The herald., 1898-10-22
THE PROPOSED CITY cHARrER I

cant can by the Council or the Mayor. and
me me case OF an elective ofiicer. by the
N4uncii. ana IN the case of an appoIntive
servIce not b INCLUDED 3S In the classified civil
provided for in this charter.
Sec: 60 Al officers subject to the pro-
| Ill removed, suspended or until their suc-
cessors have qualified.
Sec. 81. The Council shall have power
70 suspend any officer OF the city pending
| triaI, against whom any criminal proceed
lngs or civil action for the recovery of
and the Mayor shall appoint substitute
Tor such office during suspension. In vot-
M upon the suspension and removal Of
| omcers, the members of the Council, GUS
pending or removing the same, shall vote
by ayes and noes and the same shall be
taken ana entered upon the journal.
Sec. 81. It shall have power by ordi-
nance, to adopt and enforce ali such
measures n e;n and to establish all such regu-
provision is In this charter made. as the
city Council may from time to time deem
necessary and expedient for the promo
fort. safety. life. limb and property OF
the inhabitants Of said city, the preser-
va.ion OF peace and good order, the pro-
motion of public morals. the suppression
Of vice and the enhancement of the pub
Iic welfare in said city
Sec. SO. The Council shall have power.
ny ordnance, to regulate and provide for
lighting Of streets. laying down gas pipes
and erection Of lamp posts electric tow
ebs ehs and aa,d other apparatus, and to regulate
power, and fix and determine the price
OF gas, electric light and power and the
rent ren,,sta Of gas as meters within the city, and
regulate telephone service and the use OF
| telephones within the CITY, and fix and
de,termine ,naI the charges for telephones and
| telephone service and connections.
Sec. "a. The Council shall have power
to provide by ordinance that all rates to
water for domestic purposes shall be
charge AGAINST the land on which the
power to establish rules for the deter
| mination. Of the area Of the land In each
| case to be subject to such lien, and to
which water Is so supplied, for the COL
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 substantially 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 other
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.
Gec ~ nf nrovfgiop fS
made by general law Of the state for
the collection of the city taxes by and
through the officers of the county, the
method Of Collection and provide that the
assessment and amount of the levy and
rate Of taxation for city purposes. be GER
titled in detail 10 the proper county Of
f1cer or officers.
Sec. 49, Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council shall.
before 1t becomes effective. be signed by
the City Clerk or other person authorized
half, and be presented to the Mayor for
his approval and signature, II he ap-
proves 1t; II not, he shall indorse thereon
the das Of Its to h% and re
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date Of its retu.n u him. and
shall. at the first meeting OF the Council
jections s,i Of ts'e the MAJOR. @ ' that -bpdy.
Thereupon the Council shall proceed to
reconsider the passage of the ordinance,
and shall within thirty days after such
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-
the votes Of seven members to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In all
other cases 1t shall require the votes of
,t~ 49, a.
the veto. The vote in all cases Of recon-
tideration shall be by ayes and noes. and
the names of the members voting for or
against shall be entered upon the journal.
Sec. SO. II 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 certincate to that effect to the Or
publication, become effective and be as
valid as If the Mayor had approved and
signed 1t.
Sec. 30. 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 elec-
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
ordinance for the choice of the voters, and
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 one paper; but each
signer 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
petent to administer oaths, that the s.ate- |
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 SUBJ
scribed.
The tickets used in such election shall
contain the words FOR THE ORDI.
posed ordinance) and AGAINST THE
ORDINANCE" (stating the nature OF the |
proposed ordinance.)
II majority Of the votes cast upon
such ordinance shall be In favor of :he |
adoption thereof. the Council shall, wlth-
in thirty days from the time of such cleo |
proclamation such ordinance shall have
the same force and effect as an ordinanc.
passed by the Council and approved br |
the Mayor, and the same shall not be re-
pealed Dy the Council. The Council may
submit a proposition for the repeal Of such |
vote at any succeeding general city cleo |
ton; and should such proposition, So sub |