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 City of Richmond 
 
 ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
 No. 11 
 
 Adopted in Assembly, February 11, 1909 
 Adopted in Senate, February 25, 1909 
 
 CHAPTETR XVIII 
 
 Assembly concurrent resolution No. 11, approv- 
 ing the charter of the City of Richmond, 
 State of California, voted for and ratified by 
 the qualified voters of said city at a special 
 municipal election held therein for that pur- 
 pose on the 9th day of February, 1909. 
 
 Whereas, The City of Richmond, a municipal 
 corporation of the County of Contra Costa, 
 State of California, now is and was at all times 
 herein referred to a city containing a population 
 of more than three thousand five hundred (3,500) 
 but less than ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants, 
 and 
 
 Whereas, At a special election duly held in 
 said city on the 12th day of October, 1908, under 
 and in accordance with law and the provisions 
 of section S of article XI of the Constitution of 
 the State of California, a board of fifteen free- 
 holders, duly qualified, was elected in and by 
 said city and by the qualified electors thereof 
 to prepare and propose a charter for the gov- 
 ernment of said city; and 
 
 Whereas, Said board of freeholders did, with- 
 in ninety (90) days after said election, prepare 
 
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 and pro pp§ e ,ar. charter, for ^.tlfev government of 
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 Whereas," Sai^ charter 'was on the 23rd day 
 of December, 19C8, signed in duplicate by the 
 members of said board of freeholders and was 
 thereupon duly returned and filed, one copy 
 with the president of the board of trustees of 
 said City of Richmond, and the other copy with 
 the county recorder of the said County of Con- 
 tra Ccsta and filed in the office of the said 
 county recorder; and 
 
 Whereas, Said proposed charter was there- 
 after published in the ''Richmond Record," being 
 a daily newspaper of general circulation, printed 
 and published in said City of Richmond, and the 
 said charter being published as aforesaid for i 
 period of more than twenty (20) days, the first 
 publication thereof being m.ade within twenty 
 (20) days after the completion of said charter; 
 and 
 
 Whereas. Said proposed charter was within 
 thirty f.SO) days after the completion of said 
 publication submitted by the board of trustees 
 of the City of Richmond to the qualified electors 
 cf said City of Ricbmond at a soecial election, 
 previously duly called and thp^-ein held on the 
 9th day of February, 1909; and 
 
 Whereas. At said last menti'^ned sr»ecial elec- 
 tion a ma.loritv of said ouaMfied electors of 
 said City of Richmond, votine at said sDeci?>l 
 election, voted in favor of and duly ratified said 
 charter as proposed as a whole; and 
 
 Whereas. Said board of trustees, after can- 
 vassing said returns, duly found and declared 
 that the majority of said Qualified electors voting 
 at said special election had voted for and rati- 
 fied said charter as above specified; and 
 
 Whereas, The same is now submitted to the 
 legislature of the State of California for its ap- 
 proval or rejection as a whole without power of 
 alteration or amendment, in accordance with 
 the provisions of section 8 of article XI of the 
 Constitution of the State of California; and 
 
 Whereas, Said charter so ratified is in the 
 words and figures following, to-wit: 
 
OJItarter oi i\]t Otg of 5^tcI}mo^^ 
 
 Prepared and proposed by the board of free- 
 holders, elected October 12th, 1908, in pur- 
 suance of the provisions of Section 8, Article 
 XI of the Constitution of the State of Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 Contents 
 
 Article 1 — Boundaries. 
 Article 2 — Powers 
 Article 3 — The Council. 
 Article 4 — Duties of Officers. 
 Article 5 — Elections. 
 Article 6 — School Department. 
 Article 7 — Police Court. 
 
 Article 8 — The Recall, Initiative and Referen- 
 dum. 
 Article 9 — Miscellaneous. 
 Article 10 — Charter to take effect, certificate. 
 
 ARTICLE I 
 
 Boundaries of the City '' 
 
 Section 1. The municipal corporation now ex- 
 isting and organized under the general laws of 
 the State of California as a municipal corporation 
 of the sixth class, and known as the City of 
 Richmond, shall continue to be a body corporate 
 and politic under the name of the City cf Rich- 
 mond, and shall be a continuation of said City 
 of Richmond, and continue to hold and enjoy 
 all of the rights, privileges and property now 
 vested in said city, and all ordinances of said 
 city not in conflict with this charter shall be 
 continued in force until amended or repealed; 
 and all proceedings providing for any public im- 
 provement pending and incompleted shall be 
 continued in accordance with the law under 
 which such proceedings were commenced. 
 
