1911 Alameda City Charter AmendmentsSenate Concurrent Resolution No.
Passed the Senate , January 16 , 1913.
Passed the January
CHAPTEl
S enate ConC rrent Resoltdion No. Approv'ing three cedain
amendments to the charter of' the city of Alameda , ,in
Almneda wnnty, Califor'nia, voted for and ratified by the
lalified electors of' sa'id city, at a general mnnic'ipal
electiion held ther'ein on the ,10th day of April, one thO?J.-
sand nine hundred and eleven.
WHEREAS, The city of Alameda, in the county of Alameda
state of California, contains a population of over ten thousand
inhabitants , and has been ever since the year one thousand
nine hundred and seven 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 at an election held for that purpose in
manner , form and substance as required by law, and approved
by the legislature of the state of California , and said charter
has not l)een amended at any time less than two years; and
WHEREAS, The legislative body and authority of the city of
Alameda , in Alameda county, California , that is to say, the
council of the city of Alameda , did, by resolution and procla-
mation passed and adopted by said council on the 7th day of
March , one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and approved
by the mayor of said city subsequently thereto and ou the
seventh day of March , one thousand nine hundred and
eleven , and pursuant to section eight of article eleven of the
constitution of the state of California , duly. propose to the
qualified electors of the said city of Alameda , three certain
amendments to the charter of the said city of Alameda , to besubmitted the said qualified electors at a general municipal
election to be held in said city of the tenth day of April , one
thousand nine hundred and eleven , which said amendments
were and are in the words and figures following, to wit:
Amendartiele III , chapter section 7 , relating to the offce
of auditor and assessor so the said section shall read as
follows:
SEC. 7. An auditor shall be elected at the same time and in
the same manner as the mayor. He shall be an elector of the
city,and shall have been such for three years preceding his
election. He shan hold offce for four years. He shall be
ex offcio assessor. His compensation for acting in bothcapaci-
ties shall be a salary to be fixed by the counciL "
Amend article IX, chapter I , section 8 , relating to the appor-
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tionment of moneys for use of the dcpartment of
so that the said section shall rcad as follows:
SIDe 8. '\,11 apportioned by the council for useof the together with all moneyscollected shall be set apart in afund to be which fund shall be
drawn .on electricityotherwJse that in
the
and
fire alarm
an amount
on the seventh day of March , one thousand nine hundred and
and was published in the manner and for the time
by law; and
Said amendments were submitted as aforesaid to
electors of said city, at said general municipal
previously duly called and thereafter held therein
least twenty days after publication of said proposalste!l days in a daily newspaper of general circulation11 SaId of to wit , in tIle Dailythe of April , one thousand nine
At such general
qualified electors
ejection
of and did
amendments to said charter;
rhe said council of the City of Alameda , in
California , at a meeting thereof held on
day of April, one thousand nine hun-
eleven canvassed the returns of said eleetionfound, and declared that mOre than a
of such qualified electors voting thereon at said elee-voted for and ratified each and all of the said pro-
amendments to said charter.
more than a
at snell gen-
of and in favor of
each and aU of said proposed
for
read as follows:
14. All
construc tion work
five
lowest
all bids.
AND
of them was
and
may determine to
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tion \Vas
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WHEREAS, The said proposed amendments so ratified
as hereinabove set forth have been duly presented and sub-
mitted to the Legislature of the State of California for ap-
proval or rejection , without power of alteration or amendment
in accordance with section 8 of article XI of the constitution of
the state of California. Now , therefore , be it
Resolved by the senate of the state of Californ'ia the assem-
bly thereof concurring (a majority of all members elected to
each house voting for the adoption of this resolution and con-curring therein), that the said amendments to the said charterof said city of Alameda set forth as presentedand submitted to and adopted and ratified by the qualified
electors of said city of Alameda be , and the same are hereby
approved as a whole for, and as amendments to said charter
of said city of Alameda.
STATE OJ!' CALIPORNIA
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA ss.
CITY OP ALAMEDA.
, W. H. Noy, Mayor of the City of Alameda , in said State
of California , hereby certify that the foregoing is what it pur-
ports to be , a full , true and correct copy of the amendments
of the Charter of the City of Alameda , as described in the
preambles attached to and preceding the same , as required
by Section 8 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State
of California. That the statements of said preambles are
true.That said amendments to said Charter have been
approved by the Legislature of the State of California.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of said offce in the
City of Alameda this
nine hundred and
thousand
of Alameda.