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The herald., 1898-10-18
ARTICLE XIII.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY.
Sec. $50. 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 systems. city
lighting and power systems and all other
electrical appliances belonging to the
city, and shall be under the control Of
the Board of Fire Commissioners.
Sec. 25l. There shall be appointed by
the said board practical and skilled
electrician who shall be called the City
supervision OF the Department of Elec-
tricity, including electric lighting and
power, fire alarm and police telegraph
and telephone systems.
subject TO To- the proSsIons s Of Article % x%WIi
Of this charter, the City Electrician and
such assistants and employees as may be
necessary to maintain and keep the cleo
order. ersS anu '''ep"0"' systems III WORKING
Sec. 2ss. The Board Of Fire Commits
sioners and the Board OF Police Commits
eioners shall each have supervision and
management Of the electric systems and
wires OF their respective departments.
Sec. 24. Any citizen, firm or corpora ton
may. for the purpose Of police or fire pro-
tection, be connected with the police or
fire signal systems or telephone or tele-
graph systems. with the consent Of the
| fire or police boards, as the case may be
upon making fair payment for the connec-
tion and use thereof. Such rates Of pay
ment shall be fixed by ordinance Of the
Council, but no connection shall be made
so as to interfere with the use Of the sys-
TENS by the police and fire departments.
Sec. 256. The City Electrician Is also
charged with the duty of enforcing all the
rules. regulations. orders and require
ments made by ordinance Of the COuncii
in regard to the inspection and supervi-
sion Of electrical wires and appliances.
and the currents for furnishing light, heat
and power in or upon the streets and
buildings in the city.
Sec. 25s. The Board of Fire Commits
sioners, when authorized by ordinance,
shall appoint an electrician from the de-
partment Of Electricity, as Inspector of
Electric Wiring and Appliances, who shall
serve as q deputy in the office of the Su-
perintendent Of Buildings. He shall per-
form all the duties of Electric INSPECTOR
and shall issue all permits and make all
inspections pertaining thereto as provid-
ed by ordinance. and keep a record Of the
same and report all permits issued 10 the
Superintendent of Buildings. He shall
collect the charges for permits and
inspections and deposit the funds received
with the Treasurer. All permits issued
by him shah be countersigned by the Au-
ditor.
The herald., 1898-10-18
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

at least one box or alarm station for ov-
cry two patrolmen upon the police force.
The Board OF Police Commissioners Is
h-reby vested with power and authority
to construct and maintain such system.
and 1t is hereby made the duty OF the
Council to provide sufficient funds therc-
for.
Sec. z29. The Board Of Police Commis-
sloners, the Chief Of Police and the sever
al officers and employees of the police de-
partment shall exercise such other powers
and be subject to such other duties not In
conflict with this charter as are or may
be prescribed by ordinance Of the Council
or by general law.
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THE PROPOSED CITY cHARrEa

neers and other officers and assistants.
and prescribe and fix their duties and au-
thority. They shall have the exclusive
management and disbursement OF all
funds legally appropriated or received
from any source for the support Of said
parks or grounds.
Sec. 16l. The Chief OF Police shall, on
the request OF the Board. detail such
members OF the Police Force of the City
boulevards. as may be necessary for the
enforcement OF the law and for the proper
Observance of the rules and regulations
OF the Board. and the Board may provide
public places, in which the persons ar
rested for violating any Of the ordinances
Of the City may be detained temporarily.
Sec. &c., The Board shall have authority
to direct and regulate the planting. pres
ervation. trimming and pruning Of shade
and ornamental trees and shrubbery In
any or all of the streets. alleys and pub
lie grounds of the city; also the trim
already planted and the removal of suit
able trees and shrubbery from such
streets, alleys. public places or grounds.
Sec. 1853. For the purpose OF carrying
tion, the Board shall, In accordance with
the provisions of Article XVII OF this
charter. appoint n City Forester and
prescribe his duties.
Sec 264. The Board may receive dona-
tions from persons and corporations, and
legacies and bequests for the improve
ment of said parks, grounds and boule-
wards All moneys that may be derived
from such donations. legacies and be-
quests shall, unless otherwise provided
by the terms of such gifts, legacy or be-
quest. be deposited in the treasury OF the
City to the credit of the Park fund. the
same may be withdrawn therefrom and
PAID out In the same manner as Is pro-
vided for the payment Of moneys legally
appropriated for the support and Improve
ment OF such parks, grounds and boule-
vards. If the moneys derived from such
gifts, bequests or legacies shall at any
time exceed In amount the sum necessary
for immediate expenditure on said parks.
grounds and bouievards, the Board shall
invest all or a part of the same in interest
bearing bonds of the United States, or Of
the State Of California or of any munich
pality thereof.
Sec. 265. The Board shall establish rules
and regula tions for the use and govern
ment of the aforesaid parks. grounds and
ooulevards and for carrying out the pro-
visions Of this Article relating to trees
and shrubbery In the streets, alleys and
public grounds Of the City.
Sec. 2e6. The Council shall provide all
necessary money for the maintenance,
preservation and improvement of said
parks and grounds and to that end shall
| the City not exempt from taxation, which
shall not be more than nine cents upon
each one hundred dollars assessed yalua-
tion OF said property.
The herald., 1898-10-18
ARTICLE XXI.
POLICE COURTS.

