The Pensacola journal., 1913-01-10


charges of all public utilities.
See, 26. The right is hereby grant |
ed the city OF Pensacola to acquire its /
public utilities, such as gas or electric
light works and surface or under |
ground systems for electric light or /
power or other wires used for the |
transmitting of any electric service. And
the right Is hereby expressly granted to
the city OF Pensacola to regulate all
public utilities in said city and to re-
quire efficiency of public service, and
to require all persons or corporations
to discharge the duties and undertak- !.
fngs for the performance of which the
respective franchises were made.
Sec. 27. No commissioner, officer or
employee Of the city whatever and no
person who is related by consanguinity
or affinity in the third degree or any
nearer degree under the civil law to
any commissioner. officer or employee
Of the city drawing from the city a
salary equal to or in excess of $4,000
per month, and no partnership, any of
whose members is SO related TO such
commissioner, officer or employee and
no corporation any stockholder in
which owning as much as five per cent
OF its capital stock is so related to any
commissioner, officer or employee, shall
by contract or by employment or by
trading or other business dealing re-
ceive any profit or emolument, wage or
other compensation from the city
Sec. Is. No commissioner or head
Of any department Of the city shall be
interested directly or indirectly in any
contract for work or material, or the
pront thereof, or services to be fur
nished or performed for the city and no
such officer or employee shall be inter
ested, directly or indirectly, in any
contract for work or materials, Or the
profits thereof or services to be fur
nished or performed for any person,
firm or corporation operating inter
urban, street railway, railway, gas, or
electric light or power plant, telegraph
line or telephone exchange within the
territorial limits of said city. No com.
missioner or other official shall be in
terested in, or any employee either
temporarily, professionally or other
wise Of any person, partnership cor
poration or association operating any
public service utility within the said
city. No such officer or employee shall
accept or receive directly or indirectly
from any person, firm or corporation
OF said city, any interuTban railway,
railway, street railway, gas works,
electric light or power plant, telegraph
line or telephone exchange, or other
business using or operating under q
public franchise, any frank, free pass,
free ticket or free service, or accept or
receive directly or indirectly from any
such person, firm, or corporation any
gift or other thing Of value, or any
/ service upon terms more favorable
/ than are granted to the public gem
orally. Any violation Of the provision
of this section shall be a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof the guilty
person shall be punished by a file OF
| not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, and may be
imprisoned In the county Jail for not
more than ninety days, and shall be re-
moved from office. Every such con-
tract or agreement shall be void. Such
prohibition of free TRANSPORTATION shan
not apply to policemen or flreuen in
uniform; nor to policemen in the dis
charge Of their duty.
i Sec %. No bonds shall be issued
whatever, unless an election be duly
ordered by the commissioners, and II AT
such election the majority Of votes cast
be in favor of creating such debt, il
will be lawful for the commissioners
to make the issuance OF bonds as pro-
posed In the ordinance submitting the
same at the election SO held, but II
a majority of the votes cast shall be
against the creating OF such debt, it
shall be unlawful for the commission
ers to issue the bonds. In all elections
to determine the expenditure OF money
for the assumption of debt only those
shall be qualified to vote who pay taxes
on property, real or personal, in the
city of Pensacola, and are legally quail
flied voters in said city.
Sec. 80. Whenever a difference OF
opinion shall arise as to what depart
ment embraces a certain work or matter
either because the same Is not herein
specially provided for or because OF the
|, differenc of opinion as to the proper
construction of the foregoing sections
the question shall be determined by
the board of commissioners in regular
session. and their conclusion shall be
final and binding.
Sec. 81. The commissioners shall
sign all bonds, notes or other evidences
of Indebtedness by the city, and shall
sign all contracts to which the city OF
F0uSACOia 1S d pd1lys pIONAaG9 S1A'~-@ =
any one of the commissioners shall re-
fuse to sign any such instrument. the
same shall become effective without
his signature by the signature OF the
two other commissioners. All checks
, issued by the city shall be signed by
the comptroller, and countersigned by
let least two of the commissioners.
j Sec. 80. No contract shall be let
: that involves the expenditure over
, three hundred dollars until after the
!, advertisement for at least one week bS
! a daily paper published In the city Of
, Pensacola; and then only to the lowe 81
: and best bidder. Except that In eHner-
: gency a publication OF two days shat
be sufficient.
4 Sec. Ss. No commissioner, officer ol
employee of the city shall directly OF
Iindirectly receive from the city any
r compensation, emolun1ent or thing o.
; value for any service rendered or te
/ be rendered by him other than the reg.
ular compensation to be paid to hin
: as dxed by the terms of his employ
iment or as fixed by law.
} Sec. 81 After the city has Operated