Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-08

clerk. city treasurer, and the heads of
the departments OF police, fre. health,
and public works, i'd the deputies, as
sistants and the secretaries in the Of
flee Of the manager.
81. That Article VII shall be amend
cd by adding thereto new sections TO
be numbered is. II. IS and ~. which
shall respectively read as follows.
Section Is. Persons holding office or
employment under the City az Pueolo.
except such offices as are specifically
abolished by this amendment. shall
continue to hold office or employment
until their offices are abolished by the
council or until they are removed by
the city manager. or tho council as
elsewhere provided in this charter.
Section II. Any taxpayer in the city
may maintain an action TO recover for
the city any sum paid in violation or
the civil service provisions, or to en-
Join tho commission from attaching ITS
certificate to n payroll or account for
services rendered in violation of this
charter or the rules made Hereunder.
Section Is. Any person who shall
willfully. or thru culpable negligence.
violate any of the provisions OF this
/, article or of the rules OF the commits.
sion made in pursuance thereof shall
be guilty of n misdemcanor. and shall,
on conviction. be punished by fine OF
not less than so nor more than *l.0D
or by punishment not to exceed 80
days. II such person be an applicant
for examination he shall be excluded
thcrefrom. II he be an eligible his name
shall be removed from the eligible list.
and II he be an officer or cmployc or
, tho city he shall theby be removed
forthwith from service.
Section 10. The city council frst
elected under this charter shall i'm
mediately provide for the creation of a
civil service pension fund. The council
may provide for contributions to this
fund by the city and by active members
of the civil service. which shall for this
purpose be taken to include all OF the
appointed officers and employees of the
city. except such as are not included
within such pension fund provision as
hereinafter provided These contribu-
tions may be deducted from the
monthly salarie, of such Objects and
employees. The contributions from Of
ficers or employees In the civil service
shall in no case exceed onc-third OF
tho contribution by the city. Tho
trustees of the civil service pension
fund shall invest so much OF the fund
as may not he necessary for tho inn
| mediate payment Of pensions claims in
bonds Of tho United States or of the
| state of Colorado or any political sub
division thereof. and the interest there
on shall be credited TO the fund. Tho
council may provide tho age and length
OF service and the conditions upon
which persons injured in the service
| Of tho city may receive compensation
additional to that paid employees reach
ing tho required age at which an OF
| hccr or cmpioyc may retire upon pen
sion. Provided the said pension fund
| shall not include employees for whose
benefit "a pension fund is provided by
| tho state OF Colorado.
| Provided the said pension fund shall
| not include said employees for whose
benefit a pension fund il provided by
| tho state of Colorado.
%. That Section OF Article TX shalt
be amended as to read as follows:
| Section Z. C&tlays Not Exceed Ap-
| propriation.-Ncither tho council nor
any other officer or cmployc of the
city shall add to the city expenditures.
| for any purpose during any fiscal year
anything over and above the amount
provided for such purpose in the an
nual appropriation ordinance. provided
that the council may in the event of
damage or danger from firc. flood or
/ pcsulcncc which could not have been
anticipated at the time OF making tho
annual appropriations make such
emergency expenditures shall be
rendered necessary by reason there
of. butsno such expenditure shall b."
made unless authorized by vote OF
at least three -fourths of the members
OF the council. nor until certificate
shall be filcd with tho city clerk by the
city manager. certifying to the cN-
/ istcncc and character of such emery
cncy and specifying tho amount To be
expended. and such expenditure shall
| not exceed the amount so specified. y
special appropriation shall be included
| in the next annual appropriation ord
/ inanco thereafter for the payment Of
all tho expenses so incurred. No OK
ponditurc shall exceed and no contract
shall bind tho city in excess OF the
amount appropriated for such pur-
pose during the fiscal year in which
such expenditure liz made or such con-
tract entered into. except AS otherwise
provided in this charter. Tho making OF
any contract requiring an expenditure
| by the city shall from the date OF ~
/ execution be considered an expenditure
or the sum required to be paid there
under, and SO much of said sppropria
ton as may be required under such
contract snail be held and retained
therein until payment shall become due
under such cortract~
Any officer or omploye OF the city
authorizing tho expenditure of any sum
\ for any purpose in excess OF the sum
| provided for such purpose in tho an
nual appropriation ordinance. or sign
! ing. countcrsigninS. issuing. paying or
| rcdceminr any warrant. bond or con-
tract for any expenditure in cNccss OF
the amount appropriated in tho ap-
preparation ordinance shall be person
ally liable to the city for such sum. and
such liability shall extend to the sure
ties on his official bond.
| "a. That Section OF Article IN be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 8. Warrants. How Issued
! Tho treasurer shall keep a separate ac-
| count of each fund or appropriation.
Every warrant issued shall designate
| the fund or appropriation upon which
| IL is drawn. and tho fiscal year for
which such fund or Appropriation Is