The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
CITY LEGISLATURE.
The Proposed Charter Regula-
lions of It's Work.
SECTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.
what the Two Houses May DO Under the
Constitution. state Laws and
the New Charter.

at1On or the 8ftlcfe on tue city CouhSh oiAu
its powers Nineteen sections (aiready
published) have been dealt with and fol-
lowing are the provisions yet to be voted
upon:
Sec 90 All ordinances and resolutions shall
be deposited with the city clerk, who shall re-
cord the same at length in a suitable book. Or
dinances of a general nature shall De pupiisneo
at once in the city official newspaper
Sec 81 The city council have power BY ordi-
nance aud not otherwise:
Ffrst-To provide for general and special cleo
tions for questions to be voted upon, and for
the appointment and election of officers. Any
person who, by the provisions OF this Charter or
any amendment thereto, may be appointed or
elected 10 any office or employment created In
pursuance hereof shall be deemed an officer
within the meaning OF this section.
Second-To provide for assessing. levying and
collecting taxes on real and personal property
for the corporate uses and purposes of the city;
and to provide for the payment of the debts and
expenses of the corporation, but 10 tax for gen.
eral municipal purposes shall exceed pz per
eentum per amman upon all property both real
and personal within the corporate limits, which
is by law taxable for state and county purposes.
and all taxes for special purposes exclusive OF
assessments for Improvements, as provided In
subdivisions z, and 10 OF this section, shall
not in any year exceed s per centum on the
property assessed.
Third-To control the finances aud property
OF the city; provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall prevent the city council from
placing the control of the finances or funds or
property Of the city with any other board or
officer which may be created by this charter or
any amendment thereto, or by any ordinance
either exclusively or subject TO the control OF
the city council: and provided further, that the
city council shall have not administrative as
distinguished from the legislative power.
Fourth--To acquire by purchase or otherwise
and for the use of the city such lands and other
property as may be deemed necessary, proper or
convenient for any of the corporate uses pro-
vided for by this charter; and to acquire for the
use Of the city any property by gift; and to dis
pose OF all such property az 1t snail have as the
interests of the city may from time to time re-
quire.
Fifth-To borrow money for corporate pur-
poses on the credit of the city and 70 authorize
the issue of negotiable bonds therefor OF such
condition or conditions and in such manner as
may be prescribed in this charter; but the
indebtedness of the city shall at no time exceed
In the aggregate 10 Per centum OF the value OF all
taxable property in said city, such value to be
ascertained ana determined by the last assess
ment for the city purposes previous TO the in
curing of such Indebtedness.
And under the limitations above stated to au-
thorize the issue Oh bonds in plac1 of or to sup
honds or other Indebtedness or for the CONSOLE
dation or finding OF the same. Providing that
no bond or set of bonds shall be issued Tor q
longer period than twenty years.
Slxth-To provide for the purchase or appro-
n,iation o. property within or without the cor
porate limits of the city for its corporate uses,
upon making just compensation to the owners
thereof; and to provide for the institution and
maintenance of such proceedings as may be
authorized by the general laws of the state for
the appropriation OF private property for public
use.
seventh-To lay out establish, open, alter,
widen, extend, grade, plank. establish grades or
otherwise improve streets. alleys. avenues. side.
walks wharves parks and other public grounds,
and to regulate and control the use thereof and
to vacate the same and authorize and to pro-
hibt the use OF electricity at, in or upon any of
said streets or for other purposes, and to pre-
scribe the terms and conditions upon which
the same may be SO used and to regulate the use
thereof.
Eignth-To change the grade of any street.
highway or alley within its corporate limits
and to provide for the payment OF damages to
any abutting owner or owners who shall have
built or made other Improvements upon such
street, highway or alley at any point opposite to
the point when such change shall be made in
such grade.
Ninth-To authorize or prohibit the locating
and constructing OF any railroad or street rail-
road in any street, alley or public place of said
city and to prescribe the terms and condi-
tons upon which any such railroad or street
railroad shall be located, operated or con-
structed; to regulate the moving and operation
of railroad or street railroad trains, cars and
locomotives within the corporate limits of said
city, and to provide for the protection of all
persons and property against injury in the use
of any such railroad or street railroad.
To Ia Tor III
ments and TO levy and collect special assess
ments on property benefited thereby, and for
paying for the same or any portion thereof
Eleventh-To acquire by purchase or other
wise lands for public parks. within or without
the limits of said city and to improve the same.
Twelfth-To construct and keep in repair
bridges. viaducts and tunnels, and to regulate
the use thereof.
Thirteenth-To determine what work shall be
done or improvements made at the expense in
whole or in part OF the owners OF the adjoining
contiguous or proximate property, or others
especially benefited thereby, and to provide for
the manner of making and collecting assess
ments therefor.
Fourteenth-To provide for purchasing. erect
ing or otherwise acquiring waterworks within
or without the corporate limits of the city: to
supply said city and its Inhabitants with waer
and 10 authorize the construction of the same
by others when deemed for the best interests of
the city and its Inhabitants, and TO fix and reeu-
late and control the use and price of the water
so supplied.
Fifteenth-To provide for lighting the streets
and ell pablo places. and for furnishing the in.
habitants thereof with gas or other lights. and
10 provide Tor the erection or other acquisition
and maintenance of the same or TO authorize
the erection and maintenance OF such works ss
may be necessary snd convenient therefor and
TO charge and collect for the use of such light,
and ~ lat a
supplied either by the city or others
Sixteenth-To establish aod regulate msrke,s
and 10 provide for the weighing, measuring and
inspection OF all articles of food or drink offered
fer sale therest or any other place within the
limits OF the city by proper penalties, ana TO en-.
force the keeping OF proper legal weights and
measures by all vendors in the city and 10 nro
vide for the inspection of such measures.
Sevenseenth-To erect aud establish hosni,s,s
aud pesthouses, snd 10 control and rerul are the
same
Eishteenth-To erect and establish work.
houses and to control and regulate the same
aud TO provide for the working of prisoners con-
fined therein: provised. that no prisoner sball
be required to perform any labor until he shall
have been duly convicted of some offense nun.
tshahle by imprisonment and labor, ana .iulv
sentenced thereto.
Nineteenth-To provide for establishing and
maintaining reform schools for juvenile
offenders.
Twentieth-To provide for the es,abl;shra,,
End maintenance of public library or lihr.y,os
sad to appropriate annually such percentum Of
all moutys collected for anes penalties ana
licenses ~ shall be prescribed by this ehsrter
for the support OF city library which shan
under such regulations as shall be prescribed by
ordinance. be open for use by the public.
Twenty nEst-To regulate the burial ~ ths
dead, and 10 establish and revula,e .ar,e,a-;as
within or without the corporate limits. ana ~
scqnire land therefor by purchase or condemns.
ton or otherwise: 90 cause cemeteries ~ he -