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TINE POsT-lnTElllcEMcER PUB. CT
Seattle. juno 10 1883.
TEE TERRITORIAL CAPITAL.
Prepesed Amendments % the seatsl
City Charter.
From our own Correspondent
OLYA6PIA, 90. 81, 1883.
A day or 80 ago mentioned that MI
81. providing for certain amendments :
- Seattle CITY charter, and promise
q aiye the readers Of tbs PosT- -INTKLLl
aEIoKR an opportunity TO sec for them
aolyes the nature of the proposes
amendments at the earliest practica
nomsnt. To make my promise good,
keeswith transmit the full text o
0ouncii Bill 81, entitled an act to amens
q cot entitled IAN act to amend an 40
. incorporate the city Of Seattle, an
woyed December 2, 1862" approves
November II, 1878, and the acts amend
atofy thereto approved November
16T. and November IL, 1879.
e1rrIoH /. Be Il enacted 6y the Legisla
~ Assembly Of the Territory Of Wash
isgtoW: That the act of the Legislative
ksDambly Of the Territory Of Washing
-, approved November IL, 1872, emit
fod An aot to amend an act to incOr.
pusate the citv of Seattle, approved De.
eomber 2, 1862" and the acts amenda.
m thereto approved November 8, 1877,
~ November ID, 1879, be and the same
~ amended az follows, that is to say,
- several sections Of said act and
eneudatsIy acts, hereinafter named,
ep amended to read as follows, to- wit
section l. The city Ut Seattle shall in
duds within its limits the following
hnds, premises and territory, t0-wit:
n north half Of section II, all Of ssc-
ticus8 s, 4, 8, 6, 8, 8 aud 10, in town.
Aip - north, range east. and the
eDith half Of section 10, and lot 6 in
seton II, and all Of sections 20, II, 2z.
q, q, q, 30, 81, 80, 33 and "a in town
I otlp 3 north, range 4 east, and the
ocfh half Of section "A, and all of seo-
In % in township Is north, range 3
- aud including also the water front.
- the said above described lands west
v1gd 10 the lcsnter Of Elliott Bay and
~ Duwauish river, and eastward 70
- middle Of Lake Washington.
-. /. The olty Of Seattle has p over
b nake regulations for the prevention
Il faooidonts BY ire; TO org Anixs and 90
hhllnh Z fire department; 0rdain rules
Ia ~ government of the same; to pro-
yi1e IRE engines and other apparatus,
and sufficient supply of water, and to
bsy and collect special taxes for these
purposes, not to exceed in any one year
oos-6fth Of one peroentum upon the
hxable property within the CITY. And
~ power, also, 70 prohibit the erection
within the city within any prescribed
hnlih Of any building. or any addition
y Any building, unless the outer walls
th1poof be made Of brick aud mortar,
~ % provide for the removal Of any
buildinR, or any addition, erected con-
o1sy % sueh prohibition.
-. Z. The city Of Seattle has power
opeovide for gearing. opening, gravel
inQs improving. repairing and cleaning
n1oo1A alleys, highways, and for the
peevun1loa Ind removal Of all Obstruc-
tSoue oeogefr0m, or from any crosswalk
q 9de4alk, and to regul ate cellar ways
md 0o|ns lights ON side walks, and to
eopolknot sewers and clean and repair
~ m1o, and has power to assess, levy
- collect each year, q road tar and
~ tx of mot mere than four dollars
q evssy male inhabitant of the city be-
lNon the ages Of IL and 80 years, ex-
~ parsons who are q public charge,
~ : epeclal tax ON property Of not
30 thsn three mills on every dollars
!oesa q property within the city, wnich
~! Be expended for the purposes
eaaed II tnis section, and the officers
i - county shall not levy or collect
~ road Or road poll tax upon the prop
- inhabitants Of the city.
eeo.k. The city Of Seattle shall have
- % oonsteuot and repair sidewalks
p onrb, pave, grade, plank, macad-
- md gutter any streets or street,
avay Or hiRhways, alley or alleys
IN o. any part thereof, and to levy
9nuecf = special tar or asseasneut
- lots and parcels Of land fronting
~ "a street or streets, alley or alleys,
~ OF highways, or any part
~ snfhcient to pay the expense
/ meh Improvement; and for such
ooe NAV establish districts, CON-
- Of Ill lots and parcels 0f land
ng on portion or the whole of
e1ea atreet or streets, alley or al
Aiehuay or highways, a. may be
~ advisable: Pyopided, however,
y ~ euch assesment districts shall
q eooss extend back to the middle
y bleak fronting on such Improve
= ease tho land fronting on such
0you1ent has been plated into
4 and all lands and parcels Of
q mr. back a. the middle Of the
and in case Of lands not plated
oaooks, ~ far back a. 126 feet from
- q the street fronting on such
ovement, shall be deemed and
= front on such street or streets,
or highways, and In case OF
~ lots or pAro3ls Of laud In the
Through which any such alley
IN, shall be deemed to front on
ealey: Provided further, that in I'll
nonts and levies to pay the en-.
= Of such improvements, the real
ooly shall be assessed, excluding
onoh AaseoemenS all. improve
hsreon, whether the same
I'D 70 the land or NOT, and
~ oase the improvements on land
10 % taken or assessed a. any
NJ land, nor assessed ct all
Soeited further, That unless thu
y moro than one half OF ths