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PROPOSED AMENDMENT
To the Charter of the City
of Los Angeles
the following amendments to the charter ot
the City ot Lo* Angeles, ns adopted by joint
resolution No. 9, adopted January :<lst,
ure hereby proposed to ba submitted to tho
qualified voters ol said oity:
The toll .wins sections io be amended so as to
read as follows to « It:
BK-rroN 'i'ne said eorporatl « shall have
the power:
I. To make ami nso a corporate sea! and ultcr
the same at pies lure.
E To sue and be sued In all a/Uions and pro
ceedings whatever, i '
;t. To have pcrt'ct iinl SUCCM lon.
4. To erect end mumlaln public buildings,
and to lay out establish, improve and main
tain public parks and cemeteries.
6. To provido lor the care of tho sick and
helpless.
(J. To make regulations to prevent the spread
of epidemics and contagious aud loathsome
d (senses.
7. To provide for Mipplying the city and IU
Inhabl.ants with water and gas, or either, or
other means of heat and Illumination.
8. To lay out, open, extend widen, Improve,
or vacate, pave and lepnve streets and alleys,
sidewalks aud crossings, and other hlghwavs.
t>. Io construct and maintain sewers, drains
and other works nccc sary for tho disposition
Of acwerairc.
10. To establish aud maintain public schools
and public libraries.
11. To levy iiscssments upon property to
pay (or the Improvement ot streets and other
public improvements, and lo collect the same,
and to levy and Co loct taxes upon pro crty
lor municipal purpo,i.»; provided that the tax
levied for any ono year for all municipal pur
poses, oihe 'than payment of Interest ou the
municipal debt aud redemption of bonds,
• hall not exceed .fl on each iJiIOO worth of tax
able property.
12. To manage, control, sell, leise for a pe
riod not exceeding two yosrs, or otherwise dis
pose of any or all the properly of iho aaid cor
poration, and to appropriate tho income or
proceeds thereof to t he uso of the said corpora*
lion: provided that it shall have no power t i
mortgage or hypothecate lis property tor any
purpose.
13. To license and regulate the carrying on
of anyai.dall professions, trades, callings and
occupations canied on within the limits of
aaid city, and to fix the amount of license tax
thereon to be paid by all persons engaged In
auch professions, trades, callings or occupa
tions, and provide the manner of enforcing
tho payment of the same; provided, that no
dlscilmination shall be made between per-om
engaged In the same business otherwise than
by proportioning tho tax upon any business to
the amount of business done; and to license,
regulate, re train, suppress or prohibit any
or all laundries, llvciy aud sale stables, eattlo
atid hoise corrals, slaughter-houses, butcher
■ hops, hawkers, peddlers, pawn brokers, dance
cellars, meloJeons, shows, circuses, public bil
liard tables, bowling and teupiu alleys, and to
suppress and proniblt all faro banks, games of
chance, gambling houses, tables or stands,
bawdy houses, the keeping of bees within the
city limits, and any and all obnoxious, offen
alve, immoral, indecent or disreputable places
of business or practice.
14. To create offices and provide for tbe
election or appointment of officers oincrthan
those established by this charter, or by the
general law, whenever the public convenience
may require the same, and prescribe their
duties and fix their compensation. (Hut this
r-hall not be construed to authorize the crea
tion of new otliees and the appointment of
other bfflcrs to perform the duties by tbis
charter assigned to officers provided for here
in, other than the necessary deputies and as
sistants to the ofneers of said city.)
15. To acquire, by purchase, condomnation,
er other lawful means, property, both real and
personal, Including water and water rights,
within or without the corporate limits, neces
sary or convenient for municipal purposes, or
for the exercise of the powers granted to said
corporation.
Hi. To fix the salaries of municipal officers,
except those officers whose salaries are fixed
by this charter.
17. To provide and maintain a proper and
efllelenßvft re department, and make and adopt
auch measures, rules and regulations for the
prevention and extinguishment of tires, and
tor the preservation of property endangered
thereby as may be deemed expedient.
18. To protect the property of its inhabitants
against inundations.
19. To provide against the existence of tilth,
garbage and other Injurious and Inconvenient
matter within the city, and for the disposition
of the same.
29. To iimka thy violation of iis ordinances
a misdemeanor in all proper cases, and to pre
scribe the punishment therefor, by line or im
prisonment, or bybotti: but such fine not to
exceed $500, and such imprisonment not t,
exceed six months.
21. To prescribe the places at whirl elec
tions shall be held, and appoint the ofneers of
elections,
23. To make and enforce within Its limits
auch local, police, sanitary and other regula
tions aa are not in conflict with general
laws, and are deemed expedient to maintain
the public peace, protect property, promoto
the public morals and to preserve the health
Of its inhabitants.
23. To exercise all municipal powers neces
sary to the complete and efficient manage
ment and control of tha municipal property,
aud for the efficient administration of the
municipal government, whether such powers
be expressly enumerated or not, except such
powers as are forbidden or are controlled by
general law.
24. The powers conferred by this article
ahall be exercised by ordinance, except as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3—The officers ot the municipality shall
tie,
A mayor.
One councilman for each ward,
A city clerk,
A clerk of tha mayor,
A city treasurer,
A city auditor.
Seven members of the board of education at
large,
Five directors of tha Los Angeles public
library,
A public librarian,
A city engineer,
A city attorney,
A superintendent of buildings,
A water overseer,
A street superintendent,
Five police commissioners,
A chief of police,
A chief engineer of the fire department,
l ive members of the board of health,
A health officer,
Five fire commissioner!,
Five park commissioners,
Three water commissioners,
Fhree building commissioners,
Sec. 4. The following officers shall be elected
by the electors of the city of Los Angeles, to-
Wlt:
The mayor,
The city attorney,
The city treasurer,
seven members of the board of education,
And by the electors of each ward respect
ively one member of the council.
The city shall be divided into nine wards, as
follows;
First ward—All that portion of the cfty
bounded northerly by the north city boundary
b tween the Los Angeles river and the east
boundary of the city; easterly by the east
boundary of the city, between the northern
boundary of the city and Mission street; south
erly by Mission street, from the eastclty bound
ary to its intersection with Mission Mis
sion road, from its Intersection with Mission
atreet, to its junction with Maey street; Maey
street, from its junction with Mission road to
the Los Angeles river; west-rly by the Los An
gclo< river, from Maey street northerly to the
north boundary of the city.
Second ward—All that portion of the city
bounded northerly by the north city boundary,
from us west boundary to the Los Angeles
river; easterly by the Los Angeles river, irom
the north city boundary to Downey avenue:
Downey avenue, from the Los Angeles river to
Ban Fernando street; San Fernando street,
from l'ownev avenue to Upper Main street;
Upper Main street from San Fernando streot
to Marchessault street; Main street, from
Marchessault street to First street; southerly
by Firat street, from Main street to Canal
street; tbonce along Canal street to Diamond
street; thence along Diamond street westerly
to the west city boundary; westerly by the
west city boundary Lorn Diamond streot to
the north city boundary.
