The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
The CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
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-. saereo.. or arp-upviating money Or
a. 60 : s-uI'e-ty 20 pay or satisfy the sane
- P&rI l7sreof until such c2aSra has
ment Dor an-sl such deEsarfrnent has made
- -.sss-1 TO the city council thereon ps1r-
$50 20 such reference No action shall
s,,, ,-. ~ nsaiEsec against the city Tor any
s.tlia Ter Damages until the same has been
- Ss1~d 10 the city council and sixty
Gays nave elapsed after such presentation
ssc- ~ The city council shah in every
oluIL-ance prohibiting or requiring any act
81 omission, Impose q penalty for the vso-
with
Sec. g. A daily newspaper OF general
Circulation and published in the city, 30 Re
stsied City Official <ewspa per shall De
oeslSnsfe6 n the following manner. The
s.ty clerk shall On the first Monday in Ne
seEhoer IN each year cause 10 be published
LOT Ten consecutive DAYS. excluding sun
o4sss IN some paper OF general circulation
=. tns city call 10 the owners and man.
aseSs OF newspapers for sealed proposals
- do the city printing for the then next
ensuing nScal year. each OF which propos-
as shaH De accompanied by a bond with
not less than two Sgretiss. in the sum Of
i've thousand dollars. approved by the
comptroller and corporation counsel. con-
aluoned that II the proposal be accepted,
the party proposing will during the period
mentioned in ais proposal, wen. seasonsbly
ana faithfully cause 10 he accurately print
ed and published. according to law. In a
certain daily newspaper tnarning III Of gen
therein, all and singular the matters and
Things required by law to he published in
me city official newspaper OF the city OF
Seattle. ana shall with such bond be deiiy-
cred 10 the city clerk sealed up in al err
relope Endorsed sealed proposals and
bond for city printing" on or before the
cation OF such call. and shall be endorsed
oy 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 coAan-
Gil as early as may be at its next monthly
session thereafter. and thereupon the coun-
Gil shall by resolution announce the names
or all parties whose proposals have been Of
fered. and the terms of their proposals re-
specttYeiy. 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 a the beginning Of the then
next ensuing fiscal year. and during said
year; De such city official newspaper, Pro-
vided that whenever from any cause a city
official newspaper shall be lacking the
mayor shall designate and employ 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 10 be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panying unsuccessful proposals shall be re-
turned 10 the proposerS, 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 functionary OF
the city, which by this charter are. or shall
be required TO be published, except the
statement prescribed in section 81 OF this
article shall be published ia the city official
newspaper, but not for more than three
consecutive issues except as otherwise in
this charter provided.
Sec. -. The city council shall biennially
and not less than twenty nor more than
sixty days before the biennial election,
cause to Zoe printed In pamphlet form for
distribution to citizens applying therefor
a full and inteihgihle statement of all the
receipts and expenditures OF every de-
sCription for the fiscal year ending on the
thirty-first day OF December next proceed
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 10 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, its value, and II
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 fun un-
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.