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CHAPTER VII.
Firemen,s Relief Fund

SECTION i. In order to continue in force and make effectual pensions already existing in favor of firemen, a. fund is hereby created to be known and designated as the Firemen's Relief Fund The Board of Fire Commission CTS of the City and County and its suc- cessors in office shall constitute a. Board of Trustees of said Fund. The Board shall be known as the Board of Fire Pension Fund Commissioners.
 Sec. g. There shall be annually levied, collected and apportioned to the Firemen's Relief Fund a tax sufficient to meet and pay all demands upon said Fund, for the purposes set out in this Chapter.
 Sec. 3. The Commissioners may. by & unanimous vote. retire and relieve from service any aged, inf1rm or disabled fireman of the Department who has ar rived at the age of sixty-f1ve years, and who. upon an examination by two regu- larly certificated practicing physicians appointed by the Commissioners for that purpose, may be ascertained to be by reason of such age, infirmity or other disability, unfit for the perform ance of his duties. Such retired fire man shall receive from the Firemen's Relief Fund monthly pension equal to one-half of the amount of the salary attached to the rank held by him three years prior to the date of his retire ment. No such pension shall be paid unless such person has been an active member of the Fire Department for twenty years continuously next pre- ceding his retirement, and the same shall cease at his death.
 Sec. 4. Any member of the Fire De-
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CHAPTER II.
Municipal Elections.

SECTION l. There shall be held in the City and County of San Francisco on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine, and in every second year there after, an election to be known as the municipal election.
 At said elections there shall be elected by the electors of the City and County the following officers: The Mayor, eighteen Supervisors. an Auditor, Treasurer Assessor, Tax Collector, torney, Public Administrator, County Clerk. Sheriff, Coroner and four Police Judges Each of the above officers shall be elected for two years. except the Police Judges and the Assessor. each of whom shall be elected for four years. The Superintendent of Public Schools shall be elected for four years, and the Justices of the Peace for two years, at the same time that members of the Legislature are elected.
 Sec 2. All of the officers of the City and County of San Francisco who shall be elected in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. under tendent of Public Schools and the Jus tices of the Peace, shall hold office only until the hour of noon on the first Mon day after the first day of January ID the year nineteen hundred.
 Sec. 8. The officers first elected as aforesaid under this Charter shall take office at noon on the first Monday after the first day of January following.
 Sec. 4. The Mayor shall issue his proclamation and publish the same Tn the official newspaper for at ieasI twenty days previous to the day m eacn wear on which the municipal election is to be held under this Charter. calling upon the electors of the City and County to meet for the purpose or electing such officers as are provided for in this Charter, reciting in sucn proclamation the different orncers eo be elected at such election.
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2. Twenty-Five per centum of all mes collected in money for violation or any ordinance.
 s. All rewards to members of the Po- flee Department, except such as snaIi be excepted by the Commissioners.
 g. The Treasurer shall retain rom the pay of each member Of the Police Force two dollars month, which shall be forthwith paid into the Police Relie1 and Pension Fund. No other or furtner retention or reduction shall be made from such pay for any other runo or purpose unless the same is herein au- thorized.
 Sec. 12. When a request Is made for regular policemen to be detailed at any place of amusement or entertainment ball, party or picnic, the party or per son making such request shall hrst de- posit two dollars and fifty cents TOT each man so detailed with the Property Clerk of the Departments; who snail give him a receipt for the same, ana such sum shall be at once paid into the treasury to the credit of the Police Re- lief and Pension Fund.
 Sec. 13 On the last day Of June or each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable. the Auditor shall make report to the Supervisors of all moneys paid out of such Fund during the pre- vious year, and of the amount then to the credit of such Fund. The surplus then remaining in such Fund exceeding the average annual amount paid out or such Fund during the three years next preceding shall be transferred to and become a part of the Surplus Fund, and shall be no longer under the control Of the Board, or subject to its order. Pay ments provided for in this Chapter shall be made quarterly upon proper vouchers. When in any one year de- ficiency shall exist Tn such Fund, such deficiency shall be provided for and made good by the Supervisors in their next ensuing tax levy.
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ganize within ten days after their ap- pointment by choosing one Of their number President. In case of failure to agree. he shall be selected by lot; He shall hold office for one year and until his successor Is chosen. The Voters who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars: The Registrar shall be the Secretary or the Board, and shall keep record or its proceedings, and shall execute all orders and enforce all rules and regula- tions adopted by the Board. The term of office of the Registrar shall be four years.
 Sec. 4 The Board may appoint such other clerical assistants as may be ne- cessary at a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars a month each for the time actually employed. The Board shall, by resolution adopted by ma jority vote of all it's members and en- tered upon it's minutes, designate the service to be rendered by such as- sistants and the time for which they shall be employed. The time or em- ployment of such assistants shall not be extended except by like resolution or the Board, and when a salary snail have been once fixed 1t shall not be in- creased. This section Is subject to the provisions of Article XIII of this Charter.
 Sec. g. All provisions of the general laws of this State respecting elections shall be applicable to all elections held in the City and County of San Fran cisco. All provisions of the general laws of this State respecting the registration of voters shall be applicable to such registration in the City and County. The Board of Election Commissioners must provide for precinct registration so far as 1t can do so under the Con- stitution and laws of the State.
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CHAPTER VII.
Promotions, Suspensions, Dismissals
 and Disratements.

