The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31

tractor as aforesaid to the SatlSIdctioii Of the Board, it shall make and de- liver to the contractor certlncate TO the effect that such repairs have been
 properly made by said contractor to the grade. and that the charges for the same are reasonable and just, and that the Board of Public Works has ac- cepted the same.
 Sec. IT. If the expense of the WorR and material for the repairs provided for in the last preceding section be not pald
 on demand to the contractor so enl- ployed. or his agent or assignee, said
 contractor, or his assignee, shall have the right to sue such owner, tenant, or occupant for the amount contracted to be paid; and the certificate provided
 for in said section shall be prima facie
 evidence of the amount claimed for said work and materials, and of the right of the contractor to recover for the same in such action. Said certifi- cate shall be recorded by the Board of Public Works in a book kept by it in
 the of1ce for that purpose, properly in
 dexed, and the sum contracted to be paid shall be lien as in case of other
 assessments provided for in this chap ter.
 Sec. IS. In addition to the remedies
 above given the Supervisors may pre-
 scribe the penalties that shall be in- cured by any owner or person ne-
 glecting or refusing to make re- pairs when required, as hereinbefore | provided. Such penalty shall be en- forced for the use of the City and County by prosecution in the name of
 the People of the State of California
 in the Court having jurisdiction there of, and may be applied in the case Of fines, to the payment of expense or any such repairs not otherwise provided for.
 | Sec. 19. The person owning the fee, or the mortgagee of such fee, or the per-
 son who, on the day the action Is com
 menced, appears by deed duly recorded in the County Recorders office of the City and County, to have the legal title
 to the land, or the person in possession
 of lands, lots, portion of lots or build | ings under claim, or ex.rcising acts of
 ownership over the same for himself, or as executor, administrator or guar l dian of the owner, shall be regarded,
 treated and deemed to be the owner" for all the purposes of this Chapter.
 And in case of property leased, the
 possession of the tenant or lessee hold
 ing and occupying under such persons | shall be deemed to be the possession of
 such owner.
 Sec. 20. Any tenant or lessee of any lot of land on which has been imposed
 an assessment under the provisions of this Chapter may pay said assessment,
 or he may discharge any liability im- posed thereon by virtue of the provis- ions of this Chapter, or he may redeem
 the property within the time prescribed by law, if legally sold on execution, and
 may deduct the amount so paid from
 the rents due and to become due from
 him; and he shall have lien upon, and may retain possession of, said lots un- til the amount so paid aLd advanced,
 with legal interest thereon, be satisfied from accruing rents or by payment by the owner.
 l Sec. 21 The records kept by the Board of Public Works shall have the same force and effect as other public records, and duly certified copies therefrom may be used in evidence
 with the same effect as the originals
 Said records shall during all office hours. be open, free of charge, to the inspection. of any citizen wishing to examine them.
 Sec. 22. Notices in writing required to
 be given by the Board may be served
 by any person over the age of twenty
 one years, and the fact of such service
 may be verified by the oath of the per-
 son making it. Such oath may be taken before the Secretary of said Board or b fore any member thereof
 Sec. 23. When any street or portion Of street has been or shall hereafter
 be fully constructed to the satisfaction
 of the Board of Public Works and of
 the Supervisors, and is in good condi- tion throughout, and a sewer, gas pipes, | and water pipes are properly laid therein, the same shall be accepted by the Supervisors by ordinances; and
 thereafter such street or portion of a street shall be kept In repair and im- proved by the City and County. The Supervisors shall not accept any DOT tion of street less than the entire
 width of the roadway including the
 curbing, and one block in length, orone entire crossing; but they may partly
 or conditionally accept any street, with
 out sewer or gas pipes or water pipes
 therein, if the ordinance of acceptance expressly states that they deem such sewer, or gas pipes or water pipes to be then unnecessary. In such case the lots of land previously or at any time as- SeSSable for the cost of constructing a
 sewer shall remain and be assessable for such cost and for the cost of re-
 pairs and restoration of the street damaged in said construction, when ever the Supervisors shall deem a
 sewer to be necessary and shall order it to be constructed. The Board of
 Public Works shall keep in it's office a register of all streets accepted by the
 Supervisors under this section, which
 register shall be indexed for easy ref erence thereto.
 Sec. 24. The Board of Public Works
 may at any time, without any applica- ton therefor, recommend to the Sup
 ervisors to order the paving or mac adamizing of the portion of any street
 required by law to be paved or mac
 adamized by the person. company or corporation having railroad tracks
 thereon. Upon such recommendation the Supervisors shall by ordinance or der said work to be done and direct said Board to notify said person, company,
 or corporation of the fact of the pas sage of such ordinance.
 The Secretary of said Board shall thereupon forthwith in writing notify said person, company or corporation
 of the passage of said ordinance; and if said person, company or corpora
 tion shall not within ten days after re-
 ceiving said notice commence in good
 faith to do said work and prosecute
 the same diligently to completion, the
 Board shall invite sealed proposals for
 doing said work in the manner provid-
 ed in this Article; and all the provis-
 ions of this Article in regard to such
 proposals, to the awarding of con-
 tracts, to the execution of contracts
 and to the doing of public work, shall
 apply to all similar proceedings taken
 under this section. On the completion
 of the work to the satisfaction of the