The herald., 1898-10-28
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

| SuHt ny the NOuDcll or tnc Mayor, anu
the vacancy shall thereupon be filled, in
the case of an elective officer. by the
C3uncil. and IN the case of an appointive
service, by the Mayor; unless otherwise
provided for in this charter.
visions OF this charter shall hold office un-
til removed, suspended or until their sue
cessors have qualified.
Sec 81. The Council shall have power
to- suspend any officer of the city pending
trial, against whom any criminal proceed.
ings or civil action for the recovery Of
money due the city has been commenced.
and the Mayor shall appoint a substitute
for such office during suspension. In vot--
ing M upon the suspension and removal OF
pending or removing the same, shall vote
by ayes and noes and the same shall be
taken and entered upon the journal.
Sec. 50. It shall have power, by ordi-
nance. to adopt and enforce all such
measures and to establish all such regu-
IN for Whch made *
city Council may from time to time deem
necessary and expedient, for the promo
Ha or and asy s inf Of hs ama Of
the inhabitants of said city,, the preser-
walton of peace and good order, the pro-
motion of public morals, the suppression
or vice and the enhancement of the pub
lie welfare In said city.
Sec 49, The Council shall have power.
lighting Of streets. laying down gas pipes
and erection Of lamp posts, electric tow
ers and other apparatus, and to regulate
power, and fix and determine the price
of gas. electric light and power, and the
rent of gas meters within the CITY,, and
regulate telephone service and the use Of
| telephones within the CITY, and fix and
determine the charges for telephones and
telephone service and connections.
Sec. 81; The Council shall have power
be charged by the city for the use Of
charge fSs aga0sa the andP on whch
water, is supplied, and shall constitute
lien thereon; and the Council shall have
mlnation of the area Of the land in each
case to be subject to such lien, and to
provide for the assessment OF the land on
lection Of such water rates and for. the
sale of the land so assessed in case Of the
| non-payment Of such rates. in the same
time ti,, 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 muni-
cipality.
Sec. ss. The Council may. by ordinance.
provide for the erection and maintenance
OF barracks and work-houses In Elysan
Park or Griffith Park. for the safe-keep-
| ing and employment In either OF said
the city prison under judgment Of con-
viction.
Sec. 81. II at any time provision is
made by general law OF the state for
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 tho levy and
rate of taxation for city purposes. be cer-
titled In detail. 10 the proper county Of
| ficor or officers.
Sec. SS. Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council shall.
the City Clerk or other person authorised
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: IL not. he shall indorse thereon
the date Of its presentation to him and re-
turn 1t to the Clerk with his objections In
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date OF Its return to him. and
thereafter. present the same. with the OBJ
Thereupon The Council shall proceed TO
and shall within thirty days after such
| ordinance or resolution shall have been
SO returned. take final action thereon.
Upon such reconsideration. in all cases
where the vote of six members Of the
Council were required to pass the ordi-
nance in the first instance. 1t shall require
the. votes of seven XembeIs to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In oil
other cases it shall require the votes Of
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
against shall be entered upon the journal.
| Sec. SO. If any ordinance shall not be
returned to the City Clerk by the Mayor
within ten days after 1t shall have been
presented to him, the City Clerk shall at
| dinance, and such ordinance shall. after
publication, become effective and be as
valid as II the Mayor had approved and
| signed 1t.
Sec 90. Whenever there shall be pro-
sented to the Council a petition signed by
a number of city electors equal to fifteen
per centum of the votes cast in the city
at the last preceding State or City cleo
ton, asking that an ordinance, to be set
forth in such petition, be submitted to a
voto OF the electors of the city, such pro-
posed ordinance must be submitted to the
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, and
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-
shall make oath before an officer COM
petent to administer oaths, that the s-ate-
ments therein made are true. and that
each signature. to the paper appended Is
whose name purports to be thereto SUBJ
scribed.
The tickets used in such election shall
contain the words FOR THE ORDI.
NANCE" (stating the nature Of the PRO;
ORDINANCE" (stating the nature Of the
proposed ordinance.)
II q majority of the votes cast upon
such ordinance shall be in favor of the
adoption thereof. the Council shall, with
| in thirty days from the time of such cleo
| tiCn, proclaim such fsc,: and upon such
proclamation such ordinance shall have
the samo forco and effect as an ordinance
rnsstd by the Council and approved by
the Mayor. and the same shall not be re-
pealcd py the Council. The Council may
submit proposition for the repeal Of such
ordinance, or for amendments thereto, for
vote at any succeeding general city cleo
| tion: and should such proposition, So sub
mitted. receive majority OF the votes
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