Ordinance No. 86
An Ordinance to Provide Rules and
Regulations for the Transaction of
Business by the City of Seward and
to Define the Duties of the Mayor,
Common Council and other Officers
of the Town and to Provide for the
Manner of their Appointment or
Election, and for other Purposes,
and Repealing Ordinance No. GOA
of the City of Seward, and all
other Ordinances and Parts of Or
dinances in Conflict Herewith.
Be It Ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Seward, Alaska :
ARTICLE I.
The Officers of the City.
Section 1. The Officers of the City:
The officers of the City of Seward,
Alaska, shall be a Mayor, Municipal
Clerk. Municipal Attorney, Municipal
Treasurer, Municipal Magistrate, Mu
nicipal Health Officer, Chief of Police,
Chief of the Fire Department, Asses
sor, Auditor, and such other officers
and employes for which the the Com
mon Council may hereafter provide.
Sec. 2. Election of Officers: The
Mayor of the City of Seward shall
be elected annually for the term of one
year by direct vote of the people at
the General Election held on the first
Tuesday in April of each year. At said
General Election there shall also be
elected annually three members of the
Common Council for the term of two
years.
:set\ 3. Appoint mom oi unicers: |
The Municipal Clerk. Municipal At
torney, Municipal Treasurer, Munici
pal Magistrate, Municipal Health Offi
cer, Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire
Department, Assessor, and Auditor
shall be appointed by the Common
Council of the City of Seward, Alas
ka, at its first regular meeting in
April of each year following the Gen
eral Election or as soon thereafter as
the Council may deem expedient.
Sec, 4. Qualification cf Officers.
All officers <r'f this Town shall be
qualified electors of the Town of Sew
ard. All officers of the Town shall,
before entering upon the duties of
their office, severally take an oath
in writing to honestly, faithfully and
impartially perform the duties of their
office, which oath shall be filed with
the Municipal Clerk.
Sec. 5. Salaries of Officers: Where
the officers of the Town are elected
by direct vote at the General Election,
the Council shall by ordinance fix the
salary of each such officer before the
election is held, and where an officer,
is appointed by the Council, his sal
ary shall be fixed by ordinance at the
beginning of his term and before he
enters upon the discharge of his du
ties. Such salary shall be neither in-1
creased nor diminished during the
term, nor shall any officer be entitled
to receive in any form or shape any
oilier or additional compensation for:
any service to the Town.
Sec. G. Offices May Be Combined:
Two or more of the Town offices pro
vided for herein, may, by a resolution
authorizing the same passed by the
Council, be held by one and the same
person, who shall receive the compen
sation provided for each office.
Sec. 7. Removal of Officers: Offi
cers appointed by the Council shall be
subject to removal by the Council at
its pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
Terms of Office and Vacancies.
Section 1. When Term Begins: All
Municipal and School officers elected
by direct vote shall take their re
spective offices «n the first Monday
after their election from which day
their term ol office shall be deemed
to run.
Sec. 2. When Vacancy Occurs on ;
Council or School Board: In event j
any member of the Town Council or of i
the School Board shall depart from i
the Town with the intent of remain- j
nig aosent more than twenty days, or
shall have failed to attend the meet
ings of the Council or Board for a pe
riod of ninety consecutive days, or he
shall have attended less than five of
the meetings of the Council or Board
during any continuous period of five
months, the Council may declare the
office of such member of the Town
Council or School Board vacant. A
vacancy may also be created by the
resignation of any member in writing
duly accepted by the Council, or by
the death of a member, or his removal
from office by the Court, or if he shall
tail after his election to qualify with
in thirty days after such election.
Sec. 3. How Vacancy on Council
Filled: Whenever a vacancy occurs
in the Council the remaining members
of the Council may elect some quali
fied person to fill such vacancy, which :
person so elected shall hold office un
til a successor be elected at the next
annual election and qualified.
Sec. 4. How Vacancy on School
Board Filled: In case a vacancy in
membership of said School Board oc
curs from death, resignation, removal,
or other cause, such vacancy may be
filled by appointment by the Council
of the Town with the consent j
of the remaining members of the
Board, and in the event the re
maining members of the Board do
not consent to have the vacancy filled j
by the Council, such vacancy shall be
filled by special election upon at least
ten days notice Vailed by the Council.
When a vacancy is filled by appoint
ment by the Town Council the ap
pointee shall serve only until a suc
cessor is elected at the next general
election.
Sec. 5. How Vacancy in Office of
Mayor Filled: Whenever a person
elected for the office of Mayor fails
to qualify as such within thirty days,
after his election, the office shall be
deemed to be vacant. ~ ''never the
office of Mayor shall U y reason
become vacant, such vacancy may be
filled by the Council.
ARTICLE III.
Duties of City Officers.
