The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 26, 1914, Page 9

CHARTER| or ‘THE City of Seattle Payments may be made during the Progress of any contract to the ex tent of ciehty-five per cent of the Yalue of the Work performed or ma terials delivered under such cont during any calendar month, as estl mated and reported by the city man Ker. Seotion 101. No contract with the city for any public work, improve Ment or purchase shall hereafter be assigned or transferred in any her without first having indorsed thereon the consent of the board of awards and adjustments, and of the Suretios on the contractor's bond, and no transfer or assignment there- of shall in any wise affect such dond, or the labiiity of the sureties thereon, and any assignment or sfer thereof, except by opera- of law, without such consent watver, shall make the same null and vold, as to any further erformance thereof by the con- ractor or his assicns without any Act on the part of the city; and the board of awards and adjustments #hall at once proceed to re-let such contract, or may, in its discretion, Proceed to complete the same a the agent, and at the expense ¢ uch contractor and his suretios, N Assicnment, transfer, abandonment OF surrender, either’ voluntary or otherwise, of any contract with the eity for any public work, tmprove ment or purchase, nor ahy change tm any such contract, nor any ex tension of time in which to com- any such contract, shall evo Operate to release the sureties the bond herein provided for. Section 102. The board of awards and adjustments may, whenever tn its judgment the surety on such bond is insufficient, require a new or*additional bond to be filed within ten days after notice; and th upon all work on such contract shall until such new or additional n 1 shall to ft contract shall, by that fact become fully ended and vold as to future performance thereof, and thereupon the board shall order such contract to be re-let, or may, in its discretion, order the completion of the same by the city manager at the pense of the contractor and his sureties. Section 103. If any such contract shall for any reason bec: ended or void, and the board shall complete the same as in this charter provid- ed, and the costs of so completing such contract. shall exe the mount unpaid by the city upon Such contract at the thme the same shall become id, In such case it shall be the duty of the cor- poration counsel to at one mence an action tn the nam city against such contractor and his sureties for the recovery of the dif. ference in amount between the cost of 20 a such contract and the amount unpaid by the city there on at the time the same became end- ed_or void. Section 104. Any person having been rty to a contract with the city, ‘and having falled to fulfill the Tequirements thereof, shall be dis juallfied from being '@ party to any ther contract with the city for & period of two years from the time of his delinquency BUDG! AND _TAX LEVY. Section 106. The council and every department, division and o fice shall prepare annually a bud- Ket to show thelr estimated expendi- tures and revenues for the ensuing fiseal year, classified according to the schedule of accounts, ity itemized. with labor or service shown separately from supplies, materials or apparatus. It may include em- ergency funds, to be expended, how- ever, only in cases of unforeseen teency. Such budget shall also ow the corresponding items as ap- proved in. and any unexpended or unincumbered balan: rom, the brevious 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 to the council not later than the fifteenth day of 'y. Section 106. The consolidated bud- Ket shall be the basis for the deter- mination of the tax levy by the counetl for the ensuing fiscal year. The total tax le for any one year for all purposes, except for the pay- ment of interest on and the redemp- tion of the general bonded indebted- ness of the city, shall not exceed twelve mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of property In the city, The first budget prepared un der this charter shal! include all cur- rent liabilities or deficits expected to exist at the end of that fiscal fear, the amount of which may be levied in whole or in part in ex- cess of the above limitation, but the funds derived therefrom shall be ex- pended only for the specific pur- eeee soc @tich they are levied. ereafter ho deficiency hall be created except in case of extraord!- nary emergency which shall be ex- pressed in the ordinance creating such deficiency and then only by « four-fifths vote of the entire city counct: Section 107. Every offictal or member of any board or body con- trolling the expenditure of funds shall be personally lable for any overdraft of budget funds under his or thelr direction, unless such over Graft shall have been incurred in a case of emergency consisting of a condition or accident requiring im- mediate action with no specific ap- propriation avaiiabl and no trans- lers of funds or of unexpended bal- ances from one item of the budget to another shall be allowable ex- cept when such has been authorized by the council upon the city man- agers recommendation. ‘Section 108. There shall be « fund for each public utility operated by the city, Into which shall be paid all revenues derived from such utility, which shall be devoted pri- marily to the payment of the ex- penses of operation and maintenance, the cost of extensions and the re- demption of the bonded indebted- nous thereof. CIVIL SERVICE. Section 109. Thero shall be an un- salaried civil service commission of three members apgcintes by the mayor. The members of the exist- ing civil service commission shall continue in office for the terms for which they were appointed, and their successors shall be appointed to serve fo rs each end until their qual- ified. Appointment: cancies shall be for the u commissioners shal quorum. The mayor time, for good cause, commissioner. No comm be removed for political reasons. Section 110. Upon the adoption of this charter the commission shal classify the service required of the employes of all departments with reference to the duties, responsi + bilities, and authority thereof for the purpose of fixing and matntain- ing standards of service and exam. ination, and in establishing such classification, detailed information and advice shall be secured from the respective departments. Such classification shal! include all /of- fices and places of employment now in existence or which may be here after ostablished in the city's ser vice except those expressly exempt ed in section 116 No office or place reated by the council shall be con sidered new unless the duties ther of are substantially different from those of any other existing position in the classified service. The com mission shall ascertain the duties of ch office and place in the classl fied service and shall 4 7 title of each, the class of service to which it belongs, and its grade. Each grade shall comprise officer and laces having substantially similar juties. Wor the purpose af estal- Ushing uniformity of pay for all of. fices and places of employment classified in the same «ri three rates of pay shall be fixed for each jo, and advancement from a low- er to a higher rate in any grade shall be made in accordance with Fulos prescribed by the cornmission The offices and places so plassitied by the commission shall constitut the classified civil service of t City of Seattle, and no appointment to any of such offices or pigces # he made except under and According to the provisions of this charter and of the rules hereinafter mpntion provided, such classification, shal! be Revised from time to time to con- form to existing conditions. The compensation for all offiges and