Seattle Municipal Archives
Initiatives
Seattle (Wash.). City
Clerk
1802-B8
2 cubic feet
5 boxes
1906-1994 English .
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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
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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.
See a full list of ballot initiatives
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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.
Records are open to the public.
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.
[Item and date], Initiatives, Record Series 1802-B8 Box [number], Folder
[number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle (Wash.). City
Clerk
Seattle (Wash.)
Initiatives and
Referenda
Initiatives in local
government--Washington (State)--Seattle
Petition for Direct Legislation
by System of Initiative and Referendum by Charter Amendment
1908
1
1
Clerk File
33963
Petition for a Central
Park
1909
1
2
Clerk File
38754
Petition for Condemnation of
Property for Central Park
1910
1
3
Clerk File
39087
Petition for Bond Issue of
$650,000 for a Central Park
1910
1
4
Clerk File
39088
To Regulate Electrical Wires,
Appliances, Apparatus in Public Places
1911
2
1
Clerk File
39172
Direct Legislation Petition,
Initiative One, For Nine at Large City Council
1910
2
2
Clerk File
39223
Direct Legislation Petition,
Initiative Two, Non - Partisan Primaries and City Elections
1910
2
3
Clerk File
39224
Bonds for Museum of Arts and
Sciences Site
1911
2
4
Clerk File
42229
Bonds for Museum of Arts and
Sciences, Supplemental Petition
1911
2
5
Clerk File
42962
Certification of Insufficient
Signatures, Bond for Museum of Arts and Science Site
1911
2
6
Clerk File
43017
Certification of Sufficiency,
Bond for Museum of Arts and Sciences
1911
2
7
Clerk File
43273
Certificate of Sufficiency, Pike
Place Market Extension and Bonds
1913
2
8
Clerk File
50516
Report on Supplement to
Initiatives 13, Eight Hour Law
1914
2
9
Clerk File
57012
Report on Signatures, Jitney /
For Hire Vehicles
1920
2
10
Clerk File
78193
Report on Signatures, Jitney /
For Hire Vehicles
1920
2
11
Clerk File
78721
Corporation Counsel on Submission
of Initiative Bill, Relating to Jitneys
1920
2
12
Clerk File
78899
Report on Signatures, Initiative
35, Syndicalism Petition
1920
2
13
Clerk File
79832
Operation of Street Railway as
Charge against General Fund (Public Ownership League)
1921
2
14
Clerk File
82285
Comptroller Check on Initiative
Petition to Taxation for Maintenance of Street Railways
1921
2
15
Clerk File
82446
To Regulate Dogs and Cats by
Humane Society
1922
2
16
Clerk File
83908
Regulating Keeping of Dogs and
Cats in City
1922
2
17
Clerk File
83908
Initiative Petition of King
County Humane Society. Comprehensive Report on Signatures
1922
2
18
Clerk File
83976
Comptroller Check on Initiative
Petitions 40, 43, 46, 47
1922
2
19
Clerk File
85632
Increase Police and Fire, Civil
Service Salaries
1924
2
20
Clerk File
96215
Comptroller Check, Police and
Fire Salaries
1924
2
21
Clerk File
96312
Firemen and Policemen's
Benevolent Association Letter for Salary Initiatives
1924
2
22
Clerk File
96374
Comptroller Check Initiative
Petition C8 98070 City Manager Form of Government
1925
2
23
Clerk File
98133
Initiative Petition, District
Council Petition , Charter Amendment
1932
2
24
Clerk File
134088
Initiative Petition, Veterans
Preference in Civil Service Commission
1932
2
25
Clerk File
134346
Report on Filing of Initiative
Petition, Veterans Preference
1932
2
26
Clerk File
134347
Report on Additional Pets,
Initiative Petition, District Council
1932
2
27
Clerk File
134348
Supplemental Report on
Recount
1932
2
28
Clerk File
134349
Report on Recount of Names on
Initiative Petition, Veterans Preference
1932
2
29
Clerk File
134350
Report on Partial Check of
Initiative Petition, Veterans Preference
1932
2
30
Clerk File
134360
Request for Emergency
Appropriation to Check Initiative Petition 58
1932
2
31
Clerk File
134544
Initiative Petition, Manager Form
of Government
1933
2
32
Clerk File
141980
Petition for Direct Charter
Amendment, Police Protection
1935
2
33
Clerk File
149491
Report that Direct Charter
Amendment has been filed
