The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-24
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for and against the same shall be entered in
the minutes
sEc IS. No ordinance shall be passed ex-
| eept by bill. Every bill, after it has passed
| the board shall be signed by the President
| thereof. and every bill which shall have passed
| the board, and have been thus authenticated,
i Shall be presented to the Mayor for his APP
/ prevail. The Mayor shall return such bill TO
! the board. or file the same with the City Clerk
within ten days after receiving it. II he
shall sign the same il shall then become an
/ ordinance, but If he shall disapproye the biz,
/ he shall state his objections thereto in writ
i ing. Ii the bill is not returned with such APP
! prevail or disapproval within the time speci-
4 fed il shall take effect as if he had approved
/ the same.
! SIC. Il. When bill is returned without the
! approval OF the Mayor the board shall, within
| fifteen days thereafter, proceed to consider and
vote on the same. II the bill is again passed
by an affirmative vote of not less than six
| members il shall take effect as If the Mayor
had approved the same. If the bill shall fail,
| on being so considered, to receive six affirma-
/ tive votes, II shall then be finally lost. The
vote shall be taken by yeas and nays ana the
result shall be entered IN the minutes of the
/ board.
! SEC. Is. No ordinance passed by the board
shall take effect until ten days after its passage
j and approval, unless otherwise provided in
the enactment.
SIC. 10. The Board ofTrustees shall in the
/ year 1900, and every tenth year thereafter,
rediStrct the city into nine wards, making the
same as nearly equal in population, and rs
g ogfaphlcally compact, rs possible; but the
city shall not be SO redstricted within ninety
/ days previous to any municipal election.
! SIC. 20. The Board OF Trustees shall, during
4 the first year after its organization under this
Charter, cause all ordinances then in force to
be classified under appropriate heads, and
shall provide for the publication of the same
IN book form. Every officer OF the city shall
be entitled TO one copy OF such ordinances
without charge, and every citizen applying
for u copy snail he entitled TO the same at the
cost OF publication. The board shall every
/ n If.at 10 hero I'm
Vided, cause all the OF dnances at that time in
/ force 10 be compiled, and shall publish the
me, suoJect 10 the terms ana conditions
/ herein expressed The board shall also, at the
! end OF each year, except the Years above pro-
I Vlded Or-cause to be published in pamphlet
! form all ordinances passed during said year.
! SEC. 2l. The enacting clause OF ali ordi-
nances shall be IN these words: ''rhe Board of
Trustees OF the City OF Sacramento ordain as
! follows"
SEC. 22. No contract for supplies, printing,
advertising stationery maintenance of prison
ers, fuel street sprinkling, street repairs, or
! lighting streets, public buildings, places or
] offices, shall be made for longer period than
| one year; nor shall any contract be made 10
| pay for fuel, gas, electric lights, any other
| Illuminating material at higher rate than is
| charged TO any other consumer.
! SIC. %. No contract calling for the pay
! ment OF more than one hundred dollars shall
be effective unless authorized by vote OF the
/ Board of Trustees; when any contract shall be
so authorized it shall before it becomes effect
| i've be presented TO the Mayor for his APP
/ TO the board, or TO the clerk thereof within
/ five days after receiving il. If he Shall sign
/ the same it shall then become u contract but
! II ne snail dlSapproVe II he shall state his OBJ
] JectiOns thereto in writing. If the proposed
contract is not returned with such approval
| or disapproval within said five days. ii shall
/ become valid as II he hal approved the same.
| When Il proposed contract is returned with
| out the approval of the Mayor the Board of
! Trustees shall, within ten days thereafter,
! proceed TO consider and vote on the same. If
| 1T Is again authorized by an affirmative vote
! OF not less than six members, it shall become
| a valid contract of the city the same as if the
! Mayor had signed it, anG not otherwise. The
! votes shall be taken by yeas ami nays, and the
! result shall be entered in the minutes of the
| board.
| SEC. "a. Every officer Of the city shall, at
| the END of each month. make, in writing, and
furnish to the Board Of Trustees, q full and de
stailed statement upon oath of all moneys re-
ceiyed or disbursed by him, and Of his other
official transactions during said month. He
shall also make like statements at sucn other
! times as the Board OF Trustees may require.
