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18 CHARTER FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO propositions shall not exceed one-half the total number of votes cast thereon, both propositions shall be deemed re~ Jected. Nothing in this section. shall be 50| construed as to prohibit the Supervis- | ors from responding to the aforesaid | petition of the electors requesting the | acquisition of any public utility by pro-| ceeding at once, without the submission | of propositions to the electors as afore- | said, to pass an ordinance declaring its | determination to acquire the same as| provided in section six of this Article | and from proceeding thereafter to acs quire the sume in the manner herein- after provided. s Sec. 4. In case the cost of any public utility sought to be acquired under the provisions of this Article, can be ;7,21)(1 out of the annual revenues of the City and County, in addition to the other nece y expenditures thereof, it shail be lawful to acquire the same by :Lhn‘m- jority vote of the electors voting there- on at In submit- | on at any special election. ting propositions to the electors for such acquisition the Supervisors shall specify in such proposition the cost of the public utility, the proposed method and manner of payment therefor, and submit to the electors the questlon‘ Whether the same shall be acquired | on such terms. | upxn case, however, the cost of spch\ public utility sought to be acquired | under the provisions of this Article shall so exceed the annual revenues of the City and County, in addition to the other necessary expenditures of, as to render it nece: ry to incur a municipal bonded indebtedness for such | purpose, then the Supervisors, mitting propositions to the ele f sition thereof, shall specify rein the amount of the p\:upnscd‘ bonded indebtedness, the rate of inter- est therec and whether such bonded | indebtedne: hall be incurred. At Jeast two-thirds of the electors voting all be neces- ition and t thereon at election s to sec such acqu the uance :for, as hereinafter set forth. When the electors by vote re s Sec. shall have determined, as hereinbefore set forth, to acquire any public utility slectors ing of s de- set forth such action on the part of the shall be equivalent to the pas: the ordinance by the Superv claring such determination a in sectd x of this Article, and the Superv hall proceed without de- lay to pass an ordinance calling a special election as required by section seven of this Article. Sec. 6. When the Supervisors shall de- termine that the public interest or ne- demands the acqu con- struction or completion of any public utility, the t of which will be too great to bepa hall, by or- such de- h the same termination an in the official for at leas newspaper. sc. 7. At the next regular meeting of the Supervisors after the publication of the ordinance declaring said deter- mination as above forth, or at & adjourned meeting thereof, or-not less than two weeks nor mo than four weeks after the electors by vote shall have determined to acquire any public utility, the Supervisors by shall call a special election, & shall be submitted to the eles I ~quiring such public g a debt for the acquisition of the same as set forth in such ordinance. No questi E than the isition of su the inc ng of the indebtedness therefor be submitted at such election. Sec. 8. The ordinance calling such special election shall recite the objects and purposes f which the indebted- ess is proposed to be incurred, the es ed of the preposed public ty for the acquisiti cost the nec of the same, and that bonds of the C and County 11 issue for the payment of the cost of the same as in such or- dinance set forth (if the proposition be accepted by the electors), and shall fix 2 day on which such special electicn shall be held, the ner of holding ma such election, and the manner of voting for or against Incurring such indebted ne Such election shall be held as provided by law for holding elections 4n the City and County. Sec. 9. Such ordinance shall be pub- lished daily for at least ten ¢ in the official newspaper. “xpiration of said ten days t ors shall cause to be publishe than two weeks in the r a notice of such spe 1ch notice shall specify the purpose for which the inc ess is to be in- curred, the number and character of the bonds to be issued, the rate of in- terest tc be paid. and the amount of tax levy to be made for the payment thereof. Sec. 10. No indebtedness shall be in- curred for the acquisition of any public utllity under the provisions of this Ar- ticle, which, together with the existing bonded bted of the City and County, shall eed at any one time fifteen per centum of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the City and County. Sec. 11. The bonds Issued under the provisions of this Article shall be of the character of bonds known as serlals, and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. The Supervisors shall decide at the times of the issue of the bonds in what lawful money of the United States said bonds shall be payable. Not less than one-fortieth part of the whole amount of indebted- mness shall be paid each and every vear, on a day and at a place to be fixed by the Supervisors, together with the in- | terest on all sums unpaid at such date. The bonds so issued shall be exempt from all taxation for municipal pur- poses, and shall be issued in denomina- tions of not less than ten dollars nor greater than one thousand dollars, and preference in the sale and allotment thereof shall be given to subseribers for the smallest amounts and lowest de- nominations. Said bonds must be payable on the day and at the place fixed therein, and with interest at the rate specified there- in, but such interest shall not exceed four per centum per annum, payable annually, semi arterly, as the Superv determine. Such bonds, when ued, may be sold by the Supervisors from' time to time as required. and in such quantities as they may determine, but the samemust be =0ld for cash In lawful monev of the United States as aforesaid to the high- | est bidder at not less than var, after having been advertised in the official | newspaper. They shall be old under gealed proposals. and the Supervisors shall have the right to reject any or all blds made for the nurchase thereof. The procecds of such sales shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of | the proper fund and shall be applied ! exclusively to the purposes and objects | mentioned in the ordinance authorizing | thelr issue until such obiects are fully | accomplished. after which. if any sur- plus remains, such surplus shall be transferred to the General Fund. | Sec. 12. Such bonds shall be signed | by the Mayor and the Treasur®r, and | shall be countersigned by the Auditor. | The coupons shall he numbered con- secutively and signed by the Treasurer., | and the bonds and coupons payable at the office of the Ty Sec. 13. At the time of I« municipal tax and in the ms vided for such tax levy. visors shall levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay the annual in- terest on such bonds. and also the proper aliquot part of the aggrogate amount of such indebtedness so in- curred. