The New Charter for a Growing Seattle

Section 25: The city of Seattle has power to adopt proper ordinances for the government of the city, and to carry into effect the powers given by this act; and to provide for the punishment of a violation of any ordinance of the city by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both. Section 27: The power and authority given to the municipal corporation by this act shall be vested in a mayor and Common Council. Section 37: For the purpose of municipal representation, the city of Seattle is hereby divided into four wards. The First Ward shall include all that part of the city within the following boundaries: Commencing at the intersection of the center line of Mill street with the center line of south Tenth street and running thence south through the center of south Tenth street to Jackson street, thence east on a line with the center of Jackson street to the east boundary of the city, thence following said east boundary to the south boundary of the city, thence west along the south boundary of the city to the west boundary of the city, thence north along the west boundary of the city to a point in Elliott's Bay opposite Mill street, thence east in a straight line through the center of Mill street to the place of beginning.