Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-01-13
DAILY HERALD.
THE FREEHOLDERs

DA1A1 111I1OlA1/1Is
THE FREEHOLDERS
Preparing Laws For the City's
Governments.
The Board OF Freeholders met il
regular session at the City Councifs
chambers at 2P. NJ. yesterday. The
meeting was called to order by Geo
H. Smith, who, on motion, was elected
temporary chairman. The following
members answered to roll call: Judge
Brunson and Messrs. Chapman Cohn
Del Vale, Lee, Mesmer, Moran, Rob
inson, Sinsabaugh, Smith, Tobermar
and Vickery.
The Judiciary Committee presented
the following report:
To The Board of FreeholderS::
Your Judiciary Committee, to whom
was referred the communication of j
w. Potts, relating to the qualification
of Mr.. Nickery to membership il
your body, beg leave to report that
Mr.. Vickery has certificate OF cleo
ton issued to him under the order Of
the Council ofLos Angeles City, which
body passed upon his qualification and
election, and the subject is not open
to review by this body.
Respectfully,
A. BRuNsoN, Chairman,
r. f. DEL VALE,
Judiciary Committee.
On motion the report was adopted.
Mayor Workman at this point en-
tered and was given the chair.
The report of Committee No. l, on
interpretations, was presented.
On motion Of Judge Brunson the
report was filed and the clerk in
structed to have copies Of the same
furnished to each member Of the
Board at the next meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Del Vale all re-
ports were ordered printed and filed,
unless otherwise directed.
The report Of Committee No. was
as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Free
holders of Los Angeles City--Your
Committee on Interpretations and City
Boundaries, Grants, Powers, etc, and
Powers and Duties of the Council
submit the following partial report:
First-We recommend that Article
l, of the present charter OF the city
Of Los Angeles, entitled "Incorpora.
ton and City Boundaries, >" be adopted
as Article l of the new charter.
Second-For Article 2, entitled
"Grants of Rights, Powers, etc. !"
we present herewith a substitute, and
recommend its adoption as Article
of the new charter:
ARTICLE Ii.
GRANTS or RIGHTS, POWERS, ETC.
SECTION /. The said Corporation
under its said corporate name, is a
municipal corporation, and succeeds
to and is vested with all the property
rights of every kind belonging to the
city OF Los Angeles, the former MUM
cipal corporation, at the time OF the
adoption of this charter.
Sec. 2. The said Corporation shall
have the power:
First-To make and use corporate
seal, and alter the same at pleasure.
Second-To sue and be sued iii all
actions and proceedings whatever.
Third-To have perpetual success
sion.
Fourth-'ro erect and maintain pub
lie buildings, and to lay out, estab
lish, improve and maintain public
parks and cemeteries.
Fifth--To provide for the care OF
the sick and decrepit
Sixth-To make :, gulations to pre-
vent the spread OF cpidemics and con-
tagious and loathsore diseases.
Seventh-To proyiin for supplying
the city and it's i'll ,bitants with
water and gas, or either, or other
means OF heat and illuin ination.
Eighth-To lay out, open, extend,
widen, improve or vacate streets and
alleys, sidewalks and crossings, and
other highways.
Ninth--To construct and maintain
sewers, drains and cesspools.
Tenth-To establish public schools
and public libraries.
Eleventh = To levy assessments
upon property, to pay.for the improve
ment of streets and other public i'm
provements and to collect the same,
and to collect taxes upon property for
municipal purposes proWded, that
the tax levied for any one year for all
municipal purposes otherwise than
payment of interest on the municipal
debt and redemption OF bonds, shall
not exceed 81 on each 500 worth OF
taxable property.
Twelfth-To manage, control, sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of any or
all the property of the said corpora
ton, and to appropriate the income
or proceeds thereof to the use of the
said corporation: provided, that ii
shall have no power to mortgage or
hypothecate its property for any pur-
pose.
Thirteenth-To license and regulate
the carrying on OF any and all profes-
sions, trades, callings and occupa-
tions, carried on within the limits OF
said city, and to fix the amount Of
license tax thereon to be paid by all
persons engaged in such professions
trades, callings or occupations, and
provide the manner Of enforcing the
payment of the same provided that
no discrimination shall be made be-
tween persons engaged in the same
business. But this shall not prohibit
the fixing of tax upon any business
in proportion to the amount Of bust
ness done. And shall have the power
to license, regulate, restrain, suppress
or prohibit any or all slaughter-houses,
butcher-shops, hawkers, peddlers,
pawn-brokers, license dance-cellars,
melodeons, shows, circuses, billiard.
tables, ball and ten pin alleys, and tc
suppress and prohibit all faro banks
and all games of chance, gambling.
houses, tables or stands, bawdy houses
the keeping of bees within the city
limits, and any and all obnoxious, OF
fensive, immoral, indecent or disrep
utable places of business or practices
Fourteenth-To create offices, anC
provide for the elaction or annoint