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THE CHARTER r THe Continued from Page & payments may be ma nf ANY cont au to the ex ue of the work performed o: ma @uring any calendar month, as ost! ted and reported by the city man er Section 101, ‘No contract with the eity for any public work, improve Ment or purchase shal! hereafter be| astened or transferred tn any mar without firat having tndoreed eon the consent of the hoard of Wards and adjustinents, and of the Ureties on the contractor's bond Md no transfer or assignment there-|#hall be practical in their characte: And shail relate to those matters which wi test the relative Of shall in any wise affect such . OF the labiiity of the sureties thereon, and any ssignment Qranater thereof, except’ by opera tion of law thout such con and watver, shall make the same Pull and void es to any furthe mance thereef by the cor Tractor or bie assigns wit ut any Ret on the part of th€ city: and the board of awards and adjustments shail at once proceed to re-let suct contract, or may, | Ite discretion Proceed to complete the same as the agent expense of| euch contra N salenment, ‘abandonme OF surrender, voluntary or otherwise, of any contr: with the city for any public work, tmprove Ment or purchase, nor any chang Mm any such contract, nor any ¢x- tension of time in which to com Plete any such contract, shall ever to srelease the sureties on bond h&tein provided fc Section 103. The board of awarde and adjustments may, whenev in ite judgement the surety on euch bond Is insufficient, require a new OF additional bond to be filed within ten days after notice; and there Upon all work on such contract shal! Sease unt! such new or additional bond shall be approved by sald contractor to file a new or additional bond. h contract shall, by that fact alo become fully ended and void a future performance thereof, thereupon the board shall order suc gontract to be re-let. or may, in its Glecretion, order the completion of the same by the city manager at the f the contractor and his Section 103. If any such contract 1] for any reason become ended ‘oF void, and the board shal! complete the same as in this charter provid- ed, and the costs of so completing such contract shall exceed the a@mount unpaid by the city upon ch contract at the time the same ML become ended or void. in such ease it shall be the duty of t against tes for the recovery of t ce in amount between the cost of B80 co: ing @uch contract a the amount unpald by the city there on at the time the same became end- Aor veld. as. ie Bection 104. erson having been a $e to @ contract. with th eity, and having falled to fulfill th Tequirements thereof, shall be dis ified from being ® party to any her contract with the city for & period of two years from the time of Die delinquency. BUDGET AND TAX LEVY. Section 196. The council and every rtment, division and of- fice shall prepare annually a bud- et to show their estimated expendi- ensuing fiscal year, classified according to the schedule of accounts, fully itemized, with labor or service shown separately from supplies, materials or apparatus. It may include em~- oy funds, to be expended, how- ever, only in cases of unforeseen emergency. Such budget shall also show the correspondin, ms proved In and any unex unincumbered balances from, th: prev! ear. The budget shall b submit: to the board of awards and adjustments not later than the first day of June, and by said board to the counct! not later than the fifteenth day of July. tion 108 The consolidated bud- met shall be the basis for the deter- mination of the tax levy by the met for the ensuing fiscal year Fae igtal tax levy for any one year or , axcept for the pay- fnent of luterest on and the redemp- tion of the general bonded indedted- ness of the city, shall not exceed twelve mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of property tn the city. The first budget prepared un- der this charter shall include ail cu: rent labilities or deficits expected to exist the end of that fiscal the amount of which may be vied in whole or in part in ex: cess of the above limitation, but the funds derived therefrom shall be ex- led only for the specific pur. poses for which they are levied. reafter no deficiency shall be oreated except in case of extraordl- fary emergency which shall be ex- preaned in the ordinance creating wuch deficiency and then only by a four-fifths vote of the entire city counctl. Section 107. Every official or member of any board or body con- troliing the expenditure of funds shall be personally Hable for any overdraft of budget funds under his or their direction, unless such over- @raft shall have been incurred tn a cane of emergency consisting of condition or accident requiring tm- mediate action with ropriation available, fora of funds or of unexpended bal- ances from one item of the budget to mnother shall be allowable ex- cept when such haa been authorized by the counct] upon the city man- agers recommendation. Section 10%. There shall be a 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- pensex of operation and maintenance, the cost of extensions and the re- demption of the bonded indebted- noss thereof. OIVIL, SERVICE, Section 109. There