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CHAPTER VIII.
The Police Court.

SECTION 1. There Is hereby created and established in and for the City and County of San Francisco Court to be known as the Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Said Court shall consist of four Judges, who shall be elected by the people and hold office for four years. They sl all each receive an annual salary of thirty-Si hundred dollars. They shall be electors of the City and County at the time of their election, and must have been such for at least five years next preceding such time. No person shall be eligible to the office of Judge of the Police Court who is not at the time of his cleo tion qualified to practice in all the Courts of this State, and who has not been so qualified for at least five years next preceding his election. The Court shall be divided into departments known as Department Number One, Department Number Two. Depart ment Number Three and Department Number Four. The Judges of such Court may hold as many sessions of the Court at the same time as there are Judges thereof. The Judges who shall be elected at the first election under this Charter shali so classify them selves by lot that two of them shall go out of office in two years and two of them In four years.
 
 Presiding Judge who shall serve for one year. The Presiding Judge shall as- sign the Judges to their respective de- partments; but any of the Judges may preside in any of the departments in the absence or inability of the Judge regularly assigned thereto.
 The judgments, orders and proceed ings of any session of the Court held by any one or more of the Judges shall be equally effectual as if all the Judges had presided at such session.
 Sec. 2. The Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco shall have:
 First--Exclusive Jurisdiction of all prosecutions for the violation of or dinances of the Board of Supervisors
 Second-Concurrent Jurisdiction with the Superior Court of all other misde meanors and of the examination of all felonies committed in the City and County.
 Third-Said Court, or any Judge thereof, shall have the same powers in all criminal actions. cases, examina- tions and proceedings as are now or
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his custody and safely keep all books. records. maps and papers deposited in his office Upon demand and payment of the fees prescribed thecefcr by law or by ordinance, he must furnish to any one applying therefor 3 copy Of any such book record, map or paper, certified under the hand and seal of his office. When any papers arc presented for filing or recording, he or his depu- ties shall write on the 1rargin or each paper 50 presented the number offolios, the amount palu for recording the same. ard shan number consecutively ail instruments and documents filed in his office. He shall also perform all other duties at the time and in the manner prescribed by the general laws Of (ie State.
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CHAPTER ".
The Public Administrator.

SECTION 1. The Public Administra- tor shall be elected by the people. and he shall hold office fop two years. He shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the Public Administrators of counties by the general laws of this State, except as in this Charter other wise specifically provided. He shall be entitled to all such fees as may be al- lowed by law to the Public Administra- tors of the counties of the State in full compensation for all his services.
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receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars: one assistant clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars: and one stem ographer and typewriter who shall re- ceive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars.
 Sec. 4. The District Attorney may, in the name of the City and County. bid for and purchase property at execution sales under Judgments for the recovery of fines, penalties or forfeitures accru- ing to the Citv and County.
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ARTICLE V.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
The Superior Court Judges.
CHAPTER I.

SECTION l. The Judges Of the Su- pcrior Court Of the City an- County may appoint not to exceed five inter- preters Of foreign languages, who shall act as such interpreters in criminal ac- tions anu proceedings m all the co-rts in the City and County. and in exam nations before Coroner's jurles.
 Sec. ?. The stenographers T the Criminal Dep, rtments of the Superior Court shall ca T receive al annual salary not exceeding twcnty-four hun dred dollars which shall be in full compensation for all services including transcription and all stationery used by them
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CHAPTER VII.
The Justices' Courts,