1936
2
34
Clerk File
149507
Eight Hour Day for
Firemen
1937
2
35
Clerk File
157188
Comptroller, Sufficiency of
Signatures - Eight Hour Day for Firemen
1937
2
36
Clerk File
157349
Notice, Initiative Petition
Charter Amendment, Sale of Water
1941
2
37
Clerk File
168813_5
Initiative Petition Charter
Amendment, Sale of Water
1941
2
38
Clerk File
168816
Report, Names on Initiative
Petition, Sale of Water
1941
2
39
Clerk File
168817
Opinion, Insufficiency of
Initiative Petition
1941
2
40
Clerk File
168860
Initiative Petition, Salary Rates
in the Police and Fire Departments
1941
2
41
Clerk File
172166
Comptroller Report of Sufficiency
of Initiative Petition Signatures, Police and Fire Departments
1941
2
42
Clerk File
172496
Initiative Petition, Salaries,
Police and Fire
1943
2
43
Clerk File
179490
Reports of Signatures, Initiative
Petition, Salaries Police and Fire
1944
2
44
Clerk File
179579
Supplemental Report, Initiative
Petition, Salaries Police and Fire
1944
2
45
Clerk File
179857
Initiative Petition for Direct
Charter Amendment, Water Works
1944
3
1
Clerk File
179864
Legal Opinion, Initiative
Petition, Water Works
1944
3
2
Clerk File
179887
Forty - Eight Hour Week for Fire
Department
1946
3
3
Clerk File
187247
Comptroller, Sufficient
Signature, Forty - Eight Hour Week
1946
3
4
Clerk File
187524
Use of Money from Sale of
Water
1946
3
5
Clerk File
187550
Correspondence - George Dana
Linn, Initiative Petition Sale of Water
1946
3
6
Clerk File
187551
Comptroller Report, Initiative
Petition on Use of Water Fund
1946
3
7
Clerk File
187641
Supplemental Report, Initiative
Petition on Use of Water Fund
1946
3
8
Clerk File
187730
Regarding Ease of Meat Purchases
after Six PM
1956
3
9
Petition for Civic Center Bond
Issue
1956
3
10
Clerk File
228545
Report on Civic Center Bond Issue
Petition, by City Clerk
1956
3
11
Clerk File
228586
Civic Center Bond Issue,
Signature Count on Petition
1956
3
12
Clerk File
228604
Petition, Civic Center Committee:
Bond Issue on Ballot
1956
3
13
Clerk File
228629
Report on Civic Center Bond Issue
of $ 8.5 Million
1956
3
14
Clerk File
228653
Final Report on Signatures: Civic
Center Bond Issue
1956
3
15
Clerk File
228669
Citizens for
Fluoridation
1962
3
16
Clerk File
246109
Report, Signature Check of
Fluoridation Petition
1962
3
17
Clerk File
246180
Report, Signature Check of
Fluoridation Petition
1962
3
18
Clerk File
246250
Petition for Fluoridation of
Water Supply
1962
3
19
Clerk File
246330
Water Fluoridation Initiative
Petition
1968
3
20
Clerk File
260560
Report on Water Fluoridation
Initiative Petition
1968
3
21
Clerk File
260626
Request for Council Resolution
Supporting Initiative Thirty-Seven
1970
3
22
Clerk File
267557
Citizens for Preservation of the
Pike Place Public Market
1971
3
23
Clerk File
269651
Preservation of Pike Place Market
Initiative, Create Pike Place Market Historical District
1971
3
24
Clerk File
270105
Transmittal of Pike Place Market
Preservation Initiative
1971
3
25
Clerk File
270206
Protest of Ballot Title for Pike
Place Market Initiative
1971
3
26
Clerk File
270575
Anti - Golden Gardens
Aquarium
1971
3
27
Clerk File
271203
Anti - Golden Gardens
Aquarium
1971
3
28
Clerk File
271544
Electric Powered Transit
System
1972
3
29
Clerk File
273141
Report of Signatures, Electric
Transit System
1972
3
30
Clerk File
273404
Anti - Fluoridation
1973
3
31
Clerk File
276205
Fluoride Availability (Other than
Water System)
1973
3
32
Clerk File
276206
Anti - Billboard
1973
3
33
Clerk File
276317
Report on Signatures, Discontinue
Fluoridation
1973
3
34
Clerk File
276413
Marijuana
Decriminalization
1973
3
35
Clerk File
276535
Insufficiency of Signatures,
Fluoride Availability at No Cost
1973
3
36
Clerk File
276635
Woodland Park Improvements,
Initiative One
1974
3
37
Clerk File
279284
Public Right and Access to
Arboretum, Initiative Two
1974
3
38
Clerk File
279340
Public Right and Access to
Arboretum, Initiative Two
1974
3
39
Clerk File
279471
Woodland Park Improvements,
Initiative One
1974
3
40
Clerk File
279494
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Multi-Use, Initiative Three
1974
3
41
Clerk File
279658
Report on Sufficientcy of
Signatures for Sand Point Naval Air Station Multi-Use, Initiative
