The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-26
THE CHARTER or THE CITY Or
sEArTLE--Contfnu

part thereof. or spp-oprtating money or
os1er property to pay or SATISFY tas sane
q ary part .tzereof unsu suca claim las
raent. nor an.ls suca department has made
Is report % the city council t1sTco1 por-
sAazE 70 such reference. No acton snail
claim FER sar,ages nrseu the same has been
presented 20 The city COUNCIL and Esxty
days have elapsed after such presentation,
Sec b. The city council saa4l IN every
ordnance rrohihirirx or requiring any act
% omission. impose 3 penalty for the y'o-
htio7 thereof or Noncompliance tasVe-
with
See G. A daily Newspaper % general
circulation ard published In the city. 20 %
styled CITY Official New SPA per. shall "a
designated in the following manner: TIE
city clerk shall on the first Monday in No
ysmber IA each year caIlse 10 - published
for ten consecutive days. excluding sun
days. IN some paper OF general circulation
n tbs city call 10 the owners and man.
ayers OF newspapers FOR sealed proposals
10 DO tbs city printing for the then next
ensuing fiscal year, each o. whic1 prcpos-
ais shah be accompanied by q bond with
not less than two sureties, IN the sum OF
i've thousand dollars. approved by the
Comptroller and corporation counsel. con-
ciuened thar u ths prepoSsl be accepteus
the party proposing viii. during the period
mentioned IN his proposal. well. season9bly
ana faithfully cause 10 DC accurately print
ed and published. according 20 law. IN
certain daily newspaper tnaming itl OF gen
eral circulation in the city and published
therein. all and singular the matters and
things required by law 20 be published n
Seattle. and shall with such bond De deliy-
cred 70 the city clerk sealed UP in an en-
bond Tor city printing" on or before the
twentieth day next after the first pubti-
, cation OF such call. and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk at the time OF such deiiv-
ery, with the date OF his reception thereof.
and shall be first opened by the city coun-
ell as early as may be at Its next monthly
session thereafter. and thereupon the coun-
ell shall by resolution announce the names
OF all parties whose proposals have been Of
Tered and the terms OF their proposals re-
spectiveiy. and designate a. city official
newspaper that newspaper whose manager,
or owner. has offered the lowest proposals
with duly approved bond. and such news
nexs ensuing ,.osi wear, ana 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 Ike
newspaper 10 serve as such until designa-
ton and qualification In made and had. a.
above directed, under like bond and for
reasonable compensation 10 be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
paDying unsuccessful proposals. shall be re-
turned to the proposals. and The bond &C,
be fled By the city clerk and securely kept
by him
All ordinances. resolutions, notices. tar
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 functionary OF
the city. which by this charter are. or shall
be required TO be published. except the
statement prescribed in section az OF this
article shall be published In the city Official
newspaper. but not for more than three
consecutive issues except az otherwise In
this charter provided
Sec, 81 The city council shan biennially
and not less than twenty nor more than
sixty days before the biennial election.
cause to DO printed in pamphlet form for
distribution TO citizens applying therefor
q full and Ineligible statement OF all the
receipts and expenditures OF every de-
scription for the fiscal year ending on the
thirty-frst day OF December next proceed
ing such statement. including all the mon
sys which have passed through the hands
OF the treasurer Tor 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
1t was obtained, the authority under which
lt was borrowed. and the purpose to 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 II
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 I'M
Outstanding OF the financial concerns OF
the city No more than one thousand
copies OF any such pamphlet shall be
printed.
Sec 81. All ordinances in force in the city
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.