Sec. 2. The territory of the City of Richmond 
 shall be all that which is embraced within ths 
 following boundaries, to- wit: 
 
 Beginning at the point where the westerly 
 boundary of said Contra Costa County intersects 
 the line between Townships One (1) and Two 
 (2) North, Mount Diablo Base; and thence run- 
 ning east to the southeast corner of Lot Twenty- 
 eight (28) of Section Thirty-five (35) of Town- 
 ship Two (2) North, Range Five (5) West, 
 M. D. B. & M.; thence south parallel with the 
 west line of Section Two (2) of Township One 
 (1) North of Range Five (5) West, M. D. B. (fe 
 M. to a point due west of the southwest corner 
 of Lot Eighty-five (85) of the San Pablo Rancho 
 as shown on the map accompanying the Final 
 Decree of Partition of said Rancho; thence east 
 to a point One Hundred and Seventy (170) feet 
 east of the center line of Road Fourteen (14) 
 as shown on said map; thence south to the south- 
 erly boundary of said Contra Costa County; 
 thence following the boundary line of said 
 Contra Costa County westerly and northerly to 
 the place of beginning. 
 
 Sec. 3. The boundaries above described may 
 be altered and the territory embraced therein 
 may be added to or diminished in accordance 
 with the laws of the State of California govern- 
 ing the annexation and exclusion of territory by 
 municipalities. 
 
 ARTICLE II 
 Powers 
 
 Section 1. The City of Richmond shall have 
 and exercise the following powers: 
 
 1. To have perpetual succession. 
 
 2. To have and use a corporate seal and alter 
 it at pleasure. 
 
 3. To sue and be sued in all courts and 
 places, and in all actions and proceedings what- 
 soever. 
 
 4. To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, 
 lease, use and enjoy property of every kind and 
 description, both within and without the limits 
 of said city, proper for municipal purposes, and 
 
to control and dispose of the same for the puhlic 
 benefit. 
 
 5. To receive bequests, devises and donations 
 cf property of every kind, either absolutely or 
 in trust for any purpose, and to do acts neces- 
 Fary to carry out the purposes of such bequests, 
 devises and donations, and to manage, control, 
 sell or otherwise dispose of such property in 
 accordance with the terms of such bequests, de- 
 vises or donations. 
 
 6. To exercise police powers and make all 
 necessary police and sanitary regulations, and 
 to adopt ordinances and prescribe penalties for 
 the violation thereof. 
 
 7. To levy and collect taxes and assessments, 
 impose license fees for revenue or regulation, 
 and provide all means for raising the revenue 
 necessary for the city. 
 
 8. To borrow money, incur municipal indebted- 
 ness and provide for the issuance of bonds or 
 other evidences of such indebtedness for any 
 purpose authorized by the electors voting on 
 the proposition to incur such indebtedness; to 
 invest the proceeds arising from the sale of 
 bonds in street improvement bonds issued under 
 any act of the legislature. 
 
 9. To construct, maintain and operate all 
 necessary works for the supplying of the city 
 and its inhabitants with water, lieht, heat and 
 power, and to dispose of commodities produced 
 or render service in connection with such works 
 outside of the boundaries of said city. 
 
 10. To control the bays, inlets and channels 
 flowing through the city or adjoining the same, 
 to widen, straighten and deepen the same where 
 such work is necessary for the purposes of sani- 
 tation, drainage or removal of sewage; to fill 
 the same when they are obstructions to pro- 
 posed streets or roads; to control and improve 
 the water front of the city and to maintain em- 
 bankments and other works necessary to protect 
 the city from overflow; to construct and main- 
 tain wharves, chutes, piers and breakwaters 
 within the limits of the city. 
 
 11. To establish and change the grade and 
 lay out, open, extend, widen, change, vacate, 
 pave, re-pave or otherwise improve all publio 
 
streets and highways and public places, construct 
 sewers, drains, bridges, conduits, culverts and 
 subways thereon or thereunder, to plant trees, 
 construct parking, and to remove weeds; to levy 
 special assessments to defray the whole or any 
 part of the cost of such works or improvements. 
 Also to provide for the repair, cleaning and 
 sprinkling of such streets and public places. 
 
 12. To construct and maintain all works neces- 
 sary for the disposition of the sewage, garbage 
 and waste within the city, and to define and 
 abate nuisances. 
 
