The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-17
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
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- i1eEeof. Or app-oprtaIing money or
- F.Sserx1s 70 pay or SATISFY the sane
- izrt thereof until such clslin aas
lsseslf, nor nnsfl gsyrh s,srsr4rnesst has made
- reIsoTs 10 the city council tAerrcn rur-
$50 % Ss1ca reference. No action snail
.s,t-- 80 .salIed against Ire city Ter any
,, - ~ 1ssnageS Until the same nAs essa
fSfea 70 the city council and SKY
oass nave elapsed after Sltca presentation
So . The city council shah IN every
% omission, impose a pensity for the v5o-
with.
Sec. 81. A daily newspaper Of general
sssgl,aii9n and published in the city, = he
ststsd lily Official Newspaper, snail he
ussslgnAie1 il the following manner. The
s-ts cierk shall on the first Mon1ay IN Mo-
sss.aler ia each year cause TO Be published
Tor ten consecutive days, excluding sun
aAys, IN some paper OF general circulation
N TIE CITY call 70 the owners and man
ayers or newspapers for sealed proposals
% 30 the city printing for the then next
ensuing fiscal year each OF which propos-
as snail rs accompanied by q bond with
ssot less than two silrsties. in the sum OF
I've thousand dollars. approved BY the
sesn2tEoiier and corpora ton counsel, con-
usuoned that II the proposal be accepted,
ne pMs.s proposing Viii during the perled
ana faithfully cause TO be accurately print
ea and published. according 10 law, IN
certain cally newspaper tuaming I'D Of gen
"a S&ANd1atlo0 IN TIE CITY Atll fsuAkfSi8ts4
therein. all and singular the matters and
things Required by law TO be published in
the city official newspaper OF the city or
Seattle. and shall with such bond be deiiv-
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 public
cation OF such cali. and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk az the time OF such 6eliv-
cry, with the date of his reception thereof,
and snail be first opened by the city coun-
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session thereafter. and thereupon the eoun-
Gil snail by resolution announce the names
OF all parties whose proposals have been Of
fered. and the terms OF their proposals re-
spectiYely, 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 or the then
next ensuing fiscal year, and during said
year, be such city official newspaper. Pro-
vided that whenever from any cause a city
official newspaper shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ a like
newspaper TO serve as such until deSigna-
ton and qualification IL made and had as
above directed. under like bond and for
reasonable compensation 10 be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panylng unsuccessful proposals shall De re-
companying the successful proposal shall
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 mayer. city council or any department
or board or other officer or functionary or
the city, which by this charter are. or shall
be required TO be published. except the
statement prescribed in section So 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. 81. 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 or every de-
scFiption for the fiscal year ending on the
thiriy-frst day or 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 eacn,
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
II was obtained the authority under which
it 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 a detailed account OF city prop
erty, personal and real, its value, and "
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 run I'M
derstanding- of the financial concerns OF
the city No more than one thousand
copies OF any such pamphlet shall be
printed.
Sec. %. 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 untn repealed or until they
expire by limitation.