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be collected at the same time and in tha same manner as other municipal taxes are collected. Sec. 14. A neglect or refusal on the part of the Supervisors to comply with the provisions of this Article shall con- stitute cause for the removal from NG Super- nually | him to be devoted to the principles of | for one year, one for two years, and one | Commissioner whose term of office ex- | more than one Commissioner shall at | make rules to carry out the purposes | Off mames of candidates from the regis- | fer after they have remained thereon | | traordinary exigencies, the head of any | regulations for its government and for im departments of the City and County mentioned in this section shall make such appointments in conformity with the rules and provisions prescribed by this Article, and any appointment not | 50, made shall be void. Sec. 12. No deputy, clerk or employee in the classified civil service of the City and County, who shall have been ap- ipointed under said rules, shall be re- Civil Service reform, who shall consti- | Toved or discharged except for cavss, tute the Civil Service Commission, one | pgr(unlty g i HIE o wnasE fense. Such charges shall be investi- gated by or before the Civil Service Commission, or by or before some offi- cer or board appointed by the Commis- sioners to conduct such investigation. The finding and decision of the Com- missioners, or such investigating offices, or board, when approved by the Com- missioners, shall be certified to the ap~ pointing officer or board, and shall bs office of any member or members of the Board guilty of such neglect or refusal. ARTICLE XIIL | ‘ CIVIL SERVICE. SECTION 1. Immediately upon the | taking effect of this Charter the Mayor | shall appoint three persons, known by for three years. Each year thereafter the Mayor shall in like manner ap- point one person as the successor of the pires in that year, to serve as such Commissioner for three years. All ap- pointments shall be so made that not any time belong to the same political party. Each of such Commissioners | 3 : : : omers | § thwith enforced by such _officer. shall recelve an annual salary of| Nothing in this Article shall limit the e X | power of any officer or board to sus- Sec. 2. The Commissioners shall classify all the places of employment in or under the offices and departments of the City and County mentioned in sec- tion eleven of this Article, with refer- ence to the examinations hereinafter provided for. The places so classified by the Commissioners shall constitute the classified civil service of the City and County, and no appointment to any such place shall be made except ac- cording to the rules hereinafter men- tioned. Becitiis. pend a subordinate for a reasonable pe- riod, not exceeding thirty days. Sec. 13. Immediate notice in writing shall be given by the appointing power to the Commissioners of all appoint- ments, permanent or temporary, made in such classified civil service, and of all transfers, promotions, resignations, suspensions or vacancies from any cause in such service, and of the date thereof; and a record of the same shall be kept by the Commissioners. When any place of employment is created or abolished, or the compensation at- tached thereto altered, the officer or board making such change shall imme- diately report in writing to the Com- missioners. The Commissioners shall | of this Article, and for examinations, appointments, promotions and re- movals, and in accordance with its pro- visions may from time to time, make Sec. 14. The Commissioners shall in- vestigate the enforcement of the pro-| | visions of this Article, and of its rules, | changes in the existing rules. All rules and all changes therein shall be forth- iR o e o T e‘\ and the action of the examiners herein % vy s 5 Vi S t an Sec. 4. All applicants for places in|provided for, and the conduc d the classified civil service shall be sub- | B.Cliop of ll’:(’ ar‘poin}".eescnln aths ' jected to examination, which shall be | cClassifled service in ‘t o v r:o bublic, competitive and free. Such ex- | County, and may nquire a: | the nature, tenure and compensation | of all places in the public service there- | of. | Sec. 15. The Commissioners shall, on | or before the fifteenth day of January | in each year, make to the Supervisors | a report showing their acts, the rules | in force, the practical effects thereof, and suggestions for the more ef- | fectual accomplishment of the purposes | laborers | of this Article. The Mayor may re- | | quire a report from the Commissioners | | at any time. | | ami ions shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those atters only which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons ex- | amined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be ap- pointed, and shall include, when ap- propriate, tests of physical qualifica- tion: health, ional skill. 5. The selection of shall be governed by priority of appli- cation only. No question in any ex- amination shall relate to political or re- ligious opinions or affiliations. The Commissioners shall control all ex-| aminations, and may, whenever an ex- | amination is to take place, designate a | suitable number of persons, either in or | not in the official service of the City and County, to be examiners; and, if| in the official service, it shall be a part | of their official duty, without extra compensation, to conduct such ex- aminations as the Commissioners may direct, and to make return and report thereof to the Commissioners. The Commissioners may substitute any other person, whether in or not in such service, in the place of any one so se- lected, or may themselves act as such miners. c. 6. Notice of the time, place and general scope of every examination shall be given by the Commissioners by publication for two weeks preceding | such examination in the official news- paper, and such notice shall also be | posted by the Commissioners in a con- uous place in their office for two weeks before such examination. Such further notice of examination shail be given as they may prescribe. Sec. 7. From the returns of the ex- aminers, or from the examinations made by the Commissioners, the Com- missioners shall prepare a register for each grade or class of positions in the classified service of the City and County of the persons whose general average standing upon examination for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the Commissioners, and who are otherwise eligible. Such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence, as determined by xamination, without reference to priority of time of ex- amination. 