shall be an un- salaried civil three membe: mayor. The mem = ing civil service commission shall continue In office for the terms for which they were appointed. and their successors shall be appointed to serve for terms of four years each and until thelr successors have qual- ified. Appointments to fil) vacanctes shall be for the unexpired term, Two commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The may at any time, for 00d remove any commissioner. No comrotssioner #hall| be removed for political reasons ection 110. Upon the adoption of this charter the commission sha classify the service required of t employes of all departments w feference to the duties, respon bilities, and authority thereof for the purpose of fixing and maintain- ing standards of service and exam- ination, and in establishing such classification, deta! information and advice 1 be secured from the respective departments. Such ¢lassification shall include all of- fices and places of employment now fn existence or which may be here after established in the city’ viee*except tho ly exempt- @4 in section 11 6 or place treated by the council shall he con sidered new unless the duties t Of are substantially different from those of any other existing position in the classified service. The com miasion shall ascertain the duties of each office and place in the clansi fied service and shall designate the Atle of each, the clase of service te which it belonize, and its grade. Bach Brade shall comprise offices and Pinces having substantially similar Suties. For the purpose of estah lishing uniformity of tor ali of- fices and places of employment classified in the same grade, three fates of pay shall be fixed for each je, and advancement from a low- a bicher rate in any grade be made in accordance with rescribed by the commission The offices and places #0 classified by the commission shall constitute the classified civil vice of the City of Seattle, and no appointment to any of auch offices or places shail he made except under and according to the provisions of this charter and of the rules hereinafter mentioned Provided, such claasificatton shal! be Pevised from time to time to con- form to existing conditions. The compensation for all offices and places of employment within each 4e_or rank shall be uniform. eS ection LiL. The comminsion shall City of Seattle | PREPARED AND rhorosmD my |: PRS ELPCTRD elahty-five per cent of the ernie delivered under such contract! tice examination. Where than one position to be filled, the commission may certify @ less num- ber than three for each office, and may also iimit the number of times the same person may be certified The appointing officer shall notity ouch, places 97 appotat persons certified to bi Mission therefor, which appotn' [ment ‘shall keep effictency with the provisions of this charter governing examinationa, aint ents, promotion in Vestigation reduction transfers, suspension absence, ‘and the com from time to tine, make change ¢ existing rules, and provide tl yh rules she » into effect the publication thereof. The/amtnation or pr Vico commission shall ap board of examiners of three ers, Who shall examine and pplicants for engineers under such rules ae may ribed by sald commisnte Section 112, All applicants for of Amination, which shall be public ompetitive, and open to all elt t United States w mitations as to residence, Hox, eaith, habits, experience, moral gharacter and qualifications to per form the duties of the office or piace to be filled, all of which shal prescribed by rule in advance examination yoh — examination apacity or examined t wharge the dut the 5 which they seek to be appolr and shall include, when appropriate este of physical qualifications th and manual or professional skit The commission 1 trom of departments as to the nature and |soope of examinations affecting em ployes for their reanective The commission shal ht to a @ per not In t ‘delet city, to act As examiners. applicant for exaraination, ¢x rt laborers and applicants for pro- shall pay an examination of One dollar. Preference in em {ployment « all other things be ne equal ven to electors of jthe otty of families. The }commts: provide by rule for notice of the time, place and scope of every examination. Seotion 118. A register ab Prepared from the returns of the various examinations for each grade or class of positions in the classified rvice of the city containing al persons who feneral average standing upon ation for wrade or minimum rank upon the register in the order Jof their relative excellence as de-| termined by examination, without reference to priority of time of ex amination MN persone who have been removed from the classified civil service, through reduction in foree on account of bi of work shall bi iaced on such eligible sts, taking their rank thereon in| ecordance with their standing on inal examination as modified by thelr efficiency standing during the #ix months immediately prior to their removal Section 114. The commission shall by ite rules ‘establish lines of pro- Motion in the various departments rvice, provide fo the of effi. in rvice and mination, and Vacancies sball promotion, where prac- All examinations for pro motion shall be