Sec. $50. The judicial power Of the city
shall be vested In such police courts. and
in such Justices courts (the latter to be
vested with both civil and criminal juris-
diction) and In the Judges of all such infc-
rior courts. as are now, or may hereafter
be. provided by the Legislature.
The herald., 1898-10-18
ARTICLE xxvI.
BJJILDING DEPARTMENT.

BUILDING DEfAR tMENC.
Sec. cSs. There Is hereby created
rnild,ng Department in the City of Los
f.oiincil with office rooms and necessary
supplics for the transaction of business
Sec. go. The Mayor shall appoint all
the officers and employees of the depart
ment, subject to the provisions of Article
XVII Of this charter, except where
otherwise provided by this article.
Sec. 2st. There shall be appointed by
the Mayor a Superintendent of Buildings.
He shall be 4 competent architect or prac-
tical master builder of approved charac-
ter and experience who shall be an cleo
tor OF the City of Los Angeles at the
time Of his appointment, and shall have
been resident thereof for at least five
years next preceding such time. The first
appointment Of the Superintendent shall
be. for one year and thereafter all ap-
nointments shall be for four years or un-
III his successor shall be appointed and
9ualihed. He may be removed by the
mayor FOR malfeasance, incapacity or
neglect Of duty.
Sec. .292 The Superintendent of Build
ings shan have management and control
81 Building Superintendence and Inspcc-
lion. He shall have charge of the en-
Iorcement of all ordinances pertaining TO
party walls and to the erection, construc-
ton. alteration, repairs or removals OF
buildings, and the nature and arrange
ment OF boilers, plumbing, heating and
ventiiat!ng appliances In and abou.
buildings, and he shall see that the gem
The record-union., 1898-10-13
Amendment Number One.

(Beins Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. Al
"A resolution TO propose to the people or
the state of California an amendment to
section Eighteen of Article Eleven of the
Constitution. in relation to revenue and
taxation. by which il is proposed to
amend said section to read as follows:
Section IL. No county, city. town, town
ship, board of education or school district
shall incur any Indebtedness or liability
In any manner or for any purpose exceed
ing IN any year the income and revenue
provided for it for such year, without the
assent of two-thirds of the qualified elect
orS thereof, voting at an election TO be
helo for that purpose. nor unless before,
or at the time of mourning such indebted
ness, provision shall be made for the col
lection of an annual tax sufficient TO pay
the interest on such Indebtedness as II
falls due, and also provision to constitute
sinking fund for the payment of the
principal thereof on or before maturity,
which shall not exceed forty years from
the time of contracting the same; pro-
vided, however, that the City and County
Of San Francisco may at any time pay the
unpaid claims with interest thereon Tor
materials furnished to and work done FOR
said city and county during the forty
third and forty-fourth fiscal years. out of
the income and revenue or any succeeding
year or years; provided, that any and all
claims for making, repairing. altering. or
for any work done upon or for any mate
rial furnished for any street, lane, alley'
court, place, or sidewalk, or for the con-
struction of any sewer or sewers in SAID
city and county, are hereby excepted from
the provisions of this section; and In de-
termining any claim permitted to be paid
by this section, no statute of limitations
shall apply in any manner; and PROVIDED
further, that the City of Vallejo, in So
lano County, may pay its existing indebt-
edness incurred in the construction OF Its
water works whenever two-thirds of the
electors thereof voting at an election held
for that purpose shall so decide Any in
debtedness or liability incurred contrary
to this provision, with the exception here
inbefore recited shall be void.
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ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Deputies Fisher and Kelly Think
Thew Have an Eastern Crook

