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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0086 - Appointments and Compensations for the Mayor, City Councilmembers and Treasurer (Repealed by Ord 189) R EPEALED ORDINANCE No. 86 r6k 0 t c� gq 1 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING 07 TVNICIPAL ELECTIO14S 147THIN THE TOWN OF TUKWILA, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PROPER OFFICERS OF SUCH ELECTIO14S AND THEIR COUTENSATION, AND REPEALING ANY ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEF0VITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOMT OF TUKVIILA: Section One. A Municipal election for electing Town Officers shall be held within the Town of Tukwila each year on the Tuesday next siaceeding the first Monday in December. Section Two. The Town Clerk shall post notices of such elections at least Ten (10) days prior to the holding of sane. Section Three. Each alternate year, being the even numbered years of the Calendar, that is to say; 1918, 1920, 1922, etc., there shall be elected a Mayor, Two (2) Councilmen and Treasurer. Section Four. Each alternate year, being the odd numbered years of the Calendar, that is to say; 1919, 1921, 3.923, etc., there shall be elected Three (3) Councilmen and Treasurer. Section Five. The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold office for the tern, of Two (2) years and the Treasurer shall hold office for the term of One (1) year; Provided, how- ever, that any Officer of the Town of Tukwila who shall be elected under the terms of this Ordinance shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified, and accepts and enters upon the duties of his offive, Section Six. Each year at the last Council meeting of the Town Council preceding the holding of such election, the Mayor shall appoint a Committee of Two (2) or more members of the Town Council, which committee shall be known as an Election Board, whose duties it shall be to arrange a place for holding such Election, properly equipped and furnished for the purpose, and appoint the necessary and proper Officers to tak* charge of said Election. Section Seven. The Officers of such Elections shall be Three (3) in number, to -wit: One (1) Inspector and Two (2) Judges, whose duties shall be to conduct said Election in all respects in stric* accordance with the Laws of the State of Washington governing elections and in accordance with this Ordinance. The Inspector shall pass upon the qualifications of voters, maintain order and enforce the laws governing the holding of elections and the Judges shall each write down in a book prepared for the purpose the names of all persons voting at such Election. The compensation for Officers of Election shall be the-sum of Five (5.00) Dollars each for services at such Election. Section Eight. The Polls shall be declared to be and shall be opened at the hour of Eight o'clock in the morning of the day of Election and shall be closed at the hour of Eight o'clock in the evening of the same day. Section Nine. All persons of Legal Age under the Statutes of the State of Washington, rho are citizens of the United States, who have been residents of the State of Washington for One (1) year last past, residents of King County for Ninety (90) days last past, and residents of Tukwila for at least Thirty (30) days last past, shall be entitled to vote at such election; Provided, however, that no person whose name shall not appear upon the Registration Books of the Town of Tukwila as being legally registered, shall be entitled to vote at such Election. Section Ten, Proper Ballots prepared in conformity with the Laws of the State of Wash ington, and proper Election Books and stationery, shall be procured by the Town Clerk in due time and placed at the disposal of the Election Officers. -1- Section Eleven.When said Election shall be closed the Inspector and Judges shall proceed to count the ballots, in accordance with the Election Laws of the State of Washington, and shall file the returns of said Election with the Clerk of the Town of Tukwila; and at the regular Council meeting next succeeding the holding of such Election, the Town Council shall canvas said returns and declare elected the successful candidate or candidates in accord.. ante therewith. The Clerk shall then issue Certificates of Election to the said successful candidate or candidates who shall present himself or them— selves for qualification and enter upon their duties at the Town Council meeting to be held on the second Tuesday of the following January. Section Twelve. This Ordinance is prepared and passed to cover any circumstance or thing peculiar to the Town of Tukwila or any condition or conditions existing therein; but in any Election held in the said Town of Tukwila the qualifications of voters, the right of Challenge, electioneering within certain distances of the polls and all other general rules and regulations governing the holding of Elections as appears in the Election Laws of the State of W shall obtain; and nothing herein contained shall be construed to conflict therewith, Section Thirteen.All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, and all Resolutions of parts of Resolutions in conflict herewith shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed and void. Section Fourteen,This Ordinance shall become effective from and after five days from the date of its publication, Passed the Town Council this 14th day of August 1919, and signed by me in authentication of its passage. ATTEST: Mayor E.F. Greene City Clerk E.E. Lutz Published by me this day of uy, A. D. 1919,