SECTION 1. All promotions in the Department shall be from the next lower rank, seniority of service and meritorious public service being con- sidered.
 Sec 2. Any member of the Depart ment guilty of any offense, or violation of rules and regulations, shall be liable to be punished by reprimand. or by fine to be fixed by the Commission CTS, or by dismissal from the Depart ment; but no fine shall ever be imposed at any one time for any offense ex- ceeding one months salary.
 Sec. 3. No member of the Department shall be subject to dismissal for any cause. or to punishment for any breach of duty or misconduct therein, except after a fair and impartial trial before the Commissioners upon a verified com- plaint filed with the Board setting forth specifically the acts complained of, and after such reasonable notice to him of the time and place of hearing as the Board may by rule prescribe. The ac- cused shall be entitled upon such hear ing to appear personally and by coun- sel; to have a public trial; and to se- cure and enforce free of expense to him the attendance of all witnesses neces- Eary for his defense.
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ARTICLE XI.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS.
 CHAPTER I.
Board of Election Commissioners

SECTION 1. The conduct, manage ment and control of the registration of voters, and of the holding of elections, and of all matters pertaining to cleo tions in the City and County, shall be vested exclusively in and exercised by a Board of Election Commissioners, consisting of five members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor. and shall hold office for four years. Each of the Commissioners shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars. Each member of the Board must be an cleo tor of the City and County at the time of his appointment and must have been such for five years next preceding such time. Those first appointed must, immediately after their appointment, so classify themselves by lot, that one shall go out of office at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, and two at the end of four years.
 The Mayor shall not make any ap- pointment upon the Board at any time before thirty days prior to the time when such appointee is to take office Two of the five members first appoint ed shall be chosen from each of the two political parties casting in the City and County the highest vote for Governor or Electors of President and Vice President. as the case may be. at the
 
 fifth member shall be chosen from the political party casting the third highest such vote at such election, if there be such third party. and if not. then at the discretion of the Mayor. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any Commissioner. the appointee must be chosen from the same political party as the retiring Commissioner. consistently with the foregoing provisions as to equal representation at all times of the two political parties casting the high est vote at the general election last pre- ceding the appointment in question as prescribed in this section.
 Sec. 2. No member of the Board. nor Regfstrar. nor Deputy Registrar shall. during his term of office. be a member of any convention the purpose of which is to nominate candidates for office: nor be eligible to any other municipal office during the term for which he shall have been appointed. or for one year thereafter; nor act as officer of any election or primary election: nor take part in any election except to vote and when acting a Election Com missioner. at which time he shall per- form only such official duties as may be required of him by law and by this Charter.
 Sec. 8. The Commissioners shall or
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CHAPTER VI.
Police Officers.