Section 1. Duty of the Mayor: It
shall be the duty of the Mayor to pre
side at meetings of the Council, to ap
prove or disapprove of all ordinances
or resolutions passed by the Council,
to sign all warrants drawn on the
Town Treasury, to exercise a general
supervision over the affairs of the
Town, and see that the Ordinances
; and resolves of the Town are exe
j euled. He shall have authority to
vote on questions before the Council
only in case of a tie. He may veto
' any ordinance or resolution passed
by the Council, and any ordinance so
vetoed shall be returned to the Coun
| cil at the next meeting or continued
meeting held not less than two days
after the ordinance or resolution was
passed, together with a written state
jment from the Mayor giving the rea
son for his veto. Any ordinance or
resolution so vetoed by the Mayor may
be passed by a majority of all the
members of the Council, in which
lease it shall become effective without
the signature of the Mayor. If the
Mayor neither signs nor vetoes an or
dinance before the next meeting or
continued meeting of the Council held
more than two days after the passage,
it shall become effective without his
signature.
Sec. 2. Duties of Municipal Clerk:
The Municipal Clerk shall be the
keeper of the Corporate Seal and all
papers and records pf the Town. He
shall attend the meetings of the Coun
cil. keep a full record of all its pro- \
ceedings and of all disbursements of !
public monies, and he shall also file i
and duly keep all the records and pub- J
lie papers of the Town, shall coun
tersign all warrants drawn on the ■
treasury, and shall to#all intents and j
purposes be deemed to be the clerk j
and bookkeeper of the Town, and shall!
officiate as such. He shall at the last j
regular meeting of the Town Council j
before the general election in each
year, make a detailed report of all the
financial and other business of his
office, showing the amount of money
received by the Town, its officers
and agents, and the disposition made
of the same, and of all warrants drawn
on the Treasury and such other infor
mation as will give a clear under
standing of the business of his office
and the finances of the Town. This
report may also be required at any
other time when requested by the
Council. In the absence of the Clerk
from any meeting of the Town Coun
cil. said Council may appoint a Clerk
pro-tem.
Sec. 3. Duties of Municipal Treas
urer. Bond; The Municipal Treas
urer shall be the custodian of all the
monies of the Town, except such mon
ey as has been paid over to the Treas
urer of the School Board for the main
tenance of schools. He shall keep an
itemized, full and correct account of
all monies received and disbursed,
and he shall pay out no money except
upon an order signed by the Mayor
and countersigned by the Clerk, and
specifying the object and purpose of
the payment and the page and book
of the record of the Council proceed
ings where such payment is shown to
have been authorized. He shall keep !
said funds of the Town on deposit in
a bank designated by the Town Coun
cil, upon such bank giving to the j
Town of Seward, a good and sufficient ;
bond, approved by the Town Council, i
in sufficient sum to protect the Town
against loss, conditioned upon the
safe keeping of the said funds, ac-1
counting for the same, and paying j
them out upon the proper warrant,
voucher or check. The Municipal
Treasurer shall, before entering upon
the duties of his office, give bond to
the Town with sufficient sureties to
be approved by the Council in such
sum as the Council may direct, not
less, however, than twice the amount
of the public money that may come
into his hands as Treasurer during
the term, which bond shall be condi
tioned that be will faithfully and hon
estly collect, keep and disburse all
the monies belonging to the Town,
which bond shall be liled with and
kept by the Municipal Clerk. The
Municipal Treasurer shall at the last
meeting of the Town Council before
each general election, or as often as
the Town Council may direct, make a
detailed report, in writing, showing
the receipts and disbursements of the
year or for any period designated by
the Town Council.
Sec. 4. Duties of Municipal Asses
sor: The Municipal Assessor shall
once each year, at such time as the
Cou.cil may direct, duly list and as
sess all the taxable property in the
Town at its just and fair value. He
shall file such list and assessment
with the Municipal Clerk within the
time designated by the Council and
shail serve a notice of the filing of
the same upon each person residing
in the Town whose property has been
assessed by depositing such notice in
the Post Office, postage prepaid, ad
dressed to the owner of the property
assessed.
Sec. 5. Duties of Municipal Attor
ney: The Municipal Attorney shall
be the legal adviser of the Council
and other officers of the Town in ref
erence to their official duties, and he
shall represent the Town as attorney
in all civil and criminal proceedings
in which the Town is interested.
Sec. 6. Duties of the Municipal
Magistrate. Bond: The Municipal
Magistrate shall have jurisdiction of
all actions for violation of municipal
ordinances of the Town of Seward.
He shall follow as near as practicable
the same procedure as a Justice of i
the Peace, unless otherwise prescrib- j
ed by ordinance enacted by the Coun- j
cil. He shall give a bond, with good j
and sufficient sureties, to the Town
of Seward, in the sum of One Thou
sand Dollars, conditioned upon the
faithful discharge of the duties of his
ofrice, which bond shall be filed with
the Municipal Clerk.
Sec. 7. Duties of the Chief of Po
lice: The Chief of Police shall be at
the head of the Police Department of
the Town and the patrolmen or watch
men employed by the Town shall be
subject to his orders. He shall take
his instructions from the Mayor, and
shall obey and enforce all lawful or
ders and instructions given him by
the said Mayor or the Committee on
Public Health and Public protection
in behalf of the Town Council.