Third ward-All that portion.of the city
bounded northerly by Diamond street, from
tho west city boundary to Canal street; Canal
atreet, from Diamond str. et to First street;
First street, from Canal street to Main street;
easterly by Main street, from First street to
Seventh stieet, souther!/ by Seve illi street,
from Main strtet to west city hound ry; west
erly by the west city houndury, from Seventh
Btreet to Diamond street
Fourth ward-All that portion of the city
bounded northerly by Seventh street, from
west city boundary to .Main street; easterly by
Main street, from seventh street lo Washington
atreet; souther,y by Washington street, from
Main street to west city boundary; westerly by
west city boundary, from Washington street to
Seventh street.
Fifth ward-All that portion of tiie city
bounded northerly by Washington street, from
the west city boundary to Main street: easterly
by Main street, from Washington street to
south city boundary: southerly by tho south
Oity boundary, from Matn street to the south- I
westerly corner of the city; westerly by the
west city boundary, from the southwesterly
corner of tbe (; i- to Washington etreet.
Sixth wa.il -All lliat portloa of ihe city
bounded northerly by Ninth hiicet, from Main
etteattothe Los Angeles rive aslcrly by the
I.ns Angelas river, from Ninth street lo the
south city boundary; southerly by the south
' '!> i»<piindiiry, from the I-os Angeles river to
»ln street; westerly by Main street, from the
south city boundary lo Ninth street.
BeTentfi ward All that portion of the city
houud "I northerly by Flrsl street, from M aiu
street to the l.os Angeles river; easterly by the
los Angeles river, from First street to Ninth
ltreet; southerly by Ninth street, from the Los
Angeles river to Main street; westerly by Main
street, from Ninth street to Kirst stree".
l.ighth ward-All that portion of the city
bounded westerly and northerly by M*in
street, from First stre 11 > Marchcssault street;
UppOf Main street, from Marchessault street lo
ban Fernando street; Han Fernando
street, from Upper Main street to
I'owitey avenue; Downey avenue
from san l'ermuido street to the Los Angeles
river; easterly ey the Angeles river, fr on
Downey **ventie to Flrtl street; southerly by
First street from the Los Angeles river to Main
street.
Ninth Ward-All that portion Qf the city
bounded northerly by Maey street, from the
Los Angeles river to its junction with Mission
road; Mission road from its junction with
Maey stre i to its intersection with Mission
street: Mission street, from Its lntersectio.
with Mission roa i to the east city boundary;
easterly by the cast city boundary, from Mis
sion street to the southeasterly corner of the
city; southerly by the south city boundirv
from the southeasterly corner of the city to
the Los AngelM river; westerly by the LOl An
geles river Irom the south city boundary to
Maey street.
Tho center of all streets and the center of
the Los Angeles river will in alt cases be
the divldl. g lin *.
And the Council herein provided shall havo
power, by ordinance, to establish and change
the boundaries and numbers thereof when*
over it may deem it expedient, but until
changed by the Co.ineil, tho said wants shall
remain as abov»* described ami established.
Sec. ft. All elective officers, electej at the
first general municipal election held after the
uking effect of this charter, shall hold the'r
offices for the term of two years, commencing
bfi the first Monday in April next succeeding
their election, except as provided in Sec. M>3
of this <'harter.
See. 0. 'I he mayor shall appoint tho clerk of
the mayor. The mayor shall appoint the fol
lowing officers, subject to confirmation by a
majority of the council, to wit: The city aud
itor, the superintendent of buildings, 'he
members of the police, park ami lire commis
sions, the of the hoard of health, the
building commissioners ami the directors of
the Los Angeles public library. The count il
shall appoint tbe city engineer, the city clerk
and the sire n superintendent.
See. 7. The city jcho 1 superintendent shnll
bo appointed by the board of education. The
chief of police shall be appointed by the board
of police commissioners. The Chief engineer
of the tiro department shall be appointed by
the board of lire commissioners. The health
officer shall be appointed by the board oi
health, and the librarian by the directors of
the public library.
Bee, 0* All appointed officers shall hold office
umil removed by the appointing power, which
shall havo the power oi removing in all eases;
provided that where confirmation ll required
the assent of the confirming tody shall be
requisite for removal.
The council shall have power to suspend any
officar of the city pending trial, against whom
criminal proceedings based on misdemeanor,
iv ofiice, or civil action for the recovery of
money due to the city have been commenced,
and tho mayor shall appoint a substitute for
such office during susp nsion.
Iv voting upon the appointment, confirma
tion, suspension and removal of officers the
members of tho council, or other body ap
pointing confirming, suspending or remov
ing, shall vote by open ballot or call of roll,
and the ballot or vote of each member shall
be spread upon the minutes.
Sea ltt. Two-thirds of the members of tho
council shall constitute a quorum for the
transactlon of business, but no ordinance
shall be passed or other act done granting a
franchise, making any contract, auditing any
bill, ordering any work to be done, or supplies
to be furnished, disposing of or leasing the Oity
property, ordering any assessment for street
improvement, or building sewers or any other
act to be done involving the payment of
money, or tho incurring of debt by" the city.
unless two-thirds of the members of the whole
council vote in favor thereof. All other ordi
nances may be passed by vote of a majority of
the whole council.
Sec. 17. All bonds of officers must be ap
proved by the council, as also the bonds of
any contractors with the city, except such an
are otherwise provided for by the state law.
The city clerk snail indorse upon such bonds
the date of their approval, which indorsement
shall be signed by the pre iding officer of the
council, and the t ity clerk.
Sec, 18. No councilman or other oity officer
■ha l be Interested, directly or indirectly, in
any contract in whicn the city is a party, or
made by any officer of the city on behalf of
the city. Any violation of this section shall bo
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thcreor,
besides the penalty that may be Injposed by a
court of competent jurisdiction, tho council
shall declare the office vacant, and any person
convicted of a violation of this section shall be
forever disqualified from holding any office
under this charter. Nor shall auy officer of
the city be a surety on any bond given to the
city, or to any person for tho benefit of the
city.
Nor shall any person who Is Interested in
contracts with the city be a surety on any
bond given to the city by aay officer, deputy o*
employee.
Sec. 81. The council shall have power, by
ordinance, to regulate and provide for lighting
ot streets, laying down gas pipes and erection
of lamp posts, electric towers and other ap
paratus, and to regulate the sate and use ol
gas. water and electric light, and fix the price
of Mas water and electric light, and the rent o
gas, water ami electric meters within the city
ami regulate the inspection theieo ; and to
regulate telephone service and the use ot tele
phones within the ciiy, and lo fix aud deer
mine the charge for telephones and telephone
service and connections; a d to prohibit or
regulate the erection of poles for telegraph,
telephone or electric, wire in the p.btic
grounds, streets or alleys, and tho placing o:
wire thereon; and to require the removal from
the public grounds, streets or alleys of auy or
all such poles, and the removal and placing
under ground of auy or all telegraph, tele
phone or electric wires.
it shall not make any contract for removing
garbage, sweeping streets and lighting streets
lor a longer term than two years. And they
shall advertise ami receive proposals for all
such contracts not loss than six months be
fore the expiration of any such existing con
tract.