While Deputy Sheriffs Fisher and
Kelly were on recent trip through
lower San Joaquin County they learned
that several isolated ranch-houses in
that section had been entered by a
lone burglar during the absence of
their owners. The entry had been eff
fected by means of duplicate keys and
in each instance money seemed to be
the burglars sole aim.
A shabbily dressed strange Young
man, with a. depression in his chin, had
been seen near several of the houses
entered.
AS in no instance jewelry or other
articles of value We're taken Fisher
came to. the conclusion that this was
the work of a professional crook.
Yesterday afternoon, while Fisher
and Kelly We're out near the Y-street
levee, they noticed a stranger answer
ing the description of the lone San
Joaquin County burglar They followed
their man into this city and when near
ing Fourth and l. streets placed
him under arrest.
The prisoner, who has evidently been
in the tolls before, took his arrest in
a matter of fact way and had no cues
tons to ask the officers.
When nearing grating in the side
walk on K street the prisoner inserted
his hand in an inside pocket. but De-
tectlve Fisher frustrated any move
he might have made and a. search
OF the pocket revealed four skeleton
keys, which he evidently attempted to
drop through the grating.
After adroit questioning the prisoner
finally admitted tc Sheriff Johnson that
he had recently passed through San
Joaquin County and stated that his
home was in Denver, Colo
When questioned by Kelly and Fisher
regarding the city of Denver, the
stranger, who had given his name as
James O'Connor, became hopelessly
lost, and it is the opinion of the officers
that he is an escape from some East
ern penitentiary or else is wanted for
some crime.
A formal charge of vagrancy has
been placed against his name to enable
Sheriff Johnson and Detective Max
Fisher to learn who their prisoner is.
By the vigilance of the Sheriff's Of
flee series of country burglaries may
have been averted, as possibly O'Con-
nor was out getting the lay of the
country and during the absence Of the
owners might have pillaged their prem
ises.
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Amendment Number Five.
tbeing Assembly Constitutional Amend.
ment No. 36.)

\Dii6 Assembly constitutional Amend
ment No. S6)
-, "A resolution to propose to the people OF
~ oFe State of California. an amendment
sScuon nrteen and section sixteen OF
c. tIcIe nVe of the Constitution OF the
800 Oh California, by which il is pro-
ffo SIiiou 10 amend said section to read as
Section 10. A Lieutenant Governor shall
ora eaected at the same time and place
an9 IN the same manner al the Governor
ana ana mis- term of office and his oualifica-
p5 UaS; shali be the same. He shall be-
4 resident OF the Senate but shall only
haNe casting vote therein
90 oeSlion To- In case OF the impeachment
g. Nhs Governor, or his removal from Of
me- ne ue3th. inability to discharge the pow
or anu anu duties OF his office. resignation
~ .aaosehce from the State, the powers and
qqqties of the off1ce shall devolve upon the
tuh,eutenant Governor for the residue OF
one term. or until the disability shall
Sedse. AnC should the Lieutenant Cover
nor De impeached. displaced, resign die.
a.. oecone incapable of performing the
SSVt!es OF his office. or be absent from the
Seas, the president pro tempore of the
Senate snail act as Governor until the
vacancy in the office OF Governor shall
p , miied at the next general election when
lhtelnoers of the Legislature shall be
TTHoseh, or until such disability of the
L1fseutehant Governor shall cease In case
q 81 vacancy in the Office OF Governor
r ot any OF the reasons above named and
uTeltner the Lieutenant Governor nor the
PRESIDENT pro tempore of the Senate shall
etaHor. then the powers and duties of sucI
EIlnce shali devolve upon the Speaker of
tne Assembly. until the Office of Goyernor
SH0'I De nI!ed a. such general election.
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Amendment Number Three.
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 44)

