The San Francisco call., 1904-09-07

Board of Supervisors to be acted on
by the voters on November 8 calls at
tention TO the important questions III
volved and the effect which the pass
age or defeat of the amendments may
have on the government or san frdhc
cisco. The summary given below Oh
the several propositions will tounu
of interest and value to voterA
Particular interest is taken among
the city's employees in two OF the pro-
posed amendments; one relating 10
the fire companies, setting forth the
number of men employed IN each Ire
company and regulating penslohs' lne
other relative to the power OF the
Board of Supervisors in governing the
work of quarrymen within IL pre-
scribed district. This, II accepted,
would put stop to the quarrylng. OF
rock on Telegraph Hill or any sectloh
of the city bounded as described IN
the amendment
Amendment No 1-Section >. chapter
I. article H. is changeu to read On
or befoe the last Monday of each year
the Supervisors shall levy thc amount
of taxes for city and county purposes
required. l1he amount shall be SUM-
cient to provide during the year Tor all
demands upon the treasury.
The old law reads: "On or before the
Auditor. shall transmit to the super
visors an estimate of the probable ex-
penditureS of the city and county gov
ernrnent during the next ensuing nscal
year, stating the amount required,
showing specifically the amount neces7
sary to be apportioned to each fund
in the treasury; also an estimate OIL
the amount of income from nnes' IL
censes, etc.
AT1epdr,oapf No odds ppW section
to article XII, to be numbered section
15. This section requires that separate
accounts be kept for current operating
expenses, maintenance of plant ana re-
pair and replacement of wornout ma
chinery, repayment of interest and
bond redemption. The section is merely
technical and provides law for the
governing of public utilities.
Amendment No. amends subdivision
26, section 1, chapter II, article ii, gov
erning the construction of tunnels. As
amended the law will in effect give
the Supervisors power to regulate the
construction of tunnels and subways,
or to prohibit them. No rock crushing
machinery shall be permitted to exist
under this law within the bounds of
the center line of Van Ness avenue to
San Francisco. to Bay. to Broderick,
to Haight, to Scott, to Duboce avenue,
to Castro, to Seventeenth, to Douglass,
to Roman, to Corbett avenue, to Lin
coin, to Thirtieth to Fowler. thence by
devious routes to a point near the
Potrero, ending at the bay.
Amendment No. 4-Owners may do
grading on the front of their lots at
their own expense, with the consent
Of the Board of Public Works. as the
charter now reads, after obtaining
permission of the Board of Public
Works so to do, but before said board
has passed it's resolution of intention
to recommend grading inclusive of
this" The proposed amendment
changes the law to read: After OBJ
tanning permission of the Board OF
Public Works so to do, which permis-
sion shall not be granted without the
approval of the Board of Supervisors,
but before said board has passed its
resolution of intention to recommend
grading inclusive of this" -
Amendment No. 5--Section 81. chap
ter l, article VI, now reads, I'm case
of failure on the part of the contractor
to complete his contract within the
time fixed for the contract his
contract shall be void and the Super
visors shall not pay or allow to him
any compensation for any work done
by him under said contract; and. in
case of the improvement of the streets.
no assessment shall be made for the
work done under said contract.
The law as amended will read:
In case Of failure on the part of the con-
tractor to complete his contract within the
time fixed in the contract, or within such
extension of said time as Is herein provided.
his contract shall be void and the Supervisors
shall not pay or allow to him any compensa :, ,
contract. unless in the ordinance authorizing
or orderng-said work provision is made there
in for progressive payments for the same; and
in the case of the improvement OF streets. no
assessment shall be made for the work done
under said contract
Amendment No. repeals section 4,
chapter IL, article TX, which reads:
THE Fire Commissioners SHAH see that
all contracts awarded an1 the work
done for Inc department are faithfully
performed and shat. upon the award
ing of any such contrIc-. exact an
adequate bond for the prompt and
faithful performance of same
Amendment No. amends section 3.
chapter Z, article TX, to insert the
words, provided that such monthly
pension shall not be less than $35,"
after the provision for pensioning re-
tired firemen Section of the same
chapter and article is amended to read
that provided that such pension is
rot less than $35 in the final para
graph Of the order dealing with
pensions for disabled firemen.
Amendment No. 8 repeals section 20
of chapter 8, article vi, and adds a
new chapter to said article in sixteen
sections regulating the grades of public
streets and empowering. the Super
visors on recommendation of the Board
of Public Works to act in matters re-
ferring to modification of grades, curb
ings, sidewalking, etc. This amond-
ment deals technically with street mat
ters and supplants the very brief law
that is now incorporated in the charter
governing such municipal affairs.
Amendment No. 9 repeals section 8,
chapter 5, article ". providing for the
appointment by the Tax Collector of an
attorney for the collection of delinquent
taxes and amends section 5, chapter IL,
article v, which now rules that the City
Attorney may appoint four assistants,
the first of whom shall receive an an
nual salary of $4,000, the second S30)e.
the third S2400 and the fourth $500.
One stenographer is provided for in the
old law
The amendment reads:
The City Attorney may appoint assistant.
Z 10 he known as Special Tax Attorney, at
an annual salary Of S36c0 per annum. who
shall prosecute or defend all actions at law
in equity existing in favor Of or against