Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-07

ordinances, bylaws, rules and regula-
tons of the city, to exercise con-
slant supervision over the acts and
conduct of all its officers and employ
ees, to revise and examine into all
complaints made against them forvio-
lation or neglect of duty and certify
the same TO the Common Council who
shall revise and refer the same to a
committee of three of its members to
hear the evidence and report to the
Common Council as soon as practi-
cable whether the accused party be
guilty or innocent. If the accused
party be found guilty, the Common
Council shall prescribe the punish
ment--which punishment may be
fine and Imprisonment, or either,
and may extend to suspension for
any time less than 60 days, or to
removal from office or position. II
suspension or removal be the punish
ment, no sentence of fine or impris0n-
mcnt shall be imposed.
SEC. 2. The Mayor, except in the
case of his own official bond, shall take
and approve all official or other bonds
which by this Act, or by the Ordinan-
ces, resolutions, or orders Of said city
authorities may be required to be Civ
EN- by any officer, contractor, or other
employee of said corporation, and
when he approves such undertaking,
he shall Immediately file the same
with the Clerk of the Common COun-
Gil.
SEC. 3. The Mayor, as to all Ofen-
ces committed within the city, or
within any such limits to which the
jurisdiction of said city by this Act is
declared to extend, whether against
the laws of this State, or the ordinan-
ces, resolutions, rules or regulations of
said city, shall have the same juris-
dictiOn, power and authority, as is now
or may hereafter be conferred upon
Justices of the Peace in and for said
township or townships whereof said
city may form part or the whole, and
in any of such cases shall have the
power and authority to examine and
discharge or commit, persons brought
before him and charged with the COM
mission of any such Offense. He may
take recognizances to appear, bonds to
keep the peace, and may issue any
and all writs and processes in like
manner, and to the same extent, and
with the same power and authority as
is now or may hereafter be conferred
upon said Justices of the Peace in such
cases or either of them. ~
SEC. 4. The Mayor, except as herein
otherwise provided, shall also have ju-
risdiction over all violations Of any
ordinance, bylaw, resolution rule or
regulation OF any of the authorities of
said city, committed within the limits
of said city, and may according to the
provisions of such ordinance, resolu-
ton, bylaw, rule or regulation, hold
to bail, fine and imprison, or either,
any person found guilty Of such vio-
latiOn.
SEC. 5. All prosecutions brought
before the said Mayor, whether for
otfenses committed against any law of
this State, OF against any ordinance,
resolution, bylaw, rule or regulation,
of any of the authorities of said city,
shall be brought and presented in the
name of the people of the State OF
California.
SEC. 6. If at any time owing to
absence from the city, sickness, or any
other cause the Mayor should be una
BILE to perform the duties of his office,
he shall notify the Common Council
thereof, at its first meeting thereafter,
and the Common Council shall APP
point one of their number rs Mayor
protein. Such Mayor protein shall
perform and discharge in the same
manner and with like power and effect
any and all of the duties of the Mayor,
until the meeting of the Common
Council at which the Mayor shall no.
tify it of his readiness to resume the
discharge of his office; provided that
if at any time both the Mayor and
Mayor protein, should perform any
act or do anything conflicting, the one
with the other, the action or thing
done by the Mayor shall take prece-
dence and govern the action OF the
Mayor protein; the action of the May
or, if otherwise legal shall be valid,
the action of the Mayor protein shall
be void: I..i
And provided further that the Mayor
protein shall be entitled to receive
from the Mayor one-half of all salary,
fees and other compensation payable
to him for such time as the said Mayor
protein shall serve in his stead.
SEC. 7. 1t shall be the duty of the
City Attorney to attend to all suits,
matters and things, in which the city
may be legally interested; to give his
advice or opinion in writing whenever
required by the Mayor or Common
Council, and to do and perform all
such things touching his Office as by
the Common Council may be required
of him. .E
SEC. S. 1t shall be the duty of the
City Marshal, in addition to the duties
prescribed to him by the ordinances,
bylaws, resolutions rules and regula-
tons of said city, authorities to exc
cute and return all process issued by
the Mayor or directed to him by any
legal authority, to attend upon the
Mayors Court regularly, to arrest all
persons guilty of a breach of the peace
or of any violation of any ordinance,
bylaw, resolution, rule or regulation of
said municipal authority, and bring
them before the Mayor or other Court
for trial. He shall possess a superin-
tending control, subject to the Com
mon Council, over the City Police, and
shall, until otherwise provided by Or
dinance, perform all the duties Of col
lector of the City Taxes. He may APP
point one or more deputies, who shall
possess the same power and authority
as the Marshal.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
Assessor in addition to the duties that
may be prescribed for him by any or
dinance, resolution, bylaw, rule or
regulation of the Mayor and Common
Council of said city, or either of them,
to make out within such time as may
be prescribed by the ordinances of
said city either now in force or which
may hereafter be passed in pursuance