The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
nnsoIurioN No. 5000.
Proposed Charter .meaamsa. No.

amendment to the qualified vot
crs % the city 90 seattle at th,
next Eeneral election.
Re it resolved hy the city Council
of the city Of Seattle
That Section 1 90 Article " ol
the city Charter OF the city OF So
attic he amended 60 read as follows
See I. Legislative Power. Whef,
Vested Tho legislative powers al
the city Of seattle shall be vested
~ mayor and city council. who
shall have such powers as arc pro
Nidod for BY this charter. hut tbs
power 60 propose for themselves ans
ordinance dealing with any mattel
within tho realm OF local affairs OF
municipal business. and 60 enact oi
pendent % the mayor and city coun'
ell u also reserved by the people
81 the city 81 Seattle. and provision
made fer the exercise Of such re-
served power and there h further
reserved BY and provision made fol
the exercise BY the people % Seattle
% tho power, al their oNn option
Go require submission 20 the vote
% the qualified electors aud there
BY to approve or reject at the polls
or part OF any ordinance dcalinH
with any matter within tho frRiu
OF local affairs or municipal bust'
ness, which may have passed ths
city council ard mayor. acting IN ths
usual prescribed manner a. the or
binary legislative authority.
Initiative and Referendum; How
Exercised. Petition, Comptroller q
Verify signatures Completion 81
Petition. Consideration ~ Council
The first power rvNcrved by tbs
people - the Initiative and roferen-
dunn. Il may be exercised on petit
tion Of a number 81 qualified vot'
ers equal 70 not less than ten tlpl
per cent. OF the total Number pi
votes east FOR the office 81 uaaYni
at the last preceding municipal eiee
actment IS an ordinance % BIZ
or measure. the run text Of which
shall be Included In the petition
Any Initiative petition shall be Tiled
with the city comptroller. who shall
verify the aufftcicncy of the sigma
lures to the petition. and transmit
"a. together with his report thereon
20 the city council at regular
meeting not uture thar twenty s4ef
DAYS after the tiling OF the petition.
and such transmission shalt be the
INTRODUCTION 81 the initiative hin az
measure in the city council. II the
COMPTROLLER shall find any petition
90 be Insufficient IN signatures ne
shall notify the principal petition
era and an additional twenty fzVi
DAYS shall be allowed them In which
to complete such petition 70 the re-
Qutrnd percentage. Its conniArra
tion shalt take precedence over ali
other business before the city cQun.
eli. except appropriation bills and
emergency measures necessary fer
the Immediate preservation Or tbs
public peace. health Or safety.
Council May Enact or Re iect Hui
Not Modifv. Council May Pass sub
stituse, The city so,gR1e,. ma e, enact =,
measure. but shall not amend %
modify the same. n may, however,
after rejection 81 any Initiative ttll
OF measure. propose and pass dtf'
fercnt ono dealing With the same
subject
when Rejected Measure and Sab
stitute Submitted 20 People Gen
erai ard special Elections, II the
city ccuncii shall have rsiectca any
Initiative measure. or shall durtnk
thirty f30i days after receipt there
~ have failed g take hnAl aetign
thereon. or shall have passed dif-
fereut measure dealing with tha
same subject. the said rejected tn =
itiatiye measure and such different
measure dealing with the same sub.
lecs Z any has BEEN paa'sd. sha.l
comptroller and submitted 60 the
qualified electors for approval or re-.
lection at the next regular election
but the city council may In iis dis
erection pfrtklH tNF a ANTattA tfFt
ton At which the vote shalt be
taken
when Special Election Required
And " the Initiative petition In any
case shalt he signed by n number
% qualified voters equal 20 not less
than twenty t41l per cent OF the
total number OF votes east for the
office Of mayor AZ the last proceed
lug municipal election. or shall ~
any time % strengthened IN quail
fled Signatures up 10 said percsnt-
age. then the city council shall pro-
subject. 20 be held within forty ttal
days from the pFoef % sufftciency Of
the percentage Of signatures.
Notice and Conduct Of Elsctiou
Official publication shall be made.
notices Of election given. and the
manner and conduct % election. the
preparation % tho official ballots.
the counting and canvassinx % the
votes. and the certifying ~ the re-
turns u the election. shall be done
as u provided for the submission
% the vote. Of he people 81 amend
mcnts 10 the city charter
Measures Adopted 70 Become Or
dinancea. When. Any measure thus
submitted % the vote Of the people
which shall receive IN tfn favor a
majority ~ ali the votes cast for
ard against the same. shall become
and be In full force and effect from
and after proclamation BY the
mayor which shall be made, and
published IN the city official news
paper. within five go days after
the election.
snhmisaion OF Substitute and In
itiatise Measures If Both Approved,
That Having Highest Vote Adopted
In case the city council shall, after
rejection OF the lnitiatiys measure.
have passed a different measure
shall BE submitted al the me cleo
ton with this initiative measure and
the vote % the qualified electors
also taken for and against the same.
and u both such measures be APP
proved BY a ma jority 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 as rejected.
Power Of Simple Referendum as
20 Ordinances. Exeeptionsi by Peti.
power reserved b. the people IS the
simple referendum. and u may be
exercised and ordered (exCept as 20
ordinances necessary for the imra9-
diate preservation Of the public
peace. health or safety. and except
~ 10 ordiannee- providing for the
approval of foesi improvement as
.sssmenf rolls and providing for the
issuance Of local improvement
boBa-p as TO any ordinance which
has passed the city council and
mayor facting In their usual pre-
scrtbed manner as the ordinary leg
isiatlve authority OF the cityl,
either upon a petition signed by a
number of qualified voters equal e
not less than eight 90 per cent OF
the total number OF votes cast for
the office Of mayor At the last pre-
ceding municipal election, or by tbs
city council itself without petition
Emergency Measures. What "a
Contain Vote Required 20 Pass
When an emergency exists In which
~ II necessary for the Immediate
preservation OF the public peace
health or safety. that an ordinances
ahall become effective without de-
lay, such emergency and necessity
and the facts creating the same
shall be stated IN one section OF the
BILL and ~ shall not become an
ordinance unless on its final pass
age BY the city council at least
three fourths 80 OF all the mem
bera 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
journaD. and IL shall have been ap.
proved by the mayor. whereupOn II
shall be officially published and OF
fuft furea and effect