empt from Section 253. All officers and employés, who, at the time who exof taking effect of this article, would be included in the classi- examinafied civil service, and who shall have been continuously in the tion. service of the city for a period of six months prior to the adoption of this article, shall be deemed to have the necessary qualifications required by the provisions hereof, and shall retain their respective positions until removed for cause, as provided herein. All officers and employés, who, at the time of the tak- Probation. ing effect of this article, would be included in the classified civil service, but who have been in the service of the city for a period of less than six months, shall, during a period of six months from and after the taking effect of this article, be deemed to be serving under probation and be subject to the same regulations as other candidates serving under probation, as herein before provided in this article. nances. Section 254. The city council of the City of Los Angeles Ordishall have power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons violating any of the provisions of this article. tion of AND WHEREAS, Said proposed amendments were, and each Publicaof them was, published for twenty days in a daily newspaper amendprinted and published in said city, and of general circulation ments. therein, to wit, in "The Los Angeles Daily Journal," said publication ending on the 20th day of October, 1902; and municipal WHEREAS, Thereafter the city council of said city did, by General an ordinance known as Ordinance No. 7685 (new series), which election. was duly adopted on the 17th day of November, 1902, order the holding of a general municipal election in said City of Los Angeles, on the 1st day of December, 1902 (at least forty days after the publication of said proposed amendments for twenty days in said daily newspaper of general circulation in said City of Los Angeles, to wit, "The Los Angeles Daily Journal"), and did provide in said ordinance for the submission of said proposed amendments to the said charter to the qualified electors of said city for their ratification at said general municipal election; which said ordinance was approved by the mayor of said city on the 17th day of November, 1902, and was published for at least ten days prior to the time appointed for the holding of said election, in "The Los Angeles Daily Journal," a daily newspaper printed and published in said city; and election. WHEREAS, At said election more than three fifths of the Result of qualified electors voting thereat voted in favor of the ratification of, and did ratify each and all of said proposed amendments to said charter; and returns. WHEREAS, The city council of said City of Los Angeles, at Canvass of a special meeting thereof, held within ten days after said election, duly canvassed the returns of said election, and duly found, determined, and declared that more than three fifths of such qualified electors voting at such election had voted for and ratified each and all of the said proposed amendments to said charter; and WHEREAS, The said proposed amendments so ratified have Approved by legislature. been duly presented and submitted to the Legislature of the State of California for approval or rejection without power of alteration or amendment, in accordance with section eight of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of California; Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the senate of the State of California, the assembly thereof concurring (a majority of all members elected to each house voting for the adoption of this resolution and concurring herein), that the said amendments to the said charter of said City of Los Angeles, herein before set forth, as presented and submitted to and adopted and ratified by the qualified electors of said city, be and the same are hereby approved as a whole for, and as amendments to, the said charter of said City of Los Angeles. Returns of election for governor and lieutenant CHAPTER VII. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 1, relative to opening and publishing the returns of the election of governor and lieutenant governor. [Adopted February 4, 1903.] Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the senate and assembly meet in joint session in the assembly chamber at two o'clock in the afternoon of this day, January governor. sixth, nineteen hundred and three, for the purpose of being present when the speaker of the assembly shall open and publish the returns of the election for governor and lieutenantgovernor, as provided and required by article five, section four, of the Constitution of the State of California. Committee on inau CHAPTER VIII. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 2, relative to committee on inaugural ball. [Adopted February 4, 1903.] Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That a comgural ball. mittee of three be appointed by the speaker to confer with a like committee from the senate and the inaugural ball committee of Sacramento city upon the inaugural ball ceremonies. CHAPTER IX. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3, relative to the inaugural ball. [Adopted February 4, 1903.] ball and Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Inaugural secretary of state be requested to place at the disposal of the banquet. committees having in charge the inaugural ball and banquet, the various halls, corridors, and unoccupied chambers in and about the state capitol, from and after the adjournment of the legislature on Saturday, January tenth, nineteen hundred and three, to the hour of ten o'clock A. M., Tuesday, January thirteenth, nineteen hundred and three. CHAPTER X. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9, relative to the recent death of Hon. F. C. Franck, of Santa Clara county. [Adopted February 4, 1903.] death of Resolved by the senate of the State of California, the assembly Relative to concurring, That a joint committee consisting of three assembly- Hon. F. C. men and three senators be appointed by the speaker of the Franck. assembly and the president of the senate to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of the late ex-assemblyman and ex-state senator, Hon. F. C. Franck, a representative from Santa Clara county. CHAPTER XI. