Leasing of lands.

Superintendent

and mem

bers of board.

Dimensions of private mains.

Water rates.

Amend

ment to

title of sec

tion forty

seven.

Amendment to

and in protecting the sources of such water supply from diversion or pollution.

(m) The board may lease, for terms not exceeding three years, any or all of the lands by this article placed under its control, for agricultural or other purposes, which shall not conflict with the beneficial use of said lands by the city for the purposes for which they are held by said board; and the board may sell, from time to time, such personal property placed under its control, as shall not be longer necessary or suitable for the use of the water department. No real property nor any rights or interests in real property held by said board shall be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, or in any manner withdrawn from its control, save as above provided, unless by a written instrument, duly authorized by ordinance of the city, and a resolution of the board and duly executed by the city and the board; provided, that none of the waters or water rights, by this article placed under the control of said board, shall be conveyed, leased, or otherwise disposed of, except as provided in section one hundred and ninety-one of this charter.

(n) That the superintendent of waterworks and the five members of the board of water commissioners shall be officers of the municipality in addition to the other officers thereof provided for herein.

Section 193. All water mains hereafter laid in said city by any private person, company, or corporation shall be of such material and of such capacity as shall be prescribed by ordinance; provided, that no such main shall hereafter be laid in said city of less dimensions than four inches in diameter.

The rates of compensation for use of water to be collected in said city by any person, company, or corporation, other than the board of water commissioners, shall be fixed annually by ordinance, and shall continue in force for one year and no longer. Such ordinance shall be passed in the month of February of each year, and take effect on the first day of July thereafter. Should the council fail to pass the necessary ordinances, fixing the water rates within the time herein before prescribed, it shall be subject to peremptory process to compel action at the suit of any party interested.

That the title of section forty-seven of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Board of Education; Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Public Library; Board of Health; Board of Police Commissioners; Board of Fire Commissioners; Board of Park Commissioners; Board of Water Commissioners.

That the title of section fifty-one of the charter be amended title of sec. to read as follows:

tion fifty

one.

Powers of superin

tendent of waterworks.

Superintendent of Waterworks and Water Overseer.

That section fifty-one of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 51. The superintendent of waterworks and the water overseer shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of water commissioners shall prescribe.

That section sixty-six of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 66. The city council shall, by ordinance, fix the Salaries. salary of all other officers herein, or by ordinance hereafter created, whose salaries are not hereby fixed, or otherwise provided for.

That section two hundred and nine of the charter be amended to read as follows:

how pre

Section 209. Said demands, except demands payable out of Demands, the school fund, the library fund, or water revenue fund, shall sented. be presented to the council on forms and blanks to be provided by the city clerk, and shall be referred to its committee on finance. The said committee shall, by indorsement thereon, approve or reject the same, in whole or in part. The council shall then consider the said demands and the action of said committee thereon, and shall, if the same be just and legal, approve the same; or may, if it so determine, approve in part or reject the whole. The action of the council shall be indorsed thereon, with the date of such action, and certified by the signatures of the president and city clerk; provided, that it shall require the votes of two thirds of the members of the whole council, under a call of the ayes and noes, and the vote spread upon the minutes, to approve any such demand in whole or in part.

That a new section be added to the charter, to be known as section two hundred and thirteen and one half, and to read as follows:

payable

water

Section 2134. All demands payable out of the water revenue Demands fund must be presented to the board of water commissioners, out of and, before they can be approved by the city auditor or paid, venue must be previously approved by the board of water commis- fund. sioners, by a vote of three members thereof, taken with the ayes and noes spread upon the minutes, and the action of said board must be indorsed on said demand and signed by the president, and secretary thereof, or, in the absence of the president, by two members and the secretary thereof. After the approval of said demands by the board of water commissioners, they shall be delivered to the city auditor, who shall have the same power and perform the same duties in reference to demands payable out of the water revenue fund, as are prescribed for other demands; provided, that in case that the city auditor shall reject any such demand, or if, in his opinion, said demand should be paid only in part, he shall return the same to the board of water commissioners, instead of to the council. That section two hundred and fourteen of the charter be amended to read as follows:

objected

Section 214. Any demand returned to the city clerk, with Demands, the objections of either the mayor or city auditor, shall again to. be considered by the council, and if it shall again be approved by the council by the same vote taken and recorded and indorsed in the same manner as required by section two hundred and nine hereof, the said objections shall be thereby overruled. Any demand returned to the board of education,

Suit on claim for

money or damages.

Oaths, by whom may

istered.

the board of directors of the Los Angeles public library, or the board of water commissioners, with the objections of the auditor, shall again be considered by such board, and if such demand be again approved as required in the first instance, such objections of the said auditor shall be thereby overruled. Any demand, the objections to which of the mayor have been overruled, shall be delivered to the city auditor, who shall have the same power and perform the same duties in reference thereto as if the same had been approved by the mayor. Any demand, the objection to which of the city auditor has been overruled by the council, the board of education, the board of directors of the Los Angeles public library, or the board of water commissioners, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the city auditor, who shall number and make a record of such demand, as in the case of demands approved by him.

