The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-02
The Senmes Commission Government Charter

shall accept or receive directly from
any person. firm or corporation OPP
Grating within the territorial lin
its of said city, any wharves, interurban
railway, railway, street railway. boat or
vessel, gas works, electric light or power
plant, telegraph line or telephone ex-
change, or other business using or oper-
ating under public franchise, any
frank, free pass, free ticket. or free serv-
ice, or accept or receive directly or indi-
rectly from any such person, firm or cor
poration any gift or other thing OF value,
! or any service upon terms more favorable
than are granted to the public generally.
Any violation Of the provisions of this
section shall be a rniSdemeanor, and
punishable as such. or as may be pro-
vided by ordinance, and the offender
shall be removed from office. Every such
contract or agreement shall be void. Such
prohibition Of free transportation shall
not apply to policemen, sanitary inspec-
tors or tiremen in uniform, nor TO police
men in the discharge of their duty.
Sec. 30. No bonds shall be issued
whatever, unless an election be duly Or
dered by the commissioners, and II at
such election the majority Of votes cast
be in favor OF creating such debt, II viii
be lawful for the commissioners to make
| the issuance Of bonds as proposed in the
ordinance submitting the same at the
! elections held, but II a majority OF the
votes cast shall be against the creating
| of such debt, it shall be unlawful for the
commissioners to issue the bonds. In all
/ elections TO determine the expenditure of
money for the assumption OF debt. only
/ those shall be qualified 10 vote who pay
taxes on property, real or personal. in
their taxes for the year preceding the
| year in which the election is held. and
arc legally qualified voters In said city.
| All the privileges, powers. duties and
responsibilities which at the time this act
takes effect are vested in or imposed
| upon the board OF bond trustees of the
| city of Pensacola, and which are not an
nulled or repealed by the provisions OF
! this act, shall be, and they are hereby.
/ transferred to, vested in and imposed
upon the board of commissioners herein
provided for. 10 be exercised by them
subject to repeal, alteration or amend
/ board OF commissioners herein provided
for shall have, possess and exercise all
/ powers and duties granted to and inn
posed upon the mayor. the city council
and the board of bond trustees, and each
of them, by the ordinance passed No
vember 2eth. 1912, entitled An ordinance
to provide for the issuance Of bonds Of
| the city of Pensacola, Florida, under and
| by virtue of an act of the Legislature of
I the State of Florida. entitled An act to
| authorize the city of Pensacola TO issue
and provide for the payment thereof, -
| approved May 18th, 1905, and all bonds
| issued under the provisions OF said or
dinance shall be signed by said commits
/ sioners, and not by the mayor, the city
comptroller and chairman OF the hoard
| of bond trustees, as therein provided.
| Sec. 81. Whenever a difference OF
| opinion shall arise as to what department
] embraces a certain work or matter,
/ either because the same Is not herein
| specially provided for or because Of the
| construction of the foregoing sections
the question shall be determined by the
board OF commissioners In regular ses-
! sion and their conclusion shall be final
ana hfrdty,r
/ Sec. &c. The commissioners shall sign
all bonds. notes or other evidence of in
debtedness by the city. and shall also
sign all contracts to which the city OF
/ Pensacola is a party provided that II any
one of the commissioners shall refuse to
sign any such instrument. the same shall
| become effective without his, signature by
the signal ure of the two other commits
sioners. No contract signed by less taan
three commissioners shall be Of any effect
| until forty eight hours after written
notice of the signing thereof has been
| given TO the other commissioners, within
which time the same shall be subject to
change or abrogation by the affirmative
vote OF any two commissioners. All
checks issued by the city shall be signed
| by the comptroller and counterSigned by
at least two of the commissioners.
Sec. Sc. No contract shall be let that
| involves the expenditure of over three
hundred dollars, until after the adver-
tisement for at least one week by daily
paper published in the city of Pensacola.
+
bidder. Except that in emergency pub
LEGATION of two days shall be sufficient.
when the nature of the emergency Is
| stated IN such publication.
Sec. "a No commissioner. oficer or
/ employee Of the city shall directly or In
directly receive from the city any COM
pensation, enlolument or thing OF value
for any service rendered or TO be rem
dered by him other than the regular com
pensation TO be paid to him as fixed by
the terms Of his employment as dxed
by law.
city of Pensacola who solicits support for
any candidate for commissioner, in any
primary or general election, or any such
officer or employee who shall endeavor to
influence any voter TO vote for or against
any candidate for commissioner, shall be
| deemed guilty of a unisdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished as may be
provided by law or city ordinance, and
shall be removed from Office or employ
Inent with the city, and ineligible to any
such office or employment.
Sec. IS. The commissioners Of the city
Of Pensacola shall fix the amount OF
bonds and the method Of their approval
TO be required of all elective, appoin tive
or subordinate officers, and such other
city employees whom the commissioners
OF the city of Pensacola shall require to
/ give bond. The approval OF the official
bond of all elective, appointives or subor-
dinate officers and other employees must
be endorsed thereon and signed by the
commissioners of the city of Pensa cola.
and shall be given and made by some
| good and solvent surety company author
ICED to do business in the State of Flor
Ida, and having assets Of at least one
and one-hah million dollars. II no such
company VIII make such bond or no
such company is authorized by the laws
Of the State TO transact such business,