The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-23

Section l. All moneys In tho city ~.
ury at the time ~ tie adoptioa Il -. !
charter. belonging 10 the several -
saaA De credited 70 the several .aass :.
whlca-Jhe same belong under tie prsx.s'
ions Of this charter.
Sec. = Ne privilege shall be sxss,at
thar suspends or conflicts VITA asy e.
nance. except by an oriI1Snes 49,
by the city council
Sec. 3. All books ans records Of sss-v
office and department shah % egea .
the inspection OF any Citlzen az aay -.
during business hours. Copies r. ~.
tracts from said books and r3oorsS as
certified, shall DC given by the eiiscss Aag
ing me same in custody 10 ans sesssa
deuls nGing the same, and paglas 4
rendering, for the use OF tho csss Is
cents per folio Of one hundred xaraz IL
sueh copies or extracts.
Sec. 4. Except when otherwise pses!a.
ed by law or this charter az pgAss Z.
nces shall be kept open for business egsy
day, except Sundays ana legal halsAsl
from Iane o o'clock an the foreBooa aas
i've o'clock in the afternoon.
Sec ). No Office SHAH De created. n
shall any person be employed ia ans IL
pacity. non snail any. officer, clerk " q.
ployc receive any salary or coInqe asAtssa
for any service OF any kind. Unless IL
ICED by law or This charter.
See. 8. Every oifiCer authorized ~ axj
or ordinance 10 allow. audit or certify t.
mands upon the treasury. or 10 make ssT
official investigation, shall have power .
administer o&kns ana aliifinati9nS -.
take AMI hear testimony concerning AZ
matter or thing re.ating thereto.
Sec. 7. Every officer who shall appFegs
allow or pay any demand on the sFesssTg
not authorized by law. ordinance OF lssl
charter, shall be liable TO the city iaa-
vidualiy and on his Official bond for 81
amount paid by the city upon ssca e.
mand in excess of the amount laKiasy
due from the city thereon.
Sec. 5. Unless otherwise provided RI
law or this charter. each officer. board q
department authorized 10 appoaas 4sfl
deputy. clerk. assistant or employs, sAa4
have the right to remove any pefsoa 81
appointed.
Sec. 9. All appointments Of officers. So
uties and clerks 10 be made "ncer AL
provision OF this charter must % HAA
IN writing and authenticated Dy the pG'
son or persons, board or officer usazss
the same, and filed with the conipgfaass.
Sec. -. All appoiutive officers o. III
city Of Seattle Ia cfflce when this ca
ter takes effect shall continue 70 "a
and exercise their respective Offices y
der and IN accordance with the ferzs
and provisions and obligations o. tsa|
charter. until the appointment and eseI
itiCatIon OF their respective successors u
the officers who shall succeed 70 thar O.
ties under this charter.
Sec. IL. The mayor. city treasurer, -.
poration counsel and city clerk Nno ~
I'm office at the time this charter uzaI
effect. shall continue In Office Tor "a
rema. nder Of their terms and the fzrs1
frs nameu until their respective sless
sors shall have qualified. The msysj
city treasurer and corporation e0afsa
elected at the general municipal easssls
in March, 1896, shall hold their respcsa4
oftices 10 al iutents and purposes
all fsasf tfaF- a.
The office OF city clerk as a sepafaf. 8.
fee shall terminate with the term q "a
incumbent who was elected al the teel
eral election in the year 1894, ana ~
person elected city clerk al TIE gsas,A
election in the year 1886 shall not 2ss
office.
Sec. Il. The term OF ONCE Of TIE 81
comptroller who Is IN Office at the ~
this charter is adopted snail conllass n
the period or his original appolnlnasl
and until his successor ts app0aatea -
qualified. His successor shal. ~ app.s
ed by the mayor, by and with TIE aasss
ard consent OF the city council, ana ~.
hold Office until his successor Is e.ecis4 =
the year 1895, and qualified. Tie peFflEsL
persons who shah bs city compifaM
during the interim between the expsgsass
OF the term Of the present city elefk =.
the first election and quahiiea alton 81 @ 4 !.
comptroller herein provided Ter saA4
ex-ofiicio city clerk and shaa fssnss
compensation at the rate herein pst-N
for city comptroller, :. a.
Sec. - IL shall be the duty q
city council 70 purchase or otaefVsss.
uuire IN the manner and out o! tss -
herein provided for a tract Of lara
out the corporate limits OF not sess =
one hundred acres. and eStanilAa $50
a public cemetery. in order u pfSs
a fund for such purpose, the city sa
may cause 10 be issued and SEQ = -
less than par warrants 10 tae A'n 80
necessary for suca purchase. e - =
ae.f,isifiro not fo exceed. however. y
sagn OF Twenty Thousand Dollars
ing a reasonable rate 81 interest,". ~
exceed eight per centam per ahaaam
may pay for said land with tar 49, 4.
so Issued IN order % provlae -
redemption OF said warrants ana w -
rfient OF interest thereon, seYeAs5
pfr nentun OF the proceeds * Al -
az burial lots in said cemetery eA3A -,
apars and made 4 special fund 49,
a5te3v 10 that purpose. Tire MaFfsa
ISSUED zha!. not Pc or nef0lfr
Obligation az the city, bur s1a re gs3
oulv Aut OF the said special furli -
SEQ if. ~ the first geHffa h9a ~
e5afffon after the city aaa0 y =
exter sion of its existing wafer 800
s1pp.led with sufficient watsF -.
therefor % shall be the duty 81 ~. - ~
ell 20 submit 20 the eieet2is 81 $50 al
the question as 10 Whefner y go -
auire for the cfy - purchase esyssssl
structiou, or both, a plant ana -.
for fgrnighing liRht Or power. o
Tor c9rrorate OF Individual use %
So Isl This charter IS framed - =
the intent that Il be quantities :. i 4
general municipal e.cction OF t"N
3ay q March. a. y. 80