The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-13
TWU CHARTER or THB CITY o.
eEATTLE--Comt fnued.

cfs1rir expressed In It's title. 1hs -
BE IL ordained by the City OF Seattle ~
Sec. IL. No bin stsau become an crdi-
nance unless on its final passage ., isass
majority OF all the members elected VOC
In its favor, ard the vote Be sAksn "
yeas and nays and the names Of 100
voting for and againsz the same e eH,,.s1
IN the journal No ordinance. otner man
On ordinances providing for approp,ia slOss
for salaries or current expenses. sna. %
passed on It's final reading ~ the meeunS
See. ~ No ort.nancs ssaii b revised.
se-snacted or amended BY reference e Us
re-er.actsd. or shs section thereof sEnerrfed
shall be re-snacted ~ length As REVISED
o. amended.
Sec L. When q bill h put upon IT'S anal
passage and fails 10 rass. and n7otlon -
made TO reconsider, the vote upon such
melton ahail not be acted on befo.s tne
next meeting Of the council No Dill tor
pAs~.f within thirty cays after SIS intro
dnction. nor Until II has been puoHsleo IN
the official newspaper OF the city a. Lne
expense Of tie applicant for ten aays e~.st
until ten days after It's passage. unia
otherwise expressed In said ordinances
Sec. Is Every bill. after II has passed.
shall be signed by the president OF the coun-
cll IA open session. In standardization Of It's
passage: In signing such Dill. the pfee.,,
dent shall call The attention OF the council
10 the bin, and that be Is about TO sign ~
and. IL any member 30 request. the Dill
shall be read at length for information az
10 its correctness as enrolled IL any mem
Der object that the bill is not the same a.
when conricered and parsed, such op5ec-
ton shah be paused upon. and IL sustained
the president shall withhold bis signature
and the bill siaall be corrected and ngneo
before the council proceeds to any otnef
See Is. Every bin which shall have
passed and been authenticated as PROVIDED
l.. - 4fvz fla IN
thereafter be presented TO the mayor. the
mayor shall return such bill 10 the coun.
Gil within ten days after receiving ~, ana
an ordinance; IL Re disapprove II. he shall.
when he so returns II. specify his oo1eeIions
thereto in writing. The objections OF the
Journal OF the council. and published In
the city official newspaper. The councii
shall. not less than i've days eiter sIcn
publication, and within thirty Gays after
such bill ehall have been so returned, re-
consider and vote upon the same, ana II
the came shall. upon such decentralization.
be again passed by the affirmative vote OF
not less than two-thirds OF all the members
elected. the president OF the council shall
certify the fact on the bill. and when so
certified the bill shall become an ordinance
with like effect as II IL had not been disap-
proved by the mayor; bus II the bill so re-
turned shall fail TO receive upon the nrst
vote thereon an affirmative vote or two
thirds of the members elected II shall %
consideration shall be taken by yeas ana
nays and the names OF members voting
for or against the tame shah Do entered
In the journal thereof
Sec H. All ordinances and resolutions
shall be deposited with tho city clerk, who
shall record the same at length in suit
able book kept for that purpose. All ordi.
nances Of a general. pubiic or permanent
nature. and those imposing line, penalty
or forfeiture. shall be published al least
once IN the city official newspaper within
n Aa& aFe h. All
come a law: provided that the publication
OF all ordinances granting any franchise or
private privilege or approving or vacaung
any plat shall be at the expense or the sp-
pltcant therefor.
sec. IA. The city council shall have pow
or by ordinance and not otherwise;
First-To provide for general and special
elections for questions 10 be voted upon,
and TO provide for the appointment and
election of officers. Any person who. by
the provisions OF this charter or any
amendment thereto, may be appointed or
elected TO any office or employment ere
ated IN pursuance thereof. shall be deemed
an officer within the meaning or this sec
ton.
sscond-To provide for the assessment,
levying and collecting taxes on real and
personal property for the corporate uses
and purposes OF the city, and 70 proyide
for the payment OF the debts and expenses
OF the corporation. but no tax for general
municipal purposes shall exceed FOUR
tenths OF ore per centum per annun, no
apparatus and a supply OF water 70 quench
fire. or for any OF said purposes. SHAH ex-
coed three-tenths OF one per centum per
snnurr: no tax to provide for purchase and
cond emnatIon OF iand for public uses and
Improvement and ornamentation thereof.
and erection OF structures thereon, or 20
provide for any OF said objects, shall ex-
ceed two-tenths OF one per centum per
annum; no tax 10 provide for furnishing
gas. electricity and lights. and for con-
struction OF works necessary or convenient
therafor. or for any OF said purposes shall
exceed two-tenths OF one per centum per
annum; no tax for street and alley I'M
provement and repair. sxsLaslve OF sssoss-
eighth and tenth OF this section. ana con-
structicn and repair OF sewers and con-
Quits, other than water pipe, or for any
of one per centum per annum; no tax for
construction and repair or water WORKS
and appurtcnances, or or any or the same
shaii exceed one per centrm per anrum,
and no tar for the maintenance and OPP
Grafton OF water works and for rayfng rent
FOR water works or water. or for any OF
one per esntum per annum; and all taxes.
exclusive OF assessments for improve
ments mentioned tn said subdivisions sew
enth. eighth ard TENN: snai y, no, !. "a any any
erty assessed; and all taxes for special pur-
noses other than water works and water
supply. and sx9lsSy,e q ~ ss,s lor
Visions ,syenth, eighth and tenth. shall
not in any year exceed one and one-tenth
per esnta OF ne prspss1y sss sss sa ana
ZION OF n road poll tax not exceeding four
dollars per poll on all male inhabitants be-
tween the ages of twenty-ons and City
ThirsNro control ire finances and prop
e~ty OF the city; provided that the city
council shall have no administrative as dis
ttrvrished from the legislative power.
Feurth-To acquire by purchase or by ex-
ercise OF the right OF eminent domain or
otherwise and for the use and In the name
OF the city; ses ns n sne oseF pT pep
a. convenient for any Of the corporate
,lsee provided for by this charter: and TO sc-
sur FOR the use o. me city 1 spy pFs9 ,se5s
81 al such property as u shah have.
the interests of the city may from time to
tine require.
PURPOSES on the credit % the city. and TO
sp.sortzs the issue OF negotiable bonds
,h~sNfor on such condition or conditions
snd In ssch manner Is may be prescribed
a. thss charter and the constitution and
laws OF this state; but the Indebtedness OF
the city shall st no time exceed IN the az
rrprsf - ten per Centum OF the value OF all
,nxahl@ property in said city, such value
10 bs aS,ertainei and determined by the
last assessment for city purposes previous
to tns mourning 81 such Indebtedness, ana
s,yase- ~. limitation. above stated 20 Ru-
,ho-ts. tnA isssis % bonds In place OF or 20
s,rxss,fv tha means with which 20 meet ma
turing BONDS OF GtAFf fftIFAttiNr&s OF Tor
fNa consolidation or funding Of the same;
provided that no bond or set OF boaFts shall
g. issued for = longer period than twensy
years.
Sfxth--Te provide fer TIRE purchase Or sp-
prcnrlatien os property within o. without
TIE corporate HTsiis - ths city fer So cor
ravata uses. upcn making Just compensa-
ton 70 the owners thereof; and 70 provide
o. me Institution ard maintenance OF
,orh nroreeatnws as nsay ~ authorized Nv
,he general laws OF the state for the an
9~cpriatioa or private property for puhlio