It shall not within ninety days next precedl
Ing the date of holding a general municipa
eketton nor within the thirty days next im
mediately following, including the day ol
holding such general municipal election, pass
any ordinance, order or resolution granting to
any person or persons or association of persons
or corporation whatever, any ppvdege or
franchise for the construction, extension or
operatiou of any street railroad or extension ol
time for the construction or operatiou of any
street railroad, overor upon any or part of any
street road or highway, squares or park with
in the city. Any franchise or privilege granted
or attempted to bo granted in violation of or
c mrary to the foregoing provisions shall be
absolutely void ami of no effect.
In granting a franchise for construction, ex
tension or operation of any street lailroad,
they shall in addition to the icstrictions re
quire.! by the laws of this state require tho
cars to be run so as to make at least fifteen min
utes headway, (that is to say they shall runcara
at least every fifteen minuteßi from 7 a.m. to 10
p. m. and as often as thirty minutes headway
(that is to s y they shall run cars at least every
thirty minutes) from Ua m to 7a. m., and
from 10 p. m. to 1J p. m. over the entire live
from starting point to the end thereof. And
they shall also further provide that If at any
time for the space of three months the said
road or any part thereof shall be unused as a
street railroad and the cars run at least as
often as every fifteen minutes from 7 a m to
10 p. m , the franchise for the portion or por
tions unused shall be tt.ereby forfeited and
become the property of the city.
fciec. 32. It shnll, by ordinance, provide for the
naming of s<reets and numbering of houses,
and for i emulating and pr;vcuting the exhibi
tion of banners, flags or placards a ross tho
street, or sidewalks, and for regulat; -">r sup
pressing public criers, advertising, uuging of
bells, and other noises.
It shall, by ordinance, forbid the erection or
ilsplay on any building or property of the
3ity, of any banner, device or nag •it any state
>r nation, except that of tbe United States, the
state of California, or the city of Los Angeiea,
it may, by ordinance, authorize tho ex penal
ture of money not to exceed the mm of one
thousand dollars, In any one fiscal year, for tbe
proper celebration of the 4th of July aud other
public demonstrations.
sec. 40. The council shall on the first Mon
lay of October In each year fix the rate of the
sity taxes, designating the number of cents on
,'rtcli one hundred dollars for each fund, which
"ate shall thou be certified by the city clerk to
'.he county auditor of Los Angeles county, and
the city taxes of said city shall then be col eet *d
by the county officers at the same time and in
the same manner that state and county taxes
ire collected, and turned over to -he city
treasurer who shall then disburse the same.
Provided, that in case the city council shall at
any time by a vole of all its members, ordain
that the city taxes shall be assessed, levied,
equalized aud collected by the city offlcors, tho
Oity council sha 1 have power to appoint a cit>
assessor and a city tax collector, fix their sal
aries, and provide for a system of assessing,
levying and collecting city taxes and equaliz
ing assessments.
All sessions ol the council and of any boards
of commissions appointed under the provisions
of this charter or that may hereafter be ap
pointed Hhall be open to the public.
The council shall have full power to pass
ordinances upon auy ot her subject of munlcipa
control or to carry into effect any other power
of the municipality.
Sec. 41 The mayor in the executive officer o
the corpora ion. and must exercise a carefu
supervision user ail Us attairs.
It shall be the duty of the mayor, annually
at the first meeting of the council under this
charter, and on the first meeting in .lanuarv of
each year thereafter, to communicate by 7n. s
sage to the OOtlDOl] a general statement of the
condition and affair* of tho corporation, and
to recommend the adopt on of such measures
as lie may deem expedient aud proper; and to
make sue i special commiiule ilion to tho coun
ell from time to time as he -.hull deem expedi
ent
It shall bo his furl her duty to be vigilant and
activ : in the enforcement of the ordinances of
tad city; to exercise a constant supervision
over tiie acts aud conduct of All its officers ami
employees; 10 receive and examine into all
complaints made aga.nßt them for violation or
ntgiect of duty.
and Investigate all bonds of city officials semf
annuulJv and certify as to their solvency to tiie
eoonol I or proper i oard. *
And he shall perform such other duties and ;
have such other powers as are elsewhere in tins |
cha ter or by ordinance, Imposed upon or
; giantcd to him.
I flee. A'J. The city auditor shall act as the gen
j eral accountant and fiscal agent of the city,
; and shall exercise a general suporiuteinfti.ee
; over all the officers of the city charged in any
; manner with the receipt, collection or dis
i bursement of the city revenues.
He shall keep a complete set of books, In
) which he shall set for h in a plain and husi
| ness-like nvinner every money transaction of
i the city, so as to show at all times the state of
I each fund, from what source the money was
j derived, and fur what purpose any money was
cxpi'ndt'd. and also all collections made and
paid into the treasury by each officer or any
other person
Huflihll, 00 application of any person In
debted to the city holding money payable in
to toe city treasury, OF desiring to pay money
therein, certify to the City Treasurer the
; amount thereof to whut fund applicable, and
I by whom to be paid.
] ll''shall, upon the deposit cf tho receipt of
r the City Treasurer for money paid into tho city
treasury, charge the (,' ty Treasurer with the
amount received by him, and give the person
part OK the same a receipt therefor.
It shall bo his duty to pportion among the
several funds all publ'.c money at any time
in the city ticasury, not by law or ordinance
I specifically apportioned and appro -Tinted, and
j forthwith notify the City I rcasurer of such
apportionment or appropriation. Ho shall
j countersign aud deliver to the prop-r officer
i alt licenses.
All moneys dup or that may become due to
or eolleclable by t,i i city or any officer, em-
I ployce or department thereof, must be paid
j direct to the city treasurer, the order of the
auditor directing the city treasurer to receive
! the same, and spentfyfhff the fund to which St
1 shall be Charged, having tirst been obtained.
Provided that, nothing in this section con
[ tfti ned shall be co istruod as in any manner in
! terferlng with or affecting the'payment of
taxes to the city tax collector, or moneys paid
ou account ot street assessments to the city
officer pc: forming tho duties . f superintendent
of sttcets.
The auditor shall prescribe a system of book*
and records to be kept by each department of
iheeity government, ana a form of monthly
reports to be made from each department to
the city uudlto , showing all business transac
tions of the department ail receipts and dis
position of maierlal and supplies, tools, etc.,
to the end. that the auditor may have a com
plete and accurate knowledge of all the busi
ness transactionsof tbe cit? and of tho several
departments, and be enabled to keep full and
accurate records of the some, and report
monthly thereon to the council.
