The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11
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Sec 8. Any officer of the City and County who shall, while in office, ac- cept any donation or gratuity in money, or other valuable thing, either directly or indirectly, from any subordinate or employee, or from any candidate or ap- plicant for any position as employee or subordinate under him, shall forfeit his office, and be forever debarred and disqualified from holding any position in the service of the City and County
 Sec g. Every department, board and commission provided for in this Char ter, except the Supervisors, shall rem der to the Mayor within one month af- ter the end of each fiscal year full re-. port of all the operations of such de- partment or board or commission for such year.
 Sec. 10. An office becomes vacant when the incumbent thereof dies, re- signs, is adjudged insane, convicted of felony. or of an offense involving a vio- lation of his official duties, or is re- moved from office, or ceases to be resident of the City and County, or neg lects to qualify within the time pre- scribed by law, or within twenty days after his election or appointment, or shall have been absent from the State without leave for more than sixty con- secutive days.
 Sec. H. Every officer who shall ap- prove, allow or pay any demand on the treasury not authorized by law, ordl- nance or this Charter, shall be liable to the City and County individually and on his official bond for the amount of the demand so illegally approved, al- lowed or paid
 Sec. 12.- The departments. boards, commissioners and officers provided for in this Charter shall be entitled to the possession of all papers. books, docu- | mentS, maps, platS, records and ar chives in the possession or under the control of those respectively who are superseded in office under this Charter by such departments, boards, commis- sioners and officers.
 Sec. 13. All books and records of every office and department shall be open to the inspection of any citizen at any time during business hours. Ger 1 tif1ed copies or extracts from said books and records shall be given by the off, cer having the same in custody to any person demanding the same, and pay | ing or rendering ten cents folio of one l hundred words for such copies or eX- 1 tracts; but the records of the Police | Department shall not be subject to such inspection except permission be given by the Police Commissioners or 1 by the Chief of Police.
 1 Sec. IA. The Treasurer shall keep his office open for business every day, ex- cept legal holidays, from nine o'clock | in the forenoon until four o'clock in the afternoon. Except where other wise provided for by law, or by this Charter, all other public offices shall be kept open for business every day. ex- l cept legal holidays, from half-paSt eight o'clock in the forenoon until five l o'clock in the afternoon; and, in ad- | dition thereto, from the first day of November until the last Monday of De- cember in each year the office of the Tax Collector shall Le kept open until nine o'clock in the evening.
 | Sec. 15. No person shall be eligible to or hold any office, or be clerk or dep uty in any office or department, who has been found guilty of malfeasance in office, bribery or other infamous 1 crime or who in any capacity has en- bezzled public funds.
 Sec. 16. The fiscal year mentioned in
 this Charter shall commence on the
 first day of July and end on the tIlirti-
 eth day of June following.
 Sec. F. All moneys, assessments and
 taxes belonging to or collected for the
 use of the City and County, coming into
 the hands of any officer of the City and County, shall immediately be deposited
 with the Treasurer for the benefit of
 the funds to which they respectively
 belong. If such officer for twenty -four
 hours after receiving the same shall
 delay or neglect to make such deposit
 he shall be deemed guilty of misconduct
 in office and may be removed.
 Sec. IS. Any elected officer, excep-
 Supervisor, may be suspended by the
 Mayor and removed by the Supervisors
 for cause; and any appointed officer
 may be removed by the Mayor fol
 cause. The Mayor shall appoint some
 person to discharge the duties of the
 office during the period of such sus-
 pension.
 Sec 19 When the Mayor shall sus-
 pend any elected officer he shall i'm
 mediately notify the Supervisors o1
 such suspension and the cause there.
 for If the Board is not in session ht
 shall immediately call a session of the
 same in such manner as shall be pro
 vided by ordinance. The Mayor shal
 present written charges against sucf
 suspended officer to the Board and fur
 nish copy of the same to said officer
 who shall have the right to appear : with counsel before the Board in hi:
 defense. If by an affirmative vote O. not less than fourteen members of tn,
 Board of Supervisors, taken by aye.
 and noes and entered on it's record, th' action of the Mayof Is approved, thel
 the suspended officer shall thereby b, ; removed from office; but if the actiol of the Mayor is not so approved sucl l suspended officer shall be immediatel. reinstated.
 Sec 2O When the Mayor shall re move an appointed officer from office he shall immediately notify the Boart
 of Supervisors of such removal, an, furnish it a statement of the caus , therefor, which statement shall be en , tered in the record of it's proceedings. [ Sec. 21. Unless otherwise provide, by law or by this Charter, any officer board or department authorized to ap 7 point any deputy, clerk. assistant o 2 employee, shall have the right to re move any yerson so appointed. , Sec. p. All appointments of officers , deputies and clerks to be made unde
 any provision of this Charter must b l made in writing and in duplicate, au thenticated by the person or person , board or officer making the same. On !, of such duplicates must be filed wit ? the Secretary of the Civil Service Com 1 mission and the other with the Auditor l Sec. g. Wherever 1t is provided i l this Charter that the members of an l board, department or commission sha F so classify themselves by lot that thei , terms of office shall expire at differen l times, such members shall, on the da
 of making such classification, cause tn same to be entered in the records c : their proceedings, and a copy thereo : certified by the Secretary thereof an r signed by all of said members, shall h