SECTION 1. The Police Force Of the City and County shall not exceed one Police Officer for each five hundred in- habitants thereof. Police Officers shall receive an annual salary of twelve hun dred and twenty-four dollars.
 Sec. ?. Every Police Officer shall, upon the arrest of any person charged with the commission of crime, search the person of such offender, and take from him all property. and weapons, and forthwith deliver the same to the prison keeper, who must deliver the same to the Property Clerk, to be kept by him until other disposition be made thereof according to law.
 Sec. 8. Police Officers shall be health officers by virtue of their office.
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to incapacitate him from performing his duty, the Commissioners shall allow his salary during the continuance of such temporary disability.
 Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall see that all contracts awarded and work done for the Department are faithfully performed, and shall, upon the award ing of any such contract, exact an ade- quate bond for the prompt and faithful performance of the same.
 The provisions of Article II, Chapter III. of this Charter, in regard to the ad- vertising for proposals, the affidavit and security accompanying the same, the presentation and opening of pro- posals. the aw -ding of contracts and the security for the performance thereof, shall. so far as the same can be made applicable, apply to all pro- posals and contracts made, awarded or entered into for furnishing supplies to the Fire Department. Any contract made in violation of any of the provi- sions of this Chapter shall be void.
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CHAPTER ".
Fire Companies.

SECTION 1. Each Steam Fire En- zine Company shall be composed of not more than one Captain, one Lieutenant one Engineer, one Driver, one Stoker and five Hosemen.
 Each Hook and Ladder Company shall be composed of not more than one Captain, one Lieutenant, one Driver one Tillerman and eight Truckmen
 Each Chemical Engine Company shall be composed of not more than one Cap tain, one Lieutenant, one Driver and one Hoseman.
 Each Water Tower Company shall be composed of not more than one Cap- tain, one Driver and one Hoseman.
 Each Fire Boat Company shall be composed of not more than one Cap- tain, one Lieutenant, one Engineer, one Assistant Engineer, two Bremen, one Pilot and twelve Hosemen.
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CHAPTER Tx.
Department of Electricity.

SECTION 1. 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 Sys- tems, and shall be under the control of a joint Commission composed of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Board of Police Commissioners.
 Sec. 9. There shall be appointed by the Board of Fire Commissioners and Board of Police Commissioners. acting in joint session, a practical and skilled electrician, who shall be called the Chief of the Department Of Electricity. and who shall have general supervision of the Department of Electricity. He shall receive an annual salary of twen- ty-four hundred dollars.
 Sec. 3. The Joint Commission may appoint such assistants as may be nec- essary to keep the electric and tele- phone systems in working order; but of those assistants appointed, no opera tor or inspector shall receive more than twelve hundred dollars a year, and no repairer lineman, batteryman or in- strument- maker shall receive salary of more than ten hundred and eighty dollars a year.
 Sec. 4. The Fire Department and the Police Department shall each have sole control over it's own systems and wires.
 Sec. 5. Any citizen, firm or corpora tion may, for the purpose of police or fire protection, be connected with the Police or Fire Signal System. or Tele- phone or Telegraph System. upon mak- ing fair payment for the connection and use of the same. Such rates of payment shall be fixed by ordinance of the Supervisors; but no connection shall be made so as to interfere with the use of the main line.
 Sec. 6. The Department of Electri- city Is also charged with the duty of en- forcing all the rules. regulations. or
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CHAPTER VIII.
Unclaimed and Stolen Property.


