The herald., 1898-10-27
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

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cant by the Council or the Mayor. and
tne case of an elective officer, by the
Council and in the case of an appointive
omeer onr.,t not INCLUDED in the classified civil
provided for In this charter.
Sec Sec. So. All officers subject to the pro-
VISIONS OF this charter shall hold office un-
III removed, suspended or until their sue
cessors have qualified.
Sec. 81. The Council shall have power
to suspend any officer of the city pending
trial. against whom any criminal proceed
lngs or civil action for the recovery Of
| money due the city has been commenced
and the Mayor shall appoint a substitute
Tor such office during suspension. In vot-
officers. the members of the Council, sus-
pending or removing the same. shall vote
by ayes and noes and the same shall be
taken and entered upon the journal.
Sec Sec; s2 It shall have power. by ordi-
measures m and to establish all such regu-
provision Is In this charter made. as the
city Council may from time to time deem
nf;eGsssnry f;on snG and expedent for the promo
fort. safety, lifc limb and property Of
the inhabitants Of said city, the preser-
vation OF peace and good order, the pro
motion OF public morals. the suppression
or vice and the enhancement of the pub
lic welfare in said city.
Sec. .ss. The Council shall have power.
ny ORDNANCE, to regulate and provide for
lighting Of streets, laying down gas pipes
ana r erection of lamp posts. electric tow
ers and other apparatus, and to regulate
the sale and use of gas. electric light and
power. and fix and determine the price
pep Of esse gh nS ana ,ns
regulate the inspection thereof: and to
regulate telephone service and the use Of
determine the charges for telephones and
telephone service and connections.
Sec. S4 The Council shall have power
to provide by ordinance that all rates to
be charged by the city for the use of
water VA for domestic purposes shall be a
water is % SUPPLIED, and ina snail III constitute t
lien thereon and the Council shall have
power to establish rules for the deter
case to be subject to such lien, and to
provide for the assessment Of the land on
which water is so supplied, for. the col
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. s5 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 Elysfan
Park or Griffith Park, for the safe-keep-
| ing and employment in either OF said
parks Of such persons are confined in
the city prison under judgment of con-
vction.
Sec. ST. If at any time provision is
made MAJ by general law w.. Of the state al, for FOR
through the officers of the county, the
Council may, by ordinance, adopt SUCH
method of collection and provide that the
rate Of taxation for city purposes. be GER
titled in detail 10 the proper county Of
| ficer or officers.
Sec. SS. 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
by the Council to sign the same on Its be-
his approval and signature, II he ap-
proves 1t; If not he shall indorse thereon
the date Of its presentation to him and re-
turn it to the Clerk with his objections In
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date Of It's return to him. and
SHALL ct the first meeting of the Council
thereafter; present the same. with the OBJ
rSe TSereupon On the the Council Council shall proceed to
reconsider the passage OF the ordinance,
and shall within thirty days after such
ordinance or resolution shall have been
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
six members to pass the ordinance over
ho uatn hn ynto In n n
sideration shall be by ayes and noes. and
the names of the members voting for or
against shall be entered upon the journal.
returned to the City Clerk by the Mayor
within ten days after it shall have been
presented to him. the City Clerk shall at
tach a certificate to that effect to the or
dinance, and such ordinance shall. after
publication. become effective and be as
valid as If the Mayor had approved and
signed 1t.
sented to the Council a petition signed by
a number Of city electors equal to fifteen
per centum Of the votes cast In the city
at the last preceding State or City cleo
tion. asking that an ordinance. to be set
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 alternati-e
ordinance for the choice of the voters, and
any number of proposed ordinances may
bo 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 ono paper; but each
sgner shall add TO 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 state
ments therein made are true, and that
each signature to the paper appended Is
whose name purports to be thereto SUBJ
scribed.
The tickets used in such election shall
contain the words FOR THE ORDI.
NANCE" (stating the nature of the pro-
posed ordinance) and AGAINST THE
ORDINANCE" (stating the nature OF the
proposed ordinance.)
If majority of the votes cast upon
such ordinance shall be in favor Of :he
adoption thereof. the Council shall, w,th-
in thirty days from the time of such cleo
tLn, proclaim such fec; and upon sucn
proclamation such ordinance shall have
the Same force and effect as an ordinance,
passed by the Council and approved h.;
the Mayor, and the same shall not be re-
submit a proposition for theIepeal of such
ordinance, or for amendments thereto, for
vote at any succeeding general city cleo
ton; and should such proposition, So sub