his little girl remarked to him. P i ! pa 1 what is the use of praying while the. cars are going by? God cannot hear you." The superintendent approached n youth of color, who was present for the first time in Sunday school and inquired his nam-. fr the purpose of placing it on the roll. The good man tried in vain to preserve his gravity wherMIhe answer wan-returned. "Well, massa-eails me Capn,but my maiden name is Moses." A'persomwbo was recently called Into court lor the purpose of proving the correctness ot ar surgeon's bill, Was asked by the lawyer whether the doctor did not make several visits after the patient was out of danger, "no," replied-the witness, I eousid eied the patient in danger as long as tile doctor continued his visits." Brefhreff, before we sing I lie next Verse of "John Brown's body lies nli moldy in die grave," let ns lake a look rnto'tlte grave and see that it is there. In these days of Ohio medical colleges a eemeteiy istft no saf'-r Shan a savings bank, and it may be that political glee clubs, who have been singing the song quoted above, fiave been chanting a rhythmic lie for the pdfct 15' years. The Absent minded Max. A distinguished mathematician, a pro fessor of King'w College, Aberdeen, was noted for his absence of mind. Coming one day from the college he stumbled against a cow. and in the Confusion of the moment, thinking he had run against a lad-, he raised his hat and- said, " I beg your pardon, madam."' Shortly afterward he did accidentally stumble against a lady in the street, when, remembering his former adventure, he exelaimed, "Is that yon' again,, yc brute?" TooLrATE. A clergy maw sard that he once visited a lady of his parish, who had just lost her husband, in Ol der to offer consolations, and upon her earnesfinqoiries- as to the rutin ion of families in heaven he strongly asserted his belief in that fact, and when she asked with anxiety whether anv time mnst elaose before IVitnds would be able to find each other in he next-world he emphatically said. No f thev will be united at once Be was thinking of the happiness f being abife to offer the relief'-ot such a faith when' she broke in npon his meditations by exclaiming sadly, " Well, his first wife has got him then by this time!" PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. THE LAWS OF OREGON. SPECIAL LAWS. AN ACT fo incorporate the City of Union. Be tt enacted by Cue Legislative Assembly of the Slate of Oregon ; Section 1. That the inhabitants oF Union and their successors within the following limits are hereby de clared a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the City of Union. Sec. 2. The limits of the city shall bo as follows : .Commencing at S. YV. cor. S. 18, P. 4, S. R. 40 E., run ring thence S. 4 mile, E. mile, N. 1 mile, V. mile, S. mile. Sec. 3. Said city shall have power to purchase, use, lease, sell or dispose of prope rty, real or personal ; to make contracts, sue and be sued; to have and use a common seal, and to change the same at pleasnre. Sec. 4. The officers of said city shall consist, of one Mayor, four Al dermen, a Recorder, who shall be ex offic.io clerk of the common council, an Assessor, a Marshal, who shall be ex-officio collector of taxes, rnd a Treasurer, who shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Sec. 5. S id officers shall be elect ed annually, by the qualified electors of said city, on.tbe first Monday of December of each year; Provided, that no person sh.ill be entitled to vote at any municipal election who has not resided in said city limits thirty days next preceding the elec lion, and also. shall have refused or neglected to pay any city fines or tax legally assessed against him ; Pro n'ded, such payment has been 1. -gaily demanded of him. The first election of the city officers shall he as follows : The County Clerk of Union county, or his deputy, shall post in three of the most public places of the city, at least one week before the election, a notice desitHLig l he place and time when said flsjPl'iiv will lie held, and thcrtffuT shall irppoiiit'.lhrcc persons to rewivelhe votes at the place des ignated, and the persons so appoint ed shall receive the votes aforesaid, and within five days thereafter shall make return of said votes to the clerk or deputy, an ! shall forthwith, in presence of a Justice of the Peace and to the persons having the highest number of votes tor Mayor, Itecor der, Marshal and Treasurer, tie shal' give certificates of election, and to the four persona having the highest number of votes for aldermen, he shall give certificates of election as aldermen of said city. Sec. 0. The Mayor and aldermen hall compose the common council of aid city, and at any meeting shall have exclusive power to provide for the election, and qualification of ofii cers and