 13. To establish and maintain hospitals, in- 
 digent homes and all other charitable institu- 
 tions. 
 
 14. To acquire and maintain parks, play- 
 grounds and places for recreation. 
 
 15. To acquire and maintain markets, baths 
 and public halls. 
 
 16. To establish and maintain schools, libra- 
 ries, museums, gymnasiums, and to do all things 
 to promote the education of the people. 
 
 17. To equip and maintain a fire department 
 and to make all necessary regulations for the 
 prevention of fires. 
 
 18. To acquire, construct and maintain all 
 buildings necessary for the transaction of pub- 
 lic business. 
 
 19. To exercise the right of eminent domain 
 for the purpose of acquiring real and personal 
 property of every kind for any public use. 
 
 20. To grant franchises to use the streets or 
 public property, and impose conditions in con- 
 nection therewith. 
 
 21. To exercise any power conferred upon 
 municipalities by the constitution and laws of 
 the state to fix and establish rates to be charged 
 by any corporation for any public service and to 
 regulate the quality of such service. 
 
 22. To exercise such other powers as may 
 be hereafter granted by the legislature to mu- 
 nicipalities within the state. 
 
 23. To exercise all other needful powers for 
 the efficient administration of the municipal 
 government, whether such powers are herein 
 expressly enumerated or not. 
 
 24. Lastly, this grant of power^.|s to'.Vbe Ub- 
 
erally construed for the purposes of securing 
 the well being of the municipality and its in- 
 habitants. 
 
 ARTICLE III 
 The Council 
 
 Section 1. All powers herein granted to and 
 vested in the City of Richmond, shall, except 
 as herein otherwise provided, be exercised by 
 a council to be designated the Council of the 
 City of Richmond; and said Council shall, except 
 as herein otherwise provided, have the power to 
 fix and establish the method and manner in 
 which such powers shall be exercised. 
 
 Sec. 2. Said Council shall be composed of 
 nine members, each of whom shall have been 
 an elector of the City of Richmond for at least 
 one year next preceding his election. 
 
 The members of said Council shall be known 
 as councilm.en, and their terms of office shall 
 be six years commencing on the first day of 
 July next succeeding their election, except that 
 the terms of those first elected to serve as 
 councilmen shall be as herein provided. 
 
 Sec. 3. On the second Monday of May, 1909, 
 an' election shall be held within said city for 
 the purpose of electing nine mem.bers of said 
 Council. 
 
 The nine members elected at such- election 
 F,hall, at the first regular meeting in July, 1909, 
 so classify themselves by lot that three of said 
 niembers shall hold office for the term of two 
 years, three for the term of four years, and 
 three for term of six years. 
 ' Thereafter, on the second Monday in May, 
 of each odd-numbered year, an election shall be 
 held at which the three councilmen shall be 
 elected to succeed the three members whose 
 terms expire on the first day of July next fol- 
 lowing; also to elect a member for any un- 
 expired term that may exist. 
 
 The electors, in form and manner prescribed 
 in section two of article VIII, may by ordinance 
 provide for the division of the city into dis- 
 tricts or wards and require that one council- 
 m.an to be elected at each election shall be a 
 
resident of each ward at the time of his elec- 
 tion; provided that all councilmen shall be 
 voted for at large. 
 
 Sec. 4. The councilmen shall each receive the 
 sum of five dollars for each day while sitting 
 as a Board of Equalization; but no other com- 
 pensation shall be paid unless the electors, by 
 ordinance proposed and adopted in accordance 
 with section two of article VIII, shall otherwise 
 provide. 
 
 Sec. 5. Said Council shall fix the time and 
 place for its regular meetings and adopt rules 
 to govern its proceedings. 
 
 Sec. 6. Five members of the Council shall be 
 necessary to constitute a quorum for the trans- 
 action of business; but a less number may ad- 
 journ from time to time and compel the attend- 
 ance of absent members, and impose such 
 fines as it may deem proper upon members re- 
 fusing or neglecting to attend such meetings. 
 
 Sec. 7. No ordinance shall be passed, no 
 officer appointed or removed, no contract shall 
 be awarded and no obligation incurred by the 
 city in excess of three hundred dollars without 
 the affirmative vote of at least five members 
 of the Council. 
 
 Sec. 8. Said Council shall elect one of its 
 number as its presiding officer, who shall be 
 known as Mayor, to serve for one year after 
 his election. In the absence or disability of the 
 Mayor, a Mayor pro-tem shall be elected. 
 