competitive among #uch members of the next low «rade, who have served minimum time tm such sire to submit themsely examination The examin promotions and certifications candidates shall be the sam near as may be provided for ort, a) appointment tion 116. The head of the de- riment or office in which any > Position classified under this act is to be filled shall notify ne names . the three candidates, if there shall be #o many eligible, standing bighest upon the for the class or grade to which such Position belongs, except that In cases of laborers where a cholce by compe- tition te impract: sion may provid selections may be made by lot from register mong those candid Ka tit by mere mmission separately of each n to be filied and shall fill mt from th by the com- ents shail be on probation for riod 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 Before the iration of the ‘lod of probation, the head of th jepartment or office in which @ can- Gidate is loyed . for od cause, dlecharge im. up aesiqn- ie reasons therefor f he ie not so iechar; hie appointment shall be isemed complete. To prevent the stoppage of public busine: to meet extraordinary exigen: the appointing officer may, proval of the commission, make temporary appointments to ‘remain in force not exceed! sixty days and only until ri iar appoint ments under the provisions of this charter can be made. Section 116. The following city | officers and employes shall not be tneluded In the classified civil ser- vice: All elective officers, the heads of all departments, bureaus and divi- slo. the clty clerk, the chief of police the assistanis corporation counsel, the medical assistants and nurses employed in the division of health and sanitation. the members of the various boards provided by thie charter, the employes of the Mbrary department, the private retaries of the mayor and the city ger, and the chief deputy comp- provided, that when the city requires the services of experts for work of a special or temporary na ture and which {s not regularly ri quired in any department, the com. mission may allow appointment for such service without examination Section 117. All persons in the ified civil service shall be sub- ject, for good cause, to suspension for ‘a period of not exceeding thirty days, or removal from office or em- ployinent by the head of the depart ment in which such employe | working, upon the head of such de- partment filing with the civil ser- vice commission his reasons for such suspension or removal. Any em- ploye 80 removed may, within ‘ten days after his removal, demand an Investigation and said civil comminsion shall thereupon such investigation and ite findings, together with tts Mendations, to the city manager tn case such employe is in one of the under the control of the manager, or to the mayor in case said employe ta working in a department, the head whereof i» ap pointed by the mayor. The decision of the city manager or mayor as to reinstatement shall in ali cases be final P tion 118. Immediate notice tn writing shall be given by the ap- pointing officer to the commission of all appointments, permanent or temporary, made in the classified service and of all transfers, promo- tions, resignations, or other changes in the service from any canes and the date thereot, and a record of the same shall be kept by the com mission. When any piace of em- ployment is created or abolished. or compensation attached thereto 1, such change shall he tm reported In writing by the head of the department to commission. Section 119. Bach head of depart f all the employes in his ment in the classified civil ch records to be kept in the form and according to the rules provided by the civil service commission, and leoplos of such records nished to the commission monthly. ‘The ctvil lxervice commission shall also con- |duct such effictency Investigations as it may be requested to do by either the city manawer or the heads of departments, and shall report to such manager or head of depart- ment {ts findings and recommenda- |tions. The commiasion shall tn- |vestigate the enforcement of the letvil service provisions of this jcharter and of {ts rules, and the con- Jduct and action of employes in the jelausified service, and make reports of its findings and recommendations [to the clty manager and city coun eth Section 120, The commission «hal! employ a chief examiner, who shall have general charge of ai) examina- tions, act as secretary of the com- minsion, keap all Ite records and perform such other duties the commission may prescribe. The elty STAR--MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1914.