The herald., 1898-10-14
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER
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cant by the Council or the Mayor, and
the vacancy shall thereupon be filled. in
Ine case or an elective officer. by the
S9uncii. ana IN the case Of an appointlve
officer not included in the classified civil
service. by the Mayor; unless otherwise
provided for in this charter.
Sec. S0. All officers subject to the pro-
VISIONS OF this charter shall hold office un-
III 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
Ing upon the suspension and removal of
officers. the members of the Council, sus-
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
IN ana to all such
provision Is in this charter made. as the
city Council may from time to time deem
necessary t,nN saC and expedient. for the promo
iort, safety, life. limb and property OF
the. inhabitants Of said city. the preser-
vation OF peace and good order, the pIo-
motion of public morals, the suppression
of vice and the enhancement Of the pub
TIC welrare in said city.
Sec. SO. The Council shall have power.
py ordinance, to regulate and provide for
lighting of streets, laying down gas pipes
ana erection of lamp posts, electric tow
ers and other apparatus, and to regulate
power. and fix and determine the price
or 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 NIX ano
determine the charges for telephones and
Sec. 81. The Council shall have power
to provide by ordinance that all rates to
be charged by the city for the use of
charge ss asans the nd sn wS
water Is supplied. and shall constitute
lien thereon; and the Council shall have
mination. Of the area Of the land IN eacn
| 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-paymcnt Of such rates, in the same
manner subs stantially and at the same
time as in the case Of general municipal
taxes.
Sec. IS. The Council shall also have
power to pass ordinances upon any othey
subject of municipal control, or to carry
into effect any other powers of the NUM-
cipality.
Sec. Sc. The Council may, by ordinance,
provide for the erection and maintenance
OF barracks and work-houses in Elysian
| Park or Griffith Park, for the safe-keep-
Ing and employment In either Of SAID
parks of such persons as are confined IN
the city prison under judgment Of con-
viction.
Sec. 81. II at any time provision is
! made by a general law of the state for
the collection of the city taxes by and
Council may. by ordinance. adopt such
method of collection and provide that the
assessment and amount of the levy and
| rate OF taxation for city purposes. be GER
flcer or officers.
Sec. So. Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council shall.
| before II becomes effective. be signed by
the City Clerk or other person authorized
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 1t; II not, he shall indorse thereon
turn 1t to the Clerk with his objections In
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
| thereon the date of Its return to him, and
shall, at the first meeting OF the Council
thereafter. present the same. with the OBJ
jections Of the Mayor. to that body.
Thereupon the Council shall proceed to
reconsider the passage OF the ordinance,
| 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 e
the votes of seven members to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In all
other cases 1t shall require the votes Of
six members to pass the ordinance over
the veto. The 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
tach certificate to that effect to the or
dinance, and such ordinance shall, after
publication, become effective and be as
valid as II the Mayor had approved and
signed It.
Sec. 90. Whenever there shall be pro-
sented to the Council petition signed by
q number Of city electors equal to fifteen
per centum of the votes cast In the city
at the last preceding State or City cleo
tion, asking that an ordinance, to be set
forth In such petition, be submitted to a
vote OF the electors of the city, such pro-
posed ordinance must be submitted to the
vote of the electors at the next general
city election, unless the said ordinance
shall have been adopted more than thirty
days prior to such election.
The Council may submit an alternative
ord n n nce for the choice of the vOterS nj
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 eacn
sgner shall add 10 his signature his place
of residence, giving the street and num-
ber. One of the signers Of each paper
shall make oath before an officer COM
ments therein made are true, and that
each signature to the paper appended Is
the genuine signature of the pe,son
whose name purports to be thereto sub
scribed.
The tickets used in such election shall
contain the words FOR THE ORDI.
NANCE" (stating the nature OF the pro-
posed ordinance) and AGAINST THE
ORDINANCE Stating the nature Of the
proposed ordinance)
If a majority of the votes cast upoa
such ordinance shall be in favor of .he
adoption thereof. the Council shall, wlfh-
in thirty days from the time Of such cleo
tiCn, proclaim such fec,; and upon such
the samo forco and effect as an ordinance,
passed by the Council and approved by
the Mayor, and the same shall not be re-
pealed Dy the Council. The Council may
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