The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-06

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/ THE CITI OF TAIOmAs
RESOLUTION NO. 6f6s.
A Resolution TO declare the in
tention OF the Council to offer to
| the electors OF the City Of Tacoma,
at the general election TO be held
on Tuesday April Z. 1914. q PROPOSE
G zion TO- s an ma sss;ion - Of saa the
thereto a clause permitting the or
| ganization OF a purchasing bureau
and the appointment Of a purchas-
BE II RESOLVED BY THE CITY
G0uNcIL OF THE CITY OF Ia
That at the general election TO
be held in the City OF Tacoma on
Tuesday. April z. 1914. II be sub
mitted to the electors Of said city
Of said City be amended so that
the same shall read as follows:
Sec. 50. The Commissioners for
each of said Departments shall
make such purchases of materials
and supplies for his Department as
may be authorised by the Council
or by general Ordinance passed In
the manner provided In this Char
| ter. but he shall make no purchase
of any material or supplies of an
Hundred Dollars, except upon writ
ten contract and after advertising
for competitive bids for furnishing
such materials or supplies. by caus-
Ing notice inviting sealed proposals
IN the offIcs % o saeh com%issionsg
and published In the Official News
paper for not less than five days.
Said notice and advertisement shall
invite sealed proposals To be, de-
at the office Of such Commits
sioner for furnishing materials or
supplies and shall contain general
description Of the materials or sup
plies to be furnished. the time with
nished. the amount Of bond to be
given by the contractor and shall
refer to specifications on file In
the office of said Commissioners for
full details and description of such
ais shall be made upon printed
forms prepared by the Commission
er of such Department, and fur
nished gratuttously upon applica. .
tion. with q form for the affidavit
Charter. printed thereon: and each
bid shall be accompanied by an af-
fidavit as provided in said Section.
On the day and hour specified in
said notice Ice inviting with sealed ssa proPo s.
the Commissioners by the bidder or
his agent within the two hours
named in the advertisement. and
the award on said bids shall In all
cases be made to the lowest and nd
far as applicable. as set out in
Section lis of this Charter.
PROVIDED, that nothing con-
tanned in this section. or else
vent the Council from organizing
a bureau for the purchase Of all or
part Of the materials and supplies
required by. the several Depart
ments. and from appointing a pur-
That said Amendment shall be
designated as Charter Amendment
THAT the ballots or tickets pro-
vfded for said election shall have
printed thereon the words:
For Amendment No. l."
Purchasing Bureau and
AgenD l..
against Amendment No. 1"
purchasing Bureau and
Agent)
That the Clerk shall publish said
Amendment as Proposed Amend
ment No. 1 to the Charter of the
City of Tacoma" for thirty days in
the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the
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AdoptedY roll call:
Yeas .ays o: Absent o.
w. w. SEYMOUR,
Mayor.
HOMER II. EDWARDS.
I. Homer H. Edwards. CITY Se Clerk
of the City of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Washington. hereby GER
tify that the foregoing Is a full,
true and correct copy of Resolution
No. 62S6, adopted by the City Coun-
ell on The nth day of February,
1914, proposing amendments to the
City Charter of said City. to be
voted on at the general election
to be held April 7th. 1914.
of the city OF TscSm anu this S i TSl'
day of February, 1914.
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Feb. Is to March 10. 1914. inc.
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO THE CITY CHAR
TER BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TACOMA:
RESOLUTION NO. s2s7.
A Resolution to declare the inten-
tion of the Council to offer to the
electors of the City of Tacoma, at
the general election to be held on
Tuesday, April g 1914. . proposi-