may be paid into the school funds, which funds shall be kept separate and distinct from all other moneys, and shall be used for school purposes alone; and if at the end of any school year any surplus remains in the school funds, such surplus shall be carried forward to the school funds of the next school year, and shall be used for no other than school purposes. All moneys collected in accordance with the provisions of this charter shall be paid into the city treasury to the credit of the proper school fund. against SEC. 6. All claims, payable out of the school fund of the Claims city, shall be filed with the secretary of the board. The board school shall examine and allow, in whole or in part, every demand fund. payable out of the school funds, or shall reject all or part of any such demands, for good cause, of which the board shall be the sole judge; provided, that demands for salaries of superintendent, secretary, teachers, and janitors shall be paid monthly without presentation of claims therefor. Each demand allowed by the board shall be paid by a warrant drawn by the secretary upon the proper school fund, which warrant shall be countersigned by the president. who may SEC. 7. Every member of the board of education and the Oaths; superintendent of schools may administer oaths on all matters administer connected with the school department. house SEC. 8. An act to re-establish "Court-House School District," "Courtin the County of Sonoma, approved March thirty, eighteen school dishundred and seventy-eight, is hereby repealed. ARTICLE XIX. FRANCHISES. trict" act repealed. chises; SECTION 1. Except as otherwise provided in the constitution Franof the state, or as otherwise provided in this charter, every must be ordinance involving the granting by the city of any franchise submitted to people. for the supply of light or water, or for the lease or sale of any public utility, or for the purchase of land of more than five thousand dollars in value, or any contract for supplying the city with any commodity running for a period longer than two years, must be submitted to the vote of the electors of the city at the election next ensuing after the adoption of such ordinance. A special election may be called by the common council, provided the parties applying for the franchise deposit in the city treasury the estimated cost of said election. used at SEC. 2. The ticket used at such election shall contain the Ticket words "For the ordinance" (stating the nature of the proposed franchise ordinance), and "Against the ordinance" (stating the nature of election. the proposed ordinance). If a majority of the votes cast upon such ordinance shall be in favor of the adoption thereof, the common council shall, within thirty days from the time of such election, proclaim such fact, and upon such proclamation such ordinance shall have the same force and effect as an ordinance passed by the common council and approved by the mayor. Demands against the city. Warrants. Definitions First election under charter. SEC. 3. No such franchise, or lease, or sale of any public utility, or purchase of land shall be of any force or effect except it be made by ordinance, and such ordinance be adopted by the people as in this section provided. ARTICLE XX. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY. SECTION 1. All bills, claims, and demands against the city shall be plainly stated in writing and verified by the oath of the claimant or some person in his behalf. The items of the claim shall be particularly stated therein. The said claim shall be filed by the city clerk, who shall present it to the common council, and they shall allow or reject the same in whole or in part. No bill, claim, or demand shall be allowed in whole or in part unless so made out and verified. No action shall be commenced against the city unless the said bill, claim, or demand upon which it is founded shall have been first so presented in writing, by filing the same with the city clerk, nor until two months after such filing. Upon the expiration of said two months, if such claim, bill, or demand, shall not have been allowed, or allowed only in part, and suit shall thereafter be commenced, and no more is recovered against said city than the amount so allowed, no costs shall be recovered against said city, but said city shall recover costs. If no action shall be commenced within one year after the expiration of said two months, the bill, claim, or demand so filed, of whatever nature, shall be forever barred and incapable of ever being revived in any manner whatsoever. SEC. 2. Warrants on the treasury shall be drawn by the city clerk for all bills, claims, or demands allowed by the common council, which shall be signed by the mayor, countersigned by the city clerk, and shall be numbered and paid in the order of their numbers. ARTICLE XXI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. SECTION 1. Whenever the word " city" occurs in this charter it means the City of Santa Rosa, and wherever any department, board, or officer is mentioned in this charter it means such department, board, or officer, as the case may be, of the City of Santa Rosa. SEC. 2. The common council of the City of Santa Rosa, in office at the time this charter is provided by the legislature, shall provide for the holding of the first election of officers under this charter, shall canvass the votes, declare the result, and approve the bonds of all officers elected at such election. SEC. 3. The officers of the city in office at the time of the approval of this charter by the legislature shall continue to hold office and discharge their duties until the first day in July, nineteen hundred and three, or until their successors are duly qualified. effective; SEC. 4. This charter shall go into effect for all election pur- Charter poses on the day of its adoption by the legislature, and for all when. other purposes, unless otherwise here provided, on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and three. SEC. 5. The chief of police and superintendent of streets and public works shall devote their entire time and services to the duties of their respective offices. forfeited. SEC. 6. All franchises