This system of books and records of report*
shnll be submitted to the council, and ou ap
proval by a majority of the couucil shall at
once be put In force by tne several officers and
departments. And tne said system of books,
records and reports shaT not be changed ex
cept after the proposed changes have been
submitted by the auditor to, and have been
approved by the council.
No warrants for salary, In favor of any city
official or employee, Bhall be approved by the
auditor until all reports required of such offi
cer or employee by the city system of accounts
hereinbefore provided for, shall have be.-n
made.
He shall keep in his office, In a place accessi
ble and open at all times during ofiice hours
to the public a book containing an alphabeti
cal list of the names of all p rsons who are
bondsmen for officers of tho city, giving the
names of the officers for whom they aro bonds
men and the amount for which they became
surety.
The city auditor shall be a skilled ac
countant.
He shall report to the council at the regular
meeting of each week the condition of each
fund In the city tr-asury and the amount
drawn from each fund the preceding week.
He shall make and present a report to the
council at i>s meeting in the second week of
December of tach year Bhowing all financial
business transactions of the city for the pre
ceding year ending the 30th day of November
last.
He shall audit and approve all demands
against the city before payment, and keep a
r cord of the same as hereinafter provided in
Article \xi.
He shall on or before the first day of August
in each year make and present to the council a
report as to the revenue and expenses of tho
city for the current fiscal year, in which ho
shall set forth estimates of (1) the revenue
from other sources than taxation; (2) tho
itemized expenditures; (3j the Itemized
amounts necessary to be raised by taxation for
each fund.
He shall perform auch other duties aa shall
be required of him by this charter or by ordi
nance. He shall devote his entire time to the
duties of his office.
Sec. 44. It shall be tho duty of the city treas
urer to receive and keeD all moneys that shall
come to tho city by taxation or otherwise, and
to pay the same out on demands legally
audited in the manner herein after provided;
upon warrants issued by the auditor, and
without such auditing and upon such war
rants, he shall disburse no public moneya
whatever, except the principal and interest
of the municipal bonded indebtedness when
payable.
He shall receive no money into the city
treasury unless accompanied by the certificate
of the city auditor provided for in aection 43
hereof.
He shall issue receipts in duplicate to all
persons paying money into the treasury.
One of which receipts shall be foithwlth
deposited with the city audi or.
lie shall make a report at the close of each
business day, to the auditor, showing all
moneys received during the day, together with
the number of each receipt given by him
thert for, and what account and from whom
received and to what fund applied
He shall, on or before the seventh day of
each month, make out and present to the
council a full and complete statement of the
receipts and expenditures for the preceding
calendar month; and he shall make such
special reports from time to time as may be re
quired by the couucil.
The mayor, city attorney, city auditor, the
finance committee of the city council, or any
special committee appointed by tho council,
separately or collectively, and with the aid of
an accountant selected by such officer or com
mittee, shall have the right and power to ex
amine the books of the treasurer at all times;
and the mayor, auditor or finance committee
Bhall also have the right to inspect and count
all public moneys under the treasurer's con
trol, or on deposit elsewhere. Whenever the
city shall provide a proper vault and safes in
the city hall for the keeping of the citymoncy,
the treasurer shall keep said moneys in said
vault, except as hereinafter provided.
He shall devote his entire time to the duties
of his office.
He Bhall repor', at the close of each busi
ness day, to the city auditor, all receipts and
fiay ments of money mud ■ during the day, giv
ng the number of the receipt issuea or claim
paid, the name of the party p<yingorwho
was paid and the name of the fund charged or
credited with auch receipt or payment, as the
case may be.
Sec. 48. In addition to other duties imposed
upon him by this charter or by ordinance of
the council, the city engineer Bhall:
1. Make or cause to be made all surveys, In
spections and estimates required by the
council.
2. He shall have tbe exclusive control and
supervision of all publio works of whatever
nature, done by the city.
3. He shall have the final decision, (unless
otherwise provided by ordinance) as to the
proper location of telegraph, telephone, elec
tric light and other poles, us well as the proper
alignment and depth below the surface of tel
ephone, telegraph and electric wires, gas or
wo lor pipes or private drains or any other pri
vate construction above aud below ground in
which a decision rests with the city. All such
work is to be performed to his entire satisfac
tion.
4. Ha ahall appoint ai' assistant!ln field and
office which no may from time to time con
sider necessary to the proper ami efficient
working of his department.
t>. He shall havo po.wjjr, to suspend, dismiss
and reinstate any.ana ali'uf the officers or em
ployees of his department. He shall, with tbe
approval of the city council. e« la blurb the
salaries or to be paid such officers or
employe, s.
0. Ue-hall appoint all inspectors and fore
men and employ all laborers mt ussary in his
opinion to carry out effectually any work
under his control. All Buch Inspectors and
foremen and laborers shall be paid such >.
as may be detetmined by him, with the ap
proval of the city council. They shall be sub
ject to suspension or dismissal by him with'
out notice, as the Interests of the city may seem
to require.
7. He shall cause a weekly return to be made
to him of all workmen employed and material
used during the week, and ot the amount, de
scription and cost of the work done, and he
shall examine and certify all Ml s against the
city for material aud labor und contract work
under his control.
8. He shall be the custodian of, and respon
sible for, all maps, plats, profiles, field notes,
plana of structure and other records and mem
oranda belonging to the city pertaining to his
office and the work thereof; all ot which he
shall keen in proper order nltd eonflitfrm, with
full index therm f; and thai! turn jver the
aame to hia eucceasor. Jll maps, plans, pro
files, fc*H ,»oiea, ettimHtt-j aud other memo
LOS ANGET.ES TTERALTS.
rand* of all work dono by the city engineer, or
under his direction and control, during his
term of office, shnll lm th- p npcrty of the cl ty.
Sec. 49. It shall be the duty of th-* city attor
ney to prosecute in behalf the people all crim
inal eases arising upon violations of the pro
visions of this charter and city ordinances, and
to attend to all suits, matters and things in
which the city may be legally interested; pro*
vided, the council shall have control of ah lit
igation of tiie city and nay employ other attor
neys to take charge of any such litigation, or
to assist the city attorney therein.
He shall give his advice or opinion in writ
lag whenever require 1 by the mnyor or coun
cil, and shnll do and p wform all such things
touching his ofiice an by the council may be re
quired of him.
lie shall a pprove, by indorsement In writing,
the form and validity of all official or other
: bonds required rytlils charter, or by ordinance
j of the council, beiore the same are'submitted
to the council or mayor for final approval.
fie shall up. rove iv writing the drafts, of all
contract, before the sanid are entered Into on
behalf of Che oity.
Both he and his deputies shall devote their
entire time to the duties of their oillce, and it
shall be unlawful for them to accept any fcei,
payment, emolument or thfng of value other
than that received from the Oity for the per
formance of any legiil practice.
Sec. fto. The liiavor shall appoint three citi
zens, two ot whom shall be architects In good
standing and who shall have practiced their
profession not less than three years in thlscity,
all of whom shall serve without compensation,
to constitute tho board Ol hui ding commission
ers of the city. The bu Iding commissioners
sha 1 meet tit least once a month.
