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LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, JUNE 23, I860,
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j TIIE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
110   ORDAIN  AS   FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE  I.
Of Ihe Common  Council of the  (Jilt/ of Los Ant/eles, and of the
I   'publication of the Ordinances thereof.
Sec. 1. The regular sessions of tbe Common Council of
[the City of Los Angeles shall be held on the first anil third
IMondays of each month, at 7 o'clock, P. M.
I Sec. 2. AH Ordinances and By-Laws of the City shall be
I published in English and Spanish, by inserting them once
■in one English and once in one Spanish newspaper published
■tl tills city ; or if no newspaper be published in Spanish in
■lis city, then in English aud Spanish iu sonic newspaper
Ijiublishcd in this city, or by posting copies in three publie
fcaccs of the city, one of which shall lie the door of tlio
Mayor's office, for tho term of one week,
ARTICLE  II.
Concerning Officers and Offices.
I  8eo. 1. The Marshal, City Attorney, Assessor, Treasurer
■anil Overseer of "Water, shall each give a bond, with at least
Bro sureties, to bo approved by tiie Mayor, as follows :
Tho City Marshal, in the sum of $3,000.
Tiie City Attorney,        "        "      2,000.
Tlie City Assessor, "        "      1,000.
Tho City Treasurer,       "        "     ,  5,000.
The City Overseer of Water,        2,000,
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Marshal and Treasurer
li make monthly reports to the Council at their regnlar
Rooting.
I b shall bo the duty of the Mayor, when he shall collect
my fines, penalties, forfeitures or other funds belonging to
ilic city, to pay the same to tbe Treasurer, and report the
Ittiiouiit monthly to the Council.
I Each of tho foregoing officers, and every other officer of
■is city, receiving any funds or revenue in his official ca-
lacity, shall pay the same forthwith to the Treasurer in
ha same currency or medium, whether coin or scrip, in
Ifliioii lie shall have received it—so far as the same may be
practicable. A receipt, oriduplicatc, specifying tbe character
If the deposit, shall bo given by the Treasurer at tho time,
bid be made to accompany the report of said officer.
■ Sec, 3, It shall be the duty of tho Mayor, upon the trial
|i- examination of any case obtained iu his court for the vio-
Ition of any ordinance of this city, and when the parson,
Ir persons, complained of shall bo found guilty thereof, to
Jtfiy out of the fine or penalty imposed upon such person,
It'*!, (as fees and costs of said trial or examination,.) tlie same
los as aro allowed to justices of the peace and constables,
ft law, for similar duties „,,,i „n„.-;„o., psjianaa,
I Whenever a judgment is entered that the Defendant pay
Ifiini, tho Mayor shall also include in snid judgment, that
lc lie imprisoned till the fine be paid or satisfied, not excelling ton days, and shall in his discretion, sentence said
leicuihuit to labor in the chain gang until the fine bo paid,
■ot exceeding the period aforesaid.
Sec. 4. There shall also be assessed by tlie Mayor, as fees
|1 tlie City Attorney, or attorney acting in behalf of the
[ity, when the amount of the penalty or fine shall be fifty
lollat's or over, ten dollars; when the amount of snob fine
li- penally shall be less than fifty dollars, five dollars.
I  1'lic aforesaid fees shall lie collected in the same manner
■ are prescribed by the laws and ordinances of'this city for
R® collection of fines and penalties, and the amounts so eol-
■ctctl shall be paid over to tho officers entitled to tlio same ;
B' in no etiso shall the city bo liable for any fees or costs of
We said Mayor, or any other officer.
I loco. 5. ri*i1(. Bakviog of the City Officers for lite fiscal and
P'l'mipiil year of 18110 and 1801, shall be as follows:
Salary of .Mayor  $800,
"     " Overseerof Water and his Deputy.. 1200,
"      "   Marshal ."..    500.
"      "  Attorney     500.
"      '■   Clerk of Common Council     S*W,
*' *hall be paid in equal monthly payments,
Sec, 6. The Treasurer of the city shall reoeive ill full
payment of his services the sum of six hundred dollars
per annum, payable in equal monthly payments; and no
other payment shall be made him from tbe City Treasury
for any purpose whatsoever.
