The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-12
PROPosED AMENDMENTS.


ttct such bonds shall be called Local Improve
lie, shall be payable not more than ten wears
s cate and shall be subject TO annual call ny the
may nave cash on hand 10 pay the same in the
respective local improvement fund from which
such bonds are payable. and shall bear interes, al
such rate per annun IS the city council shall By
ordinance determine; provided. that III no case
sna such bonds bear higher rate OF interest than
nine per cent per ennum; said interest shall he
payaole semi-annuaily at the Office of the city
treasurer Such bonds shah be sold after thirty DAYS
puolc notice thereof given to the highest bidder
therefor but In no shall such bonds sold for
Tess tnsa par, and the proceeds shall be applied in
Ea!ment OF such improvement; provided that
when the mode OF payment ny bends has been
ae,ermined upon the improvement shall not be be-
sun untii the bonds shall have been negotiated.
ana all funds raised in each improvement district
a. well as funds borrowed therefor. shall be paid
INTO iund for such district to be called LEGAL In
provement Fund District No. of Seattle" and
the holder or holders Of such bonds shall look only
10 such fund for the payment of either the princi-
pal or the interest OF said bonds
Resolved that section IL, of article VIII of the
follows:
Sec Is. ANY funds remaining in the treasury.
belonging TO the fund of any local Improvement
district, after the payment of the whole cos, and
expense Of such Improvement in excess OF the to-
tai sum required defr ay all tire expenditures by
the city account thereof. shall be refunded on
demand, 10 the person or persons who have over
ment and if there shall be such excess in the as
sessment of any person who shall not have paid
MS assessment rebate shall. on demand. be al
lowed TO such person to the amount of such over
assessment; provided, snch demand herein above
provided for be made within two years FROM the
GATE upon which the assessment for such local inn
proyement became due ANY such funds remain
ing in the treasury after the expiration of two years
from the date aforesaid, for which demand
has been made as herein provided, belonging to
any local improvement district, after the payment
or the whole cost and expense of such improve
ment shall be transferred to the fund of the earliest
formed district the cost for the work of which has
not been paid
Resolved. That article eight (viII) of the free
holders charter be amended by adding section
thereto to he section tweEtynine to read follows
Sec 20. subdivision l.-Before any contract for
the doing of any work or Labor furnishing any
skill labor or material 10 or for the city Of Seattle
shall be valid binding against said city the con
tractor shall enter into joint and several bond
with the city of Seattle for the of said city and
also for the use of all persons who may perform
cause to be performed any work labor. fur
nish cause TO re furnished any skill labor or ma
terial in the execution OF such contract conditioned
TO perform the contract according TO its terms con-
ditions and stipulations and to pay they become
due all just claims for all work and labor so per
formed and all skill or labor and material so FUR
nished in the execution of such contract, and to
comply with all the requirements OF the charter
and ordinances of said city and the amendments
thereto which bond shall be in an amount fixed bv
the board OF public works but not less than iftJ,
rer cent more than the contract price agreed TO be
paid for the performance of snch contract and shall
be duly signed by such contractor ana two or
more good and sufficient sureties and after being
approved as herein provided. shall be flied in the
Office OF the city comptroller OF Seattle.
subdivision 2 The sureties ON such bond shall
each justify as bail upon arrest
More than two sureties may be accepted on such
sums less than the sum specified In such bond;
provided, that the aggregate of their justification
shall be equal to two surees justifying in double
the amount OF the bond In the manner herein pro-
vided-
Subdivision 3. 1t shall he the duty of the cor
poraon counsel of said city to see that such bond
is fully and properly executed and conforms in all
respects to the provisions of this section; and
thereupon shall fndorse on said bond his approval
of the form thereof such bond and the suret!es
thereon shalt be subject TO approval by the mayor
and comptroller but they shall not approve any
such bond unless the said corporation counsel's APP
proval of the form thereof be Endorsed thereon nor
unless the sureties on such bond appear personally
before the mayor and comptroller if required and
are by them examined touching their fitness and
ability to become sureties on such bond: and it
shall be the duty of such mayor and comptroller
reject any person, notwithstanding his Justification
person of insufficient ability otherwise unfit to
become surety on such bona.
