The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-17

sary to hold their position daring the pleasure
OF the commission. the commission shall de-
fine and prescribe the respective dusfes and
authority Of said ofscer, whose compensation
shall be fixed by the city council
Sec II. No one of the said commission shall be
interested directly or indirectly in any contract
entered into By them with any other person.
nor shall they he interested, directly or indi-
rectiy In the purchase of any land or material
BY said commission or By the city for any pur-
pose contemplated in this article; aud it shall
be q mi-z@rneanor, for the punishment OF which
the city council shalt by ordinance provide, for
any commissioner TO be directly or indirectly In
teste1 or in any way pecuniariiy interested in
any contract or any work OF any kind whatever
connected with any park.
Sec L. The said park commission shall an
nually, on or before the - day OF -. in each
year. transmit Co the city couacii an isemized
estimate In writing of the amount
of money that will be required for
the improvement, maintenance and gov
ernmenr of the parks of the city during the
current year. and at least once each year and
as often as required By the city council. shall
submit to the council an itemized account of all
receipts and expenditures received or made by
them and detailed report OF all work and i'm
pr0yemcnts made during the year.
The following section will be proposed
today as a substitute for one already
adopted embodying the same idea, but
which was not as iron-ciad as the revised
provision:
SECTION = No head of department or member
of any board, commission or bureau, created BY
or under this charter, shall hold any other Of
fee. federal, sfafe. county or municipal except
in the National Guard or notary public. or
be an ernpioye OF the city or any other depart
ment commission, board. bureau, institution or
officer of the city government, or be directly or
frrHs sstto Tod
city, or with or for any department, institution.
board, buresu, officer, agent or employe thereof,
or advance money or furnish material or sup
plies, or become surety for the performance OF
any such contract, or directly or indirectly rec
ommend, solicit, advise, request, or in any man.
ner use his influence to obtain for any person
any such contract. or TO obtain the appoint
ment OF any person to any ONCE. position,
pace or employment under the city govern
ment, CT under any department. commission.
bureau, institution, board, officer, agent or en-
ploymen thereof: provided, that nothing in
this section contained. shall be deemed to con-
iict with the right OF an officer to nominate and
recommend any person for any position or Office
subs rdinate 10 his own, in the department in
which he himself is an officer, or to recommend
aud favor in the board, bureau or commission
OF which he is q member, the granting OF any
contract, the granting whereof appertains to the
department, commission, board or bureau of
ment aud member OF any such commission,
board or bureau upon taking Office, shall make
and file in the Office OF the city clerk an aftida-
Wit that he viii faithfully comply with and
abide by all the requirements OF this section,
and the violation OF any OF the provisions of this
section shall work a forfeiture OF his Office and
warrant his removal therefron.
Following is the corrected schedule OF
salaries. The mayors maximum was in
I'D
OFFICIAL BONDS.
SECTION /. All STARRED officers of this city
other than policemen. detective officers and fire.
men, must, before they can enter upon the dis
charge of their official duties. give approved
bonds conditioned the faithful performance
of such official duties. which sureties shall be
freeholders within this state and residents
thereof, and worth double the sum for which
they become liable on such bonds, over a1d
above all just debts and liabilities, in unincum-
bered property situated within this state. which
is not exempt from execution ard forced sale.
All official bonds must be approved by a ma
jority OF the auditing committee in open session.
The amounts of all such bonds shall be fixed by
the city council by ordinance; provided, that
the following officers, taking office for the first
time under this charter. shall give bonds in the
following sums:
Mayor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $250OO
Comptroller and assessor ............... 10000
treasurer 100000
Police Judge...... ..-........-..-.. o.oUO
SALARIES.
SECTION The mayor shall receive annually
salary of three thousand dollars, to be paid
monthly by the city treasurer; provided, that
when the population of the city, as
aseertsined by any city, state or
United States census, shall exceed sixty
thousand, said salary shall be Increased by
adding to said sum of three thousand dollars
the sum Of two hundred dollars for every ten
thousand OF population in excess of said sixty
thousand; bat his salary in no case shall exceed
six thousand dollars per annum.
The annual salaries OF the other officers of this
city shall be payable monthly, and shall be pay
able as follows:
Treasurer and tax collector s., 900
Corporation counsel .....................3 5000
City attorney ..-.............. .......... 1.500
| City clerk Observation-Disclosures. 2C00
Foiiee Juust--..-. -..-.-.-..- Z, iuu
Sec. 2. No officer OF the city shall receive any
compensation for his services as such officer.
except by salary payable monthly. viii oh shall
be fixed by the city council by ordinance, ex-
cept as in this charter otherwise provided.
No salary of any officer shall be increased or
diminished after his appointment or during the
term for which he has been elected or APP
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