SECTION l. The Justices of the Peace shall each receive an annual sal ary of twenty-four hundred dollars. except the Presiding Justice, who shall receive an annual salary of twenty seven hundred dollars. They shall ap- point a Chief Clerk who shall hold office for two years and receive an an- nual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars The Chief Clerk may appoint five Deputies, each of whom shall re- ceive an annual salary of twelve hun dred dollars.
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Sec. Il. Sald Board snail appoint a ! Civil Engineer of not less than five 1 years practical experience as such. who shall be designated the City En- gineer. He shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board.
 l He shall perform all the civil engin- eering and surveying required in the l prosecution of the public works and | improvements dore under the direction l and supervision of said Board and l shall certify to the progress and com pletion of the same, and do such other | surveying or other work as he may be directed to do by said Board or by the Supervisors. He shall possess the same power in the City and County in mak- ing surveys, plats and certificates as l is or may from time to time be given 1 by law to City Engineers and to Coun- ty Surveyors, and his official acts and all plats, surveys and certificates made by him shall have the same validity and be of the same force and effect as are or may be given by law to those of City Engineers and County Survey ors. No street assessment shall be val | i'd without his certificate as to the quantities and unless it be to the effect that the work has been done to the of- flcial lines, elevations and grades.
 Sec 12. He shall serve the Board ex- clusively and shall not be engaged in any other business while he is in its service He shall receive no con- pensation except his salary. The Board shall by resolution establish fees and charges for the services to be performed by the City En- gineer for persons, companies and cor porations, and may from time to time change and adjust the same. Said En- gineer shall require such fees or charges to be paid in advance for any official act or service demanded of him, and such moneys thus paid shall be paid to the Treasurer and credited by him to such fund or funds as said Board may direct
 Sec 1S. The Board shall appoint the necessary heads of departments under it's charge. Each such head shall have the sole executive control in his own department, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board. . Sec. IA. All public work authorized by the Supervisors to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works shall, unless otherwise determin- ed by the Beard of Public Works be done under written contract, except in case of urgent necessity as hereinafter provided; and except as otherwise specifically provided in this Charter, the following proceedings shall be taken in all cases in the matter of the letting of contracts by said
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shall be null and void, and the Board shall advertise for a new contract for said work.
 Sec. 19 In the case of improvement of streets, the owners of the major part of the frontage of lots and lands upon done, or which are liable to be assessed for said work, or, in the case of an assessment district, the owners of a major part of the superficial area en- braced in such district, or their agents, shall not be required to present sealed proposals, but may, upon making oath that they are such owners, or the agents of such owners, within ten days after the first posting of notice of said award, elect to take said work and en- ter into written contract to do the whole work at the price at which the same has been awarded. Should such | owners not enter Into written con- tract therefor within said ten days. or should they enter into such contract and fail to commence the work within the time stated therein, which time shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty days from the time of the execution of such contract, the Board shall enter into contract with the original bidder to whom the contract was awarded at the price specified in his bid If the original bidder shall | fail or refuse for fifteen days after the first posting of notice of the award to enter into the contract, the Board shall again advertise for proposals as in the first instance.
 Sec. 20. If the owners or contractor who may have entered into any con. tract do not complete the same within the time limited in the contract, or within such further time as is here matter provided, the Board may relet the unfinished portion of said work ir accordance with the provisions in this Chapter prescribed for the letting ot the whole.
 Sec. 21. All contracts shall be drawr under the supervision of the City At torney. and shall contain detailed spe- cifications of the work to be done, tht manner in which it shall be executed and the quality of the material to bt 1 used.
 Every contract entered into by tn, Board shall be signed by all the mem bers thereof and by the other contract ing party. All contracts shall be signed In triplicate, one of which, with tn, specifications and drawings. if any of the work to be done, and the mate rials to be furnished. shall be fileC with the Clerk of the Supervisors; on, thereof. with said specifications ant drawings, shall be kept in the offic. of the Board, and the other with saiC
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than said Warrant and Bond Clerk, to receive bail money for defendants or to order their discharge.
 Sec g. All demurrers to complaints, notices of motion, statements and bills of exception on appeal to the Superior Court, must be served upon the Assist ant District Attorney acting in the De- partment of the Court in which the case is set for hearing, or heard or tried.
 Sec. 10. The County Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Police Court, and he must be present either in person or by deputy at all sessions of the Court in the de- partments thereof; call the daily calen- dar of the departments, and keep full and complete records of all cases in the Court and the disposition made thereof by the Court.
 Sec. II. The Police Judges may ap- point not more than two competent stenographers who shall attend the sessions of the Court and take notes of all preliminary examinations made at the sessions. and transcribe into typewriter long hand all evidence taken by either of them where the par ties charged have been held for trial, and deliver one copy of the same to the Clerk and one copy to the District At torney. Each of such stenographers shall be paid for all his services, in- cluding transcription and all sta- tionery used by him, an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars.
 Sec. 12. The Mayor may in writing ap- point any Justice of the Peace to act as Judge of the Police Court, or any de- partment thereof. during the tempor- ary absence or inability of the Judge to act.
 Sec 13. The Chief of Police shall cause to be made out and delivered to each of the Clerks of the Court at or before nine o'clock in the forenoon of each day a calendar of arrests in which the cases shall have been as- signed to the departments of the Court in accordance with the rules and regu- lations established by the Police Judges. The calendar shall state "the offense charged;" whether the defend- ant is ''in custody" or lon ball." "the amount of ball." whether cash or bond" and "the name of the arresting officer"
 Sec IA The Chief Of Police shall ap- point one or more Police Officers to at tend the sessions of the Police Court in each department thereof to pre- serve order and execute the orders of the Court.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-15

Senator Hale is the most rapid re-
publican anti-expansionist who has yet
unlimbered rapid fire tongue battery
and open fire on the Peace treaty, which
he says he will fight to the last. He
predicts that il the treaty is carried in
to effect, it will add many millions, on
account of increased Army and Navy,
to the yearly expenses Of this govern
ment, without bringing the slightest
benefit to our people at large; that our
country will in time become overrun
by inferior races, and numerous other
minor evils will follow. In addition to
his predictions, he charges Mr.. McKin-
ley's foreign policy to have been in
spired by the British Foreign Office,
and asks the Irish-Americans to Join
him in opposing the ratification of the
treaty. Please remember that Senator
Hale is not q Democrat, talking for po-
litical effect. He is q Republican OF
standing in the councils of his party,
and no longer ago than at the last ses-
sion of Congress. just after the Maine
was destroyed, he acted as the mouth.
piece of Mr.. Mckinley on the floor of
the Senate, although his pronounced
pro-Spanish views were at that time well
known. There is no probability that q
sufficient number of Senators will act
with Mr.. Hale to reject the treaty, but
it may not be ratified before the end Of
this Congress, making an extra session
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-15

The December Magazine Number of
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aoyAL eanna nowOsR CO.., Nsw WORK.

