along the center line of First street to the center of the Los Angeles river; thence northerly along the center of the Los Angeles river to the center line of Downey avenue; thence southerly along the center lines of Downey avenue, San Fernando street, and Main street to the place of beginning. ward. Ninth Ward: All that portion of the city bounded and Ninth described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Macy street with the center of the Los Angeles river; thence easterly along the center line of Macy street to the center line of Mission road; thence northeasterly along the center line of Mission road to the center line of Griffin avenue; thence southeasterly along the center line of Griffin avenue to the center line of Soto street; thence northeasterly along the center line of Soto street to the center line of Mission road; thence easterly along the center line of Mission road to the easterly line of Los Angeles city; thence southerly along the easterly line of Los Angeles city to the southeasterly corner of Los Angeles city; thence westerly along the southerly line of Los Angeles city to the intersection of the center of the Los Angeles river; thence northerly along the center of the Los Angeles river to the point of beginning. The center of streets and the center of the Los Angeles river ward line. will in all cases be the dividing line. aries. And the council herein provided shall have power by ordi- change nance to establish and change the boundaries thereof whenever of boundit may deem it expedient; but until changed by the council the said wards shall remain as above described and established. That section six of the charter be amended to read as follows: Section 6. The mayor shall appoint a clerk of the mayor. AppointHe shall also appoint, subject to confirmation by a majority of ments by the council, the superintendent of buildings, and such other officers of the municipality mentioned in this charter whose appointments are not otherwise provided for herein. That section seven of the charter be amended to read as follows: mayor. boards. Section 7. The city school superintendent shall be ap- Appointpointed by the board of education. The chief of police shall ments by be appointed by the board of police commissioners. The chief engineer of the fire department shall be appointed by the board of fire commissioners. The health officer shall be appointed by the board of health. Each police judge shall appoint his own clerk. That section sixty-nine of the charter be amended to read as follows: ment of school de Section 69. The government of the school department of Governthe city shall be vested in a board of education, to consist of seven members, to be elected as herein provided, to be called partment. members of the board of education, who shall serve without salary; provided, that the members of the present board of education shall hold and exercise their offices, with the powers and duties prescribed by the charter, until the election and qualification of the members of the first board of education. elected from the city at large. Elections. Water. Water rights not tions. That section one hundred and ninety-five of the charter be amended to read as follows: Section 195. General municipal elections shall be held in said city on the first Monday in December, nineteen hundred and four, and on the first Monday in December every two years thereafter, at which shall be elected: A mayor, A city clerk, A city treasurer, A city auditor, A city tax and license collector, A city engineer, A street superintendent, A city assessor, and Seven members of the board of education, And, by the electors of each ward, one member of the city council. That Article XVIII of the charter be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE XVIII. WATER, WATER RIGHTS, AND WATERWORKS. Section 190. The City of Los Angeles shall continue in the ownership and enjoyment of all the rights to the water of the River Los Angeles heretofore vested in it, its predecessors or predecessor, including the Pueblo of Los Angeles, and is hereby declared to have the full, free, and exclusive right to all the water flowing in the said river at any point from its source or sources, to the intersection of said river with the southern boundary of said city, and also the ownership of and the right to develop, economize, control, use, and utilize all waters flowing beneath the surface in the bed of said river at any point or points between the points of termini above named. Section 191. The said city shall not convey, lease, or otherto be leased wise dispose of its rights in the waters of said River Los to corpora- Angeles, or any part thereof, or grant, or lease to any corporation or person, any right or privilege to use, manage, or control the said waters or any part thereof, for any purpose, public or private. No other water or water rights now or hereafter owned by said city shall be conveyed, leased, or otherwise disposed of, without the assent of two thirds of the qualified electors of said city voting upon such proposition at an election, general or special, at which such proposition shall be lawfully submitted; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prevent the ordinary sale and distribution, by the city, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, of the waters belonging to said city, to the inhabitants thereof or persons doing business therein for domestic and irrigating uses, and for manufacturing and business purposes, other than water power. partment Section 192. There is hereby created, for the purpose of Water demanaging and controlling all waters and water rights that are created. now, or may be hereafter, owned by the City of Los Angeles, a department of said city to be known as the "Water Department," which shall be under the management and control of a board of water commissioners. members. (a) Said board shall consist of five members, who shall be Number of appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the council. tions of (b) No person shall be appointed a water commissioner Qualificawho shall not have been an elector of the City of Los Angeles commisfor at least five years next preceding his appointment, and the sioner. appointments of water commissioners shall be made so that not more than three members of the board shall, at any one time, belong to the same political party. office. (c) The term of office of the water commissioners shall be Term of four years. The five commissioners first appointed hereunder shall so classify themselves by lot that one shall go out of office at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, and two at the end of four years, and if any vacancy occurs, the mayor shall, subject to confirmation by the council, fill the same by appointment for the unexpired term. tion of (d) The commissioners shall organize by electing one of Organizatheir members president, who shall hold his office for one year commisand until his successor is elected, and they may appoint a sec- sion. retary, who is not a member of the board, and fix his compensation. of board. (e) The president of the board of water commissioners shall President be the executive officer of the water department, and shall perform such duties as the board may prescribe. He shall devote so much of his time to the duties of his office as may be necessary for the proper supervision and direction of the business of the water department. The secretary of the board shall keep a secretary. record of the proceedings of the board, and may certify such proceedings under his hand, to be authenticated by seal, if a seal be adopted and provided by the board for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as the board may prescribe. (f) The board shall maintain an office, and prescribe office hours for the convenience of the public. The board shall hold Stated meetings. a regular stated meeting once in each week. