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Chief of police

Policemen (each).

Chief of fire department..

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Deputy superintendent of the water department...
City engineer, to receive fees, to be fixed by the trustees.

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Salaries of all officers shall be paid monthly. After having served two years the chief of police (as long as he continues such) shall receive an increase in salary over the above amount, of two hundred dollars per annum; and the patrolmen after serving a similar number of years shall receive an increase of sixty dollars per annum.

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The salaries set forth in this charter shall be in full for all services rendered. It shall be unlawful for the board of trustees, or any other board, to raise the salary of any officer, after his election, or the date of his appointment.

The words "election or appointment," as used in this section, shall mean from the time that the clerk made out his certificate of election or appointment; and the word "salary," as used in this section, includes all allowances of whatever nature.

ARTICLE VIII.

Judiciary.

Elections.

JUDICIARY.

SEC. 59. The justices of the peace of Vallejo township, residing within the corporate limits of the city of Vallejo, are hereby authorized and required to take cognizance of all cases arising under the ordinances of said city for violation thereof. All fines imposed by them and collected for violation of city ordinances shall be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city. They shall receive such compensation therefor as may be allowed by the city trustees, not to exceed the amount allowed them by law in criminal cases arising under the Penal Code, which compensation shall be paid out of the city treasury.

ARTICLE IX.

ELECTIONS.

SEC. 60. Elections to be held in the city shall be of two kinds: general and special.

SEC. 61. General municipal elections shall be held biennially on the first Monday in March; the first general election under this charter shall be held on the first Monday in March, nineteen hundred, and all officers elected at said election shall take office on the first Monday in April of said year.

SEC. 62. The provisions of all general laws governing elec- Elections. tions for state and county officers, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, then existing or afterwards enacted by the state legislature, are hereby adopted as the law governing city elections, and the city trustees and city clerk, respectively, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on county boards of supervisors and county clerks concerning elections. The mayor, trustees, and city clerk shall constitute the board of election commissioners for the city.

trustees,

SEC. 63. The mayor and board of city trustees shall pre- Mayor and pare and submit to the qualified electors of the city for adoption, duties. at the first general or special election held under this charter, a proposition by ordinance governing and regulating primary elections; and until such ordinance is adopted by a majority of the qualified voters voting at such election, all candidates for offices to be filled at a city election can be nominated for such office in the manner provided for by the general law of the state.

duty.

SEC. 64. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, whenever the City clerk's great register of the county is about to be printed, to notify the board of supervisors of Solano county to provide for the printing of a sufficient number of registers (in addition to the number otherwise provided by law to be printed) for the general and special elections to be held or likely to be held in the city of Vallejo, and it shall be the duty of the county clerk of said county to furnish such registers in sufficient numbers when so required by the city.

be elected.

SEC. 65. At the first municipal election held under the pro- Officers to visions of this charter the following officers shall be elected, and biennially thereafter: A mayor; city clerk, who shall also be clerk of the water department, and secretary to the commissioners of public works; auditor, who shall be ex officio assessor; treasurer, who shall be ex officio tax collector and license tax collector; two commissioners of public works; also five city trustees, five school directors, and five library trustees, who shall hold office for four years; provided, that the members of the above boards, at the first meeting of their respective boards, held under the provisions of this charter, shall draw lots for a long and short term; three members of each board shall retire at the end of two years, their successors shall be elected to hold office for four years; and two shall retire at the end of four years, and their successors shall be elected every four years thereafter. All officers herein named shall be elected at large; provided, that the members of the board of city trustees shall be nominated from wards, two from the first ward, two from the second ward, and one from the third ward; and the official ballots shall be prepared so that they shall show the ward that each candidate is nominated for. All candidates for city trustees shall be voted for by the electors of the entire city without respect to wards, and the nominees from each ward having the highest number of votes shall be declared the trustees from that ward.

The board of city trustees and the board of education shall

Elections to be

called by

be the judges of the election and qualification of their own members.

SEC. 66. The board of trustees shall by ordinance declare and provide for the holding of all municipal elections; such ordinance. ordinance shall specify the object, time, place or places, and the names of the inspectors, judges of election, and clerks for each precinct, all of whom shall be residents of the precincts within which they are appointed to serve, for at least one year prior to said election, to conduct the holding of and to make returns of such election. Said ordinance shall be published in a daily newspaper published in said city, for at least ten days prior to the time designated for holding the election.

Precinct boundaries, etc.

One set of election officers.

Election returns; duty of city clerk.

Electors.

Canvass.

The boundaries for the precincts shall remain as fixed for the election of state and county officers at the last general election preceding the city election, unless changed by ordinance. Each inspector, judge, and clerk of election shall receive such compensation for his services as the board of city trustees may direct, not to exceed four dollars.

SEC. 67. The city trustees shall act in conjunction with the board of school directors, and arrange for and make provisions for one set of election officers to conduct both city and school elections at the same time and place. The school directors shall provide a special polling place for those school electors outside the city limits.