! SEC. 20. The Board OF Trustees shall have
power:
First-To try and by a majority vote of all
| the members of the board. to remove from
| Office eppointees against whom charges have
| been preierred and by not less than seven
affirmative votes TO remove any appointee at
any time when in the Judgment of the board
! the puDlc service viii be impro we'd thereby.
/ Second-To make bylaws and ordinances
not repugnant 10 the Constitution of the
! United States or of the State of California, or
| any of the provisions of this charter.
! ihird-To levy and collect taxes and assess
! mentS on all property within the city, both
/ real and personal, made taxable by law for
! state or county purposes, which taxes shall
! not exceed per cent. per annum upon the
assessed value for all property, Tor a general
! fund.
Fourth-To sell, use, lease, control. improve
and take care Of the real estate and personal
/ property OF the city; provided, however, that
said board shall have no power to mortgage
or hypothecate any property of said city for
any purpose.
Fifth TO lay out, extend, alter or close
streets ana alleys, provide for the grading,
draining, cleaning, repairing widening, light
/ ing. or otherwise permanently improving the
/ same, and for the construction. repair re9ula-
! ton ana preservation of sidewalks, bridges,
! drains, curbs, cutters and sewers, and to pre-
! vent or remove distractions thereto or to any
/ part Thereon, and 10 provide for the number
! ing of houses.
Sixth-To organize, regulate and maintain
! Fire Department; also, to organize, regulate.
! and maintain Police Department.
/ Seventh-Io regulate or exclude the landing
and storage of gunpowder and other combusJ-
! IDLE materials.
| Eighth-To determine what are nuisances.
and prevent and remove the same.
Ninth-ro regulate the maintenance of acid
works, slaughter-houses, wash-houses, laun-
dries, tannerieS offensive trades, and all other
manufactures, works and business OF every
description that may cndanger the public
safety, health or comfort, and to restrict the
! prosecution thereof TO sIch fixed limits as
may seem proper, or exclude such works and
business from the city.
Tenth-Io fix and collect license tax on, and
/ TO regulate, th1dters, melOdeons, balls, con-
certs. dances and all theatrical or melodeon
| performances, and performances of any kind
! for which an admission fee is CHARGED or
! which may be held in any house where wines
or liquors are sold, circuses shows, billiard
/ tables, bowling alleys and all exhibitions and
;gmusenents. To fix and collect a license tax
/ on all t;tVernS, Lotels, restaurants, saloons,
| bar-rooms, bankers, brokers. gold-duSt buyers
manufacturers, livery stable keepers, express
companies and persons engaged in transmit
ting letters or packages, railroad and stage
and steamboat companies, or owners, whose
principal place OF business is in said city or
who snail have an agency therein to license
and regulate .auctioDeers; TO license, tax reg
uiate, prohibit or SUPPRESS all tipplng-hodseS,
dTam-shops, sal oons, bars, barrooms, raffies,
hawkeTs, peddlerS, pawnbrokers, re1reshment
! or coffee stands, booths and sheds; to prohibit
and suppress all dog-fights, prize-fights cock
| nights, bear or bull or badger bats; also, to
| prohibit or suppress ali gaming and all gam
! bling or dlsorderly houses; also, to regulate,
! prohibit or suppress all houses of ili-lame;
! also, to TX and collect a license tax upon ali
! lawful professions. trades or business, not
/ heretoiUr5 specific d. having regard in such
case TO the amount of business done by each
| person, firm or association thus licensed.
EieTenth--To provide and maintain all pub
nc buildings, parks or squares necessary or
! proper for the use OF the city.
Iwelfth-To provide and maintain q labor
/ bureau, and to thereby assist worthy persons
! III obtaining employment.
Thirteenth-To provide and maintain a
Morgue.
Fourteenth-To prevent and restrain any
/ rot or riotOus assemblage or disorderly con-
duo within said city.
tifteenth-To provide for the formation of a
chain-Sang for persons convicted of crimes,
vagrancy or other misdemeanors. and for
their proper employment for the benefit OF
| the city.
sixteenth-To establish ard regulate mar
kets.
! Seventeenth-To provide for conducting