shall neglect or refuse to remove it within the specified time, then the commissioners of public works shall remove the same, and the owner shall have no claim against the city for damage, upon account of said removal.

Remuneration of officials for expenses incurred.

of officials

SEC. 216. Whenever it shall become necessary for the inter- Expenses ests of the city that any member of the board of trustees, commissioners of public works, library trustees, or chief of the fire department should be called upon to perform any duty for the city which involves travel and incidental expenses in connection therewith, or to incur any other necessary expense, the member or members of such boards, or the chief engineer of the fire department, shall get an order or permit to incur such expense from the mayor, upon such form as may be adopted; on the completion of such duty such member of such boards, or the chief engineer of the fire department, shall render an itemized bill to the board of trustees, and upon approval of the same by the board, and being audited by the city auditor, it shall be paid by the treasurer as in this charter provided.

Limit of indebtedness.

indebted

SEC. 217. No board within the city of Vallejo shall incur Limit of any indebtedness or liability in any manner, or for any pur- ness. pose, exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two thirds of the qualified electors of the city voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor unless, before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof within forty years from the time of contracting the same. Any indebtedness or liability incurred contrary to this provision shall be void.

Amendments to the charter.

ments to

SEC. 218. Whenever there shall be presented to the trustees Amenda petition signed by a number of voters equal to fifteen per charter. centum of the votes cast at the last preceding state or municipal election, asking that amendment or amendments to this charter, to be set out in such petition, be submitted to the people, the board must submit to the vote of the electors of the city the proposed amendment or amendments.

The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper. Each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number. One of the signers of each such paper shall make oath, before an officer competent to administer oaths, that the statements made therein are true, and that each signature to such paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be thereto subscribed.

The board of election commissioners must make all necessary provisions for submitting the proposed amendment or amendments to the electors at a special election to be called by

To be voted upon.

Special election.

Three

fifths vote.

Ordinances continued

in force.

Certificate

of freeholders.

it, and shall canvass the vote in the same manner as in other cases of election.

All the provisions of the constitution of the state embracing the subject in this section provided for, are hereby expressly applicable to such proposed amendment or amendments. But if at any time there shall be no constitutional provision or provisions under which this charter may be amended, then the aforesaid amendment or amendments must be submitted by the board of election commissioners to the vote of the electors of the city at the election which next ensues after such petition is filed with the trustees, if any such election is not to be held within sixty days after the filing of such petition.

The tickets used at such election shall contain the words "for the amendment" (stating the nature of the proposed amendment) and "against the amendment" (stating the nature of the proposed amendment).

If three fifths of the votes cast upon such amendment or amendments shall be in favor of the adoption thereof, the board of election commissioners shall, within thirty days from the time of such election, proclaim such fact, and thereupon this charter shall be amended accordingly.

Former city ordinances.

SEC. 219. All city ordinances, resolutions, and other regulations now in force and not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, shall be and remain in full force after this charter takes effect until changed or repealed by the proper authority.

CERTIFICATE.

We, the undersigned members of the board of freeholders of the city of Vallejo, elected at the regular municipal election held on the twenty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, have prepared and do hereby propose as a charter for said city the foregoing, consisting of twenty-one articles, and two hundred and nineteen sections.

Done in duplicate at the city of Vallejo, this seventeenth day of June, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. E. B. HUSSEY.

W. T. KELLEY.
J. R. WHITAKER.
J. J. LUCHSINGER.
JAS. A. LAMONT.
D. W. HARRIER.
GEO. W. EDGCUMBE.
SAMUEL BROWN.
JOHN MINAHAN.
J. H. BRENNAN.

S. J. MCKNIGHT.

H. L. HALLIDAY.
GEO. J. CAMPBELL.
WM. C. GREEVES.
CORNELIUS MCCAULEY.

Attest: GEO. A. RONEY, Secretary.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF SOLANO, CITY OF VALLEJO.

This is to certify that we, W. B. Pressey, president of the Certificate of city board of city trustees of the city of Vallejo, and C. F. Mugridge, officials. city clerk of said city of Vallejo, have compared the foregoing proposed and ratified charter with one of the duplicates mentioned therein, and find that the same is an exact copy thereof; and we further certify that the facts set forth in the preamble preceding said charter herein are true.

Dated Vallejo, Cal., January 14, 1899.

W. B. PRESSEY,

President of board of city trustees of the city of Vallejo.

C. F. MUGRIDGE,

City clerk of the city of Vallejo.

CHAPTER VI.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 9, relative to the abrogation of that portion of the Stanislaus forest reserve in Alpine county, or in lieu thereof, the permission of pasturage of sheep in said portion thereof for the year 1899.

