The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-02-26
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SEATuTLEs-COnttnue

BE 1t ordained by the City of Seattle as
Sec. IL No bill shall become an ordi-
nance unless on it's final passage at least
majority of all the members elected vote
in its favor, and the vote be taken by
yeas and nays, and the names of those
voting for and against the same be entered
in the journal. No ordinance, other than
an ordinance providing for appropriations
for salaries or current expenses, shall be
passed on its final reading at the meeting
at which it is introduced.
Sec. II. No ordinance shall be revised,
re-enacted or amended by reference to its
title; but the ordinance to be revised or
re-enacted, or the section thereof amended
shall be re-enacted at length as revised
or amended.
Sec. Is. When bill is put upon it's final
passage and rails to pass, and a motion is
made to reconsider, the vote upon such
motion shall not be acted on before the
next meeting Of the council. No bill for
the grant of any franchise shall be finally
passed within thirty days after it's intro
duction, nor until it has been published in
the official newspaper of the city at the
expense of the applicant for ten days daily.
Sec. IA. No ordinance shall take effect
until ten days after it's passage, unless
otherwise expressed in said ordinance.
Sec. Is. Every bill, after it has passed,
shall be signed by the president of the coun-
Gil in open session, in authorization of its
passage; in signing such bill, the preSi-
dent shall call the attention of the council
to the bill, and that he is about to sign 1t,
and, if any member so request, the bill
shall be read at length for information as
to its correctness as enrolled. If any mem
Der object that the bill is not the same as
when considered and passed, such objec-
ton shall be passed upon, and if sustained
the president shall withhold his signature
and the bill shall be corrected and signed
! before the council proceeds to any other
business
Sec. Is. Every bill which shall have
passed and been authenticated as provided
in the last section, shall within five days
thereafter be presented to the mayor. The
mayor shall return such bill to the coun-
Gil within ten days after receiving it, and
if he do not disapprove it, it shall become
an ordinance; if he disapprove it, he shall,
when he so returns it, specify his objections
! thereto in writing. The objections of the
mayor shall be entered at large on the
journal of the council, and published in
the city official newspaper. The council
shall, not less than five days after such
publication, and within thirty days after
such bill shall have been SO returned, re-
consider and vote upon the same, and If
the same SHALL upon such reconsideration,
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 if it had not been disap-
proved by the mayor; but if the bill so re-
turned shall fail to receive upon the first
vote thereon an affirmative vote of two
thirds of the members elected it shall be
deemed finally lost The vote on such re
consideration shall be taken by yeas and
nays, and the names of members voting
for or against the same shall be entered
in the journal thereof
| Sec II. All ordinances and resolutions
shall be deposited with the city clerk, who
! shall record the same at length in a suit
able book kept for that purpose. All ordi-
nanceS of a general, public or permanent
nature, and those imposing a fine, penalty
or forfeiture, shall be published at least
! once in the city official newspaper within
| three days after the same shall have be-
a fjOn
of all ordinances granting any franchise or
j private privilege or approving or vacating
any plat shall be at the expense of the ap-
plicant therefor.
, Sec. Is. The city council shall have pow
| er by ordinance and not otherwise:
| First-To provide for general and special
elections for questions to 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 of this sec
! ton.
/ Second-To provide for the assessment,
! levying and collecting taxes on real and
! and purposes of the cry, and to provide
! for the payment of the debts and expenses
! of the corporation, but no tax for general
municipal purposes shah exceed four
tenths of one per centum per annum; no
! tax to provide fire engines and other fire
/
/ fire. or for any of said purposes, shall eX-
! coed three-tenths of one per centum per
annUm; no tax to provide for purchase and
! condemnation of land for public uses and
| Improvement and ornamentation thereof,
j and erection of structures thereon, or to
provide for any of said objects, shall eX-
! coed two-tenths of one per centum per
! annum; no tax to provide for furnishing
] gas, electricity and lights, and for con-
Struction of works necessary or convenient
! therefor, or for any of said purposes, shall
! fxxyO-f he nf nal nay.
! annum; no tax for street and alley i'm
provement and repair, exclusive Of assess
ments mentioned in subdivisions seventh,
! eighth and tenth of this section, and con-
struction and repair of sewers and con-
duits, other than water pipe, or for any
of said purposes, shall exceed four-tenths
! of one per centum per annum; no tax for
| construction and repair of water works
and appurtenances, or of any Of the same,
! shall exceed one per centum per annum;
! and no tax for the maintenance and OPP
| Grafton of water works and for paying rent
| for water works or water, or for any of
! said purposes, shall exceed fve-tenths of
/ one per centum per annum; and all taxes,
exclusive of assessments for improve
ments mentioned in said subdivisions sew
| enth eighth and tenth, shall not in any
! year exceed three per cenJum of the prop
! erty assessed; and all taxes for special pur-
poses other than water works and water
! supply, and exclusive of assessments for
| improvements mentioned in said Sub-di-
! visions seventh, eighth and tenth, shall
|
per centum of the property assessed; and
| to provide for the assessment and collec-
| ton of road poll tax not exceeding four
! dollars per poll on all male inhabitants be-
| tween the ages of tWenty-One and fifty
| years inclusive.
Third-To control the finances and prop
erty of the city; provided that the city
council shall have no administrative as dis
tingufshed from the legislative power.
Fourth-To acquire by purchase or by ex-
ercise Of the right Of eminent domain or
! f10O1 md 41C,o
of the city, such lands and other prop
erty as may be deemed necessary, proper
or convenient for any of the corporate
uses provided for by this charter; and to ac-
uuire for the use of the city any property
by gift, bequest or devise, and to dispose
of al such property as it shall have, as
the interests of the city may from time to
time require.
Fifth-To borrow money for corporate
purposes on the credit of the city, and to
authorize the issue of negotiable bonds
therefor on such condition c. conditions
and in such manner as may be prescribed
in this charter and the constitution and
laws of this state; but the Indebtedness of
the city shall at no time exceed in the ag-
gregate ten per centum of the value of all
taxable property in said city, such value
to be ascertained and determined by the
last assessment for city purposes previous
to the mourning of such Indebtedness; and
under the limitations above stated to au-
thorize the issue of bonds in place of or to
supply the means with which to meet ma
turing bonds or other Indebtedness or for
the consolidation or funding of the same;
provided, that no bond or set of bonds shall
be issued for longer period than twenty
years.
Sixth-To provide for the purchase or ap-
preparation of property within or without
the corporate limits of the city for it's cor
porate uses, upon making just compensa-
ton to the owners thereof; and to provide
for the institution and maintenance of
such proceedings as may be authorized by
the general laws Of the state for the APP
nropriation of private property for public
use.
Seventh-To lay out, establish, open. al
ter, widen, extend, grade, re-grade, side
walk re-sdeMalk. pave. re-naXe. plank. re-