The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-17

PROPOSED AMENDMENT No. "a PRoPo-
l. stlon to amend sections two ~. three 49, five
90 and seven "a OF article ~. OF me ireeho!deFs
Resolved, That section 2 II article w. be
amended so as to read a. follows:
> The board OF aldermen and the house OF
delegates shall each consist of as many members
as there are wards in the city, one member of
each house TO no elected ON each ward
Resolved, That section of article ~. of the free
holders charter be amended TO read as fol-
lows
SECTION 3. 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
vi ted that in case of the adoption of this pro-
posed anne ldment the person receiving the high
est number OF votes for delegate at said general
election in March, 1892, shat be emil leu TO
IN 1882 the 1--WE members of the board OF aldermen
receiving the greatest number of votes shall hold
office Tor four years, and the other four Tor Two
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 succeed those whose terms are
about TO expire, and the aldermen so elected shall
each hold Office for four years
The members elected 10 the house OF delegates
shall each hold Office two years Each member OF
either house shall further hold office until his sue
cessoris elected and qualified. Each member OF
the city council shall have annual salary Il
three hundred dollars. TO he paiu moRthly: pro-
vided that after the population Of the city shall
have reached the number of rs, 600 as determined
by any official census suSh saiary saal' he
the sum or sH hundred dollars per
five dollars shah be made from each Tnefn-
her'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 IF article ", OF the nee
holders charter. be amended 50 as 10 read as FOL
lows:
sec 3 No member Of either house shah hold
any federal. state or other municipal Once, or Us
an ploye of the city either Of said houses or
no int S.all
or for any department. institution, board, oiucer
agent or smploye thereof ,,,,
Each member upon taking Office shall make ana
fle in the Office OF the city clerk an oath that ne VIII
nlen,s OF this section, and the violation OF any OF
the prov ofthis section shall work forfeiture
of his membership and warrant his expulsion from
the house to which he belongs
Resolved That section of article ", OF the nee
holders charter be amended SO as To read as fol-
lows:
sec = The house shall meet In separate cham
her A majority of either house shall conSt-
tute n quorum, but a less number may adjourn
from day day or tIll the time OF the next regu
lar meeting. aud may compel the attendance OF 40,
sent members iu such manner And under such
panalties a. each house shall pFesCT ne Tor Itself
A quorum Of each Of the TWO houses OF tue cltT
council assembled in joint convention shan oe
quorum Of Joint convention Of the city council.
Passed house of delegates THIS @bth day oi jan
rsry. 1892. W. 1870,
us,r 1882 : =. MILLER,
President Board Of A ldsrEen-
Anproysd by me this .iOth day Of January,
1882 GEORGE W. HALL, Mayer.
FILED BY me this SOth day Of January, les-
IA W. MILLER. cry clerk
Date OF irst publication, FEB uary = 1881