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R"_-'F'-'..ALr-_0 -ORD,

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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Health Department; amend-ing Section 1 of Ordinance 99951 and adding a newSection 1-A thereto to increase the fee for certainwater and sewer system condition reports and establishthelfee for analysis of certain water samples.

BE IT'ORDAINED BY-THE CITYOF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 99951 is amended as

follows:

Section 1. The Director of Public Health is authorized

to issue reports on the condition of private water supply

and/or sewage disposal systems and the fee to be paid for

each -such report is hereby fixed at Forty Dollars ($40.00)

provided, that said $40.00 fee appliesto a report made for

both the water supply and sewage systems on the same premises.

Section .2. That Ordinance 99951 is amended by adding

thereto a new, section designated Section !-A to read as

follows,:

Section 1-A. Any public water supply purveyor as

defined in W.A.C. 248-54-260 may submit water samples to the

Department of Public Health for analysis. The fee for each

water sample shall be Six Dollars ($6.00).

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(To he used for all Ordinances except Emergency.)

Section-3..... This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage and

approval, if approved by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect at the time it shall become a law under the

provisions of the city charter.

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Your City, Seattle

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September 30, 1976

The City Council

City of Seattle

Honorable Members:

Transr-itted herewith is the 1977 Proposed Ex,ccutive Budgetand proposed legislation inplementing certain provisionsof that budget and the Data Processing Plan. It shou16 be

noted that sev-17~zal pieces of docurentation and, certainother information as outlined below will be provided to the

City Council on or about the dates indicated.

I. Budqet in Brief

The 1977 Budget in Brief will be available on October 6, 1976).

On that date, OMB will provide copies of that c1cciument -t-o the

City Council.

11. Salary Adjustments

The 1977 Proposed rl-.~dget con-L-ains a rcse~:vaticn in Finance-

General of arnro;edimately $6. 'w nillion for salary -.increases

effectIve Septerlb-er 7., 1976, fcr the -o~~;riod

11.977 and increases effeclt-ive Septcrb~,~-- 1, 197-1 for tho r-ric-c'

September-r-ecer-ber, 1977. The magnitude of these incrr-ases-

not knoqi~jn at the tirne the P-rcposed Bu-05czet vent to p--Lrint. 11-"~-

-0Septer-ber 1, 1976 increase is now known and on approxir-a

OCtolu~er 1976, OYB will transr-It to V.-Le Co,.-,.nc.-LIL the

(1) Legislat-ion Providing for the z;~I~zovriaticn of funds.e -

for the -oriod Septer-ber-Decerber, 1976 for salary inc-reases;

(2) Budget errata which provide for distribution Z;o ~.rograr

categories of a portion of the ncnios currentlyin Finance-Gencral 'n the 1977 Prc-'--scd rudget;

3) Budget errata 4---o correct tyr~o,,~---77h-ical ~ind other C-rcrr'

in the 1977 Prcposed Budget.

III. issue Papers

s the case last year, OMB will provide to the City Council

a series of 1'ssue Pavers addressing certain issues prevthe Yovor or 0!identified by the Ci

be transritted to th-e Council on or about October 22, 1-016.

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IV. Budget CoLina

n-,!3, is currently zoimpiling h-d-get coding (line item detail).1 - L.

by pragr&-n category for use by 01~3, the City Council and

ult-in-_,-1-_elY IFS' coding. r~~B will provide the Council with a' this coding ~-~hen it is corpleted. it should be notedc op c, ;

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that ~'s material will he a copy cf` hand-written materialswhich 011S will not provide in tv-~,ed _'Crim.

V. Budget Balance

As sent by the Mayo.- to the printer, the 1977 Proposed Budgetwas in balance. Council action on Sepitenrber 23, 197106 in over-riding the Mayor's veto of Ordinance 105860 (placing a charteramcndment on the Noverber 2, 1976, general state election ballot)has put the Budget $85,000 out- of balance. The position c~f the

Ilayor with regard to this iii];Jalance is inialt- the Vlayor's ProposedBuCAget was subin.-ItIC-ed to the City Council in balance and that a

specific Council action has pnt- the Budget out of balance ~nd itis therefore the --responsibility of the Council to provide specilficfunding for this iteri. Council action on the Budget r,,.,st inciu-de

i7_creasing Cbject 4.111-Election Expenses in. Finance-General by$85,000 to bring the Budget back into balance.

