The herald., 1898-10-21
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER =

cant by the Council or the Mayor. and
the vacancy shall thereupon be filled. IN
Council. and in the sa'cs case Of I an appointive
officer not included in the classified civil
service, by the Mayor; unless otherwise
provided for In this charter.
Sec. So. All officers subject to the pro-
visions OF this charter shall hold ofnce un-
I'll removed. suspended or until their sue
cessors have qualified.
Sec. 81. The Council shall have power
TO- suspend any officer of the city pending
ings or civil action for the recovery Of
money due the city has been commenced.
and the Mayor shall appoint a substitute
Ing upon the suspension and removal Of
officers, the members of the Council, sus-
pending or removing the same, shall vote
taken and entered upon the journal.
Sec. 50. 1t shall have power. by ordi-
nance, to adopt and enforce all such
lations. in cases for which no express
provision is in this charter made. as the
city Council may from time to time deem
ton and protection Of the health. com.
FORT. safety. life. limb and property of
the inhabitants Of said city. the preser-
motion Of public morals. the suppression
OF vice and the enhancement of the pub
tic welfare In said city.
Sec. 49, The Council shall have power,
by ordinance, to regulate and provide for
lighting Of streets. laying down gas pipes
ana erection OF lamp posts, electric tow
the sale and use Of gas. electric light and
power. and fix and determine the price
OF gas electric light and power, ana the
regulate the Inspection thereof: and to
regulate telephone service and the use OF
telephones within the city. and fix and
telephone service and connections.
Sec. 81. The Council shall have power
to provide by ordinance that al rates to
Charge against the land on Which the
vat water Is supplied. and shall Ii constitute snii "a
power to establish rules for the deter
mination of the area of the land In eacn
case to be subject to such lien. and to
which water Is so supplied, for the col
lection of such water rates and for the
sale of the land so assessed in case OF the
manner substantially and at the same
time as in the case OF general municipal
taxes.
Sec. IS. The Council shall also have
power to pass ordinances upon any other
subject Of municipal control, or to carry
into effect any other powers of the NUM-
cipality.
Sec 86. The Council may, by ordinance.
provide for the erection and maintenance
OF barracks and work-houses in Elysian
Park or Griffith Park for the safe-keep-
parks Of such persons as are confined IN
the city prison under Judgment of con-
viction.
Sec. 81. II at any time provision is
the collection Of the city taxes by and
through the officers of the county, the
Council may. by ordinance. adopt such
method of collection and provide that the
assessment and amount OF the levy ana
rate OF taxation for city purposes. be GER
titled in detail to the proper county OF
fcer or officers.
Sec. 49, Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council shall.
before 1t becomes effective, be signed by
the City Clerk or other person authorized
by the Council to sign the same on Its be-
half. and be presented to the Mayor for
his approval and signature, II he ap-
proves it; II not. he shall indorse thereon
the date of Its presenta ton to him and re-
turn 1t to the Clerk with his objections In
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date Of It's return to him, and
shall. at the first meeting Of the Council
thereafter. present the same, with the OBJ
tections of the Mayor. to that body.
Thereypon the Council shall proceed to
and shall within thirty days after such
ordinance or resolution shall have been
SO returned take Anal action thereon.
Upon such rec reeonslderaton In in all eases tss
Council were required to pass the ordi-
nance In the first instance, 1t shall require
the votes Of seven members to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In all
other shall rA0uiYa tho V0tog nf
six members to pass the ordinance over
the veto. Tho vote in all cases Of recon-
sideration shall be by ayes and noes, and
the names Of the members voting for or
Sec. SO. If any ordinance shall not be
returned to the City Clerk by the Mayor
within ten days after it shall have been
tach a certificate to that effect to the or
dinance, and such ordinance shall, after
publication become effective and be as
valid as II the Mayor had approved and
signed 1t.
Sec. 80. Whenever there shall be pro-
sented to the Council petition signed by
q number Of city electors equal to fifteen
per centum of the votes cast In the city
at the last preceding State or City elec-
tion, asking that an OF dinance, to be set
forth in such petition, be submitted to. a
vote of the electors Of the city, such pro-
posed ordinance must be submitted to the
vote Of the electors at the next general
city election, unless the said ordinance
shall have been adopted more than thirty
days prior to such election.
The Council may submit an alternative
ordinance for the choice of the voters, Nn0
any number of proposed ordinances may
be voted on at the same election, in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of this Sec
ton.
The signatures to the petition need not
all be appended to ono paper; but each
signer shall add 10 his signature his place
of residence. giving the street and num-
ber:., One Of the signers Of each paper
petent to administer oaths, that the s-ate-
ments therein made are tue, and that
each signature to the paper appended Is
the genuine signature Of the person
whose name purports to be thereto SUBJ
scribed.
contain the words FOR THE ORDI.
NANCE" (stating the nature OF the pro-
posed ordinance) and AGAINST TIE
ORDINANCE (stating the nature Of the
proposed ordinance.)
II majority Of the votes cast upon
such ordinance shall be in favor Of .he
adoption thereof. the Council shall, with
in thirty days from the time of such elec-
tIcn, proclaim such fec; and upon such
proclamation such ordinance shall have
fhe same force and effect as an ordinance
passed by the Council and approved hs
the Mayor. and the same shall not be re-
pealed py the Council. The Council may
submit proposition for the Iepeal of such
vote at any succeeding general city elcc-
ton; and should such proposition So sub