The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-11
THE CHARTER or THE CITY OF


contain t.s1- o-se oSfec. wnf1n shall oe
clearly expressed IA rs title. The enact
BE Il ordained ~ the CITY OF Seattle a.
sec. II. No BIZ shan teconss an orti-
rvsator4fy on al tae rnesrsbers elected vote
IN tts favor. and TIE vote be taken p
yeas and nays, and the names OF Ino1s
so' Ing f0r znd ass.nss ne .asss o = thsa
an ordinances providing for spp-ep.,a.a,s 49, =
for salaries or current expenses. Sal. -
passed or its nnaI resfsnx al the meeting
az which Il IL introduced
Sec Il No ordnance shall es revised,
ss-enactet or amended by reference to Us
titis. but tbs ord.nsacs 70 = $3.50 $500 %
shall be re-en4ctsd 81 length as revised
o. amended
Sec H. When . bin IL put upon its nnal
Usage and fails % pass. and nao''o s.,c =
motion shall not Be acted On before me
next meeting OF the council. No Dill sor
tns grant q any frsncniss snaL ss n,aay
cactIon, nor until Il has been puDnsnec IN
the official newspaper OF the caty a. ,he
expense Of the applicant for ten days daily.
Sec IL No ordinance ena9 take enecs
until ten days after it's passage. unie0
otherwise expressed In said ordnance
Sec Is. Every bin. after Il has passed.
ell In open session. ia naturalization OF It's
passage. I'm signing such Dill. the presl-
derst shall call the attention OF the council
to me b.ll. and that be Is abort TO sign II
shall be read at length FOR Information az
70 It's correctness as enrolled IL any MEM
her object that the bill is not the same as
when considered and parsed such optec-
ton shall be passed upon, and II sustained
the president shall withhold his signature
and the bin shall be corrected and signed
before tho council proceeds to any oshsr
Sec is Every bin which shall have
passed and been authenticated az provided
In the last section. shall within five DAYS
thereafter be presented 70 the mayor. The
mayor shall return such Bill 70 the cooD-
ell within ten Gays after receiving II. ana
an ordinance: II he dssapprove II, he shall.
when he so returns Il, specify ais oojecLioIs
thereto in writing. The objections OF the
mayor shall be entered at large on the
Journal or the council. and published IN
the city official newspaper. The council
shall. not less than Eve days after sucn
publication, and within thirty DAYS AFTER
such bill shall have been 80 returned, re-
consider and vote upon the same, and II
thu same shall. upon such reconsideration.
be again passed by the Affirmative vote Q,
not less than two-thirds of all tho members
elected. the president OF the council snail
certify the fact on the bill. and when so
certified the bili shall become an ordinance
proved BY the mayor; but IL the bill so re-
turned shall fall TO receive upon the nrst
vote thereon an affirmative vote or two
thirds Of the members elected II snai Dc
deemed finally lost The vote on such re-
consideration shall be taken by yeas and
nays, and the names or members Young
for or against the Same shall pe entered
I'm the Journal thereof
Sec. IL. All ordinances and resolutions
shall be deposited with the city clerk, VINO
shall record the same at length IN q suit
able book kept for that purpose. All oroi.
nances OF a general, public or permanent
nature. and those imposing q fine, penalty
or forfeiture. shall be published AZ least
once in the city official Newspaper Within
three DAYS after the same shall have be-
come a law: provided that the publication
OF all ordinances granting any franchise or
private privilege or approving or vacatins
any plat shall be at the expense OF the APP
sac. is. The city council shall have pow
Or 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
amerldment 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
second-ro provide for the assessment,
levying and collecting taxes on real and
personal property for the corporate uses
and purposes OF the city, and 70 provioe
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 centun per annum' no
tar to provide FIRE engines ard other fire
apparatus and supply OF water 70 quench
FIRE. or for any OF said purposes. shall ex-
ceed three-tenths OF one per centum per
annurn; no tax 10 provide for purchase and
condemnation of land for public uses and
Improvement and ornamentauon thereof,
and erection OF structures thereon. or to
provide for any of said objects. shan ex-
ennum: no tax TO provide for furnishing
gas. electricity and lights. and for con-
struction of works necessary or conven,eni
therefor, or for any OF said purposes, shall
exceed two-tenths OF one per centum per
annum: no tax for street and alley inn
provernent and repair. exclusive OF assess
rnsnts mentioned In subdivisions seventh.
eighth and tenth 81 this section. and con-
str1iction and repair OF sewers and con-
Quits. other than water pipe, or Tor any
OF said purposes. shall exceed four-ten.hs
OF ore per centufn per annum: no tax FOR
construction and repair OF water works
and appurtenances. or OF any OF the same.
shall excee1 one per cegfum per annurn.
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 hye-tenths or
ore per certurn per annun: and ell taxes,
exclusive OF assessments for improve
meats mentioned In sad subdivisions sev-
euth. eighth and tenth. shall not in any
year exceed three per cenrum OF the prop
erty assessed; and all taxes for special pur-
roses other than water works and water
Observation-Disclosures mentioned 81 said sob-dI-
Visions s.yentA. eighth and tenth, shall
rot IN any year exceed one and one-tenta
sesm OF the ssossry en-, ana eo sna
ton Of a road poll tax not eyceeoing four
dollars per poll on oil male inhabitants be-
tween the ages Of twenty-ons and hfty
T'bIrs~To control ire finances and prop
erfy OF the city; provided that the city
council shall have no administrative as dis
tirrnl.hef from the legislative power.
Fourth-To acquire by purchase or by er-
ercise OF the right or eminent domain or
otherwise. and fer the use ana IN the name
81 the city such lands and other prop
erty as may be deemed necessary. proper
or convenient for any OF the corporate
uscs provided for by this charter; and - ac-
as,Irs FOR the use OF the city any property
by EFT, eeqaest or devise, ard 20 dispose
OF eli such property As II shall have. as
the interests OF the city may from time 20
tire require.
FYfth-To borrow money for corporate
purposes on tire credit OF the city. and 70
aushorsxs tire issue OF negotiable bonds
tAsresor on such condition or conditions
sra in such manner as may be prescribed
in this charter and the constitution ard
laws 81 this state. but the Indebtedness oE
the city shall ~ no time sxeeed II the a.
r~prafe ten PEP cvrtuU ~ the value OF al
.axabi~ property IN said city. such value
- Re pacevtalnea and determined hy the
last assessment for city purposes previous
q, the irs-,lrrfn2 % such in6sNtedneSS. ard
ur,sfer the limitations above stated 10 su~
thofixs the issue OF bonds IN pace % or 20
s'fppiy the means Win WHOA - meet ma
tt,-tnsy bonds or other Indebtedness O. fer
ne GENERALIZATION or funding % the same:
provided. that no bond or sat AZ bonsis sh&a
x issued for q longer persod than twenty
years
sfxtA-To provide Ter TIE purchase Or an
arnnrlaflcn % property within Or without
me corporate hrnits % re city Tor SIS cor
sserata uses uFyen making just ccurpansz-
tfaa 20 ire owners thereof and % provide
f6~ ths institution ard raRtH terRnce %
sssch rrcese'tsngs as may Dc authorized ~
the general LAWS % tas state for the a.