8. The Commissioners shall pro- | ion in the classified ser- vice on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority in service and standing amination, and shall provide, in where practicable, that vacan- and of manual or pro- Sec. 16. The Commissioners shall em- | ploy a Chief Examiner who shall, under | their direction, superintend any exam- | ination held in the City and County under this Article, and who shall per- form such dutles as the Commissioners | may prescribe. The Chief Examiner | shall be Secretary of the Commission by virtue of his office. He shall keep | minutes of its proceedings, preserve all repcrts made to it, and keep a record of all examinations held under its direc- | tion. He shall receive an annual salary | of twenty-four hundred dollars. ! Sec. 17. The Supervisors shall fur-| nish the Commission with suitable of- | fices. office furniture, books, stationery, | blanks, heat and light, and shall pro- vide for the payment of such other ex- | penses as may be necessarily incurred | in carrying out the provisions of this Article. Sec. 18. No person or officer shall by himself, or in co-operation with other | persons, defeat, deceive or obstryct any person in respect to his or her right of examination; or falsely mark, grade, | estimate or report upon the examina- | tion or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or ald in so doing; | or make any false representations con- cerning the same, or concerning the | person examin>d; or furnish to any person any special or secret infor-| mation for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person of being ap- pointed, employed or premoted. Sec. 19. The Commissioners shall cer- | tify to the Auditor all appointments to places of employment in the classified civil service,aid all vacanciesoccurring therein, whether by dismissal, resigna- tion or death, and all findings made or approved by the Commission under the provisions of Section twelve of this Ar- | ticle. | Sec. 20. The Commissioners shall have power to institute and prosecute legal proceedings for violation of any of the provisions of this Article. ARTICLE XIV. ies shall be filled by promotion. All examinations for promotion shall be PARK COMMISSIONERS. competitive among such members of | gpCoTION 1. The lands designated the next lower rank established by the Commt yners for each department as to submit themselves to such ex- ations. The Commissioners shall mit to the appointing power the mes of not more than three appli- upon the map of the Outside Lands of the City and County, made pursuant to Order Number One Hundred, by the| word “Park,” extending from Stanyan | street to the Pacific Ocean and known | as Golden Gate Park; also the land | nts having the highest rating for ¢ronting on Haight street, designated | each promotion. ] upon said map by the word ‘“Park,” | ining, and the rulesgoverning the same, | and the method of certifying, shall be the same, as near as may be, as pro- vided for applicants for original ap- pointments. Sec. 9. The head of the department or office, in which a position classified under this Article is to be filled, shall notify the Commissioners of that fact, and the Commissioners shall then certi- and known as “Buena Vista Park™; also the land designated upon said map by the word “Avenue,” extending from Baker street westward until it crosses Stanyan street; also that certain high- way bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and designated upon said map as “Great Highway": also “Mountain Lake Park also “Seal Rocks,” as %y to the appointing officer the name | ceded to the City and County of San L @ adaress of one or more candidates, | Francisco by Act of Congress; and all | not exceeding three, standing highest | the other parks and squares in the City upon the register for the class or grade | and County, and all the grounds to which the position belongs; but la- | Surrounding public buildings In the | borers shall be taken according to their y and County, and all parks and priority of application. In making such | Squares and public pleasure grounds certification, sex shall be disregarded, hereafter acquired by the City and except when some statute, the rules of | County shall be under the exclusive the Commissioners, or the appointing | control and mangement of a Board of | power specifies sex. Commissioners, who shall be known | Sec. 10. The appointing officer shall and designated as Park Commissioners. | notify the Commissioners of each posi-| Sec. 2. The Commissioners shall be | tion to be filled separately, and shall | successors in office of the Park Com- fill such place by the appointment of A missioners holding office in the City one of the persons certified to him by and County at the time this Charter the Commissioners therefor. Such ap- | shall go into effect by virtue of ap- pointment shall be on probation for a | pointment under any statute of this period to be fixed by the rules of the | State. Commissioners; but such rules shall| Sec. 3. The Commissioners shall be not fix such period at exceeding six |five in number, one of whom must be months. The Commissioners may strike | an artist. They shall be appointed by the Mayor for a term of four years and shall receive no compensation for their services. They shall so classify them- selves by lot that one of them shall go out of office at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, and two at the end of more than two years. At or before the | expiration of the neriod of probation, | he head of the department or office in which a candidate is employed, may, | by and with the consent of the Com- | missioners, discharge him upon assign- | four years. ing in writing his reason therefor to| & 4. The Commissioners shall or- the Commissioners. If he is not then | ganize by electing one of their number discharged, his appointment shall be | President, and they may elect a Secra- deemed complete. To prevent the stop- | tary who is not a member of the Board page of public business, or to meet ex- | The Board shall establish rules and department or office may. with the an- | the performance of its duties, and for proval of the Commissioners, make the conduct of its officers and em- temporary appointments, to remain in ployees, and shall require adequate force not exceeding sixty days,and only | bonds from all of them, except labor- until regular appointments, under the ers, for the faithful performance of provisions of this Article, can be made. | their duties in such sums as may be Sec. 11. The provisions of this Articls 1 fixed by it. Such bonds shall