places of employment within each jone, conatitute may at any remove any loner shall or rank shall be uniform. erpestion LiL, The commiasion shall|commission may prescribe. ‘The city { act] | rules not tn*oonfitet with the provistona of this charter overning examination ments, promotions, ft Veoatigqationa, Juctl transfers, suspensi absence, and the from time to tiny the extating F make necessar 08 and leaves o commission may, wake changes in les, and provide the time such rules shall go Into effect And for the publication thereof, The civil service commission shall” ap point & board of examiners of three members, who shail examine and certify all applicants for engineers loen. under such rules @ be prescribed by aald commission. tion 112. All applicants for of flees or places in the classified etvil Vico shall be subjected to ex amination, which shall b pub lic competitive, and open to all cltizens of the United States with specified Limitations as to residence ith ex racter and qualificatic form the duties of the office or place to be filled, all of whieh shall b preseribed by rule in advance of the examination, — Such examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the capacity of the persons examin Atgoharge th: the p to which th to be app and shall include, when propri tests of p al heaith and p nual skill. The commission sh from time to time c fer with the heads of departments as to the Nature and scope of ex nations affecting em- fr respective depart om ehall the etty Every appilcant for exaiainats cept laborers and applicants for pro- motion, shall pay an examination fee of one dollar, Preference tn em ployment shall, all other things be ing equal, be given to electors of the city and heads of families, The commission shall provide by rule for notice of the time, place and ope of every examination. Section 113. A. regiater Prepared from the returns of various examinations for each «rade or class of positions in the classified service of the city containing « perso who general average standing upon examination for such Krade or class is not less than @ minimum fixed by the rules of th commission, and wh: re otherwise eligible, and such persons shall take rank upon the r in the order of thelr relative excellence am de- termined by examination, without reference to priority of time of ex- amination, All persons who have been removed from the classified otvil servi through reduction In force on account © ck of work, shall © replaced on such eligible lists, taking their rank thereon tn accordance with th standing on original examination aa modifi by thelr efficiency standing during the “ix months immediately prior to thelr removal. Section 114. The commission shall by {ts rules establish lines of pro- motion in the various departments of the classified ‘ovide for promotio - nding shall provi hat be filled by pi®motion, where prac- tieable. All examinations for pro motion shall be competitive among such members of the next lower who have & required um time in de to submit uch examinat for promotio: of candidates an near as im for origin appointment. Section 116. The head of the de- partment or offic in whieh any position classified under this act ts t be filled shall notify the com- mission of any vacancies and the commission shall certify to the ap- pointing offic the na nd ad dresses of the three candidates, if there shall be so many eligible, standing highest upon the register for the class or grade to which su position belongs, except that in case: of laborers where a cholce by mpe tition is impracticable the comm! ston may provide by its ru that jections may be made by lot from among those candidates proved fit by examination. Where there is more than one position to be filled, the commission may certify @ less num- ber than three for each office, and may also limit the number of tim: the same person may be certified The appointing officer shall notify the commission sep ely of each position to be filled 4 shall fil) such places by appointment from the persons certified to him by the com Mission therefor, which appoint ments shall be on probation for period to be fixed by the rules, The commission may strike off the names of candidates from the reg- ister after they have remained thereon for a time to be limited by rule. Before the expiration of the period of probation, the head of the department or office in which a can- is employed may, for good discharge him upon assign- ing in writing his reasons therefor to the commission. If he is not so discharged his appointment shall be deemed complete. To prevent the stoppage of public business, or to meet extraordinary exigenc! , the appointing officer may, with the a) proval of the commission, m: temporary appointments to remain nm force not exceeding sixty days and only until regular ments under the provisions o charter can be made. Section 116. The following city officers and employes shall not be included in the classified civil ser- vice: All elective officers, the heads of ail departments, bureaus and divi clerk, the chief of provided appoint this mi nurses employed tn the vision health and sanitation, the memb of the various boards provided by this charter, the employes of the Ubrary department, the private sec- retarte: the mayor and the city 4 the clist deputy comp- troller; provide: when the city requires the services of experts for work of a special or temporary on ture and which is not regulariy re- quired in any department, the com mission may allow appointment for uch service without examination tion 117. All persons in the ified civil service shall be sub- for good. cause, to suspension perioG of not exceeding thirty or removal trom office or em- ment by the head of the depart ment in which such employe ts working, upon the head of such partment filing with the civil vice commission his reasons for such suspension or removal. Any em- ploye %o removed may, within ten days after his removal, demand an investigation and said ‘civil on shall thereupon tigation and shall towether with its recom- mendations, to the city manager In case such employe is one of t departments under the control of the manager, or to the mayor in chase sald employe Is working in a department, the head whereof Is ap pointed by ‘the mayor. The decision of the city manager or to reinstatement shall in be final Section 118. writing shall its findin, mayor i es Immediate notice in be given by the ap- pointing officer to the commission of ail appointments, permanent or temporary, made in the classified service and of all transfers, promo- tions, resignations, or other changes in the service from any cause and the date thereof, and a record of the same aball bé kept by the com- mination. When any place of em- ployment is created or abolished, or the compensation attached thereto aitered, such chang shall be mediately reported in writing by proper head of the department the commission. Section 119. Fach head of depart ment shall keep efficiency records of all the emplo: in his depart ment tn the classified civil service, such records to be kept tn the form and according to the rults provided by the civil service commission, and copies of such records furnished to the commiasion monthly. The civil service commission shall also con duct such efficiency investigations as it may be requested to do by either the city manager or the heads of departments, and shall report to such manager or head of depart- ment its findings and recommenda tiona. The commission shall tn vestigate the enforcement of the civil service provisions of thin charter and of its rules, and the con- duct and action of employes in the classified service, and make reports of tts findings and recommendations to the city manager and city