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, approving seven certain amendments to the charter of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, voted for and ratified by the electors of said City and County of San Francisco at a special election held therein for that purpose on the fourth day of December 1902. [Adopted February 5, 1903.] WHEREAS, The City and County of San Francisco, State of Preamble. California, contains a population of over three hundred and forty thousand inhabitants, and has ever since the eighth day of January in the year Nineteen hundred and is now organized and acting under a freeholders' charter adopted under and by virtue of section eight of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of California, which Charter was duly ratified by the qualified electors of said City and County at an election held Amendments pro posed. for that purpose on the twenty-sixth day of May eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and approved by the Legislature of the State of California on the twenty-sixth day of January eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (Statutes of 1899, page 241) and which Charter has never been amended; and WHEREAS, The Legislative authority of said City and County, namely, the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors thereof, duly proposed to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco eight certain amendments to the Charter of said City and County by the passage and approval of the seven following ordinances of said City and County, to wit: Ordinance No. 526, entitled "Describing and setting forth proposals, to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of Article XII thereof, by repealing Section 5 of said Article, and by renumbering Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of said Article so that they shall be known respectively as Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of said Article XII, all relating to the acquisition of public utilities by the City and County, and by amending Section 29 of Article XVI of said Charter, relating to the construction and acquisition of municipal improvements by the City and County," passed July 14th 1902, and approved July 21st 1902. Ordinance No. 527, entitled "Describing and setting forth a proposal to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said City and County by amending Section 21 of Chapter I of Article VI of said Charter relative to contracts made and entered into by the Board of Public Works of said City and County for work or improvements authorized or ordered by the Supervisors of said City and County," passed July 14th 1902, and approved July 21st 1902. Ordinance No. 528, entitled "Describing and setting forth proposals to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said. City and County by amending Sections 2, 4 and 16, respectively, of Chapter II of Article VI of said Charter, relating to street work and street improvement in said City and County," passed July 14th 1902, and approved July 21st 1902. Ordinance No. 529, entitled "Describing and setting forth a proposal to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 1, Chapter IV, Article IV of said Charter, relating to the salary of the assessor," passed July 14th 1902, and approved July 21st 1902. Ordinance No. 530, entitled "Describing and setting forth a proposal to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 29 of Chapter II, Article VI of said Charter, relating to the cleaning and sprinkling of the public streets," passed July 14th 1902 and approved July 21st 1902. ments pro Ordinance No. 535, entitled "Describing and setting forth a Amendproposal to the qualified electors of the City and County of San posed. Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 1, Chapter II, Article II, of said Charter, by adding a new subdivision to be known as Subdivision 36, relating to the relief of aged, indigent and infirm exempt firemen who served in the Volunteer Fire Department between the years 1850 and 1866," passed July 21st 1902, and approved July 26th 1902. Ordinance No. 543, entitled "Describing and setting forth a proposal to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to amend the Charter of said City and County by amending Subdivision 27, Section 1, Chapter II, Article II of said Charter, relating to the regulation of street railroads, tracks and cars," passed August 4th 1902, and approved August 9th 1902, and WHEREAS, Said seven ordinances aforementioned containing said eight proposed amendments to said Charter were in accordance with the provisions of Section eight of Article eleven of the Constitution of the State of California, published for twenty days, after their passage and approval, in "The Evening Post," a daily newspaper of general circulation in the City and County of San Francisco, and the Official Newspaper of said City and County; and election. WE HEREAS, The said legislative authority of said City and Special County, did by Ordinance No. 558, entitled "Calling a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City and County of San Francisco, eight certain proposals to amend the Charter of said City and County," passed October 13, 1902, and approved October 13th 1902, called a special election to be held on Thursday the fourth day of December Nineteen hundred and two, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said City and County said eight proposed amendments to said charter; and WHEREAS, Said special election was held in said City and County of San Francisco on the said fourth day of December 1902, which day was more than forty days after said proposed amendments had been published for twenty days in "The Evening Post" Newspaper; and returns. WHEREAS, On the eighth, ninth and tenth days of Decem- Canvass of ber 1902, at Meetings duly convened in accordance with law. and the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, the Board of Election Commissioners of the said City and County duly and regularly canvassed the returns of said special election, and duly declared the results thereof, said Board being by law and the Charter authorized to conduct, manage and control the holding of elections and all matters pertaining to elections in said City and County, and WHEREAS, At said special election so held on the fourth day of December 1902, seven of said proposed amendments were ratified by a majority (and more than three-fifths) of the electors voting thereon, and one of said proposed amendments received less than a majority of the votes of said electors, and |