 The said Mayor shall preside at all meetings 
 of the Council, shall be the Chief Executive of 
 said city, and as such shall sign all contracts 
 on behalf of the city, and perform such other 
 duties as may from time to time be assigned to 
 him by the Council. In all other respects he 
 shall perform the same duties as any other 
 member of the Council. 
 
 Sec. 9. The Council shall appoint or provide 
 for the appointment of a Clerk, Treasurer, Audi- 
 tor, Tax Collector, Assessor, Attorney, Engineer, 
 Chief of Police, and except as otherwise pro- 
 vided, such other officers, boards or commissions, 
 as may be necessary for the transaction of the 
 affairs of the municipality. It shall also ap- 
 point a Commissioner of Health and City Phy- 
 
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sician, each of whom shall be a physician li- 
 censed to practice medicine. 
 
 Sec. 10. A vacancy in the Council shall be 
 filled by a majority of the remaining members. 
 Such appointees shall hold office until the first' 
 day of July succeeding the next election at 
 which councilm_en are to be elected. At the 
 next election succeeding any vacancy a council- 
 man shall be elected to serve for the unexpired 
 term.. 
 
 Sec. 11. The Council shall by ordinance pro- 
 vide for the assessment, levy and collection of 
 taxes, and shall act as a Board of Equalization 
 in equalizing the value of property listed upon 
 the assessment roll. During the month of 
 September in each year, it shall levy such tax 
 as may be necessary to raise revenue for the 
 maintenance of the city and the several depart- 
 m.ents during the fiscal year, but such tax levy 
 for all municipal purposes except the payment of 
 interest and principal on any bended debt and 
 in support of the public schools, shall not ex- 
 ceed the sum of sixty cents upon each $100.00 
 of assessed valuation as the same appears upon 
 the assessm-ent roll. If in the judgment of the 
 Council it should be necessary to provide a 
 revenue in excess of the sum realized from the 
 levy herein provided, the question of the levy 
 of an additional tax shall be submitted to the 
 electors and a special election m.ay be held for 
 that purpose. The additional sum or rate re- 
 quired to be raised by such additional tax levy 
 shall be expressed upon the ballot. If a ma- 
 jority of the votes cast upon such proposition 
 shall be in favor of authorizing the Council to 
 levy such additional rate, then the Council may 
 levy the additional tax so authorized. 
 
 ARTICLE IV 
 
 Duties of Officers 
 
 Section 1. Clerk. — It shall be the duty of the 
 Clerk to keep a true record of the proceedings 
 of the Council and record the same in proper 
 books kept for that purpose. He shall have 
 power to administer oaths in connection with 
 all matters relating to the municipality. 
 
Sec. 2. Auditor. — It shall be the duty of the 
 Auditor to act as bookkeeper and accountant of 
 the municipality and shall record all financial 
 transactions in books kept for that purpose. He 
 shall draw warrants upon the City Treasurer 
 for all claims against the city which have been 
 allowed by the Council. He shall render each 
 month a statement to the Council showing the 
 financial condition of the city, and annually a 
 like statement covering all of the financial 
 transactions of the city during the year pre- 
 vious. 
 
 Sec. 3. Tax Collector.— It shall be the duty of 
 the Tax Collector to receive and collect all 
 moneys due the city for taxes and licenses and 
 from other sources, and shall pay all moneys 
 received into the treasury of the city, within 
 twenty-four hours after the receipt thereof. 
 
 Sec. 4. Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall re- 
 ceive and safely keep all moneys belonging to 
 the city and shall pay the same only upon war- 
 rants drawn by the auditor for claims which 
 have been previously allowed by the Council or 
 Board of Education, provided that the approval 
 of the Council shall not be necessary to pay 
 the monthly salaries of employees. The Treas- 
 urer may deposit all or such portion of the 
 public moneys as may be determined by the 
 Council, in any bank authorized by law to re- 
 ceive deposits of public money, in accordance 
 with the provisions of the Constitution and Act 
 of the Legislature entitled: "An Act to Provide 
 for and Regulate the Deposit of County and 
 Municipal Moneys in Banks and Banking Cor- 
 porations, Limiting the Amount of Public 
 Moneys that may be Deposited therein and Pro- 
 viding a Penalty for the Illegal Deposit and Use 
 thereof." (Approved March 23, 1907.) And the 
 provisions of such act are hereby made ap- 
 plicable to the government of the City of Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 Sec. 5. Assessor. — It shall be the duty of the 
 Assessor to make annually, a complete assess- 
 ment of all property liable for taxation within 
 the city between the first Monday of March and 
 the first Monday of July next succeeding, and 
 shall upon said last named date turn over to 
 
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the City Council the assessment roll so prepared 
 by him. He shall act as Tax Collector for the 
 purpose of collecting taxes upon personal prop- 
 er'^^y when the same are unsecured by lien upon 
 real estate. 
 
