Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-07

consequent thereon, such assessment,
! levy, consequent proceeding and all
! proceedings connected Herewith, shall
| be presumed to be regular and duly
| done or taken until the contrary is
shown and when any proceeding,
matter or thing is by that Act COM
mitted or left to the discretion or iudg-
mentof the Mayor and Common Coun-
Gil, or the Common Council, or other
authorities of said city, such discretion
or Judgment, when exercised or dec lar
cd is final, and cannot DC reviewed or
called in question elsewhere.
SEC. ). In making deed tor real
property, sold for a delinquent assess
ment for any improvement it is not
necessary to recite or set forth the pro-
ceedings prior to the sale; but it is suf-
ficient if it substantially appears from
such deed that the property was sold
by virele of warrants from said city,
and the date thereof, that it was for II
delinquent assessment, and the
amount thereof, together with the date
of the sale, and the amount bid there
ut by the purchaser. The style of Il
assessments shall be, In the name
of the People of the State of Califor-
mia.
SEC. 6. Whenever the grade of any
street has been established, the Council
may authorize the owner or owners of
any property thereon to cut down or
fill up such street in front of such prop
erty, according to such grade, at the
expense and cost of such owner.
SEC. Z. The authority mentioned i'll
Section 6, cannot be given after an as
sessment has been made for the i'm
provement of the street in front of
such property, and in giving such all-
thority the Council may impose such
terms and conditions as may be neces-
sary to secure the deposit of eXcava-
tons upon any part of such street as
may require to be filled up.
SEC. s. Real property when sold for
or to satisfy u delinquent assessment
or tax, must be sold for United States
gold or silver COIN and not otherwise;
and any one applying or seeking to
redeem property so sold, as in this Act
provided, must pay or offer to pay the
sum necessary therefor in such coin,
and not otherwise.
SEC. 8. All real property within the
limits of the city, not laid off in blocks
or lots, at the time of making an as
sessment authorized by this Act, en-
cept as herein otherwise provided,
must be assessed at it's cash value per
acre or fraction thereof, as The case
may be.
SEC. 10. Whenever any lot or part
thereof is sold for delinquent assess
ment for street improvement, and
afterwards re-sold for deficit in such
assessment, as in this Act provided, to
any person other than the purchaser
at the first sale, or his successor in IN
terest, such purchaser OF successor, for
the purpose Of making redemption
from the purchaser at such resale is
to be deemed an owner within the
meaning of this Act.
SEC. II. Every ordinance which
shall have been passed. by the Com
mon Council, shall before it becomes
effective, be signed by the Clerk of
the Common Council and presented
to the Mayor for his approval. If he
approve it, he shall sign it; if not, he
shall endorse thereon the date of the
presentation to him, and shall return
it to the Clerk of the Common Council
Will Ills ODJcCllOllS III WiitluS. hC
Clerk of the Common Council shall
endorse thereon the date of its return
to him, and shall, at the first meeting
of the Common Council thereafter,
present the same with the objections
to the Mayor, to that body. There
upon, the Common Council shall
proceed to reconsider the passage of
the ordinance. If, after such consid-
Grafton, two-thirds of all the members
at that time actually constituting the
Common Council, including absent.
Gees, agree to pass it, the same shall
become an ordinance. In all such
cases the vote shall be taken by ayes
and noes, and the names of the mem
bers voting for and against the same
shall be entered upon the minutes.
SEC. l.. If any ordinance shall moi
be returned to the Clerk of the Com
mon Council by the Mayor, with his
objections in writing, within ten days
Sundays and other legal holidays ex-
cepted) after it shall have been pre-
sented to him, the same shall becom,
effective and he as valid as if the May
or had approved and signed it.
SEC. ID. The style of any ordinance
snail SUBSTANTIALLY ne.
"The Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Los Angeles do ordair
} as follows:n ..r
SEC. II. The style of every resolu
, ton in writing of the Common Coun-
ell shall substantially be:
"Bc it resolved by the Common
Council of the City of Los Angeles
as follows:n
SEC. Is. The Mayor of said city
and the Clerk of the Common Council
: shall each respectively be authorized
| to administer Oaths in the same man
} ner and with the like effect as othe
officers authorized by the laws of thu
State to administer oaths.
SEC. 16. If the bond of any office
should, at any time, become INSULT
, cient, the Common Council may re
quire him to give additional security
l and in case of his failure to do so with
in fifteen days, may declare his Office
vacant.
SEC. II. All claims and demands
against the said corporation shall, il
accordance with such rules and rega
, lations as the Common Council may
, prescribe, be presented to the Common
Council and shall be by them referred
, to a committee OH Finance, a specia
committee or other appropriate com
7 mittee as may he determined by thu
Common Council, who shall examine
audit and allow or reject the same il
+ whole or in part, subject to the APP
: prevail of the Common Council. Sucl
committee shall report to the Common
Council as soon as practicable. Thu
: Common Council shall thereupon pro
7 ceed to consider the report of the com
mittee and the claim or demand pre-
sented, and SHALL. if the same be jus