The Daily Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?, 1896-03-02
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
notwithstanding

part thereof, or appropriating money or
other property to pay or satisfy the same
or any part thereof until such claim has
first been referred to the proper depart
ment, nor until such department has made
its report to the city council thereon pur-
suant to such reference. No action shall
be maintained against the city for any
claim for damages until the same has been
presented to the city council and sixty
days have elapsed after such presentation.
Sec. 90 The city council shall in every
ordinance prohibiting or requiring any act
or omission, impose penalty for the vio-
lation thsGeof or Noncompliance there
with.
Sec. 81. A daily newspaper Of general
circulation and published in the city, to be
styled "City Official Newspaper" shall be
designated in the following manner: The
city clerk shall on the first Monday in No
vember in each year cause to be published
for ten consecutive days, excluding Sun
days, in some paper of general circulation
in the city call to the owners and man
ayers OF newspapers for sealed proposals
to do the city printing for the then next
ensuing fiscal year, each of which propos-
ais shall be accompanied by bond with
not less than two sureties, in the sum of
five thousand dollars, approved by the
comptroller and corporation counsel, con-
ditioned that If the proposal be accepted,
the party proposing viii. during the period
mentioned in his proposal, well, seasonably
and faithfully cause to be accurately print
ed and published, according to law, in
certain daily newspaper (naming it) of gen.
eral circulation in the city and published
therein, all 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 deliv-
cred to the city clerk sealed up in an en-
velope Endorsed Sealed proposals and
bond for city printing" on or before the
twentieth day next after the first publ
cation of such call, and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk at the time of such deIiv-
cry, with the date of his reception thereof,
and shall be first opened by the city coun-
Gil as early as may be at its next monthly
session thereafter. and thereupOn the cOun-
Gil shall by resolution announce the names
of all parties whose proposals have been Of
fered, and the terms Of their proposals re-
spectively, 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-
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 to be audited by
the auditing committee. Bonds accom-
panying unsuccessful proposals shall be re-
turned to the proposers, and the bond ac-
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-
| 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 in the city official
| newspaper, but not for more than three
| consecutive issues except as otherwise in
| this charter provided.
| Sec. 80. 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
q full and Ineligible statement of all the
receipts and expenditures of every de-
| scription for the fiscal year ending on the
| thirty-frSt 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
| it was obtained, the authority under which
/ it was borrowed, and the purpose to which
| it 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
| eTty, personal and real, it's value, and If
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 a 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 SO. 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.