The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-01
THE CHARTER
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City of Seattle
PREPARED AND pRorosEp NY
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MARCH \. 1914


payments may be made duriug the
progfcss % any contract Go tho cN-
tent % eighty-five per cent % tho
.,al9g % ne work performed or ma !.
teriats delivered under such contract
during any calendar month, as esti-
mated and reported by the city man
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section ioi. No contract with tho
city for any public work. Improve
ment or purchase shall hereafter 10
assigned or transferred tn any man
ner without first having intorred
thercon the consent OF the board or
awards and adjustments. and OF the
suretics on tho contractors bond,
and no transfer or assignment there
OF shall In any Wise affect such
bond. or the liability Of the suretier
thereon. and any assignment or
ton OF law. withou, such consent
and waiver. shall make the same
null and void, as Go any further
performance thereof BY the COM
tractor or his assign. without. any
act on the part 81 the. city; and the
board cf awards aud adjustments
shall at once proceed 20 re-iet such
contract, or may, IN It's discretion.
proceed 20 complete the same as
such contractor ana his sursties. No
assignment transfer. abandonment
or surrender. either voluntary or
otherwise. OF any contract with the
city for any public work. improve
In any such contract nor any eS-
tension OF time In which to com
piete any such contract. shall ever
operate TO release tes snrs,ies on
Section to1. The board % award.
and adjustments may, whenever In
It's Judgment the surety on such
bond Is Insufficient. REQUIRE nov
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ten days after notice, and there.
upon all work on such contract shall
cease until such new or addltiona!
bond shall be approved by said
shalt fan for ten days after notice
20 file new or additional bond, his
contract shall, by that fact alone,
become fully ended and void as 20
shereupon The board shall order such
contract to be re-ist. or may, In Its
discretion. order the completion OF
the same by the city manager AZ the
expense Of the contractor and his
section ios. ~ any such eontrac,
shall for any reason become ended
or void. and the board shall complete
the same as IN this charter provid-
ed and the costs OF 40 completing
such contract shall exceed the
amount unpaid by the city upon
such contract at tho time the same
shall become ended or weld. In such
case Il shall be the duty - the cor
poratl0n counsel to at once com
mence an action In the name OF the
city against such contractor and his
sureties for the recovery OF the ar
ference In amount between the cost
OF so completing such contract and
the amount unpaid by tho city there
on al the time the same became end
ed or void.
Section i0A Any person having
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city. and having failed 20 fulfill the
requirements thereof. shall be dis
qualified from being a party 20 any
further contract with the city for
period % two years from the time
BUDGET AND TAX LEVY.
Section los The council and
every department. division and Of
get TO show their estimated expcnii-
lures and revenues for the ensuing
fiscal year. classified according 90
the schedule % accounts, fully
itemixed; with labor or service shown
separately from supplies. materials
or apparatus II may include en-
Urgency funds. 90 be expended. how
ever. only IN cases OF unforeseen
emergency. Such budget shall also
show the corresponding Items as ap-
proved In and any unsxp~nded or
urincumbered balances from. the
previous year. The budget shall be
submitted to the board Of awards
and adjustments not later than the
first day OF June. and BY said board
70 the council not later than the
fifteenth day % July.
Section ies. The eonkoiidatod bud
get shall be the basis for the deter
rninatIon OF the tax levy ~. the
council for the ensuing fiscal year.
The total tax levy for any one year
for all purposes except for the pay
Of hnnliaA l.
ness OF the city. shall not exceed
twelve mills on each dollar OF the
assessed valuation OF property in the
city. The frs, budget prepared an-
rent liabilities or deficits expected
TO exist at the end % that fiscal
year. the amount Of which may be
levied IN whole or IN part In az
funds derived therefrom shall be ex-
psrled only for the specific pur-
poses for which they are levied.
Thereafter no deficiency shall be
nary emergency which shall be er-
pressed 10 the ordinance creating
such deficiency and then only by a
four-fifths vote OF the entire city
Section ioT. Every official or
member OF any board or body con-
trolling the expenditure Of funds
shall be personally liable for any
ov1rdrAfr OF budget funoH under MS
or their direction, unless such over
draft shall have been incurred In a
case Of emergency consisting OF a
condition or accident requiring I'm
mediate acuon with no specific APP
propriAtion available. and no trans
fers of funds or OF unexpendcd ball
ances from one item Of the budget
10 another shall be allowable ex-
rept when such has been authorized
BY the council upon the city man
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Section los. There shall he a fund
for each public utility operated by
the city, into which shall be paid
az revenues derived IRON sush
mariiy 20 the payment OF the ex-
pensea Of operation and maintenance.
the cost OF extensions and the re-
demption q the bonded Indebted
CIVIL SERVICE.
Section 100. There shall be an un-
salarfed civil service commission of
three members appointed by the
ing civil service commission shall
continue In office for the terms for
which they were appointed, and
their successors shall be appointed
20 serve for terms OF four years each.
and until their successors have quail
flied. Appointments 20 fiil vacancies
shall be for the uneypired term. Two
commissioner shall constitute
quorum- The mayor may ut any
time. for good cause. remove any
No commissioner shall
be removed for political reasons.
Section 10. Upon the adoption Of
this charter the commission shall
classify the service required OF the
employees Of all departments with
reference 10 the duties. RESPONSE
bfIffies. and authority thereof for
the purpose Of fixing and maintain
ing standards Of service and exam
inatfon, ana in establishing such
detailed informs tion
ara advice shall be secured from
the respective departments. Such
shall include all Of
fices and places Of employment now
in existence or which may be hero
after established In the city's SER
Woe exrept those expressly exempt
81 IN section TIC. No office or place
created hy the council shall be con
.fdcrcd new urfeer the duties there