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CHAPTER VI
The Sheriff

SECTION l. The Sheriff shall be elected by the people, and he shall hold office for two years. He shall receive an annual salary of eight thousand dol lars, which shall be in full compensa- tion for all official services required of him by law; but said salary shall be exclusive of the compensation received by him from the State for the delivery of prisoners to the State prisons, and insane persons to the State aSylums for the insane. He shall have all the pow CTS conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the Sheriffs of counties by the general laws of this State.
 Sec. 2. He may appoint the follow ing deputies and employees, who shall each respectively receive the following annual salaries:
 One Under Sheriff, twenty-four hun dred dollars; one Attorney, eighteen hundred dollars; one Chief Bookkeeper, eighteen hundred dollars; two Assistant Bookkeepers, fifteen hundred dollars; ten Office Deputies, fifteen hundred dol lars; fourteen Bailiffs, twelve hundred dollars; one Chief Jailer at Branch Jail Number One, eighteen hundred dollars; ten Jailers at Branch Jail Number One twelve hundred dollars; one Superin- tendent of Branch Jails Numbers Two and Three, eighteen hundred dollars; sixteen Guards at Branch Jail Number Two, six hundred dollars; one Matron at Branch Jail Number Three, nine hundred dollars; six Guards at Branch Jail Number Three, six hundred dol lars; one Commissary to act for all jails, fifteen hundred dollars; one Driver of Van, nine hundred dollars; and one Bookkeeper, for all said Branch Jails, fifteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 3. The Sheriff may designate the services to be performed by h:s depu- ties
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CHAPTER V.
The County Clerk.

SECTION l. The County Clerk shall be elected by the people and shall hold office for two years. He shall have all the powers conferred, and shall dis charge all the duties imposed upon, the County Clerks of counties by the gen. eral laws of this State, and in addition thereto shall attend and act as Clerk of the Police Court, keep the dockets and registers thereof, and take charge of and safely keep all books, papers and records which may be filed or deposited in his office pertaining to the Police Court. He shall receive an annual sal ary of four thousand dollars.
 Sec. g. To aid him in the discharge of his official duties, the County Clerk may appoint a Chief Register Clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; a Cash fer, who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars: twelve Courtroom Clerks for the Superior Court who shall each receive an an- nual salary of fifteen hundred dol lars; five Register Clerks, who shall eighteen hundred dollars; ten As sistant Register Clerks. who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; sixteen Copy ists, who shall each receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and four Clerks for the Police Court, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 3. For copies of papers furnish ed and certified by him, he shall charge not more than eight cents for each one hundred words. For certifying copies. which are not prepared by him, he shall be entitled to charge twenty five cents, and also forty cents an hour for the time exceeding one hour necessarily occupied in comparing such copies. He must certify all papers presented to him which are copies of any document, paper or record, or portions thereof, in his custody.
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sneoifcations and drawings shall be

specifications and drawings shall be delivered to the contractor.
 At the same time with the execution of the contract the contractor shall ex- ecute to the City and County and de- liver to the Secretary of the Board a bond in the sum named in the notice for proposals, with two or more suHl- cient sureties to be approved py the Board. or shall deposit with the Secre1 tary a certified check upon some s0lf vent bank for said amount, TOT tne faithful performance CT the coIllIace' No surety on any bond, other than law fully authorized surety companies shall be taken unless he shall De payer of taxes on real property tne assessed value of which, over anu above all incumbrances, IS equal III amount to his liabilities on all ponos on which he may be security to the City and County; and each surety Is shall justify and make an athdaVlt (lor which a form shall be printed upon said bond), signed by him, that ne IS assessed upon the last Assessment Book of the Cit- and County m ms own name for real property III ai i amount greater than his liability on all bonds on which he is surety to the Clty and County, and that the taxes on such property so assessed are not ue- linquent.
 The contract, shall specify the time within which the work shall De com menced, and when to be completed, as was specified in the notice inviting pro- posals therefor. Upon the recommeH- dation of the Board, the Supervisors may extend said time; but in no event shall the time for the performance CT said contract be extended by the Su- pervisors more than ninety days be- yond the time originally fixed for its completion but, on the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Public Works, a further extension may bS granted by vote of fourteen mempcrs of the Board of Supervisors. In case CT failure on the part of the contractor to complete his contract within the time fixed in the contract, or within such extension of said time as is herein provided, his contract shall be voiC. and the Supervisors shall not pay or allow to him any compensation for any work done by hiL. under said contracti and, in the case of the improvement Of streets, no assessment shall be made for the work done under said contract.
 Sec. 22 The work in this Article pro- vided for must be done under the dt- rection and to the satisfaction of the Board of Public Works; and the mater ials used must be in accordance with the specifications and be to the satis- faction of said Board, and all contracts provided for in this Article must con- tain a provision to that effect, and also, that in no case, except where It is otherwise provided in this Charter, will the City and County, or any de- partment or officer thereof, be liable for any portion of the expense, or in the case of improvement of streets, for any delinquency of persons or property assessed.
 When said work shall have been completed to the satisfaction and ac- ceptance of the Board, it shall so de- clare by resolution, and thereupon the Board shall deliver to the contractor a certificate to that effect.
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CHAPTER TX.
The San Francisco Law Library.