That section two hundred and twenty-two of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 222. No suit shall be brought on any claim for money or damages against the City of Los Angeles, its board of education, board of directors of the Los Angeles public library, or the board of water commissioners, until a demand for the same has been presented, as herein provided, and rejected in whole or in part. If rejected in part, suit may be brought to recover the whole. Nor shall suit be brought against said city, or said board of education, board of directors of the Los Angeles public library, or board of water commissioners, upon any claim or demand that has been in whole approved and audited as provided herein; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to deprive the holder of any demand of his right to resort to a writ of mandamus or other proceeding against the city council, or any board or officer of said city, to compel it or him to act upon such claim or demand, or to pay the same when so audited.

That section sixty of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 60. The mayor, city auditor, city treasurer, and each be admin member of the council, and of each board and commission provided for in this charter, shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations in any investigation or proceeding pending before any of said officers or bodies, or concerning any demand on the city treasury, and the city clerk shall have the power to administer all oaths and affirmations required by the charter.

Witnesses

and evidence.

The city council and each board and commission provided for in this charter shall have the power and authority to examine witnesses under oath and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence before such council, board, or commission, as the case may be, by subpoena, to be 'issued in the name of said City of Los Angeles, and to be attested by the city clerk of said city. The city clerk shall, upon the demand of the president of the city council, or the presiding officer of any such board or commission, issue such subpœna in the name of said city, and attest the same with the

corporate seal thereof, and shall in such subpoena direct and require the attendance of the witness or witnesses sought to be subpoenaed before the city council or the respective board or commission requiring the issuance of said subpoenas at a time and place to be in said subpoenas specified.

The chief of police shall cause all such subpoenas to be Subpœnas. served by some member of the police department upon the person or persons required to attend before the council or board or commission in such subpoenas designated.

The city council shall, from time to time, adopt ordinances providing suitable penalties for disobedience of such subpoenas, and the refusal of witnesses to testify before such council, board, or commission when required so to do.

That section eighty-two of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 82. There shall be levied and collected annually, on Tax levy. ail the taxable property in the city, as in other cases, a tax sufficient to maintain such library, not less than four cents on each one hundred dollars of the value of all real and personal property of the said city, as assessed for city purposes, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining said library, and purchasing or leasing such real and personal property, books, papers, publications, furniture, and fixtures, and erecting such buildings as may be necessary therefor. No indebtedness exceeding the amount of the annual levy for this purpose shall be incurred in any one year; provided, this limitation shall not be construed to prevent the incurring of indebtedness for permanent improvements, to be liquidated by the proceeds of municipal bonds issued by the City of Los Angeles, in accordance with the provisions of this charter and of the general laws of the state, for the purpose of defraying the cost of such improvements.

That section eighty-three of the charter be amended to read as follows:

directors.

Section 83. The mayor shall, immediately after his quali- Library fication under this charter, appoint, subject to confirmation by the council, a board of five directors of said library, who shall serve without compensation and be known as "The Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Public Library." They shall be chosen from the citizens at large, without regard to sex or political opinions, but with reference to their fitness for said office, and no member of the city council shall be a member of said board.

That section eighty-four of the charter be amended to read as follows:

office.

Section 84. Said directors shall hold office for four years, Term of and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Those first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot that one shall go out of office at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, and two at the end of four years, and if any vacancy occurs the mayor shall, subject to confirmation by the council, fill the same by appointment for the unexpired term.

Organization of

That section eighty-five of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 85. Said directors shall, immediately after their directors. appointment, meet and organize by the election of a president from among their number, and they may appoint the librarian or any employé of the library department to act as clerk of the board. Such clerk shall keep a record and full minutes in writing of all their proceedings and may certify to such proceedings or any portion thereof under his or her hand, to be verified by seal, if a seal be adopted and provided by the board for that purpose, and shall serve without extra compensation.

Board of

police commissioners.

Police de

That section ninety-one of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 91. The mayor, who shall be ex officio a member and president of the board, and four citizens, to be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the council, shall constitute the board of police commissioners of the city. The appointive members of the board shall serve without compensation, and not more than two of them shall be members of the same political party. The appointive members of the board shall hold office for two years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, however, that the first members of the board appointed hereunder shall hold office until the first Monday in January, nineteen hundred and five, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

That section ninety-three of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 93. The police department shall consist of the chief partment. of police and as many subordinate officers and such policemen and detective officers and employés as the council shall, by ordinance, determine. All appointments and removals in the police department shall be made by the board of police commissioners, subject to such civil service regulations as are now or may hereafter be in force.

Salaries.

Permit to

That section ninety-four of the charter be amended to read as follows:

Section 94. The salaries of members and employés of the police department not herein elsewhere provided for shall be fixed by the council by ordinance.

That a new section be added to the charter to be known as section ninety-five a, and to read as follows:

Section 95a. The board of police commissioners shall have sell liquor. power to grant permits, under and in conformity to the ordinances of said city, authorizing the city clerk to issue licenses to persons desiring to engage in the sale of liquors, and to revoke any such permit when it shall appear to the board that the business of the person to whom such permit was given is conducted in an illegal, disorderly, or improper manner. Without such permit no person shall engage in the business of selling liquor.

That section one hundred and seven of the charter be amended to read as follows: