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ropositions shall not exceed One-half ’ office of any member or members of the v‘.)heptotal number of votes cast thereen, | Board guilty of such neglect or refusal. both propositions shall be deemed re~ i Jected ¥ ARTICLE XIIL N i i hall be so = Nothing in this section shal CIVIL SERVICE. - construed as to prohibit the Supervis- SECTION 1. Immediately upon the ors from responding to the aforesaid petition of the electors requesting the | taking effect of this Charter the Mayor shall appoint three persons, known by,‘ acquisition of any public utility by pya; io ceeding at once, without the submi of propositions to the electors as afore- | him to be devoted to the principles of Civil Service reform, who shall consti- | tute the Civil Service Commission, one | { for one yea e for two years, and one for three y Each year thereafter | the Mayor shall in like manner ap-| point one person as the successor of the | | Commissioner whose term of office ex- | ; : pires in that year, to serve as such | utility sought to be acquired under the | (5o o oo %or three years. All ap- provisions of this Article, c2n be DA | ;ointments shall be so made that not out of the annual revenues of the CIt | ;) ore "than one Commissioner shall at and County, in addition to t | any time belong to the same political necessary expenditures thereof, party. Each of such Commissioners be lawful to acquire the same b, shall. recelve, 4n annuali salary - of| Jority vote of the electors vouin twelve hundred dollars. | on at any special election. In Sec. 2. The Commissioners shall ting propositions to the ecle it | classify all the places of employment in such acquisition the Supervisors Shau| ;- under the offices and departments of specify in such proposition the COSt OF | the City and County mentioned in sec- the public utility, the proposed Method | ;) G even of this Article, with refer- and manner of payment therefor, and | o0 5" po T evaminations hereinafter | submit to the electors the QUeSHOR | .,yigeq for. The places so classified | whether the same shall be acquired|py'ypo Commissioners shall constitute UpOR Such terx | the classified clvil service of the City | said, to pass an ordinance declaring its | determination to acquire the same 2 provided in section six of this Art and from proceeding thereafter to & quire the same in the manuner herein- after provided. 9 Sec. 4. In case the cost of any public the cost of such i R oY OV 1| and County, and no appointment to any | public utility 3 ‘.u_hv.otto ?l‘i:c‘sa}‘l—;g}such. e araTIan: e u}?dfir s The annual revenues | COTding to the rules hereinafter men- | e T N aai | tioned. of the City and County, in addition to | "Gl gy o commissioners shall the other necessary expenditures there- | of, as to render it neces: to incur a jcipal bonded indebtedness for such s, in sub- make rules to carry out the purposesé of this Article, and for examinations, | appointments, promotions and re-| I urpose, then the Supervisor movals, and in accordance with its pro-.| Pitting propositions to the electors for | Visions may from time to time, make | the acquisition thereof, shall SPeclfy | chapges in the existing rules. All rules | therein tk of the proposed | ng a4y changes therein shall be forth- bonded indebt the rate of inter-| o p"hiinted for distribution by - the est thereon, and whether such bonded | Commissioners. indebtedn all be incu Sec. 4. All applicants for places in | least two-t of the electo | the classified civil service shall be sub- thereon at such election shall be neces- | jooteq to examination, which shall - be'| sary to sec ch acquisition and t0| Lupyje competitive and free. Such ‘ex- | warrant th uance of municipal| yminations shall be practical in their | bonds the: heveinafter set forth. | character, and shall relate to those | Sec. 5. » electors Dby Vote | matters only which will fairly test the | shall have determined, as hereinbefore set forth, ire any public utility, such action on the part of the electors 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- y the Supervisors de- i et forth claring s nation as tions, health, and of manual or pro- in sectlon six of this Article, and the | fessional skill. Supervisors without de- | Sec. 5. The selection of laborers lay to calling 2| shall be governed by priority of appli- special election as required by section | cation only. No question in any ex- seven of this Arti amination shall relate to political or re- Sec. 6. When the ligious opinions or affiliations, The| ine that t Commissioners shall control - all ex-| s d ds the acquisition, con-|aminations, and may, whenever an ex- struction or cor ion of any public | amination is to take place, designate a utility, the cost of which will be too | suitable number of persons, either in or great bepaid out of the ordinary an- | not in the official service of the City | nual income and County, to be examiners; and, if County, the Y in the official service, it shall be a part dinance, specific such de- | of their official duty, without . extra termination, and shall publish the same | compensation, to conduct such ex- for at least two weeks in the official newspaper. Sec. 7. At the next regular meeting of the Supervisors af? he publication of the ordinance declaring said deter-| mination as above set forth, or at an adjourned meeting thereof, or not less than four vote shall | i ny public rs by ordinance I election, at which bmitted to the electors the n of acquiring such public nd of incurring a debt for the on of the same as set forth in 0 question ~ other ticn of such u y and , the Su incurring ~of the indebtedness for shall be submitted at such on. | . 