SECTION l. The Supervisors must provide, fit up and furnish, with fuel, lights, stationery, and all necessary conVenfences, attendants and care, rooms convenient and accessible to the judges and officers of the courts and of the municipal government sufficient for the use and accommodation of the San Francisco Law Library established under an Act of the Legislature of this State entitled: An Act to provide for increasing the Law Library of the cor poration known as the San Francisco Law Library, and to secure the use of the same to the Courts held at San Francisco, the Bar, the City and Coun- ty Government and the People of the City and County of San Francisco" ap- proved March 9th, 1870 The Supervise ors must appropriate, allow, and order paid out of the proper fund such sums
 as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid; and all sums lawfully ap- propriated and expended pursuant hereto shall be paid out of the proper fund on demands duly audited. in the mode prescribed by this Charter for auditing other demands upon the treas ury. The County Clerk must pay monthly to the Treasurer of the San Francisco Law Library such moneys as he shall collect under the Act referred to for the benefit of said Law Library.
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Police Court.

SECTION 1. There is hereby created and established in and for the City and County of San Francisco a Court to be known as the Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Said Court shall consist of four Judges, who shall be elected by the people and hold office for four years. They sf all each receive an annual salary of thirty six hundred dollars. They shall be electors of the City and County at the time of their election, and must have been such for at least five years next preceding such time. No person shall be eligible to the office of Judge of the Police Court who is not at the time of his elec- tiOn qualified to practice in all the Courts of this State, and who has not been so qualified for at least five years next preceding his election. The Court shall be divided into departments known as Department Number One, Department Number Two, Depart ment Number Three and Department Number Four. The Judges of such Court may hold as many sessions of the Court at the same time as there are Judges thereof. The Judges who shall be elected at the first election under this Charter shall so classify them selves by lot that two of them shall go out of office in two years and two of them in four years.
 d Presiding Judge who shall serve for one year. The Presiding Judge shall as- sign the Judges to their respective de- partments; but any of the Judges may preside in any of the departments in the absence or inability of the Judge regularly assigned thereto.
 The judgments. orders and proceed ings of any session of the Court held by any one or more of the Judges shall be equally effectual as if all the Judges had presided at such session.
 Sec. 2. The Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco shall have:
 |. First-Exclusive Jurisdiction of all prosecutions for the violation of or dinances of the Board of Supervisors.
 Second-Concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court of all other misde- meanors and of the examination of all felonies committed in the City and County.
 Third-Said Court, or any Judge thereof shall have the same powers in all criminal actions, cases, examina- tions and proceedings as are now or
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Sec. 15 The Police Judges shall adopt all necessary rules and regula- tions for conducting the business of the Court.
 Sec. Is. No attorney shall appear in said Court to prosecute or defend per sons charged with offenses unless at the time of his appearance he be quail lied to practice law in all the courts of this State.
 Sec F. The term of office Of the Po- lice Judges elected at the general cleo ton held in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight shall terminate at the hour of noon on the first Monday after the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred, and they shall at said time be succeeded by the Police Judges provided for in this Chapter; and all proceedings pending in said Court shall be transferred to the Police Court created under this Charter. and the Judges elected as herein provided shall have and obtain jurisdiction Of the
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CHAPTER III.
The District Attorney.