subdivision 4. No contract with said city for the
doing OF any public shall hereafter be
signedsDr transferred in any manner without first
having Endorsed thereon the consent OF the board
of public works and of the sureties on the con-
tractors bond and no transfer or assignment
thereof shall in any wise affect such bond or
any assignment transfer, without such
consent and waiver Endorsed thereon. except
by operation of law. of any such contract shall
make the same null and void, to any further
performance thereof by the contractor or his as
signs without any act on the part of said city; and
the board Of public works of said city shall at once
proceed 10 relet such contract, said board may,
in its discretion, proceed to complete the
the agent and at the expense of such contractor
and his bondsmen. No assignment transfer,
abandonment surrender either voluntary
otherwise of any contract with said city for the
doing of any work labor the furnishing of any
work or labor. skill or material nor any change in
any such contract, nor any extension OF time III
which to complete any such contract shall ever
operate 10 release the sureIies the bond in
this act provided for; and no such assignment,
transfer. abandonment, surrender, change
tension of time shall ever be pleaded defense
to any action upon such bond in any court in this
state
Subdivision 5. The board of public works of the
city of Seattle may whenever in their judgment
bonds
become insolvent, or for any cause are no longer
fit and suiicient sureties. require any such con-
tractor to file new or additional bond within ten
days after notice TO that effect: and thereupon
all work on such contract shall cease until such
troller of said city, and II any such contractor
shall fail for ten days after notice to that effect TO
file additional bond, as aforesaid, his con-
shall by that fact alone become fully ended
and void TO further performance thereof by such
contractor. And thereupon said board of public
work shall proceed to re-let such contract, said
board may. in its discretion, proceed to complete
the same as the agent and at the expense of such
contractor and his bondsnen.
subdivision s. If any such contract shall for
any reason become ended or void and the board Of
public works shall complete the same, as in this
section provided, and the costs of so completing
such contract shall exceed the amount unpaid by
said city upon such contract at the time the
shall become endei or void in such case it shall
be the duty OF the corporation counsel OF the city
of Seattle to at once commence an action in the
name Of said city against such contractor and his
bondsmen for the recovery of the differencei in
amount between the cost of so completing such
contract and the amount unpaid by said city upon
such contract at the tine the same became ended
void. The hoard OF public works of the city OF
Seattle are hereby prohibited from entering into
any contract for the doing of any work or labor
the furnishing of any skill material with
any person who, within two years prior thereto,
shall have made default in the payment Of any
Just claim for any work or labor performed or for
any skdI or material furnished pursuant TO any
such contract with such party, or with any person
who. within two years prior thereto shall have
assigned. abandoned, surrendered or failed to cont
plete any such contract, except as herein author-
lied who shall have failed TO comply with any
of the provisions of this section.
Passed house OF delegates this LIST day OF Feb
ruary 1892. Il. W. JONES.
President House OF Delegates
Passed board of aldermen this LIST day Of Feb
ruary 1892. \. :. MILLER,
President Board of Aldermen.
Approved by me this LIST day of February, 1892
GEORGE W. HALL, Mayor.
Filed by me this LIST day Of February, 1892
II. W. MILLER. city Clerk.
Date of first publication February =. 1892.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO GA PROP
/ osition to amend sections 40 aud Il OF article
IL. of the treehoders charter, adopted October /,
a. D. 1890
Resolved That section 40 of article IX. of the
fresholders charter be amended so as 10 read as
follows:
SECTION 40. There is hereby created an auditing
committee, which shall consist OF the mayor, pres
dept of the board of aldermen, president OF the
house of delegates ard comptroller The mayor
shall be the chairman of the committee ana the
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