The San Francisco call., 1898-04-08

newspaper. Any person violating any or such ordinances shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punished therefor, on conviction. n any court of competent Jurisdiction Noneo of such ordinances shall be valid unless it receives the vote of four members of the Board. No ordinance shall be passed at the same meeting at which 1t Is Introduced, or at any other than regular meeting. Such ordinances shall take effect in not less than ten days af- ter their adoption.
 Sec. G. The Commissioners shall have the complete and exclusive control, management and direction of the afore- sdlu parks, squares, avenues and grounds, and the exclusive right to erect, and to superintend the erection or, buildings and structures thereon; ana to that end may employ and ap- point SuperlntendentS, laborerS, sur veyors, engineers, and other officers and assistants, and prescribe and fix their duties, authority and compensation. They shall have the exclusive manage, ment and disbursement of all funds lc- gally appropriated or received from any source for the support of said parks, squares, avenues and grounds.
 The Board may accept from donors suitable articles for the Museum and Art Gallery situate in the aforesaid Golden Gate Park and shall manage and control said Museum and Art Gal lery.
 Except as provided in section nine of tnls Chapter, nothing in this section SnaIF De so construed as to authorize the Commissioners to lease any part fany of said parks, squares, avenues and grounds 10 any person, company or cor poratlon for any purpose; or to permit any person, company or corporation to pulld or maintain any structure on any part Of said parks, squares. avenues or grounds: but this shall not inhibit the board rom leasing, for period not greater than one year. such buildings as may be constructed by itself for the use Of the public to such person, com. pany or corporation who shall under- take to serve such use; and in every such lease the Board shall reserve the right to enter at all times into and upon the premises so leased, and shall make the condition that the building so leased shall be used for park pleasure purposes only. No such building shall be constructed by the Board except it pe within the objects and purposes for which said parks. squares, ave tues and grounds were dedicated to the public.
 Nothing. however, in this SC ,tiOn con- tained shall :nhibit the Board from permitting the use of limited portion or any one Of the aforesaid parks or squares Tor the purpose or conducting thereon Fair or Expositicn, under such conditions and restrictions as may be necessary 10 conserve the integrity CT said parks and squares, and for pe- rcd not greater than six months, and so as not to interfere with the use of any of the same by the public for park pleasure purposes; but no such permis- sion shall ever be granted except such Fair or Exposition be of National, State CT Municipal importance. None of the moneys in, or apportioned to, the Park Fund shall ce used for tn, purposes cs any such Fair CT Exposition.
 Sec. '. The Chief of Police shall, on the request of the Commis sicnerc, de. tail such members of the Police Force of the City and County for service in said parks squares, averues and grounds as may be necessary for the en- fCrcement of the law and fort proper 9tse rVance Of the ordinances of the Commissioners; and the G mmissioners may provide place of detention with !r either of sad public pla .es in which tfe persons arrested for violating any of the ordinances of the Board may be detained tempcl arily.
 Sec. 8. The Board may receive dona- tions from persons and corporations and legacies and bequests for the i'm provement of said park, squares, ave- nues and grounds. All moneys that may be derived from such donations. legacies and bequests, shall. unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, legacy, or bequest, be de- posted in the treasury of the City and county to the credit of the Park Fund The same may be withdrawn therefrom and paid out in the same manner as Is provided for the payment of moneys le- gally appropriated for the support and improvement of such parks, squares, avenues and grounds. If the moneys derived from such gifts, bequests or legacles' shall at any time exceed in amount the sum necessary for imme- diate expenditures on said parks, squares, avenues and grounds. the Board shall invest all or a part of the same in interest bearing bonds of the United States, or of the State of Cali fornia or of any municipality thereof.
 Sec. 9. The Board may lease to the state Of California, on such terms as 1t may deem proper, plot of ground in Golden Gate Park not more than seven hundred feet square, on which said State may erect and maintain an ex- position building, in which may be ex- hibited the products of the several counties of the State and in which the collection made by the State Mining Bureau may be maintained and ex- hibited; but said lease shall be upon the express condition that no fee shall ever be charged for admission to said build ing
 Sec. 10. Hereafter no work of art | shall become the property of the City and County by purchase, gift or other wise, unless such work of art or design of the same, together with statement of the proposed location of such work of art, shall first have been submitted to and approved by the Commissioners; nor shall such work of art, until so ap- | proved, be erected or placed in or upon, or allowed to extend over or upon any street, avenue, square, park, muni- cipal building or other public place be- longing to the City and County. The Board may require a complete model of the proposed work of art to be sub mitted. The term work of art as used in this section shall apply to and in- clude all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass. statues, bas-reliefs or other sculptures, monuments. foun- tains, arches or other structures of permanent character, intended for ornament or commemoration. No ex- isting work of art in the possession of the City and County shall be removed, 1 relocated or altered in any way with out the similar approval of the Board.