The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
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Pa. t1ereos, or appror-iatirg money or
49, property TO pay or satisfy the same
= a. sAaTI thereof until such claim has
- Sesn referred 10 the proper DEPART
.nent, n5r until such department has made
- ErpoTI % tae city council thereon par
SALT 20 sl1ca reference. No action shah
cain Tor damages until the same has been
k.Ssnte4 70 the city council and sixty
o@ss nave elapsed after such presentation.
Sec D. The city council shall in every
ordnance prohibiting or requiring any act
Or omission. impose a penalty for the vio-
with.
Sec. n. A daily newspaper OF general
Circulation and published in the city. 10 he
sssiSd City Official Ne~sPaper shall he
designated IN the following manner: The
city clerk shall on the first Monday in No
Eeznoer IN each year cause 10 be published
1or ten consecutive days. excluding Sun
days. IN some paper Of general circulation
IN the city a call 10 the owners and man
ayers o. newspapers for sealed proposals
10 DO the city printing fer the then next
ensuing fiscal year. each OF which -propcs-
ais shall be accompanied by a bond with
not less than two sureties, IN the sum of
nve thousand dollars. approved by the
comptroller and corporation counsel. con-
oiuoned that Il the proposal he accepted.
the party proposing viii. during the period
mentioned in his proposal. wei, seasonably
and faithfully cause 10 be accurately print
ct and published. according TO law, in q
certain daily newspaper (naming it, Of gen
therein. ali and singular the matters and
things required by law to be published in
the city Official newspaper OF the city OF
Seattle. and shall with such bond be GeliT-
cred 10 the city clerk sealed up in an en-
yelope Endorsed Sealed proposals and
bond for city printing" on or before the
twentieth day next after the first puhli-
cation OF such call. and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk at the time OF such deliv-
cry. with the date OF his reception thereof,
and shall be first opened by the city coun-
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session thereafter. and thereupOn the c0un-
Gil shall by resolution announce the names
OF all parties whose proposals have been Of
rere1. and the terms OF their proposals re-
specuvely, and designate as city Official
newspaper that newspaper whose manager.
or owner. has offered the lowest proposals,
with duly approved bond. and such news
paper shall at the beginning OF the then
next ensuing fiscal year. and during said
year, be such city official newspaper. Pro-
yide3 that whenever from any cause 4 city
Official nsysTane- shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ j like
newspaper to serve as such until deSigna-
ton and qualification is made and had, as
above directed. under like bond and for
reasonable compensation TO De audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panying unsuccessful proposals shall be re-
turned 10 the propcsers. and the bond ac-
companying the successful proposal shall
be fled 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 functionaTy OF
the city. which by this charter are. or shall
be required 70 be published. except the
statement prescribed in section 81 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. %. The city council shall bienniaily
and not less than twenty nor more than
sixty days before the biennial election,
cause TO he 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-hrst 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 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
il was obtained, the authority under which
il 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, it's value. and If
rented 10 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 full I'M
derstanding OF the financial concerns of
the city. No more than one thousand
copies OF any such pamphlet shall be
printed.
Sec. 50. 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.