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, 1898-09-28

The Arena, the magazine which fur
nished sewage for all the cranks in
the land, has suspended publication.
That is a hopeful sign Of the times.
, 1898-09-28

1t is reported that the Denver Times,
which has always been the least dis
reputable OF the Denver papers, will
hereafter support the republican ticket.
, 1898-09-28

We notice that in both Utah and
Colorado, states which were a genera
ton behind Wyoming in adopting
woman suffrage, are sending women to
the legislature. A few bright intel
ligent ladies' in our legislature would
have quite a cvivilizing tendency.
, 1898-09-28

ed to $3.50, O9S. SO, or q saving Of over
100000 per mi to the taxpayers Of
Wyoming.
Attention is called to the fact that
our last republican legislature passed
acts In reference to fees to be COL
lected from corporations Incorporated
under the laws Of this state and from
insurance companies whereby the
annual income Of the state has been
increased over a year Of the Osborne
administration from 5000 to the sum
Of 81, 1000. These are but instances Of
the progress made BY the state and
and the advantages gained to the tax
payers and to the people through the
republican legislation and aminis-
tration.
We censure and condemn John Z.
Osborne. Wyoming's representative in
congress. for neglect Of duty in leaving
his seat and coming homo to attend to
private business at the most critical
period in the history Of the nation,
causing Wyoming to be the only SOW
erign state that did not respond to
roll call in the house Of representatives
on the adoption Of the declaration Of
war for humanity and the maintenance
Of national honor.
Knowing that the republican party
is a paryt that fulnlls it, pledges and
always adheres to those principles tnat
yield the greatest good 10 he greatest
number, We fear no criticism, bot sAb-
nit our record to tie most scrntinisiAg
Investigation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
CHAPTER V.
Harbors and Wharves.

SECTION L All the Wharves, Water Front and Harbor of San Francisco which now belong or may hereafter be- long to the City and County, or over which it may at any time lawfully ex- ercise jurisdiction and control. shall De under the management and control or the Supervisors. All said wharves shall be built and repaired by the Board of Public Works, after proceedings had as provided in this Article for the i'm provement or repair of public build ings.
 Sec. 9. The Supervisors shall by ordi- nance fix and regulate the tolls for wharfage and dockage, and shall pro vide for the collection of the same, ex- cept where the wharves are under the jurisdiction of the Board of State liar bor Commissioners, or may provide that no charges, tolls, dockage or wharfage be imposed or collected The Supervisors shall not have power to dispose of any wharf, but they may lease any wharf for 8 term not exceed ing two years
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relative to sewerage or drainage, upon the amount of damage to be paid to such owners for the purpose or such improvement and for the perpetual use of said real estate for said purpose.
 Sec 8. The Board may, when au- thorized by ordinance of the Supervls- ors passed by not less than fourteeen affirmative votes, construct Sucn sew CTS, reservoirs and pumping Worhs as may be necessary to carry out the gen eral system of sewerage for the Clty and County
 Sec. 9. When, upon the recommenda- ton of the Board of Public works, the Supervisors shall determine upon any improvement for the purpose or sewer age and drainage which necessitates the acquisition or condemnation or prl- vate property, and the Board Is unable to agree with the owner thereon, upon the amount of compensation or dam ages to be paid therefor, or when such owner Is in any way incapable or mak- ing any agreement in reference thereto, and in all cases in which the Board shall deem 1t most expedient, it shall, when authorized by the Supervisors ex- pressed by ordinance, have the right 10 cause said property to be condemned. and to institute proceedings TOT the condemnation of such property, or TOT the entertainment of such damages In the manner, so far as may De appllca- bIe, which Is provided in this Article Tor the condemnation of real estate when necessary for the opening of any new street.
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ARTICLE VIII.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER
Organization.

SECTION 1. The Police Department shall consist of a Board of Police Com missioners, Chief of Police, a Police Force, and of such clerks and em- ployes as shall be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Article
 Sec. 2. All members of the Police De partment shall hold office during good behavior, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth relating to pro motions, suspensions, dismissals and disratements.
 Sec. 3. No person shall become a member of the Department unless he shall be a citizen of the United States. of good character for honesty and so- briety, able to read and write the Eng fish language, and a resident of the City and County for at least five wears next preceding his appointment. Every appointee to the Department shall not be less than twenty-one nor more than thirty-five years of age. must possess the physical qualifications required for recruits of the United States Army, and before his appoint ment must pass a satisfactory medical examination under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed bv the Board of Police Commissioners In making appointments of members of the Department, the Board shall never regard the political or religious preferences or affiliations of any can didate.
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ARTICLE VII. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIBRA
 RES.
CHAPTER I.
The Board of Education.


