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for and against the same shah be entered in

for and against the same shall be entered in
| the minutes.
! SEC l6. No ordinance shall be passed ex-
/ cept by bill. Every bill, after it has passed
/ the board, shah be signed by the President
! thereof, and every bill which shall have passed
4 the board, and have been thus authenticated,
/ shall BE presented 10 the Mayor for his APP
proYal. The Mayor shall return such bill to
/ the board, or tie the same with the City Clerk
within ten days after receiving 1t. II he
shall sign the same ii shall then become an
ordinance but IL he shall disapprove the bin,
/ he shall stale his objections thereto in writ
Ing. il the bill is not returned with such APP
/ prevail or disapproval within the time specl-
lied, it SHAH take effect as II he had approved
I the same.
/ SEC. II. When a 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 it shall take effect as If the Mayor
| had approved the same. II the bill shall fail,
! on being so considered, 10 receive six affirma-
tive votes, it shall then be finally lost. The
vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and the
result shall be entered ia the minutes of the
! board.
! SIC. is. No ordinance passed by The board
shall take effect until ten days after It's passage
and approval, unless otherwise provided in
/ the enactment
year 1900, ana every tenth year thereafter,
re1istrict tac city into nine wards, making the
same as nearly equal in population, ana as
( city snail not be so redistrlcfed within ninety
/ day previous to any municipal election.
! SEC. 20. The Board OF Trustees SHALL during
the first year after It's organization under this
Charter, cause all ordinances then in force TO
I 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 10 one copy of such ordinances
/ without charge. and every citizen applying
4 for copy stall lie entitled TO the same at the
I cost OF publication. The board shall every
/ five years after the publication, as herein pro-
vided, cause ali the o. dinances at that time in
1 force TO be compiled, and snail publish the
same, subject to the terms and conditions
herein exl ressed. The board shall also, at the
4 end OF each year, except the years above pro-
/ yided for. cause TO be published in pamphlet
I form all ordinances passed dur ing said year.
SEC. 81. The enacting clause of ali ordi-
nances shall be in these words: 1.-THE Board OF
Trustees OF the City of Sacramento ordain as
SEC. 22. No contract for supplies, printing,
| advertising, stationery, maintenance ofprison-
ers, fuel, street sprinl1ling, 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, or 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
! 10 the board, or to the clerk thereof within
| five days after receiving it. If he shall sign
| the same it shall then become contract, but
| II he snail dlsapprove 1t he shall state his OBJ
! Jections thereto in writing. II the proposed
| contract is not returned with such approval
or disapproyal within said five days, il shall
| become valid as Ii he hal approved the same.
! When 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. Ii
! it is again authorized by an affirmative vote
of not less than six members, it shall become
| valid contract of the city the same as if the
| Mayor had signed it. and not otherwise. The
votes shall be taken by yeas ami nays, and the
result Shall be entered in the minutes of the
/ board.
| SEC. 24. Every officer of the city shall at
| the end OF each month, make, in writing, and
furnish to the Board of Trustees q fun and de-
! tailed 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 ike 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 majority vote of all
the members of the board, to remove from
Office appointeeS against whom charges have
/ been preferred; and by not less than seven
Affirmative votes to remove any appointee at
any time when in the Judgment of the board
the public service will be improved thereby.
Second-To make bylaws and ordinances
not repugnant TO the Constitution of the
United States or Of the State of California, or
gblrd-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, for a general
/ fund.
Fourth-To sell, use, lease, control. improve
ana 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 and alleys, provide for the grading,
/ draining, cleaning, repairing, widening, light
| ing, or otherwise permanently improving the
| same, and for the construction, repair, regula-
ton and preservation of sidewalks, bridges,
drains, curbs, cutters and sewers, and 10 pre-
vent or remove distractions thereto or to any
! part thereof, and 10 provide for the number
/ ing of houses
Sixth-To organize, regulate, and maintain
/ q Fire Department; also, to organize, regulate,
and maintain Police Department.
SeNenth-Io regulate or exclude the landing
\ ana storage OF gunpowder and other combust-
1 IDLE materials.
/ Eighth-To determine what are nufsances,
and prevent and remove the same.
/ Ninth-To regulate the maintenance of acid
works, slaughter-houses, warehouses; laun-
dries, tanneries, offensive trades and all other
manufacturers, works and business of every
description tnat may endanger the public
/ safety, health or comfort, and to restrict the
prosecution thereof to such fixed limits as
may seem proper, or exclude such works and
Ienth-lo fix and collect license tax on, and
I 10 regulate, thSatefS, 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 lnay be held in any house where wines
or liquors are sold circuses shows, billiard
tables, bowling alleys anG ali exhibitions and
amusements. To fix and collect license tax
on all t2Verns, hotels, restaurants, saloons,
baI-rOOnS, bankers, brokers. gold-duSt BUYERS,
! manufacturers, livery stable Keepers express
/ companies and persons engaged IN transmit
I ting letters or packages, railroad and stage
/ and steamboat companies. or owners whose
! prime pal place OF business is in said city or
/ VINO snail nave an agency therein; 10 license
and regulate auctioHeerS; TO license, tax, reg
ulate, prohibit or SUPP reSs all tipL lng-hoaseS
/ dram shops, saloons, bars, barroons, raffieS,
/ haWkefs, peddlerS, paWnbrokefs, refreshment
/ or coffee Stands booths and sheds; TO prohibit
and suppress all dog-fights, prize-fightS cock
I ughtS, bear or bull badger bats: also to
I prohibit or suppress all gaming and all gam
bling or disorderly houses; also to regulate:
! prohibit or suppress all houses of ill-lame:
also, 10 Fix and collect license tax uDon all
( lawful professions trades or business, not
! heretofore specific q having regard in such
/ ease 70 the amount of business done by each
person, firm or association thus licensed.
Eleyenth-Io provide and maintain all pub
he buildings. parks or squares necessary or
t-pioper Tor ghe use of the city.
TWeifth-T0 provide and maintain labor
! bureau, and to thereby assist worthy persons
in obtaining employment.
Thilteeuth-To provide and maintain a
I Aorgue
/ Fourteenth--To prevent and restrain any
( riot or rfotous aseemblage or disorderly con
dUe. within SAID city
/ Fifteenth-To provide for the formation of n
/ chain-gang for persons convicted of crimes
vagrancy or other misdemeanors. and for
theif proper employment for the benefit OF
sixteenth-To establish and regulate mar
fets.
seventeeuth,-To provide for conducting