Sec. 7. Each and every city officer who is entitled by ordinance to a per-centage or fees on moneys collectcol, shaU
deduot his per-centage or fees therefrom, and pay over the
balance to tlie Treasurer, as required by law.
See. 8. All claims against the city shall bo first presented
to the Eina#ice Committee, who shall audit and examine the
| same, and if found corrcot shall endorse thereon the fact;
and no money shall be paid by the Treasurer out of any
fund of the city, except upon an order or warrant signed by
tho President of the Common Council, and countersigned
by the Mayor.
See. 0. It is hereby made tho duty of the Marshal, or his
deputy, whom the Marshal shall regularly appoint, to keep
in good order the Common Council Room, and attend its
sessions ; to attend the Mayor's Court whenever required by
that •officer, and the duties of his office, and particularly
upon Monday mornings at such hours as shall be convenient
for those desiring the discharge of servants and Indians, to
be fixed by the Mayor.
He is hereby made the Marshal of the Common Schools,
and shall receive for his services as such, the compensation
which tbe Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County may
allow. He shall receive five per cent, of all moneys collected
by him, as city licenses, taxos and routs due the city.
The Marshal, is also Chief of Police, which is hereby established; and the Overseer of Water is hereby made
ex-officio policeman, and it is made the duty of the said cx-
officio policeman, in addition to his general duties, to soe
that no violation of any ordinanco occurs which pertains to
any subject over which he has general control.
It shall also be the duty of said .Marshal to soo that all the
laws and ordinances relating to tlio public streets and highways are carried into execution; that all nuisances and unlawful obstructions or encroachments are removed therefrom,
and that all the penalties therefor, are rigidly enforced by-
legal process,
ARTICLE III.
Concerning Direct Taxation, and the Distribution of Moneys.
Sec. 1. The fiscal year of the city shall commence on the
first day of May, and end on the last day of April of each
year.
"When making an assessment of property for the purpose
of taxation within the city, it shall be the duty ofthe Assessor or his deputy to administer to each taxable inhabitant
the following oath:
"1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the list of my property this day \>y me given to you, equals the real casli value,
as near as I can justly and .reasonably estimate the same, of
all my individual property and wealth, whether real or personal, within this city, or that I have charge of as agent or
manage!*, and of all real and personal property which I own
in connection with any other person in this city, and that tlie
samo is correctly and truly stated by mo, to the best of my
knowledge, information and belief."
And when so administered, the same shall be noted with
the assessment,
Sec, 2. The .Assessor shall bave tbe power of appointing a
deputy to aid in his official duties, for whose conduct ho
shall be responsible,
fto„. o. ti.o a^orcooOT r,ii.,11, neLwoeu me ni-st days of June
and October of each year, make an examination and assessment iu conformity with law, of all real and personal property in tbe city, subject by law to taxation, and shall make
out in a suitable book, or books, a list of all such property,
describing the same in separate columns, and giving the
quantity, metes and bounds, and other necessary description of such real estate, stating separately the value of the
ground and improvements thereon; and he shall also
make and return in like manner, a, further assessment or reassessment of (lie property of tho said city, as tho said Common Council, acting as a Board of Equalization, shall direct.
Tho aforesaid list or assessment roll shall be arranged in a
convenient manner for reference, anil as nearly as practicable
in conformity with the law of this State regulating the assessment anil collection of revenue for State and county pur-
poses.
Sec. 4. The said City Assessor shall, on or before the 1st
of October of each year, make out and return tho assessments
so made in duplicate to the Common Council; the Council
thereon shall cause it to lie deposited in their office, opeu for
tlie iuspectioirof all persons interested therein for the space
often days thereafter,
Sec. 5. Upon the return of sueh Assessment Boll, the Corn-
mow Council shall act as a Board of Equalization of such assessments. For sueh purpose they shall give public notice
of five days, to be posted ou the door of the Mayor's office,
when they will hold a session to hear any complaint against
the valuation of the assessor. Any person or persons conceiving themselves aggrieved by such assessment may make
application to such Board, and said Board, upon due examination of such complaint, shall have authority to reaffix the
amount of assessment so complained of. After the expiration ofthe session aforesaid, the said Assessment Roll shall
be delivered over to the Collector of City Taxes.