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, except that the Compensapresident of the board shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. (g) The board of water commissioners shall have power: To manage and control all waters, water rights, and water- Powers of bearing lands, and all waterworks, reservoirs, zanjas, and ditches belonging to the city. To construct, operate, maintain, and extend waterworks, dams, reservoirs, zanjas, ditches, canals, and other means for supplying the city and its inhabitants with water, and to acquire and take by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, and, in its own name, to hold, as special trustee for the city, any tion. board of water com missioners board of water com Powers of and all property, including waters and water rights, situated within or without the limits of the city, other than the waters missioners. of the River Los Angeles, that may be necessary or convenient for such construction, operation, maintenance, or extension. Restrictions. To regulate and control the use, sale and distribution of water belonging to the city, the collection of water rates, and the granting of permits for connections with said waterworks, zanjas, or ditches, and to fix the rates to be charged for such connections; and, subject to the approval of the city council, to fix the rates to be charged for water, and to prescribe the time and manner of payment of the same. To appoint, employ and, for good cause, to remove the superintendent of waterworks, the water overseer, and such assistants, employés, and laborers as the board may deem necessary; to fix their compensations, prescribe their duties, and to require of any or all of them adequate bonds for the faithful performance of such duties. To sue and be sued, and to require the services of the city attorney, free of charge, in all cases to which the board is a party; To control and order the expenditure of all moneys received from the sale or use of water; provided, that all such moneys shall be deposited in the treasury of the city to the credit of a fund to be known as the "water revenue fund," and shall be kept separate and apart from other moneys of the city, and shall only be drawn from said fund upon demands authenticated by the signatures of the president and secretary of the board, or, in the absence of the president, by the signatures of two members and the secretary of the board, except that the city council, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, may, in its discretion, by ordinance, apportion and set apart, out of the moneys then in said water revenue fund, an amount sufficient to meet all sums coming due for interest or principal, or for interest and principal, upon all outstanding waterworks bonds, before the time for fixing the next general tax levy, and the city treasurer shall use the money so apportioned to make such payment, and for no other purpose; and if there shall be a surplus remaining, the same shall forthwith be re-transferred into said water revenue fund. (h) None of the money in said water revenue fund, or coming under the control of said board, shall be appropriated or used for any purpose or purposes other than the following, to wit: First: For the necessary expenses of conducting the water department, of operating the waterworks, and of making all current and ordinary extensions, betterments, and repairs. Second: For extraordinary improvements of and betterments to the property, works, and systems of supply and distribution of the water department, including the purchase of necessary lands, water rights, and other property. Third: The payment, as above provided, of installments of interest or principal, or of interest and principal coming due upon outstanding waterworks bonds. Provided, however, that said board may, in its discretion, so fix the water rates as to produce a revenue sufficient only for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of conducting the water department, of operating the waterworks, and of making all current and ordinary extensions, betterments, and repairs, and for no other purpose. laws and (i) The said board shall also have power, by a resolution Power to adopted by a majority of all of its members, and recorded in make bythe minutes with the ayes and noes at length, to make and rules. enforce all such reasonable by-laws, rules, and regulations as may be necessary for its government, for the administration of the water department, and for the exercise of the powers conferred by this article; provided, that no such rule, by-law, or other act of the board fixing water rates, or prescribing the time or manner of payment thereof, shall be effective until the same shall be approved by the city council, and thereafter published for at least three days in a daily newspaper printed. and published in the City of Los Angeles. (j) Three members of the board of water .commissioners Quorum shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but no contract shall be made, no bill audited, nor any act done involving the expenditure of money, or the incurring of a debt, unless three members of the board vote in favor thereof. The board shall not make any contract or expenditure for supplies, goods, materials, machinery or merchandise, involving the sum of more than five hundred dollars, unless it shall first have caused a notice to be published in a daily newspaper, printed and published in the City of Los Angeles, inviting proposals to furnish the same. And the contract therefor shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder who shall furnish security for its performance, satisfactory to the board; provided, that the board may reject any and all bids. report. (k) The board of water commissioners shall present to the Annual city council, at its meeting in the second week of December, in each year, a report for the year ending on the thirtieth day of November next preceding, which shall show the amount of money received from all sources, the purposes for which such money has been expended, the amounts so expended, and the balance on hand; also the nature and condition of the property held by the board, with such information and suggestions as it may deem of general interest; and the board shall also, on or before the tenth day of each month, make out and present to the city council a similar statement of all receipts and expenditures during the preceding calendar month. water veyed to () As soon as practicable after the first board of water com- Water and missioners appointed hereunder shall take office, the city coun- rights to cil shall cause to be conveyed to said board, as special trustee be confor the city, all property, real and personal, belonging to the city. city (except the water and water rights mentioned in section one hundred and ninety of this charter), that is now or may hereafter be used, required, or convenient in the operation, maintenance, or extension of a system of waterworks for supplying the inhabitants of the City of Los Angeles with water, |