—PAGE 9. on) specific, both a» to the person, firr corporat 4 the time limited by the charte: trator, and if the two fall to Penses of the commit or other assistants an of the Incumbent, from | binding upc r No person or offte ‘or wixty de every such nm of Ineanity by « © drunkennens, Weatern Avenue to Co permanent disability dinoharae of If any appointive of preventing th or fim successors or assiane. the | shall ture Appointment here and become # harter is ado or places In the classified olvil jeervice shall be subjected to in| this charter |thia chart i separate taens to be appointe yall Street to f the| thereupon be of sion thereto AY or corporation discriminated aga opinions of Chise at the lowent | 1 in leu of two- | maximum rates set forth in the rem cause of poiltt n charges preferred by any f the existing licens find the accused |mhall then the ac sions of this charter the|as such | within the abov Joharges and shall have the right to/ ble. and the elty BOUNDARIES giving any this ing cla (k) T NUMBEF Paliard Av part of the r margin of Reventeent ¢ to time confer with the heads i old any other office or porl-|payab tion, federal, state, county or munl-|#um of one thou 1 Guard|the amount of t ld any | forfeited and potion in the elas bervice shall | pointment or pr in the Natt notary public position with or be direotiy or indirectly in- d in any contract with of the elty, performance check shall welling or giving away or oth to pay any her valuable south weaterly accept the franchi liars per year A whole# Jente authortz |miving away or other disposal of f lot eleht recommendation Cecome our wiaht, Pinel officer or vioe, or of any oth- . in consideration of any Service to be rendered such person, or for the motion of such person to any office or appointment the grantee orcentagen, consider the bide OUNDARIF 1 DISTRICT NUMBER THRE premines for sistance from any joounct! #he railroad or street ratirond m operating in whole or in part tn the elty, an transportation transfer regulations and con decide and desianate ransportation al offers the Street and Bighth Avenu | Premises for named |on March if the | corner be for any of the provision work « for ¢ oF position of erson violating the » aceepting auch p or transports residence or fitness of Ye received of con jon concerned in pination or appointment un- this charter, and no recom shall be made by | thoroughfares Caledonia Street; the premix tutti ser f tt ricts, and in quantities officer guilty « transportation laid under any |leas than three gallons if outs po Ag eh! ranchiee|ner of what | shalt also forfelt ume of money the city as the term tn which by h misconduct lective officer of ible to any he elty durin: he term for which he wa HOURS OF LABOR, Beotion 140, fthin the limite municipality Park, now a part of the |the qualified elec eulng general mu commission ratification rtify to the city comptroller 4 f ROL, DIST HM nM rovid he apense of « shall be ell ‘i m. 'the, “ott Il vacancies occurring th |may authorise th the comptroller ve the payment body shail be for an extension 6 southerly and /f an existing system in a residence yublic works by or for the city, either by work or by contract, jtitute « day eity on city ¥ contractor or sub ch work shal required to work longer than eight alendar da: of extraor emergency as defined by law MINIMUM WAGE. salary of Wages to any person m th or employe of o1 © weat de of Duw the south side of Vale Street yon route, the fran Royre shall eo o mubmitted to coording to the provisions Girect, or a referendum pet! w, and te shown b by a number of quall- not less than the total r utherly on Tweifth Avenue Routh fled voters equal to six per cent o: sion to be entitled to payment there for the previous year. with frontages on Duwam veh the northwest ye who shall Pablo ne«ligence rvice provision charter, and who ai thereof after « or through after the official pubitcation of the t shall be deemed t designation bidder for Proposed franchise, and during 4 period of thirty 4 chiee #hall referendum petition may finally ordinance and «rant the If & referendum petition be filed the shall be submitted to vote of the qualified electors at the next Seneral election or at a specia the proposed grantee offer and provide the @: elty council shall author- publication ontractor or elt nk any work for the City o' Seattle upon streets, officer per- Hl be convicted The city counc!! tn Its Atsere- ton, subject to the limitations here-| viously existing leon, or to consent to the transfer of any om the serv Hoense. and be Ineligible to reappointment. Any officer or employe o those holding office un- who shall wil- cause to be pald to Heensen for the sale or dis such work not leas than the current the City of commercial of the hotel BOUNDARIES LIQUOR LICENS ing Baloon articularly defined the west by trict Number One jouth margin on the south by Kin. rate of wi Beattie fo: hotels within the Mmits mee Violate a enee there- a Preference to resident. laborers $e ARS hice Fiolation of any of the provistone of contractor, claim e ineligible to hold any of of employment Any other per- 1 wilfully, or througt Violate any of vice provisions punished as pre ‘The elty coun- of election, of elections, ballots, counting and Yassing of votes, and certifying of of any election on the grant- ing of a franchi flee or plac sub-contractor, the elty ther ground for the forfeiture of his con- ART COMMISSION. elty counet! tx create a no! t commission which shall 4 recommend tn bic thoroughfares and and the design and appeer- neineering works such a# bridges, viaducts, water towers, re taining walle, street fixtures and ‘elated structures, city bulld- ings and public work LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. ‘The city shall have improvements Lect special reparation of Street and