8. The ordinance . calling such special election shall recite the objects and purposes for which the indebted- ness is proposed to be incurred. the timated cost of the proposed p utility, the necessity for the acquisition of the , and that bonds of the City and County shall 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 a day on which such special election ghall be held, the manner of holding | such election, and the manrer of voting for or against incurring such indebted- | Such election shall be held as| provided by law for holding elections | in the City and County, Sec. 9. Such ordinance shall be pub- lished daily for at least ten days in tha official new er. At the expiration of said ten days the Supervisors shall cause to be published daily for not less than two weeks in the offi per a notice of such special election. Such notice shall speci the purpose for which the indebtedr to be in- curred; the bonds to be issued, the terest to 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 publie utllity under the provisions of this Ar- | ticle, which, together with the existing | classified service | reference aminations as the Commissioners may direct, and to make return and report thereof to the Commissioners. The Commissioners may substitute other person, whether in or not in such service, in the place of any one so se- lected, or may themselves act as such examiners. Sec. 6. Notice of the time, place and genéral 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 ted by the Commissioners in a con- spicuous place in their office for two weeks before such examination. Such further notice of examination shaill be given as they may prescribe. Sec. 7. From the returns of the ex- aminers, or from the examinations de by the Commissioners, the Com- missioners shall prepare a register for each grade or class of positions in the 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 thelr relative excellence, as determined by examination, without to priority of time of ex- amination. Sec. 8. The Commissloners shall pro- vide for promotion in the classified ser- vice on the basis of ascertained merit seniority in service and standing pon examination, and shall provide, in all cases where practicable, that vacan- cles shall be filled by promotion. All examinations for promotion shall be competitive among such members of the next lower rank established by the Commissioners for each department as desire to submit themselves to such ex- aminations. submit to the appointing power names of not more than three appli- cants having the highest rating for each promotion. The method of exam- ining, and the rulesgoverning the same, any | | | | | fmproving or injuring the prospects or | | eivil service, a: 1 all-vacanciesoccurring | | power to institute: and prosecute legal | The Commissioners shall | the | and the method of certifying, shall be | the same, as near as may be, as pro- vided for applicants for original ap- | examination; 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- | fy to the appointing officer the name and address of one or more candidates, not excceding three, standing highest upon the register for the class or grade to which the position belongs; but la- borers shall be taken according to their priority of application. In making such certification, sex shall be disregarded, except when some statute, the rules of the Commissioners, or the appointing power specifies sex. | bonded indebtedness of the City and| County, shall exceed at any one time fifteen per centum of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the City and County. Seec. 11. The honds issued under the provisions of this Article shall be of the | character of bonds known as serial and shall be payvable 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- | ness shall be paid each and every year, 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 ‘8o issued shall be exempt from all taxation for municipal pur- | poses, and shall be issued in denomina- tlons of not less than ten dollars nor greater than one thousand dollars, and preference in the sale ‘and allotment thereof shall be given to subscribers for the smallest amounts and lowest de- nominations. Said bonds must be payvable 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-annually’ or: guarterly, as the -Supervisors ‘may determine. Such bonds; when issued, may be eold by the Supervisors from time to time as required. and in such quantities as they may determine, but the samemust be sold for cash:in lawful money of the United States as aforesaid to the high- st bidder at not less than par, after! having been ndvertised in the official newspaper. They shall be s0ld under sealed proposals, and the Supervisors shall have the right to reject any or all bids made for the purchase thereof. The proceeds 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 ohjects