The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-25
LEGAL NOTICES.


the city Charter OF the city Of g~
attic be amended 20 read aa follows
=. see. l. legislative Power. whers
the city Of seattle shall be Vestec
IA mayor ana city council. whs
shall have such powers a. are pro,
tiaed for b. this charter. but the
power 60 propose Tor themselves ans
ordinance dealing with any matter
within the realm OF local affairs 81
municipal business. and 20 enact "a
reject the same at the polls. indie
pendent % tho maNur aud city coun
90. i also reserved IS the peopi,
OF the city % seattle and provision
made for tho exercise OF such ro'
served power and there IL further
reserved by ana provision made foi
the exercise by the people OF seattle
% The power, AZ their own. option
% the qualified electors and there
BY e. approve or reject a. the poll,
any ordinance. or any section. item
or part OF any ordinance dealing
With any matter within The. realm
OF local affairs or municipal bust
ness. which may have passed ths
city council and mayor. aettns IN tbs
usual prescribed manner az The or
binary legislative authority.
Initiative and Referendum, How
Exercised Petition; Comptroller q
Verify Signatures; Completion oi
Petition. CONFEDERATION IN Council
The frat power Reserved by The
people T. tho initiative hni rcfcrcn
dun II may be exercised on petit
tien Of number ~ qualified vet.
crs equal Go not less than ten ttol
per cent. Of tho total number ~
votes east FOR tho office 81 mayor
a. the last preceding municipal cicc-
ton. proposing and asking the en-.
nctmcnt as an ordinance ~ bill
or measure. tho fun text % which
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Any initiative petition shall 30 filed
with the city comptroller. who shall
verify tho sufticicncy 81 the sigma
lures 20 the petition. aud transmit
Ia. together with hia report thereon
70 the city council ~ regular
meeting not more than twonty 1902
DAYS after the fling of the petition.
and such Transmission shall be the
Introduction 81 the Initiative hiii of
measure In the city council II the
20 be Insufficient 81 signatures. he
shall notify the principal petition
era and an additional twenty tSol
days shall Ne allowed them Ia which
20 complete such petition 20 TIC re-
quirud percentage. u ronnidevn
ton shail take precedence over All
other business before the city coun
cti except appropriation bills and
emergency measures necessary for
the Immediate preservation ~ the
public peace. health or safety.
Councii May Exact or Reject nu,
Not N0dlfy. Council May Pass sub
asttnte. The city council may enact
OF reB~eg. any initiative bill or
modify the same. u may. however,
after rejection % any Initiative Pill
or measure. propose ard pass dif-
fereRt one dealing with the same
sahiect
whsn Rejected Measure and sub
sfltute Submitted 20 People. Gen
erai ard special Eiecfiousi u the
city cunneii shalt have Feiected any
initiative measure, or shalt during
thirty taat days after receipt There
~ have failed 20 take final action
thereon. or shalt have passed dif-
ferent measure dealing with the
same sub ect. the said rejected In.
ftlativs measure and such different
measure dealing with tho same sub
lect. II any has been passed. shall
be taken In charge ~ the CITY
comptroller and submitted 60 the
qualified electors for approval OF re-
tection at the next regular election
but the city councl may In Its dis
erection provide for a special eiec-
tion at which the vote shall be
taken.
When Special Election Required
And n the Initiative petition VI any
case shall be signed By a number
81 qualified voters equal 90 not less
than twenty t1et per cent. 81 tne
total number OF votes cast for the
office ~ mayor at thu last proceed ;
Inc municipal election. or shall az
any time be strengthened ia quaii-
fled signatures up 10 said percent
ass. then the city council shall pro-
vide for a special election upon said
EUbteet. to be held within forty ft0t
days from the proof OF suffirtancy OF
the percentages Of signatures
Notice and Conduct 81 Election
official publication shall be made.
notices OF election given. and the
manner and conduct ~ election. the
preparation OF the official ballots.
the counting and eansaassng 81 the
votes. and the certifying 81 the re-
turns Of the election. shall be done
40 II provided for the submission
70 the vote OF ths people Of amend
mentz to the city charter
Measures Adopted TO become or
dinaneas. when. Any measure thus
submitted 20 the vote of the people.
which shall receive IN It's favor a
ma orIty 81 ali tho votes cast for
an ordinance or the civ of seattle
and be IN full force and effect from
hpf after proclamation by the
mayor. which shall be made. and
published IN the city official news
paper. within five CD days after
the election.
Submission OF Substitute ana In
ltiative Measures N Both Approved.
That Having Highest Vote Adopted
In cnBe the city council. shall. after
rejection Of the Initiative measure
have passed different measure
dealing with the same subject, u
shall be submitted at the same cleo.
tion with the Initiative measure and
the vote Of the qualified electors
also taken for and against the same
and II beth such measures be APP
proved BY a majority vote. N they
be conflicting In any particular
then the one receiving the highest
number OF affirmative votes shall
thereby be adopted and the other
shall be considered az rejected
Power of Simple Referendum a.
90 Ordnance. Fxceptloun; BY Pefi
tion or by Council. The second
power reserved by the people Is the
simple referendum. and II may be
exercised and ordered (except as "a
date preservation OF the public
peace. health or safety. and except
n. 60 ordinances providing for the
approval Of local Improvement as
-es-meat rolls md providing for the
,-.assee 81 Ioesi impre's~ss, ss
has passed the city council and
mayor (acting IN their usual pre-
scrtbcd manner as the ordinary leg
isiative authority Of the city),
EAtfEN 1RNb ~ RhNAhAFh ttNH NA ~
number Of qualified voters equal %
not less than eight le) per cent. Of
the total number OF votes cast for
the office OF mayor at the last pre-
cedlng municipal election. or by the
city council Itself without petition
Emergency Measures. What "a
Contain. Vote Required TO PISS
When an emergency exists In which
II ~ necessary for the Immediate
preservation Of the public peace
health or safety. that an ordinance
shall become effective without de-
lay, such emergency and necessity
and the facts creating the same
shall be stated IN one section OF the
bin, and Il shall not become an
ordinance unless on its final pass.
age by the city council at least
-fourtha ~ OF all the mem
bers elected vote In It's favor tthe
vote being taken by yeas and nays
and the names Of those voting for
and against being entered In the
iOurnaD. and n shall have been ap.
proved by the mayor. whereupon n
shall be officially published and OF
full force and effect.
Referendum by Petition; Effect
Of. Notification OF Signatures. The
referendum may be Invoked by peti.
ton bearing the signatures Of the
required percentage Of qualified
vofara na 70 any non emergency la "