The San Francisco call., 1904-09-07
CHARTER AMENDMENTS DEAL
WITH MANY VITAL TOPICS
Twenty One Proposed Changes in City's Organic Law
Cover Wide Range of Subjects and Affect Voters
and Municipal Employes-Provisions Are Outlined

bers of the board and approved by an ordl-
nance of the Board of Supervisors and pro-
vided. further, that such lease for a longer
term than twenty years shall be valid unless
such lease shall provide that buildings and i'm
provements to cost not less than the appraised
value Of the real property leased. shall be
erected thereon by the lessee and tnat at the
expira tion of the term OF said lease all build
ings and improvements erected shall revert 70
and become the property of the School Depart
ment of the city and county.
Amendment No. IL changes subdi-
vision 5. section /, chapter II, article
ii. which authorizes the Board of Su-
pervisors Ito permit the laying down
of railroads" The amendment en-
powers the board Ito permit the laying
down of SPURS or sidetracks and run
ming cars thereon for the
purpose of connecting warehouses and
other business industries with the Belt
Line O.. the water front or other lines
of railroads which may enter the city
and county of San Francisco"
Amendment No. 10 reoeals subdivi-
sion 9, section 9, chapter J. article vi,
which reads, in brief, that the Board of
Public Works shall do the work of ex-
cavating streets, tearing UP pavings
and estimating costs for same.
Amendment No 13: That chapter
~, article TX, be amended to read:
Section Each steam fire engine company
snail be composed of not more than one cap
anu engineer one driver and seven hosemen.
Each hook and ladder company shall be com
posed OF not more than one captain, one lieu
truckmen.
Each chemical engine company shall be com
posed of not more than one captain one lieu
tenant. one driver and one hoseman
Each water tower company shall be COM
posed OF not more than one captain. one driver
Each freboat company shall be composed Of
not more than one captain. one lieutenant
men, one pilot and twelve hosemen.
This is an increase of two hosemen
in the fire engine company, two truck
men in the hook and ladder company,
and lets out the captain of the chemi-
cal engine companies, throwing the
work upon a lieutenant.
Amendment No. IA changes chapter
VIII, article TX, to raise the salaries of
the superintendent of engines of the
Fire Department from $500 per year
to $2100; clerk of the corporation
Yard, from $500 to $500; captains.
from $1440 to $500 lieutenants, from
$1,000 to $500; engineers from $3.50
to $1470; assistants salary fixed
at $3.50; truckmen, tillermen
and hosemen, after five years service,
1920 instead of $1,000, as now; hy-
lers. from $720 to 5000 and engineers
of f1reboats, from $1400 to $500.
Amendment No. Is amends section
2 chapter 6. article V. so that
twenty guards be provided for
Branch Jail No. 1, instead of sixteen.
as heretofore. The salary of these
guards has been raised from $500 per
year to 5000 per year. The six guards
of Branch Jail No. will have their
salaries raised from $500 per year to
5000. There will be two drivers of
vans at 5000 per year. instead of one,
as now provided for in the Charter.
Amendment No. 16: That section 4,
chapter 1, article XI, be amended to
read that the Board of Election Com
missioners may appoint fifteen. Deputy
Registrars at an annual salary of $500
and may employ such other clerical as
sstance as may be deemed necessary
at salaries not to exceed 500 per
month. The charter now reads in the
section amended: The Board may ap-
point such other clerical assistants as