and privileges heretofore granted by Franchises the city which are not in actual use or enjoyment, or which the grantees thereof have not in good faith commenced to exercise, are hereby declared forfeited and of no validity unless said grantees or their assigns shall, within one month after this charter takes effect, in good faith commence the exercise and enjoyment of such privilege or franchise. Miscellaneous Departments. powers of council. SEC. 7. All departments of the public service and public General works, not in this charter otherwise provided for, shall be under the direction and control of the common council, and the common council may organize the same, and charge such organization from time to time as to the common council shall seem best. The common council shall have power to appoint, promote, suspend, reduce, or dismiss all officers or employés of such departments, fix the powers, duties, and compensation of such officers and employés, prescribe rules and regulations for the government, discipline, and equipment of such departments, and to enforce penalties for the violation of any such rules and regulations; and shall have the power to do anything that may be necessary to maintain said departments in a high state of efficiency. tion for SEC. 8. The minimum compensation to be paid for labor compensaupon all work performed under the direction, control, or by the labor. authority of the common council, is hereby fixed at two dollars per day for eight hours' labor. SEC. 9. In addition to the officers mentioned elsewhere in Appointthis charter as appointive officers the following shall be ive officers. appointed, viz.: chief of police, city treasurer, superintendent of streets and public works, and five library trustees. PROPOSAL OF THE CHARTER. of free WHEREAS, The City of Santa Rosa, a city containing a popu- Certificate lation of more than three thousand and five hundred and less holders. than ten thousand inhabitants, on the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, at a general election held under and in accordance with the provisions of section eight, of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of California, did elect the undersigned a board of freeholders to prepare and propose a charter for said Approval of legislature. Now, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN: That, in pursuance of the Constitution, and within a period of ninety days after such election, the said board of fifteen freeholders has prepared and does propose the above and foregoing charter for said City of Santa Rosa, and it is hereby and hereunder signed in duplicate as and for the charter for the City of Santa Rosa. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, at the City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma county, California, this eighth day of February, A. D. nineteen hundred and two. Now therefore, be it THOS. RUTLEDGE, Chairman. W. D. REYNOLDS. J. C. MAILER. NEWTON V. V. SMYTH. E. E. MORROW. J. W. JESSE. D. P. ANDERSON. W. H. LEE. CHAS. B. KOBES J. W. KEEGAN. Resolved by the senate of the State of California, the assembly concurring (a majority of all the members elected to each house voting for the adoption of this resolution and concurring herein), that said amendment to the charter of the City of Santa Rosa herein before set forth, as presented and submitted to and adopted and ratified by the qualified electors of said city, be and the same is hereby approved as a whole without amendment or alteration for and as the charter of the said City of Santa Rosa. CHAPTER XXXIII. Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 11-A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State of California, umending Article XIII of the State Constitution by adding thereto a new section to be numbered "one and three quarters," relative to exemption of shipping from taxation. [Adopted March 6, 1903.] The legislature of the State of California at its regular session, commencing on the fifth day of January, 1903, two thirds of all the members elected to each of the houses of said legislature voting in favor thereof, hereby propose that Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of California be amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known as "section number one and three quarters," to wit: ships from Section 14. All ships or shipping engaged in either foreign Exempting or domestic navigation, or in the fisheries, shall be exempt taxation. from taxation. CHAPTER XXXIV. Senate Joint Resolution No. 15, requesting our senators and representatives in congress to have the battleships of the United States built in the navy yards of the United States. [Adopted March 6, 1903.] building ships in navy yards United WHEREAS, There has been provided by the naval appropria- Urging tion bill now before congress, for the building of five battleships of battlefor the United States navy; and WHEREAS, It has been demonstrated that such ships can of the be built as cheaply and under more skilled workmanship in the navy yards of the United States, than in the private yards of the country; and WHEREAS, There are millions of dollars' worth of the latest improved machinery and equipments lying idle in the various navy yards of the country and at the same time the private concerns are overcrowded with the present government contracts on hand; therefore Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That we request our senators and representatives in congress to use their influence to have the five battleships aforesaid, built in the various navy yards of the United States and that one of these ships shall be built in the navy yard at Mare Island; and further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be immediately forwarded by telegraph to each of our senators and representatives in congress, one to the Secretary of the Navy and one to 'the President of the United States. states. CHAPTER XXXV. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 11, relative to adjournment. [Adopted March 12, 1903.] ment. Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the legis- Adjournlature adjourn sine die at twelve o'clock meridian Saturday, March 14, 1903. |