The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-03-02
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
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Tenth-TO provide for making local i'm !
provements and to levy and collect special !
assessments on property benefited there >
by, and for paying for the same or any
portion thereof
Eleventh-To acquire by purchase or by /
exercise OF the right of eminent domain or )
otherwise lands for public parks, within
or without the limits Of said city, and to
improve the same
Twelfth--To construct and keep in repair
Dr1QgeS, V1aducts and tunnels, and to reg
ulate the use thereof.
Thlrteenth-To determine what work
shan pc done or improvements made at
the expense in whole or in part Of the own
erS or the adjoining, contiguous or prOXi-
mate property, or others especially bene-
nted thereby and to provide for the man.
nef Of making and collecting assessments
Fourteenth-To provide for erecting, pur-
chasing or otherwise acquiring, as the sole
and exclusive property of the city, water
works within or without the corporate linn
its of the city, to supply said city and it's
inhabitants with water for any and all pur-
poses, and to fix, alter, REGULATE and control
the use ana price of the water as supplied;
provided, however, that the city council
snail not enter into any contract or agree
ment whatever with any person, company
or corporation for its water supply or dis
trlbutIon, or for the joint or entire use of
the whole or any part of the city water
supply or distributing plant, including con-
QUITS, mains and reservoirs, without first
submitting such proposed contract or
agreement to vote Of the qualified cleo
tors of the city at a general election. or
special election called for that purpose,
ana unless majority of said electors Vot-
Ing at said election shall vote therefor;
provided further, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as to prevent
the CITY from selling to any consumer wa
ter for power or other uses, or the power
manufactured from water, upon terms open
to all consumers,
Fffteenth-TO provide for lighting the
streets and all public places Of the city
and for furnishing the inhabitants of the
city with gas, electric or other light, and
for the ownership, purchase or other ac-
QUESTION, construction and maintenance of
such works as may be necessary or conven-
lent therefor; to charge and collect for the
use OF such light, and to regulate the use
and price Of such light whether supplied
by the city or other person or corporation;
provided, however, that no purchase of any
such light plant shall be made without first
submitting the question of such purchase
to the electors of the city.
Sixteenth-To establish and regulate mar
kets, and to provide by proper penalties,
for the weighing, measuring and inspec-
ton Of all articles of food or drink Offered
for sale thereat or at any other place with
In the limits of the city, and to enforce the
Keeping of proper legal weights and meas
ures by all vendors in the city, and to pro-
vide for the inspection Of such weights and
measures.
Seventeenth-To erect and establish hos
pltalS and pest-houSeS, and to control and
regulate the same
Eighteenth-To erect and establish work
f! late the same, and to provide for the work
ing OF prisoners confined therein; provided,
| that no prisoner shall be required to ner-
form any labor until he shall have been
| duly convicted of some offense punishable
| by Imprisonment, and duly sentenced there
| to.
| Nineteenth-To provide for establishing
and maintaining reform or training schools
| for juvenile offenders.
Twentieth-To provide for the establish
ment and maintenance of a public library
hT-0 vi nd 70 o4o
such per centum OF all moneys collected
| for fines, penalties and licenses as shall be
prescribed by this charter for the support
/ of city library which shall, under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by or
| dinance, be open for use by the public.
| Twenty frst-TO regulate the burial of
| the dead, and to establish and regulate
cemeteries within or without the corporate
limits, and to acquire land therefor by pur-
| chase or condemnation or otherwise; to
| cause cemeteries to be removed beyond the
| limits of the corporation, and to prohibit
| the establishment of any cemetery within
| two miles of the boundaries of the city.
| Twenty-secOnd-To direct the location
| and construction of all buildings in which
| any trade or occupation offensive to the
| senses or deleteriOuS to the public health
! or safety shall be carried on, and to regu-
| late the management thereof; and to pro-
hlbit the erection and maintenance of such
1 buildings or structures, or the carrying on
! OF such trades or occupations within the
| limits of the city or within the distance OF
! two miles beyond the boundaries thereof.
| Twenty-third-To make regulations for
| the prevention OF accidents by fire, to or
| ganize and establish fire department, to
| provide fire engines and other apparatus,
and to provide for the prevention and ex-
| tinguishment of fires and to regulate or
| prohibit the transportation, keeping or
| storage of all combuStible or explosive ma
| terials within the corporate limits of the
| city, and to restrain and regulate and pro-
| hibit the use of fireworks.
TWenty-fOurth-To establish fire limits
and enlarge the same as circumstances
] may require, and make all such regulations
for the erection and maintenance of build
| ings or other structures within the corpor-
ate limits as the safety Of persons or prop
! erty may require, and to cause all such
buildings and places as may from any
| cause be in a dangerous state to be put in
| a safe condition, and to prohibit the cree
| ton or construction within such fire linn
it's of any building or structure or any ad-
/ dition to any building or structure unless
such building, structure or addition be con-
! structed of such material and in conform
! ity to such rules, regulations and condi-
| tons as the city council shall have pro-
| vided and to provide for the removal of
| any building or structure or any addition
| to any building or structure erected con-
| trary to such prohibition.
| Twenty-fifth-To regulate the manner in
| which stone, brick and other buildings,
| party walls and partition fences shall be
constructed and maintained.
MISUNDERSTANDING provide for the deep
ening, widening, docking, covering, wall
| ing, altering or changing the channels of
| vide for the construction and maintenance
| Of canals, slips, public landing places,
| Wharves, docks and levees, and all such
| other work as may be required for the &C.
commodation of commerce, and to control
| and regulate the use thereof; and further,
| to provide for the condemnation of all such
| work or works by the city and for its use
| ard benefit; and for the construction and
maintenance and ownership of the same by
! the city.
Twenty-seventh-To control, regulate
nd no c-n pn nd
| landing of all water craft and their car
goes within the jurisdiction of the corpora
ton.
Twenty-eighth-To fix the rate of wharf
age, storage and dockage, and to provide
for the collection thereof, and to provide
for the imposition and collection of such
harbor fees as may be consistent with the
laws of the United States.
Twenty ninth-To license, regulate, con-
troll or restrain wharf-boats, tugs and 9TH
er boats used about the harbOr or within
the Jurisdiction of the city.
Thirtieth-To REQUIRE the owners of pub
lie halls or other buildings to provide suit
able means of exit; to provide for the pre-
vention and abatement Of nuisances; for
the cleaning and publication of water
courses and canals; for the draining and
filling up of ponds on private property
within its limits, when the same shall be
offensive to the senses or dangerous to
health; to regulate and control and provide
for the prevention and punishment of
the def1lement or pollution of all streams
running into or through it's corporate lin
it's and for the distance of five miles be-
yond its corporate limits, and of any
streara or lake from which the water supply
of said city is or may be taken, for a dis
lance of five miles beyond its source of
supply; to provide for the cleaning of
areas vaults and other places which may
be so kept as to become offensive to the
senses or dangerous to health; and to make
all such quarantine and other regulations
as may be necessary for the preservation
of the public health; and to remove all per-
sons afflicted with any infectious or con-
tagious disease to some suitable place to