The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-22
THE CHARTER or THE CITY OF
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pat taereo.. o. app-*azsating money -
S1asr property 10 pay or satisfy ths same
any part thereof Grtis such cain has
So aeea rgge--ei 70 The proper ccr2r1-
- -s eor aii..l sEeh deFszr tEasst las i'la1s
- Esss9rt 70 rae city co2nels thereon 7S;r-
s@Aak 10 sfsch reference No acton shal
e haA -1tal1el against the city fer any
- ~ -afaages Until lie same las been
presented 70 tire city council ard sixty
eAss nave esanset after such p-ese1tasscH-
$50 D. The city council shah n every
o-eiaSEee proalbitsng Or requiring sny act
. omission. impose penalty for she vio-
aEsaa thereof or Noncompliance there
Sec. e. daily newspaper .: general
circulation ard published IL the city. % >.
styke1 City Official NewsSaps shall hs
designated = the following manner The
ely clerk shaI! On TIE FIRST AIea&Ay IN No
EeInoAr n ezca year cause 10 6e published
for fan consecutive GAYS. sxcla6irw S4in-
days, IN some paper q general circulation
N the city call 20 the owners and man
sSeTs OF newspapers for sealed proposals
. do TIE city printing fer the then next
ensuing fiscal year. each OF which nrnpaS-
as saall be accompanied by a bond with
nct less thar two suVe1ies, in the sum OF
ave thousand dollars. approved BY the
comptroller and corporation counsel. con-
oidonsd thar n the proposal be accepted,
re party proposing VIII. during The period
mentioned in his proposal. well. seasonAbly
ara faithfully cause TO be accurately print
ed and published. according TO law, in
certain daily newspaper tnaming III q gen
fherein, ali and singular the matters and
things required by law 70 es published Ia
the city official newspaper OF the city OF
seattle. and shah with such bond be eeiiv-
cred 10 the city clerk sealed Up in an en-
relope indorsed Sealed proposals ard
bond for city printing" on or before the
cation OF such call. and shall be endorsed
BY the CRY clerk az 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 DO at its next monthly
session thereafter. and thereupon the coun-
CT shah BY resolution announce the names
or all parties whose proposals have been Of
fered, and the terms of their proposals re-
spectfvely. 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. ana during said
year, be such city official newspaper. Pro
vtded that whenever from any cause city
official newspaper shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ a like
newspaper TO serve as such until designa-
ton and qualification IL made and had. as
above directed. under like bond ard for
reasonable compensation to be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panying unsuccessful proposals shall DO re-
turned 70 the propoSers, and the bond &C.
cornpanying the successful proposal shall
be fled by the city clerk and securely kept
BY him.
All ordinances, resolutions. notices. tax
and assessment sales. and all other pro-
ceeLlngs, statements. matters ana Things or
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 TO be published, except the
statement prescribed in section g 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. %. The city council shall btennially
and not less than tweaty 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-
scviption for the fiscal year ending on the
thirty-frst 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 or city
revenue. the amount received from each,
the several appropriations made by the city
council, the objects for which the same
were 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
it was obtained. the authority under which
IL was borrowed. aud the purpose to which
il 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 OF city prop
erty, personal and real, It's value. and IL
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 TN
Outstanding Of the financial concerns OF
the city. No more than one thousand
copies OF any such pamphlet shall be
printed.
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.