VI. Ordinances

Th,.-~ 1977 Proposed Budgjet, like its predecessors, is acconpa.,n:k

, des-gned to implen.ent va-rdousby a large nur~er of ordin.-Z-41-e,~, J_

prcgrar. and fiscal aspects of the BuZ",get. The ordina~.---s aresu-,narized briefly beiow. Details will be plrovide~2 1-,n.cn request.

4The mast cor-rion feature of these ordinances J_S increasedSe%-cral ord-inaces speak to increase in fc,es or the altcra-11-ion

OIL r--e structures. The zLmuscrlent license structure is proppas

for change -&to bring the fee stru--ture more into line uit'lh the

admission tax, ~..,hich isnot levied upon licensed activitics.A single ordinance proposes to raise regulatory lic-ense LCE-_3

in order to rerr,~.-_it the City to nore nearly reco~,-_:--r I'Ls cost6

.in regulating licensed activities.

other orcl.inances speak to ncw or hi-her fees fol- a v~7rietv

C-11-7 health, land-uEze and building ~c.c~tters.

The rationale behind each fee increase or fee irsposition willbe provided upon request.

ORD11PINCE SU~,21~RIES

Groun A - Fund Ordinances

_ lpq4.Sl1. Anti-Recessionary Grant Fund j ation is nroDosed to establish

a new City fund to pern-it receipt and disbLirseme.-L o~c an~2, p--~rps:~r

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and separate accounting for Federal ant4-recessionarv countercyc;licallEunds. Title 11 of t-he Public Works Employment Act -of 1976 (P~L.94-3-169) authorized this one-tine pzogram to provide state and localgovernm,ents with funds for basic services. The intent is to main-tain erm.",ym.ent during tines high national unemployrnenL. Pay-r,-,ents are iLo be- based in -part vmon Ve Federal Revenue Sharingallocation 17ormulas and partly, unon the colatic.-Iship the unennploy-nent rate for a state or local area bea--3 to the national rate.At the tine the 1977 Pronosed ti~_Iget was 'orinted the President hadnot signed the appropriations bfil for this progr.am..

2. Pevenue Sharing Abandonment - These two ordinances would abandonsmall appropriat-ions and/or allocations of General Revenue SharingruoDev. The monies have not been use-1 nor will -they be usee. f or thepurposes originally intended. The abandonments and recissions, include:MARKET STREET DEVELOPMENT RecissionAID TO L.I.D.'s

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FILIPINO YOUTH ASSOCIATION - Ab~ndonment 1,801nT,-T -T177--n-pjll!:wl~illjz:~ - Abandonnent 60

~UA bERVICES AND CENTERS- Abandonr~ent_ 8,722TOTAL

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3. Revenue Sharing and Anti-recessionary A.ppropriations - These0

tlr,~'o ordinances would appropriate the anticip--';-_ed Citv rev-nues and.and balances from these sources. For 1977, as for 1975 and 1976,the sole use to which funds will be put is to pay for a portiOnOf the~ner'zn--' C_- CV."_Q~o uo-sts of the Fire sunnression and Pa~trolC'Dera-lt- ions Categories of the~Z; ELI I ro.Lice ve.partraenlts rctspecl'.-.ively.

Fund Transfers - Over $ 1L million fro.m two long inact-lve Ci4--Unds (S-Oecial ReVolving Fund, Scries '?A;! tvy

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F ne P-CdeCcssor of theL,*T.D Gi~ -ant~,, F""A n~' 01Z_ -Lr_c~_ Nurmoer 5 Fund, th

k:ount-v Fire Distri-tch is served by th- c-m-' r -L -c Liepartment) is rroposed"

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' ~'0 bO t-a~lsferred to the Ge~eral Fund. Cninions frc.-I the Cit_~?RsCornoraLlion Counsel, ~-,rhich are avallable up0n request, indicate that~u1-th transfers are legal.

5. Tj~-olition of Fund - Contingent Fund '1Cn, the teMPOra-y res-tinglr-,ce for Monies collected rom ak-varie*v of so'urces' (ut-illityOcC".-ation tzaxf general business and

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licenses, bus-inessOcc!!POtion tax, adrus-35. -on tax,

lccnses, forfei+'C' ctc.), Willtiscl--Pea-r if this i At ~m~asent, mcn4es recep- - i%re~,a-r-ing- a month from this fund's source'

c-.L%-- not distribute~~ to the1_,':_timate recipient funds (GeneTal and Parks and Recreation) untilthe !Aast day of the nonth. This rnean- that up to severaldollars ultimatel A `4;~ %_

-m.illion

I ,-, ned for reciriient fund's is locked up in)ntingentt rund "C" for Periods --F 0- one to 31 days, the-ebye~`,'acerbatinq the cash nro'bler~= or +.-,,' e tec-nient. funds.

