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The City Counc~of the ~ty of Bremert~n do ordain as follows:
~_~. ~_SeCt~a~l'~T~a~the m~icipal wharf owned by ~the City o~ B~emerto~.:
shall be m~nd~r t~direction of the City COuncil b~ a wharf ink. er and
One or me,assistant.s ~y be determined hereafter by the City Council. The
Section'S. It shall be the duty of said ~rfinger to collect all
w~rfage and revenue on any kind coming to the City on account of rec~eiving of
freight or the landing of boats, scows or other vessels at theTM said wharf,accord-
ing to such scedule or tariff of prices and rents as may be given by the City
~o~cil. It shall likewise be the duty of said wharfinger 'to collect all rents
and revenues of every kind coming to the City on account of the use of any part
of the wharf building for any PurPose, the amount of such rental charges to be
fixed by the Council. The said wharfinger shall keep an accurate and careful
account of all moneys cominginto his hands and to deliver' each days receipts
dailey into the hands of the City Treasurer and receive his receipt therefor,
cept that receipts coming in to the hands of said wharfinger on S~day ~nd on
5m~day and all holidays may be delivered on the next succeeding legal day.
Section 3. The w~rfinKer shall receive monthly from the City of
Bremerton a salary of One H~dred Dollars to be paid by the City of Bremerton
In w~rf fund warrant~nd each assistant wharfinger mhall receive ~inct Dollars
as a monthly salary, same to be paid in wharf fund warrants. The said wharf-
in,er s~ll give a bond in favor of the City of Bremerton, drawn and executed
after the same form and manner as other official bonds in the s~ of twenty- five
Mdnd'red ($2500.00) Dollars before assuning the duties of his office.
The assistant w~rfinger s~ll each of them execute in f~vor of the
of Bremerton such bond in the san of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars, exec-
Uted as aforesaid.
Section 4. The wharfinger shall be known and considered as the gen-
eral manager of the wharf an a municipal enterprise and shall mak~e reports reentry
to the City Council showing receipts and dis~rsements and make reco~endations
as to the needs of the w~rf. He shall be appointed by the Nayor to serve duri~
hi4 pleasure, and shall be subject to removal at any time for neglect of duty
er for any cause which to the }~{ayor may appear sufficient, provided that in case
the w~rfinger s~ll consider such removal as unwarranted, he shall have a right
to appeal from same th~ity Council. In such case, the Co~cil may res-
erve the Mayors ng and re-i~tate the wharfinger by a two-thirds vote of
the Council. ~
~ Ordinance shall be of full force and effect from five
days after i publication and approval.
Passed by Council and apl)roved by me this 23rd day of December,
~ Mayor ~'
Attest :'
Clerk.
Filed by me this 23rd day of December, 19]~, ',.~.
City Clerk.