coun- ell, Section 120, ‘Fhe comminsion shal! employ a chief examiner, who shall have general charge of all examina- tions, act as secretary of the com- mission, keep all its records and perform such other duties as the the to may | relative | counel! | pen such |may for the « fons tneluding aaniatants ap shall provide of the comsnl olerteal of bo NecORRArY | Section 121, No |ehall wilfully or corruptly decely or obstruct any per in respect }to his or her right of examination or corruptly or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the ex amination or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, gr ald {n doing #0, of wilfully corrupt ly ke any false rep tation ing the same or cor & @xamined, or wilfully or } aptly furnish to any person any especial or secret tnformation for the purpose of elt Improving or 4 juring the prospects chances any person amined or to examined, appointed, employed promoted Seotion 123 classified #nervi sion ther moved or favored or person or officer or person tn king adn o, shall be appointed mispended, or in any ‘way isoriminated agalnat, be |cause of political opinions or affilia tions or religious belief, No offi jeer or employe of the city shall directly or indirectly, solicit, re colve oF give, any manner concerned tn ng, Fecelving or any a subscription ribution itleal White mployen activity shall in refrain from partisan muntelpal campalgns ection applicant for ap polotment or promotion In the clas sified civil service shall either dt rectly or indirectly pay or promine to pay any money or other valuat thing to any person wh f or on account of his appointment promotion, nor shall he ask for Fecelve any recommendation or sistance from any officer or em ploye tn or of any oth er pers: consideration of any to be rendered or for the pr motion of such person to any offi of appointment. No recommenda tion by any officer, city, county, State or national, except as to char acter, residen fitness of the applicant shall ved or con- sidered by any person concerned tn any examination or appointment un der this charter, and no recommen dation whatever @hall be made by or accepted from the mayor, city manager or any member of the city counell Section 12. The commit shall certify to the city comptroller all appointments to places and of- floes in the classified olvil servic and all vacancies occurring therein Neither the comptroller or auditing body shall approve the payment of nor aball the treasurer pay, any salary or wages to any person for rvices as an officer or employe of the city unless such person ts ying an office or place of en loyment sccording to the provisto of law, and ts shown the fleate of the civil service « slon to be entitled to payment there- Section 125. Any civil service em- ploye who shat wilfully or through culpablo negligence violate any of the civil service provisions of this charter, and who shall be convicted thereof after a trial before the elvil service commission, shall be dis missed from the seryice of the elty and be ineligible to reappointment Any officer or employe of the elty other than those holding office un der the civil service, who shall wil fully or through culpable negli! wence violate any of the ctyil ser vice provisions of this charter, and who shall be convicted thereof, stall forfeit bis office or ition, ar shall be Ineli«ibie hold any of fice or place of employment under the city thereafter. Any other per son who » wilfully, of through Ipable negligence, violate any the civil service provisions of tht hartor shall be punished as pre scribed by ordinance. The city coun ett 1 provide by ordinance for prosecutions under this section. Section 126 Any person In ansified civil service who Injured In the discharge of dut an to be temporarily disabled. unless otherwise compensated olve during much disability full for not to exceed thirty days half pay for not ox months, and tf such injured while in th 40 as to be permanently disabled, or for an Indefinite length of time, such person shall recelve pay while uch disability continues {nan mount to be fixed by the city ancil, not exceeding twenty per t the pay recetved by such at the time of injury. T jon shall pr * rules as may be nece: Frying out the parpo: tion and may pr medals of honur for bravery or service while Ir of duty Section 127 partment shall n,n service ton the to ernona ° discharge of duty distinguished the line The head of any de grant fifteen Gays Vacation with pay in any one year to ¥_ person or emplo: In the ser vice of the city who has been regu larly 4 continuously employed for at least one year. Bection 12 All persons who the time of the adoption of this charter are regular civil service em- REST, shall continue to perform thelr respective dutt! under and subject to the provisions of this charter, Tho who by the adoption of thie charter are for the first time included tn the classified civil service, and who have prior to it adoption continuously served ¢ city In the same capacity for six monthe immediately prior thereto, shall be qualified for their respective positions without further examina- Hon, subject to classification by the commission. OFFICERS, TRH = ton 129. the City of Seattle mayor and the mem council. The appointive officers the City of Seattle shall be all tho oars by the mayor, the coun eft and the tity manager, as pro vided tn this charter. Section 126. The term of elective officers shall b for two years and until t are elected and qualified. Tniess oth vided in this every appointive for four yeare and, except nh Om of removal, until) his successor appointed and qualified petion 131 The terms of all of ficers elected by popular vote shall commence at tweive o'clock, noon. on the second Monday after their electio and they shall qualify be- fore sald date. The terms of all other officers shall commence upon the date of their qualific on, which shall be within ten days aft their election or appointment, unless the time for qualification is extended by the appointing power. Section 122. Every officer of the city and each of his assistants, be fore entering upon the tes of hin office, shall take and subseribe an oath or affirmation that he will # port the constitution of the United Btates and of the State of Washing ton and that he will faithfully com ply with and abide by all the re Guirements of the charter and ordi nances of the City of Seattle, and will faithfully demean himself in office. Section 133. All salaried officers of th city, except police officers, and all other officers and employ having under their custody and con trol money or property of the city. shall, before entering upon the duties of office, give bond, with ap- proved sureties, to the city In such sum ae shall be designated by ordi nance, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for the payment over of all moneys be longing to the city as provided by law. The bond of the Wat We sustained by any person rrested without a w rant by rea Son of any fainé or Wniawful im lacmmseat be oF under the diver Ron hehiet of poller Bection 184. The annus nase, AND SALARIES ive officers shall be the of the city of 1 expressly pro. harter, the term officer shall be 1 chief of police ndition that aalarion elty twelve shall be nty thousand dollars; corporation coun sel, six thousand dollars; mayor, five thousand dollars: comptroiier, forty-two hundred dollars; trens- urer, forty-two hundred dollars. Each member of the city councti shall receive five dollars for each day's attendance upon any meeting of the city counell, much compensa ton not to be pala for more than ixty days’ attend: in any one year, All other officers, subordinate officers and employes of the elty shall be pald such compensation as iw or may be fixed by ordinance, The malary of any elective or appointive officer shall not be tnoreased after his election or appointment or dur ing the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed, No Officer or employe of the city shall receive any compensation for hin services to the clty other than hin salary, Section 1285. An office hecomen vacant on failure to qualify within nl of | THE STAR—TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1914.