The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-08

during the months of March. April, May and
June OF each year such number of additional
deputies to be paid by the city, not exceeding
one for every ten thousand inhabitants or
fraction thereof, as may be necessary to carry
the work OF assessment forward promptly TO
completion. The salaries OF such deputies
shall not exceed three hundred dollars each
for the entire time employed.
SEC. al. The term of Office of the Auditor
Shall be two years.
CITY TREASURER.
SEC. AZ. There shall be a City Treasurer,
who shall be elected by the qualified voters
Oh the city at each general municipal election.
he snail nave been citizen OF the Stale and
q resident and qualified elector of the city Tor
at te;aSt We years next before his election. 1t
snail be the duty oil the City Treasurer to re-
cetSe and keep all moneys that shall come to
Inc City by taxation or otherwise. and to pay
Tue same out on demands legally audited in
the manner hereinafter provided; and without
snch auditing he shall disburSe no public
moneys whatever, except the principal and
interest OF the municipal debt, when payable.
lie snail receive no money into the City Treas
uty unless accompanied by the certificate OF
the Clts Auditor, provided for in section 81
Eefeoi lie shall issue 10 any person paying
money into the city treasury an order 10 the
Iity Auditor directing the City Auditor 10
issue receipt 10 such person, which order
snail contain a statement OF the amount paid
lnto the city treasury, the name of the person
paying the same, and the fund TO which the
same is applied. He shall make n report at
the close OF business each Saturday 10 the
Auditor, showing all moneys received during
tiiS week. tO2ether Hltn the number of each
oruef LOT a receipt given by him therefor. and
from whom received, and to what fund an
pied. whenever the city shall provide o.
proper vault and is for the KEEPING of the
city money, the Treasurer shall keep said
moneys IN said vault. and he shall not there
after, under any circumstances, DEPOSIT with
any person, corporation, or bank, any of the
| moneys OF the city, or allow the same Except
in payment OF demands against the ciIs1 to
pass out of his custody. II he shall violate
any of the provisions ot this section he shall
forfeit has Office and be forever disqualified
rom holding any position in The service of
the clty. As soon as possible after the adop-
ton OF his charter the Beard Of Trustees
shall pro Tide suitable vaults and safes for the
use Of the Treasurer. 1t shall be in the power
OF the Board OF Trustees, by or finance, at any
time to require the City Treasurer to devote
his entire time to tile duties OF his Office
SEC: d.. The term OF Office OF City Treasurer
shall De Two years.
CITY COLLECTOR.
SEC. Al. There Shall be a City Collector who
snail be elected by the qualified voters of the
city at each general municipal election He
Shall nave been Il citizen of the State and res
ldent ana qualified elector of the city for at
least 1lVe years next before his election. 1t
shall be the duty of the City Collector to re-
celye and collect all city taxes general and
special; he snail also collect all city licenses
water rates, harbor dues, cemetery receipts
and such other branches of the city revenue
not otherwise herein provided for, as the
board OF trustees may by ordinance direct,
ana pay the same over to the City Treasurer
weekly. The time and manner of collection
of licenses shall be provided by the Board of
Trustees
any city ordinance TO take out a license shall
1all neglect or refuse to take out such license
ana pay therefor in the manner and at the
time In such ordinance provided; or if any
person so required to take out any license
snail trans. c., do, or carry on any business
trade or occupation, without having first pro-
cured the requisite license for such trading or
carrying on, the City Collector shall reDort
! such delinquent to the City Attorney, who
shall at once bring suit, in the name of the
/ city, against the delinquent; and in such case
the City Collector or City Attorney may make
the necessary affidavit as in other cases for an
attachment, and writ of attachment shall
issue upon the Hing of the affidayit, against
the property of such delinquent, without an
undertaking being flied by or on behalf of the
city; and in such action the sum of fifteen
dollars shall be included in the Judgment
as llquldated damages, together with the orig
1uai debt and costs of the action: provided
howe er, nothing in this section shall author
lie the court, officer, or any other person
whomSoever to make any claim or charge
against the city for any services rendered in or
about any such action; and provided further,
that in any such suit no witness for the
pialntlf shall be entitled TO demand or receive
any witness fees or mileage in advance nor
shall any witness be entitled to charge or re-
ceIYe any fees or mileage whatever unless the
same are made as costs out of the defendants:
ana provided further, that if Judgment is
rendered for the defendant, it shall be general
and without costs; and provided further that
any person who shall commence or continue
to DO, transact or carry on any business trade
profession or calling, for which license may
by any ordinance by required to be taken out
without first procuring such license, Shall be
guilty OF nisdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum
not less tnan ten dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less
| than five nor more than fifty DAYS. Upon the
trial of any criminal action provided for by
this section, the defendant shall be deemed
not TO have procured the proper license unless
ne either produces 1t or proves that he did
procure 1T; but he may plead in bar of the
criminal action q recovery against him and
the payment by him, in q civil action of the
proper license money, damages and costs.