on PE: A margin of the alley Way southerly to hundred twenty feet north Street; thence Pine Street p If the pro: ordinance receive majority of all cast for and against th it shall be deemed to be ratified, an city — counet) pass and adopt te receive eaid majority franchise ordinance be deemed rejected rocesdings The same methods of ure shall obtain in the DY existing franchises or any rights thereunder, as in the grant of a new franchine. rallway franchise shail in any event be granted, extended or renewed to Y, date “beyond December Stat 4 cutions under this owed franck: sterly paraliel with ified efyt! service who sb the weet ma injured in the dischar as to be temporartly disabled, unless otherwise ceive during such disability full pay thirty ¢ays or exceed six the west «nar, Yesler Way, in of said al- compensated, thence east for not to e: half pay for not and if such Avenue and Sev- thence south tween Maynard ection 14% lscharge of duty tly disabled, or indefinite let such person shall recelve pay while be fixed by twenty per tecelved by such King Street. Also the ter- ing weet of and adjoining ee the payee ‘atrol District Number On part of the cost and of any local improvement by onda of the improvement distric to the contractor or nd aod by the elty ordinance J improvement shall be the written objections of t of a majority of the lin amount to not exceedin of the pa son at the tim: ith and distant one hun- dison Street; on the west by the provided, that Ratiroad Avenue easterly margin o on the south by t by said Saloon Patrol trict Number One. with frontages upon Second Avenue between Pike Str and all premises with fronta Jackson Street between Third nue South and Fifth Avenue South The authority to within the Hotel trict may be exere counct] in the following cases, an not otherw A minority of th city counct!, tn- cluding not an one-third of members elected, shall bh: and power as may be necessar, out the purposes of and may td medals of honer Aistin, 4 bravery or service while in the line Section 127. partment shall vacation with to Invoke a 9 all premises referendum vote on a franchise ordt- Rance without the filing of eny peti- tion therefor. Section 145. steam raflroad mits of the proposed improvem 5 Ae one Ot district filed with the the final pasneg Ordinance, unless it shall Tecely Affirmative voto of at least two- thirds of all the members of the city counet}. FRANCHISES. Every grant of a right oF privil ii be subject to the rt i copie of the city The head of any de- erant fifteen days in any one year te any person or employe In the ser- who has been reg nucusly employed for at least one year. Bection 11! charter are regular olvil service em- to perform Every franchiae tracks upon alley of pubite piace, rant such lice y the city and sed by the cit Beattie. upon such terms 4 conditions ae shall be sy bag ordinance granting auc LIQUOR LICENSES, Beotion 146. The elty council! to shall be subjec' restrictions only for a celal hotel, in which eral provision All persons who at P bona fide comm: uate and « ives by the Initia- at any time juent to the grant, to repeal, the sald grant rights of the loyes shall helr respective duties under to the provisions of o by the adoption classified etvil ve prior to its tinuously served pacity for ower of the iquor Noenses to the limitations heretnafter at least one sleeping rooms in use for hotel pur- all under a single ment, to whom the lice: shall be teeu 1) distinctly prescribe and disposal of to a defined T enclosed portion of building, having no upon or direct entrance from hem ‘eferendum, which has or modify with due regard to th rantee and the interest of the pub- ; and to cancel, forfeit and abro- Grant if the fran- y Is not operat- 4 in full accordance with {ts provi- t any time dor- time included In ¢ rvice, and who Hereafter no license (except e any such hereinatter ranted ther authorized son Or persons, authorizing th or giving away or other din- I} be qualified for their reapective ft any intoxicating, s positions without further examina- ton, subject to classificatio FORMS AXD SALARING chase or condemnation, trance solely from within the hotel, and there shall be no sign or other advertisement comminston. OFFICERS, the City of, Seattle or and tl sounell. The appointive office the City of Beattie shall be ail those Mmite of the City of Beattie outside the districts hereinbelow desic- ranting of Heenses, specifically provided. The city coun in its discretion, subject to the 4, shall have to grant such limite of the four within the limite of acquired or con- particular fran- in question, at @ fair and just not tnolude an the public str designation structed under th exposed #0 to be read from any str Every such license within the Liquor License District sh: terms and r governing and controlling nated for the value, which thereupon terminate ¥ ordinance making any nt shall eontatn theee rights of the ott: ell, and of the people of the o for themeelves by the Initiative referendum, to 80 repeal, amend the elty manager, vided In this charter. Section 130. officers shall be for two coessore are elected an Herecfter no leon ranted within t herein de of District Number along and between King and Bel tee