The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01


 week before it's final passage.
 Sec. Is. Every bill or resolution pro- viding for any specific improvement, or the granting of any franchise or privilege, or involving the lease, ap- propriation 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 new duty or penalty, shall. after its intro duction, be published in the official newspaper, with the ayes and noes, for at least five successive days (Sun- 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 a 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 hum dred dollars, as shall be necessary to meet the requirements of such neces- sity.
 Sec. IA. If any bill be presented to the Mayor containing several items ap- propriating money or fixing tax levy he may object to one or more items separately, while approving other DOT tions of the bill In such case he shah
 
 ing 1t statement of the item or items to which he objects and the reasons therefor. and the item or items so ob- jected 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- feet until ten days after its passage unless otherwise provided in such or dinance.
 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 it he shall sign it and it shall then be- come an ordinance If he. disapprove 1t he shall specify his objections there to in writing If he does not return 1t with. such disapproval within the time ahove. specified, it shall take ef- feet as if he had approved it. The ob> iections of the Mayor shall be entered at large in the JournaE:of the Board. and the Board shall, after: five and within thirty days; after such bill or resolution shall have, been so returned: reconsider and: vote upon, the same If the same shall, upon reconsideration. be again passed blythe affirmative vote of not less than fourteen members of the Board9 the presiding: officer shall certify: hat fact on the bill or::resolu: tion,. and: when so certified, the bill shall heconeHan ordfnance :&ith:ltf5e ef-:. feet: as=:if it had heen~ approved: by the MaNor. If the bill or. resolution @sfalEfail to: reeefVe@the vote of fourteenmember of the Boarq it shall be: deemed finally lost: F he :vute on: Sl1ch reconsideration shall. be. taken by ayes: and noes and the names .nf. the member voting for: and agailist: the same shall: be entered fn.the JoUrnal: :::< ::..: IF. v Sec. 1 77.* ll:#ordilrances and resolu- tions shall: be. deposited with the Clerk :of+the- Foard#Wi96 shall record the same atalength. in a@stIitable book. = :: :: See: IS: No ordinance shall be. re- peafed. except by ordinailce adopted in the" manner: herein before" set out; and such. Q4dinance shall: be presented to the Mayor. for: his approval as herein before provided. - -. :" Sec. .19.* Except as provided in Chap ter. TIT of Article I'll of this Charter, all demands payable out of the: Treasury must, =hef0Te they can be approVed by the:Auditor. .or:paid by the Treasurer, be first approved: by the: Board of. Sup; ;erVisoI;s1 A II demands formore :thantwo hundred dollars. shall represented tothe: MaX0r< for lis approyal.:in tina manner hereiifhefQre provided for :tfle passa ge of bills or. resolutions All, resolutions Cffrecting the payment of nloneysother than salaries :: or. wages. WheIt the: 2 mount exceeds five: hundred dollars Shall be pit Ublished for. five; successive days Sundays. and leeal holidays: ex- >eepted) in the official newspaper :. <E Sec. #e0.:* WI ;le-s r. there shall be pre-. sehted to.:the Board of Election ! olri- .lllissioners a petition signed by a nu4na-. Der :. of:%@ItoterS equal to fifteen per. <ceptlIlll of the votes cast~at> the last. preceding State or :. City ar4d County asking that ain ordinance to be set forth in such petition. be sIbrr eted to a vOte*of tn: electors of she City: and County, the Board of Election Com missioners must submit. stfcff proposed .the.neXt election: ::;: s.: :: *.# The sign natures 10 the petition need :not all be: appended to one paper, but each sigmer shall add to his signature his place of :rG idence, giving the street and number. .::< One of the sfgners of each .su ct: paper. shall make oath be- fore an cert Competent to administer %oatilsS:: that the 7 statements: therein ill lade. are: true and that each signature to the< paper. appended is. the genuine signature of: the person whose name purports to be. thereto subscribed. =: :: The tickets. used .< in: such election shall contain the : words FOR THE. ORDINANCE, (stattng the nature of the .. proposed ::ordinancef. .=. and :tt' AGAINST THE. .ORDINANCF1''*(st (stat- ing the nature. of the: proposed ordi- *nailee). > t @ " :* ! :; .: -> :: If: "a ma Jority;: of. the Votes cast u oon such ordinance shall be: in fayor of the :, the Board: of :Eiection. Commissioners shall: within thirty days from the tfine of: sticli., election, pro- e: aim: such fact: @nd upon such proefa-' nla tion3 such: ordinance shalt have the: same. force: and effect as. an ordinance passed. by! the Supervisors. and ap-, proved by the Mayor,S and. the same shall *not: .be.#repeaTed *hy the Supervi-. #sors.; But the Supervisors; may submit a :: :proposit tion for the repeal of such or: for: amendments thereto; for sEo eat any succeed ding election; and :shGlll(l such .proposftion, so:*su bfllit tied, :recefve. a; nia5ority of the *Notes: cast >thereon.: at such election, such. ordi-: .nanee.. Shall be. repealed or= amended according .. F.. $.g :.- E. ::s .. .::: % Sec: 21. Except as otherwise pro- :Nfdnd =irs the Constitution of the State, or as otherwise provided in this Char: