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CHAPTER VII.
Firemen's Relief Fund.

SECTION 1. In order to continue in force and make effectual pensions already existing in favor of firemen. a. fund is hereby created to be known and designated as the Firemen's Relief Fund. The Board of Fire Commission CTS of the City and County and it's suc- cessors in office shall constitute a Board of Trustees of said Fund. The Board shall be known as the Board of Fire Pension Fund Commissioners.
 Sec. g. There shall be annually levied. collected and apportioned to the Firemer's Relief Fund a tax sufficient to meet and pay all demands upon said Fund, for the purposes set out in this Chapter.
 Sec. 3. The Commissioners may, by a. unanimous vote, retire and relieve from service any aged, infirm or disabled fireman of the Department who has ar rived at the age of sixty-five years. and who. upon an examination by two regu- Iarly certificated pfacticing physicians appointed by the Commissioners for that purpose, may be ascertained to he by reason of such age, infirmity or other disability unfit for the perform ance of his duties. Such retired fire man shall receive from the Firemen's Relief Fund monthly pension equal to one-half of the amount of the salary attached to the rank held by him three years prior to the date of his retire ment. No such pension shall be maid unless such person has been an active member of the Fire Department for twenty years continuously next pre- ceding his retirement and the same shall cease at his death.
 Sec. 4. Any member of the Fire De-
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CHAPTER VIII.
Salaries.

SECTION 1. The officers and mem- bers of the Fire Department shall re- ceive annual salaries as follows:
 Chief Engineer four thousand dollars; First Assistant Chief Engineer, three thousand dollars; Second Assistant En- gineer, twenty-four hundred dollars; Battalion Chiefs, each twenty-one hun- dred dollars; Superintendent of En- zines, eighteen hundred dollars; the Clerk and Commissary of the Corpora tion Yards, fifteen hundred dollars; Captains, each fourteen hundred and forty dollars; Lieutenants, each twelve hundred dollars; Engineers, each thirteen hundred and fifty dollars; Drivers, Stokers, Tillermen, Truckmen Hosemen, and Stewards, for the first year of service, each nine hundred and sixty dollars: for the second year of service, each ten hundred and eighty dollars; and for the third year of ser- vice and thereafter each twelve hun dred dollars; Hydrantmen, each ten hundred and eighty dollars; Superin- tendent of horses, twelve hundred dol- lars; Draymen, each nine hundred dol lars; Hostlers, each seven hundred and twenty dollars; Watehmen, each nine hundred dollars; Pilots of Fire Boats, each twelve hundred dollars; Engineers of Fire Boats, each fifteen hundred dol lars; Assistant Engineers of Fire Boats, each fourteen hundred and forty dol lars; Bremen of Fire Boats, each nine hundred dollars
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CHAPTER II.
Duties of the commissioners.

SECTION 1. The Board of Fire Con- missioners shall immediately after their appointment and qualification proceed to reorganize the Fire Department in conformity with the provisions of this Charter. In so doing the Board shall make it's appointments of officers and members from the persons constituting the force in the service of the Fire De- partment at the time this Charter goes into effect. Such officers and members shall not be required to pass any Civil Service examination. All future ap- pointmentS and promotions shall be made subject to the provisions of Arti- cle XIII of this Charter. If any reduc- ton is made in the force of the Depart ment, the Commissioners may tempo rarily discharge those persons, whose discharge shall be most conducive to the efficient reorganization of the De- partment, but in case of subsequent increase of the force. those temporarily discharged shall be reappointed without Civil Service examination and assigned to the same rank in which they were at the time of their discharge,
 Sec. ?. No officer, member or em- ployee of the Department shall be dis missed or transferred except for cause nor until after a trial. The accused shall be furnished with written copy of the charges against him at least three days previous to the day of trial He shall have the right to appear in person and by counsel and examine witnesses in his behalf. All witnesses shall be examined under. oath, and all trials shall be public.
 Sec. 3. When any officer, member or employee of the Department shall be- come temporarily disabled by reason of injuries received while in the actual performance of his duty therein so as
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ganize within ten days after their ap- pointment by choosing one of their number President. In case of failure to agree, he shall be selected by lot. He shall hold office for one year and until his successor is chosen. The Board shall appoint a Registrar of Voters who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Board, and shall keep record of its proceedings, and shall execute all orders and enforce all rules and regula- tions adopted by the Board. The term of office of the Registrar shall be four years.
 Sec. A. The Board may appoint such other clerical assistants as may be ne- cessary at salary not to exceed one hundred dollars a month each for the time actually employed. The Board shall, by resolution adopted by @ Tna- 1ority vote of all it's members and en- tered upon it's minutes, designate the service to be rendered by such as- sistants and the time for which they shall be employed. sThe time of em- ployment of such assistants shall not be extended except by like resolution of the Board, and when a salary shall have been once fixed it shall not be in- creased. This section is subject to the provisions of Article XIII of this Charter.
 Sec. 5. All provisions of the general laws of this State respecting elections shall be applicable to all elections held in the City and County of San Fran cisco. All provisions of the general laws of this State respecting the registration of voters shall be applicable to such registration in the City and County. The Board of Election Commissioners must provide for precinct registration so far as it can do so under the Con- stitution and laws of the State.
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CHAPTER VII.
Promotions, Suspensions, Dismissals
 and Disratements.

