The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10

sider, the vote upon such motion shall not be acted upon before the explra- journment. No bill for the grant of any franchise shall be put upon it's final passage within ninety days after its introduction. and no franchise shall be renewed before one year prior to its expiration. Every ordinance shall, af- ter amendment, be laid over for one week before it's final passage.
 Sec. 13. Every bill or resolution pro- vidtng for any specific improvement. or the granting of any franchise or privilege, or involving the lease ap- propriation or disposition of public property or the expenditure of public money, except sums less than two h; 1dred dollars. or levying any tax or assessment, and every ordinance providing for the imposition of new duty or penalty, shall after its intro, auction, be published in the ofhclal newspaper. with the ayes and noes for at least five successive days tSun- days and legal holidays excepted) De. fore final action upon the same IT such bill be amended, the bill as amended shall be advertised for a llke period before final action thereon But in cases of great necessity the omcerS and heads of departments may. with the consent of the Mayor, expend sucn | sums of money, not to exceed two nun dred dollars, as shall be necessary to meet the requirements of such neceS- sity.
 Sec A. If any bill be presented to the Mayor containing several items ap- propriatfng money or fixing tax levy. he may object to one or more items separately, while approving other DOT tions of the bill. Tn such case he shall append to the bill at the time of sign ing it a statement of the item or items to which he objects and the reasons therefor, and the item or items so oo- | jected to shall not take effect unless passed notwithstanding the Mayors objection. Each item so objected 10 i shall be separately reconsidered by the ! Board in the same manner as bllls which have been disapproved by the | Mayor.
 Sec 15 No ordinance shall take ef- feet until ten days after it's passage unless otherwise provided in such or | dinance.
 Sec 16 Every bill and every resolu-
 tion as hereinbefore provided, which shall have passed the Board and shall have been duly authenticated, shall De presented to the Mayor for his appro- val. The Mayor shall return such bill or resolution to the Board within ten days after receiving it. If he approve 1t he shall sign it and it shall then be-
 come an ordinance. If he disapprove it he shall specify his objections there
 to in writing. If he does not return
 it with such disapproval within the
 time above specified, it shall take ef-
 feet as if he had approved it. The ob.
 jections of the Mayor shall be entered
 at large in the Journal of the Board.
 and the Board shall, after five and
 within thirty days after such bill or
 resolution shall have been so returned:
 reconsider and vote upon the same. IT
 the same shall, upon reconsideration.
 be again passed by the affirmative vote
 of not less than fourteen members of
 the Board. the presiding officer shall
 certify that fact on the bill or resolu-
 tion. and when so certified. the bill
 shall become an ordinance With like ef-
 feet as if it had been approved by the
 Mayor If the bill or resolution shall fail
 to receive the vote of fourteen members
 of the Board it shall be deemed finally
 lost. The vote on such reconsideration
 shall be taken by ayes and noes and
 the names of the members voting for
 and against the same shall be entered in the Journal
 Sec. r. All ordinances and resolu tions shall he deposited with the Clerk
 of the Board who shall record the same
 at length in a suitable book.
 Sec. IS. No ordinance shall be re-
 pealed except by ordinance adopted in
 the manner hereinbefore set out, and
 such ordinance shall be presented to
 the Mayor for his approval as herein
 before provided.
 Sec. 19. Except as provided in Chap
 ter III of Article III of this Charter, all
 demands payable out of the Treasury
 must. before they can be approved by
 the Auditor or paid by the Treasurer
 be first approved by the Board of Sup
 CT rrisors. All demands for more than two
 hundred dollars shall be presented to the
 Mayor for s approval. in the manner hereinbefore provide, for tho passage
 of bills or resolutions. All resolutions 5 directing the payment of money other l than salaries or wages. when the amount exceeds five hundred dollars. t days Sundays and legal holidays ex- f cepted) in the official newspaper. 3 Sec 20. VT le there shall be pre- t sented to the Board of Election Com = missioners petition signed by num- f Der of voters equal to fifteen per
 centum of the votes cast at the last preceding State or City ard County 7 election, asking that an ordinance to be l set forth in such petition, De subr ted f to vote of tn electors Of -he City md s County, the Board of Election Com ] missioners must submit such proposed 1 ordinance to t,,e vote of the cleo tors t S the next election.
 The Sigr lures to the petition need T not all be appended to one paper, but e each signer shall add to his signaturo a his place of idence. giving the street y and number One of the signers of
 each such paper shall ake oath be-
 fore an officer competent 70 admin ter s oaths that the statements therein = made are true, and that each signature r to the paper appended is the genuine 7 signature of the person whose name purports to be thereto subscribed :, The tickets used in such election 2 shall contain the words FOR THE f ORDINANCE'' (stating the nature of l the proposed ordinance) and AGAINST TIE ORDINANCE" (stat-
 ing the nature of the proposed ordi- . nance).
 If majority of the votes cast | ,cr
 such ordinance sLall be in fav of the
 adoption theret .. the Board of Election = Commissioners shall within thirty days . from the time of such election, pro- | c aim such fac: nd upon such procla. ,, nation such ordinance shall have the same force and effe ct as an ordinano
 passed by the Supervisors and ap- Il proved by the Mayor, and the same shall not be repealed by the Supervi. Z. sors But the Supervisors may suh nit y. a proposition for the repeal of suct IL ordinance. or for amendments thereto e for vote at any succeeding election; ant IL should such proposition, so submitted