The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16


 Sec. 8. Any officer of the City and County who shall, while in office, ac- cept any donation or gratuity in money, or other valuable thing, either directly or indirectly, from any subordinate or employee, or from any candidate or ap- plicant for any position as employee or subordinate under him, shall forfeit his office, and be forever debarred and disqualified from holding any position in the service of the City and County.
 Sec. g. Every department, board and commission provided for in this Char ter except the Supervisors, shall rem der to the Mayor within one month af- ter the end of each fiscal year full re- port of all the operations of such de. partment or board or commission for such year.
 Sec. 10. An office becomes vacant when the incumbent thereof dies, re- signs, is adjudsed insane, convicted of felony, or of an offense involving a vio- lation of his official duties, or is re- moved from office, or ceases to be a resident of the City and County, or neg lects to quality within the time pre- scribed by law. or within twenty days after his election or appointment, or shall have beeh absent from the State without leave for more than sixty con- secutive days.
 Sec. Il. Evsfy officer who shall ap- p1 oNc, dHON Ol pay any QGQldnQ on the treasury not 9Hthorized by law, orCIl- nance or this Charter, shall be liable to the City and Mounty individually and on his official 8ond for the amount of the demand sy illegally approved, al lowed or paid.
 Sec. F. The departments. boards, commissioners and officers provided for iii this Charter shall be entitled to the possession of &ll papers, books, docu- ments, maps, plats, records and ar chlves in the possession or under the control of those respectively who are superseded in office under this Charter by such departments, boards, commits sioners and officers.
 Sec. 13. All books and records of every office and department shall be open to the inspection of any citizen al any time during business hours. Ger tlf1ed copies or extracts from said books and records shall be given by the off, cer having the same in custody to any person demanding the same, and pay ing or rendering ten cents a folio of one hundred words for such copies or ex- tracts; but the records of the Police Department shall not be subject to such inspection except permission be given by the Police Commissioners or by the Chief of Police.
 Sec. IA. The Treasurer shall keep his office open for business every day, ex- cept legal holidays, from nine o'clock in the forenoon until four o'clock in the afternoon. Except where other wise provided for by law, or by this Charter, all other public offices shall be kept open for business every day, ex- cept legal holidays, from half-past eight o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon; and, in ad- dition thereto, from the first day of November until the last Monday of De- ho nf <, Tax Collector shall . e kept open until nine o'clock in the evening.
 Sec. b. No person shall be eligible to or hold any office, or be clerk or dep uty fin any office or department, who has been found guilty of malfeasance in office, bribery or other infamous crime or who in any capacity has em- beZzled public funds.
 Sec. Is. The fiscal year mentioned in this Charter shall commence on the first day of July and end on the thirti- eth day of June following.
 Sec. 17. All moneys, assessments and taxes belonging to or collected for the use of the City and County, coming into the hands of any officer of the City and County, shall immediately be deposited with the Treasurer for the benefit of the funds to which they respectively belong. If such officer for twenty-f four hours after receiving the same shall delay or neglect to make such deposit, he shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office and may be removed.
 Sec. IS. Any elected officer, except Supervisor, may be suspended by the Mayor and removed by the Supervisors for cause: and any appointed officer may be removed by the Mayor for cause. The Mayor shall appoint some person to discharge the duties of the office during the period of such sus- pension.
 Sec 19 When the Mayor shall sus- pend any elected officer he shall i'm mediately notify the Supervisors ot | such suspension and the cause there | for If the Board is not in session he 1 shall immediately call a session of the same in such manner as shall be pro- vided by ordinance. The Mayor shal present written charges against such ! suspended officer to the Board and fur rish a copy of the same to said officer who shall have the right to appear with counsel before the Board in his l defense. If by an affirmative vote o1 not less than fourteen members of the Board of Supervisors, taken by ayes and noes and entered on its record, the action of the Mayor is approved, ther | the suspended officer shall thereby be removed from office; but if the actior of the Mayor is not so approved sucf suspended officer shall be immediately l reinstated.
 Sec 20. When the Mayor shall re- move an appointed officer from office he shall immediately notify the Board of Supervisors of such removal anC furnish it a statement of, the cause therefor, which statement shall be en. tered in the record of it's proceedings
 Sec. 21. Unless otherwise provided by law or by this Charter. any officer board or department authorized to ap point any deputy, clerk, assistant ol employee, shall have the right to re move any erson so appointed.
 Sec. p All appointments of officers deputies and clerks to be made unde, any provision of this Charter must b, made in writing and in duplicate au
 thenticated by the person or person board or officer making the same On
 of such duplicates must be filed witt the Secretary of the Civil Service Com mission and the other with the Auditor
 Sec. 23. Wherever 1t is provided il
 this Charter that the members of an,
 board, department or commission shal so classify themselves by lot that thei
 terms of office shall expire at differen
 times, such members shall, on the da-
 of making such classification, cause tn
 same to be entered in the records O
 their proceedings. and copy thereof
 certified by the Secretary thereof an