Sec. 0. The Marshal of the city, or his deputy, is hereby
authorized and empowered to act as collector of city taxes as
aforesaid.
See. T, It shall be tho duty of such collector to give ten
days notice of publication in a newspaper of this city,
where he will attend for the purpose of receiving taxes. After the 10th day of November, and until the 30th day thereof
iu each year, lie shall attend at his office between the hours
of 9 and 12 o'clock of the forenoon, and 2 and 5 o'clock of
the afternoon on each day, except Sundays, for the purpose
of receiving taxes; to collect all tax accounts placed in his
hands for collection ; to keep in suitable books separate and
accurate accounts of all moneys and other evidences of payment of taxes, by him so received, with the particulars of
date, name of person, kind of taxes, etc., of each receipt by
him given ; to pay over to the treasurer on Saturday of each
woek tbe amount of all taxes by him collected, with an accompanying statement, under oath, taking receipts for the
amounts so paid over; to report to the Common Council, under oath, at each regular meeting of the Board, the whole
amount of taxes collected and payments made into the City
Treasury during the preceding week, and oftencr when ho
shall have over one thousand dollars in his hands.
Sec. 8. The Marshal may, by himself or deputy, accompany the Assessor while making his lists throughout the
city, and shall have power, in his discretion, to demand any
and all taxes upon personal property, due the city from any
person liable to taxation (who shall not he the owners of any
real estate in the city) as soon as the Assessor shall list
such tax payers, or as soon thereafter as practicable; and he
j shall have the same power to enforce such tax on personal
property as is given unto the sheriff, under an Act, entitled
" An Act to provide for levying, assessing and collecting public revenue," passed April, 1855, for the enforcement of poll
tax.
Sec. 0. For all taxes remaining unpaid upon peal estate
and personal property on the twenty-seventh day of December of each year, it shall be tbe duty of the City Collector,
after giving notice of publication, as is required by law in
the oolleotion of state and county taxes, to proceed to sell
such real estate"and personal property, or so much thereof
as shall bo necessary to pay the amount of taxes, costs and
per-oentage thereon. In all other respects, concerning such
salos, tho execution of certificates of purchase and deeds,
the City Collector shall be governed by the same powers,
and, as nearly as practicable, conform to the same laws and
directions as are contained in the laws of this State, providing for the assessment and collection of revenue for State
and county purposes.
Sec, 10, On all taxes remaining unpaid on the twenty-
sovonth day of December of each year, ton por cent, shall be
added thereto, and collected lu the same manner, and paid
into tho treasury as required in the collection and payment
of the principal of such taxes.
See, 11, A statement of all taxes remaining unpaid shall
be returned to the Common Council on the fifth day of February of each year, by the Collector, setting forth the causes
that have prevented the collection of such taxes: also, at tlie
oauiy nine, present to said Council, under oath, a full and
complete account of tho amount of collections made bv him
tlie disposition of the same, and such other requirements as
may be deemed necessary by tho Council.
See, 12, There shall be collected, as aforesaid, (hi addition
to the license taxes or dues now authorized by ordinance, as
a city tax for the year I860,) as follows: on each one hundred dollars of assessment on rea,l estate, one-fourth of one
per cent.; on each one hundred dollars of assessment on personal property, one-fourth of one per cent.
Sec. 13. There shall be formed out of the receipts from the
various sources of the city revenue, viz ; the Common Fund,
the Common School Fund, and the Cash Fund,
Sec. 14, All moneys received for licenses, property tax,
rent of city corrals, and sales of lands, shall constitute the
Common Fund, under the exceptions and provisions hereinafter mentioned.
Sec, 15. The moneys recoived from tho tax of twenty-five
cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property, authorized to be levied and collected by section twenty-two of
an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, passed
May 3,1855, entitled " An Act to establish, support and regulate Common Schools, and to repeal former Acts concerning
the same," shall constitute the Common School Fund ; and
it is ordained hereby that the tax aforesaid, of twenty-five
cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property,
as fixed by the city assessment roll, shall continue to ho
levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall he ap,
propriated to tlie Common School Fund,
Sec. 16. All moneys received from the State School Fund
by tho city, together with the moneys raisod for school pur-,
poses by the county of Los Angeles, and assigned to tho city,
togethor with the tax mentioned in tbe last preceding section, shall constitute the School Fund for the payment of
teachers and necessary expenses of the schools.
