Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-07
COMMUNICATING.

Sec. 90. The Common Council
shall consist of eight members, who
shall be elected for the term of two
years, except as hereinafter pro-
yided, and shall hold their Office an
til their successors are elected and
qualified.
OTHER OFFICERS, ELECTION AND
TERMS.
Sec. 30. The mayor shall be elect
ed for one year. and shall hold his
Office until his successor is elected
and qualified.
cITYoFFIcERs, ELECTION, TERMS. ETC,
Sec. 81. There shall be appointed
or elected. as hereinafter provided.
city Attorney, Chief of Police,
Treasurer, Clerk, Surveyor and such
other subordinate officers as the
Council may provide. The city
Attorney and Chief of Police shall
be elected by the qualified electors
of said city at the time and in the
manner provided for the election of
Mayor and Councilmen, and the
Council shall, on their own motion,
elect all other officers above named,
and such other subordinate officers
a. may be provided for. annually at
its first regular meeting after the
new members thereof elected at each
general election % city officers shall
have taken their seats. Each of the
Justices of the Peace for King
CoaLty residing and keeping his
office within the city, shall, during
his continuance in office as such
Justice of the Peace be a police
Justice Of the city. aud they shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction
over all crimes and misdemeanOrs
defined by the ordinances of the city,
and of all actions brought 10 recover
or enforce any penalty or forfeiture
given OF declared by such ordinances,
and full power and authority TO hear
AID determine all causes, civil or
criminal. arising under such ordi-
nances, and to prom ounce judgments
in accordance Herewith, and issue
all writs and process necessary or
| proper TO enforce or carry into exc
cution such judgments. All proceed
ings before such Justices under AID
by authority of this act or the ordi.
nances of the city shall be governed
and regulated by the general laws of
the Territory relating TO Justices of
The Peace and 10 their practice ana
jurisdiction, and shall be subject TO
review In the District Court OF the
proper district by certiorari or appeal
+, the same as other cases. And such
/ Justices shall in all actions brought
before them take judicial notice OF
all ordinances OF the city of Seattle,
and il shall not be necessary ia any
action or proceeding before either of
them TO plead or prove the existence
of any ordinance Of said city or the
publication thereof. The officers of
the city herein provided for Except
justices of the Peace shall hold their
Offices for the term of one year and
until their successors are elected or
appointed and qualified, unless soon
er removed. Any officer of the city,
except Mayor, Councilman or Justice
of the Peace, may be suspended from
Office by the Mayor until the next
regular meetisg of the Council there
after, and may be by the Mayor at
any regular meeting of the Council.
with the advice aud consent of the
Council, removed from office sum-
MARTY Provided, however, that the
Council shall not advise or consent
to such removal otherwise than by 8
vote of 81 least seven mem Sers in
favor thereof; and in taking such
vote the roll must be called and the
record must show how each member
voted Ia case Of any such removal
from Office the Council shall fill the
vacancy caused thereby. The salaries
or rate OF compensation Of City off
GERS shall in no case be increased or
diminished during the terms for
which they shall have been elected
or appointed.
WHO ELI6IRLE TO oFFICE.
Sec 50. No person is eligible TO
any office in the municipal CORPORA
tien who. AZ the time of bis election
or appointment, is DOT esiitled to the
privilege Of an elector according to
the laws Of this Territory, sud who
has not resided in the city OF Seattle
for The six months nexf preceding
such election or appointment.
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