The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-08

Ing clause OF every ordinance s5aA De.
ss Il ordained By the City o. Seattle q
SEC. IL No bin shan become an o-ti-
nance unless on It's final passage al least
majority OF AL the members elee.ea woe
IN tn favor. and tie vote De taken y
yeas and nays. ard the names % nose
voting for ard against ire same ne en,sre1
fn the Journal. No ordinance. otner ln3a
for salaries or current expenses, shall BE
paxse3 on ffs final reading at the rleenhg
at which II - introduced
Sec. II No ordinance shall Be feviseo,
pe-enectsd CT amended By reference 70 is
title. but TIRE ordins ice 10 Re teFis>d ..
re-enacted. or the section thereof aHse fds9
shall be re-en4ctsd a. length a. REVISED
O. amended
Sec IL When q biz ~ put upon its anal
passage and falls 20 PASS. and a rouon =
made 10 reconsider. the vote upon socn
melton ahail not be acted on before ne
the grant OF any franchise shall BE nFlAAy
paired within thirty days after ffs intro-
tuction. nor until II has been punlisasc IN
expense os tie applicant for ten days daily.
Sec. IA No ordinance shall take e1ecf
unftl ten days after its passage. Unless
otherwise expressed IN said ordinance
Sec. Is. Every bin, after II has passed.
shall b signed by the president OF the coln-
csi in opaa session. in Authorization or It's
passage IA signing such Dill, the pre=.,
dent shall call the attention OF tne coanen
10 the bill. and that he is about TO sign i,
and. IL any member so request. the bill
shall be read at length for Information as
20 It's correctness az enrolled IL any mem
Der object that the bill II not the same as
when considered and passed, such oofoc-
ton shall be passed upon. and II sustained
the president shall withhold his Signature
before the council proceeds to any other
business.
Sec. Is. Every bin which shall have
passed and been authenticated as pToviosd
H. 81 L. - rrg4FN Fx.
thereafter be presented 20 the mayor. The
mayor shall return such bill TO the couD-
ell within ten days after receiving II, and
II ne do not disapprose IL. It shah become
an ordinance; II ne disapprove IL, he shall.
when he 80 returns IL. specify 6is objections
thereto IN writing. The objections OF the
mayor Ehall be entered at large on tns
Journal OF the council. and published IN
the city official Newspaper. The council
shall. not less than Eve days after sucn
-ubllca ton, and within thirty days after
such bin shall have been 30 returned, re-
consider and vote upon the same, and II
tho same shall, upon such decentralization,
be again passed BY the affirmative vote OF
not less than two-thlrds 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 II IL had not been disap-
proved by the mayor: but IL the OIL so re-
turned shall fail to receive upon the first
vote thereon an affirmative vote or two
thirds OF the members elected IL snaI Dc
deemed finally lost. The vote on s1ch re.
consideration shall be taken By yeas and
nays. and the names Of members voting
for or against the Same shall DO entered
I'm the Journal thereof.
Sec II. All ordinances and resolutions
shall be deposited with the city clerk. who
Ehall record the same az length In suit
able book kept for that purpose All ordi-
nances OF a general. public or permanent
nature. and those imposing Tine. penalty
or forfeiture. shall be published al least
once In the city official wsp4per within
three days after the same shall have be-
come law. provided tnat .i1e p nes9ss On
private privilege or approving or vacasihs
any plat shall be at the expense or the ap-
plicant therefor.
Or by ordinance and not otherwise:
First-To provide for general and special
elections for questions 10 be voted upon
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 nsss
and purposes OF the city, and 70 provide
for the payment OF the debts and expenses
OF the corporation. but no tax for general
municipal purposes shall exceed -FOUR
tax TO provide fire engines and other fro
apparatus and a supply OF water to quench
fire, or for any or said purposes, shall ex-
coed three-tsnths o. enc per eenssm per F
condemnation OF land for public uses and
Improvement and ornamentation thereof.
and erection or structures thereon, or 10
provide for any OF said objects, shall ex-
coed two-tenths OF one per centrum per
ennum; no tax 10 provide for furnishing
gas electricity and lights, and for con-
rtruction Of works necessary or convenient
therefor. or for any OF said purposes. shall
exceed two-tenshs of one per centum per
annum; no tax for street and alley Inn
provement and repair. exclusive OF assess
rnents mentioned In Subdivisions seventh,
eighth and tenth Of this section. and con-
etruction and repair OF sewers and con-
Quits other than water pipe, or Tor any
OF said purposes shall exceed four-tentns
OF one per centum per annum; no tax for
construction and repair or water works
and appurtenances. or OF any OF the same,
shah exceed one per eentum per annum;
and no tax for the maintenance and op-
Grafton OF water works and for paying rent
for water works or water, or for any or
said purposes. shall exceed fVe-tenths or
one per centum per annum; spd all taxes,
exclusive OF assessments for improve
nents mentioned in said subdivisions sew
enth eighth and tenth. shall not in any
year exceed three Per centum or the prop
.rtv assessed. and all taxes for special pur-
roses other than water works and water
supply, and exclusive OF assessments for
improvements fgkFsiktN0ES4 III NAtu rut-if~
visions seventh. eighth and tenth. shan
not In any year exceed one and one-tentn
per centufn OF the property assessed, and
To provide for the assessment and coliec-
tion 81 a road poll tax not exceeding four
dollars per poll on all male inhabitants be-
tween the ages Of twenty-one ana NIFTY
years inclusive.
Third-To control the Frances and prop
.rty Of the city. provided that the city
.c.snrtf shall have no administrative as dis
tinxuished from the legislative power.
Fourth-To acquire by purchase or by ex-
erclSe of the rtght OF eminent domain or
otherwise. and for the use and In the name
of the city, such lands and other prop
srty "a may be deemed necessary. proper
Or convenient for any OF the corporate
u.es nrovtded FOR by this charter. and u ac-
1utre for the use Of the city any property
BY gift hequest or devise. ana 70 dispose
OF ell such property as u shau have. as
the interests OF the city may from time 10
time require.
FIfth-To borrow money for corporate
PURPOSES on the credit OF the city, and 20
Authorize the issue Of negotiable bonds
Therefor on such condition or conditions
and IN such manner as may be prescribed
in This charter and the constitution and
laws OF this state; bet the ehtedncss of
the city shall AT no time exceed IN The AZ
srsrate ten per centum q the value % Al
taxah,e properly in said city. such value
20 be aScertained and determined by the
10 ina irssfrrinr % such Indebtedness: and
under TIRE limitations above stated 20 aD-
sanrsss the isSse ~ bonds IN place % or 70
sspp3y the means with which 90 meet ma
t,sr&nx bonds or other Indebtedness Or for
tha .lnsolsfa tion or funding of the Same
provided that re bond o. set OF bonds SHAH
& szsuea for a longer period than twenty
years.
sIxth-To provide for re purchase - ap-
,,ry,prsafsca % property Within or without
the rsrnoratc limits ~ ire city for SIS corr
Ferate uses. upon making 5uSf oor1TseF'sa-
ttea 20 the owners thereof ard 10 urcvt6s
- fhe Institution ard maintenance %
swrA prccretfnTs as may ne authorized -
tAr Fer~ral laws Ct lie state Tor the are
sa~opstAtion Of private properly Ter public
use
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