SECTION l. All promotions in the Department shall be from the next lower rank, seniority of service and meritorious public service being con- sidered.
 Sec. 2. Any member of the Depart ment guilty of any offense, or vtolatio. of rules and regulations, shall be liable to be punished by reprimand, or by fine to be fixed by the Commission CTS, or by dismissal from the Depart ment; but no fine shall ever be imposed at any one time for any offense ex- ceeding one months salary.
 Sec. 3. No member of the Department shall be subject to dismissal for any cause, or to punishment for any breach of duty or misconduct therein. except after a fair and impartial trial before the Commissioners upon a verified com plaint filed with the Board setting forth specifically the acts complained of, and after such reasonable notice to him of the time and place of hearing as the Board may by rule prescribe The &C., cused shall be entitled upon such hear ing to appear personally and by coun- sel; to have Q public trial; and to se- cure and enforce free of expense to him the attendance of all witnesses neces- sary for his defense.
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CHAPTER ".
Fire Companies.

SECTION l. Each Steam Fire En- more than one Captain, one Lieutenant. one Engineer, one Driver, one Stoker and five Hosemen.
 Each Hook and Ladder Compane shall be composed of not more than one Captain, one Lieutenant, one Driver. one Tillerman and eight Truckmen.
 Each Chemical Engine Company shah be composed of not more than one Cap- tain. one Lieutenant, one Driver and one Hoseman.
 Each Water Tower Company shall be composed of not more than one Cap- tain, one Driver and one Hoseman.
 Each Fire Boat Company shall be composed of not more than one Cap- tain, one Lieutenant, one Engineer, one Assistant Engineer, two Bremen, one Pilot and twelve Hosemen.
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AND OF SAN FRANCISCO.

to incapacitate him from performing his duty, the Commissioners shall allow his salary during the continuance of such temporary disability
 Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall see that all contracts awarded and work done for the Department are faithfully performed, and shall, upon the award ing of any such contract, exact an ade- quate bond for the prompt and faithful performance of the same.
 The provisions of Article II, Chapter III, of this Charter, in regard to the ad- vertising for proposals, the affidavit and security accompanying the same, the presentation and opening of pro- posals, the aw~-ding of contracts and the security for the performance thereof, shall. so far as the same can be made applicable, apply to all pro- posals and contracts made, awarded or entered into for furnishing supplies to the Fire Department. Any contract made in violation of any of the provf- sions of this Chapter shall be void.
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z. Twenty-Five per centum of all fines collected in money for violation of any ordinance.
 s. All rewards to members of the Po- flee Department, except such as snail be excepted by the Commissioners.
 g. The Treasurer shall retain from the pay of each member of the Police Force two dollars month, which shall be forthwith paid into the Police Relief and Pension Fund. No other or further retention or reduction shall be made from such pay for any other fund or purpose unless the same is herein au- thorized.
 Sec F. When a request is made for regular policemen to be detailed at any place of amusement or entertainment, ball. party or picnic, the party or per son making such request shall first de- posit two dollars and fifty cents for each man so detailed with the Property Clerk of the Department, who shall give him receipt for the same, and such sum shall be at once paid into the treasury to the credit of the Police Re- lief and Pension Fund.
 Sec. 13. On the last day of June of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Auditor shall make a report to the Supervisors of all moneys paid out of such Fund during the pre- viouS year, and of the amount then to the credit of such Fund. The Surplus then remaining in such Fund exceeding the average annual amount paid out of such Fund during the three years next preceding shall be transferred to and become a part of the Surplus Fund, and shall be no longer under the control of the Board, or subject to its order Pay ments provided for in this Chapter shall be made quarterly upon proper vouchers. When in any one year de- ficiency shall exist in such Fund, such deficiency shall be provided for and made good by the Supervisors In their next ensuing tax levy.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Unclaimed and Stolen Property.