mentioned in the ordinance authorizing their issue until such objects 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 Treasurer, and | shall be countersigned by the Auditor. The coupons shall be numbered con- secutively and signed by the Treasurer, and the bonds and coupons shall be payable at the office of the Treasurer. Sec. 13. At the time of levying the municipal tax and in the manner pro- vided for such tax levy, the Super- visors shall levy and collect annually a tax sufficient to pay the annual in- terest on such bonds, and also the proper aliquot part of the aggregate 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 sume time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected. Sec. 14. A neglect or refusal on the nart of the Supervisors to comply with the provisions of this Article shall con- stitute cause for the removal from Sec. 10. notify the Commissioners of each posi- tion to be filled separately, and shall fill such place by the appointment of one of the persons certified to him by the Commissioners therefor. Such ap- pointment shall be on probation for a period to be fixed by the rules of the Commissioners; but such rules shall not fix such period at exceeding six months. The Commissioners may strike off names of candidates from the regis- ter after they have remained thereon more than two years. At or before the expiration of the neriod of probation, the 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- The appointing officer shall | 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 so. 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- pointed under said rules, shall be re~ moved or discharged except for cause, upon written charges and after an op- portunity to be heard in his own de- fense. 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 b= forthwith enforced by such officer. Nothing in this Article shall limit the power of any officer or board to sus- 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 shail imme- diately report in writing to the Com- missioners. Sec. 14. The Commissioners shall in- vestigate the enforcement of the pro- visions of this ‘Article, ‘and of its rules, and the action of the examiners herein provided for, and the conduct and action of the appointees - in- the classified service in. :the: 'City and County, - and . may - inquire as to the nature, -tenurs 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 of this Article. - The Mayor may re- quire a report from the Commissioners at any time. Sec. 16, The Commissioners shall em- ploy a Chief Examiner who shall, under their direction, superintend any exam- | ination held in the City and Count under this :Article, and who shall per- | form such duties 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 | reports 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 obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examina- tion or proper standing of any person examined heréunder, or aid in so doing; or make gny false representations con- cerning the same, or. concerning the person examin d; or furnish to any person any special or secret mation for the purpose of either chances ‘of any person. of being. ap- pointed. employed or promoted. Sec. 19.The Commissioners shall cer- tify to the Auditor all appointments to places of employment in the classified 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 proceedings for violation of any of the provisions of this Article. ARTICLE XIV. PARK COMMISSIONERS. SECTION 1. The lands designated 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 fronting on Haight street, designated upon said map by the ward “Park, and known as “Buena Vista Park™; also the land designated upon said map by the word “Aveénue,” 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 ceded to the City and County of San Francisco by, Act of Congress; and all | the other. parks and squares in the City and County, and ‘all the grounds surrounding public bufldings in the City and County, and all parks and squares and public pleasure grounds hereafter acquired by the City and County shall be under the exclusive control and mangement of a Board of Commissioners, who shall be known and designated as Park Commissioners. Sec. 2. The Commissioners shall be | successors in office of the Park Com- ing in writing his reason therefor to | the Commissioners. If he is not then discharged, his appointment shall be deemed complete. To prevent the stop- page of public business, or to meet ex- traordinary exigencies, the head of any department or office may, with the an- proval of the Commissioners, make temporary appointments, to remain in force not exceeding sixty days,and only until regular appointments, under the provisions of this Article, can be made. Sec. 11. The provisions of this Article shall apply to the foliowing offices and departments of the City and County: the County Clerk, the Assessor, the Tax Collector, the Sheriff, the Auditor, the Recorder, the Coroner. the Clerks and Stenographers of the Justices’ and Po- | lice Courts, the Board of Public Works, the Police Department, the Fire De- partment, the Board of Election Com- { missioners, the Board of Health and alt | boards or departments controlling public utilities; but the following dep-~ uties, clerks and employees