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18 propositions shall not exceed one-hult( the total number of votes cast thereon, | both propositions shall be deemed re- Jected. Nothing in this section shall be 80| construed as to prohibit the Supervis=| ors from responding to the atoresaid | petition of the electors requesting the acquisition of any public utility by pro- | ceeding at once, without the submission of propositions to the electors 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 a er herein- | quire the sume in the ma after provided Sec. cost of any public »ught to be acquired under the provisions of this Article, can be )).:}x‘l out of the annual revenues of the City in addition to the other senditures thereof, it shall ame by & ma- voting there- | 4. In case th jority vote of the electors 3 on at any special election. In submit- | 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 question whether the same shall be acquired upon such terms. In case, however, the cost of such public utility sought to be acquired visions of this Article shall so far exceed the annual revenues of the City and County, in addition to the other necessary e ditures there- of, as to render it necessary to incur a | municipal bonded indebtec for such under the pr in sub- purpose, then the Supervisor: mitting propositions to the electors for the acquisition thereof, shall specify therein the amount of the proposed bonded indebtedness rate of inter- such bonded rred. At voting hall be neces- wcquisition and to nce of municipal as hereinafter set forth. h the electors by vote est thereon, indebtedn: least two-thi eon at such election to secure the *h sary warrant shall have determined, as hereipbefore set forth, to acquire any public utility, such action on the part of the electors Sec. ng of s de- t forth , and the Supervisors shall p: without de- lay to pass an ordinance calling a special election as required by section of this Article. Sec. 6. When the Supervisors shall de- termine that the public interest or ne- cessity demands the acquisition, con- Jletion of any public shall be equivalent to the pa the ordinan claring such de in sec nual income and County, the dinance, spec termination, for at least two w newspaper. 11 publ ks in the official Sec. 7. At the next regular meeting of the Supe S 1blication of the ordinan id deter- mination as or n adjourned meeting th or not less than two weeks nor more than four weeks after the electors by vote shall have determined to acquire any public utility, the Supe rs by ordinance all call a s il election, at which shall be submitted to the the sition of acquiring such pubiic nd of incurring a debt for the acquisition of th -t forth in such ordinance. No than the acquisition of s 3 the incurring of the indebtedne therefor shall be submitted at such election. Sec. 8. The ordinance calling such 1l recite the objects which the indebted- d to be incurred, the es- the public e acquisition of the same, 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 pror tion be accepted by the electors), and shall fix a day on which such special election shall be held, the manner of holding such election, and the manner of voting for or against incurring such indebted- ness. 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 the official new: of said ten days the Supervisor cause to be published dally for not less than two weeks in the official newspa- per a notice of such special election. Such notice shall specify the purpose for which the indebtedn is to be in- curred, the number and character of the bonds to be issued, the rate of in- 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 utility under the pro ons of this Ar- ticle, which, together with the existing bonded indebtedness of the City and County, shall e ed 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 serials, 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- ness shall be paid each and every year, an a_day and at a place to he 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 sych Interest shall not exceed four per centum per annum, payable annually, semi-annually or quarterly, as the Supervisors may determine. Such bonds, when issued, may be sold by the Suvervisors 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- | est bidder at not less than par, after | having been advertised 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 objects 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. 1 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. 12. 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 {ndebtedness 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 the 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- , the ne _stitute_cause for the removal from|or employees in any of the offices or| | Collector, the Sheriff, the Auditor, the office of any member or members of the Board guilty of such neglect or refusal. e e ARTICLE XIIIL CIVIL SERVICE. SECTION 1. Immediately upon the taking effect of this Charter the Mayor shall appoint three persons, known by him to be devoted to the principles of Civil Service reform, who shall consti- tute the Civil Service Commission, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. 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 Commissioner for three years. All ap- pointments shall be so made that not more than one Commissioner shall at any time belong to the same political party. Each of such Commissioners sha receive an annual salary of elve hundred dollars. Se: 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. . Sec. 3. The Commissioners shall make rules to carry out the purposes of this Article, and for examinations, appointments, promotions and re- n accordance with its pro- | y from time to time, make changes in the existing rules. All rules and all changes therein shall be forth- with printed for distribution by the| Commissioners. Sec. 4. All applicants for places in the classified civil service shall be sub- | jected to examination, which shall be public, competitive and free. Such ex- aminations shall be practical in their aracter, and shall relate to those matters only which will fairly test the relative capaci 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- tions, health, and of manual or pro- fessional skill. Sec. 5. The selection t | 5. of laborers | shall be governed by priority of app[l-l cation only. No question in any ex- amination shall relate to political or re- | ligious opinions or affillations. 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 hiners. Sec. 