 SECTION 1. The School Department shall be under the control and manage ment of a Board of Education com posed of four School Directors, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and who shall give their entire time to the duties of their office. They shall each receive an annual salary of three thou sand dollars They shall not be less than thirty years of age and must have been residents of the City and County for at least five years prior to their ap- pointment. The Board shall never be so constituted as to consist of more than two members of the same politi- cal party. The term of office of the Di- rectors shall be four years. Those first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot that they shall respectively go out of office at the expiration of one. two, three and four years.
 Sec. ?. The Board shall organize by electing one of it's number President, his successor is elected. The Board may elect a Secretary who shall not be a member of the Board, and who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars.
 Sec 8. The Board shall meet at least once a week and at such other times as it may determine. It shall establish rules for Its proceedings: but the con- current vote of the majority of its members shall be necessary to transact business. In every instance where a power is exercised under this Article by the Board the vote thereon shall be taken by ayes and noes and entered in the minutes of the Board.
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CHAPTER IT.
Police Commissioners

SECTION i. The Police Department shall be under the management of a Board of Police Commissioners consist ing of four members who shall he an pointed by the Mayor, and each If whom shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars No Derson shall be appointed such Commissioned who shall not have been an elector of the City and County for at least fiva years next preceding his appointrnent
 Sec. 2. The Board shall never he so constituted as to consist of more tber
 two members of the same nolit;cai party. The term of office of the Corr missioners shall be four years. Those first appointed shall so classify thanoo selves by lot that they shall resnen- lively go out of office at the expira tio, of one, two, three and four years.
 Sec. 3. The Commissioners shan ha successors in office of the Pn,;oe Commissioners holding office in the City and County at the time +his Charter shall go into effect by virtua ns appointment under any statute or Ia V. ~, of this State. i@"
 Sec. 4. The Police Commissioners shall organize by electing one, of tba;r number President. who shall hold s,,oh ofnce for one year. The Board sbaii appoint Secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. The sessions of the Board
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CHAPTER ".
Sewers and Drainage.

SECTION 1. The Board of Public Works shall devise general system of drainage, which shall embrace all matters relative to the thorough, sys- tematic and effectual drainage of the City and County, and shall from time to time make to the Supervisors such recommendations upon the subject of sewerage and drainage as it may deem proper.
 Sec. 2. The Board shall prescribe the location, form and material to be used in the construction, reconstruction and repairing of all public sewers, man holes, sinks, drains. cesspools, and all other appurtenances belonging to the drainage system, and of every private drain or sewer emptying into a public sewer, and determine the place and manner of the connection.
 Sec. g. The Board shall recommend to the Supervisors rules and regula- tions concerning the public and private sewers and drains in the City and County, and upon recommendation of said Board, the Supervisors are author ized to pass an ordinance establishing the same and prescribing the penalties for any violation thereof.
 Sec f. No person shall connect with, or open or penetrate any, public sewer or drain without first obtaining a per init in writing from said Board, and  tions of the Board in reference thereto.
 Sec D. The Board may also recom- mend to the Supervisors the construc- tion of such canals, sewers, tunnels, ditches, drains, embankments, reser- voirs, pumping works, machinery and other works necessary for the proper and effectual drainage of the City and County, together with plans for con- meeting the same with sewers and pri- vate drains already constructed or thereafter to be constructed.
 Sec. G. The Supervisors may, upon the recommendation of the Board of Public Works, by ordinance passed by not less than fourteen affirmative votes, authorize the purchase of any personal property or the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of any real estate which may be necessary for the con- struction of any sewer or the making of any improvement provided for in this Chapter
 Sec. '. The Board may, with the like approval of the Supervisors, agree with the owners of any real estate, upon which 1t is deemed desirable to con- struct any sewer or other improvement
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CHAPTER V.
School Tax Lew.

