The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
CHAPTER II.
Powers of the Supervisors.

CHAPTER II.
 Powers of the Supervisors.
 SECTION 1. Subject to the pro- visions, limitations and restrictions In this Charter cc~tained, 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.
 2. 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 unty.
 3. To permit the laying down of rail- road tracks and running cars thereon, along any street or portion of street. for the sole purpose of excavating and filling in a 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 | impose, to convey street sweepings and offal to tke 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 er 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- sohal baggs ge.
 8. To provide a public pound and to make all nece V 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- ton of witnesses and persor7 charged with insanity. separate and crart from places where c:'r-inals or persons &C., cused of public offenses are imprisoned
 II. To establish. maintain Il 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 apnli- ances necessary to the furnishing f water, heat, light, power, telephonic and telegraphic service to the City and County. and to acquire, regulate and control any and all appliances for the sprinkling and cleaning of the streets of the City and County, ard for flush ing the sewers therein.
 IA. To fix and determine by ordin- ance in the month of February of each wear. to take effect on the first day of Julv thereafter, the rates or compensa- tion to be collected by any person, com pany or corporation in the City and Co,nty. 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.
 IS. To impose license taxes and to provide for the collection thereof; but any person who, at any fixed place of business in the City and County. sells or manufactures goods, wares or mer- chandise except such as require ner rnits from the Board of Police Com m:ssfoners as provided in this C. lrter.
 16. To prescribe fines, forfeitures and penaIties for the breach of any ordin- ance: but no penalty shall exceed the amount of five hundred dollars or six nnnths' imprisonment, or both.
 IT. To fix the fees and charges for all official services not otherwise pro- vided for in this Charter.
 1S. To allow not to exceed two thou sand five hundred dollars in any year for. the celebration of the anniversary of our National Independence, and not to exceed five hundred dollars in any year for the observance of Memorial Day.
 "a TO appropriate such sums as may ha naid into the treasury from fines col Iacted on convic on of persons charged with cruelty to animals, and to author ;za inc payment of the same or some nart thereof to any society that shall efficiently aid in such convictions.
 eo TO provide for the payment of comnensat:on to the interpreters ap- noinfed by the Judges of the Superior z ,urt to interpret testimony in crim- ;naI cases in said Court or the Police Court. or upon inquests and examina- lions. Such compensation shall not ex- ceed one hundred dollars month for each interpreter.
 21 To offer rewards not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one in. stance for the apprehension and conyic- tion of any person who may have com mitted A felony in the City and County and to authorize the payment thereof
 P. To provide in the annual tax levy for a special fund to be used in the construction of general system of drainage and leverage.
 23. To provide a Seal for the City and County, and Seals for the several 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 fix their compensation; provided that eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor in any cale-dar day, and that tL