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ment for the same Is to be made, and that the
same shall be paid out of the moneys appro-
pfiated 10 such fund or funds for the fiscal
year. In no case shall a liability be created
or a warrant drawn against any fund beyond
the actual amount of money existing In such
! iund wherewith TO meet the same; provided,
! however, should the board or a majority
Inefeoi, contract or create any debt against the
city contrary TO the provisions of this Charter,
such debt, claim or obligation shall be null
and void as against the city or any of its
| funds; but every Trustee voting in favor of the
contracting or creation OF any such Illegal
debt shall be held personally responsible
jointly and severaily, for the entire debt SO
created or contracted and shall be deemed
guilty OF mal1easance in Office and upon
eonvistion shall be removed therefrom
Iwenty-third-To license ferries and bridges
under the law regulating the granting of such
license.
Twenty-fourth-To control, enlarge and i'm,
prove or abolish the cemeteries heret ofore be-
longing TO the city, and TO create other GENE
terles and 10 sell or lease lots therein; to con
troll and regulate interments, and prohibit
them within the city limits.
Twenty-fifth-Io establish fire limits and
prevent the erection of wooden buildings
therein; to regulate the construction of build
ingS, sheds, awnings and signs.
TWenty-siXth-Io provide for supplying the
city with water, and TO regulate the sale and
ulstrlDution thereof; provided, however, the
city shall always have and control the distri.
! button OF water within the city limits and col
lect the water rates therefor and shall not
grant or lease the right OF Distribution or the
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or corporations; but the city may contract soI
a supply OF water, to be furnished for Il term
not exceeding twenty years. with any pei son
nfIn or corporation, or may purchase, lease Oh
mold Its own water supply, either within o!
without the city limits; provided, however
no contract for furnishing the city with water
shall be made, unless approved by a vote OF
LWo-thlrds OF the electors voting at any gen.
eral or special election at which the propo
sitlon may be submitted.
ty-Seyenth-To provide for lighting the
streets, alleys, public buildings and public
grounds, and 10 construct, purchase lease
own, control, maintain and operate a system
OF lighting by artificial gas, natural gas, cleo
trIcIty Or other means of illumination.
Twenty-eignth-Io provide and maintain q
City Prison, and 10 provide for the care, feed
ing ana clothing Of the city prisoners.
Twenty-nnJh-To make real estate in said
city liable Tor the construction of sidewalks
| crossings, and all other street improvements
adjacent thereto and provide for the forced
sale thereof for such purposes,
Ihrueth-To prevent or regulate the run
ning ut large OF any animals; to establish q
pound, and 10 authorize the destruction sale
or impoundlng OF any animals found running
at large.
Thirty -first-To regulate or prohibit the use
OF steam boilers, the location OF telegraph
telephone, electric light and other poles and
wires, and the construction OF entrances tC
ce lars and Easements from sidewalks.
IhIrty-second-To regulate the entrances tC
and exits from theaters. lecture rooms, public
halls and churches, and the number and con.
structIon Of such entrances and exits and tC
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Or other obstacles in the aisles OF such build
ings.
Thirty-third-To regulate and control the
construction and maintenance OF, and to grant
10 railroad corporations the right To construct
and maintain, subject TO control by the board
pipes, tubes, conduits, signal bells, warning
signs, wires ana other electric, telegraph and
mechanical appliances in, along, over, under
and across the streets; provided, that said APP
planes shall be so constructed and placed as
not TO interfere with the fire alarm system
nor with the extinguiShing of fires nor with
the free use OF the sidewalks and streets Also
| 10 require railway companies either TO station
| fiagmen or to place sufficient warning signals
| or signal bells on such street crossings as may
in the Judgment of the board be necessary.
Thirty fourth-To grant franchises permit
ting any person, company or corporation to
! lay and maintain tracks and TO pass with
steam railroads along, upon and across OF
elevated above or placed below any street OF
the city; provided, that the free use OF such
street SHALL not be unnecessarily obstructed
thereby; and, provided further, that any such
franchise shall be granted only after notice
published for thirty days in daily newspaper
published in the city, and by ordinance passed
by the Affirmative votes OF not less than ST Y
members of the board and upon previous
petition, in writing, of the owners of two
thirds OF the front feet of lands upon that
part OF the street TO be SO used. Sucn grants
shall be without prejudice TO the rights OF
notconsenting owners to compensation for
| damages.
| Thirty-ifth-To grant franchises for a term
not exceeding twenty-five years for the con-
structlou and operation of street railways on
and along the streets of the city, upon the
following terms viz: Whenever the Board OF
Trustees shall determine that franchise to
construct ana operate street railway along
| and upon any of the streets of the city should
be grdnt Ted, the board shall, after such deter
mination. cause notice 10 be published for ten
days in a daily newspaper published in the
city, specifying the route over and along
which il is determined to grant such franchise,
and shall offer to grant the same 10 the person,
company, or corporation that shall agree to
pay to the City of Sacramento at the exp ira-
ton five years after the franchise is granted
and thereafter semi-annually, the largest per-
centum of the gross receipts OF such road:
provided, that all grants Of franchises for
street railways shall be upon condition that
single fares on such roads shall not exceed
five cents, and that only such rails are of the
most approved pattern shall be made use of in
the construction OF the road. The board may
in the granting Of such franchise impose Gch
further regulations and restrictions in the use
thereof as TO the board may appear eXpedient,
and tie board may also reject any and all
bids, and refuse to grant any franchise for the
! proposed route; provided, further, that the
! board shall not grant any franchise for the
construction of q street railway. except upon
condition that at least one per cent of the
gross receipts of such railway shall be paid to
the city each year after the expiration of i've
years from the granting of the franchise.
! Tnirty-siXth-Io require every railroad
company t. keep the streets in repair between
the tracks. and along and within the distance
OF two feet upon each side of the tracks occu-
pied by the company.
| Thirty-seventh-To require upon such no
tice the board may direct any lots or por-
lions Of lots within the city which may be
| covered with Stag1ant water q portion Of the
year, to be nlled up to such level or grade as
| viii prevent the same from being so covered
and to assess the cost of such filing upon such
real estate, and provide that 1t shall be O lien
thereon.
Thirty-eighth--To make all needful rules to
govern the official conduct and duties of all
officers of the city whose duties are not de-
hned by this charter and to i'm pose additional
duties upon those whose duties are stated
and TO fix and regulate the charges and fees OF
| all such officers where the fees are not other
wise fixed. and to compel the payment of all
such charges and fees into the City Treasury.
Thirty ninth-To prescribe fines, forfeitures,
and penalties for the breach of any ordinance.
and for the violation of any provision OF this
charter; but no penalty shall exceed the
amount of five hundred dollars, or six
months imprisonment, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
| ploy, IN addition to the City Attorney, an
attorney -atlaw, at a salary not to exceed IF
teen hundred dollars year. and whose duty
1t shall be to advise the city officials, and at
tend TO all civil suits and other matters in
| which the city may be legally interested.
Forty-flrst-To make all rules and regula-
tons nee sSary and proper for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers and all other
powers vested in the board by this charter or
by general laws.
Forty-second--To make and enforce all such
other local, police, sanitary and other regula-
lations as are not in conflict with general
laws or OF the provisions OF this charter.
ARTICLE III.