The record-union., 1896-11-30

some eight weeks, and have held many
sessions, and have had the advice from
| time to time Of several members of the
old Board of Freeholders.
ALTERNATE PROPOSITION NUM-
BER ONE.
Section 26 of Article III. Is hereby
| amended to read as follows: Section
26. There shall be a Mayor, who shall
be elected by the qualified voters Of the
city Of Sacramento at each general mu-
nicipal election, and his term Of office
shall be two years. He shall be at least
26 years of age and shall have been
citizen of the State, and a resident and
qualified elector Of the city for five
years next preceding the day of his
election. He shall be the executive off,
Ger of the Board of Trustees and shall
carry out their orders and directions.
| The Board of Trustees shall purchase
all supplies required for public use,
shall have superintendent and con-
| troll of all public work and improve
ments, and shall employ such persons
as may be necessary therefor, or they
may authorize the Mayor to perform
any or all of these duties All subor-
| dinate executive and ministerial Off
GERS and employees of the city shall
make their reports direct to the Board
| of Trustees. The Mayor, In the per-
formance of executive business of the
city, shall act under the general direc
| ton of, and the powers possessed by
him as to the conduct of executive bust
ness of the city, shall be subordinate
to those possessed by the Board Of
Trustees. This section is intended to
| be the rule of action on all subjects
covered by it, and shall be considered
as repeating all sections and parts Of
sections in conflict with it.
ALTERNATE PROPOSITION NUM-
| BER TWO.
| Section 26 Of Article III. is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 26 There shall be a Mayor,
who shall be elected by the qualified
general municipal election, and his term
of office shall be two years. He shall
| be at least 26 years of age, and shall
have been a citizen of the State and
resident and qualified elector of the
city for five years next preceding the
day Of his election. He shall have gen.
eral supervision over the whole city
government and every employe thereof
except the Board of Trustees and City
Clerk. He shall be the purchasing
agent for the city and shall purchase all
supplies and material needed for the
use Of the city, under such conditions
and restrictions as the Board Of Trus
| tees may prescribe, and he shall have
the superintendent of all public work
Of every kind, and when authorized by
| the Board of Trustees, may employ
such persons in temporary employ
ment as the necessities of the city may
require. All claims against the city
must be audited by the Board of Trus-
tees, but they shall have NO power to
purchase directly supplies, or employ
any person, save in their own office.
All subordinate executive or ministerial
officers and employees of the city shall
make their reports to the Mayor, who
shall transmit the same or copies there
of, to the Board of Trustees, with a
statement of his action thereon or his
recommendations concerning the same.
| The Mayor shall have general superin-
| tendence over the performance of all
executive business of the city, and shall
require that all materials furnished to,
and work done for the city, shall COM
ply with the contract therefor. The
! powers and duties of the Board of
/ Trustees as to the performance and su
perintendence of executive business of
the city, shall be subordinate to those
possessed by the Mayor. This section
| is intended to be the rule of action on
all subjects covered by it, and shall
| be considered as repeating all sections
and parts of sections in conflict with it.
PROPOSITION NUMBER THREE.
Section 1S Of Article H. is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 1S No ordinance passed by the
| board shall take effect until ten days
after its passage and approval, unless
otherwise provided in the enactment. 1t
| is hereby declared to be the duty of the
| Board of Trustees to cause every ordi-
| nance to be advertised at least one day
in some daily newspaper published
within the city, and within five days
after approval. But want of such pub
| lication shall not affect the validity of
the ordinance.
| PROPOSITION NUMBER FOUR.
| There Is hereby added a section to Ar
| ticle IL, to be known as Section 25la,
| to read as follows:
| Section 25h. The Mayor may
revoke any license for good
cause appearing to him. But he
shall Immediately report such action to
the Board of Trustees, with his reasons
| therefor, whereupon said board may re-
store such license, in which case the
same shall not again be revoked by
| the Mayor for the same reasons.
| PROPOSITION NUMBER FIVE.
| Section 81 of Article III. is hereby
amended TO read as follows:
| Section 81. When and as long as the
| Mayor is temporarily unable to perform
| his official duties, the President of the
| Board of Trustees shall act as Mayor
| pro tempore and receive the salary of
the Mayor for that period, at the option
| and pleasure of the Board of Trustees,
| in lieu of his own. When vacancy oc-
ours in the office of Mayor it shall be
| filled for the unexpired term by the
| Board of Trustees assembled for the
| purpose. A member of the Board of
| Trustees during the term for which he
shall have been elected or appointed
shall be ineligible to fill such vacancy.
PROPOSITION NUMBER SIX.
| A section TO be known as Section 71b
| is hereby added to Article ", to read as
follows:
| Section 71l2. The Board of Trustees
! is authorized to expend annually for
| the proper observance of the national
| holiday, July 4th, the sum of 81 600 and
shall provide therefor in the annual tax
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