The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-18
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Pa psss- thereof. or app-cprsasing. money or
:. anF Ear1 thereof until such claim has
oeeH reeerres1 10 the proper depart
a. $50, -s nor unt.l such department has made
- -sSoEs 70 TIE city council thereon par
sAlk 70 such reference. No action shall
= aalas falzssa against the city for any
D,-s.an ior camases nntl the same has been
sE,LtS1 70 the city council and sixty
JAYS have elapsed after such presentation.
SC - Tie city council shall In every
o - l-sce prohibiting or requiring any act
5eA4Asslela, impose a penalty Tor the yio-
with
Sec: q. A daily newspaper Of general
e.-ssia.ion and published in the city. 70 be
styted City Official NsTspapsr shall he
uessgnafed IN the following manner The
10y clerk shall on the first Monday In No
sSaaoer N each year cause 70 be published
loF ten consecutive days. excluding sun
oAys. IN some paper OF general circulation
"a ne city a call 10 the owners and man.
sees OF newspapers for seated proposals
20 40 the city printing for the then next
ensuing fiscal year. each OF which propes-
ais snail be accompanied by a bond with
xot less than two sEretieS. in the sum OF
10 .honsand dollars approved BY the
SoiilptraIleF and corporation counsel, con-
oluoned that IL the proposal be accepted,
the party proposlng viii. during the period
n.s,aaoned IN his proposal. well. seasonaeiy
ard faithfully cause to be accurately print
eu ana published. according 70 law in n
certain caily newspaper manning IN OF gen
era circulation in the city and published
tEefein, al and singular the matters and
things required by law TO be published in
lae city official newspaper OF the city OF
seattle. and shah with such bond be deliy-
ersa 10 the city clerk sealed I'D in an en-
veiope Endorsed Sealed proposals ard
bond Tor city printing" on or before the
twenCetn day next after the first publ
c4lion or such call, and shall be endorsed
by the city clerk at the time of such deiix-
cry. with the date OF his reception thereof,
and shall be first opened by the city conn-
Gil as early may be at it's next monthly
session thereafter. and thereupon the couf-
ell shall by resolution announce the names
or all parties whose proposals have been Of
fereS: ard the terms OF their proposals re-
specIveiy, and designate as city official
newspaper thar newspaper whose manager
or owner. has offered the lowest proposals.
with duly approved bond. and such news
paper snail 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 ike
newspaper to serve as such until designa-
ton ana qualification ia 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 70 the proposers. and the bend ac-
companying the successful proposal shall
be filed by the city clerk and securely kept
by him.
All ordinances, resolutions. notices. tax
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 10 be published, except the
statement prescribed in section 81 of this
article shall he 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 bienniaily
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
a full and ineligible 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
it was borrowed. and the purpose to 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, It's value, and IL
rented to whom and on what terms, and or
existing debts of every description. and OF
the condition OF the sinking funds with all
other information necessary for fun I'M
Outstanding. OF the financial concerns or
the city. No more than one thousand
copies OF any such pamphlet shall be
printed.
at the date OF ne adoption OF tins enarter.
main in force until repealed or until they
expire by limitation.