The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-03
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.=Confinu


part thereof. or approprtating money or
- o-Asa property 10 pay or satisfy the same
~ a1ss part thereof until SUCH claim has
, - - Deen referred TO the proper depart
Ineh1, nor until such department has made
~ report 10 the city council thereon pur-
suant 10 such reference. No action SHAH
ps maintained against the city for any
c1ailn for damages until the same has been
presented 10 the city council ana sixty
days have elapsed after such presentation
Sec 80. The city council shall in every
oruinance prohibiting or requiring any act
or omission, impose penalty for the vio-
with
Sec. 81 A daily newspaper OF general
circulation and published in the city, to be
styled City Official Newspaper" shall be
designated in the following manner: The
Guy civ. cierk shall on the frst Monday in No,
Tor ten consecutive days, excluding Sun
days. In some paper OF general circulation
IA tne city 3 call TO the owners and man
ayers or newspapers for sealed proposals
70 90 the city printing for the then next
ensuing fiscal year, each OF which propos-
ais shall be accompanied by a bond with
not less than two sUreties, in the sum or
ave thousand dollars. approved by the
comptroller and corpora ton counsel, con-
oiuoned that II the proposal be accepted.
the party proposing VIII, during the period
mentioned in his proposal. well. seasonaoly
and faithfully cause TO be accurately print
ed ana published, according TO law, in a
certain daily newspaper Inaming itl or gem
eral circu lation in the city and published
therein. all and singular the matters and
things required by law TO be published in
the city official newspaper or the city or
Seattle, and shall with such bond be deliv-
cred TO the city clerk sealed up in an en-
velope indorsed Sealed proposals and
bond for city printing" on or before the
twentieth day next after the first publ
cation of such call, and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk at the time OF such deliv-
cry, with the date OF his reception thereof,
and shall be first opened by the city coun-
Gil as early as may be at its next monthly
session thereafter. and thereupon the coun-
ell shall by resolution announce the names
OF all parties whose proposals have been Of
fered. and the terms OF their proposals re-
spectively. and designate as city official
newspaper that newspaper whose manager,
or owner. has offered the lowest proposals,
with duly approved bond, and such news
paper shall at the beginning OF the then
next ensuing fiscal year, and during said
ylded that whenever from any cause city
Official newspaper shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ a like
newspaper 10 serve as such until designa-
ton and qualification is made and had, as
above directed, under like bond and for
reasonable compensation TO be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panying unsuccessful proposals shall be re-
turned to the proposers, and the bond &C
companying the successful proposal shall
be filed by the city clerk and securely kept
by him.
All ordinances, resolutions, notices, tax
and assessment sales, and all other pro-
the mayor, city council or any department
or board or other officer or functionary Of
the city, which by this charter are, or shall
be required 10 be published, except the
statement prescribed IN section 81 OF this
article shall be published in the city official
newspaper, but not for more than three
consecutive issues except as otherwise in
this charter provided.
Sec. 30. The city council shall biennially
and not less than twenty nor more than
sixty days before the biennial election,
cause to be printed in pamphlet form for
distribution to citizens applying therefor
a full and Ineligible statement OF all the
receipts and expenditures of every de-
scription for the fiscal year ending on the
thirty-first day OF December next proceed
ing such statement. including all the mon
eys which have passed through the hands
of the treasurer for any purpose whatever,
together with the different sources OF city
revenue. the amount received from each,
the several appropriations made by the city
council, the objects for which the same
We're made and the sums expended for each
and any money borrowed upon the credit
of the city. whether by temporary loans or
by the issue Of bonds, the terms upon which
il was obtained, the authority under which
Id was borrowed, and the purpose to which
ii was applied. and how much OF the same
or other city indebtedness has been paid
and by what means. The statement shall
also include a detailed account or city prop
erty personal and real, its value, and II
rented to whom and on what terms. and OF
existing debts of every description. and OF
the condition of the sinking funds, with all
other information necessary for full I'M
derstanding OF the financial concerns OF
the city. No more than one thousand
copies OF any such pamphlet shall be
printed.
Sec 49, All ordinances in force in the city
at the date of the adoption of this charter.
and not inconsistent Herewith, shall re-
main in force until repealed or until they
expire by limitation.