The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-09

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SEC. 40. The City Assessor shall be allowed
during the months Of March, April, May and
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 ottice of the Auditor
shall be two years.
CITY TREASURER.
SEC. AZ There shall be City Treasurer,
who shall be elected by the qualified voters
OF the city at each general municipal election.
de snail have been citizen of the State and
resident and qualified eleetor of the city for
at Least I've years next before his election. 1t
shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to re-
celVe and Keep all moneys that shall come to
Inc city by taxation or otherwise ana 10 pay
Tue same out on demands legally audited in
the manner hereinafter provided; and without
such 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
ufy unless accompanied by the certificate OF
the city Auditor, provided for in section 81
hereof. He shall issue to any person paying
money into the city treasury an order 10 the
City Auditor directing the City Auditor to
issue receipt 10 Such person, which order
shall contain a statement OF tue amount paid
into the city treasury, the name of The person
paying the same, and the fund TO which the
same Is applied. He ali make q report at
the close OF business each Saturday TO the
AUDITOR, showing all moneys received during
the week, together with the number of each
order for q receipt given by him therefor and
from Whon received, and to what fund APP
pied. Whenever the city shall provide %
proper vault and is for the keeping OF the
city money, the Il feaSurer shall keep said
moneys in said vault, and ne shall not there
AFTER under any circumstances del ostt with
any person, corporation, or kank, any of the
moneys OF the city, or allow the same Il xcent
IN payment OF demands against the citv) to
pass outof his custody. If lie shall violate
any OF The provisions OF this section he shall
f f. ms once ana De forever disqualified
from holding any position ia the service OF
Inc city. As soon possible after the adop-
ton of o l. charter the Beard Of Trustees
shall p1o 3Ide suitable vaults ana safes for the
use OF the Treasurer. i Shall be in the power
OF the Board of Trustees, By ordnance at any
time TO require the City Treasurer To devote
his entire time to the duties of his Office.
SEC. 43 The term OF Office OF City Treasurer
shall be two years.
CITY COLLECTOR.
SEC. n. There shall be a City Collector who
Shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
city at eacl general municipal election. He
snail nave been a citizen of the State and n res.
ldent and qualified elector of the city for at
least i've years next before his election 1t
snail be the duty of the City Collector 10 re-
celYe and collect all city taxes, general and
special; he shall also collect all city licens s,
water rates har6or dues. cemetery receints'
ana SUCH other branches of the city revenue
not OthefWlSe 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 ilcenSes snail be provided by the Board of
Trustees.
SEC. 40. Whenever any person required by
any CITY ordinance to take out a license shall
iall, neglect or refuse to take out such license
and pay therefor in the manner and Mt 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
cured the requisite license for such trading or
carrying on, the City Collector shall report
stcii aeiihquent TO the City Attorney, who
snail at once bring suit. in the name of the
city, against the delinquent; and in such case
the CITY collector or City Attorney NAV make
the necessary affidavit as in other casps for an
attachment and writ of attachment shall
issue upon the filing of the affidavit against
the property of such delinquent without m
undertaklns being HE'D by or on behalf of the
city; ana IN such action the sum of fifteen
dollars shall be included in the Judgment
as lIqu1dated damages, together with the orig
maj debt and costs of the action; provided
however, nothing In this section shall author
lie the court officer, any other person
WbomSoeVer 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
plaintlH shall be entitled to demand or receive
any witness fees or mileage in advance nor
ceive any fees or mileage whatever unl less the
same are made as costs out of the defendant.
ana provided further, that il judgment is
rendered Tor the defendant it shall be general
ana 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 q license may
by any ordinance by required to be taken out
without first procuring such license, shall be
guilty OF a mIsdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum
not less than ten dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for NOT less
than nve nor more than nifty days. Upon the
trial OF any criminal action provided for bv
this section, the defendant shall be deemed
not to have procured the proper license unless
he either produces. it or proves that he did
procure If; but he NAV plead in bar of the
criminal action a recovery against him and
the payment by him, in civil action of the
proper license money, damages and costs.
SEC. 40. All billiard tables, bar ii Xtlres ton
pin alleys, pins and balls, furniture crockery,
glassware, liquors and chattels of every kind
used In transactlng or carrying on or doing the
business Of q drinking saloon bar restaurant
house, ballroom, dance-house theater or cir
Gus, where by ordinance such business is re-
CURED TO be licensed, Snail, without reference
to the actual ownership of such property, be
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
enee 10 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, omni-
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 part
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 mol to eX-
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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 will be improved thereby. II at any time
by reason OF the growth of the city and a
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 Tt ceive greater com pcnSation for service
than twelve hundred dollars per annum.
SIC. 10. The term of othce OF the City Col
lector shall be two years
CITY ATTORNEY.
SEC. 40. There shall be a City Attorney, who
sIlali NC eiSSOCo W tho duitihSu NcietS Vi the
city at each general municipal election and
who shall nave 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 TO prac-
tice by the Supreme Court OF this State
and whose term of office shall be two years
and until his successor is elected and quail
ned. 1t shall be his duty TO prosecute on be-
half or the people all criminal cases before the
Police Court aud 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 ali liti-