be ap- shall apply to the following offices ana | proved by the Mayor and filed in the departments of the City and County: | office of the Auditor. The person the County Clerk, the Assessor, the Tax | elected President shall hold his office Collector, the Sheriff, the Auditor, the | for one year, or until his successor is Recorder, the Coroner. the Clerks ana | elected. The Board must hold regular Stenographers of the Justices’ and Po- | meetings at least once in two weeks, tice Courts, the Board of Public Works, | and as many special meetings as it the Police Department, the Fire De- |may deem proper. partment, the Board of Election Com- Three of the Commissioners shall con- sioners, the Board of Health and alr | stitute a quorum for the transaction of hoards or departments controlling | business. No contract shall be ~ntered public utilities; but the following dep- | into authorizing the expenditure of uties, clerks and employees in said ot- | money without the approval of four of fices and departments shall be exempt- | the Commissioners. TEvery -~ontract ed therefrom: the Cashier of the Coun- |exceeding five hundred doliars in ty Clerk, the Chief Deputy and the|amount shall be open to public com- Cashier of the Assessor, the Chief Dep- | petition, unless the Board shail deter- uty and the Cashier of the Tax Collec. | mine in any given case to have the tor, the Under Sheriff and the Chief| work done by day’s labor. All the pro- Bookkeeper of the Sheriff, the Deputy | visions of the Article in this Charter cn Auditor, the Chief Deputy of the Re- |the Department of Public Works relat- corder. the Chief Deputy Coroner, the |ing to contracts shall be applicable to City Tngineer, the Secretary and the |all contract work ordered by thz Com- Avrchitect of the Board of Public Works, | missioners. the Registrar of the Board of Election Sec. 5. The Commissioners may Commissioners, the Chief of Police, the |adopt ordinances for the regulation, use Chief Irgineer of the Fire Department, | and government of the aforesaid parks, and all physicians appointed by or on | squares, avenues and grounds not in- the Board of Health. All officers, courts, | consistent with the laws of the State boards and heads of departments vest- | of California or with this Charter. Such ed in this Charter with the power to | ordinances shall, within five days after appoint deputies, clerks, stenographers their passage, be published for ten or employees in any of the offices or|days, Sundays excepted, in the oficial newspaper. Any person violating any of such ordinances shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished therefor, on conviction, ‘n any court of competent jurisdiction. Noneof such ordinances shall be valid unless it receives the vote of four members of the Board. No ordinance shall be passed at the same meeting at which it is introduced, or at any other than a regular meeting. Such ordinances shall take effect in not less than ten days af- ter their adoption. Sec. 6. The Commissioners shall have the complete and exclusive control, management and directionof the afore- said parks, squares, avenues and grounds, and the exclusive right to erect, and to superintend the erection of, buildings and structures thereon; and to that end may employ and ap- point superintendents, laborers, sur- veyors, engineers, and other officers and assistants, and prescribe and fix their duties, authority and compensation. They shall have the exclusive manage: ment and disbursement of all funds le- gally appropriated or received from any source for the support of said parks, squares, avenues and grounds. | The Board may accept from donors suitable articles for the Museum and Art Gallery situate in the aforesald Golden Gate Park and shall manage and control said Museum and Art Gal- lery. Except as provided in section nine of this Chapter, nothing in this section shall be so construed as to authorize the Commissioners to lease any part ofany of said parks, squares, avenues and grounds to any person, company or cor- poration for any purpose; or to permit any person, company or corporation to build or maintain any structure on any part of said parks, squares. avenues or grounds; but this shall not inhibit the Board from leasing, for a period not greater than one year, such buildings as may be constructed by itself for the use of the public to sach person, coms pany or corporation who shall under- take to serve such use; and in every such lease the Board shali reserve the right to enter at all times into and upon the premises so leased, and shall make the condition that the building so leased shall be used for pari-pleasvre purposes only. No such building shall be constructed by the Board except it ve within the objects and purpuses for which said parks, squares, o ve wes and ounds were dedicated to the public. Nething, however, in this se>tlon con- tained shall inhibit the Board from rermitting the use of a limited portion of any one of the aforesaid parks or sqnares for the purpose of conducting thereon a Fair or Expositicn, under such conditions and restrictions as may bLe pecessary {o conserve the integrity of sald parks and squares, and for a pe. ricd not greater than six months, anad | so as not to interfere wilh the usze ot any of the same by the public for park- pleasure purposes; but no such permis- sion shall ever be granted sxcept stch Fair er Exposition be of National, State or Municipal mportance. Nona of the moueys in, or apportionea to, the Park Fund shall be used for th> purposes cr any snuch Fair cr BExpos:tion Sec. 7. The Chief of Pol shall, en the request of the Comm: ners, de tail such memters of the Iolice Force of the City and County fur service in said parks, squares, aver and groundsas may be necessary for theen- forcement of the law and forthe proper observance of the ordinances of the Coemmissioners; and the Cc mmissioners may provide a place of det-ntion with- in either of said public pla es in which the persons arrested for violating any of the ordinzunces of the Board may ba detained tempe arily. Sec. 8. The Board may recelve dona- tions from persons and corporations and legacies and bequests for the im- provement of said park, squares, ave- nues and grounds. All moneys that may be derived from such donations, legacies and bequests, shall, unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, legacy, or bequest, be de- posited in the treasury of the City and County to the credit of the Park Fund. The same may be withdrawn therefrom and paid out in the same manner as is provided for the payment of moneys le- gally appropriated for the support and improvement of such parks, squares, avenues and grounds. If the moneys derived from such gifts, bequests or legacies, shall at any time exceed in amount the sum necessary for imme- diate expenditures