Revised Charter, Amendments and Revised Ordinances of the City of Tacoma, Washington: Compiled and Revised by Authority of the City Council

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City Council, 1898 - 725 pages

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Page 265 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 30 - ... shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as may be prescribed by law...
Page 567 - This bond is payable as to both principal and interest in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of weight and fineness or in its equivalent in gold bullion, or, at the option of Great Britain, upon not less than thirty days...
Page 508 - The said party of the second part shall pay to the party of the first part...
Page 25 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be .ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 487 - Kings bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the center...
Page 237 - No dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of such a dealer, shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession, with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, milk from which the cream or any part thereof has been removed, unless in a conspicuous place above the centre upon the outside of every vessel, can, or package from or in which such milk is sold, the words "skimmed milk" are distinctly marked in letters not less than one inch in length.
Page 206 - The said anchors shall be built into the side or party walls not less than sixteen inches, and into the front and rear walls...
Page 177 - ... violated in any particular building or place, such magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause...
Page 558 - ... at railroad stations ; carefully observe and inspect all places of public amusement, all places of business having excise or other licenses to carry on any business ; all houses of illfame, or prostitution, and houses where common prostitutes resort or reside; all lottery offices, policy shops, and places where lottery tickets or lottery policies are sold or offered for sale; all gambling houses, cock-pits, rat-pits, and public common dance houses, and to repress and restrain all unlawful and...

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