SECTION 1. The Board of Education shall on or before the first Monday of April in each year, report to the super visorS an estimate of the amount which shall be required during the ensuing fiscal year for the purpose of meeting the current annual expenses of public instruction in the City and County, specifying the amount required for sup plies to be furnished pupils, including text books for indigent children; for purchasing and procuring sites; for leasing rooms or erecting buildings; for furnishing. fitting up, altering, enlarg- ing and repairing buildings; for the support of schools organized since the last annual apportionment: for the sal ary of the School Directors, Superinten- dent, Deputy Superintendents, and all other persons employed in the School Department, and for other expenditures necessary for the administration of the Public School System; but the aggre- gate amount so reported for any one year shall not exceed the sum of thirty two dollars and fifty cents for each pu- pill, who in the fiscal year immediately prior thereto actually attended the schools entitled to participate in the apportionment thereof.
 Sec. 2. The Supervisors at the time and in the manner of levying and col lecting other city and county taxes shall levy and cause to be collected for the Common School Fund a tax which, added to the regular revenue derived from other sources, shall produce an amount of money which shall not ex- ceed thirty-two dollars and fifty cents for each pupil in attendance during the preceding fiscal year, as ascertained and reported by the Board of Educa- tion.
 Sec. g. In case of extreme emergency or great calamity, such as disaster from fire, riot. earthquake or public enemy, the Board of Education may, with the approval of the Mayor and Supervisors. incur extraordinary expenditures in ex- cess of the annual limit provided for in this Charter for the repair and con struction and furnishing of school houses in place of those so injured or destroyed. The Supervisors may, by ordinance, cause to be transferred to the Common School Fund, from moneys in any fund not otherwise appropriated, sufficient money to liquidate such ex- penditures, and provide for the same in the next tax levy of the City and Coun- ty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
CHAPTER ".
Superintendent of Schools.

SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Common Schools of the City and Coun- ty shall be by virtue of his office a member of the Board of Education, without the right to vote. He shall re- ceive an annual salary of four thousand dollars.
 Sec. 2. The Superintendent shall ap- point four Deputy Superintendents The number of such deputies shall not be increased until the average daily at tendance shall have reached forty-five thousand, when the Superintendent shall appoint one additional deputy, and thereafter he shall appoint one deputy for each additional eight thousand children in average daily attendance. If from any cause a vacancy occurs in the office of Deputy Superintendent, such vacancy shall be filled by the Superintendent.
 Sec. B. Of the Deputy Superin- tendents first appointed, the superin- tendent shall appoint two for two years and two for four years All Deputy Superintendents subsequently, appointed shall hold office for four years.
 Sec. 4. Such deputies must have had ence as teachers, and shall have been residents of the City and County at least five years preceding their ap- pointment.
 Sec. 5. In addition to the duties im- posed by the general laws of the State, it shall be the duty of the Superin- tendent:
 l. To observe and enforce all rules and regulations of the Board of Educa- tion and to see that no religious or sec tarian books or teachings are allowed in the schools
 2. To report to the Board of Educa- tion annually, on or before the twen- tieth day of August, and at such other times as the Board may require, all matters pertaining to the condition and progress of the public schools of the City and County during the fiscal year, with such recommendations as he may deem proper.
 3. To inform the Board of the con- dition of the schools, schoolhouses and of other matters connected herewith, and to recommend such measures as he may deem necessary for the ad- vancement of education in the City and County. and for the care and improve
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CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board of Education

Powers of the Board of Education.
 SECTION 1. In addition to the powers conferred by the general laws of the State, the Board of Education shall have power:
 1. To establish and maintain public schools as provided in this Article, and to change, modify consolidate or dis continue the same as the public wei fare may require.
 2. To employ such teachers and per sons as may be necessary to carry into effect its powers and duties: to fix, alter and approve their salaries and compensation, and to withhold for good and sufficient cause the whole or any part of the wages, salary or compensa- tion of any person or persons employed as aforesaid; and to promote, transfer and dismiss teachers; but no teacher in the department at the time of the adoption of this Charter, or who shall be hereafter appointed, shall be dis missed from the department, except for insubordination, immoral or unpro- fessional conduct, or evident unfitness for teaching. All promotions of teachers shall be based solely on merit and suc- cessful teaching. Nothing in this sec tion shall be construed to prevent the Board from removing teachers holding only special certificates or serving a probationary term. Charges against
 
 Superintendent after due investigation, and shall be finally passed upon by the Board after giving the accused teacher due hearing.
 3. To grant, to renew and. for the causes mentioned in section one, sub- division two, of this Chapter, to re- yoke, teachers certificates.
 f. To establish and enforce all nec- essary rules and regulations for the prn nT1Qnf and aff1Oiannv of ha schools and for carrying into effect the school system; to remedy truancy; to compel the attendance at school of children between the ages of six and fourteen years who may be found idle in public places during school hours.
 3. To investigate charges against any person connected with or in the employ of the School Department. and to take testimony in such investiga- tions.
 s. To receive. to take on lease and to hold in trust for the City and County any real estate belonging to or claimed by the School Department. To hold in trust all personal property that may have been or may hereafter be ac- quired by the School Department.
 '. On or before the first day in April in each year, to appoint School Census Marshals and notify the Superintend- ent of Common ,hools of such appoint rnerts Any Census Marshal found in competent may be discharged by the Superintendent of Common Schools Should the Board fail or neglect tc i'll the vacancy so caused within three days thereafter by the appointment of a per- son competent to perform the duties of Census Marshal, such vacancy may be filled by the Superintendent of Com EIon Schools.
 & To sue in the name of the City and
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CHAPTER VI.
School Houses and Lots.