SEC. 68. The election returns from each precinct shall be filed with the city clerk, who shall immediately place them in the vaults in the city clerk's office, and no person shall be permitted to handle, inspect, examine, or in any manner interfere with the same until canvassed by the city trustees. They shall be sealed up and kept by the city clerk, after having been canvassed, for six months, and no person shall have access to them, except on order of a legally constituted court.

SEC. 69. Only such persons residing in the city of Vallejo whose names shall legally appear on the printed great register, or supplement thereto, of Solano county at the time of holding any municipal election, shall be entitled to vote at such election, and to this end and extent said great register is hereby adopted by the city.

On the second day after a city election, the city trustees shall canvass the returns and declare the result. After the result of an election is declared, or when an appointment is made, the city clerk, under his hand and official seal, shall issue a certificate therefor and serve the same by depositing it, with postage prepaid, in the United States mail, addressed to the person elected or appointed; and within ten days thereafter (if the office be accepted) such person shall file the certificate, with the oath of office attached, in the office of the city clerk.

When an official bond is required it shall be approved and filed within twenty days after the certificate of election is issued. All certificates of election must be authenticated by the hand and seal of the city clerk; no other authentication shall be necessary.

in elective

SEC. 71. Whenever a vacancy occurs by failure of the people Vacancies to elect, the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to fill said offices. vacancy, and if the board of trustees shall, by a vote of a majority of its members, confirm the appointment, the person so appointed shall fill the office until the next municipal election, if not sooner removed for cause.

When a vacancy occurs by virtue of the death, resignation, removal from office, or inability to serve, the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy; provided, all such appointees shall possess all the qualifications required by this charter for filling said office; and if said appointment is confirmed by a majority vote of the board of trustees, he shall hold the said office until the next municipal election, unless sooner removed for cause.

Should a vacancy occur in the office of mayor, from any cause, the board of trustees shall order an election to be held within sixty days after the vacancy shall have occurred to fill said vacancy, except that such vacancy occurs within six months of the next municipal election, in which case the office shall be filled by the president of the board of trustees for the unexpired term.

ARTICLE X.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Commissioners.

ment of

SEC. 72. There shall be a department of public works under Depart the management of three commissioners, who shall constitute public the board of public works.

works.

sioners.

The commissioners shall consist of the mayor and two addi- Commistional members; candidates for the position must possess all the qualifications required of candidates for city trustee, and one of them shall be a practical builder, civil engineer, or architect; they shall be elected by the qualified voters at large, and serve without salary. Their term of office shall be four Term of years; provided, that at the first election after the adoption of office. this charter the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected, and they shall determine by lot who is to retire at the expiration of two years.

SEC. 73. Immediately after their election and qualification Organizathey shall organize as a board. The mayor shall be president tion. of the board; the city clerk shall be secretary to the board. They shall establish rules and regulations governing its proceedings, and for the regulation and conduct of its officers, secretary, and employés, and may require bonds from any of its subordinates for the faithful performance of their duties. Such bonds must be approved by at least two of the commissioners, and be filed with the auditor; their regular meetings shall be held at such time and place as they shall fix by resolution, to be entered on its record. Two members shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative votes of two members shall be necessary to pass an order or resolution.

Depart

ment of public works.

Secretary.

SEC. 74. The clerk of the board shall keep a record of its transactions, specifying therein the names of the commissioners Secretary present at the meeting, and giving the ayes and noes upon all votes. Every order or resolution shall be recorded at length, and the record shall be approved by the board. The secretary shall cause the publication of all notices herein authorized to be published, and shall perform such other duties as the board may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE XI.

Powers

of board.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SEC. 75. It shall, immediately on completing its organizaand duties tion, take possession of, and thereafter keep in its custody, all maps, surveys, field notes, plans, specifications, contracts; all documents, books, and papers; all machinery, tools, and appliances, and all property belonging to the city, in possession of or under control of the city surveyor or street superintendent. SEC. 76. The board may appoint such employés as are herein provided for, or as may be authorized by the board of city trustees. The salaries of all officers and employés of the board, except so far as the same are designated by this charter, shall be fixed from time to time by the board of city trustees, in its discretion, on recommendation of the commissioners.

SEC. 77. The commissioners shall have charge and superintendence of all public work of every kind, where not otherwise provided for in this charter, to be done for the city or for the board of education, or any other department, and also for the furnishing of all material and supplies for such work. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to vigilantly inspect all parts of the city, and to recommend from time to time, to the board of city trustees, such work as they may deem necessary and proper.

SEC. 78. The commissioners shall have special charge, superintendence, and control, subject to such ordinances as the board of city trustees may from time to time adopt, of the harbor and water front, of the water system, and of all streets, highways, sidewalks, roads, bridges, wharves, parks, and public places belonging to the city, or dedicated to public use, and of the improvements and repair thereof; of all sewers, cesspools, and the work pertaining thereto, or to the drainage of the city; of the cleaning of streets; and of all repairs upon all accepted streets; of the construction and repair of all public buildings, and the making of all improvements for the city or under its authority; and if at any time the city should own its own system for lighting the streets and public places thereof, the commissioners shall have the management of all its plant and whatever may belong to the system. It shall have exclusive authority to prescribe rules and grant permits in conformity with the ordinances of the city for the moving of buildings

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