The building department shall con Ist of a
buihllng superintendent and an assistant su
perintendent (and die latter must be a plumber
Of approved character and experience;, bo h of
Whom shall he appointed Of said building
commission; and of tis many other officers and
employees as the council may by ordinance
from time to lime determine to bu necessary.
The salaries of all officers and employees of
tho building department (except that'of tho
superintendent of buildings, shall be fixed by
ordinance 'The board of buihllng commission
ers shall prescribe the rules and regulation! for
the government of the department, mid lit and
enforce the penalties for their violation. The
board of building commissioners shall havo
such other powers and perform such other du
ties as may bj granted or imposed by ordi
nance.
The superintendent of buildings shall he an
architect, buil ier, or master mechanic of ap
proved character and experience, t-i c shall
superintend the election of nil buildings
erected by or for the city. He shall -have
charge of the enforcement of ail ordinances
pertaining to party walls and to the erection,
construction, alteration, repair or removal of
buildings, and the nature and arrangement of
heating, plumbing and ventilating appli
ances.
Sec. f»l. The water overseer shall have tbe
general charge, care and supervision of all
waters and water works belonging to the city,
and the distribution of said waters, so far as
the same shall be entrusted to himbyordl
nence, and shall perform such other and fur
ther duties as may be prescribej by ordi
nance. He shall devote his entire time to the
duties of the oitice.
All the waters and water works of the city,
both for irrigation as well as for do
mestic and manufacturing purpo es, shall be
under tho control of a water commission of
three (Bj citizens to he appointed by the mayor
by and with the approval of the Common
Council, not more than two of whom shall be
long to the same political party, and all pow
ers vested in the water overseer, as to the man
agement, sale and distribution of such water
and general charge thereof shall be vested in
said water commission,
.Said water commission, when appointed,
shall have control of all matters re'ating to the
construction, management and maintenance
and control of the water and watar works
of tiie city and of the di tribution and sale or
rental of water and of tho collection of rates
for the same.
.Said water commission shall annually fix
the rates to bo charged for water, which rate
shall not be enforced until its approval by tue
council.
Sec. 52. The street superintendent shall have
the general care of, and frequently inspect the
streots of, the city, lie shall receive and mv
v stigate all complaints as to their con tition.
and Shall have charge of the enforcement of
all ordinances pertaining to street obstruc
tions.
He shall frequently inspect all public works
pertaining- to street improvements while tho
same are In course of construe ion, insi ect and
approve or reject all material used in such
construction, whether done by contract or oth
erwise; and shall at once report to the council
all deviations from contracts and use of im
proper material and bad workmanship in such
works; and shall have th u power, pending in
vestigation, to Mop all work thereon.
He shall make a report to the city council at
each regular meeting of the same upon all
such works as may have been petitioned for as
Innai improvements, and also upon such other
works or improvements and repairs—whether
petitioned for or not—as he may from time to
timo consider desirable in order to improve
the appearance of tho city and to promote the
health safety and convenience of the inhabi
tants then.of.
He shall make a report to the city council as
soon alter tho close of tho official year as pos
sible stating
(a) The various works of construction car
ried out or in progress under his supervision
during the past year, together with the
amount expended upon each such work.
tb) The cost in detail of the maintenance
and repair of the city works and struc
tures under his control, and of the streets,
sewers and water works.
id The cost of office expenses and the man
agement of his department.
d) The improvements and repairs which,
in his opinion, should be undertaken by the
city during the next succeeding year.
fe) Buch other matters connected with his
department as he may consider of interest or
importance.
He shall give his undivided time and atten
tion to the duties of his office. He shall do no
work for. nor take any fei or professional re
ward from any individual or corpora tion other
than the city during his term oi office uf-less
ordered or permitted to the contrary by the
council.
Sec. B7« The health officer shall have powers
and perform such duties as are herein or may
by ordinance be granted toor be Imposed upon
him. Both he and his deputies shall devote
their entiic time to the duties of their office.
Sec. r>B. It shall be the duty of the mayor,
city attorney, city treasurer, chief of police,
ciiy auditor, health officer, water overseer, city
clerk, city engineer, superintendent of build
ings, chief engineer of the fire department,
city school superintendent, board of directors
of tho Los Angeles public library, board of park
commissioners and the board of water com
rai sioners, each to present to the council at
its meeting in the second week in December of
each >ear, a report for the preceding year end
ing 80th of November last, which bhail show
as follows;
(1) The city attorney shall, in his report,
present an abstract of all actions and proceed
ings in the supreme and superior courts, where
the city is an interested party; aud shall show
what cases have been disposed of during the
year, and in what manner, slid tho condition
of those remaining on the calendar.
(2) The city treasurer shall show, in his re
port, specifically, the amount of all indebted
ness of the city; of money received by him
during the year, the date of receipt thereof
and from whom; the amount piid out, when,
and to whom; and the date and number of the
demands on which the respective amounts aro
paid*
(3) The city auditor shall make a proper
statement of the transactions of his office, as
provided in section 4a.
(4) The chief of police Bhall report the num
ber of arrests made by him, the offenses
charged and how disposed of, the number and
names of the policemen employed, when ap
pointed and when discharged, and all money
and other property received from prisoners
and the disposition of the same.
6. The health officer shall show the condi
tion of the health of the c ty during the year,
and the number of cases of diseases which he
has treated; and other matters of interest per
taining to his office.
ti. The water overseer shall, in his report,
show the amount of water rates or charges
collected by him; and shall make a detailed
statement of the condition of the water syst -ms
of the city, so far as the same are entrusted to
his charge.
7. The report ol the city clerk shall show
the number of licenses issued, nnd lor what
amount.
8. The report of the city engineer shall show
the character, cost and condition of all public
works and improvements in course of con
struction during the year.
!). The report of the superintendent of build
ings shall show the cost of erection, alteration
and repair of all bu ldlugs during the year;
and shall show also the general result of his ln
ipectlon . f buildings during the year. He shall
.he number of building permits is
sued by in
10. 'I'liu street superintendent shall report
upo . the condition ofthe streets of the city
and the improvements of the same during the
vi r and shall show what action was taken
by hln In the enforcement of ordinances per-
Lnf to street obstructions and in regard to
.utioui from contract in the construction
Oi public works.
11. Thareportot '.licohlef engineerof the
fire department shall show the condition of
the tire department a. d its apparatus, giving
a detailed statement thereof; also the work of
the department during tbe year.
12. The report of the city school superin
tendent shall show the number and condition
of the public schools, the number of teachers
and their salaries and the number of pupils In
attendance.
13. The report of tho board of directors of
the Lob Angeiea public library shall show the
condition of their trust for the year ending the
30th day of November of that year; the vari
ous sums of money received from the library
- fund end Irom other source*; for what pur
pose sutjh money has been ex | Tided, and the
amount io expended sii't :: ire on tL?nd;
the numt-w vi books and period il» c*"**id;
tho number added by purchase, gift or other
wise during tho year; the number lost or
missing: the number of visitors attending;
the number of booka loaned out, and trie gen
eral character and kind of such books, with
such information aud suggestions as it may
deem of general interest.
