Harbor Department Annual Reports 1894-1950
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Seattle (Wash.). Harbor Dept.
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The Harbor Department was created by the City Charter of 1890. The Charter authorized the City Council to regulate wharfage and dockage tolls, regulate landings and berths for water craft, and provide general control of wharves and docks. The City Council could also order construction of wharves, docks, and other "landing places." The Port Warden was appointed by the mayor as the head of the Harbor Department. In 1962, the charter article creating the Harbor Department a...
Port of Seattle
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Municipal corporation formed in 1911. From the description of Port warden reports, 1900-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925009 ...
Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
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The position of City Treasurer was created in Seattle's first City Charter in 1869. The Treasurer administered the collection, management, and disbursement of all City monies, invested temporary surplus cash, and administered Local Improvement District assessments. The Treasurer, like the Comptroller, was an elected official until 1992, when a City Charter amendment abolished the two positions and consolidated the two departments into an executive agency, the Department of Finance. F...
