The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
SEEK TO AMEND
CITY CHARTER
Supervisors Pass Ordinances
Submitting Five PROPOSE
tions to Municipal Voters
NO SPECIAL ATTORNEYS
Proposed Regulations for
Diaries Again Referred
to the Health Committee

The Board Of Supervisors yesterday
passed to print ordinances providing
for the submission to a vote of the
people five proposed amendments to
the charter. The amendments follow:
Providing that in levying the tax rate on
the last Monday in June that 50 cents thereof
shall be used to pay the running expenses OF
the municipal Government and 10 cents for
public improvements and repair of buildings,
Providing that the Board OF Supervisors
shall have the power to appropriate from time
to time the income and revenue from any pub
lie utility.
Creating a district within which 1t is pro-
hibited to quarry crush rock
Providing that no permit shall be issued by
the Board of Public Works to blast for grad
ing purposes, unless the same is approved by
the Board of Supervisors.
Providing for progress payments on public
contracts.
The City Attorney was requested to
give an early opinion on another
amendment proposed to be submitted
that city property may be leased for
fifty years providing that the building
erected thereon shall equal in cost the
value of the lot so leased. The amend
ment is designed to permit of an ad-
vantageous lease of the Lincoln School
lots on Market street.
Brandenstein submitted a resolution
which was adopted that the commit
tees on charter amendments and
| finance examine and report on the
question of the advisability of amend
ing the charter so as to eliminate the
provisions thereof permitting certain
| officials to employ legal counsel at the
expense Of the city and of adding to
the charter section providing that the
| functions heretofore discharged by such
| counsel be intrusted to the City At
! torney.
The ordinance fixing the width Of the
sidewalks on both sides Of Fourth
street at fifteen feet instead Of nine
| teen as at present was finally passed.
| This action is preparatory to the wild
i ening of Fourth street by four feet to
relieve congested teaming traffic.
Ordinances were finally passed
changing the name of Condor street
street; fixing grades on Uri street and
ordering street work on Church, Army,
Clipper and Jersey streets.
Ordinances were passed to print pro-
viding for the full acceptance. of
Eleventh avenue between H and 1
streets; ordering street work on Twen-
ty-sixth avenue, Duboce avenue, North
| Point street, Hoffman avenue and Ash
bury street.
Permits were granted for amateur
boxing exhibitions to the Lincoln Club
for August and to the Bay City Club
! for August Il.
| The City Treasurer was authorized to
accept the sum of $21, ,649 Sc as the per-
centage due by the United Railroads
on receipts from several of it's lines.
The West of Castro Street Improve
ment Club filed a protest against the
proposed intent of the Board of Edu-
cation and Fire Commission to submit
to the voters a charter amendment pro-
viding for special tax levies for each
of the departments. The club will use
its best endeavors to defeat the propo-
sitions.
Resolutions were adopted ratifying
the course of Tax Collector E. ]. Smith
in bringing suit against Wells, Fargo
& Co. to recover delinquent taxes and
also requesting him to institute new
! proceedings for the recovery of the
taxes, as the real estate owned by the
corporation is not sufficient to satisfy
the delinquency.
Fire Commissioner Parry, Police
Commissioner Hutton, Commissioner Of
| Works Casey and Supervisors Bent
and Finn were directed by resolution to
furnish new official bonds owing to- the
inadequacy of their present security.
The board took up the proposed or
dinance containing rules and regula-
tions for the sanitary conduct of
dairies and the handling Of milk. After
several sections had been agreed upon
the matter was again referred to the
Health Committee to hear the objec-
tions of the dairymen next Wednesday
at 1880 a. m.
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