DIR, SVEN HEDIN's account Of his ex-
traordinary journey across the conti-
nent Of Asia is one Of the most thrill
ing narratives Of endeavor, in the face
of wellnigh overwhelming odds, which
has ever been written.
DR.. Hedin left his native city of
Stockholm in 1893, and from that time
until, in 1897, his task was accomplish
ed by entering Peking, he was engag-
ed constantly in a desperate struggle
with the tremendous difficulties which
beset his way, His successful passage
through Pamir, where progress be-
came a ceasless battle against snow and
ice and cold, and were often the only
method of advancing was upon hands
and knees; the thrilling ascent of the
"Father of all Ice Mountains" Mus
tagh-ata; his terrible fight against
thirst and exhaustion in the desert of
Takla-makan-all these go to make up
an almost unparalleled story of hu-
man daring, suffering, and endurance.
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GHOSTS OF THE "MAINE."

Probably the most thrilling expert
ence ever met with by any diver was
Charles Morgan's, in the wreck of the
battleship Maine at Havana. Mr..
Morgan, who commands the guns OF
U. s. s. New York, is small and slen-
der, and one of the most interesting
men ever met, very bright. very ac-
tive, with brilliant black eyes and
skin bronzed with southern seas and
suns. For nearly two weeks he re-
mained under water in the Maine
among the bodies Of the dead, for sew
en- hours q day--a wonderful record Of
endurance and nerve considering the
fact that four hours are supposed to be
divers day. The waters of Havana
Harbor are also very deep, and SO black
that he was obliged to use electric
lamps. and then could see but q foot
ahead of him in grave-gloom of the
wrecked vessel 1t is best to give the
story of his descent into the dark char
mel ship in his own dramatic words, as
he told it to me after his return to
SIMPSONS fleet. It is the more inter-
esting because this is the first time he
has impaired to anyone his experience
in the wreck.
'It was horrible!'' he said. "As I
descended into the death-ship the dead
rose up to meet me. They foated to-
ward me with outstretched arms, as if
to welcome their shipmate. Their faces
were for the most part bloated with de-
cay or burned beyond recognition, but
here and there the light of my lamp
flashed upon stony face knew,
which when last saw it had smiled a
merry greeting, but now returned my
gaze with staring eyes and fallen jaw.
The dead choked the hatchways and
blocked my passage from stateroom to
cabin. / had to elbow my way through
them, as you do in crowd. While I
examined twisted iron and broken tim
bers they brushed against my helmet
and touched my shoulders with rigid
hands, as II they sought to tell me the
tale of the disaster. j often had to
push them asideto make my examina-
tions Of the interior OF the wreck.
felt like liYe man in command Of the
dead. From every part Of the ship
came sighs and whispers and groans. ]
knew it was the gurgling Of the water
through the shattered beams and bat
tered sides Of the vessel, but it made
me shudder; it sounded so much like
echoes Of that awful February night Of
death. The water swayed the bodies
to and fro, and kept them constantly
moving with a hideous semblance oi
life, Turn which way ! would, I wai
confronted by corpse. p Minna Irv
ing, in Frank Leslie's Popular Month
| ly for December.
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Confusion increases in the public SER
vice at Havana. Spanish officials, un-
paid for months and soon to be relieved
do no work that they can avoid. Stag
nation exists in the civil departments.
The post-ofice is conducted in hap
hazard fashion. Mails are delayed and
some routes have been abandoned. The
Havana Office is blockaded. In the
Custom house blockade is prevented
by the employment Of assistants by q
voluntary association of merchants.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-15

The man to whom the agonies of star
Vation and exposure were but minor
considerations when weighed in the
balance with the cause of science, the
man who, after nine days without wa
ter, paused on the brink of stream to
note his pulse before and after drink
ing, surely possesses the perseverance
which must eventually surmount all
obstacles. Through ASIA" which has
Just been published by Messrs, Harper
a Brothers, opens to the reading pub
lie the portals Of a new world. It is the
account of what, with the sole excep-
tion OF Nansen's attainment Of "Far-
thest North, was the most extraordi-
nary journey Of the century.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-15

Maj. General Wade has received in
structions from President Mckinley
which indicate that he will be appoint
cd Military Governor Of Western Gu
ba. Maj. Gen. Greene will be Cover
nor Of Havana.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-15

The State Department is convinced
that spain will not cede the Island Of
Ualan, in the Caroline group. 1t has
beer determined not to grant the trade
concessions desired by Spain in the
Philippines and West Indies.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-15

The experiment Of Government own
ership of telegraph and telephone
lines is to be tried in Porto Rico. At
the end of six months results will be
reported
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President McKinIey is said to favo

President Mckinley is said to favor
opening negotiations with Great Bri-
tain for the modification of the Clay
ton -Bulwer treaty, so as to remove any
ground for objection to the construc-
ton and control of the Njcsraguan Ca
nal by the United States. A resolution
approving such negotiations was intro
dnced in the Senate yesterday by MIR.
Cafforty.
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