The herald., 1898-10-29
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

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cant by the Council or the Mayor. and
the case Of an elective ap officer, by the
Council, and in the case of an apbontive
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 I'M
til 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 cri minal proceed.
ings or civil action for the recovery of
and the Mayor shall appoint substitute
for such office during suspension. In vot-
Ing upon the suspension and removal OF
officers. 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 80. 1t shall have power, by ordi-
nance, to adopt and enforce all such
measures and to establish all such regu-
provision is in this SC charter r made. as the
city Council may from time to time deem
necessary a and cxpedient:, for the promo
fort, safely, life, limb and property Of
the inhabitants of said city, the prcscr-
walton OF peace and good order. tho pro-
motion of public morals, the suppression
or vice and the enhancement of the pub
Tic welfare in said city.
Sec. 49, The Council shall have power.
by 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
or gas, electric light and power, ana the
rent of gas meters within the, city, ana
regulate the inspection thereof: and to
regulate telephone service and the use OF
telephones within the city, and fix and
determine the charges for telephones and
| telephone service and connections.
Sec. 81: The Council shall have power
to provide by ordinance that all rates to
be charged by the city for the use of
water for domestic purposes shall be a
| charge against the land on which the
water, is supplied, and shall constitute
power to establish rules for the deter
mination, of the area of the land in eacr
case to be subject to such lien. and to
provide for the assessment of the land on
which water is 50 supplied. for the col
| lection of suchswater rates and for the
sale of the land 30 assessed in case Of the
| non-paymcnt of such rates, in the same
| manner substantially and a the same
| time as in the case of general municipal
| taxes.
Sec. IS. The Council shall also have
power to pass ordinances upon any other
subject of municipal control, or to carry
| IiltO tntCt any OlHtI pOWtlS VI
cipality.
Sec Sc. 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 sai1
parks of such persons as are confined in
the city prison under judgment Of con-
viction.
Sec. 81. II at any time provision is
made by a general law of the state for
the collection of the city taxes by and
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 TO the proper county Of
| ficer or officers.
Sec. So. Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council shnh.
before II becomes effective. be signed by
the City Clerk or other person authorized
half. and be presented to the Mayor for
his approval and signature. II he ap-
proves it; IL not. he shall indorse thereon
the date Of Its presentation to him and re-
turn it to the Clerk with his objections in
writing. The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date Of It's return to him. and
shall. at the first meeting OF the Council
thereafter. present the same, with the OBJ
jections Of the Mayor. to that body.
Thereupon tho Council shall proceed to
reconsider the passage of the ordinance.
and shall within thirty days after such
ordinance or resolution shall have been
| so returned, take final action there
Upon such reconsiderat ion in oil cases
where the vote of six members OF the
Council were required to pass the ordf-
nance in the first instance. 1t shall require
| the votes of seven members to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In oil
other cases it shall require the votes of
Il CT ,harc 10 he In n
| the veto. Tho vote in all cases Of recon-
| sideration shall be by ayes and noes, and
| the names of the members voting for or
| against shall be entered upon the Journal
Sec. 50. II any ordinance shall not be
returned to the City Clerk by the Mayor
within ten days after it shall have been
presented to him. the City Clerk shall at
dinance, and such ordinance shall, after
publication, become effective and be as
| valid as If the Mayor had approved and
signed It.
Sec. 90. Whenever there shall be pro-
scented to the Council petition signed by
| a number OF city electors equal to fifteen
per centum Of the votes cast in the city
at the last preceding State or City cleo
ton, asking that an ordinance, to be set
forth in such petition. be submitted to
vote Of the electors of the city, such pro-
posed ordinance must be submitted to the
vote Oh the eleCtOIS al 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 alterna tiy e
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 pot
all be appended to one paper; but eacn
signer shall add TO his signature his place
of residence, giving the street and num-
Der. 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 tue, and that
each signature to the paper appended Is
the genuine signature of the pe,su
whose name purports to be thereto SUBJ
scribed.
The tickets used in such election shah
contain the words FOR THE ORpI.
NANCE" Stating the nature of the pro-
posed ordinance) and AGAINST THE
ORDINANCE" (sta ting the nature Of the
proposed ordinance.)
II a majority of the votes cast upon
such ordinance shall be in favor of the
| adoption thereof, the Council shall, WI h.
in thirty days from the time of such cleo
tlCn. proclaim such fec; and upon sucn
| proclamation such ordinance shall have
| the Same force and effect as an ordinance
passed by the Council and approved by
! the Mayor, and the same shall not be re-
pealed by the Council. The Council may
! submit proposition for the repeal of such
ordinance, or for amendments thereto, for
| vote at any succeeding general city cleo
| ton; and should such proposition, SO sub