of any one or more of said registers. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board and his assistants to supervise the said printing and see that all contracts with reference thereto are faithfully performed. They shall read and carefully examine the proofsheets and see that the printed copy exactly corresponds with the original register. Copies of said register when printed shall be immediately posted in the office of the Board of Election Commissioners. The Secretary of said Board shall furnish not to exceed five copies of each of said precinct registers to the authorized representatives of any political party in said city and county applying to him for the same. SEC. 38. As soon as the Board of Election Commissioners receives the precinct register from any Board of precinct registration the Secretary shall proceed immediately to ascertain by inquiry and examination the correctness of said precinct registers, and to cancel all names not legally thereon, and shall prepare a supplemental list for each precinct, showing the cancellations and additions to the regular list made after the publication of the same, of which supplemental list a duplicate shall be kept in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the precinct register. The printing of the said duplicate lists shall in like manner be contracted for, and the same shall be printed, posted and distributed in like manner at least fifteen days before the day of the election, after which no changes shall be made. All cancellations and additions to the registers made by the Secretary shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Election Commissioners. SEC. 39. Not less than five days before the day for the first sittings of the Boards of Precinct Registration the Board of Election Commissioners shall cause an advertisement to be printed for five consecutive days, and on all days of registration, in two daily newspapers of general circulation, published in said city and county, one of which shall be the official newspaper, giving notice to the voters of said city and county that the time for the enrollment of voters on the precinct registers will expire on a certain day, naming the day fixed in this Article for the last day of registration, and inviting them to present themselves, within said time, for registration at the place of meeting of said Boards, (which shall be named), under penalty of being debarred the privilege of voting at such election. Such notice shall specify the day upon which the precinct registration by said Boards shall commence, and also the day upon which it is to end. SEC. 40. The Board of Election Commissioners shall procure rooms or places for the sittings of the Boards of Precinct Registration and for polling places. They shall advertise for offers of rooms and polling places, and shall accept the lowest bid when suitable and conveniently located, but no place shall be used in which intoxicating liquors are sold. SEC. 41. All provisions for carrying out the registration and election laws shall be made by the Board of Election Commissioners, and demands on the Treasury authorized or allowed by it for such purposes shall be paid in the same manner as other demands, after and subject to approval of the same by the Supervisors, and after being audited by the Auditor. SEC. 42. Two persons of different political faith and opinions, and possessing the other qualifications required by this article for Inspectors, shall be in all respects similarly named, selected, notified, examined, appointed, commissioned and sworn as Clerks in and for each election precinct They shall hold office for the same period of time, and upon the same conditions as are above prescribed for Inspectors, and shall receive a like certificate of appointment. SEC. 43. The Inspectors shall constitute the Board of Election for their respective precincts. The Board of Election Commissioners shall have power prior to the election day to appoint from each precinct four additional Inspectors and two additional Clerks. When such appointment is made, such additional Inspectors, with the original Inspectors, shall canvass the vote for such precinct, and shall from and after the closing of the polls constitute the Board of Election of such precinct, the members relieving each other in the duty of canvassing the ballots, which may be conducted by at least half of the whole number; but the final certificates shall be signed by a majority of the whole. SEC. 44. Said additional Inspectors and Clerks shall be one-half each of different political faith and opinions, and possessing the other qualifications required by this Article, and shall be in all respects similarly named, selected, notified, examined, appointed, commissioned and sworn, as hereinbefore provided. They shall hold office for the same period of time as the others, and shall receive a like certificate of appointment, and shall be subject to the same rules as to payment. If any one of said additional Inspectors or Clerks is not present at the precinct at the closing of the polls the Precinct Board of Election must fill the vacancy by the appointment of some suitable person of the same political faith and opinions as the absent person. SEC. 45. The polls must be opened at sunrise, and kept open continuously until sunset of the same day, when they shall be closed. SEC. 46. As soon as the polls of an election shall have been closed, the Inspectors in their several election precincts shall immediately, and at the place of the polls, proceed to canvass the votes. Such canvass shall be made in the manner required by the laws of this State, shall be public, and shall not be adjourned or postponed until it shall have been fully completed. No vote shall be received, nor shall any ballot be counted or canvassed, nor shall any statement of votes, announcement or proclamation be made at any time when