The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-30

Dec. 80, 1915.
ORDINANCE NO. 629s.-AN ORDI-
| NANCE to amend Section 4 OF
Ordinance No. 5s63. passed August
18th, 1914, and entitled: AN ordi-
nance to prescribe the manner in
of Tacoma shall be paid" as
amended by Ordinance No. 6055.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
| OF TACOMA:
Section /. That Section 4 of Orr
dinance No. $3.50, passed August
18th. 1914, and entitled: AN ordi-
whes 70 the ase Of Inn
of Tacoma shall be paid" as
amended by Ordinance No. 6055, be
and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section A. That the salaries and
compensation of officers and em-
be paid in the following manner,
1 viz: the Commissioner of each de-
partment, after the fifteenth and
at the end OF each calendar month,
shall compile a pay roll Of the of
ficers and employees in his DEPART
ment for one-half of that month;
such pay roll shall be on a printed
form prescribed and prepared by
the Controller, with ruled columns
for the name, occupation, time OF
service, rate of pay, amount due.
deductions. time checks, pension
funds, net amount due, number Of
pay check, date of payment. and
sioner shall fill out the columns
provided for the name, occu-
patton, time of service, rate
of pay and amount due, GER
tify to the correctness of the pay
roll and deliver same to the Con-
troller on the first working day
thereafter. Thereupon the control-
Ter. If satisfied that the roll is cor
rect according to the Charter and
ordinances governing the salaries
and wages of officers and em--
ployes), shall execute his warrants
on the several funds affected. trans
ferring to the salary fund the total
amount of the pay roll, and author
izing the Treasurer to pay the
amounts therein set forth as due,
such warrants, with the pay roll,
shall be duty transmitted to the
Mayor for signature and to the city
Clerk for attestation and signature.
The first fifteen days of each
month shall be deemed one-half OF
such month for the purposes of this
section.
In addition to the warrants here
I'm provided for the Controller shall
draw pay checks payable by the
Treasurer from the salary fund for
the several amounts shown on the
pay roll in the column designated
met amount DUE" In favor of the
officers and employees respectively
or their properly accredited assigns.
as therein set forth.
The pay checks herein provided
for shall be of a suitable form and
device. providing on the face, be-
sides other data, space for the roll
and line numbers and the month
during which services are rendered:
on the reserve side shall be printed!
The Endorsement of this check Is
an acknowledgment of payment in
full for services rendered to the
City of Tacoma as per roll, line and
month references on the reverse
technically correct. II made with a
cross (X) 1t must be witnessed and
the residence of the payee and wit
ness stated. The signature of the
payee must agree with the name on
the face hereof.
hereby certify that I am the
payee named on the reveres side
hereof; that the services were ac-
tually rendered as herein stated
and not otherwise; that no rebate
of any character, kind, or descrip-
ton, or any promise OF such. has
been made to any person or persons
whomsoever; and that 1 have not
been paid for said services or any
part thereof.
Passed Dec. 20, 1916.
CHAS. d. ATKINS.
Attest: Acting Mayor.
w. d. NICK EUS. /.