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Initiatives, 1906-1994
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
- Title
- Initiatives
- Dates
- 1906-1994 (inclusive)19061994
- Quantity
- 2 cubic feet, (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1802-B8
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The City Clerk maintains the City's legislative records, official filings, and the Seattle Municipal Archives; keeps the minutes of City Council meetings; and provides information services to City agencies and the public. Seattle's first City Charter allowed for a Clerk of the Common Council to be elected by the Council. In 1875 the position of City Clerk became elective and remained so until 1896 when the new Charter designated the Comptroller ex-officio City Clerk. The Comptroller served as City Clerk through 1992. A 1991 City Charter amendment transferred the Comptroller's function to the Department of Finance and the City Clerk's Office became a division of the Legislative Department effective in 1993.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
See a full list of ballot initiatives on our website
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Petitions and reports on sufficiency of petition signatures on initiatives brought by the citizens of Seattle. Included is the 1908 Charter Amendment petition for direct legislation by initiative and referendum. An initiative is the citizens' right to initiate legislation or other measures to be voted on by the people.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports, petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been placed "on file" with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed, arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Initiatives, Record Series 1802-B8 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Petition for Direct Legislation by System of Initiative and Referendum by Charter Amendment | 1908 |
| 1 | 2 | Petition for a Central Park | 1909 |
| 1 | 3 | Petition for Condemnation of Property for Central Park | 1910 |
| 1 | 4 | Petition for Bond Issue of $650,000 for a Central Park | 1910 |
| 2 | 1 | To Regulate Electrical Wires, Appliances, Apparatus in Public Places | 1911 |
| 2 | 2 | Direct Legislation Petition, Initiative One, For Nine at Large City Council | 1910 |
| 2 | 3 | Direct Legislation Petition, Initiative Two, Non - Partisan Primaries and City Elections | 1910 |
| 2 | 4 | Bonds for Museum of Arts and Sciences Site | 1911 |
| 2 | 5 | Bonds for Museum of Arts and Sciences, Supplemental Petition | 1911 |
| 2 | 6 | Certification of Insufficient Signatures, Bond for Museum of Arts and Science Site | 1911 |
| 2 | 7 | Certification of Sufficiency, Bond for Museum of Arts and Sciences | 1911 |
| 2 | 8 | Certificate of Sufficiency, Pike Place Market Extension and Bonds | 1913 |
| 2 | 9 | Report on Supplement to Initiatives 13, Eight Hour Law | 1914 |
| 2 | 10 | Report on Signatures, Jitney / For Hire Vehicles | 1920 |
| 2 | 11 | Report on Signatures, Jitney / For Hire Vehicles | 1920 |
| 2 | 12 | Corporation Counsel on Submission of Initiative Bill, Relating to Jitneys | 1920 |
| 2 | 13 | Report on Signatures, Initiative 35, Syndicalism Petition | 1920 |
| 2 | 14 | Operation of Street Railway as Charge against General Fund (Public Ownership League) | 1921 |
| 2 | 15 | Comptroller Check on Initiative Petition to Taxation for Maintenance of Street Railways | 1921 |
| 2 | 16 | To Regulate Dogs and Cats by Humane Society | 1922 |
| 2 | 17 | Regulating Keeping of Dogs and Cats in City | 1922 |
| 2 | 18 | Initiative Petition of King County Humane Society. Comprehensive Report on Signatures | 1922 |
| 2 | 19 | Comptroller Check on Initiative Petitions 40, 43, 46, 47 | 1922 |
| 2 | 20 | Increase Police and Fire, Civil Service Salaries | 1924 |
| 2 | 21 | Comptroller Check, Police and Fire Salaries | 1924 |
| 2 | 22 | Firemen and Policemen's Benevolent Association Letter for Salary Initiatives | 1924 |
| 2 | 23 | Comptroller Check Initiative Petition C8 98070 City Manager Form of Government | 1925 |
| 2 | 24 | Initiative Petition, District Council Petition , Charter Amendment | 1932 |
| 2 | 25 | Initiative Petition, Veterans Preference in Civil Service Commission | 1932 |
