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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1833

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                                                                            C 196 L 88

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Dorn, Butterfield, Jones, Nealey, Rayburn, Rasmussen, Fox, Hine, Haugen, Sanders, Ferguson and D. Sommers

Read first time 1/27/88 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to town officials; and amending RCW 35.27.160.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 35.27.160, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 and RCW 35.27.160 are each amended to read as follows:

          The mayor shall preside over all meetings of the council at which he or she is present.  ((In his absence,)) A mayor pro tempore may be chosen by the council for a specified period of time, not to exceed six months, to act as the mayor in the absence of the mayor.  The mayor ((and in his absence a mayor pro tempore to be chosen by the council)) shall sign all warrants drawn on the treasurer and shall sign all written contracts entered into by the town.  The mayor ((and mayor pro tempore)) may administer oaths and affirmations, and take affidavits and certify them.  The mayor ((or mayor pro tempore)) shall sign all conveyances made by the town and all instruments which require the seal of the town.

          ((The authority of the mayor pro tempore shall continue only during the day on which he is chosen.))

          The mayor is authorized to acknowledge the execution of all instruments executed by the town which require acknowledgment.

                                                                                                                      Passed the House February 15, 1988.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

                                                                                                                           Passed the Senate March 5, 1988.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.