The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-22

nnsoLurtoN No. 1000.
Proposed Charter Ameuam.a, No.

ers Of the CITY % SEATTLE at IN,
neNt general election
Re q resolved By the city Connei
% the city OF Seattle
the city Charter Of the city 81 ~
attic be amen ded to read as follows
see. I. Legislative Power, wherl
! vested The legislative powers o
tho city 81 Seattle shall be veste'
IN mayor and city council. VIII,
shall have such powers as are pro
Nided for by this charter but th'
i power 10 propose for themselves an
ordinance dealing with any matte
within the realm OF local affairs o
municipal business. and 90 enart 81
reject the same at the polls. lude
| pendent 90 tho mayor and city eoun
ell. Is also reserved by the peopil
OF the city % Seattle. and provision
served power aud there - fuFthe
| reserved by and provision made 70
the exercise by the people Of Seatti
OF the power. at their own option
TO reaaire aubmtsaion 20 the vot'
| % the qualified electors and there
any ordinance. or any section itcu
| or part OF any ordinance dealint
with any matter within the reaiti
Of local affairs or municipal bass
city council and mayor. acting 10 tn
usual prescribed manner as the or
binary legislative authority,
Initiative and Referendum, How
Exercised. Petition Comptroller q
Verify signatures Completion .
The first power reserved by th'
people h the Qualitative and referen
dunn II may be exercised on pati
tion Of a plumber OF qualified sot
crs equal 20 not less than ten tto
per cent. % the total number o
II 81 f..N hs AFffEa Nf ma
at the last preceding municipal cleo
ton. proposing and asking tho en-
actmeut a. an ordinance OF "a htl
OF measure, the fun text OF whiei
l shall be Included In the petition
Any Initiative petition shall be fiies
with the city cbmptreiiet. who shall
verify the muffictwncy % the sigma
turo. 20 the petition. and transmit
lit. together with hir rsport thereon
meeting no, moSs than twenty 80
days after tbs fiilug Of the petition
land such transmission shall be th'
Int reduction % the initiative bill ol
measure tn the city council u 81.
10 - Insufficient In signatures. h
shall notify tie principal petition
~rs and an additional twenty tao
days shall be allowed them In whici
20 complete such petition 70 the re
tlon shall take precedence over al
other business before The city epun
Ell. except appropriation bills ans
emergency measures necessary 10
the Immediate preservation OF IN
p0biic peace. health or safety.
cquneii May Enact o. Reject nu
Not Modify Council May Pass sub
ntisute The city council may enact
or reject any Initiative bal 81
Measure. but shall not amend q
after rejection % ANY initiative bal
or measure. propose and pass or
ferent ono dealing with the sans
sub ect
When Rejected Ma sure ana SUB
ssituts Submitted % People. Gee
eral and special Elections u N,
initiative measure, OF shall durins
thirty t10l days after receipt Nnere
/ % have failed 60 take tinAl awti1t
thereon. or shall have PASSED dif
/ fcrent measure dealing with thi
aams subject. the said reisetea Ia
1 ttiatixe measure and such diffrrer'
| nea sure dealing with the same SUB
iect. n any has been passed. shat
be taken 10 charge ~ the cir
comptroller and submitted % th'
qualified electors for approval Or ~
feetinn at the next regular siectioa
but the city council may IN It's dis
erection provide for a npeciat cleo
ton At which the vote shall b
fnken-
when Special Election Required
And II the ipftfnsiv. petition In am
case shall be signed by numhel
Of qualified voters equal 20 not icsi
thar twenty f1ol per cent OF IN
total number Of votes cast for th'
office Of mayor at tbs last preced
ling municipal election. or shan a
any time be strengthened In aaaii
/ fled Signatures up 20 said percent
age. then the city eouneil shall pre-
vide for a special eiection vpen sail
subject. 10 be held within forty fte
days from the proof OF Hgfficisncy o.
tho percentage Of signatures
l Notice and Conduct OF Election
official publication shalt be made
notices OF election given. and tbs
manner and conduct 81 ci~cstsr th'
preparation OF the official ballots
votes aud the certifyinx of the re
TURNS OF tire election. shall he don,
as IL provided for tho submission
% ths vote. Of ne people % amend
Measures Adopted 20 Become or
dinances. when. Any measure thu
Submitted 20 the vote Of tho people
which shall receive In It's favor Z
ma jority OF all the votes cast fei
and against the same, shall become
an ordinsnes Of the CITY % seattle
and be In fun force and effect from
and after proclamation BY th'
| mayor, which shall be made. ans
published In the city official news
paper, within five 90 days aftei
the siection.
Submission Of supssituts and In
itiafive Measures. II Both Approved
That Having Highest Vote Adopted
\ In case the city council. shah. ate
rejection az the Initiative measure
\ have passed n different measure
dealing with this. same subject, .
shall be submitted at the same cleo
ton with the Initiative measure ans
the vote Of the qualified eieetori
also taken for and against the same
and ~ both such measures be ap
proved BY a majority vote. 10 the,
| be conflicting IN any particular
then the one receiving the hiEhns
number % affirmative votes shai
thereby bs adopted and the othe
shall be considered AZ rejected.
Power 81 Simple Referendum o.
10 Ordinances. Exceptions. by Peu
flon or by Council; The sec0ns
power reserved by the people is th'
simple referendum. and IL may b
exercised ard ordered Except "a q
diata preservation OF tho publ
peace. health or safety and errep
ss 90 ordipsnees providing for 3D.
approval of local Improvement as
Issuance Of ioesi fmprossmsn
bond.p as 10 any ordinances w.iiel
has passed the city council an
mayor factinR I'm their usual pre-
scribed manner as the ordinary leg
lisfative authority of the city,
either upon a petition signed ny
number OF qualified voters equal q
not less than eight 90 per cent. o
1.-THE total number OF votes cast 10
the office Of mayor at the last pre-
lcedIng municipal election. or by TN
city council itself without petition
| Emergency Measures. What 4
lConfaln. Vote Required 70 Pass
when an emergency exists In whiel
IN IL necessary for the imuediat
preservation Of the public peace
health or safety. that an ordInanc
shall become effective without De
lay. such emergency and necessity
and the facts creating the same
shall be stated In one section OF IN
bin, and II shall not become al
ordinance unless on Its final pass
age by the city council at leas
three-fourths M OF all the mem
bers elected vote in It's favor tth
vote being taken by yeas and nays
and the names of those voting 70
aud against being entered In IN
journai1. and II shall have been ap
proved By the mayor. whereupon !
shall be officially published and o
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