The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-04

DRoPoSEp AMENDMENT NO. IA PRoPo-
L s,ion TO amend sections TWO (2l, three (3l, Eve
(5) and seven "a of article ~ OF the freeholders
charter. adopted October !, A d. 1880.
Resolved, That section 2 Of article ~, be
amended so to read as follows:
sec. The board of aldermen and the house OF
delegates shall eaca consist Of as many members
each house 10 Dc elected { ON each ward.
Resolved. Thstsection of article ~. of the free
lows:
SECTION 8. At the general election in 1892
there shall be elected nine members of the board
Of aldermen. and there shall be elected in each
ward one member Of the house OF delegates; pro
posed anne emit the person receiving the high
est number of votes for deleaats at said general
nsIsv as said ssIsgste At the general ELECTION
In 1892 the five members Of the board OF aldermen
receiving the greatest number OF votes shall hold
office for four years, and tine other four for two
years and in the of lie vote the length Of the
term shall at the first session. and before transact
ing sny other business, be determined oy lot. AT
each subsequent general municipal election one
delegate shall be elected from each ward and
enough aldermen shall be elected rom the respec
tive wards to succeed those whose terms
about to expire, and the aldermen SO elected shall
each hold Office for four years.
The members elected TO the house of delegates
shall each hold office two years. Zach member OF
either house shall further hold Office until his sue
cessoris elected and qualified Each member OF
the city council shall have an annual salary OF
three hundred dollars to be paid monthly; pro
vided. that after the population Of the city shall
have reached the number OF 20, 600 as determined
BY any Official census such a salary r, shall be
annum payable monthly. deduction OF
five dollars shall be made from each mem
ber's salary who shall be absent from any
meeting OF his respective house. unless said men,
Der shall certify on his honor that said absence
was caused by illness or unavoidable absence from
the city Al the time OF the meeting
Resolved. That section Of article w. OF the free
holders charter, be amended 80 as 10 READ as fol-
lows:
sec 5. No member of either house. shall hold
an employe OF the city either OF said houses or
be Interested in any contract with the city or with
or for any department. institution. board, othcer,
agent or employs thereof
Each member upon taking Office shall make ana
file in the Office of the city clerk oath that he Will
faithfully comply with and abide by all the require
mens of this section. and the violation OF any OF
the prov OF this section shall WORK aiorfelture
of his mem bership and warrant his expulsion from
the house to which he belongs
holders charter be amended SO as to read as fol-
SEQ T. The house shall meet in separate cham
her A majority of either house shall consii-
tate A quorum. but . less number may adjourn
from day TO day TIL the time OF the next regu-
lsr meeting and may compel the attendance Of abb
sent members In such manner and under sneh
penalties as each house shall prescribe for itself
A quorum Of each Of the two houses OF the city
council assembled in joint convention shall be
quorum of joint convention Of the CITY council
Passed house Of delegates this 18th day OF Jan
President House OF Delegates
80 Isal A :. MILLER
President Board OF Aldermen.
ANNOYED By nee this S0th day Of January,
1sa5 GEORGE W. HALL. Mayor
ktIsd nv me this Soih day of January 1899.
H w MILLER, City Clerk
Date of hr.t publication, February 2, lss2