Office of the Treasurer Legal Opinions

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 8000-02

Scope and Contents note

Opinions and advice from the Law Department relating to financial issues and other issues of interest especially to the Comptroller and Treasurer's offices. There is a gap in the records for the years 1934 through 1970. The years 1971-1985 are arranged alphabetically by subject. The years 1905 to 1933 are arranged chronologically.

Dates

Creation: 1905-1985

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Office of the Treasurer (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

The position of City Treasurer was created in Seattle's first City Charter in 1869. The Treasurer administered the ca_collections.idno, management, and disbursement of all City monies, invested temporary surplus cash, kept accounts of all funds received and expended, 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.