GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE City of Walla Walla IN FORCE April 1, 1914 With Index Digest of Obsolete and Repealed Compiled and Arranged by CYRUS F. MORROW And Published by Authority of the City Commission A. J. GILLIS, Mayor, Commissioner of Public Safety General Ordinances OF THE CITY OF WALLA WALLA WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 1. AN ORDINANCE adopting a name and providing a seal for the City of Walla Walla. The City of Walla Walla does ordain as follows: Sec. 1. This City shall be named the City of Walla Walla. Sec. 2. The corporate seal heretofore used by the said City under its former charter, is hereby adopted and declared the corporate seal of this City, and that the same shall be used to authenticate all acts of this corporation. Sec. 3. The seal of the City shall be kept by the City Clerk, and by him affixed to all acts requiring to be so authenticated. ORDINANCE NO. 5. AN ORDINANCE defining the duties of City Marshal. The City of Walla Walla does ordain as follows: Sec. 1. The City Marshal shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give a bond with two responsible sureties in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties according to law, and shall take and subscriibe an official oath, which shall be endorsed upon his bond. Sec. 2. In addition to the duties prescribed in the city charter, he shall be the keeper of the city jail, and whenever any person shall be in his custody under authority of law, he shall keep such person in confinement by committing them to jail or other safe custody as he may by lawful authority be directed at the expense of the City. Sec. 3. It shall be his duty to arrest all persons whom he may see committing any crime within the limits of the City, or violating any City ordinance; Provided, That, in all violation of civil law he shall first enter a complaint on oath before the Justice of the Peace for the City, and make such arrest by virtue of a warrant issued by the said justice. He shall also have power to arrest any person or persons whom he may hear using threatening, obscene or profane language, or see making hostile demonstrations towards any person, whereby the life or personal safety of such person may be jeopardized. And if it shall come to his knowledge that any two persons intend to commit a deadly assault on each other, he shall have power to arrest any such person or persons and take them before the Justice of the Peace for the City, who may if he deem it necessary or that good cause exist therefor, place person or persons under bonds to keep the peace within the City, in the same manner as is provided in similar cases before a Justice of the Peace, and in default of bail may commit such person or persons to the City jail. Sec. 4. He shall be ex-officio Chief of Police. He shall have power whenever he may deem it necessary to appoint one or more deputies, for whose official conduct he shall be responsible on his bond, and who shall receive the same fees for their services as are allowed by law to the Marshal. Sec. 5. He shall attend all meetings of the Common Council, and serve all processes directed him by any Justice of the Peacc in the County, and shall attend the court of the Justice of the Peace for the City, and shall serve all papers emanating from the City Council, and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by ordinance or action of the City Council. Sec. 6. He shall keep a book in which he shall enter the names of all persons arrested by himself, or any deputy or policeman, who shall report the same to him as Chief of Police, the date of such arrest and amount of fine assessed. He shall report monthly to the City Council all arrests made by him or his deputies, or by any policeman of the City during the month, and he shall report semiannually, at the first regular meeting of the Council in December and June, all arrests made by him, what fines have been collected from said persons, and what number of persons have been confined in the City prison and for what time. Ses. 7. He shall take duplicate receipts for all moneys which he shall pay into the treasury, one of which he shall file with the City Clerk. Sec. 8. He shall receive such compensation for his services as may be allowed by ordinance or action of the Council. ORDINANCE NO. 7. AN ORDINANCE defining the duties of City Clerk and fixing his salary. As amended by Ordinance No. 1589. The City of Walla Walla does ordain as follows: Sec. 1. At the first meeting of the Council after the annual election in July, the City Council shall elect a suitable person to serve as City Clerk, during the ensuing fiscal year, and until his successor be duly elected and qualified, who shall give a bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Common Council, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, and the Council shall have power at any time to increase said bond to any sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, which bond shall be conditioned to the faithful discharge of his duties as City Clerk, and he shall take and subscribe an oath of office on said bond to the faithful discharge of his duties. Sec. 2. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Clerk, by a failure to elect, or from any other cause, the Council, at any regular meeting called for that purpose, may elect a person to fill such vacancy until the next regular election, and the person so elected shall proceed to qualify in all respects as herein before provided. Sec. 3. The Clerk may at any time be removed by a majority of all the Council. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep all the records, books, papers, and archives, bonds and valuable documents belonging to the City. Sec. 5. He shall attend all meetings of the Council, and keep a record of their proceedings in a well-bound book which shall be provided for that purpose, and is authorized to administer any oath required to be taken in connection with the duties of his office. Sec. 6. He shall record in a well-bound book all ordinances, by-laws, and resolutions passed by the Council. Sec. 7. All demands against the City must be presented to the City Clerk, with the necessary evidence in support thereof, and he must submit the same to the Council, who shall by a vote direct whether the same be paid or not, and out of what fund the same is to be paid. Sec. 8. When the Council orders any demand or account to be paid, if money has been appropriated for that purpose and not otherwise, the Clerk shall draw a warrant upon the Treasurer for the amount ordered paid, which warrant must be drawn on the general or special fund appropriated therefor, and be signed by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk. Sec. 9. The Clerk must keep proper books of account, showing therein all sums appropriated, the date thereof, and out of what fund, and the amount of warrant drawn thereon. Sec. 10. He shall draw all warrants ordered by the Council, which shall be signed by the Mayor, and he shall attest the same, and shall keep a warrant book in which he shall enter, first, the date; second, number of each warrant issued; third, to whom issued; fourth, for what purpose; fifth, what fund; sixth, the amount; and shall report to the Council semi-annually at the first regular meeting in December and June of each year; he shall also keep a cash book in which he shall keep an account current with the City Treasurer, and shall charge him with all moneys paid into the city treasury for fines and licenses, and shall properly endorse and file all receipts from the Treasurer which shall be placed in his hands; shall charge the Treasurer with the amount of the assessment roll when it is delivered to the Treasurer, and shall credit him with the amount remaining unpaid when the same is returned to him; shall keep an account with the Assessor or other officer who shall collect City taxes, and shall at the first regular meeting of the Council in July |