| 2 | 26 | Report on Filing of Initiative Petition, Veterans Preference | 1932 |
| 2 | 27 | Report on Additional Pets, Initiative Petition, District Council | 1932 |
| 2 | 28 | Supplemental Report on Recount | 1932 |
| 2 | 29 | Report on Recount of Names on Initiative Petition, Veterans Preference | 1932 |
| 2 | 30 | Report on Partial Check of Initiative Petition, Veterans Preference | 1932 |
| 2 | 31 | Request for Emergency Appropriation to Check Initiative Petition 58 | 1932 |
| 2 | 32 | Initiative Petition, Manager Form of Government | 1933 |
| 2 | 33 | Petition for Direct Charter Amendment, Police Protection | 1935 |
| 2 | 34 | Report that Direct Charter Amendment has been filed | 1936 |
| 2 | 35 | Eight Hour Day for Firemen | 1937 |
| 2 | 36 | Comptroller, Sufficiency of Signatures - Eight Hour Day for Firemen | 1937 |
| 2 | 37 | Notice, Initiative Petition Charter Amendment, Sale of Water | 1941 |
| 2 | 38 | Initiative Petition Charter Amendment, Sale of Water | 1941 |
| 2 | 39 | Report, Names on Initiative Petition, Sale of Water | 1941 |
| 2 | 40 | Opinion, Insufficiency of Initiative Petition | 1941 |
| 2 | 41 | Initiative Petition, Salary Rates in the Police and Fire Departments | 1941 |
| 2 | 42 | Comptroller Report of Sufficiency of Initiative Petition Signatures, Police and Fire Departments | 1941 |
| 2 | 43 | Initiative Petition, Salaries, Police and Fire | 1943 |
| 2 | 44 | Reports of Signatures, Initiative Petition, Salaries Police and Fire | 1944 |
| 2 | 45 | Supplemental Report, Initiative Petition, Salaries Police and Fire | 1944 |
| 3 | 1 | Initiative Petition for Direct Charter Amendment, Water Works | 1944 |
| 3 | 2 | Legal Opinion, Initiative Petition, Water Works | 1944 |
| 3 | 3 | Forty - Eight Hour Week for Fire Department | 1946 |
| 3 | 4 | Comptroller, Sufficient Signature, Forty - Eight Hour Week | 1946 |
| 3 | 5 | Use of Money from Sale of Water | 1946 |
| 3 | 6 | Correspondence - George Dana Linn, Initiative Petition Sale of Water | 1946 |
| 3 | 7 | Comptroller Report, Initiative Petition on Use of Water Fund | 1946 |
| 3 | 8 | Supplemental Report, Initiative Petition on Use of Water Fund | 1946 |
| 3 | 9 | Regarding Ease of Meat Purchases after Six PM | 1956 |
| 3 | 10 | Petition for Civic Center Bond Issue | 1956 |
| 3 | 11 | Report on Civic Center Bond Issue Petition, by City Clerk | 1956 |
| 3 | 12 | Civic Center Bond Issue, Signature Count on Petition | 1956 |
| 3 | 13 | Petition, Civic Center Committee: Bond Issue on Ballot | 1956 |
| 3 | 14 | Report on Civic Center Bond Issue of $ 8.5 Million | 1956 |
| 3 | 15 | Final Report on Signatures: Civic Center Bond Issue | 1956 |
| 3 | 16 | Citizens for Fluoridation | 1962 |
| 3 | 17 | Report, Signature Check of Fluoridation Petition | 1962 |
| 3 | 18 | Report, Signature Check of Fluoridation Petition | 1962 |
| 3 | 19 | Petition for Fluoridation of Water Supply | 1962 |
| 3 | 20 | Water Fluoridation Initiative Petition | 1968 |
| 3 | 21 | Report on Water Fluoridation Initiative Petition | 1968 |
| 3 | 22 | Request for Council Resolution Supporting Initiative Thirty-Seven | 1970 |
| 3 | 23 | Citizens for Preservation of the Pike Place Public Market | 1971 |
| 3 | 24 | Preservation of Pike Place Market Initiative, Create Pike Place Market Historical District | 1971 |
| 3 | 25 | Transmittal of Pike Place Market Preservation Initiative | 1971 |
| 3 | 26 | Protest of Ballot Title for Pike Place Market Initiative | 1971 |
| 3 | 27 | Anti - Golden Gardens Aquarium | 1971 |
| 3 | 28 | Anti - Golden Gardens Aquarium | 1971 |
| 3 | 29 | Electric Powered Transit System | 1972 |
| 3 | 30 | Report of Signatures, Electric Transit System | 1972 |
| 3 | 31 | Anti - Fluoridation | 1973 |
| 3 | 32 | Fluoride Availability (Other than Water System) | 1973 |
| 3 | 33 | Anti - Billboard | 1973 |
| 3 | 34 | Report on Signatures, Discontinue Fluoridation | 1973 |
| 3 | 35 | Marijuana Decriminalization | 1973 |
| 3 | 36 | Insufficiency of Signatures, Fluoride Availability at No Cost | 1973 |
| 3 | 37 | Woodland Park Improvements, Initiative One | 1974 |
| 3 | 38 | Public Right and Access to Arboretum, Initiative Two | 1974 |
| 3 | 39 | Public Right and Access to Arboretum, Initiative Two | 1974 |
