The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28


 week before it's final passage.
 Sec. 13. Every bill or resolution pro- viding for any specific improvement, or the granting of any franchise or privilege, or involving the lease, ap- propriatien or disposition of public property or the expenditure of public money, except sums less than two hundred dollars, or levying any tax or assessment, and every ordinance providing for the imposition of a new duty or penalty, shall, after it's intro auction, be published in the official newspaper, with the ayes and noes, for at least five successive days eSun- days and legal holidays excepted) be- fore final action upon the same. If such bill be amended, the bill as amended shall be advertised for like period before final action thereon. But in cases of great necessity the officers and heads of departments may, with the consent of the Mayor expend such sums of money, not to exceed two hun- dred dollars, as shall be necessary to meet the requirements of such neces- sity.
 Sec. 14. If any bill be presented to the Mayor containing several items ap- propriating money or fixing a tax levy he may object to one or more items separately, while approving other DOT tions of the bill. In such case he shah append to the bill at the time of sign ing 1t a statement of the item or items to which he objects and the reasons therefor, and the item or items so ob- 1ected to shall not take effect unless passed notwithstanding the Mayors objection. Each item so objected to shall be separately reconsidered by the Board in the same manner as bills which have been disapproved by the Mayor.
 Sec. 15. No ordinance shall take ef- 1cro unless otherwise provided in such or
 Sec 16 Every bill and every resolu- tion as hereinbefore provided, which shall have passed the Board and shall have been duly authenticated, shall be presented to the Mayor for his appro- val. The Mayor shall return such bill or resolution to the Board within ten days after receiving it. If he approve 1t he shall sign it and 1t shall then be- come an ordinance. If he disapprove 1t he shall specify his objections there- to in writing. If he does not return it with such disapproval within the time above specified, it shall take ef feet as if he had approved 1t. The ob> jections of the Mayor shall be entered at large in the Journal of the Board. and the Board shall, after five and within thirty days after such bill or resolution shall have been so returned. l the same shall, upon reconsideration, be again passed by the affirmative vote of not less than fourteen members of the Board. the presiding officer shall certify that fact on the bill or resolu tion, and when so certified. the bill shall become an ordinance with like ef- feet as if it had been approved by the Mayor If the bill or resolution shallfail to receive the vote of fourteen members of the Board it shall be deemed finally lost. The vote on such reconsideration shall be taken by ayes and noes and the names of the members voting for and against the same shall be entered in the Journal
 Sec. r. All ordinances and resolu- tions shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Board who shall record the same at length in a suitable book.
 Sec. IS. No ordinance shall be re- pealed except by ordinance adopted in the manner hereinbefore set out. and such ordinance shall be presented to the Mayor for his approval as herein before provided.
 Sec. 19. Except as provided in Chap ter III of Article III of this Charter all demands payable out of the Treasury must, before they can be approved by the Auditor or paid by the Treasurer, be first approved by the Board of Sup ervisors. All demands formor thantw two hundred dollars shall be presented to the Mayor for his approval, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the passage of bills or resolutions. All resolutions directing the payment of money other than salaries or wages, when the amount exceeds five hundred dollars, shall be published for five successive days Sundays and legal holidays ex- cepted) in the official newspaper.
 Sec 20 Whenever there shall be pre- scented to the Board of Election Com missioners a petition signed by num- Der of voters equal to fifteen per preceding State or City and County election, asking that an ordinance to be set forth in such petition, be submitted to vote of the electors of the City and County, the Board of Election Com missioners must submit such proposed ordinance to the vote of the electors at the next election.
 The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of re9idence, giving the street and number One of the signers of each such paper shall make oath be- fore an officer competent to administer oaths, that the statements therein made are true, and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be thereto subscribed.
  shall contain the words FOR THE ORDINANCE" (stating the nature of the proposed ordinance) and AGAINST THE ORDNANCE (stat- ing the nature of the proposed ordi- nance).
 If a majority of the votes cast upon such ordinance shall be in favor of the adoption thereof, the Board of Election Commissioners shall within thirty days from the time of such election, pro- claim such fact: md upon such procla mation such ordinance shall have the same force and effect as an ordinance passed by the Supervisors and ap- proved by the Mayor and the same shall not be repealed by the Supervi sors. But the Supervisors may submit a proposition for the repeal of such ordinance, or for amendments thereto, for vote at any succeeding election; and should such proposition, so submitted, receive a majority of the votes cast thereon at such election, such ordi nance shall be repealed or amended accordingly.
 Sec. 21. Except as otherwise pro- vided in the Constitution of the State, or as otherwise provided in this Char tnr~ AJrr{~or tI,aI