The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-01
LEGAL NOTICES.
RESOLUTION No. aeoe.
Proposed Charter .m..sm.., NJ.

tho submission OF auch proposed
smeniment GO the qualified vet
efn OF the City OF seattle al the
next geaerai election.
he q resolved By the CITY Council
~ the city OF seattle.
that section ! 81 Article " OF
the city Charter % the city 81 So
attic Do amended g. read a. follows
see l. Legislative Power. Where
| Vested; The legislative powers Of
the city % seattle shall be vested
IN a mayor and city council who
shail have such powers a. are pros
| Ntded Tor BY this charter but the
power "a propose Tor themselves any
ordinance dealing with any matter
/ Within the realm of local affairs OF
municipal business. and 10 enact OF
pendent ef the mayor ana city cnnn
tCl N also reserved by the people
OF the CITY 81 Seattle. and provision
made Tor the exercise Of such re-
served power aud there T. further
reserved BY and provision made for
the exercise by the people ef seattle
OF the power, az their own option.
60 require submission Go the vote
81 tho qualified electors and there.
by 90 approve or reject at the polls
any ordinance, OF any section. Item
or part OF any ordinance dealing
| with any matter within the realm
LOT local affairs or municipal bust
ness. which may have passed the
.
usual prescribed manner A. the or
binary legislative authority.
Initiative and Referendum; How
Exercised. Petitions Comptroller 10
Verify signatures Completion Of
Petition. Consideration IN Council.
The first power reserved by the
people - the Initiative and rcfcrcn =
dunn. n may be exercised on prtta
ton Of number OF qualified vnt
ers equal 20 not less than ten tfel
1 ~ - al -
votes cast for the office OF mayor
az the last preceding municipal elee-
| tton, proposing and asking the en-
actment as an ordinance ot a PHI
or measure, the full text Of which
shall be included In the petition
Any Initiative petition shall be filed
| with tho city comptroller, who shall
verify the sufticiency Of the sigma I.
ltt. together with his report thereon.
TO the city council at regular
meeting not more than twenty i8el
days after the filing ef The petition,
and such transmission shall be the
lintroductton % the Initiative bill or
measure In the city council ~ the
/ comptroller shall ftnd any petition
to be Insufficient In signatures. he
shall notify 81. principal r.tton.
ers. and an additional twenty t4ol
days shall be allowed them In which
to complete such petition to the re-
Quired percentages. It's conNidera :
tion shall take prsced.nce over all
other business before tho city conn I.
Ell. except appropriation bills and
| emergency measures necessary Ter
the Immediate preservation ~ The
public peacr. health or safety
Council May Enact or Reject But
Not Modify. Council May Pass sub
stitutc. The city council may enact.
or reject. any Initiative bin or
measure. but shall not amend or
n,edlty TIE SANE y. MAY ,,,l newes XII
OF measure. propose and pses ar
ferent one dealins with the same
| subject
when Rejected Measure and sub
stitute Submitted % People Gen
sral and special Elections ~ the
initiative measure. or shall during
thirty g1ol days after receipt there
Of have failed 20 take final action
thereon. OF shall have passed dif-
same sublect. the naid rejected In
lttlatiee mea sure and such different
measure dealing with the same sub.
lect. Y any has been passed. shall
| comptroller and submitted to the
qualified electors for approval or re-.
/ fection at the nekt regular election
but the city council may In 10 dia-
tion AT which the vote shall be
taken.
when Special Election Required
| And " the Initiative petition la any
ease shall be signed by a number
u qualified voters equal 60 not i.ss
total number Of votes cast for thu
office % mayor at the last proceed
ing municipal election. or shall ~
any time be strengthened IN quail
fled signatures up 20 said percent =
age. then the city council shall pre-.
vide for a special election upon said
| subject. 70 BE held within forty ffHl
days from the proof OF auffieiency Of
the percentages % signatures.
Notice and Conduct ~ Election +.
official publication shalt be made.
notices of election given. and the
manner and conduct % election. the
preparation OF the official ballots.
the counting and cAnvnasing OF the
turns Of the election. shall be done
as - provided for tho submission
70 the vote % the people % amend
mentr 20 the city charter
Measures Adopted 20 Become or
dinanc~s. when Any measure thus
submitted u the vote Of the people.
which shall receive In Its favor n
ma iosity 81 all the votes cast for
an ordnance % the city Of Seattle.
and be IN full force and effect from
And after proclamation by the
mayor. which shall be- made. and
paper, within five 50 days after
the election.
Submission Of Substitute and In
itiattve Measures n Both Approved.
That Having Highest Vote Adopted
N case the city council, shall. after
have passed a different measure.
dealing with the same subject. II
shall be submitted At the same elee :
ton with the Initiative measure and
~ atn
also taken for and against the same.
and N both such measures be APP
proved by a majority vote. W they
he conflicting In any particular.
number Of affirmative votes shall
thereby be adopted and the other
shall be considered as rejected
Power Of Simple Referendum as
TO Ordinances: Exceptions. by Petit
tlon or by Council. The second
power reserved by the people n the
simple referendum. and u may be
exercised and ordered sexcept as 10
ordinances necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public
peace. health or safety. and except
as 10 ordinances providing for the
approval Of local improvement AS
.e--menf roll. and providing for the
issuance Of iecsi Improvement
has passed the city council and
mayor (acting In their usual pre-
scribed manner as the ordinary leg
islative authority Of the city,,
either upon a petition signed by a
number Of qualified voters equal 10
not less than eight 80 per cent OF
the total number Of votes cast for
the office 81 mayor AT the last pre-
cedlng municipal election. or by the
city council itself without petition.
Emergency Measures. What TO
contain. Vote Required to Pass
When an emergency exists IN which
IN IN 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 or the
hin. and II shall not become an
Ordinance unless on Its final pass
laee by the city council at least
three fourths fA) Of all the mem
hers elected vote In Its favor 1.-THE
vote being taken by yeas and nays.
land the names Of those voting for
and against being entered In the
lournaD. and 10 shall have been ap-
proved by the mayor. whereupon y