The San Francisco call., 1898-04-05
ARTICLE III.
FINANCE AND TAXATION.
Levying of Taxes.
CHAPTER I.

Tjate in writing of the amount of eX- spenditure, specifying in detail the ob- >jetts; thereof, required In their respec- ,lTtTe departments, offices, boards and j.. +.eoEnmissions, including a statement of e the. salaries of their Subordinates. Du :pltcates of these estimates shall be :.sent at the same time to the Auditor. r: Sec. ?. On or b Core the first Monday of May in each year the Auditor shall ;tTensmit to the Supervisors an estimate < of~the probable expenditures of the :Clty and County government for the j. next ensuing fiscal year, stating the %amount required to meet the interest ;. and sinking funds for all outstanding funded debts, and the wants of all the departments of the municipal govern :,Illent in detail, and showing specifically 7 the amount necessary to be apportion- q. ed to each fund in the treasury; also : an. estimate of the amount of income from fines, licenses and other sources ; of revenue, exclusive of taxes upon :. property, and the probable amount re- : oiIired to be levied and raised by taxa -tfon.
 Sec. 8. The Supervisors shall meet :: annually between the first Monday of E. May and the first Monday of June, and by a vote of a majority of all the mem bers thereof make budget of the amounts estimated to be required to :ray the expenses of conducting the :. public business of the Git and County flor the next ensuing fiscal year. The :: bud get shall be prepared in such de- stall as to the aggregate sum and the | hams thereof allowed to each depart :. nr6nt, office, board or commission, as the Supervisors shall deem advisable. |. Before finally determining upon the . bud get. the Supervisors shall fix such sufficient" 'ime or times as may be necessary to allow the taxpayers to be heard in regard thereto, and the Super visors shall attend at the time or times so appointed for such hearino- Sec. f. Any item in said budget may. within ten days. be vetoed in whole or in part by the Mayor. and it shall re- quire fifteen votes of the Supervisors to. overcome such veto. Action thereon must be taken before the last Monday of:June.
 After the final estimate is made in accordance herewith, 1t shall be signed =by the Mayor and the clerk of the Su- perVisors, and t. several sums shall then be appropriated for the ensuing fiscal year to the several purposes and > departments thereon name1. The esti- *mate shall be filed in the office of the %Auditor.
 ,:. Sec. 5. The Supervisors must cause : to be raised annually according to law, and collected by tax, the amounts so $ appropriated, less the amounts re- ceived from fines. licenses and other sources Ol revenue.
 Q. Sec. 6. Except as otherwise pro- .vided in this Charter, no money shall be drawn from the treasury unless in consequence of appropriations made by the Supervisors and upon warrants duly drawn thereon by the Auditor .. Sec. '. No warrant shall be drawn except upon an unexhausted specific q. appropriation.
 > Sec. 8. The Supervisors may appro- :.priate thirty-six thousand dollars a year for urgent necessities not other . wise provided for h. law. No money shall be paid out of this appropriation unless authorized by a five -sixths vote ef all the members of the Board of Supervisors and approved by the Mayor.
 Sec. g. It shall not be lawful for the 70 Supervisors, or for any board. depart
 ment. officer or authority having power to incur autho rize or contract liabili- ties against the treasury, to incur, au- thorize. allow. contract for, pay or ren- der payable in the present or future, In any one month. any expenditure de- mand or demands. against any appro-
 priation, which, taken with all other expenditures, indebtedness or liability made or incurred up to the time in such month of making or mourning the same, shall exceed one-twelfth part of the amount of the appropriation for the fiscal year.
 . When any board, department or off, cer having mower to incur liabilities against the treasury shall make any agreement for obtaining supplies or having labor performed, such depart ment, officer or board shall register such agreement by number and date and all demands arising under such agreement shall he payable in the or der of such registration. Such depart ment. board or officer must inform the
 -l-@ sr make such agreement of the amount of money available or likely to No avail able in the fund from which such de- mands are payable.
 ,.- If at the beginning of any month q money remains unexpended in any appropriation which might lawfully
 have been expended during the pre-
 ceding month, such unexpended sum or sums. except so much thereof as may
 be required to pay all unpaid claims
 upon such appropriation. may be car riod forward and expended in any sue ceeding month of such fiscal year: but not afterward. except in payment of
 claims lawfully incurred during such
 fiscal year. Appropriation provided 10 meet the expense of elections; for the support and maintenance of the Assessors and Tax Collectors depart-
 meats and for urgent necessities. shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
 Sec. 10. No contracts made, the ex-
 pe9se of whose execution is not pror
 Nided by law or ordinance to be naid :. by assessments upon the property ben
 ehted, shall he binding or of any force.
 unless the Auditor shall indorse there
 on his certificate that there remains
 uneNDcnded and unappled as herein
 provided. 2. balance of the appropria-
 ton or fund applicable thereto, suffi-
 cient to pc the estimated expense of
 executing such contract. as certified by
 The board or officer making the same.
 !hls provision shall not apply to work
 done, or supplies furnished inyolvine
 the expenditure of less ttnn t'r-o hi-o dred and fifty dollars, unless the same IS required by law to be done by con-
 tract at public letting. The Aud
 ltor shall make such indorse-
 ment upon every such contract so
 presented to him. if there remains un-
 applied and unexpended such amount