the main entrance to the room in which the election is held shall be closed in such a manner as to prevent ingress or egress; but the said Inspectors may station one or more officers at such entrance to exclude disorderly and improper persons; nor shall any such duties be performed unless at least six persons, if so many claim that privilege, are allowed to be present, and so near that they can see whether the duties of the said Inspectors are faithfully performed. When the canvass is completed, the returns shall be made in the manner provided by law and delivered to the Board of Election Commissioners, a delivery to the Secretary being deemed a delivery to the Board. SEC. 47. Any person applying to register, or who, being registered, offers to vote, may, on any day of general registration or of election, be challenged by any qualified voter and either of the Inspectors of election in any election precinct may, and one of them shall, at any authorized meeting of the Board of Precinct Registration, or of the Precinct Board of Election, administer to any person so challenged the oath or oaths provided by law to test the qualification of challenged electors, and either of said inspectors may, at any such meeting, administer to any applicant for registration the oath or oaths provided in this Article, or by law, to be administered to and taken by any such applicant, and may also administer to any elector of the election precinct, who may be offered as a witness to prove the qualification of any person claiming the right to be registered, or to vote, the following oath: "You do swear, (or affirm) that you are an elector of this election precinct, that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching the place of residence and other qualifications as an Elector of the person (name to be given) now claiming the right to be registered, (or to vote) of this precinct." SEC. 48. For all powers, authority and duties in this Article prescribed for and conferred upon, and all action required of Inspectors of election or Boards of Election, save where such authority or action is specifically allowed to any of said Inspectors, the concurrence or assent of a majority of all the Inspectors of election, in any election precinct, must in all cases be obtained. SEC. 49. The Inspectors of Election in each election precinct, while discharging any of the duties imposed upon them by this Article, shall have full authority to preserve order and enforce obedience to their lawful commands at and around the place of registration, or election, or canvass or return of canvass; to keep the access to such place open and unobstructed, to prevent and suppress riots, tumult, violence disorder, and all other improper practices tending to the intimidation or obstruction of voters, the disturbance or interruption of the work of registration or voting, or the canvass, or return of votes; and to protect the voters and challengers from intimidation or violence, and the registers, poll books, boxes and ballots, from violence and fraud, and shall appoint or deputize, if necessary, one or more electors to communicate their orders and directions, and to assist in the enforcement thereof. SEC. 50. Nothing in this Article contained shall give power to the Supervisors to call or order elections when not authorized by law or the provisions of this Charter. All election proclamations, for municipal elections, shall be made and signed by the Mayor. Inspectors of Election, who have actually performed the duties of the office in full up to the time of claiming such exemption, may be exempt from Jury duty so long as they continue to perform in full such election duties upon showing such fact by the certificate of the Secretary of the Board of Election Commissioners and the oath of the person claiming the exemption. ARTICLE XII. Of Harbors and Wharves. SECTION 1. All the wharves, water front and Harbor of San Francisco which now belong, or may hereafter belong to the city and county, or over which it does now or may lawfully exercise jurisdiction and control, shall be under the management and control of the Supervisors; provided, that all wharves and repairs to wharves, shall be built or repaired by the Board of Public Works, in like manner as is provided in this Charter for the improvement or repair of public buildings. The Supervisors, shall by ordinance, fix and regulate in and for the City and County the tolls for wharfage, dockage and other charges and shall provide for the collection of the same, or they may provide that no charges, tolls, dockage or wharfage be imposed or collected; provided, further, that the Supervisors shall not have power to lease, alienate, or in any manner dispose of, any wharf, or any such charges, tolls, dockage, wharfarge, or proceeds thereof. ARTICLE XIII. Salaries and Fees. CHAPTER 1. SECTION 1. The salaries and compensation of all officers, deputies, clerks and employees of the city and county, and its Boards, Officers and Departments, except the pay of teachers in the Public Schools, shall be established and regulated from time to time by the Supervisors, but shall not exceed the amounts named in this Chapter; provided, that the salaries of officers elected by the people shall not be increased or diminished in such manner as to affect any incumbent during the time for which he was elected; and, provided further, that officers not provided with a salary in this Chapter shall be deemed to serve without compensation, and to such none shall be allowed. The following annual salaries and compensation shall not be exceeded, viz: For the Mayor, five thousand dollars. City Attorney, five thousand dollars. Supervisors, each, twelve hundred dollars. Two Commissioners of Public Works, each, three thousand dol lars. Four Fire Commissioners, each, three hundred dollars. Four Reformatory Commissioners, each, three hundred dollars. |