—PAGE 9. fection 166. shall approve ized no shall be firm ‘an to Every officer who allow or pay any 4 treasury not author= ordinance or this be lat » the eity individually « ttle bond amount paid by the chy upon exces the amount the otty thereom # ctherwise pron arter the time limited by the charter, upon the death or removal fr OF resignation of the incur his re val from or absence f |the city for sixty days without leave|be the duty of the city council of the city counell, of upon an ad-|incorporate tn every auch franc! judication of insanity by a court of/effictent provisions for mpal ompetent jurisdiction; » by con-| sory arbitration of all vietion of drunkenness, or by any| whi arise = betw berinanent disability, preventing (he |g fis successors ¢ propor discharae of hte duty its or the ction 186, Tf any appointive of matter of |flee by om Vaca shall be 6 prop |Cilled in the same manner am the contain iginal appointment and the ap Hinitat Intee to the vacancy shall hold! and th r the unexpired term, If any ornate proposition ctive office becomen vacant the with this charter jolly counc!) shall fill the same for |invertod hore and become a part « t margin of Railroad Ave nae, or b the unexpired term by election in| this charter, If this charter ts adopt-|thence northerly along the easter non or corp |the manner elsewhere provided inled and if said alternate proposlt ly margin of road Aver to|nated in the [thin charter in noparately adopted.) leet gicrost ¥ Pe tha este? on 18? city council] The powed franchise shall | Wall tree and the|with the city have power to remove the/thereupon be offered and advertined |place of also] (j) very any of its members for|f bids to ertain the person, |frontages First| which i# a violation of duty during his) company or corporation who will Avent the|theretofore « of office for the commis-|cept, construct and operate uni 1th margin of Denny Way; pro-|theretofore occ of a crime or mindemeanor,| sald franchise at the lowent rates of| vided, however, that premises with se for selling Lpon charges preferred Ly any mem-|fare, to be substituted in lieu of the|frontages upon Becond Avenue t 19 In the name of the actual own ber of the city council, If two-| maximum rates set forth in the reso-|tween Pike Street and Pin t. [er uf the existing license or with t thirds of all the mombere of the|iution. Bidding for the frenchiseland premises with fron | ten ¢ f such owner counch shall find the accused | shall in accor |Jackson Street any pors or having ty, then the acoused shall for-|sions of this et 6 South oe an Me ke A Office. The accused phall| bids made on city |ahali not t ogg gr goog te | trator, © north on the Maquor Moe Btreot to Con as to the perm 6 wont on Con-|or corporation Meensed ar the east margin|the parti premises wh thence in t Used, and as t margin of Hatlr paying f wane wier Way and cor council may, Me ong the east margir naent to the ot nue to Columbia Street’ |license as to perac ation, |thence easterly mg the south|no Heense shall vaferred margin of umb Htreet to the|any location for w east margin of treet; thence| leer wranted |northerly along the argin of| se charter provisl Pomt Btreet to a pot hundred | No transfer of tw feet norther! Ma » persor the|#on Bireet; thence wer rs No, 1|with and ‘one hundred twenty feet nnent to bet y from Madinon Street to the| poration who if the two fail to agr point a third, and the auch arbitration ahall be nthe partion, It at Aver t| oc the the 7 The nd on his in lAvenu retion Oe north a | Weetern h may t 7 ° o hin, ny employment f ht r rene forth of t oe r a from terly, p nd arter (Al submitted thie. 167. ‘The establishment or fr eteries, the @m= ‘a ». & of existing cemeteries and ration shall be denis entablishment of mausoleums an assignment filed|attie in hereby prohibited . comptroller. i No work shall be oeant of & or any officer oF Ses an na exal holl~ sting for of consteuge 1 as rk, nor shall on such day, OF k in the @¥eme and sx o'clock in the © following day, or other § netruction or rer ure upon, over, uw street, ‘alley ‘or in the city, except in cane rdinary emergency, end y¥ upon the writt the city manager of violath of any provision of this ction by any person er corporms tion owning any franchise Im, OV6R under or along such street, allay OF other public plac in or ite right, title 1 interest in such franchise shall thereby be forfeited. In no case shall any corporation or persam permitted to commence the eom= struction of any street or other no |rallroad, telegraph, telephone, elec= trict light line or other public utile ity In the elty without first obtains ing permit therefor from the elty manager. Section Every oftt ow t of the city, who shall have fee dor have any money belonj ing to the city, shall immediatel pay over the same to the city treas= urer. If such officer or agent shall fall to pay over such money to the city treasurer within forty-eight after receiving the same, thence ear or tn Firet Avenue beginning: including upon both sides of from Wall Street to The c tion Heenne| done t a license | « preminen | da mayor city wilful }term. } rion a Hquors shall t ing of any morning ¢ any | way neven 0 paying fee t of ¢ struct ng ° r wy * ° wit extr then onl sion of ished with a copy of the such provisions may appl within the abo: Jowner of the same for the pur and shall have the right to/bie, and the city counell may re) BOUNDAIUI of this clause and the last pr with counsel and make his|any and all bids and refune TROL DISTRI ing ela at the trial held on such/«rant a franchise Rallard Avenue (k) charges. |part of the route for |feet on both mide ranted for | Section 198, No tion was made. Hach |weat ‘margin of & go Bae 3 |nate officer or er accompanied by a ¢ Northweat (formerly iquor livense |whall hold any other office or posi-| payable to the city tr | West) to the south # than one tion, federal, state, county or munt-|sum of one thousand street platted as J year except t cipal, except In the National Guard| the amount of the of land elliing or giving away or as @ notary public, or hold any|forfeited and paid long the # posal of such liquors lother office or position with thel« the successful wide Avenue only, which shall be known as as be OF BALOON. PA NUMBER TWO and hundre th from the antes Avenue First Avenue rein of the sen Place hundred uthwenter! extending to or any apple hust b check for the and be in fail PI de pour or wll which bid tif led wurer dollars heck #hall the elty der shall } Hquor lecense shall be © a longer period thar mum required for any shall in no ¢ be th nd dollars per licenses for the or other din at wholesale officer, aubordt lean ployg of the city te foot a " Str 159, promise on March ner of Blghth Avenu Valley Road Caledonia Street which @ lice f t 4 r 4 hours shall be Hable to the eity in dowbl punt jon 160. A_ contingent fang |may be established and maintetm with which to pay discharged elty ploye freight and express rkes, telegrams, postuge and otfie incidental expenses ection 161, Each depart |bureau, division office si 4 such other repor t Be er - ‘and make annual « |to the seribe by Section ploye be to or any partment, ice power Section 163. by and revenues accruing to the during the year nineteen hi and fifteen shall continue to be counted for in and to be disbursed