4 Wash. 85 | Wash. | 1892
The only question involved in this case requires the construction of § 10 of art. 11 of the state constitution. Said section, after providing the manner in which a city of twenty thousand inhabitants or more shall be permitted to frame a charter, and for its submission to the qualified electors of said city, proceeds as follows:
. “Said proposed charter shall be published in two daily newspapers published in said city, for at least thirty days prior to the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval, as above provided. All elections in this section authorized shall only be had upon notice, which notice shall specify the object of calling such election, and shall be given for at least ten days before the day of election, in all election districts of said city. Said elections may be general or special elections, and except as herein provided shall be governed by the law regulating and controlling general or special elections in said city. Such charter may be amended by proposals therefor submitted by the legislative authority of such city to the electors thereof at any general election after notice of said submission published as above specified, and ratified by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon. In submitting any such charter, or amendment thereto, any alternate article or proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others.”
Under the authority of this section the city of Tacoma framed its charter, and provided in said charter that whenever the city council shall deem any amendment necessary or expedient it shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to offer to the qualified voters of the city such amendment, and shall cause such proposed amendment or amendments to be published in full in the official newspaper for thirty days, etc. Under this provision of the charter the notice complained of was given. The respondent contendsthattheprovisionsof the constitution requiring the
It follows that the judgment must be reversed, and it is so ordered.
Anders, C. J., and Hoyt, Stiles and Scott, JJ., concur*