The San Francisco call., 1904-11-01
v WANTS SPECIAL
ELECTION HELD
Supervisor Lunstedt Intro
duces Resolution to Sub
NIT School Amendments
OPPOSITION TO DELAY
Majority of Board Refers
Matter to- a Joint Com
mittee Next Thursday

At yesterdays meeting Of the Board
Of Supervisors Lunstedt presented a
resolution calling a special election on
January 5, 1905, for the purpose of sub
mitting to the voters the proposed char
ter amendments. affecting the admin
istration of the school department
The resolution follows:
Whereas. A petition containing the names ma mes Q:
more than 10 per cent Ito wit, nearly 5o'OoO) OF
the qualified voters of this city and county
was presented October II. 1904, to the
Board of Supervisors, which petition requested
that certain proposed amendments 10 articis
of the charter relating to public scnools De
! submitted to the qualified voters OF this city
Whereas. Under. the constitution of the
State Of California the Board of Supervisors
Is per cent of the qualified voters shall petition
therefor, submit such proposed amendments TO
the qualified voters of this city and county,
Whereas. The Legislature will convene dur
ing the first week in January, 1900, and. ac-.
cording TO law will remain in session but sixty
days thereafter, and even II immediate action
be taken by this board. it will be Impossible
to transmit the amendments to the Legisla-
tire for approval before the middle or latter
part OF next January and
in submitting said amendments would be an
injustice and would SAVIOR of a subterfuEe TO
defeat the proposed amendments. and thwart
Resolved, That said proposed amendments be
submitted TO the qualified electors OF the city
for approval and that November l, 1904. be
and is hereby designated as the frst day for
the publication of the. said proposed amend
ifrents and that said publication be continued
every day thereafter for twenty days as re-
qutred by law, and further, that January 3,
1905. be and is hereby designated as the day
for holding a special election for the purpose
of submitting the proposed amendments to ar
ticle of. the charter relating to public schools
to the qualified electors of this eity and county
for their approval: and be 1t further
Resolved, That the Board of Election Conn
missioners be. and is hereby authorized to ex-
pend "a sum not EXCEEDING $12. 900 for the pur-
pose of defraying the expenses of holding said
special election on January 3, 1909, and that
ordered paid out of the urgent necessity fund
said urgent necessity fund having to its credit
on October 81 an. unexpended balance OF nearly
S35 600 as per the records of the Auditors Of
flee.
,.:Lunstedt moyed that the resolution
be Immediately. considered under sus-
pension. of the rules, but Braunhart's
motion that it be referred TO the joint
committee on Finance; Public Utilities
and Charter Amendments prevailed.
The vote on suspending the. rules was:
: ':Ayes-Alpers,.. Bent. Boxton,: Finn.
Lunstedt, .Rea, Sanderson-7.
:. Noes-.Booth. Brandenstein, Braun
hart, Comte, Connor. p'Ancona. .Eg-
gers. Hooks, Payot--9.
. Absent Mcclellan; Rock-2.
.Lunstedt' opposed reference to the
committee, saying that the time was
limited for the ratification of the
amendments by the. Legislature. should.
they be approved by the voters.
NO, RIGHT TO REFUSE.
."This board has no right to refuse
to submit: these: amendments at once
said Lunstedt, '1n view of the fact that
more than 10000 voters have signed the
petitions"
;. Braunhart thought the matter should
be first investigated in order to ascer-
tain whether the Election. Commission
Rad any funds for the purpose instead
Of drawing on the urgent necessity
fund .
Il think this joint committee should
meet very SOON" said Mayor Schmitz,
"as the matter is very important. Two
weeks have. passed since the filing of
the petitions and nothing has been done
as yet
81 desire to state that all the other.
amendments declared invalid by the
Supreme. Court will be submitted to the.
voters at. 1.-The same time as the school
amendments should. an election be or
dered," said Braunhart.
:; D'Ancona's motion that the other
twenty-five amendments which were to
have been. voted on at the election. of
November s be also: referred to the
same joint committee was carried.
Bfaunhart said that any amendments
made by petition would have to be
acted upon only on the filing Of new
petitions. Lunstedt asked that the
president of the Board cf Education
be. allowed. the privilege of the floor.
but it was agreed to consider. the mat.
ter next Thursday at 8 o'clock.
Morris Lub1i1er filed a formal de-
mand that the amendments in refer
.ence to school matters be: submitted to
the people. :;