The San Francisco call., 1910-11-16
City, by Tremendous Majority,
Agrees to Finance Great Ex-
position to Celebrate
Opening of Canal
DOLLAR LIMIT TAX
PROPOSITION IS LOST
Pure Australian Ballot and Ma
iOrity Rule New Primary
Election System Meets
With Favor
SUPERVISORS TO GET
INCREASE IN SALARIES

4 INCOMPLETE returns received up to
/ midnight indicate, with one or two
exceptions, almost certainly how the
vote has gone every charter amend
ment submitted to the voters at yester-
days election. The results given below
are based on complete returns from ST
scattering precincts out OF total of
352 in the entire city. The total vote
indicated viii approximate 10000. The
exposition bonds have carried by tre-
mendous majority as have also the
amendments providing for majority rule
nOnpartisan primary elections, and for
the initiative, referendum and recall,
and the lengtheninG OF the terms OF city
and county officers from two to four
years.
Total pote in s. districts out of 352:
AMENDMENT NO. CARRIED
Authorizes local bond issue of
$5,OOO,OOO in aid OF the Panama
Pacific international exposition.
AMENDMENT NO. 2 LOST
Provides for tenn of Office OF six
years for library trustees and for
their appointment by the mayor.
Provides also that there shall be
seven members of the board, OF
which the mayor shall be one.
AMENDMENT NO. 3 LOST
Provides for the removal of the
''dOIIar limit for taxes and permits
of special tax Ievies for specified
purposes
AMENDMENT NO. 4 LOST
ReVises the procedure for the acqui-
sitIOn of public utilities and gives
the city greatly enhanced powers.
AMENDMENT NO. ) CARRIED
Provides that municipal advertising
may be published in the ''HIunIeipaI
Record instead of in daily news
papers.
AMENDMENT NO. 8 CARRIED
Provides for the Initiative, refer
endum and recall in more complete
detail than at present, revising the
percentage of voters necessary to
innuGurate any of these move
ments.
AMENDMENT NO. CARRIED
Provides for majority rule new
primary election system similar to
that in operation in Berkeley, and
pure Australian ballot.
AMENDMENT NO. 8 CARRIED
Provides for the elimination of all
party designations after the names
or AHe RAnuAudNeS on Ant NHAAOae Tor
municipal Offices
AMENDMENT NO. 9 CARRIED
Changes the terms of Ofice of mayor,
county clerk, district attorney, au-
ditOr, sheriff. coroner and super
visors from two to four years, and
provides for making the board of
supervisors continuing body.
AMENDMENT NO. 10 CARRIED
Provides that city and county officials
with the consent of the mayor and
board of supervisors may absent
themselves when there is reason
therefor without liability of re-
moyaI from Office.
NO. n CARRIED
Provides for the construction OF tuD-
neIs, subways and viaducts in the
same manner that street work Ia
done. with the added provision that
no exclusive privilege TO such
thOrOughfares shall he GRANTED any
street railway company.
NO u CARRIED
same as No. II. with the exception of
slight change of wording to guard
against legal contingencies.
NO. 13 LOST
Permitting the board of public works
to order the construction of sewers
and the assessment of costs ire
ing on the street. Also permits the
changing OF the alignment of
streets.
NO. IA CARRIED
Provides that property owners may
be required 10 keep unaecepted
streets In repair. and placing upon
them the liability for defects here
tofore resting personally upon the
members OF the board of public
works.
NO IS CARRIED
Providing for street improvements
and permitting the city to take ad-
vantage of state laws regarding
street work bonds.
NO 10 CARRIED
F.npo1Ners the board of supervisors
to maintain a free employment
bureau.
NO. " CARRIED
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