on said parks, | squares, avenues and grounds, the Board shall invest all or a part of the same in interest bearing bonds of the United States, or of the State of Cali- fornia or of any municipality thereof. Sec. 9. The Board may lease to the State of California, on such terms as it may deem proper, a plot of ground in Golden Gate Park not more than seven hundred feet square, on which said State may erect and maintain an ex- position building, in which may be ex- hibited the products of the several counties of the State and in which the collection made by the State Mining Bureau may be maintained and ex- hibited; but d lease shall be upon the express condition that no fee shall ever be charged for admission to said build- ing. Sec. 10. Hereafter no work of art shall become the property of the City and County by purchase, gift or other- wise, unless such work of art or design of the same, together with a statement of the proposed location of such work of art, shall first have been submitted to and approved by the Commissioners; nor shall such work of art, until so ap- proved, be erected or placed in or upon, | or allowed to extend over or upon any street, avenue, square, park, muni- cipal building or other public place be- | longing to the City and County. The Board may require a complete model of the proposed work of art to be sub- mitted. The term *“work of art” as used in this section shall apply to and in- clude all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass, statues, bas-reliefs or other sculptures, monuments, foun- tains, arches or other structures of a permanent character, intended . for ornament or commemoration. No ex- isting work of art in the possession of the City and County shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way with- out the similar approval of the Board. When so requested by the Mayor, or the Supervisors, or the Board of Public Works, or the Board of Educa- tion, the Board of Park Commissioners shall act in a similar capacity, with similar powers, in respect of the de- slgns of municipal buildings, bridges, approaches, gates, fences, lamps or other structures erected or to be erect- ed upon land belonging to the City and County, and in respect of the lines, grades and plotting of public ways and grounds, and in respect of arches, bridges, structures and approaches which are the property of any corpora- tion or private individual and which shall extend over or upon any street, avenue, highway, park or public place belonging to the City and County. This section shall not be so construed as to impair the power of the Park Commis- sioners to refuse their consent to the erection or acceptance of public monu- ments or memorials or other works of art of any sort within any park, square or public place in the City and County. Sec. 11. The Supervisors shall pro- vide all necessary money for the main- tenance, preservation and improve- ment of said parks, squares, avenues and grounds, and to that end shall an- nualily Jevy a tax on all property in the City and County not exempt from taxa- tion, which shall not Le less than five cents nor more than seven cents upon each one hundred dollars assessed valuation of said property. ARTICLE XV. BONDS OF OFFICIALS. SECTION 1. Officers of the City and County, before entering upon the dis- charge of their officlal dutles, shall respectively give and execute to the City and County such official bonds as may be required by law, ordinance or this Charter . When the amount of any bond is not fixed by law or by this Charter, it shall be fixed by an ordi- nance of the Supervisors. All bonds, excepting those of the Mayor and Au- ditor, must be approved by the Mayor and Auditor; the bond of the Mayor must be approved by the Auditor, and the bond of the Auditor must be ap- proved by the Mayor. The approval of every officlal bond must be indorsed thereon, and signed by the officers ap- proving the same, after examination of the sureties, as hereinafter pro- vided. must be recorded, at the expense of the party giving the bond, in the office of the Recorder, in a book kept for that purpose, entitled Record of Official Bonds. The bond of the Auditor shall be filed and kept in the office of the County Clerk. "he bonds of all other officers shall be filed and kept in the office of the Auditor. Sec. 2. The following officers shall respectively execute official bonds to the City and County, with sureties, in the following sums: Mayor, twenty-five thousand dollars; Auditor, fifty thousand dollars; Treas- urer, one hundred thousand dollars; | Tax Collector, one hundred thousand dollars; Assessor, fifty thousand dol- lars; County Clerk, fifty thousand dol- lars; Recorder, ten thousand dollars; Sheriff, fifty thousand dollars; Coroner, ten thousand dollars; City Attorney, ten thousand dollars® District Attor- ney, ten thousand dollars; Public Ad- ministrator, fifty thousand dollars; Su- perintendent of Public Schools, five thousand dollars; each Commissioner of Public Works, twenty-five thousand dollars; Clerk of the Supervisors, ten thousand dollars; each Supervisor, five thousand dollars; each School Director, missioner, ten thousand dollars; each Police Commissioner, five thousand dol. | lars; each Election Commissioner, ten thousand dollars; Property Clerk of | Police Department, ten thousand dol- | lars; the Warrant and Bond Clerk, ten thousand dollars. Sec. 3. City and County officers shall | not be accepted as surety for each | other on officlal bonds. Every bond shall contain a condition that the prin- cipal will faithfully perform all official duties then, or that may thereafter be, | imposed upon or required of him by | law, ordinance, or this Charter, and that at the expiration of his term o office he will surrender to his successor all property, books, papers, and docu- ments that may come into his posses- slon as such officer. Such bond must also be executed by two or more sure- ties who shall each justify in the amount required for sald bond; but when the amount of the bond is more than five thousand dollars, the sureties may become severally liable for por- tions of not less than twenty-five hun- dred dollars. When there are more | than two sureties, such sureties may | Justify in an amount which in the ag. | gregate shall equal double the amount | of said bond. | | bond, other than lawfully authorized | surety companies, must make an affi davit, which shall be endorsed upon such bond, that he is a resident and freeholder in the City and County, and worth in property situated in the City thereon, double the amount of his un- dertaking over and above all sums for which he is already llable or in any manner bound, whether as principal, indorser or surety, and whether such prior obligation or liability be condi- tional or absolute, liquidated, or un- | liquidated, due