 Sec. 6. Attorney.-^The Attorney shall act as 
 the legal adviser cf the Council and any officer 
 of the city who requests his advice. He shall 
 prepare all ordinances and contracts whenever 
 reouired so to do by the Council. He shall 
 prosecute all violatorr of the city ordinances 
 and shall represent the city in all actions. 
 
 S'^^c. 7. Engineer. — The City Engineer shall 
 advise the Council unon all matters of an en- 
 gineering nature. He shall also be ex-officio 
 Superintendent of Streets. 
 
 Sf»c. 8. Chief of Police.— The Chief of Police 
 shaH be the head of the police department and 
 shall perform such duties as the Council may 
 imi^ose. 
 
 Sec. 9. Commissioner of Health. — The Com- 
 missioner of Health shall have and exercise a 
 general supervision over the sanitary condition 
 of the city and shall issue all orders and direc- 
 tions for the enforcement of all sanitary laws 
 and regulations; he shall enforce all laws of 
 thp state and ordinances of the city, and all 
 rules and regulations of the Department of 
 Health in relation to the sanitary matters; to 
 m.ake or cause to be made frequent analyses and 
 examinations of milk and cream, meat, water 
 and food stuffs and keep a record of the same 
 and cause all nuisances to be abated with rea- 
 sonable promptner?, and in the performance of 
 his duties shall be permitted at all times to 
 enter any house, store, stable or building, may 
 cause floors to be raised if necessary, and make 
 thorough examination of cellars, vaults, sinks 
 and drains; he shall impose such restrictions 
 upon and exercise supervision of all persons ex- 
 posed to, afflicted or sick with small-pox, scarlet 
 fever or any contagious or epidemic disease as 
 shall be necessary to protect from such disease 
 all persons not of necessity connected with any 
 person so exposed, afflicted or sick; he shall 
 have power to cause any house or premises to 
 be cleaned, disinfected or closed to visitors and 
 
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prohibit persons from resorting thereto while 
 fc-uch house is under quarantine; he may, by an 
 order in writing, direct any nuisance to be 
 abated, or unwholesome matter or substance, 
 ant or fiUh to De removed from any house or 
 premises and to take any other measures he may 
 deem necessary to prevent the spread of any 
 disease; with the approval of the Council he 
 fchall have power to make such rules and regu- 
 lations for the prevention and suppression of 
 disease he may deem necessary; he shall ap- 
 point such inspectors and other employees as 
 may be necessary, subject to the approval of the 
 Council, and shall fix their ducies; he shall have 
 the power to remove or discharge any person so 
 appointed. 
 
 ihe Commissioner of Health and such depu- 
 ties, inspectors and employees as may be des- 
 ignated by him shall have the powers of a police 
 officer and may arrest, or cause to be arrested, 
 any person violating any sanitary law. 
 
 The Commissioner of Health shall annually on 
 the first day of July, send to the Council a 
 statement of the amount of work performed by 
 his department during the preceding year, to- 
 gether with such other information and sugges- 
 tions as he may deem proper to submit; he shall 
 publish from time to time such statistics and 
 information relating to the health of the com- 
 munity or methods of preventing or curing dis- 
 ease as he shall deem proper to publish; he 
 shall also transmit to the Council prior to the 
 fixing of the tax levy an estimate in detail of 
 the cost of providing for and maintaining his 
 department during the current fiscal year. 
 
 Sec. 10. City Physician. — The City Physician 
 shall properly care for the indigent poor not 
 otherwise provided with medical attendance; 
 when directed by the Chief of Police or any 
 police officer having charge thereof, he shall 
 visit any police station and examine and make 
 provision for the care of all persons there found 
 to be sick, injured or insane, and report the 
 result of such examination to the person di- 
 recting such examination; he may at any time, 
 and when required so to do by the Board of 
 Education, make physical examination of the 
 
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pupils of the public schools and make report of 
 such examination. He shall transmit to the 
 Council on the first day of each month a detailed 
 report of the duties performed by him during 
 the preceding month, and for the purpose of 
 making such report shall keep a record of all 
 duties performed; he shall annually prior to 
 the fixing of the annual tax levy send to the 
 Council a statement of the expenses of his 
 office for the past year, together with an esti- 
 mate in detail of the appropriations required for 
 the maintenance of his office during the current 
 fiscal year. 
 