SECTION l. The District Attorney shall be electeS by the people and shall hold office for two years. He shall be an elector of the City and County and must at the time of his election be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and must have been so qualified for tt least five years next preceding his election. He shall re- ceive an annual salary of five thou sand dollars.
 Sec. 2. The District Attorney shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the District Attorneys of coun- ties by the general laws of this State. and in addition thereto shall attend. in- stitute and conduct on behalf of the people, all prosecutions cognizable in the Police Court of the City and County He sNall draw all complaints and warrants in said Police Court. prosecute all forfeited recognizances therein, and all actions for the recovery of fines, penalties, and forfeitures &C., cruing to the City and County: deliver receipts for money or property received in his official capacity, and file dupli- cates therefor with the County Treas urer; file with tle Auditor on the first Mondays of January, April, July and October in each year, an itemized statement under oath showing all moneys received by him In his official capacity durir~ the preceding three months; keep register of his official business In which must be entered a note of every action, whether criminal or civil, prosecuted officially by him. and of the proceedings therein: and give, when required. without fee. ad- vice to the Board of Police Corinis- sioners. the Chief of Police, the Board of Health and the Coroner, upon mat ters relating to the duties of their re- spective offices.
 Sec. 3. He may appoint seven Assist ant District Attorneys to aid him In the discharge of his official duties, three of whom shall act as prosecutors in the Superior Court, and shall each receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars. and four of whom shall act as the prosecuting attorneys of the Police Court. and shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. When any of the assistants of the Dis trict Attorney acting as such prosecut- ing attorneys in the Police Court are not actually engaged in work connected with prosecutions therein. they shall be at the call of the District Attorney for any service connected with his depart ment. The assistants must each at the time of his appointment. be qualified to prectic Tn all the courts of this State and must have been so qualified for at least two years next preceding his ap- pointment. The District Attorney may also appoint one chief clerk, who shall
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his custody and safely keep all books. records, maps and papers deposited in his office. Upon demand and payment of the fees prescribed therefor by law or by ordinance, he must furnish to any one applying therefor a copy of any such book, record. map or paper, certified under the hand and seal of his office. When any papers are presented for filing or recording, he or his depu- ties shall write on the margin of each paper so presented the number offollos, the amount palu for recording the same, and shan number consecutively all instruments and documents filed in his office. He shall also perform all other duties at the time and in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the State
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CHAPTER ".
The Public Administrator.

SECTION 1. The Public Administra- tor shall be elected by the people. and he shall hold office for two years. He shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the Public Administrators Of counties by the general laws of this State. except as in this Charter other wise specifically provided. He shall be entitled to all such fees as may be al lowed by law to the Public Administra- tors of the counties of the State in full compensation for all his services.
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CHAPTER VII.
The Justices Courts.

SECTION l. The Justices of the Peace shall each receive an annual sal ary of twenty-four hundred dollars, except the Presiding Justice, who shall receive an annual salary of twenty seven hundred dollars. They shall ap- point a Chief Clerk who shall hold office for two years and receive an an- nual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. The Chief Clerk may appoint five Deputies, each of whom shall re- ceive an annual salary of twelve hun dred dollars.
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ARTICLE V.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
The Superior Court Judges.
CHAPTER I.