or to become due. All persons offered as sureties on officlal bonds may be examined on oath as to their qualifications by the officers whose duty it is to approve the bond. Sec. 5. When under any of the pro- visions of this Charter. or of any ordi- nance, an officlal bond shall be required from an officer, the Supervisors may, by resolution, require an additional bond, whenever, in the opinion of such board, such bond or any surety additional bond shall also be required when a surety to a bond shall die or | County. | Sec. 6. Every officer shall be liable on his official bond for the acts and omis- *sions of his deputies, assistants, clerks, | and employees, appointed by him, and of any and each of them, and every of- ficial bond shall contain such a condi- | tion. | See. T. officer may require of their deputies, clerks or employees bonds of indemnity with sufficient sureties for the faithful | performance of their duties. ARTICLE XVI. MISCELLANEOUS. | SECTION 1. The words “City and | County” wherever they occur in this | Charter mean the City and County of Upon the approval of a bond it | . five thousand dollars; each Fire Com- | in this Charter shall be entitled to the | possession of all papers, books, docu- thereto becomes insufficient; and such | | i | | | | _Sec. 4. Every surety upon an official | and County, exclusive of incumbrances | cease to be a resident of the City and Every board., department or | San Francisco; and every department, | | board and officer, wherever either one | of them is mentioned in this Charter, | means a department, board or officer, as the case may be, of the City and County of San Francisco. Sec. 2. All deputies, clerks, assistants and other employees of the City and States, and must, during their respect- ive terms of office or employment, ac- tually reside in the City and County and must have so resided for one year next preceding their appointment. Sec. 3. No officer of the City and County, except members of the Police | Department acting under orders of the Chief thereof, shal]l absent himself | self for a period of not more than sixty days upon the written permission of the Mayor so to do. removal of any officer same. Sec. 4. Any person holding a salaried office under the City and County, whether by election or appointment, who shall, during his term of office, under the government of the United States, or of this State, or who shail hold any other salaried office connected with the government of the City and County, or who shall become a member of the Legislature, shall be deemed to have thereby vacated the office held by him under the City and County. Sec. 5. No department, board or offl- cer shall, under any circumstances, em- ploy more subordinates than are spe- cifically provided for in this Charter or buy supplies beyond the sum furnished therefor by the Supervisors. Sec. 6. No Supervisor and no officer or employee of the City and County, shall be or become, directly or indirect- ly. interested in. or in the performance of, any contract, work, or business, or in the sale of any article, the expense, price or consideration of which is paya- ble from the treasury; or in the pur- chase or lease of any real estate or other property belonging to, or taken by, the City and County, or which shall be sold for taxes or assessments, or by virtue of legal process at the suit of the City and County. If any person in this section designated shall, during the pointed, acquire an interest in any con- tract with, or work done for, the City and County, or any department or offi- | cer thereof. or in any franchise, right or privilege granted by the Citv and Coun- ty, unless the same shall be devolved | upon him by law, he shall forfeit his of- | fice, and be forever after debarred and disqualified from being elected, ap- pointed or employed in the service of the City and County: and all such con- tracts shall be void, and shall not be :n!orcenhle against the City and Coun- . Sec. 7. No officer or employee of the City and County shall give or promise to give to any other person, any por- tion of his compensation, or any money, or valuable thing, in consideration of having been, or of being, nominated, appointed, voted for, or elected to, any office or employment; and if any such promise or gift be made, the person making such gift or promise shall for- feit his office and employment, and be forever debarred and disqualified from hold or retain any other salaried office | time for which he was elected or ap- | County must be citizens of the United | | Violation of this | section shall be sufficient cause for the | violating the | | | | belng elected, appointed or employed In the service of the City and County. Sec. 8. Any officer of the City and County who shall, while in office, ac- cept any donation or gratulty in money, or other valuable thing, either directly or indirectly, from any subordinate or employee, or from any candidate or ap- plicant for any position as employee or subordinate under him, shall forfeit his office, and be forever debarred and disqualified from holding any position in the service of the City and County, Sec. 9. Every department, board and commission provided for in this Char- | ter, except the Supervisors, shall ren- der to the Mayor within one month af- ter the end of each fiscal year a full re- port of all the operations of such des partment or board or commission for such year. Sec. 10. An office becomes vacant when the incumbent thereof dies, re- signs, is adjudged insane, convicted of felony, or of an offense involving a vio- lation of his official duties, or is re moved from office, or ceases to be a resident of the City and County,or neg- lects to qualify within the time pre- scribed by law, or within twenty days after his election or appointment, or shall have been absent from the State without leave for more than sixty con- secutive days. Sec. 11. Every officer who shall ap- prove, allow or pay any demand on the treasury not authorized by law, ordi- nance or this Charter, shall be liable to | the City and County individually and on his official bond for the amount of the demand so illegally approved, al- lowed or paid. Sec. 12. The departments, boards, commissioners and officers provided for ments, maps, plats, records and ar- chives in the possession or under the control of those respectively who are superseded in office under this Charter by such departments, boards, commis- sioners and officers. Sec. 13. All books and records of every office and department shall be open to the inspection of any citizen at any time during business hours. Cer- tifled coples or extracts from said books and records shall be given by the offi- cer having the same in custody to any ¢ | Person demanding the same, and pay- ing or tendering ten cents a folio of one hundred words for such coples