 Sec. 11. The Council may require any or all 
 of the above officers to give official bonds in 
 such sums as it may deem proper, and the 
 city shall pay all premiums upon surety bonds 
 when such bonds are given. It may provide for 
 the appointment of such deputies and assistants 
 as may be required, and shall fix the compensa- 
 tion of all officers and such deputies and as- 
 sistants. All of the above officers shall per- 
 form such other services as the Council may 
 require and serve during its plearure. 
 
 Sec. 12. Any officer having charge of any de- 
 partment of the city government shall, sub j set 
 to the approval of the Council, appoint his sub- 
 ordinate officers or employees at such compensa- 
 tion as shall be determined by the Council. 
 
 Sec. 13. The term of all officers appointed by 
 the Council shall be at the pleasure of the ap- 
 pointing power, but shall not exceed two years 
 ending on June 30th, 1910, and each even num- 
 bered year thereafter. All officers shall s-erve 
 until their successors are appointed and quali- 
 fied. 
 
 Sec. 14. Whenever the public interest may 
 require, the Council miay consolidate any of the 
 offices provided for in this article. 
 
 ARTICLE V 
 
 Elections 
 
 Section 1. All elections for Councilmen shall 
 be held in accordance with the general laws of 
 the state governing elections within municipali- 
 ties unless otherwise provided by this charter 
 
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or by ordiuance of the Council; and elections for 
 members of the Board of Education shall be held 
 m accordance with the general laws of the 
 slate governing the election of trustees of 
 school districts, unless otherwise provided by 
 this charter or by an order of the Board of 
 Education. 
 
 Sec. 2. Nominations for Councilmen and mem- 
 bers of the Board of Education shall be made as 
 herein provided. 
 
 ISec. 6. A petition shall be filed in the office 
 of the Clerk for the nomination of Councilmen, 
 or with the Clerk of the Board of Education for 
 the nomination of members of said Board, at 
 least twenty-five days prior to the day fixed for 
 the election of the same, asking that the per- 
 son named therein be a candidate for the office 
 
 of — — (naming it) and giving the 
 
 residence of said person within the City of Rich- 
 mond. Such petition shall be signed by quali- 
 fied and registered voters equal in number to at 
 leasi three per centum of the votes cast at the 
 preceding election for officers for which the ' 
 nomination is asked. The requirements as to 
 signatures (other than the number thereof), the 
 verification of the petition and certification there- 
 of provided in Section 1 of Article VIII for pe- 
 titions for recall, shall apply to petitions for nonj- 
 inations for public office. 
 
 Sec. 4. If petitions asking for nominations to 
 the number of more than twice the number of 
 officers to be elected at such elections are filed, 
 then a primary elections shall be held two weeks 
 prior to the day fixed in the charter, or date of 
 special election if such elections is called, for 
 the election of such officers. If less than $uch 
 num.ber of petitions are filed then no such pri- 
 mary election need be held, but th'e pel*sons 
 named in such petitions shall be" deemed can- 
 didates for the office named, at the election to 
 be held for the election of such petitions shall 
 be deemed candidates for the office named at 
 the eleceiton to be held for the election of 
 such officers and the names of such candidates 
 shall be printed on thei official ballot to be used 
 at such election or indicated on ballot machines, 
 if such machines shall be used. 
 
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Sec. 5. If a primary election is held, it shall 
 be the duty of the Council, in case df the nom- 
 ination of Councilmen, and of the. Board of 
 Education, in case of the nomination of mem- 
 bers of said Board, to provide for the holding 
 of same, shall designate the precincts, polling 
 places, appoint officers of election (which need 
 not be more than one inspector, one judge and 
 one clerk) but such precincts, polling places and 
 officers shall conform as nearly as possible to 
 those designated and selected for and at the 
 election of officers thereafter to follow. In case 
 the Council or Board of Education fail to make 
 the necessary provision for such primary elec- 
 tion, then the Clerk or the Clerk of the Board 
 of Education shall perform such duties. The 
 proper Clerk shall give notice of such primary 
 election and shall state therein the names of 
 the candidates whose petitions shall have been 
 filed and such notice shall be published in the 
 official newspaper of the city for five days prior 
 to the day of such election. He shall also cause 
 ballots to be printed, stating the office to be 
 filled and the candidates therefor whose peti- 
 tions have been filed, printing the name of ouch 
 candidates upon said ballot in the order in 
 which such petitions shall have been filed^ 
 Said ballot shall contain a direction as to the 
 number of candidates which one voter may vote 
 for, which shall be the same number as is to 
 be elected to the office at the regular election 
 to follow; also instructions required to be 
 printed on ballots by the general laws, so far as 
 such instructions may be applicable. All bal- 
 lots cast or marked contrary to such instructions 
 shall be void. The polls shall open during the 
 same hours as required for the regular election 
 tnereafter to follow and in all respects the 
 election shall be held and conducted, and the 
 votes cast thereat shall be counted and returns 
 thereof made as may be required for the elec- 
 tion at which ar to be elected the officers for 
 th nomination of which the primary election is 
 held. 
 
