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COUNCIL CHAMBER January 19, 1909. S[~eci~l !,.{coting bYAtho Y. ayor, Present: .~ayor .~,[atlo.ok, CounCil- .~..en Garrett, Roach, Fisher, Moon, Gilbert, Holler and Berger, absent Y.r. Williams. Council called to Order, The .~;:ayor stated the object of the L'eeting, the written notice of which had been sent to each Councilman, was to re~nove ~Vr. Reisner, City Trea,~]urer from office,~who had and still ref~ses to pay warrants drawn on him as Treasurer, The ~.~.ayor then offered the following Resolution, to-wit:- ~ R E S 0 Y~ U T ~ 0 ~. It is hereby resolved by the Common (~ouncil of the City of Eugene a'.~ follows:- section 1. That Fran~ Refsner be and he is hereby re~noved from the office of Oit¥ Treasurer of the City of Eugene. Section 2. The cm~se of his Sal~l re~uoval is as follows:- .e has refused and does refuse to i~y warrants legally and regularly drawn on hi~n by the Recorder,of the 0i~y of Eugene not with- standing the fact that at the time said warrants were presented he had funds on hand with which to [ay the sa~e and his action in this rega. rd is arbitrary witho~t any sufficient excuse smd against the will of the Oo~mon Council of ti~e City 'of ~lugene. Sect io~ 3. It ts necessary for the im~.,~diate preservation of the publ±c peace, health snd safety that this resolution go into effect t~mediately upon being duly ,pas.~ed for the reason that said Frank Reisner has refused and does ref~e to PdY warrants which were duly drawn by the City Record.- er under direction of the Council which warrants were for the pay~r, ent of lands to be used as a right of way for a canal ,which is nece,'~sary for the com~truction of an electrical water power plant, which the City of Eugene is constr~cttng .~ the ~.cKenzie River for the purpose of