First election. General laws; when part of charter. Demands. Board of equalization. Official bonds. Certificate of freeholders. SEC. 7. The board of trustees of the present City of Watsonville shall provide for the holding of the first election of officers under this charter, which said election, if possible, shall be held on Monday, May 11th, 1903. SEC. 8. In all matters pertaining to municipal affairs, concerning which special provision is not made in this charter, the general laws of the state in force at the time are hereby declared to be, and shall be, a part of this charter, so far as the same are or may be applicable to the class of cities to which this municipality may belong. SEC. 9. All demands against the city shall be presented to and audited by the board of aldermen, in accordance with such regulations as they may, by ordinance, prescribe. SEC. 10. The board of aldermen shall meet at their usual place of holding meetings on the second Monday of August of each year, at 10 o'clock A. M., and sit as a board of equalization, and shall continue in session from day to day until all the returns of the assessor have been rectified. They shall have power to hear complaints, and to correct, modify, and strike out any assessment made by the assessor and may, of their own motion, raise any assessment, upon notice to the party whose assessment is to be raised. The corrected list for each tax shall be the assessment roll for said tax for said year. It shall be certified by the city clerk, who shall act as clerk of the board of equalization, as being the assessment roll for said tax, and shall be the assessment roll upon which tax is to be levied in said year. In case there are no bidders for property sold for delinquent city taxes, the same shall be sold to the city. SEC. 11. All officers designated by the board of aldermen shall, respectively, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, each execute a bond to the city in such penal sum as the board of aldermen may determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of duties, including in the same bond the duties of all ex officio offices. All bonds when approved by the board of aldermen shall be filed with the clerk; except the bond of the clerk which shall be filed with the mayor. All the provisions of any law of this state relating to the official bonds of officers shall apply to such bonds, except as herein otherwise provided. SEC. 12. All elective officers of the city shall be qualified electors of the city at the time of their election. CERTIFICATE. BE IT KNOWN that the City of Watsonville, a city containing a population of more than three thousand five hundred inhabitants, on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, at a special municipal election, held on that day, and under and in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of article XI of the Constitution of the State of California, did elect a board of fifteen freeholders to prepare and propose a charter for said city; and that we, members of said board, in pursuance of said provisions of the constitution, and within the period of ninety days after such election, have prepared and do propose the foregoing, consisting of fifteen articles, as and for the charter of the City of Watsonville. IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands this 10th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two. (Done in duplicate.) EDWARD FRANCIS WYCKOFF, President, NAT GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY WEEKS, OTTO DOMONICK STOESSER, FREDERICK PETERSON KROUGH, JOHN PETER KNUDSEN, WILLIAM HENRY PAWLEY HILL, JAMES SIDNEY MENASCO, HENRY CLARK PECKHAM, CHESLEY STOW, OWEN SUMMERFIELD TUTTLE, CHARLES SMITH, EDWARD MCCABE, Secretary. THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE. In the City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz, State of California. ( of presi board of trustees. I, W. A. Trafton, president of the board of trustees of the Certificate City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz, State of California, dent of do hereby certify that the board of freeholders whose names appear signed to the foregoing proposed charter were, on the fifteenth day of April, 1902, at a special municipal election held in said city on said day, duly elected by the qualified voters of said city to prepare and propose a charter for said city; that each of said freeholders had been a qualified elector and freeholder of said city for more than five years previous to said election; that the foregoing is a true copy of said charter prepared and returned to me as president of said board of trustees within ninety days after said election, as required by section eight of article eleven of the constitution of this state; that such proposed charter was then published in one daily newspaper of general circulation in said city to wit: The Watsonville Daily Register (said city containing a population of over thirty-five hundred inhabitants and less than ten thousand inhabitants), for more than twenty days, and that the first publication of said proposed charter was made within twenty days after the completion of said charter; that within not less than thirty days after the publication of said charter, as required by said section eight, to wit: on the thirtieth day of August, 1902, said charter was submitted to the qualified electors of said city at a special election duly held therein for the purpose of ratifying or rejecting said proposed charter. That said proposed charter as a whole was duly ratified at said election by the majority of the votes of the qualified electors of said city and that the returns of said election were duly canvassed by the board of trustees of said City of Watsonville on the second day of September, 1902, and the result thereof declared as above set forth and that in all manners and things pertaining to said proposed charter the provisions of said section have been fully complied with. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of said city this 5th day of January, 1903. (CORPORATE W. A. TRAFTON, President of the board of trustees of the City of Watsonville. SEAL. Attest: S. W. COFFMAN, City Clerk. Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the assembly of the State of California, the senate thereof concurring (the majority of all the members elected to each house voting for and concurring herein), That said charter of the City of Watsonville as presented to, and adopted and ratified by, the qualified electors of said city, be and the same is hereby approved as a whole, for and as the charter of said City of Watsonville aforesaid. Favoring national conservatory of music. CHAPTER XIX. Assembly Joint Resolution No. 3, relative to the House of Representatives Bill No. 14,443, pertaining to a national conservatory of music and art. [Adopted February 19, 1903.] WHEREAS, A bill (H. R. 14,443) has been introduced in both houses of congress for the establishment of a national conservatory of music and art at the national capital at Washington, D. C., with subsidiary branches in the cities of San Francisco, Chicago and New York; and WHEREAS, The establishment of such a conservatory is of vital importance to the future welfare of the youth of America; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the members of the legislature of the State of California, in body assembled, do hereby memorialize and request our representatives in congress to urge upon their respective houses of congress the advancement, promotion and passage of the bill now before their respective bodies for the establishment of a national conservatory of music and art by the national government, and further that a copy of this memorial be forwarded to each and every representative in congress and to the senators of the United States. CHAPTER XX. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 8, relative to the appropriate observance of the anniversary of Washington's birthday. [Adopted February 20, 1903.] ance of Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the observsenate and assembly meet in joint session in the assembly Washingchamber at eight o'clock P. M. February 23rd for the purpose of ton's birthappropriately observing the anniversary of Washington's birthday; and be it further Resolved, That a committee of three members of the assembly be appointed to confer with a like committee from the senate and arrange a programme of exercises, said committees to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly and president of the senate respectively. Any expenses to be paid equally by the assembly and senate out of their contingent funds. Said expense not to exceed one hundred dollars in the aggregate. day. CHAPTER XXI. Substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, relative to appointment of committee to receive the President of the United States upon his visit to California. [Adopted February 23, 1903.] committee WHEREAS, The President of the United States, Theodore Legislative Roosevelt, intends visiting the State of California during the to receive month of April of this year; and WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that the State of California should extend a proper official welcome to him and his party; therefore, be it Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That a committee of fifteen members of the legislature, to consist of the president and the president pro tempore and five members of the senate to be appointed by the president of the senate; the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the assembly, and six members of the assembly to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, be named to act as a joint committee of the legislature to receive the President of the United States and those who will accompany him, when they shall reach the state line on their entrance into the State of California, in order to extend to the distinguished visitors proper official welcome. The sum of three thousand dollars or so much as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, one half from the contingent fund of the senate and one half from the contingent fund of the assembly, for defraying the expense of such reception, the funds to be expended as in the judgment of the joint committee may be deemed proper and necessary. the President of the United States. Protest against Spanish archives. CHAPTER XXII. Senate Joint Resolution No. 13, relative to the proposed transfer to Washington by the secretary of the interior of the old and valuable Spanish archives of California. [Adopted February 23, 1903.] WHEREAS, An order has been issued by the secretary of the removal of interior to remove from California to Washington the old Spanish archives now in the possession of the surveyor-general; and WHEREAS, These valuable old archives, comprising three hundred and two bound volumes, embrace the records of the Spanish land grants, military reports, old mission records, and other valuable documents bearing upon the early history of this state; therefore be it Resolved, That the people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, protest against this proposed transfer; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of the senate be and he is hereby instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions, by telegraph, to the secretary of the interior. Recommending Hon. Chester Rowell to appointment on Isthmian Canal Commis sion. CHAPTER XXIII. Senate Joint Resolution No. 14, relative to appointment of Hon. mission. [Adopted February 23, 1903.] WHEREAS, The President of the United States will appoint a commission to be known as the Isthmian Canal Commission; and WHEREAS, The legislature of the State of California believes that in the appointment of Honorable Chester Rowell, as a member of said commission, it would be an appointment most satisfactory to all classes of people in California; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly, jointly, That the following recommendation and resolution be adopted: To the President of the United States, Washington, D. C.: The legislature of California, by this joint resolution, recommends the appointment of Hon. Chester Rowell as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission. His high standing in the medical profession, his long and honorable career in public life, his wide knowledge of men and affairs, and reputation for integrity would make his appointment a compliment to the state and a guarantee of usefulness on the commission. Resolved, That this recommendation, when signed by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Speaker of the Assembly, be forwarded by telegraph to the President. |