The ~-rirn.ary nractical function of r---4refunds due to

zu"a C is to nermAl ee Payers. The 1977 proDooed11~udget includes an aT.~ount in Financ 0-General to uay these refunds.

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Septcyd)er 30, 1976

This will rerroit -1-b0 e

abolition of Continqcnt Frnd "C" and pr Tota sorewhat better caslh Dostion ZiAr.L ng certain times of the year forthe General and Parks and Pecreation funds.

Group B - Taxes

1. Utility Occupation Tax - Cable Telev':~' 4onCable television franchisees, t%=Ough 19~6, have paid the City a 6lne!l~~ 4. _r 4 -

zj~e lee based upon gross sulblscriber revenueDmmunicatiorsConartission rules 1'orbid local jur isdictinns

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nosing franchise fees off raore than 3 percent of gross sub-scribe-rrevenue unless regulation costs in excess of the revenue ~7~neratedby such a fee could be demonstrated. In Seattle, a 3 per~c-nt feewould qznerate more than the cost of the City's Office of Cablei.-7.~Munications. The City recentiy authorized multi-year'franchisesf- local c_Zble coiranunications cQs--,.,,)anies. No franch-Ise fee i-asi -Acluded in that ordinance. The attached ordinance would extend theu k-

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occupa~-ion tax to cable r-o-z'antiunica tions com-anies at a 3 Per-cent rate. The tax will be based upon gross incorre.

2. Business and Occunation TaxThe Business and Occupation Tax Ordinance (Ozdinance 7263j) is thesubject or several, proposed antendnents. One change oul.~ brin

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Ijil--enalties into 1-ine with those inposed Liiidcr the Utilities oc(~unkal-ionTax (CrEinance 62662). Another would raise the minimann tax from

per o-_~arter and S8.00 ner-,'7ear to $5.00 ver quarter and $20.1~jll;

per year in order to bring the arount co.Llected nore into llne w4th.Latturn nrocessing costs. other chanqcs :~oncerning the R

&am

p; tax

relate to fees.

f'- -roun C - Licensest Fees and Charges

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~C_ nLicenses - General - The bas4c business regIstrati"',

I.ce for businesses subject to the Business and Occunation Tax isprcpozed at $10.00 for 1977 - 'up f-rom $1.00. This is beinq nroPDsedLO nore nearly recover the costs of setting up an account.

A'nei.,*, small business license of $10.00 per year is being Proposed_r those businesses grossing less than ~~5,000. Businesses holdingth4--.l- license would -hre exempt frc,-. the rr-,- Ing and payrent re-p I,,ort

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non'tts ef thle Business and 0--cupation Tax.

2. Business Licenses - Regulatory - A proposed ordinance *V-ouldamend Ordnance 48022 to raise the fcos fo- nore than 25 licenses.These increases are proposed to perrit the City to recover 17acrefully its prccesoing and regulation costs. A listing of the licensc!~-affected is includea in the discussion of General Fu;_e, revenues inthe Proposed Budget.

being Proposed is a restructurinq of the Citv's arnusenpnt 1i,-PnqP_q_pronosal would establish a fee structure, based upon the "per

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Septei,,!ber 30, 1976

innosing court fees at the neu~ indoor tennis center at leastSufficient to meet operating costs; and

lat-ina ara-;-aal and semi-annual golf cards for all but sen-lorcitizens and persons aged 17 and under.

'LlOta-i-Is concer-ning these fee chang-os and new fees are Drovided in

Another pro'nosed ordinance is designed to i-mDose penaities for thelate renewal of licenses.