in said o- fices and departments shall be exempt- ed therefrom: the Cashier of the Coun~ ty Clerk, the Chief Deputy and the Cashier of the Assessor, the Chief Dep- uty and the Cashier of the Tax Collec. tor, . the Under Sheriff and the Chieg Bookkeeper of the Sheriff, the Deputy Auditor, the Chief Deputy of the Re- corder, the Chief Deputy Coroner, the City Engiheer, the Secretary and the Architect of the Board of Public Works, the Registrar of the RBoard of Election Commissioners, the Chief of Police, the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and all physicians appointed by or on the Board of Health. All officers, courts, boards and heads of departments vest- ed in this Charter with the power to appoint deputies, clerks, stenographers or employees in any of the offices or missioners holding office in the City and County at the time this Charter shall go into effect by virtue of ap- pointment under any statute of this State. Sec. 8. The Commissioners shall be five in number, one of whom must be 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 yvears, and two at the end of four years. Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall or- ganize by electing one of their number President, and they may elect a. Secra- tary who is not a member of.the Board The Board shall establish rules. and regulations for its government-and for the performance of its duties, and for the conduct of its officers and em- ployees, and shall require ‘adequate bonds from all of them; except lahor- ers, for the faithful performance of their duties in such sums as may be fixed by it. Such bonds shall be ap- proved by the Mayor and filled in the office of the Auditor. The person elected President shall hold his office for one year, or until his successor is elected. The Board must hold regular meetings at least once in two weeks; and as many special ‘meetings as it may deem proper. B 7 Three of the Commissioners shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No contract shall be antered into authorizing the expenditure of money without the approval of four of the Commissioners. - Every -ontiact exceeding five. hundred dollars = in amount shall be open to public com- petition, unless the Board shall deter- mine in any given case to have. the work done by day’s labor. All the pro- visions of the Article in this Charter on the Department of Public Works relat- ing to contracts shall be applicable to all contract work ordered by thz Com- missioners. £ Sec. 5. The Commissioners “may" adopt ordinances for the regulation, use and government of the aforesaid parke, squares, avenues and grounds not. in- consistent with the laws of the State of California or with this Charter, Such | ordinances shall, within five days after | their passage, be published for ten days, Sundays excepted, in the official | Charte: Such charges shall be investi~ |- infor- ! extending from | “Seal Rocks,” as | ‘tenance, ‘éach one hundred.. dollars -assessed | respectively give and-execute to the newspaper. ~Any person violating any of “suchordinances shall be -deemed guilty of a misGemeanor, 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 compensatiou. They shall have the exclusive manage - ment and disbursement of all funds le- gally appropriated or received from any source for the support of sald parks, squares, avenues and grounds. The Board may accept from donors suitable articles for the Museum and Art Gallery situate in the aforesaid Golden Gate Park and shall manage ;md control said Museum and Art Gal- ery. Except as provided in section nine of this' Chaoter, nothing in this section shall be so. construed ‘as to authorizethe Commissioners to lease any part ofany ofsafd parks, squares, avetiues and grounds to any person, company. or cor- poration for‘any.purpose; or to permit any. person, company or corporation to build or maintajn any structure on-any part of said parks, squares, avenues or grounds; but this shx:l not' {nhibit the Board . from' leasing, for a period not gredter. than one year;:such buildings as may be constructed by ‘itself for the | usé of the public to sach person, coms pany or.corporition who shall uncer= take to-serve such gse; and in avery such lease the Board shali reserve the right'to enter at all time?.lmo and-upon the premises so leased, and shall make the ‘condition “that the building so tleased shall be used for. pari-plegsvra purposes-only.. No such building sliall ih(- constructed by the: Board except it ne _\\-!thiq the-objects and purposes for | which said parks, squares, ave 1ues and | grounds were dedicated- to the public. Necthing, haweyer, in this sestion con- tained shall inhibit the ' Board from rermitting the use of a limited portion | ot any one_of the aforesaid parks or squares for the purpose of conducting { thereon a Fair or = Expositien, - under 'such cunditlons and restrictions as may | be nocessary 1o conserve the integrity | of said parks and squares, and for a pe. | ried not greater than six months, anad |80 as not to interfere with the use ot | any of the'same by the publc for park- | pleasure purposes; but no such permis- - sion shall ever be granted oxespt such | Fair or Exposition be of Naitonal, State «r Municipal mpertance. on2 of the | moneys in, or-apportionei to, the Park Fund shall Te used for th> purposes cr any such Fair or Exposition. Sce. 7.