Initiatives, 1906-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
Title
Initiatives
Dates
1906-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 cubic feet, (5 boxes)
Collection Number
1802-B8
Repository
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

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

CF Project. 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 is periodically purged. Beginning in 1987, 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. A single accession number, 1987-048, was assigned to the transfer of the CF to the Archives. The initial transfer included records dating from 1895. These records remain in the CF series until approximately 15 years after they were filed with the OCC, at which point they are removed to the Archives. The transfer of CF records to the Archives is routine and regular. New accession numbers are not created when these transfers are made.

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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

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Subject Terms

  • Initiatives and Referenda
  • Initiatives in local government--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)