for filling vacancies in office; to fix the time and place tor their meeting, but they shall meet as often as once in each month ; to levy and collect taxes for city purposes not to exceed one-half of one per cent, per annum on property in said city taxa ble tor county purposes; to establish hospitals; to prevent and remove nuisances; to provide water; to li cense, tax, ami regulate auctioneers, taverns, hawkers, peddlers, broker-1, and also job wagons, carls, drays', omnibuses, and to fix rates for the same; to license, tax and regulate bar-rooms, billiard tables, theatrical and other shows, exhibitions, and amusements;- ami also to prohibit bawdy houses, gaming and gambling houses; to establish and regulate market houses and places, to estab lish fire companies, and to provide tor the extinguishment and prevention of fires; to appoint fire wardens and to prescribe their dniies; to comp"l any person or persons present to aid in the extinguishment of fires, or for the preservation of property exposed to danger in time of fire, ami by or dinance to prescribe such other pow ers as may be necessary on such oc casions; to establish and regulate an efficient police and night-watch; to impose fines, penalties and forfeit ures; to provide for the construc tion, cleaning and repairing of side and cross-walks adjacent to lots by the holders thereof; and also, for making, cleaning and improving gut ters: lo grade, pave, plank or other wise clean and keep in repair streets, alleys and side-walks; to erect, regu late and repair public bridges wilhin the city limits ; to regulate the stor age of gunpowder and other com bustible materials, and the use of can dh s, lamps and other lights in shops, stables and oilier places, by which properly is endangered ; to prevent, move or secure any file-place or other apparatus which may be dangerous in causing fires; to regulate the man ner of building, partition walls and fences ; lo prevent or regulate the running at large of animals and the dischaigc of fire arms; to lien e and regulate porters, and to appro propria te for any item of city expen diture and to provide for the pay ment of debts, expenses of the city ; lo appoint a city Attorney and pre scribe his duties; lo establish and change wards; to provide for the removal of standing water and un wholesome and offensive substances; to make by-laws and ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of the United Stales or of this State; to carry into effect the provisions ol this charter, and to provide for the punishment of l he violations of city ordinances by tines and imprison ment, but no fine shall exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment more than twenty days; ami shall have power to prevent the introduc tion of diseases into the city; to pre vent and restrain any riot, noise, dis turbance or disorderly assemblage, in any street, house or place in tin city ; Provided, that the residents of said city shall be exempt from the payment of such road taxes as are, or may be by law imposed upon the residents of Union county; And pro vided further, that the city council shall appoint a snitiable person as supervisor of roads who shall collect and apply all road tax due within the city limits, in such places either with in or without the city limits as may be designated byirder of said city council, not outshfe of the road dis trict in which the city is situated. Sec. 7. The Mayor shall have power to call meetings of the com mon council, and shall preside at their meetings, and when there is a tie iri the council shall vote, and shall at least once in each year stale to said council the condition, financially and otherwise, of the city, and reeonv mend such measures for the peace, health, improvement and prosperity of the city as he may deem expedient. Sec. 8." The Recorder shall have jurisdiction over all violations of city ifcrdinances, and may hold to bail aim rwimmit persons found guilty thereof, and within the city shall have juris diction and power like a Justice ot t he Peace, and the laws governing jus tices ot the peace shall apply as fat as practicable to all his proceedings. His duties as assessor and clerk shall be as prescribed by the common council; he shall preside in absence of the Mayor and shall.keep a journal of the proceedings of the council. Sec. 9. The Marshal shall exe cute nil processes directed to him by the Recorder or an' legal authority; shall be conservator of the peace, and shall arrest till persons guilty of a breach thereof or the violation of any cit v ordinances, austake them before the Recorder for trial, and may as Collector, enforce the collection of city taxes as the collection of county taxes are enforced, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the common council. Sec. 10. The