° The Chief of Pollne shall, on the request of the Comm!ssicnerr, de- | 12il svch memters of the Tolice Force of the City and County for service in 1 said ‘parks, squares, -avenu.zs = and | groundsas may be necessaryfor theen- | forcement of the law and: forthe proper observance of the ordinances. of the [ Commissioners; ‘and the Ccmmissioners | may provide a place of det-ntion with- i1 eitner of siid public pla :es in which persons: arrested. for -violating any |0 (he ordinences of the Board may be | Getained tervpeiarily, | Sec. 8. The Board may receive 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 | ; othérwise ‘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 llmpro\'ement of - such parks, squares, {avenues and grounds.. If the moneys | i derived from such .gifts, bequests or| legacies, shall dat 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- t fornia or of any municipality thereof. See. 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- ibited; but said Jease 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 i of the same, together with a statement 1 of the proposed location of such work ! | of art, shall first have been submitted | ! to and approved by the Commissioners; | mor shall such work of art, until so ap- i'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- commemoratfon. .No ex- isting work of ‘art in the possession of ‘the City and County ghall. be removed; | relceated or altered in-any.way with out the similar approval of: the Baard.’ | When .so requested hy. the Mayor; or the Supervisors, . o6r ‘the - Board of Public Works, ‘or ths oard of Educa- tion, the Board of Park.Commissioners shallact in a similar capacity, with similar ‘powers, .in respect.of the de- signs of munieipal buildings, bridges, ! approaches, = gates, ;| fénces, lamps or other structurés erected 6r to bé -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- ton 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; sauare or-public place in the City and County. See. 11.. The Supervisors shall ‘pro. vide all necessiry money for the mal: preservation ‘and improve- ment of said parks, squares, avenues and grounds, and to that end shall an- nually levy a tax on all property-in the City and Cotnty not exempt from taxa- tion, which shall not - less than five cents nor more than seven ts®upon valuation of said prope; . ARTICLE XV. BONDS OF OFFICIALS. SECTION 1. - Officers of the City and County, before entering upon the dis- charge of their -official duties, shall City and County such officlal bonds as may be requited by law, ordinance or this Charter . When the amount of any bond is not fixed by law or by this T, it shall be fixed by an ordl- COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. 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 official bond must be indorsed thereon, and signed by the officers ap- proving the same, after examination of the sureties, as hereinafter pro- vided. 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; " he bonds of all other | County Clerk. 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, fitty 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, five. thousand dollars; each Fire Com- missioner, ten-thousand dollars; each Police Commissioner, five thousand dol- lars; each Election Commissioner, ten thousand dollars; - Property Clerk of Police ‘Department, ten tho1sand 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 official bonds. Every bond shall contain a condition that the prin- cipal will faithfully perform all official duties then, or that may thereafter be, impesed. upon or required of him by law, ordinance; or this Charter, and that at the expiration ‘of his term of office he will surrender to his successor all property, books, papers, and docu- ments that may-come into his posses- sion as such officer. Such bond must also be executed by two or more sure- ties. who shall each justify in the amount required for said 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- Upon the approval of a bond it must. be recorded, at the expense of being 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 gratuity 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 de- 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 officfal bond for the amount of the demand so illegally approved, al- lowed or paid. Sec. 12. The departments, boards, commissioners and officers provided for in this Charter shall be entitled to the possession of all papers, books, docu- 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- tified copies 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 copies 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 1 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 e kept open until gregate shall equal double the amount of said bond. Sec. 4. Every surety upon an officlal 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 and County, exclusive of incumbrances 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- 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 crime or who in any capacity has em- bezzled public funds. infamous Sec. 16. The fiscal year mentioned in |'and employees, eppointed by him, and tional or . absolute, liquidated, or