 Sec. 6. The returns of such primary election 
 shall be filed with the City Clerk, or the Clerk 
 of the Board of Education, as the case may be, 
 
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and within forty-eight hours thereafter the said 
 Clerk shall open and canvass such return and 
 declare the result of such election. The candi- 
 dates to the number of twice the number of 
 officers to be elected at the regular election there- 
 after to follow, receiving the highest number of 
 votes at such primary election shall be declared 
 to be the candidates to be voted for at the said 
 following regular election. Their names shall 
 be ijrinted on the official ballot to be used at 
 such election in the order of the number of 
 votes received by each such candidate, the 
 name of the candidate receiving the highest 
 number of votes to be placed at the head of the 
 list. In case the highest number of votes cast 
 cannot be determined by reason of a tie between 
 one or more candidates, then the names of all 
 such candidates whose votes are tied shall be 
 placed on the official ballot. The names of all 
 candidates to be voted for thus selected at the 
 primary election shall be published for one 
 week prior to the regular election in the 
 official paper of said city. 
 
 ARTICLE VI 
 
 School Department 
 
 Section 1. The School Department of the 
 City of Richmond shall be under the manage- 
 ment and control of a Board of Education. Such 
 Board shall be -composed of three members 
 who shall have been citizens of the United 
 States and residents of the City of Richmond 
 for at least one year immediately preceding 
 their election, and their terms of office shall 
 be six years from ana after the first day of July 
 next succeeding their election, except as herein 
 othewise provided. Elections for m_embers of 
 the Board of Education shall be held on the 
 first Saturday in May of each even numbered 
 year. At the election to be held in May, 1910, 
 one member shall be elected to serve for the 
 term of four years and one member for the 
 term of six years. The member of the Board 
 of Trustees of Richmond School District 
 elected at the school election in April, 1909, 
 shall be a member of the Board of Education 
 
 16 
 
until July 1, 1912, and his successor shall be 
 elected at the election held on the first Satur- 
 day in May, 1912. At the election herein pro- 
 vided for, members of the Board of Education 
 shall be elected for any unexpired term that 
 may exist. The members of the Board shall 
 receive no compensation. 
 
 Sec. 2. Until the election and qualification of 
 the members of the Board of Education as here- 
 in provided for the present Trustees of the 
 Richmond School District shall be and consti- 
 tute the Board of Education of the City of 
 Richmond, and shall exercise the powers hereby 
 conferred thereon. 
 
 Sec. 3. Said Board of Education shall have 
 and exercise all the powers conferred upon 
 Boards of Trustees and Boards of Education 
 by the laws of the State of California, and in 
 addition thereto shall have power: 
 
 1. To choose one of its members as Presi- 
 dent of the Board, fix a time and place for 
 holding regular meetings, which shall be pub- 
 lic, provide for holding special meetings, adopt 
 rules for governing its own proceedings, and 
 adopt an official seal. 
 
 2. To appoint a Superintendent of Schools 
 to serve during its pleasure and fix his com- 
 pensation. 
 
 3. To provide for the establishment of kin- 
 dergartens, manual training schools, night 
 schools, technical schools, and to prescribe the 
 studies to be taught therein. 
 
 4. To construct school buildings when neces- 
 sary, and no special election need be held to 
 authorize such construction. 
 
 5. To provide free text books when author- 
 ized so to do by the electors voting on such 
 proposition. 
 
 6. To prescribe the requirements for gradu- 
 ation from the public schools and issue cer- 
 tificates of graduation. 
 
 7. To provide the manner in which all 
 elections shall be held and conducted for the 
 election of members of said Board and such 
 special elections as may be authorized by law, 
 except as in this charter otherwise provided. 
 