being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 44.)
A resolution proposing to the people of
the State of California an amendment to
the Constitution of the State, by adding
a new section, to be known and designat-
ed as Section Five and one-half, Article
Six thereby providing for the Organiza-
ton of court, to be known as the Court
of Claims. The said proposed new section
to read as follows:
Section 51h The Court of Claims shall
consist of any three Judges of the Supe-
rior Court who may be requested by the
Governor to hold court at the regular
terms thereof The Court of Claims shall
have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine all claims of every kind and char
acter against tho State, under such laws
as may be passed by the Legislature, and
its judgment thereon shall be final The
terms of the Court of Claims shall be held
as follows:
In the City of Los Angeles, commencing
on the second Monday of March;
In the City and County of San Francis
CO. commencing on the second Monday in
July and
In the City of Sacramento, commencing
on the second Monday of November Of
each year.
The Judges holding such term Of court
shall receive no extra compensation there
for but shall receive their actual ex-
penses, to be paid QUE of the general fund
Of the State Treasury The Legislature
shall enact all laws necessary to organize
such court. to provide the procedure
The record-union., 1898-10-13

IN THE MATTER OF RECLAMATION
District No. Three, County of Sacramento,
State of California.
On application of w. j. SMITH. land
owner of said district.
1t is ordered that an election be held
on FRIDAY, the 18th day of November
1898, commencing at 10 o'clock a. M and
closing al o'clock D. m. on that day for
the purpose of electing three trustees of
said district, and that notice of such cleo
ton is. hereby directed to be given by
the publication of a copy of this order
for one month prior to the date of said
election in the Reconciliation, a news
paper of general circulation in said coun-
ty; and
1t is further ordered, that said election
be held at Ryde, in the pump house of
Reclamation District, No. 8, a building
suitable for said purpose and situate in
Swamp Land Survey, No. 81, of the Coun-
ty of Sacramento, and that David Blk
Ter be- and he is hereby appointed In
spector and /. G. Hall and j. T.. Aldrich
be, and they are hereby, appointed Judges
of said election.
Entered in open board by the unanimous
vote of all the members of the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Sacramento,
this October 6, 1898.
Attest: VIM: B. HAMILTON,
(SeaD County Clerk of the County of
Sacramento, and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
Filed. October 6, 1898, by VIM. B. Ham
ilton Clerk
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Amendment Number Seven.
(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend.
ment No. 34)

~. "A resolution to propose to the people or
the State of California an amendment TO
section two of article four OF the Constitu-
TN. IN relation to sessions OF the Legisia-
tufe' Dy which ii is proposed to amend
SAD section to read as follows:
section z. The sessions of the Legfsla-
ture shall commence at twelve O'clock
nrst day Of January next succeeding the
electlon or its members. and shall be BIZ
ennlal unless the Governor shall i'm the
interim convene the Legislature by proc
lamation. The Legislature shall then re-
man In session for twenty-five days after
Whlch 1t must adjourn to some date NOT
less than thirty nor more than sixty DAYS
from the time of adjournment If the two
houses TAIL 10 agree upon a time at which
they Will resume their session the Cover
nor shall. by proclamation. fix a date for
such reconvening. which shall be within
the limits above prescribed. Upon re-
assembling, the Legislature shall complete
members for longer period than seventy
nVe days, and no bill shall be introduced
in either house except at the first twenty
nVe days OF the session, without the con-
sent of three-fourths of the members
thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE,. Pursuant to the
provisions of the Constitution, and an act
or the Legislature of the State of Califor-
mia, entitled AN Act to provide for the
submission or proposed amendments to
the Constitution of the State of Califor-
MIA. to the qualified electors for their ap-
prevail, approved March T. A. d. 1888, the
hereby published and advertised to be
voted upon. by ballot by the qualified
electors of the. State at the election to-
be held throughout this State on
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DIED.

LUCE-In this city, October 18th, Israel
Luce, husband of Eliza Luce, father of
G. w. and G. S. Luce of San Francisco,
Mrs Mary Marsh, Mrs Fanny Clary
and j. c. Luce of this city native of
New York. aged IA years, 1 month and
q days.
Friends and acquaintance are re-
specially invited to attend the funeral
this afternoon, at 100 O'Clock from the
Sixth-street NJ. E. Church. Interment
City Cemetery.
Fruit Ridge Lane. near
Lower Stockton Road, Sacramento
County, October 18th, Daniel J. Foley,
beloved husband of Elizabeth Foley
brother of Mrs. Collins of Unionyille
Connecticut, a native of Ireland aged
64 years. (Hartford, Connecticut, papers
please copy.)
Friends and acquaintance are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
Friday, October 18th, at $3.50 a. m, from
his late residence; thence to the St
Francis Parish, Twenty-sixth and K
streets, where funeral services will be
held, commencing at IL O'clock Inter
ment st. Joseph Cemetery.
this city, October 18th,
Luella, wife of Thomas Hodge, sister
of John Alexander of Oregon, a native
of Indiana, aged Is years and months
Funeral notice hereafter.
SANER-In this city, October 18th, Robt
Saner, brother of Joseph Saner of Gait
and Arnold Saner of Slough House. a
native of Germany, aged Al years
Funeral notice hereafter
The record-union., 1898-10-13
MINOR CASES.
Offenders Fared Well Before Jus
tice Davis Yesterday