from the various fund: cxisting af the time this charter shall take fect until such time or times in the course of administration snd reorganization, new funds shajl created by budget or othe: tablished. When such new established the balances, very officer or em= city, whose duty it shall any law or ordinance, rule or regulation of a d@= shall be vested with po= thing contained tn any of isions relating to liquor censes shall be construed as quiring the city council! to grant any leense whether In renewal of a viously existing license or otherwise or to consent to the transfer of any leense. See re | sub-contractor forming any Seattle upon public pinces or public property, shall pay or cause to be paid to his employes on such work not less than the current of wages pald by the City work of ilke character event leas than two and ve hundredths dollars per id contractor and sub-c t tractor shall, on such work, give} Preference to resident laborers. Ajof. and the city council shall author- ation of any of the provisions of |ize the same. Official publication ection by 4 contractor, or|notices of electicn, conduct and contractor, shalt sufficient manner of elections, preparation jxround for the forfeiture of his con-|official ballots, counting and can tract, cortifyt on the @r | done above or city | work for atreote, the City of CLAIMS. Section 147. Neither the city coun- ell nor any officer, board or author- lity shall allow, make valid or in any |funds replaced or discontinued, @i |manner recognize any demand |be credited by transfer or apportl against the city which was not at |ment to the new funds co which sul the time of {ts creation a valid ces shall be assigned. ing Saloon Patrol District Number |clatm against the same, nor shall], Section 164, All ordinances |One, particularly defined as follows: |they or any of them ever allow or/force at the time this charter Bounded on the west by said Dis-|authorize to be paid any demand|go Into effect, and not inconsl trict Number One; on the north by | hb, without such action, would |therewith, shall remain in force une, til repealed or until they expire by imitation. 165, the south margin of Denny Way;|be invalld, or which shall then Section City of Seattle is hereby re- on the south by King Street and on) barred by any statutes of imitation, the east by the following, to-wit: |or for which the city | was never| | Sec o pealed to take effect on the fifteenth 15. The west margin of the alley be-|lable, and any such action shall be tween Fourth and Fifth Avenu s from Denny Way southerly to one| Section 148. All claims for in-j|day of March hundred twenty feet north of Pine |juries to the person, or for damages} Section 166. All provisions of Street, thence easterly parallel with |to personal property alleged to|this charter with reference to Pine Street to the west margin of|have been caused or sustained by |inations and elections shall be the alley between Sixth and Sev-|reason of defects, want of repair or|force from and after the enth Avenues; thence southerly |obstruction of any of the highways./day of January, 1915. All along the west margin of sai streets, alleys, sidewalks, cross-|provisions of this charter shall fo ee Wounee Woas “Teenee cant or public ways, or In any of|come effective at twelve the west margin of the alley be- ‘ublic buildings belonging to,|noon, on the fifteenth day of tween Maynard Avenue and Sev-|possessed or controlled by the city,/1915. At the general municipal @ enth Avenue South: thence south |shall be presented in writing to the|/tion to be held on the first Tuess |day after the first Monda: March. 1916, a mayor and. If a referer petition be filed the franchise submitted to vote of the qualified electors at the next goneral election or at a special elec n, If the proposed grantee sha {fer and provide the expense there olty; or be directly or indirectly in-|to accept the fra ise, and from, Place to the north- | wholesale licen shall in no case for the performance of any such|count of percentages, The city], HOUNDARIES OF BALOC PA A ‘wholewale leense shall in corporation operating In whole or|fares, transfer requlations and con-|existed .on March 8, 1908, at the|iiquor where the same or any par ter went fares to the people, not for which @ eense existed | disposed of, or in any premises us of this section shall work « for-|proposed franchise be for any new uth; frontages Kiven away or disposed of in quan and officer guilty of accepting #uch pass, canyon route upon which no tracks ‘existed ¢ arch %,|dixtricts, and in quantities of not 1908, at or | the | franchine, public erally, shall ale be submitted to th vie anch, within the limite |outside of said saloon patrol dis of the former during |wuing gen “eae | | tlers thereof. HOUNDARIES OF SALOON PA 4 Section 139. No elective vfficer of|fer and provide the expense t then the amount required by the gen- Lucelle Street from the Intersection the term for which he was elected. |at ® apecial elect pre 6 foon shall be collected and paid Pp / lel with and including frontage by or for the city, either by |district and does not include any Say sion of any such license fee shell be ence westerly on Vale Street to and no employe of the city on city¥/erendum unless the city. council to be given by k * or pro- to the north margin of Harney required to work longer than elght|fied voters equal ot less than v es, ? fixed at less than two thousand dol- teh A at the northwest corner emergency as defined by | jthe city clerk, within thirty days ed within the number four the proposed franchise, and during tion, subject to the Itmitations here- referendum petition be filed, the |poral of such Hquora in bona fide ar described as follows, to-wit terested in any contract with or for|acceptance, the sum so pald shalllerly margin of lot elght, block sev-\be leas than four hundred fifty do the use of the city, or become aurety |be credited to the grantee on ac-(enty-two, Gilman Park Addition, |lars per year contract. No officer shall accept |counct) shall consider the bids, and WL DISTIUCT NUMBER THRER 6 authorize oF permit the sulr from any ratiroad or street ratiroad| with dye regard to cash and ticket|—The promixes for which a license|giving away or other disposal « in part In the city, any pass ons, abiall decide and dorignate corner ‘of Cloverdale |thereot is to be don t transportation — oF © bidder whose propor ffers Eighth Avenue South; the | prem! where sold therw on public eeding the maximum rates name 3, 1908, at the northwest |in connection therewith 4 unde ylation of any of the istona |in the resolut Thereupon, if the cdonia Btreet and |such license the liquor must be « felture of the office or position of | nynt or include any business between Orchard tities of not less than gallon the person violating the same. Any |thoroughfares or any trunk Mne or the premises upon |if within any of the saloon patrol |free transportation or transporta-|have been laid under any previo. ar the northeast cor-|less than three gallons if outside of jtion upon terma not open to then the said franchise} ner of what Ix commonly known as|said districts Wholesale leenses forfeit | shall the MeNatt F to the city all sume of money pald|the qualified electors at the next en- municipality of South |tricts shall not be granted except by the city alary ral municipal election for| Park, now a part of the City of Se-|to manufacturers of liqvors or bot the term In which he shall be gullty |their ratification or rejecti attle. of much misconduct |the designated best bidder shail of- 6 sum required to be paid for any f of a/ TROL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR: |!iquor license shall in no case be less the city shall be eligible to any ap-|mpecial