un- | liquidated, due or to become due. All| persons offered as sureties on official bonds may be examined on oath as to their qualifications by the officers whose | taxes belonging to or collected for the duty it is to approve the hond. | use of the City and County, coming into Sec. 5. When under any of the pro- | the hands of any officer of the City and visions of this Charter, or of any ordi- |:County, shall immediately be deposited nance, an officlal bond shall be required | with the Treasurer for the benefit of from an officer, the Supervisors may, | the funds to which- they respectively by resolution, require an additional | belong. If such officer for twenty-four bond, whenever, in the opinion of| hours after receiving the same shall such board, such bond or any surety | delay or neglect to make such deposit, thereto becomes insufficient; and such | he shall be deemed guilty of misconduct additional bond shall also ‘be required | in office and may be removed. when a surety to a bond shall die or| Sec. 18 Any elected officer, except cease to be a Tesident of the City and | Supervisor, may be suspended by the County. | Mayor and removed by the Supervisors Sec. 6. Every officer shall be liable on | for cause; and any appointed officer his official bond for the acts and omis- | may be removed by the Mayor for sions of his deputies, assistants, clerks, | 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. 1If the Board is not in session he shall immediately call a session of the same 1in such manner as shall .be pro- vided by ordinance. The Mayor shall this Charter shall commence oen the first day of July and end on the thirti- eth day of June following. Sec. 17. All moneys, assessments and of any and-each of them, and every of- ficfal bond shall contain such a condi- tion. Sec.. 7. Every board, department or officer may require of their deputies, clerks or employees bonds of indemnity. with sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of their duties. ARTICLE XVI. present. written' charges against such MISGELLANEOUS’. suspended officer to the Board and fur- SECTION 1. The words “City and | nish a copy of the same to said officer, County” wherever they oceur in this Charter. mean the City and County of San Francisco; and every ‘department, board and officer, wheréver either one 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 of them is mentioned in this Charter, | Board of Supervisors, taken by ayes means a - department, board or officer, | and noes and entered on its record, the as the case may be, ‘of the City and action of the Mayor is approved, then County ‘of San Francisco. Sec. 2. All deputies, cierks, assistants: and other employees of the City and County must be citizens of the United | 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.. 8. No officer of the City and County, except members of the Police Department acting under orders of the ‘Chief thereof, shall from the State; but he may, once only during his term of office, so absent him- self for a period of not more than sixty days upon the written permission of | absent himself the suspended officer: shall thereby be remoyed. from- office; but if the action of the Mayor is not so approved such suspended’ officer shall be immediately reinstated. Seéc..-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 by law-.or by this Charter, any officer, board or“department authorized to ap- point any - deputy, elerk, assistant or employee, - shall have the right to re- the Mayor so to do. Violation of this section shall be sufficient cause for the removal of any. officer. violating the same. 3 £ Sec. 4. Any person holding a salarted office under the City and . County, whether by election or :appointment, | ‘board or: officer making the same. One who shall; during his. term of office, | of such ‘duplicates must be filed with hold or retain any other salaried office | the Secretary of the Civil Service Com- under ‘the government of :the United 'mission and the other with the Auditor. States, ‘or-of this State, or who shalk| Sec. 23, Wherever it is provided in hold any:other salaried office connected | this Charter that the members of any wifh the government of the City and board, department or commission shail County, or who shall become a member | so_classify: theriselves by lot that their of the "Legislature, shall be deemed to . térms of office shall expire at different 1 have . thereby vacated “the office held | times; such' members shall, on the day | by_him-under the City and County: . of making shch classification; cause the Sec. 5. No department, board or offi- | same.to-be entered.in the records of move any ) erson 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 duplcate, au- thenticated hy the person or person, «cer shall, under any circs Lor ‘emplayee of the City and County, {and County, or any department or offi- -ipon him. by law, he shall forfeit his of- _fice, and_be forever-after debarred and 1 mstances, em- play more subordinates than. are: spe- cifically provided for in" this Charter or buy- supplies beyond the sum furnished therefor by the Supervisors. .