Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-01
THE FREEHoLDERs.
Proceedings at the Meeting lc
terd0y.

Proceedings at the Meeting les
tcrday.
/ The Board of Freeholders met as I
; G ,mmittee of the Whole in the Coun
ell Chambers yesterday morning TO
, the purpose of acting upon the repor
of the Revisory Committee, which VA
completed yesterday and handed il
this morning, damp from the print
er's hands. The following member
', we're present: Lee, Cohn, Del Vale
Lindley, Mesmer, Moran, Robinson
Sinsabaugh, Toberman, Vickery ant
Mayor Workman.
Mr.. Cohn moved that the report o.
the Revisory Committee be read and
its articles acted upon seriatim. Car.
ried.
Mr.. Cohn moved that no person be
allowed to speak more than twice and
not more than for five minutes at a
time, and that 2o'clock this afternoon
be set for the consideration of what
amendments be offered, the
amendments to be in writing. Car
ried.
| Mr.. Lee explained that after the
report of the committee had been
handed to the printers several
amendments had occurred to the
committee, and that these amend
ments had been embodied in his re-
port which he would read, and asked
that these amendments be exempt
from the rule, as laid down in these
previous motions.
Mr.. Lee then read articles l and 2,
which describe the municipal corpor
alton boundaries and give the rights
and powers of the same, which are
similar to those in the present charter
and in every charter.
Article 3. names the officers and
describes the manner of appointment.
On motion of MIR. Moran it was
decided to make the office of Police
Judge elective.
Mr.. Cohn moved to make the office
of Street Superintendent elective.
Lost.
Mr.. Del Vale moved to make the
office OF City Attorney elective.
Carried.
The article as amended provides
for the election of the Mayor, City
Clerk, City Treasurer, City Auditor,
City Tax Collector, City License Col
lector, City Assessor, Police Judges
and City Attorney, five members of
the City Council, and five members
of the Board Of Education. The fol-
lowing officers are to be appointed by
the Mayor subject to confirmation by
the Council: City Engineer, Superin-
tendent OF Buildings, Water Overseer,
Street Superintendent, Chief OF Po-
lice, one Police Commissioner and
four members Of the Board OF Health.
The School Superintendent is to be
appointed by the Board of Education
and the Health Officer by the Board of
Health. The Clerk of the Council is
to be appointed by the Council, and
each Police Judge is to ap-
point the Clerk of his Court.
Messrs. Moran and Cohn gave
notice that they would move to amend
this article in the afternoon, but the
matter was finally deferred until this
morning
The elected officers will hold Office
for two years, and the appointed
officers until removed by the appoint
ing power, provided that where con-
firmation is required, the assent of
the confirming body shall be required.
Article 4 describes the powers of
the Council, which is to meet at 10
o'clock every day except on legal
holidays. 1t will require four Coun-
cilmen to constitute a quorum, and
four members must vote for an ordi-
nance before it can be passed. Under
these provisions the Council will have
power to regulate entrances to and
exits from public buildings; declare
what constitutes nuisance; regulate
the keeping of gun powder or other
explosives; provide for the surveys of
streets; establish stands for hacks,
and fix the charges of vehicles for
hire; establish fire districts and de-
termine the character of buildings to
he erected therein; provide for the
lighting of streets, regulate the prices
for gas, electric light, telephones, and
regulate the erection of telegraph
poles; provide for the naming OF the
streets; maintain fire alarm system /;
provide for sprinkling streets; regu-
late the speed of railway trains, and
provide for the removal of rubbish.
The duties of the May City Clerk,
City Auditor and other city officers
were adopted as described heretofore
in the HERALD.
Mr.. Lee, in reading section 3S,
made its provisions so that the ordi-
nance could be published in weekly,
instead of in daily, ON account OF
the papers sometimes making pools
to charge the city high prices.
MIR. Lindley said he could not see
why weakly or weekly" should be
so distinguished, and he would move
to insert the word daily"
After some discussion the matter
was settled by leaving the matter as
read, so that the printing can now be
done by weekly paper.
The city officers will be required to
file a report of the years business
with the Council on its first meeting
in November of each year, and each
officer will be required to file with the
City Auditor, before the 18th of July
each year, an estimate of the expen-
ses OF his department for the ensuing
year.
In Section 43 Mr.. Cohn moved that
the duties Of the City Treasurer should
be SO amended as to compel him to
keep the moneys of the city in vault
under his personal control, provided
that such vault be furnished him by
the city. He gave as his reason for
this amendment that at present the
banks were holding very large sums
belonging to the city, which are to be
used in the paving Of the streets, and
to get these large deposits the banks
may exert and WELD an immense
power in the election of the City
Treasurer. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Cohn the bonds