SECTION l. The Judges of the Su- perior Court of the City an~ County may appoint not to exceed five inter- preters of foreign languages. who shall act as such interpreters in criminal ac- tions anu proceedings in all the co-rts in the City and County, and in exam nations before Coroner's juries.
 Sec. 2. The stenographers n the Criminal Dep, rtments of the Superior Court shall ea"h receive an annual salary not exceeding twentyfour hun dred dollars which shall be in full compensation for all services including transcription and all stationery used by them.
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receive an annual salary of eighteen E,Gdred dollars; one assistant clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and one stem ographer and typewriter who shall re- ceive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars.
 Sec. A. The District Attorney may, in the name of the City and County, bid for and purchase property at execution sales under judgments for the recovery of fines, penalties or forfeitures accru- ing to the City and County.
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Sec H. Said Board shall appoint a Civil Engineer of not less than five years practical experience as such, who shall be designated the City En- | gineer. He shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board.
 He shall perform all the civil engin- eering and surveying required in the prosecution of the public works and improvements dore under the direction and supervision of said Board, and shall certify to the progress and con- pletion of the same, and do such other surveying or other work as he may be directed to do by said Board or by the l Supervisors. He shall possess the same power in the City and County in mak- | ing surveys, plats and certificates as | is or may from time to time be given by law to City Engineers and to Coun- ty Surveyors, and his official acts and all plats, surveys and certificates made by him shall have the same validity and be of the same force and effect as are or may be given by law to those of City Engineers and County Survey ors. No street assessment shall be val i'd without his certificate as to the l quantities and unless it be to the effect that the work has been done to the of- | ficial lines, elevations and grades
 Sec. 12. He shall serve the Board ex- cluSively and shall not be engaged ill any other business while he is in its | service. He shall receive no com pensation except his salary. The Board shall by resolution establish fees and charges for the services to be performed by the City En- gineer for persons, companies and cor porations, and may from time to time change and adjust the same. Said En- gineer shall require such fees or charges to be paid in advance for any official act or service demanded of him. and such moneys thus paid shall be paid to the Treasurer and credited by him to such fund or funds as said Board may direct.
 Sec 13. The Board shall appoint the necessary heads of departments under it's charge. Each such head shall have the sole executive control in his own department, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board.
 Sec. If. All public work authorized | by the Supervisors to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works shall, unless otherwise determin- ed by the Board of Public Works be done under written contract, except in case of urgent necessity as hereinafter provided; and except as otherwise specifically provided in this Charter, the following proceedings shall be taken in all cases in the matter l of the letting of contracts by said
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shall be null and void, and the Board shall advertise for new contract for said work.
 Sec 19. In the case of improvement of streets. the owners of the major part of the frontage of lots and lands upon | the street whereon the work is to be done, or which are liable to be assessed for said work. or, in the case of an assessment district, the owners of a major part of the superficial area em- braced in such district, or their agents. shall not be required to present sealed proposals, but may, upon making oath | that they are such owners. or tha agents of such owners, within ten days after the first posting of notice of said award, elect to take said work and en- ter into g. written contract to do the whole work at the price at which the same has been awarded. ShouId sncb owners not enter into a written con tract therefor within said ten days. or 1 should they enter into such contract and fail to commence the work within the time stated therein, which time shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty days from the time of the | execution Of such contract, the Board | shall enter into a contract with the original bidder to whom the contract | was awarded at the price specified in 1 his bid. If the original bidder shall fail or refuse for fifteen days after the hiS poStiiiS OI nOtlce or the award to enter into the contract, the Board shall again advertise for proposals as 1 in the first instance
 Sec. 20. If the owners or contractor who may have entered into any con. tract do not complete the same within the time limited in the contract, or within such further time as is here matter provided, the Board may relet the unfinished portion of said work in accordance with the provisions in this Chapter prescribed for the letting of the whole
 Sec. 21. All contracts shall be drawn under the supervision of the City At torney, and shall contain detailed spe- cifcations of the work to be done, the manner in which 1t shall be executed. and the quality of the material to be l used
 Every contract entered into by the Board shall be signed by all the mem bers thereof and by the other contract | ing party. All contracts shall be signed In triplicate one of which. with the specifications and drawings, If any. of the work to be done, and the mate rials to be furnished. shall be filed with the Clerk of the Supervisors: one thereof, with said specifications and drawings, shall be kept in the office l of the Board. and the other with said
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-04-08

his brush and the whole prospect
is changed. The course Of Ian
guage and offensive epithets have
become wit; the rude personali-
ties shine forth as frankness; the
common vulgarity, SO refreshing
ly natural in this age of conven.
tionalities, didn't You know. 1t
is the whitewash artist who
throws the mantle of charity
where it will do the most good,
and if it generally falls over the
rich and important. no kick is
coming. Those who have their
premises renovated must expect
TO pay for it. He is the real
magician who can convert a turn
ed up nose into a retrousse, fat
into embonpoint, scrawniness into
willowy grace, and SO add to the
Joy and happiness of millions.
Sometimes, nay, often. the white
wash artist has no chance to get
his work in on a man until after
he is dead. Then, indeed, are
we called on to gaze in admira-
tion at the result OF his handi-
work. We thought Brown a poor
enough sort of fellow. He was
lazy and shiftless and drunken,
neglected his family and spong
ed on his friends. After the
whitewash artist is done with him
we learn that the laziness was a
high nobility of soul that refused
to be bound by the sordid and
material affair of money-getting.
That the drunkenness was simply
a convivial nature, and that the
sponging on every one else was a
friendliness and love for his fell
low man. No character is as
white as the whltewash artist
paints 1t. The only trouble is,
whltewash don't last.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-04-08
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denotes departure.
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q. W. HARRISON, Gen'i Pass. Agt.
Commencing Sunday March 20, 1893.
trains Nos. Q and on MAR Line and
Nos. 1, Q, 7and 8 on Davis Branch will
run daily. Nos. / and 4 on Main Line
will not run Sundy. Excursion tickets
will be sold for Sunday trains.