Three
1974
3
42
Clerk File
279753
Discovery Park / Fort Lawton Golf
Course, Initiative Four
1975
3
43
Clerk File
281123
Returnable Containers, Initiative
Seven
1975
4
1
Clerk File
282707
Report on Insufficient
Signatures, Non - Returnable Containers
1976
4
2
Clerk File
282910
Report on Signatures, Spay and
Neuter Clinic
1978
4
3
Clerk File
286823
Officials Resign to Run for Other
Office, Initiative Eight
1978
4
4
Clerk File
286829
Age Qualification for Certain
Purposes, Initiative Nine
1978
4
5
Clerk File
286830
Raising Ross Dam, Initiative
10
1978
4
6
Clerk File
286831
Sexual Orientation Dropped From
Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, Initiative 11
1978
4
7
Clerk File
286832
Changing Fair Employment
Practices Ordinance, Initiative 12
1978
4
8
Clerk File
286833
Changing Fair Employment
Practices Ordinance, Initiative 13
1978
4
9
Clerk File
286834
Eliminate West Seattle from City
Boundaries, Initiative 14
1978
4
10
Clerk File
286835
Regulate Police Use of Firearms,
Initiative 15
1978
4
11
Clerk File
286836
Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic,
Initiative 16
1978
4
12
Clerk File
286837
Unnatural Practices, Initiative
17
1978
4
13
Clerk File
286838
Report on Signatures, Initiative
15, Use of Firearms by Police
1978
4
14
Clerk File
286859
Report on Signatures, Initiative
13, Change Fair Employment Practices
1978
4
15
Clerk File
286861
Prohibit Lending City Credit for
Tourism, Initiative 18
1979
4
16
Clerk File
287625
Prohibit Lending City Credit for
Tourism, Initiative 18
1979
4
17
Clerk File
288209
Report on Signatures, Initiative
19, Lending Credit By City
1979
4
18
Clerk File
288302
Report on Insufficiency of
Signatures. Initiative Petition 20
1980
4
19
Clerk File
288985
Public Tax Monies Prohibited from
Election Campaigns, Initiative 20
1980
4
20
Clerk File
288999
Prohibited Additional Lake
Washington Bridges, Initiative 21
1980
4
21
Clerk File
289000
Report on Sufficiency of
Signatures. Initiative Petition 21
1980
4
22
Clerk File
289005
Discourage Federal Construction
near Magnuson Park, Initiative 22
1980
4
23
Clerk File
289148
Initiative 23, Rent
Controls
1980
4
24
Clerk File
289326
Rent Increase Limitation,
Initiative 24
1980
4
25
Clerk File
289717
Report on Sufficiency of
Signatures. Initiative Petition 24
1980
4
26
Clerk File
289906
Prohibiting Parking Meters,
Initiative 25
1981
4
27
Clerk File
290547
Limit Contributions to Ballot
Initiatives, Initiative 26
1981
4
28
Clerk File
290917
Jobs with Peace, Initiative
27
1982
5
1
Clerk File
291200
Report on Sufficiency of
Signatures, Initiative Petition 27
1982
5
2
Clerk File
291845
Versus War in Central America,
Initiative 28
1983
5
3
Clerk File
292402
Pull Tabs in State Licensed Bingo
Parlors, Initiative 29
1984
5
4
Clerk File
293186
Prohibit Harboring Illegal
Aliens, 30
1986
5
5
Clerk File
294569
Taxicab Commission
1987
5
6
Clerk File
296062
Downtown Land Use, Initiative
31
1988
5
7
Clerk File
296398
Anti-New Sports Arena
1988
5
8
Clerk File
296425
Sale of Pulltabs, Initiative
33
1988
5
9
Clerk File
296436
School District Financing
Initiative 34
1989
5
10
Clerk File
297228
Sufficiency of Signatures,
Initiative 34
1989
5
11
Clerk File
297297
Domestic Parternships, Initative
35
1990
5
12
Clerk File
297397
Landmark Theatre Support,
Initiative 36
1989
5
13
Clerk File
297451
Sufficiency of Signatures,
Initiative 35
1990
5
14
Clerk File
297731
Anti-Multi-Purpose Arena,
Initative 37
1990
5
15
Clerk File
297827
Anti-Drug Traffice Ordinance,
Initiative 38
1991
5
16
Clerk File
298166
Elevated Mass Transit System,
Initiative 39
1994
5
17
Clerk File
300126
Report on Initiative 67
Petitions, Tax on Butter Substitutes
1932
5
18
Clerk File
135808
Taxation on Mills, Initiative
64
1932
5
19
Clerk File
136012
Report of Comptroller on Check of
State Initiative Petition 67
1932
5
20
Clerk File
136067
State Income Tax, State
Initiative 69
1932
5
21
Clerk File
136402
Property Tax, Initiative
59
1932
5
22
Clerk File
136462
Petition of Property Owners
Association of Washington re Initiative 99 (Gas Tax)
1936
5
23
Clerk File
150500
Petition of Property Owners
Association of Washington re Initiative 99 (Gas Tax)
1936
5
24
Clerk File
150728