The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-03-02


BE it ordained by the City of Seattle as
follows"
Sec. IL No bill shall become an ordi-
nance unless on its final passage at least
majority of all the members elected vote
in its favor, and the vote be taken by
yeas and nays, and the names of those
voting for and against the same be entered
in the journal. No ordinance, other than
an ordinance providing for appropriations
for salaries or current expenses, shall be
passed on its final reading at the meeting
at which it is introduced.
Sec. II. No ordinance shall be revised,
re-enacted or amended by reference to its
title; but the ordinance to be revised or
re-enacted, or the section thereof amended
shall be re-enacted at length as revised
or amended
Sec. 13. When bill is put upon its final
passage and fails to pass, and motion is
made to reconsider, the vote upon such
motion shall not be acted on before the
next meeting of the council. No bill for
the grant Of any franchise shall be finally
passed within thirty days after it's intro
duction, nor until it has been published in
the official newspaper of the city at the
expense of the applicant for ten days daily.
Sec. IA. No ordinance shall take effect
until ten days after its passage, unless
otherwise expressed in said ordinance.
Sec. Is. Every bill, after 1t has passed.
shall be signed by the president Of the coun-
Gil in open session, in authorization of Its
passage; in signing such bill, the preSl-
dent shall call the attention Of the council
to the bill, and that he is about to sign 1t,
and, If any member SO request, the bill
shall be read at length for information as
to its correctness as enrolled. If any mem
Der object that the bill is not the same as
when considered and passed. such obJec-
ton shall be passed upon, and If sustained
the president shall withhold his signature
and the bill Shall be corrected and signed
before the council proceeds to any other
business.
Sec 16 Every bill which shall have
passed and been authenticated as provided
in the last section, shall within five days
thereafter be presented to the mayor. The
mayor shall return such bill to the coun-
Gil within ten days after receiving 1t, and
If he do not disapprove it, it shall become
an ordinance; If he disapprove it, he shall,
when he so returns it, specify his objections
thereto in writing. The objections of the
mayor shall be entered at large on the
/ journal of the council, and published in
the city official newspaper. The council
shall, not less than five days after such
publication, and within thirty days after
such bill shall have been so returned, re
consider and vote upon the same, ana II
! the same SHALL upon such reconsideration,
be again passed by the affirmative vote of
not less than two-thirds Of all the members
elected, the president of the council shall
! certify the fact on the bill, and when so
! certified the bill shall become an ordinance
/ with like effect as If 1t had not been d1sap-
proved by the mayor; but If the bill so re-
! turned shall fail to receive upon the first
| vote thereon an affirmative vote of two
/ thirds of the members elected 1t shall be
/ deemed finally lost. The vote on such re-
| consideration shall be taken by yeas and
nays, and the names of members voting
! for or against the same shall be entered
! in the journal thereof.
! Sec. II. All ordinances and resolutions
shall be deposited with the city clerk, who
! shall record the same at length in a suit
! able book kept for that purpose All ordi-
| nances of general public or permanent
nature, and those imposing a fine, penalty
/ or forfeiture, shall be published at least
once in the city official newspaper within
| three days after the same shall have be-
come law; provided that the publication
of all ordinances granting any franchise or
i private privilege or approving or VdCatlnS
! any plat shall be at the expense Of the APP
| plicant therefor.
: Sec. IS. The city council shall have pow
| er by ordinance and not otherwise:
| First-To provide for general and special
elections for questions to be voted upon,
f; and to provide for the appointment and
election of officers. Any person who, by
the provisions of this charter or any
amendment thereto, may be appointed or
| elected to any office or employment Gre
ated in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed
an officer within the meaning Of this sec
ton.
Second-To provide for the assessment
leVying and collecting taxes on real and
personal property for the corporate uses
| and purposes of the city, and to provide
for the payment Of the debts and expenses
| of the corporation, but no tax for general
| municipal purposes shall exceed four
| tenths of one per centum per annuln; no
| apparatus and supply of water to quench
| fire. or for any of said purposes shall ex-
: coed 'threesteslths Of one per centuin per
annum: no tax to provide for purchase and
/ condemnation of land for public uses and
| Improvement and ornamentation thereof,
and erection of structures thereon, or to
! provide for any of said objects, shall eX-
| coed two-tenths of one per centum per
annum; no tax to provide for furnishing
: gas, electricity and lights, and for con-
strUction of works necessary or convenient
! ofny OY- for ~ cal MI
| exceed CWo-tenths of one per centum per
annum; no tax for street and alley i'm
provement and repair, exclusive of assess
ments mentioned in subdivisions seventh,
! eighth and tenth of this section, and con-
struction and repair of sewers and con-
duitS other than water pipe, or for any
of said purposes, shall exceed four-tenths
; of one per centum per annum; no tax for
construction and repair of water works
/ and appurtenances, or of any of the same,
! shall exceed one per centum per annum;
| and no tax for the maintenance and OPP
Grafton of water works and for paying rent
i for water works or water, or for any of
said purposes, shall exceed five-tenths Of
| one per centum per annum; and all taxes,
exclusive of assessments for improve
ments mentioned in said subdivisions sew
enth eighth and tenth, shall not in any
! year exceed three per centum of the prop
| erty assessed; and all taxes for special pur-
poses other than water works and water
| supply and exclusive of assessments for
| improvements mentioned in said sub-di-
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not in any year exceed one and one-tenth
/ per centum of the property assessed; and
! to provide for the assessment and collec-
| ton of a road poll tax not exceeding four
| dollars per poll on all male inhabitants be-
/ tween the ages of twenty-one and fifty
years inclusive.
Third-To control the FINANCES and prop
! erty of the city; provided that the city
| council shall have no administrative as dis
| tinguished from the legislative power.
Fourth-To acquire by purchase or by ex-
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| otherwise, and for the use and in the name
| of the city, such lands and other prop
! erty as may be deemed necessary, proper
| or convenient for any Of the corporate
| uses provided for by this charter; and to ac-
| uuire for the use of the city any property
! by gift, 5equest or devise, and to dispose
| Of all such property as 1t shall have, as
| the interests of the city may from time to
| time require.
Fifth-To borrow money for corporate
purposes on the credit Of the city, and to
authorize the issue of negotiable bonds
! therefor on such condition c. conditions
and in such manner as may be prescribed
| in this charter and the constitution and
laws Of this state; but the Indebtedness of
the city shall at no time exceed in the ag-
gregate ten per centum of the value Of all
taxable property in said city, such value
to be aScertained and determined by the
last assessment for city purposes previous
to the mourning of such Indebtedness; and
under the limitations above stated to au-
thorize the issue Of bonds in place of or to
supply the means with which to meet ma
turing bonds or other Indebtedness or for
the consolidation or funding of the same;
provided, that no bond or set Of bonds shall
be issued for longer period than twenty
years.
Sixth-To provide for the purchase or ap-
preparation of property within or without
the corporate limits of the city for it's cor
porate uses, upon making just compensa-
ton to the owners thereof; and to provide
for the institution and maintenance of
such proceedings as may be authorized by
the general laws Of the state for the ap-
nropriation of private property for public
use.
Seyenth-To lay out, establish, open. al
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