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Historic Laws

Below is a collection of the laws and ordinances passed by the Town of Willamette and the City of West Linn since they were founded in 1908.

Town of Willamette Ordinance Index (PDF)

#1 - 1909 - Providing for the laying and building of sidewalks on unimproved streets in the Town of Willamette (PDF)

#2 - 1909 - Town of Willamette to Define and Punish Vagrancy (PDF)

#3 - 1909 - Town of WILLAMETTE to provide for the suppressing and prohibiting of gaming with card games of chance and gambling houses within the corporate limits (PDF)

#4 - 1909 - Town of Willamette providing for the licensing and regulating and carrying on of certain professions, trades, callings and occupations (PDF)

#4 - 1913 - Providing for the Licensing of Steam Electric Gasoline or Other Wood Saw Skating Rinks, Merry-Go-Round and Circus and Regulating the Carrying oo of Certain Trades, Callings, and Occupations (Repealed) (PDF)

#5 -1909 - Town of Willamette for carrying into effect the powers of legal voters and to enact and amend the charter (PDF)

#6 - 1913 -Town of Willamette providing for a tax levy of ten mills for general municipal purposes (PDF)

#6A - 1909 - Town of Willamette Authorizing the purchase of water works for supplying the town for domestic use and the issuance of bonds to purchase said water works (PDF)

#6 - Adopting and Designating A Municipal Seal for the City of West Linn Oregon (PDF)

#7 - Prohibiting the Sale, Barter or Giving Away in any Manner of Any Spirituous, Vinous, or Malt Liquors with the Corporate City Limits - (Repealed) (PDF)

#7 - II - 1909 Town of Willamette Providing for the Levying of Taxes for General Expenses (PDF)

#8 - 1909 - Town of Willamette to Provide for the Improvement of 16th Street for the Amount of $40.00 (PDF)

#8A -1913 - Town of Willamette Providing for Additional Registration of Legal Voters and Electors (PDF)

#9 - 1909 - Town of Willamette to Provide for an Additional $15 on 16th Street Improvements (PDF)

#9A - 1913 - Town of Willamette Providing for a Special Election for an Act to Incorporate and Provide a Charter (PDF)

#10 - 1912 - Town of WIllamette Defining Nuisances and Providing for their Abatement (PDF)

#10A - 1914 - Town of Willamette Defining Nuisances and Providing for their Abatement (PDF)

#10B - 1909 - Town of Willamette to Regulate the Discharge of Fire Arms Within The Corporate Limits (PDF)

#11 - 1914 - Town of Willamette Calling for A Special Election to Determine Whether Livestock Shall Run At Large in the Town Limits (PDF)

#12 - 1914 - Town Of Willamette Regulating the Running at Large of Horse and Cows (PDF)

#13 - 1910 - Town of Willamette Providing for the Improvement of Seventh Street (PDF)

#13 - 1914 - Town of Willamette for the Punishment of Disorderly Persons (PDF)

#14 - 1914 - Town of Willamette Regulating the Use of Public Streets, Highways, or Alleys and Sidewalks (PDF)

#15 - (1914) - Town of Willamette to Provide for General Levying of Taxes for General Expenses (PDF)

#16 - (1915) - Town of Willamette to Provide for Levying of a Tax for General Expenses (PDF)

#17 - Regulating the Use of Public Streets, Roads, Highways, Alleys and Sidewalks in West Linn (Repealed) (PDF)

#18 - (1914) - Relating to the Impounding Sale and Redemption of Animals (Repealed) (PDF)

#19 - (1914) - Regulating and Licensing Bill-Posting in West Linn (Repealed) (PDF)

#20 - (1914) -Regulating the Registry of Dogs and Providing for the Taking Up, Impounding and Killing of Dogs without License Tags (repealed) (PDF)

#21 - (1914) -Regulating Bathing in the Rivers, Streams, or Public Places of West Linn (Repealed) (PDF)

#22 - (1914) - Providing for the Licensing of Peddlers and Hawkers within the Limits of West Linn (Repealed) (PDF)

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