14. The report of the park commissioners
shall show the condition of the parks, with
the kind, cost and the expense of the tmp-ove
ments, including the entire>cost and expense
of the department for the year ending Novem
ber 140 th last preceding.
Sec. 61. Thefollowlngnamed officers of said
city shall respectively execute to said munici
pal corporation bonds In the following sums
respectively, conditioned for the faithful dis
charge by them of the duties of their respective
office*, to wit:
Tho bond of the city auditor Is fixed at $10,
--000.
The bond of the city treasurer is fired at
9150,000.
The bond of the city engineer Is fixed at
910,000.
The bond of the city attorney Is fixed at $5,
--000.
The bond of the water overseer Is fixed at
93,000.
The bond of the Btreet superintendent Is
find at $lt>.ooo.
The bond of tbe chief of police Is fixed at
$5,000.
The bond of the health officer Is fixed at
$?,000.
The bond of the city clerk is fixed at $5,000.
Pec. 05. The officers of the city shall receive
In full compensation for all services of every
kind whatever rendered by them, the foil rov
ing salaries, payablo in monthly installments,
at the end of each calender month:
The mayor shall receive $.1000 per annum.
Kach councilman shall receive $I*2oo per
siitm m.
The city clerk shall receivo $2400 per an
num.
The city auditor shall receive $2400 per
annum.
The city treasurer shall receive $2400 per
an thi in.
The city engineer shall receive 98000 per
annum.
The city attorney shall receive $3000 per
annum.
The superintendent of buildings shall re
ceive $1800 per annum.
The chief of police Bhall receive $3000 per
an num.
The health officer shall receive $2000 per
aniui in.
The street superintendent shall receive
$2000 per annum.
Sec tun The government o* the school de
partment of the city shall be vested in a board
of education, to consist of seven persons to be
elected as herein provided, to be called mem
bers of the board ol education, who shall serve
without salary.
Sec. 70. Tho board of education shall elect
ono of iti number president, and shall hold
regular meeting at least onco in each month,
and Special meetings at such times as shall be
determined by a rule of said board. A majority
of all the members shall constitute a quorum
fir tho transaction of btuiness, but a smaller
number may adjourn from time to time. The
board may determine tho rules of its proceed
ings. Its sessions .shall be public, and Its re
cords shall be open to punlic inspection.
Sec. 71. The board of education succeeds to
all the property rights and to the obligations
of the board of education of the city of Los
Angeles heretofore existing, and it shall have
sole power:
1. To establish and maintain public schools,
including high schools, to change, consolidate
and discontinue the same, and to establish
school districts, and to fix and alter the
boundaries thereof.
9, To appoint or employ end dismiss the city
school superintendent, a deputy superintend
ent, n clerk and such teachers, janitors, school
census marshals, mechanics, laborers and
other cmp oyees as may be necessary to carry
into effect the powers and duties of the board;
to fix, alter and allow their s.laries or wages,
and to withhold for good and sufficient cause,
ttie whole or any part of the salary or wages of
any person or persons employed as aforesaid.
3. To moke, establish and enforce all neces
sary and proper rules and regulations for tho
government of public schools, the teachers
tnereof, pupils therein, and for carrying into
effect the laws relating to education; also to
establish and regulate the grade of schools,
and determine what text-books, course of
atudy an j mode of instruction shall be used in
said schools.
4. To provide for the school department fuel
and lights, water, blanks blank books, print
ing and stationery; and to incur such other
incidental expenses as may be deemed neces
sary by said board.
5. To build, alter, repair, rent and provide
school houses, and to furnish them with
proper school furniture, apparatus and ap
pliances.
(i. To take and hold in fee, or otherwise, In
trust for the city, any and all real estate and
personal property that may have been ac
quired, or may hereafter be acquired, for the
use aud benefit of the public schools of the
city; and to scii or exenange and tolenseany
of such p.-ope ty; provided that the proceeds
of any such sale or exchange shall he exclu
sively applied to the purchase of other lots, or
the erection of school houses.
7. To grade, fence and improve all school
lots, and in front thereof to grade, sewer or
pave and repair the streetß, and to construct
and repair sidewalks.
8. To sue for any and all property belonging
to or clnimed by the said board of education,
and to prosecute and defend all actions at law
or In equity necessary to recover and main
tain th i full enjoyment and possession of said
property, and to require the services of the
city attorney, free of charge, in all such cases.
U. To determine annually the amount of
money required for the support of the public
schools and for carrying inio effect all the pro
visions of law in reference thereto; and, in
pursuance of this provision, the board shall,
on or before the 15th day of July of each year,
submit in writlntr to the city council a careful
estimate of the whole amount of money to be
received from the state and county and the
amount required from the city for the above
purposes, aud the city council shall, in each
year, tlx the percentage of taxes to be levied
andcolleced for school purposes; provided,
that the amount to be thus levied for school
purposes shall not exceed twenty cents on
each one hundred dollars' valuation upon the
assessment ro 1, and that when collected it
shall be paid into the school fund.
10. To establish regulations for the just and
equitable disbursement of all moneys belong
ing to the school fund.
11. To examine aud approve, In whole orin
part, In the manner provided in Section 212,
every demand payable out of the school fund,
or to reject an y such demand for good cause.
12. To discharge ell legal Incumbrances now
existing or which may hereafter exist upon any
school property.
13. To prohibit any child under six years of
age from attending tne public schools.
14. In its discretion to establish kindergar
ten schools for the instruction of children be
tween the ages of five aud six years, and Indus
trial and manual training schools or depart
ments.
15. To receive and manage property or money
acquired by bequest or donation in trust for
the benefit of any school, educational purpose,
or school property.
lb*. And generally to do and perform auch
other acts as may be necessary and proper to
carry into force and effect the powers conferred
on said board, and to increase the efficiency of
the public schools in said city.
17. No member of the board of education
shall, during the term for which he shall have
been elected, be eligible to any ofiice to be
filled or confirmed by the board of education,
nor shall any member of the board of educa
tion be selected to fill any vacancy that may
occur in any office when such vacancy la to be
rilled or confirmed by the board of education.
Sec. 72. All contracts for building shall be
given to the lowest bidder thereof, offering
adequate security, to be determined by the
board after due public notice, published for
not less than ten days in theofficial nowspaper
of the city. It shall be the duty of the board
to furnish all necessary aupplies for the public
schools. All supplies, books, stationery, fuel,
printing, goods, material, merchandise, re
pairing and every other article and thing sup
plied to or done for the public schools, or any
of them, when the expenditure to be incurred
on account of such matter may exceed three
hundred dollars, shall be done or furnished by
contract let to the lowest bidder after like pub
lic advertisement; provided, that the board of
education may reject any and all bids under
this section.
