The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09
THE CHARTER or THE CITY or
SEATTLE-Caufinu

part thereof. or appropy.assng money or
other property 10 pay OF satisfy the same
first been referred 70 the proper Gepart-
uent- nor until such Department has made
is report 10 the city council thereon pur-
be maintained agains. ths city for any
claim for damages Until the same res been
presented 70 the city council ana ssx,y
says nave elapsed after such presentation
Sec %. The city council shall In every
ordinance prohibiting or requiring any act
or omission, impose . penalty for the vto-
iat.on thereof or Noncompliance there
Sec 81. A casiy newspaper OF general
circulation and published in the csty, TO Re
styled City Official Newspaper" shall Be
city clerk shall on the erst Monday in No
yemoer IN each year cause TO BE published
for ten consecutive days. excluding sum
in the city a cali 10 the owners and man
ayers OF newspapers fer sealed proposals
TO DO tbs city printing for the then next
ensuing escal year, each OF which propos-
ais shall be accompanied by a BOND with
ret less than two sureties. n the sum OF
i've thousand dollars. approved by tho
dstioned that IL the proposal be accepted,
the party proposing viii. dGring the pe-sod
mentioned IN his proposal. well. .easonably
sa . ,atnsny cause 70 De accuracy PRINT.
certain daily newspaper (naming ~ OF gem
eral circulation in the city and published
therein. all and singular the matters and
the city official newspaper OF the city Of
Seattle. and shall with such bond be deiiv-
ersd to the city clerk sealed up IN an en-.
bond for city printing" on or before tho
twentieth cay next after the first publ
cation Of such call. and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk At the time OF such deltv-
cry. with the date OF his reception thereof.
and shall be first opened by the city coun-
Gil as early as may be at Its next monthly
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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
next ensuing fiscal year. and during said
year, be such city Official newspaper. Pro
vtded that whenever from any cause city
official newspaper shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ like
newspaper 10 serve as such until designa-
ton and qualification IL 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-
turned to the proposers: snd the bond is &C,
be filed by the city clerk and securely kept
by him.
All ordinances. resolutions. notices. tax
and assessment sales, and all other pro-
ceedings, statements. matters and things OF
the mayor, city council or any department
or board or other officer or functonary OK
the city, which by this charter are, or shall
be required TO be published, except the
statement prescribed In section 80 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. 80. 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
thirty-h-st 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 gums expended for each
and any money borrowed upon the credit
OF the city, whether by temporary loans or
by the issue OF bonds, tho terms upon which
IL was obtained, the authority under which
IL was borrowed, and the purpose 20 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 or city prep.
erty, personal and real. It's value. and II
rented to whom and on what terms. and or
existing debts of every description, and OF
the condition OF the sinking funds. with al
other information necessary for fun un-.
dersta nding OF the financial concerns OF
the city. No more than one thousand
copies Of any such pamphlet shall be
Sec 81. All ordinances IN force IN the city
at the date of the adoption OF this charter.
ana not inconsistent herewith, shall re-
main IN force until repealed or until they
expire by limitation.