- n cx~~ected to have no impact upon revenues. -rt is anticipaLed thatthis Droposal will be transmitted to the City Council late in 1976.Several licenses are proposed for repeal.

sti;,uCture for the City's cabaret licenst:~ to reduce fee-imrosed barriersto entrv is not being fon,7arded with the Proposed Budget- because

alluded to in the 1977 Propal-~.od Budget, --v;hich would chanae the f--

iniol~. 7n, a -tion for later trans:r4_-!-+-al to th.e City council

-T - "' " - - '.the revenue which co-~_ild be derive-_"k from. the iraposition of the City

5 verccnt Admission Tau',. upon these aCtiv-ities. The Depark.J.,,,ent o-Licerses 6nd Consun-r Affairs is preparing a package of back-un

nlay" charge for amu,~jernent device-, which would more near

boilers, elect-rical work, elevatc_rs and signs. The legislE-Izic4n, pro--

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I J, Llso ~-c`nq r,rcmosed are increascz in the pernrit fees for builr~i

O.Lrice I Management and Budget

planned unit developments, zoning nap changes, administrative conditionaluses, council canditicnal uses, appeals, variances and sign controlvariances. The proposed fces are designed to allow the Ci-ty torecover a higher percentage of its processing, investigation and revie-Wcosl' -s. These costs far exceed fee revenue according to studies by theBuilOing Deoartrent, the Department of CorirurlL=Lty Develo~x~;.-.nt and the

land use permits and services: subdivisions. short subdivisinng

Land Use and Building Fees"'~,.-ne ordinlances are being prapo.L.t~d to increase fees for

because these fees wil"11 be unon i977 estimated costs inclucl-inaA-

.9 ti Icse increased fees will be t-ransit-,itt-ed to 'the %Cltv roun-411-7ithin a few weeks.

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It does not acconmnanv the 1977 Pronc-ca

n. r0-dinanep 96453 rerrits the Superintendi~!Aic of Parks and Recreation

= 02-PLIC11ye- It Lvlb, salary adjustment.

4. Par,-, anc' Pecreation Fees

_=.csing adrnission fees at the new aquarium(d) T?--- designed 'tz~ help

T*~E~_Ike tte facility nearly self-ctUfficient in terms of o-orating

kc) 1_nnosing a zoo entrance fee;

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(b). Increas-ing fees7 at the South Area .~%thlE'z_tic Cor;-Dl--x i-r luku-1.1a;

the noorage fee fron 95 cents to $1.10 -oer d

establish, nursuant 1--o City Council Resolution, fees and charnesfor activities, facilities and services -orovided by the Depar4-MentOf, Parks and Rccreati-on. A resolution is being pror~;~)se(~, pursuantto which fees for 1977 would be estalblished. These inc-1-Ude.,

'he 1977 Proposed Fee Schedule.

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Permit fe-s-for side s5L.OrIca-L 10'Vel Of 40 'Percent.

proposal.ewer rC-air will not be increased under this

- ~ S Z'_ ue sewer Perrait fees in order tobring cost recovery back -1-- 1-4

5. Public Fealth Fees and ClhargecAn increase is being nrnpn,=ZN,-I -P

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Al so p_-~--oposed are increases in fees for Gt~wage disposalPer---ia ts and f or reports on water supplys y S t, em

Or individual sewage disposalA new fee is proDosed for water samiplf~,s. All these.'Proposed fees are intended-to pe~-n-Par,_-,,_ - H-ealth

.it the De t---r~%t 0-F publicto recover i4l--s costs as2ociate-d With these activi-ies. er f e eincreases referred to in the 19.77 Proposed BudgOth-

approval only.-

et require -fl-11119 County

Other Fees and ChargesBoard of Public Worl_-a r

adminis-s-ration Board of Public Works con-~-ra._- L.feCs aze Proposed at $5..50 rer dav - Up from $4,00.This increase i,-7ould mean that nexpenditures for Ro-t%jcontract administration activities would be balanced by Board- gene rat- edCeneral Fund revenues.

"man i-dan-t-s Aff4 -,'?~n4-i.-ve Act-on and r-OritraCt Coi"nnliamce Fees -The fee established by ordinance 102812 woul,'3 be replac~ed by an equalfee under a more workable I

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lk,_-eM acat-Lons - A n-rr~ Aordinalice ~..roulid rearuirs,agencies and non-p-rofi-I.: jnSti+-"-i-; -requ stj a -

-I-C~Day the General Fund at, ;. I

e -n- 'S treet vacal.- ", L~

t 41 t-~qual zO the costs incUirred 'he vacation. This afrouni- ln~',mcunl_ t-_ne-h,)_II_f of assessed valuatio.n.) ~

_' 11-i lie I-Css. Illian tvacations. 41c;_-Tnally paid foi~

(d) Vehicle 0ver1c-,'d Pornits -- State law requires all -i'ies to imnosecertain r.inir.,-.u:7, 4Lees for vehicle overload Thecr-vun2-munannuall,

fee has bee-n raised, to $50. TIrie City's present annual -P

$.

