The herald., 1898-10-18
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER !

cant by the Council or the Mayor, and
the vacancy shall thereupon be filled. in
tne case of an elective officer. by the
officer not included in the classified civil
service. by the Mayor; unless otherwise
provided for in this charter.
| Sec. 80. All officers subject to the pro-
visions Of this charter shall hold office un-
W 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
money due the city has been commenced
and the Mayor shall appoint a substitute
ior such office during suspension. In vot-
omcers, 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. 50. It shall have power. by ordi-
nance. to adopt and enforce all such
, measures m and to establish all such regu-
provision Is in this charter made, as the
city Council may from time to time deem
necessary nee and expedient. for the promo
iort. safety, life, limb and property Of
the inhabitants Of said city, the preser-
vation OF peace and good order, the pIo-
Of vice and the enhancement of the pub
TIC weifare In said city.
Sec. ,s3. The Council shall have power.
Dy ordinance, to regulate and provide for
| lighting of streets, laying down gas pipes
| and erection of lamp posts, electric tow
ers and other apparatus and to- regulate
power, and fix and determine the price
OF gas, electric light and power, ana the
rent OF gas meters within the. city, and
regulate the inspection thereof: and to
regulate telephone service and the use Of
telephones within the city. and f1x and
determine the charges for telephones and
Sec. 81. The Council shall have power
to provide by ordinance that all rates to
be charged by the city for the use of
charge ss asa1se the nd en wheh 0
water Is supplied. and shall constitute
lien thereon; and the Council shall have
mination. of the area of the land In each
| case to be subject to such lien. and to
provide for the assessment Of the land on
lection Of such water rates and for the
sale Of the land so assessed in case Of the
non-paymcnt OF such rates, in the same
time as in the case Of general municipal
taxes.
power to pass ordinances upon any other
subject Of municipal control, or to carry
into effect any other powers of the NUM-
cipality.
Sec &c. The Council may, by ordinance.
provide for the erection and maintenance
OF barracks and work-houses in Elysian
Park or Griffith Park. for the safe-keep-
ing and employment In either OF said
parks Of such persons as are confined IN
viction.
Sec. 81. If at any time provision is
made BY general law of the state for
through the officers of the county, the
Council may, by ordinance, adopt such
method Of collection and provide that the
assessment and amount Of the levy and
rate Of taxation for city purposes, be GER
titled in detail 10 the proper county Of
f1cer or officers.
Sec. SS. Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council sholl.
before 1t becomes effective. be signed by
the City Clerk or other person authorized
by the Council to sign the same on its be-
half. and be presented to the Mayor for
his approval and signature. II he ap-
proves it; II not, he shall indorse thereon
the date of its presentation to him and re-
turn 1t to the Clerk with his objections In
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date of lis return to him. and
thereafter. present the same. with the OBJ
1ections OF the Mayor. to that body
Thereupon the Council shall proceed to
reconsider the passage Of tho ordinance.
ordinance ord s or % resolution @ shsil shall have been
SO returned, take final action thereon.
Upon such reconsideration. IN all cases
where the vote Of six members Of tho
nance in the first instance, It shall require
the votes Of seven members to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In ell
other cases 1t shall require the votes Of
the veto. Tho vote in all cases of recon-
kideration shall be by ayes and noes. and
the names of the members voting for or
against shall be entered upon the journal.
Sec. SO. II any ordinance shall not be
returned to the City Clerk by the Mayor
within ten days after 1t shall have been
presented to him. the City Clerk shall at
tach certificate to that effect to the or
publication, become effective and be as
valid as II the Mayor had approved and
signed 1t.
sented to the Council petition signed by
q number OF city electors equal to fifteen
per centum Of the votes cast in the city
at the last preceding State or City elec-
tion, asking that an ORDINANCE. to be set
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 alternative
ordinance for the choice Of the voters, and
any number. of proposed ordinances may
be 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
signer shall add 10 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 s-ate-
ments therein made are true. and that
each signature to the paper appended Is
the genuine signature OF the person
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)
II a majority Of the votes cast upon
such ordinance shall be in favor of .he
adoption thereof. the Council shall, wl.h-
in thirty days from the time of such elec-
tiCn, proclaim such fect; and upon such
proclamation such ordinance shall have
the same force and effect as an ordinanc.
passed by the Council and approved hy
the Mayor, and the same shall not be re-
pealcd by the Council. The Council may
submit a proposition for the repeal Of such
ordinance, or for amendments thereto, for
vote at any succeeding general city elec-
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