election, the city council|—-Beginning fifty feet wert on pointive office In the city during |may authorize the vote to be taken eral laws of the ptate for houses or | f Lucelle str and I | business like character, and al! KS OF LABOK posed franch Avenue; thence southerly ap Sectio o In al ublic works lof an existing in « reside: clty treasury before the is don on the west side of Duwamish Ave nee of the Heense, and no remis work or by contract, eight |trunk line or tanyon route, the fran-|nue to the south side of Vale Street hours shall constitute a day's work: |chiso shall not be submitted to ref- made during the period for welfth Avenue South; thence |It is granted; and the bond requ | works, or of any contractor or sub-| shall so direct, or a referendum peti-| southerly on Twelfth Avenue South contractor such work shall be tion signed by a number of quall-| prietors of saloons or drinking Strect; provided, however, that|houses shall not in any case be hours In any one calendar day, ex-/six per cent of the total registration| premises with frontages on Duwam cepting in case { extraordinary |for the previous year, be flied with! | lars. f Duwamish Avenue and Vega 1) fter the official publication of the| Street shall be to be includ designation of the best bidder for district said pertod of thirty days the fran-| (b) The city counell tn its discre- chise shall be in abeyance. If no i in stated, shall have authority to elty council may finally pass the/@rant licenses for the sale or dis- ordinance and grant the franchise. |commerctal hotels within the limite of the hotel liquor licer trict ROUNDARIES oF LIQUOR LICENSE DISTRICT:—The HOTE! |territory lying east of and adjoin- be h ART COMMISSION. Section 142. The city counct! te authorized create a non-salaried art. com ton which # advine and rec end in rege the of public thoroughfares and and the design and appear ance of engineering works such bridges, viaducts, water towers, re taining walla, street fixtures and other rel tructures, city build ings a works of art \ IMPROVEMENTS, Section 143. The city shall have |power to make local improvements and levy and { apectal aaxens: nta therefor in whole or tn part and ¥ provide for the payment Fa part of the ¢ t eal n ub the people on the pro- stantially as is provided jsubmisnion to vote of the Initiative dinances. If poned f se ordina receives jin ite or @ majority of all th |Yotes cant for and against the same, {t shall be deemed to be ratified, and ty council may thereupon Ny pa If fall t in fay ordinance } what! deemed rejected and no }further | pr ngs shall be had] thereunder, The same methods of procedure shall obtatn fn the ex ten of any existing f rights thereunder, as |krant of a new fre lway franchise Kranted, ex to ive said the franchise along the weet margin of raid council within thirty days after ley to King Street. Also the ter-|such Injuries shall be alleged to ritory lying west of and adjoining|have been received. Such claim » Patrol District Number One,|shall state the time, place, cause, foularly defined ‘as follows’ |nature and extent of the alleged in- Jed on the north by a line|juries, no far as practicable, the el with and distant one hun-|actual residence of such claimant by twenty feet northerly from|street and number at the time of t; on the west by the|presenting such claim, and for six in of Railroad Avenue |months immediately prior to the n by Yesler Way, and on|time such claim for damages ac- sald Saloon Patrol Dis-|crued, and shall be verified by the nber One. Also all premises |affidavit of the claimant, to the f- gee upon Second Avenue |fect that the same is true The ke Street and Pine Street |omiasion to present any such claim mies with frontages upon |in the manner or within the time kwon between Third Ave-|in this section provided shall be a 1¢ South and Fifth Avenue South |bar to an action against the city The authority to grant such licenses | therefor. within the Hotel Liquor License Dis-| CITY OFVICIAL NEWSPAPER trict may be exercised by the city| Section 149. The city may estab- council in the following cases, and|lish and, under the direction of th not otherwise, namely: Any such {city manager, publish and circulate Ucense may be granted only for ajan official newspaper. Any and all bona fide commercial hotel, in which | matters and proceedings required b adequate and general provision i#|law, charter or ordinance to be pub- LIQUOR LICENSES. |made for transient guests, and/lished, shall be published therein. Section 146. The power of the|which has at least one hundred |The city council shall fix and estat- city council to grant liquor licenses | sleeping tocms in use for hotel pur-jlish advertising and subscription shall ubject to the Hmitations|poses, all under a single manage-|rates therefor. Nothing shall be restrictions heretnafter set|ment, to whom the license, if grant-| published in such newspaper unless ed, shall be issued, and the license |it pertains strictly to the city’s hust- Hereafter no Mcense (except|shall distinctly prescribe and limit |ness. No political ter or & wholesale license as hereinafter |the sale and disposal of itquor|thing which advertises or calls defined) shall be granted to anyjauthorized under {t to a defined {cial attent!.n to any officer, em- person or persons, authorizing the|room or other enclosed portion of|ploye or department of the elty or 6 or giving away or other dis-|the building, having no frontage|to any candidate for office, shall be of any Intextcating, spirituous, |upon or direct entrance from any |published therein, Until much city vinous, mixed or fermented |street or alley, but having Ite en-|newspaper shall be established and # at any piace within the/trance solely from within the hotel,|published a newspaper of general f the City of Seattie outside | and th shall be no sign or other [circulation published in the cit: districts hereinbelow desig-|advertisement or designation of|shall be designated by contract a jnated for the granting of Hcenses,|such liconsed location exposed ao |the official newspaper. jexcept as otherwise specifically |as to be read from any street or TIDE LAND STREETS, hereinbelow provided. The city coun-|alley. Every such losnse within the| Section 150. All streets, avenues cll, in ite discretion, subject to the| Hotel Liquor License District shall|anq other public highways hereto- Hmitations herein stated, shall have |distinctly specify the terms and re-|fore established upon, over or across jauthority to grant such licenses |strictions governing and controlling |any tide lands within the City of within the limits of the four saloon |the sam Seattle, or into the waters of Lake Patrol @etricts hereinbelow de-| (oc) Heresfter no Moense shall be| Washington, Lake Union, Green scribed, It being understood that the|granted within the aalo atrol|Lake or other lakes, streams or designation of any in def! istrict herein described, excep! bodies of fresh water within the ing the boundary of any of the dis-|part of District Number One lying |City of Seattle, elther under and by |tricts herein contained shall be taken |along and east of Sixth Avenue| virtue of the constitution and laws to mean and include within the dis-|South between King and Hanford |of the State of Washington or un- trict premises with frontages upon | Streets, for any premises whereby |der and by virtue of any charter oF either side of the street named, but|the main entrance to the place of ordinance of the City of Seattle, or when a specific margin of any boun-|selling or disposing of the liquors|by the dedication of any plat with- dary street is designated, It shall be|shall be on any alley lin the city, or by any other lawful taken to mean and include within the| (4) Withi