The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11

] pass, and a motion is made to recon sider, the vote upon such motion shall not be acted upon before the expira- l ton Of twenty-four hours after ad- | journment. 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 1 be renewed before one year prior to its 1 expiration: Every ordinance shall. af- 1 ter amendment, be laid over for one week before its final passage.
 Sec. B. Every bill or resolution pro- vlding for any specific improvement. or the granting of any franchise or 1 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 a new Quty or penalty. shall, after its intro- | auction. be published in the official newspaper, with the ayes and noes, days and legal holidays excepted) be- lore final action upon the same. If 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 the consent of the Mayor, expend such sums of money, not to exceed two hum dred dollars, as shall be necessary to 1 meet the requirements of such neceS- sity.
 Sec. A. 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 | t1ons of the bill. In such case he shall | append to the bill at the time of sign ing 1t a statement of the item or items | Y, ,t1I. l | therefor. and the item or items so ob- ! 5ected 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.
 Sec. 15. No ordinance shall take ef- feet until ten days after its passage unless otherwise provided in such or | dinance.
 Sec. Is. 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 1t and it shall then be- come an ordinance If he disapprove l 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 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 If the same shall. upon reconsideration. be again passed by the affirmative vote of not less than fourteen members of the Board. ethe 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 anproved bv 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. 17. All ordinances and resolu- 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 TOT ms approval as hereln- before provided.
 Sec 19. Except as provided in Chap 1 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 thantwo hundred dollars shall represented to the Mayor for $ approval. in the manner hereinbefore provide. for tho 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. W. le'. there shall be pre- sented to the Board of Election Com missioners petition signed by a num- Der of voters equal to f"teon per preceding State or City ard County election. asking that an ordinance to be set forth in such petition, De subr tied to vote of tn electors O. -he City and County, the Board cf Election Com missioners must submit such proposed ordinance to t,,e vote of the eIet tor~ -t the next electicn.
 The sigr lures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature hlS place or lQence, giving the street and number. One of the signers of each such paper shall lake oath be- fore an officer competent 70 admin ter oaths, that the statements therein made are true, and that each signature to the paper appended Is the genuino 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 of the proposed ordinance) and AGAINST TIE ORDINANCE" (stat ing the nature of the proposed ordi- nance).
 If a majority of the votes cast ,on such ordinaI oe slall be in ia TOT of the adoption there, :. the Board of Election Commissioners shall within thirty days from the time of such election, pro- aim such fac: nd upon such procla- nation such ordinance shall have the same force and effect as an ordinano passed by the Supervisors and ap- proved by the Mayor, and the same shall not be repealed by the Supervi- sors But the Supervisors may sub nit a proposition for the repeal of such ordinance or for amendments thereto for vote at any succeeding election; and should such proposition. so submitted