or ex- tracts; but the records of the Polics Department shall not be subject to such inspection except permission be given by the Police Commissioners or by the Chief of Police. Sec. 14. The Treasurer shall keep his office open for business every day, ex- cept legal holidays, from nine o'clock in the forenoon until four o’clock in the afternoon. Except where other- wise provided for by law, or by this Charter, all other public offices shall be kept open for business every day, ex- cept legal holidays, from half-past eight o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon; and, in ad- dition thereto, from the first day of November until the last Monday of De- cember in each year the office of the Tax Collector shall le kept open until nine o’clock in the evening. Sec. 15. No person shall be eligible to or hold any office, or be clerk or dep- uty in any office or department, who has been found guilty of malfeasance in office, bribery or other infamous crime or who in any capacity has em- bezzled public funds. Sec. 16. The fiscal year mentioned in this Charter shall commence on the first day of July and end on the thirti- eth day of June following. Sec. 17. All moneys, assessments and taxes belonging to or collected for the use of the City and County, coming into the hands of any officer of the City and County, shall immediately be deposited with the Treasurer for the benefit of the funds to which they respectively belong. If such officer for twenty-four hours after receiving the same shall delay or neglect to make such deposit, he shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office and may be removed. Sec. 18. Any elected officer, except Supervisor, may be suspended by the Mayor and removed by the Supervisors for cause; and any appointed officer may be removed by the Mayor for cause. The Mayor shall appoint some person to discharge the duties of the office during the period of such sus- pension. Sec. 19. When the Mayor shall sus- pend any elected officer he shall im- mediately notify the Supervisors of such suspension and the cause there- for. If the Board is not in session he shall immediately call a session of the same in such manner as shall be pro- vided by ordinance. The Mayor shall present written charges against such suspended officer to the Board and fur- nish a copy of the same to said officer, who shall have the right to appear with counsel before the Board in his defense. If by an affirmative vote of not less than fourteen members of the Board of Supervisors, taken by ayes and noes and entered on its record, the action of the Mayor is approved, then the suspended officer shall thereby be removed from office; but if the action of the Mayor is not so approved such suspended officer shall be immediately reinstated. Sec. 20. When the Mayor shall re- move an appointed officer from office, he shall immediately notify the Board of Supervisors of such removal, and furnish it a statement of, the cause therefor, which statement shall be en- tered in the record of its proceedings. Sec. 21. Unless otherwise provided from the State; but he may, once only | by law or by this Charter, any officer, | during his term of office, so absent him- | board or department authorized to ap- point any deputy, clerk, assistant or employee, shall have the right to re- move any jerson so appointed. Sec. 22. All appointments of officers, deputies and clerks to be made under any provision of this Charter must be made in writing and in duplicate, au- thenticated by the person or person, board or officer making the same. One of such duplicates must be filed with the Secretary of the Civil Service Com- mission and the other with the Auditor. Sec. 23. Wherever it-Is provided in this Charter that the members of any board, department or commission shall so classify themselves by lot that their terms of office shall expire at different times, such members shall, on the day of making such classification, cause the same to be entered in the records of their proceedings. and a copy thereof, certified by the Secretary thereof and signed by all of said members, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Supervisors. In every case such classification must be made at the first meeting of the Board. - Sec. 24. Every officer and every mem- ber of any board or committee provided for in this Charter shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, and every such board, officer or com- mittee shall have power to issue subpe- nas, to compel by subpena the produc- tion of books, papers and documents, and to takeandheartestimony concern- ing any matter or thing pending before any such board, officer or committee. If any person so subpenaed neglect or refuse to appear, or to produce any book, paper or document, as required by such subpena, or shall refuse to testify before any such hoard, officer or committee, or to answer any question which any officer or a majority of such board or committee shall decide to be proper or pertinent, he shall be deemed in contempt, and any such board, officer or committee shall have power to take the proceedings in that behalf provided by the general laws of this State. The Chief of Police must, on request of such officer or of any member of any such board or com- mittee, detail a Police Officer or Officers to serve such subpenas. Sec. 25. All publications provided for in this Charter must be made in the ofgciaj 22ewspaner only. ec. 26. All franchises and privileges heretofore granted by the l(’:lty and County which are not in actual use or enjoyment, or which the grantees thereof have not in good faith com- menced to exercise, are hereby de- clared forfeited and of no validity un- less said grantees or their assigns shall, "force until amended | County for any | ordinancepassedly the afirmative vote -ated by this Charter. onths after this Charter effect, in good faith commence E:e:xercxae and l’lexnjt))'mm"t of such or franchise. pré\ergeg;i All ordinances OF resolu:lotx;: for the improvement of any s{.)ree i which no contract shall have ‘e:tla]n i tered into at the time thlf & art takes effect are hereby repeas S Sec. 28. All ordinances, O ert o resolutions of the Supervlsors; A City and County in force at t eOt L this Charter takes effect, and ;z = consistent therewith, shall continue or repealed. o Sec. 29. When the Super\jlsors s i determine that the public mtere‘stmr:n quires the construction or r{c?;‘xi_i oz of any permanent municipal bui ;n gad- improvement, the cost of which Al dition to the other expenses O : City and County will exceed the Incorme and ravenue provided for the City n? 1 one vear, they must bV within six m of not less than fourteen members ol the Board, submit a proposition to in- cur a bonded indebtedness for 'sucg purpose to the electors of the City and County at a special election to be