The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16

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laxten. ard not otherwise.
Sc. i Al least tWNwfy &ATS rrTar 70 any
eleCtso7. ire city coan2s3 SHAH giessEFs.atg.
0Hs place O. voting II each Esrss8nct 2ssE
SASH znEssint s1ch Ridges ard inspectors
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state an1 county e1ecIsesS-
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seven 0'ciscE r. n TEE manner Of cofs-
g1ctszg and voting Al elections under rais
eaArteT, eEssnias ana e-Qs1ng The polls.
seepslg TIE g5il lists. carva Ss2ng tna Votes
5fASszg the Eess1-t and eertsEysn- tAe re-
tsTns. saalA he tne same IS provided hE
ta~ aEws OF tbs state for state and county
sisetlcas therein. exceqE as otherwise pre-
Es1e1 ia this chzgEr-.
Sac- The eggv clerk. under the airec-
ton OF The CITY council. shall give thirty
says' n9tsce ~ pssisrs zT ssen voting
pace. II t1e eitg, a zct!ce - ne time and
pace q h9ldins s>aca elecTl-.a. and the or
lars g - esectec. or rseas1aEe 70 o. sab
Ia1itet. ard in ali eases notices sAai1 -
RG1l.sEs1 n t1e StfT GElcl2f negSgS per for
a. least ten DAYS next preceding Ss-eA eleC-
ten. y tae uI;ae, place I'D purpose q such
Sc. s II shall De the zuty AZ tae city
CLERK ~ cause 10 - made os1s. and Getfv
es@a az eaeh yotlng p9asse, BY tie the ~
81 By law for The cpeninZ q the polls. @
the 9ay Of each esectlsn. al necessary
books ard lists required ~ tse Eesser8l
aess o. the state. for holding sacA cleo
tons.
sec. : Immediately after the closing of
TIE Polls. ire judges and Inspectors o. eieC-
tan shall then and there. without refnov-
Ing TIE BALLOT box from tae place where
TIE ballots were cast. proceed . canvass
the votes. afl3 as soon As suen canvass IS
completed a raguTn thereof sh2l. - signeG
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v4ioped and sealed. and delivered % the
city clerk By one = their number. rot
more than twelve hours after the same
See. S. on the first Friday evening after
the election the city council shall Al seven
o'clock r. NJ meet and procee1 70 canvass
thereupon declare the result. and what per-
sons are elected. and IN case % a lie vote
for any offiee. shat decide ~ lot which
equal number Of votes shah - elected 10
such ofsce- 4 statement o. such car
vass shall he made cut and signed ey The
city clerk. who. within three days there
after. shall make out and cause 10 be de-
livered 70 each person elected certiii-
cate Of election
Sec. 2. A certificate Of election shall re
prima facie evidence Of the facts therein
stated, bur the city council shall decide al
Questions as 10 the qualification AMI cleo
ton OF its own members and IN ali cases
of contested election for Any office the cdu-
test shall be decided hy the city council
according. as nearly as NAV he 20 the laws
Of the state regulating proceedings in cases
Of contested elections fer county officers
Sec. 70. Whenever any question IS % he
submitted 70 the electors OF the city and
the method or such submission iS not speci-
fcally provided by this charter or By gem
eral law. the same NAV he submitted AT
either general or special election. and the
method OF submission shall Re SueSta ntiailv
as follows. The city clerk shall pre-
pare a notice containing the proposition in
full and shall cause the same 10 be posted
as provided in section five Of this article
and TO be published IN full in the city Of
fetal newspaper for thirty days next pre-
ceding the day Of election. and the ballots
at such election shall contain such state
ment Of the proposition as shall be pre-
scribed by ordinance.