 SECTION 1. All property or money taken under suspicion of having been stolen or feloniously obtained, the re- suit of crime or constituting the pro- eeedS ot crime, and all property or money taken from intoxicated or in- sane persons, or other persons incapa- ble of taking care of themselves or property or money lost or abandoned that may in any way come into the possession or custody of any member Of the Department, or of any Criminal Court or Judge of the City and County, shall be delivered to the Prop erty Clerk, who shall enter in Record BOOK, to be kept by him for that pur- pose, full and explicit description of the same, together with the name of the person or persons from whom re- eeived, the names of any claimants thereto, the time of the seizure. and the final disposition thereof.
 sec. Z. When property or money taken rom any person arrested, or otherwise under suspicion of having been feloni- ously obtained, or of being the proceeds or crime is brought with the claimant thereof and the person arrested befora a court for examination and adiudica tion, and the Court shall adjudge that the person arrested is innocent of the onense alleged, and that the propertv or money belongs to him, it shall or der such property or money returned to the accused, and the Property Clerk shall thereupon deliver such property or money to him personally, but not to his attorney or agent. If upon such hearing the accused shall be held for trlaI or examination, such property or money shall remain in the custody of the Property Clerk until the discharge or conviction of the person accused.
 sec. S. All unclaimed property and money that has been in the custody of .ne froperty Clerk for one year shall t pe sotu at public auction, after having peeh hNe times advertised in the official newspaper; and the proceeds of sucb saIe snail be paid into the trea to the credit Of the Police Relief and pan- eloh uhu In no case shall such nron- erty pc sold or disposed of until the ne- Sesslly TOT the use thereof as evidence mas cesseu. The proceeds of property takeh rom insane persons shall not become part of such Fund untii ofto. the expiration of three years from tba time the same is paid into the traas,,r,,. but the Commissioners and inc Cbio.. of Police shall. during such nerind make diligent inquiry to ascertain the person or persons to whom the ea,ae should by right be payable 's''iie
 Sec. 4. If any property ar roo,,a,, i,, the custody of the Property Clerl, he ra- quired as evidence in any Co,,r+ i+ shall be delivered to any officer wbo shall present an order in writing to that effect from such Court. and inc Clerks of such Court shall be responsi- ble for the safe delivery of such pron- erty or money to the Property Clerk.
 Sec. 5. All valuables and money in the custody of the Property Clerk shall be deposited by him for safe keeping with the Treasurer in such manner and subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board.
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CHAPTER VI.
Police Officers.

SECTION 1. The Police Force of the City and County shall not exceed one Police Officer for each five hundred in- habitants thereof. Police Officers shall receive an annual salary of twelve hun dred and twenty-four dollars.
 Sec. ?. Every Police Officer shall, upon the arrest of any person charged with the commission of crime, search the person of such offender, and take from him all property and weapons, and forthwith deliver the same to the prison keeper, who must deliver the same to the Property Clerk, to be kept by him until other disposition be made thereof according to law.
 Sec. 3. Police Officers shall be health officers by virtue of their office.
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ARTICLE XI. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS.
CHAPTER I.
Board of Election Commissioners