Provided, that the board of education may
by requisition authorize any appointee, com
mittee or agent of said board to bind the said
board for the payment of any snm of money
not exceeding three hundred dollars; which
requisition shall be approved by a two-thirds
vote of said board, spread upon the minutes
previous to the Incurring of the indebtedness.
Sec. 77. The said school fund shall be used
and applied by said board of education for the
following purposes, to wit:
1. For the payment of tbe salaries or wages
of the superintendent, deputy superintendent,
clerk, teachers, janitors, school census mar
shals, and other persons who maybe employed
by said board.
2. For the erection, alteration, repairs, rent
and furnishing of school houses.
3. For the purchase money or rent of any
real or personal property purchased or leased
by saidi>oard.
4. For the discbarge of all legal Incum
brances on any school property.
5. For lighting the school rooms and the
offices and rooms of the superintendent and
board of education.
6. For supplying the schools with fuel, water,
apparatus, blanks, blank booka, and necessary
school appliances, together with books for In
digent children.
7. For supplying books, printing and sta
tionery for the use of the superintendent aud
board of education, and for the incidental ex
penses of the department.
8. For grading and Improving all school lots,
and for gradlug, sewering, planking,or paving
and repairing streets, and constructing and
repairing sidewalks in front thereof.
Sec. 83. The mayor shall appoint a board of
five directors for said library, who shall serve
without compensation aud be known as the
board of directors of the Los Angeles public
library, and who shall be chosen from the
citizens at large, male or female, without re
gard to their political opinions, but with refer
ence to their fitness lor said office, aud no
member of the city council shall be a member
of the board.
See. 8t». Such board, by a majority or all the
members, to be recorded in the minutes with
the ayes and noes at length, shall have power
to make and enforce all such by-laws, rules
and regulations as may be necessary or expe
dient for its own guidance, and for the admin
istration, government and protection of such
library, reading room and property; to deter
mine the number of officers and assis'»nts to
be Appointed for such library ami reading
room, and to determine and define their du
ties; to appoint a librarian and necessary as
sistants, snd such other employees as may be
necessary, aud. for good cause, to remove them;
except tho payment ol the salaries of the city
librarian and assistants and other employees",
which salaries shall be iixed by the city coun
cil by ordinance: and order the drawing and
payment of all moneys out of said fund for
such expenditure or liabilities as are herein
authorized, subject to tho general provisions
for the payment of demands on the city treas
urer contained in article 21; and to have the
general supervision, care and custody of
the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed,
leased or set apart for that purpose, and gen
erally to do all that may be necessary to
carry out the spirit and intentof this charter
in establishing a puolie library and resiling
room; provided that all moneys received for
fiueh library shall be deposited in the treasury
of the city to tho credit ot the library fund",
and shall bo kept separate aud apart from
other moneys of the city. and shall be drawn
from aaid fond upon demands authenticated
by the signatures of the president and clerk of
the board, and approved by the mayor and
council in the same manner as other demands
drawn upon the general funds of the city.
All libraries and reading rooms heretofore
established by said city, and all property, real
and personal, thereto belonging, shall bo
turned over to the charge, custody and admin
istration of tho board of directors, with like
powers and liabilities as if such library haa
been established under this charter.
They shall have power and authority to cre
ate a museum iv connection with said library
and to appoint a curator therefor, provided
that no expense shall be incurred therefor
outside of the funds provided for the main
tenance of said* library.
Sec. 95. Tiie police commissioners shall pre
scribe the rules and regulations for the gov
ernment of the police force fix and enforce
tho penalties for their violation; provided
| that removals shall be for cause only.
re CO, 111. The board of tiro commissioners
shall prescribe the rules and regulations for
ihe government of the depart mem and fix and
enforce tho penalties for their violation, and
removals shall be made only for cause.
Bee. 120. There is hereby established in and
for the city a department to be known as the
board of health, to consist of five members,
namely: The mayor, who snail be ex-otficio
member and president of the boird, and four
citizens, to be appointed without regard to
their political opinion, by the mayor. Three
ofsaid citizens shall be physicians in good
standing and graduates of some reputable
medical college.
Sec. 124. The board shall appoint and may
remove at pleasure a health officer, who shall
also act as city physician, and whose duties
as such shall "be defined by ordinance. lie
shall be a graduate of a reputable medical col
lege, and shall have practiced medicine at
least threeyears, and be a citizen and resident
for two year-, in the city and have his license
to practico medicine recorded with the county
clerk of Los Angeles county, in accordance
with the laws of tbe state of California regu
lating the practice of medicine. He must re
side within the city limits, and devote his en
tire time to tho duties of his office. The board
shall also, when authorized by ordinance,
have the power to appoint an assistant health
officerand such other officers and assistants as
the sanitary condition of the city may require.
Sec. 102. The said corporation shall have
the right and power to construct, maintain
and operate waterworks, dams, reservoirs,
ditches, canals and other means to conduct
the said waters from the said river or other
sources, or elsewhere, and to supply the city
and its inhabitants with water, and to dis
tribute such water either in zanjas, pipes or
otherwise into, upon and over the lands within
the limits of said city, or elsewhere; all water
mains by whomsoever hereafter laid in Baid
city shall be of such material and of such ca
pacity as shall bo prescribed by ordinance'
provided, that no such main shall hereafter be
laid in said city of less dimensions than four
inches in diameter.
Sec. 105. General municipal ejections shall
be held in said city on the first Tuesday after
the lirst Monday in March, 1890, and on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in March
every two years thereafter, at which shall be
elected a mayor, a city attorney, a city treas
urer.
At said election to be held lo March, 1896,
there shall also be elected Beven members of
the bnsrd of education frsm the city at
and by the electors of each ward of the city
one member of the city council at each suc
ceding election the members of the board of
education and tho members of the city council
shall ba elected as In the next section hereof
provided.
Sec. 19b*. The officers elected at a general
municipal election shall, after they have qual
ified as provided in this charter, enter upon
the discharge ot the duties of tiie offices to
which they nave been elected on the first Mon
day in April succeeding their elect on; and
the members oi the council elected from the
even-numbered wards iv said city shall, after
the first election, serve for the icrra of two
years, and those elected from the odd-num
bered wardß in said city shall serve for a term
of four years and thereafter the term of office of
each of the councllmen of said city shall be
for a term of four years. After the first elec
tion the members of the board of education
shall decide by lot who shall serve for four
years and who for two years i three ofsaid
members to serve for two years and four of
said members for fmr years), and thereafter
the term of all members of the Doard of educa
tion shall be for four years.
The other officers of said city elected at said
general municipal election shall serve for two
years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified, except as herein provided as to
councilmen and members of the board of edu
cation, and except in case of an election to
till a vacancy at a special election, in which
case they shall, after qualifying as herein pro
vided, enter at once on the discharge of the
duties of the office and shall Berve for the re
mainder of the term of such office and until
their successors have been elected and quali
fied.