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- spicuous place in their office for two weeks before such examination. Such further notice of examination shall 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 examination, without reference to priority of time of ex- amination. | Sec. 8. vide for promotion in the classified ser- | vice on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority in service and standing upon examination, and shall provide, in | all cases where practicable, that vacan- | 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. The Commissioners shall | submit to the appointing power the‘ 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, | 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- fy to the appointing officer the name and address of one or more candidates, | not exceeding 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. Sec. 10. The appointing officer shall 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 period 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- 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 ap- 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 following offices ana | departments of the City and County: the County Clerk, the Assessor, the Tax 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 ot- 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 Chiet Bookkeeper of the Sheriff, the Deputy Auditor, the Chief Deputy of the Re- corder. the Chief Deputy Coroner, the City Engineer, the Secretary and the Architect of the Board of Public Works, the Registrar of the Board 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 | suspensions or vacancies from any | and the action of the examiners herein | fices, office furniture, books, stationery, th The Commissioners shall pro- | | hereafter acquired by the | successors in office of the Park Com- | shall receive no compensation for their | out of office at the end of one year, one appoint deputies, clerks, stenographers CHARTER FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. A e e e e e e S e B e bt e departments of the City and County mentioned In this section shall make such appointments in conformity witn the rules and provisions prescribed by this Article, and any appointment not 80 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. 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 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 classifléd civil service, and of all transfers, promotions, resignations, 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. Sec. 14. The Commissioners shall in- vestigate the enforcement of the pro- visions of this Article, and of its rules, 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, 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 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 County 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 reperts 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- 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 pro ons 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 | examination; or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examina- tion or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doin; 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 promoted. Sec. 19. The Commissioners shall cer- tify to the Auditor all appointments to | places of employment in the classified | civil service,a1.d 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- cle. Sec. 20. The Commissioners shall have power to institute and prosecute legnl‘ 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 word “Park, 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 | 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 buildings in the! City and County, and all parks and | squares and public pleasure grounds 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 | 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. 3. 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 services. They shall so classify them- | selves by lot that one of them shall go at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, 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 membér 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 labor- 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 filed 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. 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 -ontract 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 regulaticn, use and government of the aforesaid parks, 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 newspaper. Any person violating any of such ordinances shall be dJeemed 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 recelves 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 Commissloners shall have the complete and exclusive control, management and directionof the afore- said parks, squares, avenues and grounds, and the exclusive right 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 land control sald Museum and Art Gal- ery. Except as provided in section nine of this_Chapter, nothing in this section shalPbe so construed as to authorizethe 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, come bany or corporation who shall under- take to serve such use; and in every such lease the Board shali réserve ihe 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 park-pleasvre purposes only. No such builling shall be constructed by the Board except it be within the objects and purposes for which said parks, squares, ave 1ues and grounds were dedicated to the public. Ncthing, however, in this se:tlon con- tained shall inhibit the Board from Purmitting the use of a limited portion of any one of the aforesaid parks or squares for the purpose of conducting thereon a Fair or Expositicn, under such conditions and restrictions as may be necessary 1o conserve the integrity of said parks and squares, and for a pe. ricd not greate:r than six months, and S0 as not to interfere with the use ot any of the same by the public for park- pleasure purposes; but no such permis- sion shall ever be granted cept such Fair or Exposition be of National, Stata «r Municipal .mportance. Nona of the moneys in, or apportioned to, the Park Fund shall te used for th> purposes c¥ any 1ich Fair cr Expostion. Sec. 7. The Chief of Police shall, on the request of the Comm! 2 tzil stch memters of the of the City and County for service in aid parks, squares, aver and yundsas may be necessaryfor theen- crcement of the law and forthe proper oLservance of the ordinances of the sioners; and the Cc mmissioners may provide a place of det-ntion with- in either of saud public plaes in which the persons arrested for violating any of ihe ordinznces of the Board may be detained termpciarily. Sec. 8. The Board may receive dona- tions from persons and corporations and legacies and bequests for the im- provement of sald 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 mnecessary 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 said lease shall be upon the express condition that no fee shall ever :)e charged for admission to said build- ng. 