The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-03-02
ARTICLE Xxx.

Section l. Any amendment or amend
ments to this charter may be proposed in
the city council, and if the same shall be
agreed to by majority of all the mem
OerS elected, such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be entered upon the
journal with the yeas and nays of the
memoirs voting thereon. Upon the pass
age of any such amendment or amend
ments, the same shall be submitted to the
at the next general election, which shall
be at least sixty days after the adoption
OF such proposed amendment in the coun-
Gil: and if at such election any such amend
ment shall be ratified by a majority of
the qualified electors voting thereon, the
same shall thereby become a part of this
charter, and within five days after such
election shall be by the mayor by procla-
nation published in the city official news
paper proclaimed a part hereof; provid-
ed, that if more than one amendment he
submitted at the same general election, the
same shall be submitted at such election
in such manner that each proposed amend
ri,ent may be voted on separately without
prejudice to others; ana provided Eurther
that after the passage of such proposed
amendments through the council, the same
shall be published by the city clerk in the
city official newspaper for at least thirty
days prior to the day of such election.
Sec. z. Whenever twenty per cent. of
the qualified voters of the city registered
in the registration list used at the last
general municipal election shall present to
the city council proposition for an
amendment to the city charter it shall he
the duty of the city council to submit the
same to the qualified voters of the city
for their ratification or rejection at the
next general election, which shall be at
least 80 days after the presentation of
such petition to the city council; such sub
mission shall be made by resolution of the
city council, which shall be adopted at
least sixty days prior to such election. Be
fore any such proposition shall be circu-
lated for signatures, it shall be presented
to the city clerk, who shall procure the
opinion Of the corporation counsel as to its
legality, and shall certify upon it the date
Of its presentation to him, and attach
thereto a, copy Of such opinion. When such
proposition shall be presented to the
council, it shall be the duty of the city
clerk to examine and verify all signatures
thereto, SO far as practicable from com
parison with the registration lists in mis-
office, and the report of the city clerk
thereon shall be made to the council before
final action. The council shall provide by
ordinance a penalty for afftXing to any
such proposition any signature other than
the signatures in person of electors duly
registered in the registration list used in
the last general municipal election. If at
the general election, at which the same
is submitted, majority Of the lawful
voters voting thereat shall by their votes
ratify any amendment so submitted, the
same shall thereby become a part Of the
charter, and within five days after such
election shall be by the mayor by proclaim
alton published in the city official neWSpa-
per proclaimed a part thereof: provided,
that if more than one amendment De petit
toned for and submitted at the same gen
eral election, the same shall be petitiOned
for and submitted in such a manner that
electors may vote for or against the
amendments separately; and provided
further, that after the passage of the
resolution making each submission by the
city council, every such amendment shall
be published by the city clerk in the. city
official newspaper for a period of thirty
days prior to such election, together with
a notice by the mayor that the same is
submitted to the qualified voters of the
said coming election.