SECTION 1. When any locality in the City and County Is unprovided with sufficient school accommodations, the Board of Education may, by reso- lution, make a requisition upon the Board of Public Works for plans and specifications and estimates for new school house, specifying the number of class rooms needed, the location of the proposed school house, the date on which it should be completed, the amount of money in the School Fund available for the purpose, and such other information as will enable the Board of Public Works to prepare the necessary plans. specifications and esti- mates of cost for such school house
 If such plans, specifications and esti- mates are approved by the Board of Education, they shall be endorsed Approved" with the date of such ap- proval, by the President and Secretary thereof, and returned to the Board of Public Works, which shall proceed without delay to have such school house constructed and completed in ac- cordance herewith.
 When such school house Is complet- ed. the Board of Public Works shall anime the same, and if it has been built in accordance with the plans and specifications and within the estimated cost thereof. the Board of Education shall accept and take possession of 1t.
 Sec 2. When an school house, build ing, fence or other property belonging to, or connected with, or under the control of, the Board of Education, needs repairing. altering or improv- ing, the Board shall notify the Board of Public Works, specifying in general terms the work to be done The Board of Public Works shall cause the same to be done forth with, If the cost thereof shall not eX- ceed two hundred and fifty dollars: otherwise the Board of Public Works shall submit plans. specifications and estimates of cost to the Board of Edu- cation for it's approval, and if approved as provided In section one of this Chap ter the Board of Public Works shall cause the same to be done, and if done in accordance with the plans and speci- fications, and within such estimate, the same shall be accepted and shall be paid for out of the Common School Fund.
 Sec 3. When 1t is necessary to pur- chase a lot for the use of the School Department, the price paid for such lot shall not exceed the market value of adjacent property of equal size and similarly situated. Any school build ing hereafter constructed shall have a clear space of at least ten feet around the same
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board.

SECTION | The Board of Police Commissioners shall have power: 1 TO appoint, promote, suspend, dis rate or dismiss any member or the De- partment in the manner hereAhateer provided
 for the government, discipline, equip ment and uniform of the Department and from time to time to alter or re- peal the same, and to prescribe penal ties for the violations or any CT sucn rules and regulations; All sucL. lueS and regulations must be reaSoldole.
 & To grant permits to any person desiring to engage in the sale or HQuoS in less quantity than one quart anu Io grant permits to any person eHSdSeu ilf the business of selling nquor to po drunk on the premises, and to reVoh0 any such permit when it shall appear to the Board that the business or Cna person to whom such permit was gwen is conducted In 8 disorderly or lrn- proper manner. Without sucn perHIS none of such persons shall engage ih the business of selling liquor. IT the Board refuse to grant such permit. or propose to revoke any permit that mas been granted, the person who IS re fused such permit or whose permit IL is proposed to revoke, shall be en1ueu 1o be heard before the Board m person. s or through counsel, and to have, 1ree of charge all reasonable facilities at the hearing Such permits shall not De granted for more than three months aC one time, and they shall distinctly state the name of the person to whom Ihe same Is given, and the description or the premises where such business is to be carried on. Such permits shall at all times be subject to inspection by any member of the Department Com pIaints to revoke permits granted by the Board must be in writing, signed by the person making the same and filed with the Secretary of the Board; and a copy thereof certlf1ed by the Secretary must be served upon the party complained against at least i've days before the time set for the hearing of the complaint.
 4. At it's discretion. upon the pet1- tion of any person, firm or corporation, to appoint, and at pleasure to remove, special police officers. Such officers shall be subject to all the rules ana regulations of the Board.
 5 To provide for the care, resutu- tion or sale at annual public auction or all unclaimed property that may come into the possession of the Property Clerk. and to direct the destruction or such property as shall consist or lm- clements, weapons, property or any other article, matter or thing useo ln the commission of crime.
 6. To appoint Police Matrons for the care of female prisoners ana to pro- vide rules and regulations for the gov ernment of the same.
 '. To appoint a Police Surgeon who shall receive an annual salary o1 H. teen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 2. The President may convene the Board for special meetings The Secretary of the Board shall be the of1- ciaI custodian of all records and official documents of the Board.