| 3 | 40 | Woodland Park Improvements, Initiative One | 1974 |
| 3 | 41 | Sand Point Naval Air Station Multi-Use, Initiative Three | 1974 |
| 3 | 42 | Report on Sufficientcy of Signatures for Sand Point Naval Air Station Multi-Use, Initiative Three | 1974 |
| 3 | 43 | Discovery Park / Fort Lawton Golf Course, Initiative Four | 1975 |
| 4 | 1 | Returnable Containers, Initiative Seven | 1975 |
| 4 | 2 | Report on Insufficient Signatures, Non - Returnable Containers | 1976 |
| 4 | 3 | Report on Signatures, Spay and Neuter Clinic | 1978 |
| 4 | 4 | Officials Resign to Run for Other Office, Initiative Eight | 1978 |
| 4 | 5 | Age Qualification for Certain Purposes, Initiative Nine | 1978 |
| 4 | 6 | Raising Ross Dam, Initiative 10 | 1978 |
| 4 | 7 | Sexual Orientation Dropped From Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, Initiative 11 | 1978 |
| 4 | 8 | Changing Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, Initiative 12 | 1978 |
| 4 | 9 | Changing Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, Initiative 13 | 1978 |
| 4 | 10 | Eliminate West Seattle from City Boundaries, Initiative 14 | 1978 |
| 4 | 11 | Regulate Police Use of Firearms, Initiative 15 | 1978 |
| 4 | 12 | Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic, Initiative 16 | 1978 |
| 4 | 13 | Unnatural Practices, Initiative 17 | 1978 |
| 4 | 14 | Report on Signatures, Initiative 15, Use of Firearms by Police | 1978 |
| 4 | 15 | Report on Signatures, Initiative 13, Change Fair Employment Practices | 1978 |
| 4 | 16 | Prohibit Lending City Credit for Tourism, Initiative 18 | 1979 |
| 4 | 17 | Prohibit Lending City Credit for Tourism, Initiative 18 | 1979 |
| 4 | 18 | Report on Signatures, Initiative 19, Lending Credit By City | 1979 |
| 4 | 19 | Report on Insufficiency of Signatures. Initiative Petition 20 | 1980 |
| 4 | 20 | Public Tax Monies Prohibited from Election Campaigns, Initiative 20 | 1980 |
| 4 | 21 | Prohibited Additional Lake Washington Bridges, Initiative 21 | 1980 |
| 4 | 22 | Report on Sufficiency of Signatures. Initiative Petition 21 | 1980 |
| 4 | 23 | Discourage Federal Construction near Magnuson Park, Initiative 22 | 1980 |
| 4 | 24 | Initiative 23, Rent Controls | 1980 |
| 4 | 25 | Rent Increase Limitation, Initiative 24 | 1980 |
| 4 | 26 | Report on Sufficiency of Signatures. Initiative Petition 24 | 1980 |
| 4 | 27 | Prohibiting Parking Meters, Initiative 25 | 1981 |
| 4 | 28 | Limit Contributions to Ballot Initiatives, Initiative 26 | 1981 |
| 5 | 1 | Jobs with Peace, Initiative 27 | 1982 |
| 5 | 2 | Report on Sufficiency of Signatures, Initiative Petition 27 | 1982 |
| 5 | 3 | Versus War in Central America, Initiative 28 | 1983 |
| 5 | 4 | Pull Tabs in State Licensed Bingo Parlors, Initiative 29 | 1984 |
| 5 | 5 | Prohibit Harboring Illegal Aliens, 30 | 1986 |
| 5 | 6 | Taxicab Commission | 1987 |
| 5 | 7 | Downtown Land Use, Initiative 31 | 1988 |
| 5 | 8 | Anti-New Sports Arena | 1988 |
| 5 | 9 | Sale of Pulltabs, Initiative 33 | 1988 |
| 5 | 10 | School District Financing Initiative 34 | 1989 |
| 5 | 11 | Sufficiency of Signatures, Initiative 34 | 1989 |
| 5 | 12 | Domestic Parternships, Initative 35 | 1990 |
| 5 | 13 | Landmark Theatre Support, Initiative 36 | 1989 |
| 5 | 14 | Sufficiency of Signatures, Initiative 35 | 1990 |
| 5 | 15 | Anti-Multi-Purpose Arena, Initative 37 | 1990 |
| 5 | 16 | Anti-Drug Traffice Ordinance, Initiative 38 | 1991 |
| 5 | 17 | Elevated Mass Transit System, Initiative 39 | 1994 |
| 5 | 18 | Report on Initiative 67 Petitions, Tax on Butter Substitutes | 1932 |
| 5 | 19 | Taxation on Mills, Initiative 64 | 1932 |
| 5 | 20 | Report of Comptroller on Check of State Initiative Petition 67 | 1932 |
| 5 | 21 | State Income Tax, State Initiative 69 | 1932 |
| 5 | 22 | Property Tax, Initiative 59 | 1932 |
| 5 | 23 | Petition of Property Owners Association of Washington re Initiative 99 (Gas Tax) | 1936 |
| 5 | 24 | Petition of Property Owners Association of Washington re Initiative 99 (Gas Tax) | 1936 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Initiatives and Referenda
- Initiatives in local government--Washington (State)--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
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