SEC. As. All billiard tables bar fl tures ten
pin alleys, pins and balls, furniture crockery.
glassware, liquors and chattelS of every kind
used in tranSacting or carrying on or doing the
business OF q drinking saloon, bar, restaurant
billiard saloon, ten-pin alley, tavern, eating
house, ballroom, dance-houSe theater or cir
Gus, where by ordinance such business is re-
quired to be licensed Shall without reference
to the actual ownership of such property he
liable tor and may be taken in attachment or
on execution for the license money due on the
business in which they are allowed to be used:
and every dray, cart, wagon carriage, hack ON
nibuS, or other vehicle, required by ordinance
TO be licensed, together with the horse or horses
commonly used thereon, shall Without refer
ence to the actual ownership of such property
be liable for and may be taken in attachment
or on execution for the license money due on
such dray, cart, wagon carriage hack ornni-
bus, or other vehicle. There shall be added to
every license not obtained within five DAYS
after the same becomes due and payable the
sum of one dollar, which shall become n nart
OF the license, and be paid into the treasury
| in the same manner as other revenues.
SEC. AZ. The City Collector shall be allowed
one deputy and one or more clerks not TO ex-
coed three in number, as the Board of Trustees
may determine, except as herein otherwise
provided. Such deputy and all such clerks
Shall be appointed by the CITY Collector and
shall retain their positions during the term of
Office of the City Collector appointing them
unless sooner removed by the City Collector
or the Board of Trustees as in this charter pro-
vided for the removal of any appointee, when
in the Judgment of said board the public serv-
ice viii be improved thereby. III at any time
by reason of the growth OF the city and
large increase of population the duties OF the
City Collectors Office becomes too arduous to
be performed in thorough manner with the
maximum force herein provided for, then the
Board OF Trustees may allow one or more adj
ditional clerks as in the judgment of said
board, the increased duties of the Collectors
office demand. Such additional clerks shall
not receive o greater compensation for service
than twelve hundred dollars per annunl.
SEC. as. The term of Office OF the City Col
lector shall be two years.
CITY ATTORNEY.
SEC. 40 There shall be City Attorney who
shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
city at each general municipal election and
who shall have been an elector of the city for
at least two years next before his cleo
ton, and shall be an attorney and
counselor-at-law, duly admitted tc prac-
tice by tue supreme Court of this State,
and whose term OF Office shall be two years.
and until his successor is elected and quail
fed. 1t shall be his duty TO prosecute on be-
half OF the people all criminal cases before the
Police Court and the City Justices of the
Peace, and all violations of this Charter and of
city ordinances and resolutions. 1t shall be his
duty to attend to all suits and other matters
to which the city is a party, or in which the
city may be legally interested; provided, the
Board OF Trustees shall have control of all It'll
CATION OF the city, ana may direct an attorney
selected by the Mayor to take charge thereof,
or TO assist the City Attorney therein. The
City Attorney shall give his advice or opinion
TO the Mayor, Board OF Trustees, Board OF
Education or other CITY officers whenever re-