Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

city and county elected and qualified,
whereupon said secretary shall trans
init one of said copies to such mayor or
chief executive officer as hereinafter
provided. Such proposed charter, after
the same has been returned to such
mayor, chief executive officer or Soc
retary of state, as the case may be,
shall then be published in two daily
newspapers of general circulation with
in the territory for which said charter
is proposed for at least twenty days,
and the first publication shall be made
within twenty days after the compile
ton of said charter; provided, that in
cities containing a population of not
more than 10000 inhabitants, such pro-
posed charter shall be published in one
such daily newspaper.
To Be Submitted to Vote
In the case of a newly consolidated
city and county such publication shall
be made by the secretary of state, in
all other cases by the Legislative body of
such city or city and county. Such
proposed charter shall within not less
than thirty days after such publica-
tors of such city or city and county, or
in case of a newly consolidated city and
county the electors of the state resid-
ing and entitled to vote within the ter
ritory embraced within such newly con-
solidated city and county, at general
or special election, and if a majority
of such qualified electors voting thereat
shall ratify the same it shall there
after be submitted to the legislature for
its approval or rejection as a whole,
without power of alteration or amend
ment Such approval may be made by
concurrent resolution, and if approved
by a majority vote of the members
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| the charter of such city; or If such city
be consolidated with a county then of
such city and county, and shall become
| the organic law thereof and supersede
any existing charter of such city, or
such consolidated city and county, or
any cities embraced within the terri
tory of any newly consolidated city and
county, whether the charer or charters
of such city or cities were heretofore
| framed and adopted under the provis-
| ions of this section, or under general
| laws A copy of such charter, in case
of a city, or consolidated city and coun-
| ty, Heretofore existing and organized
under the constitution and laws of this
state, certified by the mayor or chief
executive officer of such city, or con-
solidated city and county, and authen-
ticated by the seal of such city, oI
consolidated city and county, setting
forth the submission of such charter tC
the electors, and it's ratification by
them, shall after the approval of such
charter by the legislature be made in
duplicate and deposited, one in the Of
flee of the secretary of state, and the
other, after being recorded in said re-
corder's office, shall be deposited in the
archives of the city, and thereafter al
courts shall take judicial notice of saic
charter.
Goes to the First Mayor
In the case of a newly consolidated
city and county, instead of the above
requirements for the certifcation anC
authorization Of one copy of said
charter and the fling of the same in the
office of the secretary of state, the
chairman OF the legislative or othel
body or board charged by law with the
/ conduct of the election at which sale
proposed charter Is submitted, shall file
In the office of the secretary OF state &
certificate duly authenticated by the
seal of said legislative or other body OF
board, If 1t have a seal, setting fortI
the submission Of such charter to the
electors, and its ratification by them
whereupon, after the approval of sucl
charter by the legislature, said secre
tary of state shall transmit one OF saiS