The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-06
EhS CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
sEATTLE-Coutfnu

49, thereoe, Or appropriations money o.
~ e. -ssopeEty 70 pay or satisfy the sane
a. p4<t theTsot until such claim has
naeIt- nor until ssarh S;era~fssaent has made
Asss 70 TIE city council taereon pur-
s%7at 20 such reference. No action shall
sl,, -. "a NAMED against TIE city for any
c.A--a .or damages until the same has been
tSssssra % the city council ana sixty
Nd nave elapsed after such presentation.
see u The city council shah N every
Or omission. impose q penalty for the vio-
with
Sec: 81. A daily newspaper 90 general
r.rscia1on and published in the city. 10 be
s,yied City Official Newspaper" shall be
uvsisnated IN the following manner The
sily Clerk shall On the first Monday in No
seineer IN each year cause 10 be published
for ten consecutive davs. executing SAN
uAys. IN some paper OF general circulation
- .ne city call 10 the owners and man.
- a q newspapers for sealed proposals
70 90 the city printing for the then next
etsing nscal year. each OF which propos-
as sH2u &c accompanied by bond with
aaot less than two sureties, IN the sum OF
.o.nprolier and corporation counsel. con-
uitoned that f ths proposal be accepted,
We party proposing viii. during the period
mentioned IN bis proposal. well, seasona bly,
ana faithfully cause 10 Be accuratesy print
sd ana published. according to law. in a
certain daily newspaper manning I'D OF gem
therein, al and singular tina matters and
things required BY law 70 be published in
,ne city Official newspaper OF the city Of
seattle. and shall with such bond be <ieliv-
cred 10 the city clerk sealed up In an en-
veiope Endorsed Sealed proposals and
bond fer city printing" on or before the
swsncetn cay next after. the. first lpubli--
cation or such call. and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk az the time OF such deliv-
cry, with the date OF his reception thereof,
ana shall be first opened by the city coan-
M ri - -
session thereafter. ana thererpon the coun-
Gil shall by resolution announce the names
OF All parties whose proposals have been Of
fered, and the terms OF their proposals re-
spectively. 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, and during said
year. be such city official newspaper. Pro-
vided that whenever from any cause city
official newspaper shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ a Ike
newspaper TO serve ds such until designa-
ton and qualification Is made and had as
above directed, under like bond and for
reasonable Compensation TO be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panying unsuccessful proposals shall be re-
70 the and .ne eona ss
be filed by tho city clerk and securely kept
by him.
All ordinances. resolutions. notices. tax
ceedfngs, statements. matters and things of
the mayor city council or any department
or board or other officer or fGnctonary or
the city, which by this charter are. or shall
be required TO be published. except the
statement prescribed IN section % 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. 81 The city council shall biennially
and not less than twenty 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-
scription for the fiscal year ending on the
thirtyfrst day OF December next preced-
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 Of 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
ft was obtained the authority under which
IL was borrowed. and the purpose 10 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 detailed account OF city prop
erty. personal and real, Its value, and y
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 fun un-
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.