Cee ow horibed, 1t belng understood that the saloon patrol of any street in defin- ts dealgnation ribed, except that ing the boundary of an tricts herein contained shall b to mean and tnclude ltrict premises with frontages upon either side pecific margin of any boun atrent In designated on to mean and Include within the s otherwise oxpressly pro- this charter every appointive abrogate the atreetn ace hereinabove | The city council shall not] any eppiicati of the period inted and qu Within the saloon patrol ais- except that One lying cers elected ular vote shall flcers elected by popular vo ofly, g fronts BOUNDARIES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE Boxinning at the Intersection of First 4 Wall Street and running terly on Wall Street to the of the alley between First and Becond Avenues utherly on the w a the south margin of Pine Street; thence easterly on the south margin of Pine Street to the wert ‘in of Third erly on the west Third Avenue to Pike Btr for extension cond Monday Glection, and they shall qualify be-|covering all or any substantial part of the rights or privile King and Hanford no Mquor licens ter be granted for situated within thirty reet corner (meaning by Intersection f two streets) ex- for premises for which were outstand!n, nae on January teen hundred and fourteen No liquor license of any kind be «ranted kind #hall her years of the expiration of the any premi and then onl: to ‘and approw fled electors. the date of thefr qualification, which shall be within ten days aft election or.appointment, unless the time for qualification by the appointin flection 192. ity Section 151. Whenever and wher- ever any street located or extended to be located or extended across any harber erea, tide lands or shore nds shall be within any unit of the comprehensive scheme of har- improvement now or hereafter opted by the port commission of the Port of Seattle and ratified by vote .of the people of the port dis- trict of the Port of Seattle, the con- of sald streets and the title to is extended The city counct! very officer of the|authority to construct a street rall- city and each of his assintants, b upon the dutle © and muby oath or affirmation that he will sup- ort the constitution of the United tates and of the State of Washing- ton and that he will faithfully con by all the Gulrements of the chart of Seattle, faithfully demean himsecif fen along, upon, over or under any of the streets of the city, ex- in manner and Spun the application be fore enter! margin of corner (as defined above) at Avenue to of the following street railway alone. lor under any of wald streets, the city by. resolution mine whether such franchise, or any pall be granted, and after such determination shall cause notice of such application and r to be published once a week consecutive weeks Firet Avenue, Pike Street and dison Stre © alley between James Streat Third and Fourth Avenu southerly along the wert margin of point sixty feet north thence west- and sixty feet ly from Union Street xty feet westerly from Third ence southerly. part thereof, fecond Avenue, jon 198. laried officers thee Third Avenue, ond Avenue striction shall situated at Yesler Way and Sec- Hl other officers and employer that this re @ under thelr © or property erly from Union Street of the city erly, parallel penne of the ¥, of sata street and feet from the corner, such basement having no entran er communication Quties of office, give bond, with ap- proved sureties, to the cit sum an shall be designated conditioned for his duties and for t over of all moneyn be ng to the city ai the chief of police which it proposes window or oth- franchine, the period for which ft « ranted, and shal! the terme and thereof, including maxi- Third Avenue to & point sixty feat southerly from Union Street; thence Within the saloon patrol dis- tricts herein described, except that part of District Number One lying Along and east riher specify all P ertitiong ner foot southerly from Union Street to Second and the transfer regulat Third Avenues The bond of the annual shall also contain the conditi he will pay al damages | Cherry Stre lon the same block of land Jsame shall not so pass or be vested inless and until the sity counell the grante h chief of police yr owner of any existing street rail-| ee enst along Yes-| (including herein basements Ta WISCHLLANEOUS SUBIEOTS, lowing offic 1 extension mnection with King Street: thence east on corporation coun J-and fourt ownership, or probable uated on the sar rting on the s hou be granted a term equal to the unexp! the existing # ling Is proposed to, nveniently connected and transfer arrangements shall nue South same diser her casos to continue to runt licenses hereafter for the pre.