hel: for that purpose only. All the provis- jons of this Charter providing for the acquisition of public utilities, so far as the same are applicable, shall apply to the manner of submitting such propo- sition to the electors, to the limitations of said bonded indebtedness, to the is- suance and character of the same, and to the time when and the kind of money in which said bonded In- debtedness shall be payable. The pro- coeds of the sales of such bonds shall be paid into the treasury to the credit of the Public Building Fund. Sec. 30. Every assistant deputy or other subordinate of any board, depart- ment or officer, shall discharge any of the duties pertaining to such depart- ment, board or office as his chief may assi; him to. % Se? 31. No member of the Board of Police Commissioners and no member of the Board of Fire Commissioners shall be eligible to any elective office while he is 2 member of such Board, or for one year thereafter. Sec. 32. No member of the Board of Police Commissioners and no member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and no officer, subordinate or employea of the Police Department or of the Fira Department, shall be a member of any partisan conventicn the purpose of which is to nominate candidates for office; nor shall either of them directly or Indirectly electioneer, by soliciting votes or otherwise, for or against any candidate for office at any election, of for or against any candidate for nomi- nation before any political convention, or for or against any candidate for del- egate to such convention at any pri- mary election; nor shall either of them be a member of any committee, club, or organization the purpose of which is to nominate or endorse candidates for office at any election; nor in any way attempt to influence or control such committee, club or organization, while nominating or endorsing said candi- dates; nor take any part in the control, management or distribution qf the po- litical patronage of any p\lhllc officer; nor shall any member of either of said Boards, or any officer, subordinate or employee of either of said departments directly or indirectly attempt to control or in any manner influence the action of any officer, subordinate or employee of either of said departments at any general, special or primary election. | ‘And no officer, subordinate or employvee sald departments shall amount of or contri- of either of levy, collect or pay any money as an assessment bution for political purposes. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this section shall be re- moved forthwith from his office or employment. If the violation be by a member of either of said Boards the Mayor must remove such member: and if by an officer,employee or subordinate of either of said departments, then the Board whose officer, employee or sub- ordinate has been guilty of such viola- tion, must remove such officer,employee or subordinate; and if such Board fail or refuse to make such removal, then the Mayor must remove all members of the Board who have so failed or re- fused. Sec. 33. No deputy, clerk or other em- ployee of the City and County shall be paid for a greater time than that covered by his actual service. Sec. 34. The salarles provided In this Charter shall be in full compensation for all services rendered, and every of- ficer shall pay all moneys coming into his hands as such officer, no matter from what source derived or received, into the treasury of the City and County within twenty-four hours af- ter receipt of the same. Sec. 35. When any officer, board or de- partment shall require additional depu- ties, clerks or employees, application shall be made to the Mayor therefor, and upon such application the Mayor shall make investigation as to the ne- cessity_for such additional assistance; and if he find the same necessary he may recommend to the Supervisors to authorize the appointment of such ad- ditional deputies, clerks or employees; and thereupon the Supervisors, by an affirmative vote of not less than four- teen members, may authorize such ap- pointments, and provide for the com- pensation of such appointees, subject to the limitations contained in this Char- ter, and subject to the provisions of Article XIII thereof. Sec. 36. At any time between the first day. of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety- nine, and the first day of January, in the year nineteen hundred, the person who, at the election held under this Charter in the month of November next preceding, has been elected the Mayor of the City and County, shall make all the appointments provided by this Charter to be made by him, and all the persons so appointed shall there- upon qualify as in this Charter pro- vided, and shall take office at the hour of noon on the first Monday after the first day of January in the year nine- teen hundred, and all boards, commis- sions and officers of the City and Coun- ty holding by appointment under ex- isting laws shall hold office no longer than sald last aforesaid time. Sec. 37. The balance remaining in the School Fund at the time this Charter takes effect shall forthwith be trans- ferred to the Common School Fund cre- The balance re- maining in the Library Fund at the time this Charter takes effect shall forthwith be transferred to the Library Fund created by this Charter. The bal- ance remaining in the Park Improve- ment Fund at the time this Charter takes effect shall forthwith be trans- ferred to the Park Fund created by this Charter. The balance remaining in the Unapportioned Fee Fund at the time this Charter takes effect shall forthwith be transferred to the Unapportioned Fee Fund created by this Charter. The balance remaining in the Police Relief and Pension Fund at the time this Charter takes effect shall forthwith be transferred to the Police Relief and Pension Fund created by this Charter. The balance remaining in the Surplus Fund at the time this Charter takes ef- fect shall forthwith be transferred to the Surplus Fund created by this Char- ter. The balance remaining in the Spe- cial Deposit Fund at the time this Charter takes effect shall forthwith be transferred to the Special Deposit Fund created by this Charter. The balance remaining in the General Fund at the time this Charter takes effect, the balance remaining in the Street Light Fund at the time this Charter takes ef- fect, the balance remaining in the Street Department Fund at the time this Charter takes effect, the balance remaining in the Police Contingent Fund at the time this Charter takes ef- fect, the balance remaining in the Pound Fee Fund at the time this Char- ter takes effect, and the balance re- maining In the Special Fee Fund at the time this Charter takes effect, shall each and every one of them be forth- with transferred to the General Fund created by this Charter. Out of the