Treasurer shall re ceive and keep the funds and moneys of ihe city, and pay out the same as hereinafter specified, and when re quired bv the common council, shall make a statement of the financial af fairs of the city. Sec. 11. JCNo claim against the cil v shall be paid until it is audited and allowed by the common council, and then the Treasurer shall pay it upon a warrant drawn upon him by the Recorder. Sec. 12. No member of the com mon council shall, daring the period for which he is elected, be interested in any contract, the exjensesol which are to be paid out of the city treasury. Sec. 13. Within five days from the enactment of any ordinance, a copy therof shall be posted in three of the most public places of said city, or published in a newspaper in Union, and no ordinance shall take effect in less than.fi ve days from its passage. Sec. 14. A majority of the aMer-meirr-with the presiding officer, at any meeting, shall constitute a- quo rum to do business, and all their meetings shall be public, and at least once a year they shall cause a state ment of the financial affairs of the city to be published. Sec. 15. The city council shall not in any manner create any debts or liabilities which shall, singly or in the aggregate, t xcecd the sum of otic thousand dollars. Sec. 16. The charier shall be sub mined to the popular votes of the qualified electors ot the City of Un ion, for their acceptance or rejection, and if a majority of the votes cast be in favor of accepting the same, it shall become the law, but not other wise. Sec. 17. The Clerk of Union county syall give not ice thereof, and appoint a lime previous to the last Monday in November, 1878, and a place in said city for voting on the acceptance or rejection of the char ter, and he shall also appoint three pei-sons, who shall be qualified and receive voles and declare the result of the vote to the said clerk or his deputy, who shall thereupon imme diately declare the result of the vote. Sec. 18. The legislature shall have the right to repeal or alter this chat ter. Sec. 19. Inasmuch as the pros perityot the citizens ol Union re quires further protection other than can be afforded by the general laws of the State, this act shall take effect from and after its approval by the Governor. Approved October 19, 1878. AN ACT to Incorporate the City of Wes-on. Be it enacted by the legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon : Section I. That the inhabitants of Weston and their successors, within the following limits are hereby de clared a body politic anil corporate. by the name and style of the City of W eston. Sec. 2. The limits of said cit v shall be as follows; Commencing at the northwest corner of May's addition to the town of Weston; thence run ning east seventy-four rods; thence south to the southeast corner of Mc Artbnr.s addition to the town of Wes ton ; ihcuce we;l sixty-six roils; thence due north eighty rods; thence West one hundred and twenty feet; tlience due north to the place of beginning. Sec. 3. Said city shall have power to use, lease, sell or dispose of property, real or personal to make contracts; sue and be sued-; to have and use a common seal, and the same to change at pleasure. Sec. 4. The officers of said city shall be a Mayor, six aldermen, a Re corder, who shall be ex-'officio clerk of the common council and assessor; a Marshal, who shall be ex-officio col lector of taxes; and a Treasurer, who shall hold their office until their suc cessors ate elected and qualified. Sec. 5. Said officers shall be elect ed annually by the qualified electors of said city on the first Monday of December of each year; Provided, that no person shall be entitled to vote at any municipal election who has not resided in said limits thirty days next preceding the election, and also shall have refused or neglected to pay any city fine or tax legally as sessed against him ; Provided, such payment hs been legally demanded of him. The first election of city of ficers shall be as follows ; The Conn ty Clerk of Umatilla county, or his deputy, shall post in three of the most public places of said city, at least one wees before the election, a notice designating the place where said election shall be held, and there after shall appoint three persons to receive the votes at the place aesig nated and the persons so appointed shall receive the votes as aforesaid, and' witlm five days thereafter shall make return of said vote to the clerk or deputy, and he shall forthwith, in the presence of the Oounty Judge or a Justice of thi Peace, canvass the same, and to the persons respectively having the highest number of votes for Mayor, Recorder, Marshal and Treasurer, he shall give certificates of election, and to life six persons hav ing the high"st number of votes for aldermen he shall give certificates of their election as aldermen of said city. Sec. C. The Mayor and alderm -n shall compose the common council ot said city, ami at any meeting shall have exclusive power lo provide for the election and qualification of offi cers, or for fi ling vacancies in offi-je; to fix the time and place of-.their meetings; but they shall meet as of ten as once a week in each month ; to levy and collect taxes for city pur poses not to exceed one-half of one per cent, per annum on property in sanl city taxable lor countv purposes; to prevent and remove nuisances; to provide water; to licensi tax and regulate a lctioneer.