The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31

so specified by the officer making the contract, and thereafter shall hold and retaln such sum to pay the expense in- cured until the contract shall be fully performed. The Auditor shall furnish weekly to the head of each department statement of the unexpended bal ances of the appropriation for his de- partment.
 Sec. II. On or before the last Mon oay of June in each year the Super vlsors shall levy the amount of taxes Tor City and County purposes required 10 be levied upon all property not ex- empt from taxation. The amount shall be sufficient to provide for the payment during the fiscal year of all demands upon the treasury authorized to be paid out of the same; but such levy, exclu- Sive of the State tax and the tax to pay the interest and maintain the sinking funds of the bonded indebtedness of the City and County, and exclusive or the tax to pay for the maintenance and improvement of the parks, squares and public grounds of the City and County, shall not exceed the rate of one dollar on each one hundred dollars valuation of the property assessed. The Super visors in making the levy shall appor- tion the taxes to the several funds. Sec. 12. In making the apportion- ment, the Supervisors shall take into account and apportion to the several funds the income and revenue eStl- mated to arise during the fiscal year from licenses, fees and other sources; but the income to pay the interest on the bonded indebtedness and provide for the sinking funds shall always be provided for out of the tax on property.
 Sec. 13. The limitation in section eleven of this Chapter upon the rate Of taxation shall not apply in case or any great necessity or emergency. In such case the limitation may be temporarily suspended so as to enable the super visors to provide for such necessity or emergency. No increase shall be made in the rate of taxation authorized to be levied in any fiscal year, unless such in crease be authorized by ordinance passed by the unanimous vote Of the Supervisors and approved by the Mayor. The character of such neces- sity or emergency shall be recited in the ordinance authorizing such action, and be entered in the Journal of the Board.
 Nothing in this section shall author ize the incurring of liabilities against the treasury not allowed by law, or which cannot be paid out of the income and revenue provided, collected and paid into the proper fund as its proportion of the same for such fiscal year, or per init liabilities or indebtedness incurred in any one fiscal year to be charge upon or paid out of the income or reye- nue of any other fiscal year.
 Sec A. The Supervisors shall fix the amount of municipal revenues and pro- vide for. the collection thereof. They shall from time to time provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds for which the City and County is liable.
 Sec 15 The Supervisors shall au- thorize the disbursement of all pubic moneys, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Charter.
 Sec 16. At the close of each fiscal year, if all demands against each fund have been paid or satisfied, and all dis puted or contested demands finally ad- Indicated, the Supervisors shall direct the Treasurer to transfer all surplus moneys to a fund to be called the Surplus Fund, except such surplus moneys as are in the several interest and sinking funds, in the Common School Fund, in the Park Fund, the Li- brary Fund, the Police Relief and Pen sion Fund, in the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund and in such other funds the disposition of whose surplus moneys Is in this Charter otherwise provided for.