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- signs 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 shail 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- nually levy a tax on all property in the City and County not exempt from taxa- tion, which shall not te 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 dutfes, 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- to | 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. Upon the approval of a bond it 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 oflice 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 Commissloner 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; 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 contaln 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 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 Jjustify in an amount which in the ag- gregate shall equal double the amount of said bond. Sec. 4. Every surety upon an official 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 aver and above all sums for which he is already Nable 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 official 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 official 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 thereto becomes insufficient; and such additional bond shall also be required when a surety to a bond shall die or cease to be a resident of the City and 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- ficlal 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 dutfes. ARTICLE XVI. MISCELLANEOTUS. SECTION 1. The words “City and County” wherever they occur in this | Charter mean the City and County of 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 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. 3. No officer of the City and County, except members of the Police Department acting under orders of the Chief thereof, shall absent himself 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 the Mayor so to do. Violation of this section shall be sufficient cause for the removal of any officer violating the 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, hold or retain any other salaried office under the government of the United States, or of this State, or who shall 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 offi- 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. 8. 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 time for which he was elected or ap- 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 enforceable against the City and Coun- ty. 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 belng, 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 Property Clerk of | 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 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 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 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 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 copies or ex- | tracts; but the records of the Police 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 | by law or by this Charter, any officer, | board or department authorized to ap- | point any deputy, clerk, assistant or employee, shall have the right to re- | move any yerson 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 shail | 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 takeandhear testimony 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 board, officer or committee, or to answer any question which any officer or a majority of such board or commiittee 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 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, | and revenue provided onths after this Charter mglne:f’:c:lm good faith commence the exercise and he‘ngoymem of such -anchise. pré\ergeg; O;lltrordinances or resolutions for the improvement of any street for Which no contract shall have beenretn- tered into at the time this Charter takes effect are hereby repealed. A Sec. 28. All ordinances, order: ar}: resolutions of the S“Der\”SDrS}fI t'! e City and County in force at the t;:ne this Charter takes effect, and ;10 ?. consistent therewith, shall ('ons nue in force until amended or repealed. e Sec. 29. When the Supervisors s ol determine that the public intere;u_“(m quires the construction or acqlél‘sl DI of any permanent municipal buil ‘ngad_ improvement, the cost of which ;1 o dition to the Olhell; e!éye)ggs‘e‘fe ;Incom: y will ex City and County wi e e ta:g County for any one vear, they m'us ordlna’v’xcepassedl.y the affirmative vot: of not less than fourteen memberslu the Board, submit a proposition to nfi cur a bonded indebtedness for sucd purpose to the electors of the City P;N;d County at a special election to be ?s- for that purpose only. All the provth jons of this Charter providing t?r Ba acquisition of public utilities, S0 1: t; the same are applicable, shall apply b the manner of submitting such prr;p sition to the electors, to the limitat oins of said bonded indebtedness, to the s& suance and character of the same, anl to the time when and the kind 10_ money in which said bonded in: debtedness shall be payable. The pm]-l ceeds of the sales of such bonds shg“ be paid into the treasury to the cre of the Public Building Fund. Sec. 30. Every assistant deputy or other subordinate of any board, depart- ment or officer, shall discharge any O the duties pertaining to such depart- ment, board or office as his chief may him to. &s;leg(:] 31. No member of the Board of Police Comynissioners and no member of the Board of Fire Commissioners shall be eligible to any elective office while he is a member of such Board, or ear thereafter. f0% %3 “No member of the Board of Police Commissioners and no member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and no officer, subordinate or employee of the Police Department or of the Fire 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 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 candl- dates; nor take any part in the control, management or distribution of the pot litical patronage of any public officers 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 employee of either of said departments shall levy, collect or pay any amount of money as an assessment or contri- 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, emplovee 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 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 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 XIIT 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 an%e(;ol;r‘x- ty holding by appointment un X~ is)tlng lawgs shall hold office no longer than said 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- 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 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 ‘n 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. of the