The San Francisco call., 1898-04-05

slider, the vote upon such motion shall not be acted upon before the expira- ton of twentyfour hours after ad- tournment. No bill for the grant of any franchise shall be put upon Its 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- viding for any specific improvement, privilege, or involving the lease, ap- propriation or disposition of public property or the expenditure of public money, except sums less than two hundred dollars, or levying any tax or assessment, and every ordinance providing for the imposition of new duty or penalty, shall, after its intro duction, be published in the official newspaper with the ayes and noes, for at least five successive days (Sun- days and legal holidays excepted) be- fore final action upon the same. IT such bill be amended, the bill as amended shall be advertised for like period before final action thereon. But in cases of great necessity the officers and heads of departments may, with the consent of the Mayor. expend such sums of money, not to exceed two hun dred dollars, as shall be necessary to meet the requirements of such neces- sity.
 Sec 14. If any bill be presented to the Mayor containing several items ap- propriating money or fixing a tax levy. he may object to one or more items separately, while approving other DOT tions of the bill. In such case he shall append to the bill at the time of sign ing it a statement of the item or items +. l. therefor, and the item or items so ob- jected to shall not take effect unless passed notwithstanding the Mayors objection. Each item so objected to shall be separately reconsidered by the Board in the same manner as bills which have been disapproved by the Mayor.
 feet until ten days after its 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 be 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 1t he shall specify his objections there to in writing. If he does not return 1t with such diSapproval within the time above specified. it shall take ef- feet as If he had approved 1t. 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. If tho shall cidpra finn 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 1t had been approved by the Mayor. If the bill or resolution shallfail 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.
 tions shall be 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 ervisors. All demands for more than two hundred dollars shall be presented to the Mayor for is approval. in the manner | hereinbefore provided for the passage of bills or resolutions. All resolutions directing the payment of money other than salaries or wages, when the amount exceeds five hundred dollars, shall be published for five successive days Sundays and legal holidays ex- cepted) in the official newspaper.
 Sec. 20. ur1'r le- there shall be pre- sented to the Board of Election Com missioners a petition signed by num- Der of voters equal to fifteen per
 centum of the votes cast at the last preceding State or City ard County election, asking that an ordinance to be set forth in such petition, De subr- tted to a vote of tn electors of he City and
 County, the Board of Election Com missioners must submit such proposed ordinance to tie vote of the electors ct the next election.
 The signatures to the petition need
 not all be appended to one paper, but
 each signer shall add to his signature
 his place of r idence, giving the street
 and number. One of the signers o1
 each such paper shall Lake oath be-
 fore an officer competent to admin
 oaths, that the statements therein
 made are true. and that each signature
 to the paper appended is the genuine
 signature of the person whose name
 purports to be thereto subscribed.
 The tickets used in such election
 shall contain the words FOR THE
 ORDINANCE" (stating the nature o1
 the proposed ordinance) anC
 AGAINST THE ORDINANCE" (stat-
 ing the nature of the proposed ordi
 nance).
 If majority of the votes cast U ,or
 such ordinance shall be in favor of tht
 adoption thereoe, the Board of Electior
 Commissioners shall within thirty day! from the time of such election, pro
 calm such fact: nd upon such procla nation such ordinance shall have tn, same force and effect as an ordinance passed by the Supervisors and ap proved by the Mayor, and the sam shall not be repealed by the Supervi .. sors. But the Supervisors may subni a proposition for the repeal of sucl ordinance, or for amendments thereto ,, for vote at any succeeding election ant should such proposition, so submitted