The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-09
TO Get BY BILL
WHAT VOTE DENIED
A Plan to Secure to the
Mayor the Powers Of
the Charter.
BIG REFORM, FEW WORDS
Sam Braunhart's Measure That
Will Go Before the
Senate.
PHELAN MAY ACT UNDER IT.
Nearly ALI the Provisions of the
Defeated Document to Be
Incorporated.
PHELAN MAY ACT UNDER IT.

Samuel Braunhart, State Senator elect,
will concentrate his best energies during
the next session of the Legislature to Sc
curing the passage of bill which shall
give to the Mayor of this City nearly all
the powers which would have belonged to
that official had the charter, lately de-
feated, been, instead, accepted by the peo-
pie.
The bill is not q long one, and would
scarcely be suspected of accomplishing, in
the event of its passage. so much reform
in so few words
The bill makes of the Mayor real factor
in the government. His approval is re-
quired, under the provisions OF the bill,
for every act of legislation.
The bill will especially cure the defect of
the consolidation act pointed out by the
Supreme Court in Jacobs VS.. the Board of
Supervisors in the matter of the ordin-
ance fixing water rates, wherein it declares
that that ordinance does not require the
Mayors approval. Under Mr.. Braun
hart's bill such an ordinance will need his
approval.
The bill will be presented early in the
session, and every effort made to rush it
through and to secure the signature of the
Governor, in order that the new Mayor of
this City may act under it.
The act to be presented to the State
Senate is as follows:
An act to require ordinances and resolutions
passed by the City Council or other legislative
body of any municipality to be present. ted to
the Mayor or ether chief executive officer of
| such municipality for his approval
The people of the State of California, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly do enact as
follows:
| luton of the City Council of,any municipality
providing for any specific improvement or the
granting OF any franchise or other privilege,
or affecting real property in terests or the ex-
penditure of more than 800 of public moneys,
or layi. tax or assessment, or establishing
rates for water or artificial light, and every
ordinance resolution imposing a duty or
penalty which shall have passed the City
Council SHALL before it takes effect, be pre-
senIed TO the Mayor for his approval. The Mayor
shall return such ordinance or resolution 10
the CITY Council within ten days after reeeiv-
ing it. Ii he approve it he shall sign it, and
it shall then take effect. If he disapprove il
he snail specify his objections thereto in writ
ing. If he do not return it with such disap-
proyal within the time above specified, it shall
lake fleet as If he had approved it. The OBJ
jections of the Mayor hail be entered at large
on the journal of the City Council, and the
City Council snail cause the same to be imme-
diately published. The City Council shall,
sfter five and within thirty days after such or.
dlnance or resolution shall have been returned
with the Mayors disapproval reconsider and
upon reconsideration, be again passed by the
affirmative vote of not less than three-!ourths
of all the members, the presiding officer shall
certify that TACT the ordinance resolu-
ton. and when so certified it shall take effect
as ifit had received the approval of the Mayor;
but if the ordinance OF resolution shall fail to
receive upon the first vote thereon after its re-
turn with the Mayors disapproval the affirma-
tive vote of three-fourths of all the mem bers,
it shall be deemed finally lost. The vote on
such re consideration shall be taken by ayes
and noes and the names of the members vot-
| ing for against the same shall be entered In
the journal.
Sec. 2. The word "municipality" ana the
word ''city" as used in this act shall be under
stood and so construed to include, and is
| hereby declared 10 include, all corporations
| heretofore organized and now existing aud
| those hereafter organized for municipal pur-
| poses
Sec. 3. The term "City Council is hereby.
declared to include any body or board which
! under the law is the legislative department of
| the government of any city.
Sec. 4. In municipalities in which there is
no Mayor then the duties imposed upon said
| officer by the provisions of this act shall be
performed by the President OF the Board of
Trustees or other chief executive officer of the
municipality.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
| force from and after its passage, and all acts
and parts OF acts in conflict with this act are
| hereby repealed.