The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-22

DRoPoSED AMENDMENT NO "a PROPo-
/ sitlon to amend sections two ~, three (Sl, five
(5) and seven % of article w of The reeholders
charter, adopted October !, a. ID. 1880
Resolved, That section 2, Of article w, be
amended so as to read as follows;
Sec . The board of aldermen and The house Of
delegates shall each consss of as many members
there wards in the city, one member Of
each house 10 be elected ON each ward
Resolved, That section of article ~. OF the free
holders charter be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows:
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 ldment. the person receiving the high
est number OF votes for DELEGATE at said general
qualify as said delegate. At the general election
in ls9l the five members of the board OF aldermen
receiving the greatest number of votes shall hold
office for four years and the other four for two
years and in the OF tie vote the length OF the
term shall the first session, and before transact
ing any other business be determined by lot At
each subsequent general municipal election one
delegate shall be elected from each ward and
enough aldermen SHAH DE elected from me respee-
tive wards to succeed those whose terms are
about TO expire. and the aldermen SO elected shall
each hold OF ce for four years.
The members elected 10 the house OF delegates
shall each hold office two years. zach member OF
either house shall further hold Office until ms sue.
cessor is elected and qualited. Zach member OF
the city council shall have an ANNUAL salary ~
three hundred dollars, to be paid monthly; pro-
vided, that after the population Of the city SHAH
have reached the number OF $4,000, as determined
by any official census; such salary shall De
the sum OF six hundred dollars per
annuIn payable monthly. deduction OF
five dollars shall he made from each fuem-
bers salary who shall be absent from any
meeting OF his respective house unless SAID MEM
Der shall certify on his honor thai sal absence
was caused by Illness or unavoidable absence from
the city at the time Of the meeting.
Resolved That section of article ". OF the nee
holders charter, be amended so as 10 READ as to!-
lows:
sec g. No member Of either house shall hold
any federal state or other municipal Office, or be
an employe of the city or either of said houses or
be interested in any contract with the city or VITA
or for any department. institution, board, ouicer,
agent employe 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
msnts of this section and the violation OF any ot
the PROVISIONS afths section shall Work aiorieture
az his membership and warrant his expulsion from
the house TO which he belongs.
holders charter, be amended SO as To READ as foi-
sec = The house shall meet in separate cham
her A majority OF either house shall cohst-
tute n quorum but les number mas adjourn
from dav 10 dav or till the time OF the next rSsu-
lar meeting aud may compel the attendance OF an
sent members In sUch manner asa uhutI sl'cA
penalties as each house shall prescribe Tor Itself
A quorum OF each of The two houses OF TIE clsS
council assembled in Joint convention snali De Il
quorum OF a Joint convention OF the GUY coutSlL
Passed house OF delegates this 10Th day o. jan
rary, 1892. -,,.. =, i ~ :" T nsjS+afss
49,. 1907 \. :. MILLER
'' President Board Of Aldermen.
Apuroved by me this Slth day OF January,
1s93 GkoituE W hAEl-' ~ 10y Va
A'" ~ ~ n W MILLER city Clerk.
Date OF first publication, February :, les2.