The herald., 1898-10-19
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER


Auditor shall reject any. such demand, or
II, in his opinion. said demand should be
paid only in part, he shall return the
same to the said Board of Directors, IN
stead OF to the Council.
Sec. 102. Any demand returned to the
City Clerk, with the objections OF either
the Mayor or City Auditor. shall again be
again be approved by the Council by the
same vote. and taken, recorded and In
dorsed in the same manner as required In
Sec. sS hereof. the said objection shall be
ed to the Board of Education or the Board
Of Directors of the Public Library, with
the objection Of the City Auditor, shall
again be considered by such board ana II
quired in the first instance. such objec-
ton of the City Auditor shall be thereby
overruled. Any demand, the objections OF
shall be delivered to the City Auditor, who
shall have the same power and perform
the same duties In refernce thereto as II
the same had been approved by the
the City Auditor TO which has been over
ruled by the Council, Board of Education,
or Board Of Directors of the PUBLIC Ii
brary, as the case may be, shall be deliv-
Der and make a record of such demand,
him.
Sec. 103. No domand can be approved
unless 1t specify each several item. with
the date and amount thereof.
Sec. 10a. No payment can be made
from the city treasury or out of the pub
lie funds of said city. unless the same pe
specially authorized by law or this char
Ter, nor un'ess the demand which Is paid
be duly audited as in this charter pro-
vided. The term audited" as used In
this charter with reference to demands
upon the treasury. is to be understood to
mean that said demands have been pre-
sentcd to. passed upon and approved by
every officer and board OF officers, as re-
OF the Mayor or City Auditor, or both
as the case may be, have been overruled
as horeln provided. and this must appear
the demand, or else 1t Is not audited;
provided, that the approval or rejection
IN whole or part, of demand, by the
Committee en- Finance of the Council Is
lection by said committee OF demand
in whole or in part does not OF itself
prevent Its being duly audited.
Soc. 1o5. No demand upon the treasury
shall be allowed by the City Auditor in
siynee, In any manner indebted thereto.
without first deducting the amount Of
such Indebtedness. nor to any person or
eeon % custody s of or "s 'V Of
public funds. unless his account has been
duly presented. passed, approved and al
lowed. as required by law or this char
have neglected to make his official re-
turns or his reports in writing. In the
manner and at the time required by law
or this charter. or by the ordinances or
resulations made in pursuance thereof;
nor to any officer who shall have neg.
!ected or refused to comply with any Of
the provisions OF this charter or ordl-
islatur. + regulating the duties les Of Il such 3 ON
Ger. on being required in writing to COM
ply Herewith by the Mayor or the Pres
ident Ct the Council; nor In favor Of any
sented himself. without lawful cause.
from the duties Of his ONCE during tho
ONCE hours prescribed by this charter or
by ordinance, and the City Auditor may
from the treasury, on oath, touching
such absence.
Sec. 106. The City Auditor must num-
Der and keep a record Of all demands on
jections to which have. been overruled.
showing the number. date, amount. and
name OF the original and present holder.
on what account allowed, out Of what
board 1t has been previously approved:
and it shall be misdemeanor in Office for
the City Auditor to deliver any demand
until this requisite has been complied
with.
Soc. 107. Every lawful demand upon
the treasury audited and allowed as in
this charter REQUIRED. shall in all cases
sufflclent money in the treasury applica-
BILE to the payment of such demand. and
the demand cancelled with a punch cut.
ting the word Cancelled" therein, and
ever, there be not sufilcient money SO ap-
plicable, then It shall be registered in
book kept for that purpose by the Treas
urer. % Such register shall show the spe-
other authority, and also by the Aud
itor to each demand presented; also
when presented. the date, amount, name
Of original hodsT ana ss on what aecoynt
drawn, and out OF what specific fund
payable. All demands shall be paid In
the order Of their registration. Each de-
pSa to- Se Rsns pay IT, WITH
the endorsement OF the word Regis
tered" dated and signed by the Treas
urer; but the registration OF any de-
make make valid such demand Il incurred 1e con- NJ
trary to law or any Of the provisions of
this charter.
Sec. 10s. Nothing in this article con-
tained shall be construed as interfering
with or preventing the payment by the
City Treasurer Of the bonded indebted
ness Of the City. and the interest cou-
pons thereof, in accordance with the con-
stitution, laws and ordinances authoriz-
ing the issuance Of said bonds.
Sec 100. All public moneys collected by
any officer or employee Of the City shall
be paid into the City Treasury, without
for fees, commissions or any other cause
or pretense; and tho compensation OF
any officer, employee or other person so
collecting money, shall be paid by de-
mands on the treasury, duly audited as
other demands are audited. and paid.
Sec. 11o. No suit shall be brought upon
against the City of Los Angeles, its
Board of Education or the Board OF d.
rectors Of the Public Library until de-
mand for the same has been presented,
as herein provided, and rejected In
whole or In part. If rejected in part.
suit may be brought to recover the
whole. Nor shall suit be brought against
said City upon any such claim or de-
mand. II the same shall be In whole APP
proved and audited as provided hereln;
provided. that nothing herein contained
shall be construed So as to deprive the
holder of any demand of his right to re-
sort to writ of mandate. or other pro-
ceeding against the said Council or any
board or offlcer of said City, to compel 1t
or him to act upon such claim or de-
mand, or to pay the same when SO aud
tied.
ARTICLE XIV.