[Adopted February 3, 1899.]

WHEREAS, The late President Cleveland when in office cre- Preamble. ated and established the Stanislaus forest reserve, which reserve covers a large portion of the county of Alpine, state of California; and

WHEREAS, The larger portion, if not the whole, of said Stanis-
laus forest reserve in said Alpine county is in no sense
covered with such forest timber or other growth as is con-
templated by congress or the executive in the establishing of
forest reserves; and

WHEREAS, The destruction of timber or undergrowth in said
portion of the Stanislaus forest reserve is impossible, because
said reserve is not covered with great forests of timber, and
forest fires are impossible on account of the lateness of the
disappearance of snow in that section; and
WHEREAS, In the past twenty-five or thirty years the presence
of camp fires, tourists, stockmen, and others has not resulted
in any disastrous fires in said portion of said reserve; and
WHEREAS, The closing of the lands embraced in said reserve
in the county of Alpine to the pasturage of sheep will be of
great injury to said county and to the hundreds of people
engaged in said industry in said county, as well as to its
merchants and others who have heretofore furnished supplies
to said stockmen; now, therefore, be it

of Stanis

reserve in Alpine

county.

Favoring Resolved by the senate and assembly, jointly, That our senaabrogation tors in congress be instructed, and our representatives be laus forest requested, to urge upon the commissioner of the general land office and the president of the United States the injustice to all the interests herein before mentioned of further continuing said Stanislaus forest reserve in said county of Alpine; to obtain the abrogation or suspension of said reserve in so far as the same extends over Alpine county; and, if said abrogation or suspension of said reserve cannot be had, to obtain from the honorable commissioner of said general land office permission for the pasturage of sheep for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine in the portion of said reserve in said Alpine county.

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be immediately forwarded, by mail, by the secretary of the senate to our representatives in congress.

CHAPTER VII.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 10, relative to construction and ownership of Nicaragua canal.

[Adopted February 3, 1899.1

Preamble. WHEREAS, The construction of the Nicaragua canal would be of immense value to the people of the Pacific coast, and especially to the people of the state of California, as it would afford greater protection to this coast in time of war, open new lines of trade and commerce in time of peace, tend to cheapen transportation to foreign and Atlantic seaboard markets, build up new enterprises everywhere within our state, and largely tend to maintain old ones, greatly increase our population, and thus enhance our wealth and multiply our resources, and establish a shorter line of oceanic communication between the United States and its possessions in the Orient; and

Favoring

govern

ment own

WHEREAS, There is now pending in the congress of the United States a measure providing for the construction of the Nicaragua canal by the United States government;

Resolved by the senate of the state of California, the assembly thereof concurring, That our senators in congress be instructed, and our members of the house of representatives of the United gua canal. States be requested, to earnestly support the passage of this measure; and be it further

ership of the Nicara

Resolved, That we favor the absolute ownership and operation of the said Nicaragua canal by the United States govern

ment.

Resolved, That his excellency the governor is hereby requested to forward to each of our senators and representatives in congress a copy of this resolution.

CHAPTER VIII.

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, relative to the appointment of committees to draft resolutions to the memory of the late Hon. John Boggs.

[Adopted February 4, 1899.]

WHEREAS, In the dispensation of Divine Providence, a sad duty has this day fallen to our lot, arising from the death of our esteemed colleague, Hon. John Boggs; therefore, be it

of Hon.

Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the presi- In memory dent of the senate appoint three members of the senate, and John the speaker of the assembly appoint three members of the Boggs. assembly, to act as a joint committee to draft suitable resolutions in memory of our late honored and esteemed colleague, Hon. John Boggs.

CHAPTER IX.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 12, relative to improvement of San
Pablo bay.

[Adopted February 6, 1899.]

WHEREAS, It has been determined, as a result of an official sur- Preamble. vey of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, as shown on their chart of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, that a shoal exists in San Pablo bay, between Lone Tree Point and Point Pinole; and

WHEREAS, San Pablo bay is the waterway between the Golden Gate and Carquinez straits, having commerce aggregating millions of dollars annually;

THEREFORE, In the interest of commerce, the development of the state as a whole, and to insure the safety of our naval vessels going to and coming from Mare Island navy yard, be it

dredging

Resolved by the senate and assembly, jointly, That our sena- Favoring tors in congress be instructed, and our representatives requested, or to use all their efforts to have the necessary dredging done and Pablo bay. to secure an appropriation therefor.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded by the secretary of the senate to our representatives in congress.