° 35 Sec. 6. No Supervisor an d no officer ghall be or bécome, 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 hy virtue of legal process at the suit of the City: and County. If any person in this | section -designated- shall, during the ! time for' which he was elected or ap- pointed, acquire an interest in any. con- tract with; or work done for, the City eer thereof. or in any franchise, right or privilege graifited by the Citv and Coun- ty, unless the same shall be devalved 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 enforceable against the City and Coun- Sec. 7. Na officer or employee of th City and County shall give or promls: ta giveé to any’ other person, any por- tion of his compensation, or any meney, 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 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. ]t;n e_verdy ca:et:ucg classification’ must e.made ‘at the first meeting of Board:. - 5 £ T 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 suhpe- nas; to ‘compel by subpena the produc- tion of books, papers and documents, and to takeancheartestimony concern.. ing any matter or thing pending before ‘any. such board, officer or committee. If any person 0 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 board, officer or committee, or to answer any question which any officer or a anori(yqot such board or committee shall decide to be proper or. pertinent, he shall be deemed in * contempt, and any such board, officer or commlittee 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 official newspaper only. Sec. 26. All franchises and privileges heretofore granted by the City 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 sald grantees or thelr assigns shall, within six months after this Charter talkes effect, in good faith commence the exercise and enjoyment of such privilege or franchise. Sec. 27. All ordinances or resolutions for the improvement of any street for which no contract shall have been en- tered into at the ~time this Charter takes effect are hereby repealed. Sec. 28. All ordinances, orders and resolutions of the Supervisors of the City and County in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not in- consistent therewith, shall continue in force until amended or repealed. h Sec. 29. When the Supervisors Shall determine that the public interest re- quires the construction or acquisition of any permanent municipal building or improvement, the cost of which in ad- dition to the other expenses of the City and County will exceed the income and revenue provided for the City and County for any one year, they must by ordinancepassed.y the affirmative vote of not less than fourteen members of the Board, submit a proposition to in- cur a bonded indebtedrness for such purpose to the electors of the City and County at a special election to be held for that purpose only. All the provis- fons 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- sttion 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- ceeds 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 beard, depart- ment or officer, shall discharge any of the duties pertaining to such depart- ment, board or office as his chief may assign him to. Segc?fl. No member of the Board of Police Commissioners and no member of the Board of Fire Commissioners shall be eligible to any elective oflice while he is a member of such Board, or ear thereafter. logeoc'.‘esf{ No member of the Board of Police Commissioners and no member* of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and no officer, subordinate or employvea of the Police Department or of the Fira Department, shall be a member of any partisan convention 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, or for or against any candidate for nomi- nation before any political convention, or for or against any candidate for del. egate to such convention 8t 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 centrol su{'h committee, club or organization, while nominating or endorsing said candi- dates; nor take any part in the control, management or distribution of the po- litical patronage of any public 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 offieer, subordinate or empioyee of either of said departments shall levy, collect: or pay any amount of money as an assessment or eontri- 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 mémber d if by an officer, employee or subordinate of either of said departments, then the Board whose officer, employee or sub- ordinate has been gulity of such viola- tion, must remove such officer, employes or subordiniate; and if such Board fail or ref 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 salaries 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 recelved, 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 emplo: , - 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: Supervisgors 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 Decémber, 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 bcards, commis- sions and officers of .the City and Coun- ty ‘holding by appointment under. ex- isting. laws. shall ‘hold office no longer than said last aforesaid time. Sec.:37. The baldnce remaining in the School Fund at the time. this Charter takes effect shall forthwith' be trans- ferred to.the Common School Fund cre- ated by this Charter.. 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 Ceneral 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