The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-23

DRoPosED AMENDMENT NO. "a PRoPo-
sition TO amend sections two ~, three 90, five
(5l and seven 90 of article ". of the freeholders
charter, adopted october ], A. d. 1890
Resolved, That section 2, Of article w, be
amended so as to read as follows:
sec 2. The board of aldermen and the house OF
delegates shall each con.is. Of rs many members
each house TO be elected ON each ward.
Resolved, That section of article ~. of the free
lows:
SECTION 8. At the general election in 1899
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
vi led. that in case Of the adoption of this pro-
posed anne ndment, the person receiving the high
est number of votes for delegate at said general
election in March, 1892, shall be entitled 10
qualify as said delegate. At the general election
in 1872 the five members of the board Of aldermen
receiving the greatest number OF votes shall hoId
Office for four years and the other four for Two
years and in the case OF tie vote the length of the
term shall at 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 shall be elected from the respec-
tive wards to succeed those whose terms are
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 he paid monthly: pro-
vided that after the population Of the city shall
have reached the number OF 10000. Rs determined
hV anv official census. such salary shall he
annum. payable monthly. a deduction OF
five dollars shall be made from each rueID-
ber's salary who shall be absent from any
meeting Of his respective house unless said mem
Der shall certify on his honor that SAL absence
was caused by illness or unavoidable absence from
the city at the time Of the nesting.
Resolved That section of article ~ OF the nee
holders charter be amended SO as 10 READ as ioi-
lows: -,
sec s. No member of either house shall hold
snv federal state or other municipal Office or be
an employc Of the city either of said houses. or
b. Interested In any contract with the city or Win
or for any department. institution, board, oiiicer
agent or employe thereof
Each member upon taxing ONCE shall make shd
file In the Office of the city clerk oath that lie VIII
faithfully comply with and abide by all the require
ments of this section, and the violation OF any OF
tho Droyislons OF this section shall WORK 8foreife
of his membership and warrant his expulsion from
the house TO which he belongs 49,
holders charter, be amended SO as TO read rs FOL-
soc = The house shall meet in separate cham
her A majority of either house shall constr
tuta "A quorum. but "A less number may ADJOURN
nom day to day I'll the tine OF the neNt rvsu
lar meeting and may compel the attendance OF ar
sent members In such manner ana Ehle' Such
penalties AS each house shall prescribe Tor Itself
A quorum Of each OF the two houses o the cry
connect assembled Tn Joint convention shall re
quorum Of Joint convention OF the cry Co"liS'l.
Passed house of delegates this -5sh day OF Jan-
rsry, 1882. ,,. y -, W r I,is.-.Iss
-, so1 A. :. MILLER,
-S' President Roard Of Aldermen
Annrovaa nv me this 31th day o! January,
1872 GEORGE w. HALL, Mayer
FLIED by me this Scth day Of January, lss-.
H. W. MILLER. city Clerk.
Date of first publication, February = IsS-,