The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-04
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
sEATTLE--Contfnue


Use OF any such railroad or street railroad,
or car thereof.
Tenth-To provide for making local In
provements and 20 leTy and collect special
by. and for paying for the same or any
portion thereof.
Eleventh-To acquire by purchase or By
exercise OF the right OF eminent domain or
otherwise lands for public parks. within
or without the limits OF said city, and TO
improve the same
Twelfth-To construct and keep in repair
bridges, vfaGucts and tunnels, and TO reg
uIafe the Use thereof.
Thirtsenrh-To determine what work
shall De done or improvements made al
the expense in whole or In part OF the own
ers OF the adjoining. contiguous or proxi-
mate property, or others especially bene-
fitted thereby and to provfue for the man
therefor
Fourteenth-To provide FOR erecting. pur-
chasing or otherwise acquiring. as the sole
works within or without the corporate linn
Its OF the city. TO supply said city and It's
Inhabitants with water for any and all pur-
poses. and 10 NIX, alter, REGULATE and control
the use and price OF the water as supplied;
provided, however. that the city council
snail not enter into any contract or agree
ment whatever with any person. company
or corporation for its water supply or dis
tribution, or for the joint or entire use OF
the whole or any part OF the city water
supply or distributing plant. Including con-
submitting such proposed contract or
agreement to vote or the qualified cleo
tors OF the city at general election, or
special election called for that purpose,
and unless ma jority Of said electors yot-
ing at said election shall vote therefor;
provided further. that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as TO prevent
the city from selling TO any consumer wa
ter for power or other uses. or the power
manufactured from water, upon terms open
10 all consumers.
Fifteenth-To provide for lighting the
streets and all public places of the city,
and for furnishing the inhabitants or the
city with gas, electric or other light. and
for the ownership. purchase or other &C
QUESTION, construction and mainte nance or
such works as may be necessary or conven-
lent therefor: 10 charge and collect TOR the
Use OF such hight, and to regulate the use
and price OF such light whether supplied
by the city or other person or corporation;
provided. however, that no purchase or any
such light plant shall be made without first
submitting the question or saen purchase
TO the electors OF the city.
Sixteenth-To establish and regulate mar
kets, and to provide, by proper penalties,
for the weighing. measuring and inspec-
ton OF all articles of food or drink Offered
for sale thereat or at any other place with
In the limits OF the city, and TO enforce the
keeping OF proper legal weights and meas
ures by all vendors in the city, and 10 pro-
vide for the inspection OF such weights and
measures.
Seventeenth-To erect and establish hos
pitfalls and pest<houseS, and to control and
regulate the same.
Fighteenth-To erect and establish work
houses and jails. and TO control and regu-
late thu same, and to provide for the work
ing OF prisoners confined therein; provided,
that no prisoner shall be required to oer-
form any labor until he shall have been
duly convicted of some offense punishable
by imprisonment, and duly sentenced there
to.
Nineteenth--To provide for establishing
and maintaining reform or training schools
for Juvenile offenders.
Twentieth-To provide for the establish
ment and maintenance OF a public library
or libraries, and 10 appropriate annually
such per centum OF all moneys collected
for fines, penalties and licenses as shall be
prescribed by this charter for the support
of a city library which shall. under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by or
dinance, be open for use by the public.
Twenty-drst-To regulate the, burial OF
the dead. and TO establish and regulate
cemeteries within or without the corporate
limits, and TO acquire land therefor by pur-
chase or condemnation or otherwise; to
cause cemeteries to be removed beyond the
limits of the corporation, and to prohibit
the establishment OF any cemetery within
two miles of the boundaries of the city.
Twenty-second-To direct the location
and construction of all buildings In which
any trade or occupation offensive to the
senses or deleterious TO the public health
or safety shall be carried on. and to regu-
late the management thereof: and to pro-
hIbit the erection and maintenance OF such
buildings or structures, or the carrying on
OF such trades or occupations within the
limits OF the city or within the distance of
two miles beyond the boundaries thereof.
Twenty-third-To make regulations for
the prevention OF accidents by fire. TO Or
ganiZe and establish f1re department, 10
provide fire engines and other apparatus,
and to provide for the prevention and ex-
tinguishment OF fires and TO regulate or
prohibit the transportation, keeping or
storage Of all combustible or explosive ma
terials within the corporate limits of the
city, and TO restrain and regulate and pro-
hihit the use of fireworks.
Twenty-fourth-To establish fire limits
and enlarge the same as circumstances
may require. and make IL such regulations
for the erection and maintenance OF build
ings or other structures within the corpor-
ate limits as the safety of persons or prop
erty may require. and to cause all such
buildings and places as may from any
cause be IN a dangerous state TO be put in
a safe condition, and to prohibit the cree
ton or construction within such fire linn
its OF any building or structure or any ad-
dition to any building or structure unless
such building, structure or addition be con-
structed of such material and in conform
ity TO such rules, regulations and condi-
tons as the city council shall have pro-
vided; and to provide for the removal of
any building or structure or any addition
10 any building or structure erected con-
trary TO such prohibition.
Twenty-fifth--To regulate the manner in
which stone. brick and other buildings,
party walls and partition fences shall be
constructed and maintained.
Twenty-sixth-To provide for the deep
ening widening. docking. covering, wall
ing, altering or changing tho channels OF
Waterways and water-courses, and TO pro-
vide for the construction and maintenance
OF canals. slips, public landing places.
wharves, docks and levees, and all such
other work as may be required for the &C
commodation OF commerce. and 10 control
and regulate the use thereof; and further
TO provide FOR the condemnation OF all such
work or works by the city and for its use
and benefit: and for the construction and
maintenance and ownership OF the same by
the city.
fundamentally control. regulate
and prohibit the anchorage, moorage and
landing OF all water craft and their car
goes within the jurisdiction OF the corpora
ton.
Twenty-eighth-'To fix the rate OF wharf
age, storage and dcCkage, and to provide
for the collection thereof, and TO provide
for the imposition and collection OF such
harbOr fees as may be consistent with the
laws ~ the United States.
Twenty ninth-To license, regulate. con-
troll or restrain wharf-boats, tugs and 9TH
or boats used about the harbor or within
the jurisdiction OF the city.
Thirtieth-To REQUIRE the owners OF pub
lie halls or other buildings to provide suit
able means Of exit: TO provide for the pre-
vention and abatement OF nusances: for
the cleaning and publication OF water
courses and canals; for the draining and
filling up OF ponds on private property
within It's limits. when the same shall be
offensive 70 the senses or dangerous TO
health; 10 regulate and control and provide
for the prevention and punishment or
tho Element or pollution OF eli streams
running into or through its corporate lin
It's and for the distance OF five miles be-
Veui its corporate limits. and Of any
STREAM or lake from which the water supply
OF said city is or may be taken. FOR a dis
fance Of FIVE miles beyond its source Of
supply 20 provide FOR the cleaning OF
areas. vaults and other places which may
bc so kept as TO become offensive 10 the
senses or dangerous 10 health. and to make
all such quarantine and other regulations
as NAV hn necessarY fn- TIE nreserNatior