The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-10

voters, aud in such manner a. will best subserve
convenience in voting and will conform to the
general laws Of the state; provided, that no a.
within sfxfy days preceding any election held
in the city for municipal, county. district OF
state officers alter the year ls90
Sec 6. No change in the boundary of any
ward shall operate to abolish aay Office or ex-
elude any delegate or other city officer from Of
fee, before the expiration Of the term for which
the incumbent was elected or appointed
ELECTIONS.
SECTION /. There shall be held in this city on
the Tuesday following the hrst Monday in
March, 1892, ard biennially thereafter, q gen.
eral election for the election Of mayor and
all other executive officers for the terms pro-
vfded for in this charter, and special elections
shall be held at such time and for such purpose
as the city council may by ordinance prescribe:
provided that at least thirty days notice shall be
given Of the time and purpose of any special
election, by publication OF notice thereof for at
least thirty days immediately preceding the day
OF election.
Sec. Q. No person shall be entitled to vote at
any election unless he is citizen of the United
States, shall have resided in the state one year,
in King county ninety days aud IN tao city
thirty days immediately preceding the day OF
election at which he offers to vote, and shall
have been registered In manner provided by
law.
Sec. g. At least twenty days prior to any cleo
ton the city council shall designate one or
more places of voting in each ward, and shall
appoint such judges and inspectors for each
place OF voting as may be required by the gen.
eral laws of the state aud county elections.
Sec. S. At all elections the vote shall be by
ballot. and the polls shall be opened at O'Clock
q m. and close at o'clock p. m.
Sec. g. The city clerk, under the direction of
the city council. shall give ten days notice by
posting the same at each voting place in the
city, notice of the time and place of holding
general elections and the officers TO be elected.
and in case Of special elections such notice shall
be posted thirty days Immediately preceding
the day Of election. stating the purpose Of such
election, and in all cases notices shall be pub
lished in the official papers a the city for at
least ten days preceding such election of the
time, place and purpose of such election
Sec. 2. II shali be the duty of the city clerk to
cause to be made out and delivered at each vot-
ing place, not later than O'Clock o. m, on the
day OF each election, all necessary poll books
and registry lists required by the general laws of
the state for holding state and county elections
Sec. g. Immediately after the close of the polls
the judges and inspectors of election shall pro-
coed to canvass the votes, and rs soon as such
canvass is completed q return thereof shall be
required By the said judges and inspectors, Sc
curely enveloped and scaled and delivered to
the city clerk by enc OF their number, not NOR.
than twelve hours after the same are so sealei.
Sec Q. On the first Wednesday evening after
the election the city council shall at o'clock p.
m meet In joint convention, and proceed to
canvass the returns of such election, and shall
thereupon declare the result, and what persons
are elected, aud in case OF q tie vote for any
Office, such convention shall decide by lot
which person having the highest ana equal
number OF votes shall be elected to such office.
statement OF such census shall be made out
and signed by the president of the board of
aldermen and the house of delegates, aud filed
by the city clerk, who with in three days there
after shall make out and caused to b delivered
to each person elected certificate of election
Sec. 10. A certificate of election shall be
prima face evidence OF the facts herein stated,
but the board of aldermen and house of dele.
gates shall decide all questions as TO the qualif-
cation and election of its own members and in
all cases OF contested election for any Office, the
same shall be decided By the council &C ord
ing to the laws of the state regulating proceed
ings in cases of contested elections for county
officers.
Sec II. The term OF Office of every person
elected to Office unless 9th rwise provided in
the charter, shall commence on the first Monday
after the canvass by the joint convention of the
council, at IL o'clock m.
Sec. H. An Office becomes vacant on failure to
qualify within the time limited by the charter,
upon the death or removal from Office or resig-
nation Of the incumbent or his removal from or
absence from the city sixty days without leave.
Sec. 13 Members of the house of delegates
shall be elected in the several wards of the city
as the same are fixed and bounded in this char
ter. ana prior to the election to be held for the
adoption of this charter. the city council shall
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precincts as they deem best
QUARANTINE.
SECTION ]. The board of health may proclaim
such guarantees and establish and declare such
quarantine districts and stations as may in their
judgment be necessary for the preservation of
public health, and may appoint and remove at
pleasure quarantine officer.
Sec. 2. All vessels arriving at the port of Sc
attic from ports which have been legally de-
clsred infected ports and all vessels arriving
from any place where there Is prevailing at the
time OF departure any contagious, infectious or
pestilential disease, are subject to quarantine,
and must be. by the master. owner, pilot or con.
signee reported to the quarantine officer with
out delay. No such vessel must cross a line
drawn as prescribed by the board of health until
the quarantine officer has boarded the same and
given the order required by law. s
Sec. 8. The board of health shall make rules
and regulations relating to the disposition of
the sick and deceased arriving on any ship or
vessel, and the city council shall provide by or.
dinance for the recovery Of all expenses and
charges incurred in their treatment or burial.
Sec. 4. The board OF health may, when
they deem necessary. require all railroad
cars or other public conveyances, before
the same shall stop at any depot or
station in the city. to stop at any local
ity selected and established for quarantine pur-
poses. and to leave there all such per.
sons with their stores and baggage, as the health
officer shall deem necessary SO to leave for the
health Of the city.
Sec. 5. The board of health shall make such
rules and regulations for the government of the
quarantine or the health of the city as from
time to time the public health may require and
the physicians health officers in charge of any
quarantine station or place shall have power to
enforce such regulations as may be necessary
for the proper management thereof and it shall
be the duty OF all persons in quarantine. and all
agents, officers, policemen or others employed
by the city in and about said quarantine stations
or places to carry out and obey the same.
Sec. g. 1t shall be unlawful to disinter or ex-
hume from q grave. vault, cemetery or other
burial place within the city, or owned
by the city, or to deposit there
in the body OF any deceased person, with.
out first causing to be filed at the health Office
acertificate signed by legally qualified ply
stefan or coroner, setting forth nearly as Dos
sible the name, age, sex, color, place of birth,
occupation. date, locality and cause of death OF
such decedent and obtain from the health officer
written permit for burial or other purposes.
Sec. 7. The health officer shall prepare book
OF blank permits in proper form containing
stubs, on which as well as in the permits sh Ali
be entered by the health officer or his clerk q
record giving the name. age. sex, nativity, cause
of death and place of burial OF each person to
be buried. and when permit is issued for dis.
interment, or removal of remains, the recorI
shall also show the destination of remains
Sc. The city council shall by ordinance
provide for the enforcement of such or.
ders and regulations as the board of health
may adopt and the council approve. proyidinp