 SECTION 1. All property or money taken under suspicion of having been stolen or feloniously obtained, the re- suit of crime or constituting the pro- ceeds of crime, and all property or money taken from intoxicated or in- sane persons. or other persons incapa- ble of taking care of themselves, or property or money lost or abandoned that may In any way come into the possession or custody of any member of the Department, or of any Criminal Court or Judge of the City and County, shall be delivered to the Prop erty Clerk, who shall enter In Record Book, to be kept by him for that pur- pose, a full and explicit description of the same, together with the name of the person or persons from whom re- ceived, the names of any claimants thereto, the time of the seizure, and the final disposition thereof.
 Sec. 2. When property or money taken from any person arrested, OF otherwise under suspicion of having been felonf- ously obtained, or of being the proceeds of crime, is brought with the claimant thereof and the person arrested. before 8 court for examination and adjudica- ton, and the Court shall adtudge that the person arrested is innocent of the offense alleged, and that the property or money belongs to him, 1t shall or der such property or money returned to the accused and the Property Clerk shall thereupon deliver such property or money to him personally, but not to his attorney or agent. If upon such hearing the accused shall be held for trial or examination, such property or money shall remain in the custody of the Property Clerk until the discharge or conviction of the person accused
 Sec. g. All unclaimed property and money that has been In the custody of fhe Property Clerk for one year shall {fa sold at public auction after having been five times advertised in the official uewspaper: and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the treasury to the credit of the Police Relief and Pen sion fund Tn no case shall such prop erty be sold or disposed of until the ne cessity for the use thereof as evidence has ceased The proceeds of property taken from insane persons shall not become part of such Fund until after the expiration of three years from the lime the same is paid into the treasury: but the Commissioners and the Chief of Police shall. during such period, make diligent inquiry to ascertain the nerson or persons to whom the same should by right be payable.
 Sec. 4. If any property or money in the custody of the Property Clerk be re- ouired as evidence in any Court, 1t shall be delivered to any officer who shall present an order In writing to that effect from such Court, and the Clerks of such Court shall be responsi- ble for the safe delivery of such prop erty or money to the Property Clerk.
 Sec. :. All valuables and money in the custody of the Property Clerk shall be deposited by him for safe keeping with the Treasurer in such manner and subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board
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the Police Department shsu consist of Tantains, who shall eacn receive an sDnlal salary of twenty-our hundred dollars; Lieutenants, wbo shall each receive an annual salary Of sixteen hundred and eighty dollars; Sergeants, who shall each receive aH annual salary of fifteen hundred dolla-s; and Corpor- eIs who shall each receive an annual salary of fourteen hupdreo ana four
 Sec. ?. There shall be one Captain for each one hundred police officers. The duties of Captai1s shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners and by the orders Of the Chief of Police.
 Sec. 3. There shal. be one Lieutenant for every fifty police officers. The du- ties of the IieuterantS shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders of the Chief of Police and by the orders of their respective Captains.
 Sec. f. There shall be as many Ser geants as in the judgment of the Com missioners may be advisable, not to ex- Ceed one Sergeant for every ten police officers. The duties of Sergeants shall be defined by the rules and regulations Of the Commissioners the orders of the Chief of Police. and the orders of their respective Captains and Lieutenants.
 .. porals as in the judgment of the Com Inissioners may be advisable. The du- ties of Corporals shall be defined b. the rules and regulations of the Commits sioners. the orders of the Chief of Po- lice. and the orders of the1r respective Captains. Lieutenants and Sergeants.
 Sec. 6. The Chief of Police may detail for detective duties such members of the Department as he may select, not to exceed twenty-five. He shall desig- nate Captain of Police to act as Cap- tain over the officers so detailed who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Such Captain shall rank as Captain of Detectives. and his duties shall be defined by the Commis- sioners and by the Chief of Police. The members so detailed shall be known and ranked as Detective Sergeants. Each of said Detective Sergeants shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. They may be re- moved at any time from such detail by the Chief of Police. Their duties shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders of the Chief of Police. and by the orders of the Captain of Detectives.
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CHAPTER VT.
Fire Wardens.

SECTION 1. The Chief Engineer. As sistant Chief Engineers, Battalion Chiefs and the Fire Marshal shall con- stitute a Board of Fire Wardens. with power to inspect and report to the Board of Public Works as to the safety of buildings and other structures within the City and County
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ders and requirements made by orui- nance Of the Supervisors in regard to the inspection and supervision Of cleo trical wires and appliances, and the currents for furnishing light, heat or power in and upon streets and build ings in the City and County.
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orrn . +rn service examination; but all new ae eto and all promotions made SLIT eho1T this Charter shall go into effect Silan De subject to and governed by ArtlcIe XIII of this Charter.
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CHAPTER TX.
Present Police Force.

SECTION l. All members of the present Police Force in good standing in the Department at the time this Charter goes into effect, and the Park Police, shall continue therein without
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