Sec. 17. There Is hereby appropriated    nd thei     \ dl be
withdrawn each month, out oi    he firs   moneys I
the Common Fund in each month nm   if 1
dollars; and the said sum of five hundred dollars     g   :
with the moneys received from the water tax, anil all fines
received by the Treasurer from violations of any of the ordinances of the city, shall constitute tho Cash Fund, and the
same is hereby made the duty of tlie City Treasurer.
See. 18. Alt demands against the city treasury, now- outstanding, shall bo paid by the Treasurer out of their respec,
tive funds, on the receipt of moneys not otherwise appropria-.
ted, in the order of their presentation for payment, if due,
and in conformity with section thirteen,
See. 19. Whenever any order shall be presented to the
City Treasurer for payment, and tho same is not paid '<"-
want of funds, he shall endorse thereon, "' Not paid for want
of funds," annexing the date of presentation, and his signa-,
tare as Treasurer; and it is further hereby made tlie duty of
the Cityr Treasurer to keep a record of such orders, and upon
the receipt of moneys applicable to their payment, to pay
tho same in the order of their dates of presentation and endorsements aforesaid.
See, 20, The City Treasurer shall koep the moneys belonging to the different funds separate and distinct, and shall not
pay out moneys from one fund on ordors or demands agaiust
another fund. Ho shall open an account with each and
every of the above mentioned funds and appropriations,
charging the same with the amounts appropriated and paid
into it, and crediting it with the amounts of tbe orders paid
out of the same; and he shall in no case pay out, on the
aocount of any fund, an amount greater than the appropriation therefor, without an ordinance authorizing him thereto,
Sec. 21, There is hereby appropriated, out of the Common
Fund, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars far the salary
of the City Assessor, to be reserved thorefram out of the first
moneys received therein after the first day of November, not
otherwise appropriated to the Cash Fund, to be paid on order
ofthe Council, approved by the Mayor; and it is hereby
made the duty of the City Treasurer to set aside said appro.
priation.
ARTICLE IV.
Conccrninej Licenses.
Sec. 1. Every person who shall transact or carry on any
business specifiod in this Article, without first procuring tho
license required, shall, for each and every offense, be liable to
an action ill tlie name of tho City, in any court of competent
jurisdiction, for the amount of the required license with costs
of prosecution ; and it is hereby made the duty of the City-
Attorney to prosecute the suits provided for in this article,
and in case judgment shall he obtained against the party put.
secutcd, tho Court shall tax as costs against the defendant,
the sum of twenty dollars as City Attorney fees, and include
the samo in die jurl^.,,,,..!.
Sec. 2. Licenses shall be granted to persons engaged in
various pursuits, upon the following terms, viz;
The proprietor or proprietors of every house in which a
billiard table or ten-piu-alley is kept, shall pay monthly, for
every such table or alley so kept, the sum of two dollars.
The proprietor or proprietors of every shooting gallery,
shall pay monthly, for every such gallery so kept, the sum of
five dollars.
Sec. 3. Tho proprietor or proprietors of all bars where
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors aro retailed, shall pay- for
their monthly license the sum often dollars, and shall, if required by the Mayor, execute a bond to tlio city, by its
corporate name every three months, in the penally of five
hundred dollars, with two good and sufficient sureties, to bo
approved by the Mayor, conditioned, that he, or they, will
keep a quiet and orderly house, and not permit drunken
Indians to be in or about the same, nor will sell or give, nor
suffer or pormit to be sold or given away to any Indian or
Indians, intoxicating liquors of any kind; and upon a broach
of any of tho conditions of said bond, said license shall be
forfeited, the houso abated as a nuisance, and tlio penalty
recovered with costs, iu any oourt having jurisdiction,
All circuses, theatrical, musioal, rope and wire dancing,
magic and legerdemain oouipnnies, aro required to take out
their Hocuses in due form, and each company shall pay lo (ho
Marshal the sum of tive dollars for such license for each and
every representation,