The record-union., 1892-03-26

prlated to 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 wherewlth to meet the same; provided,
| however. should the board, or a majority
tnereot, contract or create any debt against the
city contrary 10 the provisions of this Charter,
such debt, claim or obligation shall be null
ana Vold as against the city or any of its
funds; but every Trust ee voting in favor of the
contracting or creation of any such illegal
DEBT shall be held personally responsible,
created or contracted, and shall be deemed
guilty OF malteaSance in Office. and upon
onVlelon shall be removed therefrom.
TWenty-third-To license ferries and bridges
license.
Twenty-fourth-To control. enlarge and i'm
prove or abolish the cemeteries heretofore be-
longing TO the city, and TO create other cenne-
teries, and to sell or lease lots therein; TO
tfol ana regulate interments, and prohibit
them Within the city limits.
TWenty-hfth- establish fire limits and
prevent the erection of wooden buildings
therein; to regulate the construction of build
lngS, sheds, awnings and signs.
wenty-sixth-To provide for supplying the
city with water, and to regulate the sale and
distribution there OF; 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
collection of water rates 10 any person firm
or corporation; but the city may contract or
supply OF water, to be furnished for term
y
nrm or corporation, or may purchase, lease or
holu Its own water supply, either within or
without the city limits; provided, however,
no contract Tor furnishing the City with water
shall be made, unless approved by a vote of
tWothlrcs of he electors voting at any gen.
eIal or special election at which the propo-
siton may be submitted.
Invent y-s2Venth-To provide for lighting the
streets, alleys, public buildings and public
grounds. and TO construct, purchase, lease,
own, control, maintain and operate a system
OF lighting by artificial gas, natural gas, cleo
trlcity Or other means of illumination.
TwGnty-eighth-To provide and maintain a
City Prison, and to provide for the care feed
ing and clothing of the city prisoners.
| twenty -nlnti-Io make real estate in said
city liable for the construction of sidewalks,
crossings, and all other street Improvements
adjacent thereto, ana provide for the forced
sale thereof for such purposes.
Ihlrteth-To prevent or regulate the run
ming at laf4e Oh any animals; to establish q
pound, anG 10 authorize The destruction sale,
or linpounding OF any animals found running
at large.
Thirty iirst-To regulate or prohibit the use
OF steam boilers, the location OF telegraph.
telephone, electric ligIS and other poles and
wires, ana the construction OF entrances 10
&c lars and easements from sidewalks
hIrty-second--To regulate the entrances 10
and exits from theaters, lecture rooms, pubic
mans ana chulcneS, and the number and con
struction OF such entrances and exits and 10
prohioit the placing of chairs, stools, benches.
or other obstacles in the aiSes 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 and other electric telegraph and
mechanical appliances, in, along, ver under
and across the streets; provided, that said aD-
pHanceS shall be so constructed and placed us
not TO interfere with he fire alarm system
nor with the eXtinguiShing of fires nor with
the free use OF the sidewalks and streets. Also,
to require railway companies either 10 station
nagihen or u place sufficient warning signals
or signal bells on such street crossings as NAV
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 or
elevated above or placed below any street of
the city; provided that tie free use OF such
! street Shall not be unnecessarily INSTRUCTED
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 six
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 10 be SO used. Sucn grants
shall be without prejudice to the rights of
notconsenting owners TO compensation for
Thirty-fifth-To grant franchises for a term
not exceeding twenty-five years for the con-
structlon 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 a franchise to
construct ana operate a street railway along
and upon any of the streets of the city should
be granted, the board shall after such deter
mnatlOn, cause notice to be published for ten
days in q daily news PAPER published in the
city, specifying the route over and along
which it is determined to grant sucn 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 eXpira-
ton OF five years after the franchise is granted
and thereafter semi-annually, the largest per-
centum of the gross receipts OF such road:
| provided. 81 franchises
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 such
further regulations and restrictions in the use
thereof as to the beard may appear expedent
| 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 a 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 five
years from the granting of the franchise.
! Tlirty-siXth-To require every railroad
company to 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.
lice as the board may direct any lots or por-
tons of lots within the city which may be
covered with stagnant water portion OF the
year, TO be filled 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 it shall be 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-
fined by this charter and to impose 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.
Ihirty-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.
Fortieth-To authorize the Mayor to en-
ploy, in addition to the City Attorney, an
attorney at-law, at a salary not to exceed tif-
teen hundred dollars year and whose duty
1t snail be 10 advise the city officials, and at
tend TO all CIVIL suits and other matters in
which the city may be legally interested.
| torty-hrst-To make all rules and regula-
| uons 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.
FoTty-Second--To make and enforce all such
other local, police, sanitary and other regula-
| latlons as are not in conflict with general
laws or or the provisions of this charter.
ARTICLE III.
Executive Department.
OF THE MAYOR.
SEC %. There shall be a Mayor who shall