The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-02
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

-seA rucn ponus snsn be csnsd local Improve
ue;" shall be payable not more than ten year,
after date and shall be subject annual call by the
city treasurer. in such manner and amounts as he
may have cash on hand to pay the same In the
such bonds payable. and shall bear Interest a.
such a rate per annum rs the city council shall by
shall such bonds bear higher rate Of interest than
nine per cent per annum said Interest shall Do
Eeasurer Such bonds shall be sold AFTER thirty days
public notice thereof given, to the highest bidder
therefor but IN no shall such bends be sold for
less than par and the proceeds shall be applied in
payment OF such Improvement provided. that
Ssterminea upon the improvems mt shai not be be-
gun until the bonds shall have been negotiated.
and all funds raisea IN each Improvement district
into fund for such district to be called Local I'm
Proyement Fund District No. = Of Seattle" and
70 such fund fer the pay ment Of either the prnci
pal or the interest Of said bonds
Resolved that section Is, ofarticis VIII. Of the
freeholders charter be amended a. 10 read as
follows:
belonging 70 the fund of any local Improvement
district after the payment Of the whole cost and
tai sum required to defray ali the expenditures by
the city on account thereof, shall be refunded,
demand, to the person or persons who have over
paid the same. to the amount of such over pay
raent; and IL there shall be such in the
sessnent o. any person who shall not have paid
his assessment a rebate shall. on demand be al
lowed to such person to the amount of such over
assessment.
provided for be made within two years from the
Date upon which the assessment for such local inn
f Sns Sacn funas
from the date aforesaid for which demand
has been made as herein provided, belonging TO
any local improvement district, after the payment
OF the whole cost and expense of such Improve
ment shall be transferred te the fund OF the earliest
formed district the cost for the work Of which has
pssolved. That article eight (vIII) Of the free
solders charter be amended by adding section
thereto TO be section twenty-nne to read follows:
Sec. 20. Subdivision LIB fore any contract for
skill labor or material to or for the city Of Seattle
shall be valid or binding against said city the
with the city Of Seattle for the use Of said city and
also for the use Of all persons who NAV perform
nsh or cause to Ie furnished any skill labor or ma
terial in the execution of such contract conditioned
70 perform the CONTRACT according to its terms con-
due all Just claims for all work and labor per-
formed. and ell skill or labor and material so fur
nished in the execution of such contract, and 10
and ordinances of said city and the amendments
thereto, which bond shall be In amount fixed by
the board of public works. but not less than fifty
cent more than the contract price agreed to be
Be duly signed by such contractor and two or
more good and SUFFICIENT sureies and AFTER being
approved rs herein provided. shall be FLED 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 he accepted on such
bond, and they may Justify In separate and different
provided. that the aggregate of their Justification
shall be equal to two sure.es ustifying in double
the amount OF the bond in the manner herein pro-
vided.
subdivision 8. 1t shall be the duty of the cor
poration 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 indorse on said bond his approval
of the form thereof such bond and the suretes
thereon shall be subject to approval by the mayor
and comptroller but they shall not approve any
prova Of the form thereof be Endorsed thereon nor
unless the sureties on such bond appear personally
Sre by them Examined touching their atness and
ability to become sUrettes on such bond; and IL
shall be the duty of such mayor and comptroller to
reject any person. notwithstanding his Justification
subscribed TO the bond, II they SHAH deem such
person of insufficient ability otherwise unfit to
become q surety on such bona.
subdivision 4. No contract with said city fer the
doing of any public shall hereafter be
signed or 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
the liability of the suretles thereon, and
any assignment transfer, without such
consent and waiver inaorsed thereon, except
by operation of law, of any such contract shall
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 to re-et such contract, said board may,
In its discretion. proceed to complete the same AZ
nnd his bondsmen No assignment, transfer,
Abandonment or sure nder, either voluntary or
doing of any work or labor or the furnishing of any
work or labor skill o. material. nor any change In
any suc y, con nor any sxens , Oh TIE IN
operate release the suYeties the bond In
this act provided for; and no such assignment,
transfer, abandonment, surrender, change o en-
tension OF time shall ever be pleaded as o defense
to any action upon such bond in any court In this
Subdivision 8. The board of public work. Of tho
city of Seattle may, whenever in their Judgment
one or more of the suretias on such bonds have
become insolvent, or for any cause are no longer
TT and su Client sureties. require any such con-
tractor to file new or additional bond within ten
days after notice to that effect; and thersupon
all work on such contract shall cease until such
additional bond shall be filed with the city comp
shall fail for ten days after notice to that effect 10
file new or additional bond as Aforesaid his con-
tract shah by that fact alone become fully ended
and void TO further performance thereof by such
contractor q, And therenpon sald board OF PUBLIC
board may, In its discretion, proceed to complete
the same as the agent and at the expense Of such
contractor and his bonasmen.
subdivision 8. If any such contract shall fer
any reason become ended or void and the board Of
public works shall comp etc the same. In this
section provided. and the costs Of completing
such contract shall exceed the amount unpaid by
said city upon such contract at the time the same
hha!l become erdei or void. in such case II 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
boDdsnen for the recovery Of the difference in
amount between the cost OF go completing such
contract and the amount unpaid by said city upon
such contract at the tine the same became ended
or void. The board OF public works of the city or
Seattle are hereby prohibited from entering into
any contract for the doing Of any work or labor
the furnishing OF any skill or material with
any person who, within two years prior therego.
shaIl have made default in the payment of any
just claim for any work or labor performed or for
any skill 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 fsiled to COM
plete any such contract, except as herein author
lied, or who shall have failed 10 comply with any
OF the provisions OF this section.
Passed house OF delegates this list dav Feb
ruary, 1892. X. W. JONES,
President House of DELEGATES.
Passed board OF aldermen this lst day Of Feb
ruary, 1892. a. S. MILLER,
PresIden, Board OF Aldermen
Approved by me this Ist day OF February, 1904
GEORGE w. HALL. SIayor
FLIED by me this list day II February, 1885,
II. W. MILLER, City Clerk
DRoPosED AMENDMENT NO. GA PROP
i osition TO amend sections 40 aud 81 OF article