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1911 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4Senate Ooncurrent Resolution No. Passed the Senate , January 16 , 1913. Passed the Assembly, Jauuary 21 , 1913. OHAPTER Senate Ooncur1'ent Resol1ttion No., Approving three certain ame?uJments to the charter of the city of Alameda , inAlameda COit1 ty, Cali01'ia, voted (01' a1uJ ratified by theqtlaUfiea electors of said city, .at a general municipalelectiion held therein 01. the lQth day olApril, One thou-sal d nine hundred an4 eleven. WIIEREAS, The city of Alameda, in the county of Alameda, state of.. OaliforI1i coptainsapopulation of Over tenthowmndinbabitants, . and has been ever s.ince the year one thousnine hundred and seven and. iSllow, organized and acting;ullder& fpeeholders ' Ghartep,adopted under and by virtue of section eight, of art ide eleven. of theiconstitution of th stateof California , Which charter . WaJ duly ratified . by the qualifiedelectors of said city at an electionheldforthakpurllose inmanner, form and substance aJ required byll;w,l;ud IJpprovadby t4e.leg-i ll;tureofthestate of California, and \said charter hiJsnotb(:eparnended atanythntjless than. two years jand'WHEREAS . The legislative body and. authority of the city QfAlameda, i11 AlamedacOlmty, OiJlifoJ;ia , that is to say, thecouncil Qfthedty .of Alameda , did DYl'esolution !mdprocla-mation passed. andadoptedhy said c()uncilon.. the. 7th day. ofMarch,one tho andnine hundred u11d eleven, Ilndapproyedby the mayor of said city subsequently thereto and on theiieventh day of JYlal'ch, one. th(i"Qsand nine hupdred andeleven, and pursmmt to sp,ctioneight ofl1rticleeleven of th constitution of .. stRte of Calif oJ:nia, duly .propOse. to the qualified . lectors . of . the said city of .AJameda, three certainamendments to the charter of the said city of Alameda , to besU))rnitted to the said qualified electors at .u.general municipalelection tote held ill said city of the tenth day of April, onet40usand nine hundred .itl!d eleven,. which. /iaid amemlmentswereal!d are in the words and figures folloWil!g,. to wit ;Amend. article nr, chapter II, sectio , relating to the offceof auditor upd asseSsor so that the fiaid section shall read J:Sfollows; SEC. 7. An auditor shall be cleuted at the same time and inthe same mJ:nner as the mayor. . Hesb,all be Iln elector of thecity, .J:nd shall have beeUsuch for three years preceding hiselection. He . . shall hold offce for fom yearS. He shall ex offcio assessor. His compensation for acting in both capaci- ties shall he a salary to be fixed by the council." Amend article rx, chapter I , section 8 , relating to the appor- tionment of moneys for use of the department of electricity, so that the said section shall read as follows: SEC. 8. All moneys apportioned by the council for use of the department of electricity, together with all moneys collected by the board of electricity, shall be set apart in . a fund to be known as the electric fund , which fund shall. be drawn on only by order of the board of electricity except as otherwise provided in this charter; pTovided ,. that in making the apportionment for the expense of lighting the public streets and buildings of the city and for the cost of. current. for the fire alarm system and such other public use of electric current or supplies as may be required , the council shall apportion an amount adequate to meet such expense . at the rates fixed therefor and the moneys so apportioned shall be paid into the general fund. Thereafter such moneys shall be subject only to transfer into the electric fund upon monthly demands to be presented by the board of electricity in the. same manner as other demands, and to be based upon service rendered or supplies furnished. to the various departments of the city . for the preceding. month. Also amend article IX , chapter I , section 14 , relating to contracts for electric supplies so . that the said section shall read as follows: SEC. 14. All contracts for supplies , materials , machinery or construction work wherc thc amount to be expended exceeds five hundred dollars shall be advertised and awarded to the lowest bidder , except that the board may determine to reject an bids. AND WHEREAS, Said proposed amendments were , and each of them was published in a daily newspaper, printed and published in said city, and of general circulation in said city, to wit , the " Alameda Daily Argus " for twenty (20) days and 'WHEREAS , Thereafter the said council of the city of Alameda did, by resolution and proclamation , which was duly passed and adopted by said council on the seventh day oflVlarch one thousand nine hundred and eleven , ordcr the holding of a general municipal election in said city of Alameda , in the county of Alameda , Oalifornia , on the tenth day of April one thousand nine hundred and eleven , (which last named day was at least twenty days after the publication of said proposed amendments for ten days in said daily newspaper of general circulation in said city of Alameda , to wit , the " Alameda Daily Argus ), and did provide in said resolution and procla- mation for the submission of said proposed amendments to the said charter , to the qualified electors of said city, for their rati- fication at said general municipal election , which said resolu- tion and proclamation was approved by the mayor of saiel city on the seventh dav of1Vlarch. one thousand nine hundred and eleven , and was published iil the manner and for the time required by law; and 'WHEREAS , Said amendments were submitted as aforesaid the qualified electors of said city, at said general municipal election , previously duly called and thereafter held therein (at . least twenty days after the publication of said proposals ror ten (10) days in a daily newspaper or general circulation in said city or Alameda , to wit, in the "Alameda Daily .Argus ), on the tenth day of April , one thousand nine hun- dredand eleven; and WHEREAS , At such general municipal election more than a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at suchgen- eraLmunicipal election , did vote in favor of andinravor or the ratification of and did ratiry each and all ofsaid proposed amendments to: said charter; and 'WHEREAS , The said council of the City of Alameda , in county of ::Alameda , Oalifornia at a meeting thereof. held on Monday, the seventeenth day or April , one thousand nine hun- dred and eleven , dulyicanvassed the. returns of said election anddulv found. determined and declared that more than a majority of such qualified electors voting thereon. at said elec- tion had voted ror and ratificdeach and an or the said pro- posed amendments to said charter. 8'",',"OFO ALl F O R .N" , .. . OOUNTY ALAMEDA . :. SS. CITY OF ALAMEDA This is tocertiry that we , Wiliam H. Noy, mayor of the city: or .Alameda , and Frank . E. : Browning, clerk or the city of : Alameda, have.. compared the foregoing proposed .. and .rati- fied amendments to the charter of the city of Alameda with the original resolution and proclamation proposing such amend- mcntsandsubmitting the same to the qualified electors or said city or Alameda ata general municipal election caned for that purpose , on Monday, the tenth day of April , onethousand nine hundred andeleven and find that theroregoing is a run true correct and exact copy thereof , and .we further certify that the facts set forth in the preamble preceding said amend- ments to said charter and the matters set forth herein , are and each or them is true. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and caused the corporate seal of the city of Alameda to be attached this 7th day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thir- teen. W. H. Noy :NLayoror the City or Alameda. FRANK E. BROWNING City Clerk or the City of Alameda. - 6- AND, WHEREAS, The said proposed amendments so ratifiedas hereinabove set fortll have been duly presented and sub-mitted to the Legislature of the State of Ol1lifornia for ap-proval or rejection , without power of alterationioramelldmentin accordance with section 8 of article XI of the constitution of the state of Oaliornia. Now , therefore, be itResolved by the sen(J,fe of the state of Oalifornia the assem-bly thereof Concurring (a majority of all members elected toeach house voting for the adoption of this resolution apdcon- curring therein), thl1t the said amendments to . the said charterof said city of Alameda, hereinbefore s(jt forth as presentedand submitted to and adopted and ratified by the qualifiedelectors of said city of Alameda be , alld.the same . art; herebyapproved as a whole for, and as amendments to said charterof said city of Alameda. Attest: