The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-19

: IQTICE OF PROPOSED AMEND.
MENTs 10 THE CITY CHAR
EE H Er TIE IN g CITY rr,o, COUNCIL OF
RESOLUTION NO. 62S6.
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
ton to amend Section 50 p Of tie
Charter of said City by adding
!. thereto clause permitting the or.
ganizatton of a purchasing bureau
and the appointment of a purchas-
BE- IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
GG00muNSclL OF THE CITY OF Ia
That at the general election to
pe held in the City of Tacoma on
mitted to the electors of said City
whether Section So of the Charter
or said City be amended SO that
the same shall read as follows:
Sec. 50. The Commissioner for
each of said Departments shall
make such purchases of materials
and supplies for his Department as
may be authorized 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
amount or value in excess of Five
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
therefor to be posted conspicuously
In the office of such Commissioner
and published in the Official News
paper for not less than five days,
Said notice and advertisement she II
invite sealed proposals to be de-
livered at a certain day and hour
at the office of such Commits
sioner for furnishing materials or
supplies and shall contain a general
description of the materials or sup
plies to be furnished, the time with
In which the same must be fur
nished, the amount of bond to be
given by the contractor and shall
refer to specifications on file In
the office of said Commissioner for
full details and description of such
materials or supplies. All propos-
ais shall be made upon printed
forms prepared by the Commission
er of such Department. and fur
= nished gratuitously upon applica
tion. with a form for the affidavit
provided for in Section lit of this
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 inviting sealed propos-
ais, all bids shall be delivered to
the Commissioner by the bidder or
his agent within the two hours
named in the advertisement, and
the award on said bids shall in ali
best bidder, and in the manner, so
far as applicable, as set out in
Section 11S of this Charter.
PROVIDED, that nothing con-
tanned In this section, or else
where In this Charter, shall pre-
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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-
chasing agent at the head thereof,
That said Amendment shall be
designated as Charter Amendment
No. /.
That the ballots or tickets pro-
vided for said election shall have
printed thereon the words:
For Amendment No. l."
Purchasing Bureau and
Agent)
Against Amendment No. 1"
purchasing Bureau and
AGENT
and
That the Clerk shall publish said
amendment as Proposed Amend
rhent No. 1 to the Charter of the
City of Tacoma" for thirty days in
the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the
Tacoma Daily Times.
February IL, 1914.
Adopted on roll call.
Yeas 8. Nays 0. Absent 0.
w. w. SEYMOUR.
Mayor.
Attest:
HOMER ii. EDWARDS,
City Clerk.
I, Homer II. Edwards. City Clerk
of the City of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Washington, hereby GER
fifty 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.
WITNESS my hand and the seal
of the City of Tacoma, this 18th
day of February, 1914.
HOMER II. EDWARDS
(Seal City Clerk.
Feb. is to March 10. 1914. inc.