Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-07

sum assessed therefor upon any lot or
part thereof, is more than sufficient to
| defray the cost thereof, the Council
must ascertain and declare the surplus
in like manner as in the case of def
cit; when so declared it must be en-
tered, as in ease of q deficit in the
docket of city liens, and thereafter the
| person who paid such surplus, or his
legal representative, is entitled to re-
payment of the same by warrant on
the City Treasurer.
SEC. 20. All money paid or collected
upon assessments for the improvement
of streets, shall be kept as separate
fund, and in no wise used for any other
! purpose whatever. All money so as
sessed, including a deficit, from the
time of being entered in the docket of
city liens, shall bear interest at the
legal rate until paid or collected.
SEC. 81. The proceedings author
lied by this Article for the establish
ment or alteration of grade, or the
improvement of a street, or a part
| thereof, may be taken and had with
out giving the notice prescribed in
Section ,, whenever the owner or
owners of two-thirds of the adjacent
property shall, in writing, petition the
Council therefor.
SEC. %. The Council shall have
power to lay down all necessary sew
ers and drains, and may order the same
paid out of the general fund of the city,
but it shall, unless it otherwise pre-
scribe, cause the same to be assessed
| on the property fronting on either side
of the street or sewer; the mode OF APP
portioning the estimated costs of i'm
provement of streets prescribed in
Sections Z, 19 and 20 of Article VII of
this Act shall apply to the construc-
ton of such sewers or drains; and
when the Council shall not direct the
same to he otherwise assessed or paid,
such expenses shall, in every respect,
be assessed and collected in the same
manner as is provided in case of street
improvement.
SEC. 30. The cost of establishing or
altering any grade or part thereof shall
be paid out of the general fund OF the
city; the term general fund.- as used
in this Article, includes any fund raised
| by special tax for the purpose, in con-
nection with which such term is used
SEC. 80. Whenever any lot or part
thereof, sold under the provisions of
| this Act, shall bring more than the
assessment thereon, with interest, and
costs, and charges of collection, the
surplus must be paid to the Treasurer,
and the person executing the warrant
must take q separate receipt for such
surplus, and file it with the Clerk of
the Common Council on the return of
the warrant. At any time thereafter
the owner, or his legal representative,
is entitled to warrant upon the Trea-
surer for such surplus; provided, when
ever any lot or part thereof, sold under
the provisions Of this Act, shall bring
less than the assessment thereon, the
Common Council shall supply the def
cheney out of the general or cash
fund.-" if, in the opinion of the Coun-
ell, such improvement is necessary.
SEC. 81. The deed to the purchaser
must express the true consideration
thereof, which is the amount paid by
the purchaser, and the return of the
person executing the warrant must
specify the amount for which each lot
or part thereof sold, and the name OF
the purchaser.
ARTICLE VIII.
ELECTIONS.
Section |. Elections to be held in
said city for the purpose of electing the
officers of said city are of three kinds:
1st-General Municipal Elections;
2d-Municipal ELECTIONS; and
3d-Special Elections.
Sec. .. General Municipal Elections
shall be held in said city on the first
Monday in December, 1874, and on the
first Monday in December every two
years thereafter.
There shall be elected at the first
general municipal election all OF the
elective officers of said city, including
twelve members of the Common Coun-
Gil, four from each of the three wards
in said city.
Sec. 3. All officers elected at the first
general municipal election shall hold
office for the term of two years, or I'M
til their successors shall have been
elected and qualified, provided that
six members of the Common Council,
two from each ward, elected at that
time shall hold office for the term O
one year; and six members, two from
each ward, shall hold office for the tern
of two years, or until their successors
respectively shall have been elected
and qualified; and provided that at the
meeting appointed by this Act to bt
held after the elections in 1874, the
twelve members elected of the Com
mon Council shall determine by lot OF
chance to be cast or drawn by the
representatives from each ward be-
tween themselves which six of theil
numbers, being two from each ward
shall hold for only the term of one
year, and which six, being two from
each ward, shall continue to hold fol
the term of two years.
Sec. 4. AT every other succeeding
general municipal election there shall
be elected all of the elective officers o
said city, but including six members
of the Common Council, two from
each of the said wards, to succeed
those whose terms of Office are abou
to expire.
| See. 5. Municipal elections are those
held for the purpose OF electing mem
bers of the Common Council eXclu
sively, or in case ola vacancy in the of.
flee of the City Assessor, when thu
Common Council shall SO order, fol
the purpose of electing members of tht
Common Council and a City Assessor
to fill such uneXpired term.
The first election of this class shall
be held ON the first Monday in Deem
Der, 1875, and on the first Monday il
December every two years thereafter
AT such election there shall be elected
six members of the Common Council
two members from each ward, to sue
coed those whose terms are about t
expire. ss4g r..r.
When vacancy exists in the offic,