Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-07
THE FREEHOLDERS
The Charter Moving Along in
Popular Grooves.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Street Assessments Discussed But
no Results Reached-Left Over
to Next Meeting.

uay aiUcrAoon, mayor B0noDrak6 IN the
chair, and Messrs. Moore, Estudillo,
Mackey, Mansfield, Dunkelberger,
Brown, Scott, Day, Baldwin. Robinson
and DR.. Kurtz, present.
The sections relating to the fees of Of
ficers were read and adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Day the section of
the charter relating to the educational
department was laid over for one week.
The provisions of the defeated charter
relative to the government of the Public
Library were read and adopted without
change except that the number of Di-
rectors was fixed at five instead of nine.
The article relating to the police was
then taken up. Upon the request of
General Mansfield it was explained that
the Council under the charter is empow-
cred to appoint four citizens who, with
the Mayor, shall constitute the Board of
Police Commissioners. This Board has
the appointing of the Chief OF Police, and
as section of the charter provides thai
the appointing body shall have the powef
OF removal, the Chief of Police is made
directly responsible to the Commissions
ers.
The article was adopted as read, a
also were the articles relating to the
Police Courts and the Fire Department.
On motion of Mr.. Mackey the Council
was empowered to appoint four mem
bers of the Board of Health, and the
appointing power was taken out of the
hands of the Mayor. 1t was also pro-
vided that three members of the Board
shall constitute quorum.
Mayor Workman appeared at this time
and assumed the chair.
A section providing that the Health
Officer shall be 80 years of age was
stricken out of the detected charter, after
which all the sections relative to the
Health Department were referred to DR..
Kuhrts for revision.
Mayor Workman suggested that a
great deal of opposition to the proposed
charter had arisen from section giving
the power to the Board of Health OF re-
| moving sick people to the Pest House
from all residences.
| General Mansfield agreed with the
Mayor and moved to strike this section
out.
Major Bonebrake thought that the
Board of Health should have this right.
Messrs. Brown, Robinson and Mackey
said that they were certain that such .
provision would effect the charter.
Mayor Workman said that this ground
could be covered by an ordinance passed
by the Council.
Mr.. Scott said he had heard more than
| fifty people object to the defeated charter
on this ground alone.
| Colonel Dunkelberger said that soma
provision should be made to make it q
mandatory to require certain amount
of cubic space for each sleeping inhabit-
ant of room.
Major Bonebrake moved that all that
part OF section providing that the prop.
erty owners on side streets on the hills
shall have right to protest tothe chang
ing Of the grades, be stricken out.
General Mansfield, Messrs. Robinson
and Mackay opposed to the motion on
the ground that the grading of the streets
would not benefit the property on the
hills and that tunnels under the hill
would be better than cuts.
Major Bonebrake's motion was lost by
a vote of to 5.
| Col. Dunkelberger objected to Sec
ton providing for the payment of the
sewering of the streets by the property
owners. 1t was explained that this sec-
ton was not mandatory,
General Marsneid submitted resolu.
ton; ryoo7n rsyso7iaing .hat Tho. where the City Coun-
Gil declares grade or a sewer a public
necessity, the improvement shall be paid
for by the city.
Col. Dunkelberger desired section In
serted, provided that when grades or i'm
proyements are to be made on streets al
ready accepted the city shall pay for the
work.
| 1t was discovered that another section
OF the charter provided for this question,
and the matter was laid over until that
section should be reached.
On motion of General Mansfield the
Board adjourned in order to give those
who desire, a chance to appear and pre-
sent their views on that part of the char
ter relating to grading and changes of
grades.