Sec. 197. Special elections shall be held for
the purpose of electing a mayor or any other
officer herein made elective by the people, in
case of a vacancy occurring in any of the said
offices, or for other purposes not especially
provided tor. In the event ot any such va
cancy, such election shall be ordered and held
without delay; provided that the council shall
in all such cases, except in the event of a
vacancy in the council, have power to fill such
vacancy until an election can be h- id.
6ec 198, Tbe council shall have power to
submit to the electors of said city at any elec
tion any question required to be so submitted
by the constitution, the law, this charter, or by
ordinance; provided that in case such question
is required by said constitution, law, charter
or ordinance to be submitted at a special or
other particular kind of election, it shall be so
submitted, and not otherwise.
The council may at any special or general
election submit to tbe vote of tbe electors to
be affected by any act In question whether
such act shall or shall not become a law; and
in case a majority of all the votes shall be cast
against an act so submitted then it shall De
null and void; but ia case a majority of all the
votes shall be cast for such an act it shall be
come a law at such time as the council shall
designate.
sec. 203, No person shall be eligible to any
municipal office under this charter who, at
the time of his election or appointment is not
a qualified elector of this city under the laws
of the state; and to be eligible to the offices of
member of the council, in addition to the
above qualifications the person elected must
also have been a resident of the ward from
which he is elected for at. least two years pre
vious to said election, and in case any member
of the council shall remove from the ward
which he represents his ofiice shall immedi
ately become vacant, and the onice shall be
filled as directed in this charter; provided that
In case a redisricting or redivision of the city
Into wards be made, whereby the lines or
boundaries of any wards are changed, tho last
provision in regard to residence shall not ap
ply to any person elected as a member of the
council before such change.
Sec. 200. The officers of said city, Including
the city assessor and city tax and license col
lector, in office at the time of the taking effect
of these amendments .-hall continue to hold
their respective offices, receiving the same
compensation provided for in the charter un
der which they were elected until the election
or appointment, aud qualification of the first
officers to be elected or appointed in their stead
under the provis on« oi these amendments;
the assessor and tax aud license collector to
serve until the time when the officers elected
at auch election go into office, with the powers
and duties vested in and Imposed upon them
by the charter under which they were elected,
together with these amendments, end all ordi
nances of the city; upon the taking effect of
these amendments the mayor shall appoint the
board of building commissioners and the
board of water commissioners provided for
herein. All other boards which have been ap
pointed and are serving at the time of the
taking effect of these amendments shall, unless
sooner removed by the appointing power, con
tinue In office until their successors ere ap
pointed by the officers to be elected at the first
general municipal election to be held after tbe
taking effect of these amendments, Iv case the
city council shall decide to have the city taxea
assessed and collected by the county officers,
then and in that case the council may provide
by ordinance what duties shall be performed
by the assessor and tax collector who are in
office at the time of the taking* effect of these
' amendments.
Sec. 1107. The city of I.os Angeles shall not
be and is not bound by any contract, or in
any way liable thereou, unless the same ia
SSSS?I? wrI J ln X by order of the council, tha
?.mi « h S reo H a . pp 2 > * ed by thQ co,lncil ■nd the
same ordered to be, and be, signed by the
S a T^ r, K°v Bo J n *V , '£« Person authorized there
to in behalf of the city; provided that the
city attorney shall indoiso the same as to form
and validity. But the council, by an on!?
nance, may authorize any officer, committee
or agent of the city to bind the city without a
contract in writing for the payment of any
dinars m ° neyUol exceedin S tnre « hundrod
Bee. ao*. Said demands, except demands
payable out of the school fund, shall be pre
sented to the council in duplicate on forma
and blanks to be provided by the city clerk,
and shall be referred to its committee on
finance. Tho said committee shall, by in
dorsement thereon, approve or reject the same
in whole or in part. The council shall then
consider tho said demands and the action of
said committee thereon, and shall, if the same
be jUBt and legal, approve the same; or may if
it so determine, approve in part or reject the
whole Ihe action pf the council shall be in
dorsed thereon, with the date of such action
and certified by the signatures of the president
and city clerk; provided that it shall require
the votes of two-thirds of the members of tha
whole council, under a call of the ayes and
noes, and tho vole spread upon the minutes
to approve any such demand in whole or in
part.
Sec. 213. All demands payable out of the li
brary fund muM, before they can be approved
by the city auditor, or paid, be previously ap
proved by the board of directors of the Los An
geles public library, by a vote of three mem
bers thereof taken with the ayes and noes and
spread on the minutes, and tiie action of said
boanl indorsed on said demand and signed by
the presiding officer and the clerk thereof. After
the approval of said demands they shall be de
livered to the council and shall be referred to
its finance committee and thereafter shall take
the sume course and be acted upon in the same
manner ai provided for in sections 209, *310
and 211 hereof.
Sec. 214. Any demand returned to the oity
clerk, with the objections of either tho mayor
or i ity auditor, shall again be considered by
the council, and ii it. shall again be approved
by the council by the same vote, and taken,
recorded una endo'sed iv the same manner as
required In section 209 hereof, the said objec
tion shall be thereby overruled. Any demand
returned to the board of education "with the
Objection of the city auditor, shall again be
1 considered by such board, and if such demand
! be again approved, as required in the first in
stance, such Objection of the city auditor shall
be thereby overruled. Any demand, the ob
jections to which of the mayor have been
overruled, shall bo delivered to the city
auditor, who shall have the same power ana
perform the same duties in reference thereto
as ii the same had been approved by the
mayor; aud any demand, the objection to
which of the city auditor has been overruled
by the council or board of education, as the case
may Ut, shall be delivered to the city auditor,
who shall number and made a record of auch
demand, as in the case of demands approved
by him.
Sec. S2l. All public moneys collected by
any officer or employee of the city shall be
paid into the city treasury, without any deduc
tion on account of any claim for fees, commis
sions or any other cause or pretense; and the
compensation oi any officer, employee or other
person so collecting money, shall be paid by
warrants on the treasury duly issued by tha
city auditor.
That the following sections of said chanter ba
repealed, to-wit:
Sections Nos. 45,40. 79,80, 97, 98, 99, 100,
101,102, ] 03. 104, 105,100, 143, 144,145, 146,
147, 14*, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, lfts,
156, 157, 15d, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 161.
165,166, 167. 168, l«9, 170. 171, 172, 173, 174.
175,176,177, 178,179, 180,181, 182, 183, 184,
185, 180, 187, ISB, 189.
That a new section be added to said charter
and numbered 229, which section shall be aa
follows:
Bee. 229. This charter as amended shall
tako effect from and after ita approval by tha
legislature.
The foregoing proposed amendments to the
charter of the city of Los Angeles was adopted
by the council of said city at ita meeting at
November 19, 1894, and the clerk waa ordered
to publish the same in the manner provided
by law. C. A. LUCKENBACH, City Clark.
DR. WON 9 lITM. who has practice* B*4t>
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