The herald., 1894-12-02


ence to their fitness for said Office, and nc
member OF the city council shall be member
OF the board.
Sec Sc. Such board by a majority OF all the
| members, to be recorded in the minutes with
| the ayes and noes at length, shall have power
| TO make and enforce all such bylaws. rules
| and regulations as may be necessary or expe
| dient forit own guidance and for the admin
| lstratfon, government and protection of such
library, reading room and property; to deter
mine the number OF officers and asss' ants to
be appointed for such library anG reading
ROOM and to determine and define their du-
! tIes; to appoint a librarian and necessary as.
sistants and such other employees as may be
necessary, and. for good cause to remove them
except the payment of the salaries of the city
librarian and assistants and other employees,
which salaries shall be fixed by the city coun-
Gil by ordinance: and order the drawing and
payment OF all moneys out OF said fund for
such expenditure or liabilities as are herein
authorlzed subject to the general provisions
1orthe payment of demands on the city treas
urer contained in article 81; and to have the
| general supervision, care and custody of
| the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed,
leased or set apart for that purpose and gen.
eay eaaIiy 10 &C. DO all that may be necessary to
carry out the spirit and intent of this charter
In establishing public library and reading
room; provided that all moneys received for
| such library shall be deposited in the treasury
| OF the city to the credit OF the library fund.
! and shall be kept separate and apart from
| other moneys OF the city. and shall be drawn
| from said lund upon demands authenticated
| by the signatures of the president and clerk of
the board. and approved by the mayor and
council IN the same manner as other demands
drawn upon the general funds of the city.
| All libraries and reading rooms heretofore
established by said city and all property, real
and personal, thereto belonging, shall be
turned over to the charge, custody and adj n
| istration of the board of directors with like
powers and liabilities as if such library had
been established under this charter
They shall have power and authority to Gre
ate museum in connection with said library
and to appoint curator therefor, provided
that no expense shall be incurred therefor
Ontgidp of the finds nrOyi6ad ha ri
tenance of said Ii brary.
Sec. 95. TIE police commissioners shall pre-
ernment of the police force fix and enforce
the penalties for their violation: provided
that removals shall be for cause only.
sec. Ill The board of fire commissioners
shall prescribe the rules and regulations for
The government of the department and fix and
enforce the penalties for their violation, and
removals shall be made only for cause.
Sec. 120. There is hereby established in and
for the city department to be known the
board OF health, to consist OF five members,
namely: The mayor. who shall be ex-officio
member and president OF the board, and four
citizens. to be appointed without regard to
their political opinion, by the mayor Three
standing and graduates OF some reputable
Sec "a The board shall appoint and may
remove at pleasure health officer who shall
also act as city physician, and whose duties
as such shall be defined by ordinance He
shall be graduate of a reputable medical COL
lege, and shall have practiced medicine at
least three years, and be q citizen and resident
for two years in the city and have his license
to practice m edicine recorded with the county
clerk of Los Angeles county, in accordance
with the laws of the state of California regu-
lating the practice OF medicine. He must re-
side within the city limits, and devote his en-
tire time to the duties Of his Office. The board
shall also, when authorized by ordinance,
have the power to appoint an assistant health
the sanitary condition of the city may require.
Sec. 92. The said corporation shall have
the right and power to construct, maintain
and operate waterwOrks dams. reservoirs.
bitches, canals and other means to conduct
the said waters from the said river or other
sources. or elsewhere, and 10 supply the city
and its nhabitants with water and to dis
tribute such water either in zanjas, pipes or
otherwise into, upon and over the lands within
the limits OF said city, or elsewhere; all water
mains by whomsoever hereafter laid in said
city shall be of such material and of such ca
pacity as shall be prescribed by. ordinance:
provided, that no surh main shall hereafter be
laid in said city of less dimensions than four
inches in diameter
Sec 1876. General municipal elections shall
be held in said city on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in March, 1896, and on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in March
every two years thereafter. at which shall be
elected a mayor, city attorney city treas
urer.
AT said election to be held in March, 1896
there shall also be elected seven members OF
the board of education from the city at large
and by the electors of each ward OF the city
one member of the city council at each sue
ceding election the members of the board of
education and the members of the city council
shall ba elected as in the next section hereof
provided. ,s
Sec. 1876. The officers elected at general
municipal election shall, after they have quail
flied as provided in this charter enter upon
the discharge OF the duties of the offices 10
which they ha We been elected on the irst Mon
day in April succeeding their elect on; and
the members OF the council elected from the
even-numbered wards in said city shall, after
the first election, serve for the Term of two
years, and those elected from the odd-num-
bered wards in said city shall serve for a term
of four years and thereafter the term OF office of
each of the councilmen of said city shall be
for term of four years. After the first cleo
ton the members of the board of education
shall decide by lot who shall serve for. four
years and who for two years three OF sale
said members for four years., and thereafter
the term of all members of the BOARD OF educa-
ton shall be for four years.
The other officers OF said city elected at said
general municipal election shall serve for two
years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified, except as herein provided as to
councilmen and members of the board of edu-
cation, and except in case OF an election to
fill a vacancy at a special election, in which
case they shall, after qualifying as herein pro-
vided, enter at once on the discharge of the
duties of the office and shall serve for the re-
mainder of the term of such Office and until
their successors have been elected and quail
fed.
Sec 1877. Special elections shall be held for
the purpose of electing q mayor or any other
officer herein made elective by the people, in
case of a vacancy occurring in any OF the said
off ces, or for other purposes not especially
provided for. In the event OF any such va
cancy, such election shall be ordered and held
without delay; provided that the council shall
in all such cases, except in the event OF a
vacancy in the council. have power to fill such
vacancy until an election can be held.
Sec 1913. The council shall have power to
submit to the electors of said city at any elec-
ton any question required to be so submitted
by the Constitution, the law, this charter, or by
ordinance; provided that in case such question
is required by said constitution, law, charter
or ordinance to be submitted at a special or
other articular kind OF election, it shall be so
submitted, and not otherwise.
The council may at any special or general
election submit to the vote OF the electors to
be affected by any act in question whether
such act shall or shall not become a law and
in case majority of all the votes shall be cast
against an act SO submitted then it shall be
null and void; but a case majority OF all the
votes shall be cast for such an act it shall be.
come law at such time as the council shall
| designate.
Sec. 2O3. No person sb all be eligible to any
| municipal Office under this charter who, al
the time of his election or appointment is. not
| a qualified elector of this city under the laws
OF the state; and to be eligible to the ofhces OF
member OF the council, in addition 10 the
above qualifications the person elected must
also have been q resident of the ward from
| which he is elected for at least two years pre-
| vious to said election, and in case any member
| which he represents his Office shall immedi-
| ately become vacant, and the office shall be
| filed as directed in this charter; provided thai
| in case redistricting or redivision OF the CITY
| into wards be made, whereby the lines OF
| boundaries of any wards are changed, the las'
provision in regard to residence shall not aap
| ply to any person elected as q member OF tne
| council before such change
| Sec FOG The officers of said city, including
| the city assessor and city tax and license col
lector, in office at the time OF the taking effect