The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10
CHAPTER II.
Powers of the Supervisors

CHAPTER II.
 Powers of the Supervisors.
 SECTION l. Subject to the pro- visions. limitations and restrictions in this Charter co0tained, the Board of Supervisors shall have power:
 l. To ordain, make and enforce within the limits of the City and County all nee ssary local, police, sani- tary and other laws anl regulations.
 9 Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, or in the Constitution of the State of --lifornia, to regulate and control for any and every purpose, the use of the streets, highways, public thoroughfares, public places. alleys and sidewalks of the City and unity
 8. To permit the laying down of rail- road tracks and running cars thereon, along any street or portion of a street, for the sole purpose of eXcavating and filling in street or portion of a street or the adjoining land. for such limited time as may be necessary for such purpose and no longer. Such tracks must be laid level with the street and must be operated under such res.ric- tions as not to interfere with the use of such streets by the public.
 4. To empower street railway com panies, under such conditions as the Board may see fit t- impose. to convey street sweepingS and offal to tEe public parks.
 5. To fix the limits within which wooden bui. 1gs or structures shall not be erected. placed or maintained, and to prohibit the same within such limits. Such limits when once estab- lished shall not be hanged except by extension.
 G. To provide fo- the abatement CT summary removal of any nuisance and to condemn and to prevent the occu- pancy of unsafe structures.
 = To regulate the use of hackney car riages and public passenger vehicles. ard to fix the rates to be charged for the transportation of persons or per sonal baggs ge.
 8. To provide a public pound and to make all nece- " rules and regula- tions in the matter of animals running at large. and for the custody and de- s.ruction of the same.
 g. To provide and maintain a morgue.
 10. To provide places for the deten- tion of witnesses and person. charged with insanity, separate and cpart from places where criminals or persons &C., cused of public offenses are imprisoned. II. To establish. maintain sld regu- late. and change, discontinue and re-establish City and County jails, prisons and houses of detention. pun ishment. confinement and reformation, hospitals and almshouses. 12 To purchase or acquire by con- demnation such property as may be needed for public use.
 13. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, to regulate and control the location and quality of all appli- ances necessary to the Furnishing f water. heat, light, power, telephonic and telegraphic service to the City and | County. and to acquire, regulate and l control any and all appliances for the | sprinkIing and cleaning of the streets ! of the City and County, ard for flush 1 ing the sewers therein.
 IA TO fix and determine by ordin- ance in the month of February of each year. to take effect on the first day of | JuIv thereafter, the rates or compensa- ton to be collected by any person, com many or corporation in the City and | County. for the use of ater, heat light or power, supplied to the City and County. or to the inhabitants thereof and to prescribe the quality of the ser vice.
 15. To impose license taxes and to nrovide for the collection thereof: but m license taxes shall be imposed upon any person who, at any fixed place of husiness in the City and County. sells ar manufactures goods, wares or mer- chandise. except such as require per mits from the Board of Police Com missioners as provided in this C. Arter
 16 TO prescribe fines. forfeitures and nenaIties for the breach of any ordin- ance: but no penalty shall exceed the amount of five hundred dollars or six months imprisonment, or both.
 IT To fix the fees and charges fol all official services not otherwise pro. vided for in this Charter.
 
 IS. To allow not to exceed two thou sand five hundred dollars in any yea, for the celebration of the anniversar, of our National Independence and no1 to eyceed five hundred dollars in an, vear for the observance of Memoria Day.
 19 To appropriate such sums as ma, he maid into the treasury from fines col lected on conviction Of persons charged with cruelty to animals, and to author ize the payment of the same or som, :. nart thereof to any society that shal efficientlv aid in such convictions.
 o0 TO provide for the payment O comnensat.on to the interpreters ap nointed by the Judges of the Superior Court, to interpret testimony in crim Court. or upon inquests and examina lions Such compensation shall not ex ceed one hundred dollars a month fo each interpreter.
 21. To offer rewards not exceedin, one thousand dollars In any one in stance for the apprehension and convic tion of any person who may have com mitted felony in the City and County , and to authorize the payment thereof.
 % To provide in the annual ta levy for a special fund to be used in tn construction of a general system o drainage and sewerage.
 23 To provide Seal for the Cit and County. and Seals for the severa departments, boards and officers there ; of, and Seal for the Police Court
 "A To fix the hours of labor or serv , ice required of all laborers in the serv , ice of the City and County. and to fl their compensation: provided that eigh hours shall be the maximum hours c la hnr in any calendar daY and that tt