fee ia'he Boar', or Publ-c V-:)rks will tranG.mit to the City Council a rc,_,olutionaithorizing the increase to $F..O.11C Utility Tnspection Fces - Sect-icn 30B of Crdinance 90047zermits the City Engineer to establish these fees. For 1977, ti-eCity Engineer will irpose a 10 vercent- surcharge uron pr~:;sent ees.(f) Signs for magic Carpet I"xtension - 7,-n crainance _Js b~~ing rroposec'W I

nn .9Iiich annrorriate ~r-

(Ilz~ne 'Zransit Fund to help PaYsigns relatee to the PrOPOsed e2~~tension of _"-gic Carpet tran'Sit ccint.- the Denny Reg-rade,

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Concurrence of the -r1urdeirpa 14-ty c,.tzSeatt-le is required for Lhis v-- :! - --:Z! t ropo 1--can-

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Lease agre,-:,ents. p_n,~ill be sent to the C_it7 Coun._Cil soon concernin~4 1-leasoo. fron, the City under rinutual and - --%!! enellt agreemcnts.1 17 will be reau_-;Lred *- -

- - ~_ x sorne cash rent in 1977.

These ordinances have not been revi nwed 1, 4-1Y - ~- Cornorationalthough a con-plete set Ofthese ordinances with a cony-of t~,zshas been for;~;arded to +-hom T~, _Lj.

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ity couns-*L!

Pacle

Septenber 30, 1976

UYL-3 IS nrenared to prolriA T~ n"C, 1-1" -J. I " ion VOU mav nee-to Proceed with you~ review 0-f the 1-,'tavDrlv- 110-i"-10

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Please fc-1 free to callist.aff as you require their ,~ssistance.

since~rely,

7 7as Uh1n, anMayor

by

Tialter R. Hund'Budget Director

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AN ORDINANCE relating to water and sewer system conditonreports, increasing fees for same and establishing fees foranalysis of water samples; amending Ordinance 99951, Sections1 and 2 and C.S.C. 15.58.010, and adding a new section.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLL6ws:

Section 1. Ordinance 99951, Sections 1 and 2 and C.S.C.

15.58.010 are hereby amended as follows:

Authorization - Fee. The director of public health is

authorized to issue reports on the condition of private water

supply and/or sewage disposal systems and the fee to be paid

for each such report is fixed at ((twenty)) forty dollars pro-

vided, that said ((twenty)) forty dollar fee applies to a

report made for both the water supply and sewage systems on

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NEW SECTION. Section 3. Any public water supply purveyor

as defined in W.A.C. 248-54-260 may submit water samples to the

Department of Public Health for analysis. The fee for each

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Section....

~- This ordinance shall takeeffect and be in force, thirty daysiromr. and after !i's passage and

approval, if approved by the -Mayon otherwise it shall take effect at the tiM.e i~ shall become a law under the

provisions of the city charter,

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MR. PRESIDENT,

Your Committee on BUDGET

to whicb was referred

Date RepwWand Adopta

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C.B. 97890

Relating to the Health Department; amending Section I of

Ordinance 99951 and adding a new Section I-A thereto to in-

crease the fee for certain water and sewer system condition

reports and establish the fee for analysis of certain water

samples.

RECOMMEND THAT THE SAME DO PASS

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ATTiUaVIT Of Publication

STATE OF WASHINGTON,KING COUNTY-SS.

The undersigned, on oath states that he is anauthorized representative of The Daily Journal of Commerce,a daily newspaper, which newspaper is s

-;egal newspaperof general circulaf or and it is now and has been for morethan six months prior to the date of publkatih-~n hereinafter

referred tc), publ-Ished. in the English language c---:~ntir-uously

as a dail7 newspaper h~ Seattle, KLng Ccumtty, 'Wisbln, on,ar,,.d it is now and during all of said time was prinfed in anoffice maint-airied at the aforesa-id plice of ptibEcation of

t'his newspaper. The Dzdly Journal of Corr=uerce wz~s on the

12th day of June, 1941..~ approved as a legal newspaper bythe Superior Court of King County.

7he notice in the exact form annexed, was publishedreo---.-dar 4SsUeS of The Daily Journal of Commerce, which was

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regvduly distributed to its subscribers during the below

stated period. The annexed notice, a .............................................

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residing In Seattle.