saloon patrol dis-|authority ‘established as — public dis oniy= frontages upon said|tricts herein nt_ that |streets or highways, are hereby con- marg! said street jpart of District Number One lying |tinued, established and declared to ROUNDARIES OF SALOON PA-|along and east of Sixth Avenue | be public streets or highways of the TROL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE:—|South, between King and Hanford | City of Seattle, subject to the sam: | Beginning at the intersection of First |Streets, no Mquor license of any|power of the ‘city to control, {m- \Oxtating ‘franchise, until within| Avenue and Wall Street and running |kind shall hereafter be granted for|prove or vacate the same as ts or lthree years of the expiration of the| thence easterly on Wall Street to the/any premises situated within thirty |shall be provided for other public existing «rant, and then only after| West margin of the alley between |foet of a street corner (meaning by (streets and highways within the submission to and approval by ma-|Firet and Becond Avenues; thence|corner the intersection of the |city. fority vote of the qualified electors. | southerly on the west margin of anid | marginal lines of two streets) ex-| Section 181. Whenever and wher. The city council shall not grant|alley to the south margin of Pine|cept for premises for which valid|ever any street located or extended authority to construct a street rail-|Street; thence easterly on the south |iicenses were outstandin, and in|or to be located or extended across way, or Iny down street ratiway|Margin of Pine Street to the west/actual use on January first, nine-/any harbcr erea, tide lands or hore tracks along, upon, over or under|margin of Third Avenue; thence|teen hundred and fourteen lands shall be Within any unit of any of the streets of the city, ex-|Southerly on the west margin of! (@) No liquor license of any kind|the comprehensive scheme of har- cept in manner and on the terma|Third Avenue to Pike Street; thence shell be granted for any premises | bor improvement now or herenfter following: Upon the application be- [easterly on Pike Street to Firth |situated within thir feet of aladopted by the port commission of ing made to the city council for|Avenue; thence southerly on the |street corner (os defined above) at|the Port of Seattle and ratified by ine deity te construct. and operate|West margin of Fifth Avenue to alany. of the following street inter-|vote of the people of the port dis- lav street railway along, upon, over |point seventy-five feet southerly |sections, namely Pike Street trict of the Port of Seattie, the con- lor inder any of anid streets, the city|from Pike Street; thence weaterly,| First Avenue, Pike Street and fro of said streets and the title to Jcounctl. shall by resolution deter-|Paralle! with and seventy-five f Avenue, Madison Street ny lands belonging to the city mine whether such francWee, or any |Southerly from Pike Street to th Avenue, Madison Street which shall fall within the Hmits part thereof, shall be granted, and|West margin of the alley betwe nd Avenue, James Strent lof such unit shall pass to and be After such determination shall cause|Third and Fourth Avenues; thence! Second Avenue, James Street in the Port of Seattle at the hotice of such application and reso- {Southerly along the west margin of |Third Avenue, Yesler Way and expiration of thirty days after the ‘ition to be publlahed once a week [sald alley to a point sixty feet north-|ond Avenue; provided, that this re-|said port commission shall have ltor two consecutive. weeks in. the|@rly from Union Street; thence west- (striction shall not apply to any|adopted @ resolution declaring that city officlal newspaper, at the ex-|erly, parallel with | and sixty feot/basement situated at any of said |the port te prepared to make actual nae of the applicant. Such reso-|northerly from Union Street to alcorners whose entrance is on one|use of the same by the improve- Tine od hotles shail apecity the | point aixty feet westerly from Third |streot and is distant at least sixty |ment theceof and a certified copy route of routes, over and. along|Avenue; thence southerly, parallel |foet from the corner, such basement |of such resolution shall have been lichich It proposes to grant auch|with and sixty feet westerly from |having no entrance, window or oth-|filed with the city clerk; provided, franchise, the period for which it In|Third Avenue to a point sixty feet/er communication with the other|that as to any such street or land proposed to be granted, and shall|southerly from Union Street; thence |atreet. there is nevertheless reserved to t river specify. all the terms and| Westerly, parallel with and sixty| (f) Within the saloon patrol dis-|city such use of the same for city wiitlons thereat, including maxi-|feet southerly from Unton Street to/tricts herein described, except that | purposes as may not render jinprac- aeons ot tare, by. cash and {the west margin of the alley be-|part ofDistrict Number One lying|ticable the use of the same by the lekote the transfer regulations pre-|tween Second and Third Avenues: |along and east of Sixth Avenue |Port of Seattle for commerce and ner nnual percentage thence southerly along the weat|South, between King and Hanford |navigation, and, provided further of not two per cent of rin of anid alley to the, south | Str no license shall hereafter|that, {f prior to the adoption of Krows to be paid|margin of Cherry Street; thence |be granted which shall make the|such resolution, the city shall have nto ie the ap-jeasterly along the south margin of|number of licensed places situated |improved such street or lands the © made by, or directly, or [Cherry Street to Third Avenue; thence |on the same block of land and front-|same shall not so pass or be vested in behalf of the grantee, [Southerly all Third Avenue toling on the same street exceed twol|uniess and until the city council Y of any existing street rail.|Yesler Way; thence east along Yes-| (including herein basements as well ;shall have adopted an ordinance so system. the route or routes|ler Way to Fifth Avenue South;|as other premises and counting all | declaring. : kinds of Nquor licenses) except that ™M SUBJECTS in cases where there were outstand books and office and department jing on January first, nineteen hun- dred and fourteen, valid licenses for|shall be open to the inspection of more than two Hcensed places sit. lio at_any time during busi- uated on the same block of land and|ness houre. Coples or extracts trom \fronting on the same street, the eity|such books and records, duly certi- council] shall have the same discre-|fied, shall be given by the officer tion as in other cases to continue to|having the same in custgdy to any «rant Hoenses hereafter for the pre-|person demanding the Ssame, and olse premises so in use under such|paying such fees as mi e pre- |leenses; py vided, that when by rea-|seribed by ordinance: Jnon of ‘transfer or otherwise any| Section 158. Except when other- premises falling within the forego-| wise pr vided by law or this char~ Jing exception shall be abandoned as|ter, all public offices shall be kept a place for selling such Hquors, or|open for business every day, except be used for other purpose, said ex-|Sundays and legal holidays, from ception shall no longer apply to|nine o'clock in the forenoon until such premises. five o'clock in the afternoon, (gq) ‘The aggregate number of} Section 154. Every officer author- liquor Hoenses outstanding in the|ized by law or ordinance to allow, city, exclusive of hotel licenses|audit or certify demands upon the within the Hotel Liquor License dis-|treasury, or to make any offictal trict, and exclusive of purely whole-|investic¢ation, shall have power to