| receive five dollars for ? son den of tho city ‘Polnt of Intersec. South with the of the right-of-w paid for more than nes; provided, that when by ren sixty dayw 6 facilities and a promises fi eption shall officers and nances shal he abandoned as be paid such compensation A by ordinance appointive h available for other franchise gran Sundays and legs anlary of any the north side of tontribution of a fair proportion of vada Street to Kighth Ay maintenance including any franchise valua- the compen- his election or sppointment Section 154. Every off outetanding Avenue South |Within the Hotel Liquor License dis officer or employe of th ss and exclusive of purely whole- or much cor voluntarily along Hanford Street vices to mary, along, Bixth not exceed three hundred 1 gato Street; thence w: wate Btreet to th {taolf, It shall be fixed by arbitra- it atone Hol. tlon, each party appointing one arbi. office becomes it margin of argin o} to quality within olty exceeds five hundred thousand, cant on fallui tsetse esse Make necessary rules Hot in confitot Every iquor Heense shall be toular premises wher to be used, and yine for the sayne may, in ite nt to t transte as to person or loca location except one feonse might be gr these charter provisions No transfer of a licen welll iors shall t erson paying or having paid Neanne to the city for any ne shall be deemed to be the r of the same for the purpone clause and the last preced HMquor license » granted for a longer than r. The sum required for any #6 whall in no eane be than one thousand dollars per except t liconses for the r dis of such liquors at wholesale which shall be known as *, shall in no cane ndrea fifty dol ie leense shall in no or permit the sale r where the same or any part thereof is to be consumed on the premises where sold or otherwise ed of, or In any premines used nection therewith, and under Heense the liquor must be sold \ away or disposed of in quan of not less than one gallon the saloon patr not districts. Wholesule licennes outside of said saloon patrol 4 |tricts shall not anufacturers of liquors or bot- 6 granted except thereof. ‘The sum required to be paid forany | quor license shall in no case be less |than the amount required by the gen- io Street from the intersection | |bustness of like character, and all laws of the state for houses or shall be collected and paid fe |into the efty treasury before the ts- jmuance of the license, and no remin- [ston of any such license f all be the period for which nted; and the bond required be given keepers or pro \prietore of joons or drinking shall not in any case be [fixed at Jess than two thousand 4ol- Nothing contained in any of he provisions relating to liquor Heenses shall be construed as re- mt * whether in renewal or ¢ city council) to grant any fa pre- herwise CLAIMS. Section 147. Neither the city coun- ell nor any officer, board or author- 1 allow, m id or in any manner recognize any demand against the city which was not at time of its creation a valid against the same, nor shall or any of them ever allow or horize to be paid any demand which, without such action, would be invalid, or which shail then be barred by any statutes of limitation, for which the city was never Mable, and any such action sh Section 148, All claims for in- |juries to the person, or for damages personal property alleged to have been caus or sustained hy reason of defects, want of repair or truction of any of the highway streets, alleys, sidewalks, croms- or public wi or in any of a public bulldings belonging to, possessed or controlled by the city, shall be presented in writing to the unci! within thirty 4 fter o_ all injuries shall a to have been received. Such claim shall state the time, place, cause, nature and extent of the alley in- so far as practicable, the residence of such claimant by t and number at the time of nting such claim, and for six immediately prior to the ch claim for damages ac- erued, and shall be verified by the affidavit of the claimant, to the ef. that the same ts true The omission to present any such claim the manner or within the time section provided shall be a bar to an action against the city refor. CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. Section 149. The city may est Ush and, under the direction of the city’ manager, pub! and circulate an official newspaper. Any and all matters and proceedings require’ by law, charter or ordinance to be pub- _" shall be published therein. oft: council shall fix and estab- and ubeorto ee e No political matter or ne: thing which advertises or calls attention to any officer, ploye or department of the cit to any candidate for office, shall be lished therein. Until such city hewapaper shall be established and newspaper of general circulation published in the city shall be designated by contract as the offictal newspaper. TIDE LAND STREET: Section 150, All streets, avenues and other public highways hereto- fore established upon, over or across any tide lands within the City of Seattle. or Into the waters of Lake Washington, Lake Union, Green Lake or other lakes, streams or bodies of fresh water within the City of Seattle, elther under and by virtue of the constitution and laws Jof the State of Washington or un- nd by virtue of any charter or ance of the City of Seattle, or by the dedication of any plat with- the city, or by any other lawful sthority ‘established as — public streets or high wa: are hereby con- tinued. established and declared to be public streets or highways of the City of Seattle, subject to the same wer of the city to control, im- r vacate the 6 as is or provided for other public highways within the lands belonging to the city which shall fall within the mite