The record-union., 1892-03-02
PRACTICALLY COMPLETED.
Tonight VIII Wind Up the Work
of the FreehoIders.
The New Charter VIII Receive Their
Signatures on saturday-what
Was Done Last Night.

At the meeting of the Freeholders last
evening there were present Roberts, La
Rue, White, Smith, Hubbard and Vein
stock
/ The work of revision was commenced
at Section 80, which is the first of the
article relating to the Judicial Depart
ment, and as at the previous meeting fo1
revision the work consisted largely Of
correcting typographical errors and
faults in verbiage
Section 81 was changed to provide that
the City Justice of the Peace, who shall
exercise the functions now vested in the
Police Judge. shall each month report
in writing" to the Board of Trustees q
detailed account of all fines imposed, col
lected and uncollected.
In the chapter on Department of Pub
! lie Works, an amendment was adopted
providing that the City Surveyor shall be
qualified elector of the city.
Mr.. LaRue thought there should be
some qualification as to age, in order Il
more fully insure procuring the services
/ OF an experienced person, but the ma
Jor1tY OF the committee opposed such q
4 limitation
The same qualification as to being an
/ eiector was made TO apply to the Superin-
tendent OF Streets.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
Section 20, which provides for giving
notice OF work authorized to be done by
/ the board, was amended to provide that
such notice, in addition to being posted
conspicuously in its Office, shall pe pub
NShed ten days lin a daily newspaper
! published in the city,"
Section 80 provides that the time for the
/ performance Of public work shall not be
extended Tor more than ninety days be-
yond the time specified in the contract
Mr.. Roberts suggested many cOntin-
! gencIes IN which greater extension
! would be necessary, but it was thought
/ by others that in cases of emergency the
/ board would have a common law right to
extend the time reasonably, as no con-
! tract could contemplate anyone perform
ing impossibilities.
CITY ASSESSMENTS CONSIDERED.
). Il. Darlington was present to again
urge the adoption of the suggestion made
! by hlp at a previous meeting of the
! board, that in the assessment of CITY
property copy of the assessment-roll OF
the county shall be utilized, as a measure
OF economy. lie stated that since the oc-
casion upon which he had previously
/ spoken OF the matter, he had learned that
the last Legislature of the State had
] dlllGliQcu OtCllOl 0O01 OF the GOlltlcal Code
| to permit OF such method Of city assess
ment.
His attention was further directed
| however, by the committee to the fact
that this amendment applied to counties
OF the second and third class only.
whereas Sacramento County is Of the
fourth class.
Some Of the members expressed the
nope that the laws at some time would be
so framed as 10 provide that the County
Assessor, Collector and Treasurer should
| perform like functions for the county.
but others thought that it would REQUIRE
such an increase Of deputies that the saw
/ ing IN expense over the present system
would not be sufficient TO compensate fol-
the complications that might ensue
CITY INDEBTEDNESS.
1t was discovered that Section lO6.
4 which provides for the mourning of debts
by the city under certain conditions only
by vote OF the people. confiicted with Sec
ton 10, which permits the mourning oil
/ debts in cases of emergency to the amount
OF $4,000 for levees, canals and drainage
without vote of the people. Section I0g
was therefore changed SO that it would
not apply to debts created for the purpose
! specified in Section 20.
THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Section Ill was amended so as to pro-
cation should assume their seats ON the
first Monday alter the first day of the
January succeeding their election. in
stead OF the first Monday after being
officially notified Of their election.
Subdivision II of Section III was
amended to provide that when the Board
OF Education resolves to sell any per-
sonal property not required by the de-
| partment, the public notice provided for
shall be by publication ''in daily news
paper"
An amendment was made to Section
lis, by which the Board of Education
may have ninety days after its organiZa-
ton i'll which to elect a City Superin-
tendent of Schools, instead Of as oripi-
naliy provided, at the next regular meet
ing after organization.
NEARING THE END.
The committee then adjourned until
this afternoon at O'Clock. There are about
thirty pages more of the charter to be
gone over for correction and final amend
ment, and 1t is required by the printers
that the final copy shall be in their hands
tomorrow morning in order that the
perfected copy may be ready on Saturday
night for the signatures of the Board OF
/ FTeeholders who haNe framed it, as with
that date expires the l,inety days allowed
them by law for the W Jrk. A final meet.
ing for work will be held this evening
and it Is the earnest desire of the Com
mittee on Revision that there shall be as
full an attendance as possible OF the en-
tire board.