In the City Justices Court yesterday
Oscar Nathan pleaded guilty to a va
grancy charge and was sentenced to
serve six months in the County Jail
Sentence was suspended to allow him
TO leave the city.
Albert DeSch was convicted on a
charge of evading payment of railroad
fare. He was sentenced to serve five
days in Jail, but the commitment was
withheld, pending future good behavior.
VIM. F. Schmittou, who on Tuesday
night was arrested for battering his
wife, was discharged. The woman de-
clined to swear to a complaint against
him
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KELLY ON TRIAL AGAIN.
A Jury Secured Yesterday and the
Court Adjourns.

The second trial of Edward Kelly,
known as Deaf Kelly, on the charge
of robbing D. w. Hennessey, was COM
menced yesterday before Judge Gaddis,
the jury having disagreed on the same
case the day before.
The following jury was secured:
George ]. Johnson, j. Greisel. G.. H.
Cox, Frank Flemming, Eli Baker, Sam
uel Gottleib, George Sherman, E. S.
Dowd. l.. H. Plate, P. F1aherty, D. j.
Long and Theodore Labhard.
The court then took a recess till this
morning
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LAID AT REST.
Large Attendance at Edgar Lee
mays Funeral Yesterday.

The funeral of Edgar Lemay took
place yesterday at the Cathedral, a
very large attendance of his friends and
shopmates being present. Red Jacket
Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men,
of which he was a member, turned
out in body to pay the last tokens Of
respect to their departed brother, and
w. B. De Costa read the funeral ritual
at the grave.
The floral offerings We're many and
beautiful, one especially, from car shop
No. >, nearly covering the grave The
pall-bearers We're: G. Roehr c. A.
Ernest, Henry White, P. S. Sanders,
G.. A. Ault and j. T. Richards.
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Investigation of the War Department.

1t is the common report that persons
who are not now charged with negli-
gence or incompetence will be caught in
the net of inquiry while others who are
openly accused will be found blameless.
If an inquiry should be made into the
cause of so much sickness outside the
army, it would be found that many people
who think themselves in good condition
are really caught in the net of disease.
Many of them are losing strength so
slowly that they do not know it. To
build up strength and enrich the blood
use Hostetters Stomach Bitters. 1t is
good for any arrangement of stomach,
liver and bowels, and nothing equals it
for dyspepsia and Indigestion.
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Things Slightly Mixed.

In the list of candidates on the State
ticket in yesterday mornings Record
Union" the political designations of the
candidates for member of the State
Board of Equalization from the Third
Equalization District were transposed,
the Republican being classed as a
Democrat and the Democrat as a Re-
publican.
H. o. Purinton of Pleasant Grove
Suffer County, is the Republican can
didate for member of the State Board
of Equalization in the Third District.
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Amendment Number Six.
'belng Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No. 49,

!, A resolution to propose TO the peop,e Of
tne state of California an amendment to
f fiTu,lo on SIX. article nine of the Constitu-
Ton or the State of California relating to
grammar schools by which il is proposed
10 amend said section to read as foliowss
SECTION $. The public school systeIn
shall include primary and grammar
schoois. and such high schools. evening
schooIs, normal schools and technical
sChoolS as may be established by the Leg
islature or by municipal or district an
monty, but the entire revenue derived
from the state school fund and the State
scnool tax, shall be applied exclusively to
Ihs support of primary and grammar
s schhoois. Grammar schools shall include
schools organized in a school district or
union of school districts having more
than one thousand inhabitants in which
q course OF study shall be taught whicn
VIII prepare pupils to enter the agricult-
ural. mining or scientific departments OF
the University of California