of such unit shall pass to and be vested in the Port of Seattle at the expiration of thirty days after the sald port commission shall have adopted a resolution declaring that the port ts prepared to make actual use of the same by the improve- thereof and a certifie f such resolution shall hav filed with the city clerk; provided, that as to any such atreet or lands there Is nevertheless reserved to the such use of the same for city purposes as may not render tinpra tieable the w of the same by the of Seattle for commerce and navigation, and, provided further if prior to the adoption of resolution, the city shail have nved such street or lands the ave adopted an ordinance so nd re shall t ven by xz the Hit n custody to ar such f may be! pre 153. Pxcept when othe ed by law or this ela ffices shall be @ every day, except holidays, from slock in the forenoon until clock in the afternoon, er author- by law or ordin to allow, or certify demands upon the treasury, or to make any official investieation, shall have pow administer oaths and affirmagions take and he stimony een- cerning any matter or thing relat- ing thereto. all approve or pay any de~ { construge corporation or peri Mbt line or other ity in the elty without first obtains mit therefor from the ety Jagent of the city. ninediately the city teams or agent shy forty-etght the same to If such officer fail to pay hours after shall be Mable to the city in double contingent ful established and maintedi pay discharged charges, telegrams, portage and oth= and office |make annual and such other reports the city council as it may pre- |acribe by ordinance, Every officer or the city, whose duty {t sl 20, or Tegulation of a de- vested with po- All moneye pornet by and revenues accruing to the Section 163 and fifteen shall continue to be ace counted for in and to be disbursed from the various funds existing at the time this char or times ei of administration em reorganization, new funds shall be established. established aced or discontinued, be credited by transfer or a: ment to the new funds to wi balances shall be assigned. ordinances ) In time this chaste: eam and not incon: therewith, shall remain in force dot ed or until they expire The present charter of the City of Seattle is hereby pealed to take effec When such new force at th this charter with referenc ations and elections shall provisions of this charter shall come effective at hoon, on the fifteenth day of eneral mun id on the first tclpal elec: tion to be he cipal 1915, @ mayor and councilmen shall be elected. Ni made and such election conducted in all respects as in rovided, an qualification of said and councilmen the terms resent mayor and of all th of the present city shall cease and rminate on officers. subordina’ employes of the City of Seat continue in office and in th formance of their duties until Successors are appointed and fled under the provisions of It is the express int hereby to continue the existt government of th except as to mat tion and election ficers under this charter, first clection and officers as in this charter pro but no bear ME: Section 167. The city council may Propose and submit to the electors: any amendment to election to b days after the adoption by the cil of the resolution of bmi Any amendment shall also be mitted to the voters upon the tion of qualified electors number to fifteen per cent of a election, which shall be filed with the city clerk ninety days before the m general muntet be checked by him in the Provided for Initiative ordinances; provided, that prior to the circulas tion of said petition for signatures, it shall be submitted to the co: tion counsel, who shall attach to his opinton as to its legality, Proposed, either. y petition, # shed in the manner prot amendment so is approved of the electors voting thei it shall become a part of this chars ter; provided, that if more than one tis submitted at the election the same shall be sub manner that each mai voted upon separately. ALTERNATE PROPOSITION NO, 1,_ The following separat proposition shall be submitted to people for adoption or rejection at the election to be held upon the sub= mission of this charter: Proposition rovided, however, th >ropored franchise be for an ex> tension of an existing system in @ residence district, and does not ine elude any yon route, the city council, in Its diseres grant the franchise wif! the provision for common user nances, and without the rm tion grant is subject to the rleht of the city council or the peos city acting for theme and referens atany time subsequent te the the initiativ the said grant with due regard the rights of the erantee and the interest of the public.” : arter fs adopted at sald election, and a mafority the ballots cast’ at sald election proposition nu: one be in favor of Its adontion, then alternate proposition one shall become a part of section. 144 of said charter, at the end of paragraph two thereof, ai in sald charter. CERTIFICATE, TON, COUNs SEATTLE, freeholders elected at the sald alternate TY OF KIN f the State changing, ot < been prepared ubmitted ag. {POF we have ands this 24 day HICKMAN B, THORGRIMSON, A, MAJOR, WILLIAM M. ERICKSON, ROULLLON, CALHOUN, H COLLINS. 5 FACLESON, . PITT TRIMBLE,