sale licenses, as herein defined, administer oaths and affirmations and take and hear testimony con- shall not exceed three hundred and fifteen until the population of the|cerning any matter or thing relat~ ing thereto. clty exceeds five hundred thousand. counctimen shall be elected. Nomina= tions for such officers shall made and such election shall conducted in all respects as in charter provided, and upon the tion and qualification of and councilmen the termi present mayor and of all th rs of the present city shall cease and terminate on fifteenth day of March, 1911 twelve o'clock noon, but all officers, subordinate officers employes of the City of Seattle continue in office and in the formance of their duties until # successors are appointed and qual fied under the provisions of thi charter, It is the express int hereby to continue the existing government of the City of except as to matters pertaint the nomination and election flcers under this charter, until first election and qualification officers as in this charter prov’ but no longer. AMENDMENTS. Section i67. The city counell propose and submit to the el of the elt; y amendment to charter al ¥ general muni election to be held at least days after the adoption by the - leil of the resolution of submission, Any amendment shall also be mitted to the voters upon the |tion of qualified electors eq’ number to fifteen per cent of Votes cast at the last preced municipal election, which petitt shall be filed with ‘the city clerk least ninety days before the nej munteipal election and shi ked by him in the mani rovided for Initiative ordinan rovided, that prior to the efreul tion of sald petition for stenat it shall be submitted to the co fon counsel, who shall attach to his opinion as to its legality, amendment so ‘proposed, | elther the city counefl or by petition, be published in the manner pro’ by law, If any such | pr amendment is approved by jority of the electors voting the: it shall become a part of this cl ter; provided, that if more thi amendment {8 submitted at the election the same shall be submitted In uch manner that each may voted upon separately. ALTERNATE PROPOSITION NO. The following separate alternate proposition shall be submitted to tl people for adoption or rejection at the election to be held upon the mission of this, charter: Be Alternate roposition One: “Provided, however, that the proposed franchise be for an tension of an existing system in residence district, and does not clude any trunk’ line or cant route, the city council, in its dine tion, may grant the Tranchis out the provision for common trackage facilities and appui nances, and without the reservat! that said grant is subject to right of the city coune!l or the peos ple of the city acting for t selves by the initiative and refe: dum, at any time subsequent to the grant, to repeal, amend or mi 4 the said grant with due regard hts of the grantee and of the publi 14 proposed charter {s ado at said election, and a majority the ballots cast at sald election said alternate proposition numl one be in favor of its adontion, tl such alternate proposition nimber one shall become a part of aie chise. No str all in any ber ob Jee rity t pr impr, the written ere of a maj and of of the ts e El |i ad tracks upon ley oF public place, shail ntain @ provision permitting joint er of such tracks by the city and the Port of Seattle, upon such terms and conditions as shall be specified jin the ordinance granting much fran- chine at ot at thirds the members the city counct ts FRANCHISES. 144 very grant of a ht or privilege at be sub: the #ight of the city | council, the people of the city | Jacting for themselves by the Initin- | [tive and referendum, at any tt |wubseguent to the grant, to rep amend or modify the said gr with due regard to the rights of the Krantee and the interest of the pub- lle; and to cancel, forfeit and abre gato any such grant if the fran chine granted thereby Js not operat- ed in full accordance with tts provi sions, or at all; and at any time dur- ing the grant acquire, by pur: |chane mnation, for the Jof the city fteelf, ail ‘the property af the grantee within the limits of the public streets, acquired or con Jatructed under the particular fr jchise In question, at a falr and just |value, which shall not include any |valuation of the franching itaelf. which shall thereupon terminate a every ordinance Jwuch grant shall cont | tion of these rights of the city coun- cil, and of the people of the city act- ing for themselves by the Initiative and referendum, to no repeal, amend or modity said ordinance, ‘and te so cancel, forfelt and abrogate the Jerant, and to so acquire the prop erty of the grantee In the pubile ntreets ncoguired or constructed un r sald franct an hereinabove |net forth. The city council shall not |consider «rant any application for extension of the period of any |franchise, nor any new franch covering all or any substantial part |of the rights or privileges of any | Section francht™ of the | at 144 of said charter, at the end of |paragraph two thereof, as indicat in said charter. | CERTIFICATE. STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNS TY OF KING, CITY OF SBATTLE, ny plicat indire tl of the City of Seattle, elected at the general municipal election held tm sald city on the 8d day of Mal 1914, under the rovisions of constitution and laws of the State of Washington, to prepare a ne charter by altering, changing, re= Vising, adding to oF, repeaiin existing charter of the City of attle, do hereby certify that the foregoing charter has been pre} i by us and ts hereby submitted f for anid city, SS WHERBEOF, we ha hereunto set our hands this 24 MOORR, of May. A D. i914. Chairman, aske virtus for are such as conatitute a/thence south on Fifth Avenue South ‘extension of connection with |to King Street; thence east on King existing system, on though |Street to Maynard Avenue; thene no apparent identity of|south on Maynard Avenue ‘to Lane or probable community |Street; thence east on Lane Street in any such case the|to Seventh Avenue South; then franchise shall be granted only for|south on Seventh Avenue South & term equal to the unexpired fran-| Charles thence east chine of the existing system with | Charles to Highth Aven which the new line is proposed to,|South; th south on Bighth or can be conveniently connected,|nue South to the point of tn and transfer arrangements shall be/tion of the east margin of stipulated in the grant. Common | Avenue South with the west m tiser trackage facilities and appurte-|of the right-of-way of the } hanicen shall be required in all fran-|Pacific and Columbia and chines on any route, to be 1 Railways; thence available for other franchise gran the west) margins tees, and for the city Itself at ht-of-way to the north any time during the grant, upon|Nevada (formerly Rainier) Street toatribution of a fatr proportion of| thence west along the north side o the cost and maintenance expense, |snid Nevada Street to Eighth Avenue not including any franchise valua South; t north along ‘Bighth rn allowance, and if the compen-|Avenue South to Hanford Street; for such common user can-| thence westerly along Hanford Street agreed voluntarily between to Sixth Avenue South; thence north tive «rantecs, or the clty resp along Sixth Avenue South to Hol {trolf, It shall be fixed by arbitra gate Street; thence wost a'ong Hol- tion, each party appointing one arbi-|gate Street to the east margin of Puget southerly of natd| side of M. HICKMAN 0. B. THORGRIMSON, Secreta W. A. MAJOR, i WILLIAM M. CALHOUN, c. J. ERICKSON, A. V. _BOUILLO! T. S. LIPPY, LMER FB. TODD. TRIMBLAL All moneye possesmed — i The present charter a other — be- o'el og iy 3 ss, We, the undersigned freeholders Oa