The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1900, Page 4

sary excep- ting as a Board of Equalization In July, the Supervisors may equalize the presented by the Assessor, deducting from ment and adding to another: increase the total roll, as they would have the power to do, unapportioned revenues of the city, surplus fund and which will possibly be only avatlable at the end of the fiscal year. Illogical and Vicious. one elemental finances which must rtment shall The Superior Court has ruled that the Board of Health may appoiut subordinates pective of the appropriation, and that they shall be pald out of The financial condition of the city fs satis- factory in this, that the net bonded indebt- edness amounts to only $34,000, and that the value of the property actually owned by the he rate of taxation for the last fiscal year for city and county pur- purposes was $1.025; 300.601; total, $1.63, which was levied on an This produced revenue by direct taxation as follo for the redemption be raised every year and will and the board ritation and effort, San Francisco passed ernment to another. by scenes hotbed of possession, department City Finances. ™ nking fund, for the redemption therefor more tha after proper advert! offered for redemption, the highest extent of the amount on hand a The City and C: authorized to [N e exception city is 327,600,000, on which the Mayor and a majority of the were elected limits not exceeding members_of increase the the raising they simply | wounded by dispersed by the Sheehan’s effort ssessed and their purchase nation procee: stracts for ea ginning any from other sources than taxation, including license tax for local purposes The duty of the Supervisors will be, there- fore, to provide a progressive yet economical m_expenditure as the exception be respected, collecting them from the property 3 down or by immediatel govérnment, on a_maxim Tax of $1 on $405,000,000, revenue from for parks and order that these lands may the treasury. within the present calendar year. and sinking funds, This fs the maximum rev- e, and is, per- ative body, which is the power of for 330,000, and it the board either to negotiate for t enue'possible within the ple Board of Public Wo i haps, more than sufficient. Board of Health, under the ¢t ne right In almost the identical language the supersed employes and as well as the arter has the revenue raised ylelds $400,000 more than than the last Supervisors Schools and Hospitals. The bonds authoriz azainst $1.0 It will be seen that there is a margin here for meeting a 1d when the fundament tion of the and T would Iike The Election Commis ion is independent of are to be issued by authority this restriction because the Supreme Court has held that not even the legls has the right to in improvement of accepted streets and other necessary pur- devolye upon issuance of revenue can ative power than the fir the bonds for ¥ the construction of the new &choolhouses and the repair of the old; the hospital’ and rk extension redemption, and county the beginning of a new Park Extension. ) ater maturity i I @ tion of the Presidio with rk and the extension of the so-c the junction of Van Ness avi nue and Market street. and I desire to thank isors for their mended the conne not reasonable to expect a large pren upon next Nov MAYOR AND SUPERVISORS USHER IN THE CHARTER uniform courtesy throughout the year. tual issue of the t in the Mission for thorized amount for all park purnoses b These bonds are issued under the park improvement act by law, will run able in'lawful can afford to buy and texemoted fron taxation they w 1y be soid and held outside of the State In case the a; for twenty year: A nendment d ~ — - fundamental iy L= e LNAMPMENT © TwE Two Mayor Phe DEVER SAN e LE BEFors RIOT, DISORDER! » force and effect, Supervisors preliminaries were he part of the Hotormvg ve Sespscry AT THE HALL. prevail the board should propose an arose and read his ple and must s| f their work pal bonds of San Francts The charter m 1 for the purpose ities under that instrum It will be the duty of the Board of Publie Works to construct buildings and sewers, and the duty of the Park Commissioners to maintain the acquired for park purposes. Water and Light. Tt is the duty of the Supervisors in the February to fix water rat consumers of water in San Fran, also the rate for gas and electric Board of Supervisors. the fixing of tax rate and which when equalization of assessrgents, the and the granting of franchises and appropriation associated with ey In the great AND DISMAY FOLLOW THE AX the holding of elections, which they might do by making an insuffictent appropriation. 1 trust all public officers will co-operate cheerfully in conducting their departments economically and within the amount allot- ted them by the Board of Supervisors. Outside of the tax rate the revenue of the city and county consists principally of Ii- The charter exempts from every business conducted at a fixed place, except such as require permits from the Board of Police Commissioners. The exempted licenses aggregated $94,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, & loss In the city's revenues which should be made up by ‘the Board of Supervisors after a study of local conditions by a re- Vvision of the license orders now in force. y department of mendments . Within ten davs thereafter he must and consideration of his part thereof, be finally Constdered e last Monday in_ June, of June the tax and the Legislature the eity for the our city affairs public buildings. in recent years right to interfere in VD) the Board veto of the Works shall have The decisions ¢ intendence and control of all public streets, bulldings and .the con’ struction, repair and cieaning thereof under 4 ordinances as may from time to tims be adopted by the Board of Supervisors.’” said budget the Supreme and public are entitled to a by the board by t the reasonable On the last Monday must be made for city purposes. Theretore, when the board acts upon the finally, it will, first, have no offictal knowi- edge of the amount of assessment roll, and have met as a Board because under the general law the sessions of the Board of Equaliza- held earlier than the first I therefore recommend unofficlally ‘fair return upon their property at the time for the publio. rate of interest termined, their operating e IN. 7/_r TATION - S THE New / JoB some respects it is being used should receive a fair investment so de- expenses and their incumbent upon the cense receipts, n choosing, whose compensation shall be fixed been emancipated charter and we have now all free men and depend upon our own Mayor has become the executive is responsible for committees department of the government, the committees that of the several board to (nstitute a sea to ascertain the value of the pr. the companies in use r and whether their reasonabie and not ter confers upon the fnance com: traordinary powers as an {nquisit. The pledge given by this board is expected of Equaiization, departments, at the: present operating expenses are extravagant. or_failure will appropriations once segre- the Asseseor board of the approximate total of the as- sessment roll as early &nd administrator the execution of the laws and for the wise than a one-twelfth part of the appropria- tion In any one month during the fiscal as possible. IN ITS FALL e water company 3 per cent item there . '® Was ssess n Geary-Street Franchise. Street Railroad Ct chise. The same reas service, which license taxat the people low no authority unde pho e rates, a board to taxes | po property. Th Dot to oppress the burdens of notorlous that the Iarge past have evaded their § the mu The change nature of & driving ld _ab the gov Board of Public ‘Works. The Board of posed of a spector should meters 1 fee of ter comp per cent t e grest firsg, a water sup isors must gineer plans cost of the pletion’ by works, gas steam phone utilities as th peti plac able as they city, shal permanent they m acquired rom_the g Police Department. dependen bling 10 with the cor a fleld of N partment. It exe: withstand porations, so their dut Publi to pove which th prove, and its pra nanced @ The pe a ish offenders for t special rewards. Fire Department. The Fire Departm as reached a high gree of off r Chief Sullivan, interests of faction, organization y. It the m pa protected so long for whic the city, will wel ditions. nger will it them to take orders from anybody, except in_the I of their duty. Sect) ¢ article XVI of the new the Board of P to remove any an assessmen these boards if_they refuse The object of the these two important city government from in political movements, on . great danger of their being contr special interests. Then men ar to vote as they the charter the ta bosslsm must be rem istration of the affs Fire depart s of San Health Department. The Board of Health, under t consists of five member of the Board Publ Chief of Police, so there w operation between these departr the the chase a site for a treme southeasterly . and at an early lards now owned b Hos; locate on the city the new City Park. A new nterest has been awakened M the