-, taverns, ordina ries, bankers, peddlers, brokers, pawn brokers and moneychangers; and also hackneys, carriages, wagon, carts, drays and omnibuses, and to fix the rate of carrying persons or property thereon; to license, tax and regulate bar-rooms, billiard tables. theatrical and other shows, exhibi tions and other amusements; ami also to prohibit bawdy houses, gam ing anil gambling houses; Provided, the tax and license hereby granted shall be in addition to those made by the county ; to establish and reg ulate fire companies and provide for the prevention and extinguishment of tires; to appoint fire wardens and to prescribe thtir duties, and property- guards, to compel any person or per sons to aid in the extinguishment of fires or tor. the preservation of prop erty expo-'ed to danger in time of fires ; and by ordinance, to prescribe such other powers as may be neces sary on such, occasions; to establish ami regulate police and night watch es; to impose tines, penalties and for feitures; lo provide lor the construc tion, cleaning and repairing side and cross-walks adjacant to lots by the holders thereof ; and also for ma-king, cleaning- and improving gutters y lo grade, pave, plank or otherwise clean and keep in repair streets, alleys and sidewalks ; to regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible material, and the use of candles, lamps and ot her lightsin shops, stables ami other places; to pi event, move or secure any fire place or other appara tus which may be dangerous in caus ing tires; to prevent or regulate the running at large of animals, and the discharge of firearms in said city; to appropriate for any item of city ex penditure and to provide for the pay nentof debt and expenses of the city; to appoint a City Attorney ami pre scribe his duties; to change and make wards and change the number of al dermen, as the interests ot the city may require; to provide for measur ing wood and weighing hay and oth er commodities sold in said city; to provide far the removal of standing water and unwholesome and offensive substances; to prevent streams from overflowing their banks ; to make by laws ami ordinances not inconsistent with the laws ol the United St ales or of this State, to carry into effect the provisions of ibis charier and secure the health, peace and improvement of said city; and to provide lor the pun ishmeul of the violation of city ordi nances by line or imprisonment ; bill no ft;;e shall exceed one hundred dol lars, nor imprisonmt nt more than twenty days; and shall have power to prevent the introduction of diseas es mio the city ; to prevent any riot, noise, disturbance or disorderly as semhlage in any street, house or place in the city"; Provided, that: the resi denis of said ciiy shall be exempt from payment of such road takes as are or may be by law imposed upon the residents of Umatilla cor.ni y ; And provided further, that t:ie city council shall appoint a suitable per son as supervisor of roads, who shall collect and apply all road tax within the City of Weston, to the roads within the limits of said city, and within the road district in which said city is situated. Sec. 7. The Mayor shall have pow er to call meetings o; the common council, and shall preside at their meetings, and when there is a tie in the council shall vote, and shall at least once in each year state to said council the condition, financial and otherwise of the city, and recommend such measures tor the peace, health, improvement ami prosperity of the city as he shall deem expedient. Sec. 8. The Recorder shall have jurisdiction over all violations of city ordinances, and may hold to bail, fine and commit persons found guilty thereof, and within the city shall hav e pow ers and jurisdiction like a Justice ot the Peace, and the laws governing justices of the peace shall apply as lar as practicable to all-his proceedings. His duties as assessor and cleik shall be prescribed by the common coun cil; he shall preside in the absence of the Mayor, and shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the council. Sec 9. The Marshal shall execute all processes directed to him by the Recorder or any legal