The herald., 1898-10-25
THE PROPOSED CITY cHARrEH

cant by the Council or the Mayor, and
ne vacancy shall thereupon be filled. in
Council. and in the case of an appointive
officer not included in the classified civil
service, by the Mayor: unless otherwise
provided for In this charter.
Sec. s0. All officers subject to the pro-
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 criminal proceed
| ings or civil action for the recovery of
money due the city has been commenced.
for such Office during suspension. In vot-
lng upon the suspension and removal Of
pending or removing the same shall vote
by ayes and noes and the same shall be
taken and entered upon the journal.
Sec 50. It shall have power, by ord!-
nance. to adopt and enforce ali such
measures n e;n and to establish all such regu-
provision is in this charter made. as the
city Council may from time to time deem
necessary and expedient, for the promo
ton and projection of the health, COM
fort. safety life. limb and property of
the inhabitants of said city, the preser-
vation @ OF peace and good order, the pro
| motion OF public morals, the suppression
or vice and the enhancement of the pub
lie welfare in said city.
Sec SO. The Council shall have power.
Dy ordinance, to regulate and provide for
liShting of streets, laying down gas pipes
and erection Of lamp posts, electric tow
the sale and use ap' Of gas. electric @ light and
power, and fix and determine the price
OF gas, electric light and power. and the
rent Of gas meters within the. city, and
| regulate the inspection thereof: and to
regulate telephone service and the use OF
telephones within the city. and FIX and and
| determine the charges for telephones ana
| 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
charge against the land on which .,,,,, the
lien thereon; and the Council shall have
power to establish rules for. the deter
mination of the area Of the land in each
case to be subject to such lien. and to
provide for the assessment of the land on
which water is so supplied for the col
sale the 1an and so in case Of the
non-paymcnt of such rates. in tho same
manner substantially and at the same
taxes.
Sec. S.. The Council shall also have
power to pass ordinances upon any other
subject of municipal control, or to carry
into effect any other powers of the NUM-
cipality.
Sec. s6. 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 SAID
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 bv a general law Of the state for
| 10 rnltaCtinn ~
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 ana
rate of taxation for city purposes, be cer-
tilted in detail 10 the proper county Of
| ficer or officers.
SEQ. SO. Every ordinance which shall
have been passed by the Council shall.
before 1t becomes effective, be signed by
the City Clerk or other person authorized
by the Council to sign tho same on Its be-
his approval and signature, IL he ap-
proves it; il not. he shall indovse thereon
the date OF Its presentation to him and re-
writing The City Clerk shall indorse
thereon the date Of its return to him, and
shall. at the first meeting Of the Councal
thereafter. present the same. with the OBJ
Thereupon the 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 thereon.
| Upon such reconsideration, in all cases
where the vote Of six members Of the
Council were required to pass the ordi-
nance in the first instance, 1t shall require
| the votes Of soven members to pass the
ordinance over the Mayors veto. In ell
other cases 1t shall require the votes Of
the veto. Tho vote in all cases Of recon-
| sdera ton shall be by ayes and noes. and
the names of the members voting for or
against shall be entered upon the journal.
Sec. SO. II any ordinance shall not be
returned to the City Clerk by the Mayor
within ten days after II 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 II the Mayor had approved and
signed 1t.
Sec. 90. Whenever there shall be pro-
sented to the Council petition signed by
number OF city electors equal to fifteen
per centum of the votes cast in the city
at the last preceding State or City cleo
tion, asking that an ordinance, to be set
forth in such petition, be submitted to a
vote of the electors of the city, such pro-
posed ordinance must be submitted to the
vote of the electors at the next general
city election, unless the said ordinance
shall have been adopted more than thirty
days prior 10 such election.
The Council may submit an alternative
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 Soc
ton.
The signatures to the petition need not
all be appended to ono paper; but eacf
signer shall add 10 his signature his place
of residence, giving the street and num-
ber. One of the signsrs of each paper
shall make oath before an officer COM
petent to administer oaths, that the s. ate
ments therein made are true, and that
each signature to the paper appended IL
tho genuine signature of the person
whose name purports to be thereto SUBJ
scribed.
The tickets used in such election shall
NANCE" (stating the nature OF the pro-
posed ordinance) and AGAINST THE
ORDINANCE tating the nature Of the
proposed ordinance.)
II majority Of the votes fcast upon
such ordinance shall be in favor of .he
adoption thereof. the Council shall. with
in thirty days from the time of such cleo
tltn, proclaim such fsc,; and upon such
proclamation such ordinance shall have
the Aamo forco and effect as an ordinance
pissed by the Council and approved by
the Mayor, and the same shall not DO re-
pealrd Dy the Council. The Council may
submit a 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