 SECTION 1. The conduct, manage ment and control of the registration of voters, and of the holding of elections. and of all matters pertaining to elec- tions in the City and County, shall be vested exclusively in and exercised by a Board of Election Commissioners, consisting of five members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and shall hold office for four years. Each of the Commissioners shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars Each member of the Board must be an elec- tor of the City and County at the time of his appointment and must have been such for five years next preceding such time. Those first appointed must. immediately after their appointment so classify themselves by lot, that one shall go out of office at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, and two at the end of four years.
 The Mayor shall not make any ap- pointment upon the Board at any time before thirty days prior to the time when such appointee is to take office. Two of the five members first appoint ed shall be chosen from each of the two political parties casting in the City and County the highest vote for Governor or Electors of President and Vice fFeSiuenI, dS IDe case may De, at the last preceding general election. The fifth member shall be chosen from the political party casting the third highest such vote at such election, if there be such third party, and if not then at the discretion of the Mayor. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any Commissioner, the appointee must be chosen from the same political party as the retiring Commissioner consistently with the foregoing provisions as to equal representation at all times of the two political parties casting the high est vote at the general election last pre- ceding the appointment in question as prescribed in this section.
 Sec. 2. No member of the Board. nor Registrar, nor Deputy Registrar shall. during his term of office, be a member of any convention the purpose of which is to nominate candidates for office. nor be eligible to any other municipal office during the term for which he shall have been appointed, or for one year thereafter: nor act as officer of any election or primary election: nor take part in any election except to vote and when acting as Election Com missioner, at which time he shall per- form only such official duties as, may be required of him by law and by this Charter.
 Sec g. The Commissioners shall or
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the Police Department shall consist of Captains, who shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; Lieutenants, who shall each receive an annual salary of sixteen hundred and eighty dollars; Sergeants, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; and Corpor- als, who shall each receive an annual salary of fourteen hundred and four dollars.
 Sec. 9. There shall be one Captain for each one hundred police officers. The duties of Captains shall be defined by the rules and regulations or the Commissioners and by the orders or the Chief of Police.
 Sec. 8. There shall be one Lieutenant for every fifty police officers. The du- ties of the Lieutenants shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders or the Chief of Police, and by the orders of their respective Captains.
 Sec. 4 There shall be as many Ser geants as in the judgment of the Com- missioners may be advisable, not to eX- ceed one Sergeant for every ten police officers. The duties of Sergeants shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, the orders Of the Chief of Police, and the orders of their respective Captains and Lieutenants.
 Sec. Q. There snail De as many IoT- porals as in the judgment of the Com nissioners may be advisable. The du- ties of Corporals shall be defined b. the rules and regulations of the Commits sioners, the orders of the Chief of Po- lice, and the orders of their respective Captains, Leutenants and Sergeants.
 Sec. 6. The Chief of Police may detail for detective duties such members of the Department as he may select, not to exceed twenty-five. He shall desig- nate Captain of Police to act as Cap tain over the officers so detailed who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Such Captain shall rank as Captain of Detectives, and his duties shall be defined by the Commis- sioners and by the Chief of Police. The members so detailed shall be known and ranked as Detective Sergeants. Each of said Detective Sergeants shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. They may be re- moved at any time from such detail by the Chief of Police. Their duties shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders of the Chief of Police, and by the orders of the Captain of Detectives.
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CHAPTER TX.
Department of Electricity.

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Department of Electricity, which shall have charge of the construction and maintenance of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph and Telephone Sys- tems, and shall be under the control of Board of Fire Commissioners and the Board of Police Commissioners.
 Sec. g. There shall be appointed by the Board of Fire Commissioners and Board of Police Commissioners, acting in joint session, practical and skilled electrician, who shall be called the Chief of the Department of Electricity. and who shall have general supervision of the Department of Electricity. He shall receive an annual salary of twen- ty-four hundred dollars.
 Sec. g. The Joint Commission may appoint such assistants as may be nec- essary to keep the electric and tele- phone systems in working order; but of those assistants appointed. no opera tor or inspector shall receive more than twelve hundred dollars year, and no repairer, lineman, batteryman or in strument- maker shall receive a salary of more than ten hundred and eighty dollars year.
 Sec. 4. The Fire Department and the Police Department shall each haves sole control over its own systems and wires.
 Sec. 5. Any citizen, firm or corpora ton may, for the purpose of police or fire protection, be connected with the Police or Fire Signal System, or Tele- phone or Telegraph System, upon mak- ing fair payment for the connection and use of the same. Such rates of payment shall be fixed by ordinance of the Supervisors; but no connection shall be made so as to interfere with the use of the main line.
 Sec. 6. The Department of Electri- city is also charged with the duty of en- forcing all the rules, regulations, or
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ders and requirements made by ordi- nance of the Supervisors in regard to the inspection and supervision of cleo trical wires and appliances, and the currents for furnishing light, heat or power in and upon streets and build ings in the City and County.
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CHAPTER VI.
Fire Wardens.

SECTION 1. The Chief Engineer, As- sistant Chief Engineers, Battalion Chiefs and the Fire Marshal shall con stitute a Board of Fire Wardens, with power to inspect and report to the Board of Public Works as to the safety of buildings and other structures within the City and County.
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Civil Service examination; but all new appointments and all promotions made after this Charter shall go into effect shall be subject to and governed by Article XIII of this Charter.
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CHAPTER TX.
Present Police Force.

SECTION l. All members of the present Police Force in good standing in the Department at the time this Charter goes into effect, and the Park Police. shall continue therein without