authortiiy; shall be conservator of the peace and shall arrest all persons guilty of a breach thereof, or the violation f a city ordinance, and take them before the Recorder for trial ; and' may as collector enforce the collection ot city taxes as the collection of county taxes are enforced, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the common council. Sec. 10. The Treasurer shall receive and keep the funds and moneys of the city, aiid pay ut the same as hereinaf ter specified, and when required by the common council shall make a state ment of the financial affairs of the city. Sec. IT; The Mayor and aldermen shall receive no pay for theirservices, and the compensation of other officers shall be as provided by the common council. Sec. 12. No claim against the ctt shall be paid until it is audited and allowed by the common council, and then the treasurer shall pay it. upon a warrant drawn upon him by the Re corder. Sec. 13. No member of the coun cil shall, during the period for which he is elected, be interested in any contract, the expenses ot which are to be paid out of the city treasury. Sec. 14. Within five days from the enactment of any ordinance, a copy thereof shall lie posted in three of the most rnblte places in said city, or published in a newspaper in Wes ton, and no ordinance shall take effect in less than five days from its pa-sage. Sec. 15. A majority of the alder men, with the presiding officer, at any meeting, shall constitute a quo rum to do bu-inis, and all their ineetiegs shall be public, and at least once a year they shall cause a state ment of the financial affairs of the city to be published. Sec. 16 The city council shaM not in any manner create any debt or liability which shall, singly or in the aggregate, exceed the sum of one thousand dollats. Sec. 17. This charier shall be sub mitted to the popular votes of the oualitied electors of the cilv ot Wes- f.n frit tit. .if. ici-iinl'iii'ii nr t-j.ii-if.t r ' J " and if a majority of votes cast be in favor of accepting the same, it sliill become the law, but. not otherwise. Sec. 18. The clerk of said Uma tilla county, or deputy, shall give notice thereof, and appoint a time previous to the last Monday in No vember, 1S78, and a place in said city tor voting on the acceptance or re jection of this charter; and he sh ill also appoint thr: e persons who shall be qualified to receive votes, and de dare the result of the vote to the said clerk or deputy, who shall there upon immediately declare the result of the vote. Sec. 19. The Legislature shall have power to repeal or alter this charter. Seo. 20. Inasmuch as the prosper ity of the citizens of West or requires further protection, other than can be afforded by the general laws of this State, t his act shall take effect from and after its approval by the Gov ernor. Approved October 19, IS 78. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to Incor porate Baker City :n lit-kr County, Oregon." ap proved October IS, I8i"4. Be it enacted, by the Legislative Assembly of the Slate of Or.gcn: Section 1. That section 2 ot arti cle 3 of an act entitled "an act to in corporate Baker City, in Baker conn ty, Oregon, approved October 13, A. D. 1874 be and the same is-hereby amended, so that the same shall read as follows : Sec. 2. The board of trustees shall have power within the corporate lim its of the city : 1. To make by-laws and ordinan ces not repugnant to the laws of this State or the laws of the United States. 2. To levy and collect taxs not to exceed one mill per cent., per annum upon all property made taxable by law for county and Slate purposes. 3. To make regulations; to prevent -md remove nuisances; to prevent the introduction of contagious and other diseases into the city, and to secure the general health of the inhabitants. 4. To license, tax ond regulate teams, ordinaries, hawkers, peddlers, brokers, pawn-brokers and' money changers; 5. To liccnse,tax, regulate, restrain, suppress and prohibit theatrical and other exhibitions, sIioa-s and A use men IS, barrooms, liquor and other groceries, tippling houses, gaining and paining houses, billiard tables and bowling alleys, ami suppress houses of ill lame ami bawdy houses; Provided, that no person or :rty having paid a license to the city lor carrying on any business or traffic named in the forth or fifth clauses above,- shall be Compelled to pay license to the county for the same business; Arttl further provided, that no person shall be requited lo pay any g-reater anioimt of money for a license for the privilege of keeping a bar room, grocery, tippling house or tavern, than is required to be paid by the general hiws of this Stale, for like privileges in any county or precinct outside of said corporation. 6. 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