Sec. 8. Duties of the Chief of the
Fire Department: The Chief of the
Fire Department, shall be the execu- j
five liead# of that Department and all !
members of that Department shall be !
subject to and obey all orders given
by him while they are acting in the
capacity of firemen. The Chief of the
Fire Department shall also be ex-offi
cio Fire Warden, and as such, per
form such duties as the Town Coun- j
may by ordinance prescribe. It shall
be his duty to examine into the con
struction of chimneys, flues, fire
places, hearths, stoves, stovepipes,
ovens, smoke stacks, boilers and all
apparatus used in or about any build
ing and cause the same to be replac
ed, removed, or placed in a safe and
secure condition. He shall prevent
Pacific Coastwise (Service
^ADMIRAL LINE
!H.F. ALEXANDER.
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
Feb. 4th
Mar. 4
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 12th
Mar. 12
South from
Seward
Feb. 15th
Mar. 15
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports In eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR WILL SAIL MARCH 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSOIT, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13S. SEWARD, ALASKA
! tlie deposit of ashes in unsafe places
land he Bhall in all manner execute the
[orders of the Mayor or Town Council
regarding lire protection. The salary
allowed by the Town Council for ser
vices as Chief of the Fire Department
shall be in full for all services ren
dered by him in both capacities.
Sec. 9. Duties of Auditor: The
Auditor when directed by the Com
mon Council shall make a lull and
complete audit of the books of tne
City and make his report in writing
to the Council.
ARTICLE IV.
Method of Transacting Business.
Section 1. Quorum 01 Council: At
jail meetings of the Council live mem
| bers or four members and the Mayor,
shall constitute a quorum for the tran
saction of business, but no ordinance
or resolution snail be passed at any
i meeting unless it receives at least
lour votes. In case of the absence of
the Mayor and the President pro tern,
if a regular quorum ot live be present, |
they snail elect one of their members
to preside.
Sec. 2. President pro tern of Coun
cil: rlhe City Council at its first
regular meeting after a general elec
tion in each year or as soon thereaft
er as the Council shall deem it expe
dient shall elect one of their number
President pro tern of the Council
whose duty it shall be to preside over
the meetings of the Council and per
form the duties of the Mayor during j
the absence or disability of the May- j
or. The President pro tern while pre-!
siding over the meeting of the Coun
cil snail be entitled to vote on all
questions before the Council but he
shall have no authority to veto an
ordinance or resolution passed by the
Council.
bee. d. Recording of Vote of Mem
bers: The vote on ail questions, ex
cept upon the passage of an ordinance,
resolution, order for the payment ot
money, or providing for the levying
and collection ot taxes, shall be' by
viva voce, unless two members of the
Council shall call for the Ayes and
Nays, in which event the roll shall be
called and the vote of each member
1 ecorded by the Clerk. Upon the pas
sage of all ordinances, resolutions, or
ders for the payment of money, and
or providing for the levying and col
iection of taxes, shall be by roll call,
and the clerk shall record how each
member of the Council voted. No
such question shall be carried unless
four members of the Council shall
' ote in the affirmative. Every mem
ber of the Council, who is present
when a question is put shall vote for
or against the same, unless the Coun
cil shall excuse him.
Sec. 4. Standing Committees: The
Standing Committees of the Council
(Continued on Page Seven)
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
BACHELORS AND CHILDLESS
OF FRANCE MUST PAY TAX
PARIS, Feb. 4.—Bachelors and all
childless couples are to he still more
heavily taxed for the bentfit of large
families under the terms of a bill in
troduced in the chamber of deputies,
and backed by members belonging to
almost all the parliamentary groups.
The bill proposes to raise the regu
lar* monthly allowance to parents,
with large families from 90 francs as
now provided to 360 francs. To pro
vide the necessary funds the incomes
of bachelors of both sexes would be
taxed on a sliding scale, the levy
[amounting to two per cent on incomes
from 7,000 to 10,000 francs; 4 per
cent on those from 10 to 20,000, and
6 per cent on those exceeding 20,00C
francs.
Married persons without children
would get off more lightly, being re
quired to pay only 2 per cent on in
comes from 10 to 20,000 and 4 per cent
on incomes over the latter figure.
This tax is applied over and above
the ordinary income tax.
Picture Framing at the Alaska
Shop. tf
Eaton, Crane, Pike Stationery at
the Alaska Shop. tf
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route
Scheduled Scheduled
\ essel Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward
Alameda January 31 February 7
Alaska February 7 February 14
x ukon February 14 February 21
Alameda February 21 February 2S
ALASKA Feb. 28th. Mar. 7th.
Yukon March 7 March 14
Schedule
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
Mar. 7th.
March 14
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Freighter Nabesna is scheduled to sail from Seattle Feb. 5, and
will call at Seward if sufficient business is offered.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125_ SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much le3s
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further'information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
mckinley park route
ANCHORAGE a t. a qit a
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare) on
sale at all ticket offices