 8. To receive bequests, devises and dona- 
 
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tions of property of every kind, either abso- 
 lutely or in trust for any purpose, and to man- 
 age, hold or dispose of such property in ac- 
 cordance with the terms of any bequest, de- 
 vise or donation. 
 
 9. To fill any vacancy in the membership of 
 the Board by appointment, the person appointed 
 to nold office until the first day of July fol- 
 lowing the next election held for the election 
 of members of such Board. 
 
 10. It shall elect and fix the salaries of all 
 teachers, but such election shall be made only 
 from a list of candidates nominated and rec- 
 om.mended by the Superintendent, of Schools, but 
 the Board may make rules in accordance with 
 which such nominations and recomipendations 
 shall be made. It shall fix a time when ^such 
 election of teachers shall be had. . Fqx the 
 first two years of their service in /the j^ school 
 department of the city, principals ai^jd tipachers 
 shall be subject to annual election; after a 
 service of two years they may be elepjted^.^for a 
 term of three years. ... 
 
 Sec. 4. The Superintendent of Schoojis shall 
 be the executive officer of the Board . of Ejiu- 
 cation and subject only to the orders 7|hereof, 
 and all principals, teachers and other em- 
 ployees shall be under the control an<|, direc- 
 tion of the Superintendent. He must examine 
 and, in conjunction with the Board, appmye 
 all plans for the construction or re-constru<ftion 
 of school buildings. He shall have supervision 
 of the course of instruction and the discipline 
 and conduct of the schools and recommend all 
 text books prior to their adoption by the 
 Board. He shall act as Clerk of the Board 
 of Education. He shall assign all teachers and 
 principals, and make such transfers as may be 
 necessary to the successful operation of the 
 schools. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Board of Education shall annu- 
 ally determine the amount of money to be 
 raised by taxation within the territory subject to 
 taxation for school purposes for the main- 
 tenance of the public schools, in addition 
 to the amount of money received from the 
 State and County; and the Board shall, prior to 
 
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the time of fixing the rate of taxation by the 
 Council, submit in writing to the Council a 
 careful estimate of all money required by taxa- 
 tion in addition to the amount estimated to be 
 received from said State and County. The 
 Council of the City of Richmond shall, and it 
 is hereby authorized and directed, in each 
 year when fixing the annual tax rate to levy 
 and assess as a school tax for the maintenance 
 of the public schools such amount as the 
 Board of Education shall report necessary for 
 the purpose. Whenever high schools are main- 
 tained by the School Department of the City, 
 a like estimate shall be made for their sup- 
 port and a tax levied and assessed sufficient 
 to meet such estimate. 
 
 Sec. 6, Whenever the high school now es- 
 tablished within the boundaries of the City 
 shall, by law, pass' under the jurisdiction of 
 the Board of Education of the City of Rich- 
 mond, the provisions of this article shall ap- 
 ply to its management. 
 
 Sec. 7. All moneys raised by taxation within 
 the City for the support of the public schools 
 shall be kept in a separate fund from all 
 other funds, and shall be used exclusively for 
 the purpose for which the tax is levied. All 
 demands payable out of such fund shall be 
 allowed by the Board of Education and cer- 
 tified to the City Auditor, who shall draw a 
 warrant therefor upon such school fund. 
 
 ARTICLE VII 
 Police Court 
 
 Section 1. There is hereby created in and 
 for the City of Richmond a Court which shall 
 be known as the Police Court of the City of 
 Richmond. Said Court shall consist of one 
 Judge, who shall be appointed by the Council 
 and who shall serve during its pleasure and 
 who shall receive such compensation as the 
 Council shall determine. 
 
 Sec. 2. Said Court shall have exclusive juris- 
 diction: 
 
 (1) In all prosecutions for violations of the 
 city ordinances. 
 
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(2) In all actions for the recovery of any 
 fine, penalty or forfeiture, and the enforcement 
 of any obligation or liability prescribed or cre- 
 ated by the city ordinances and in which the 
 sum sued for does not amount to three hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. Within the city limits said Court 
 shall have concurrent and co-ordinate jurisdic- 
 tion with township justices' courts in all mat- 
 ters and things in which said justices' courts 
 now or may hereafter have jurisdiction; and 
 the Judge of said Police Court shall have as 
 aforesaid like authority power and jurisdiction 
 as the justices of said justices' court. 
 
 Sec. 4. Appeals may be taken to the 
 Superior Court of the State of California, in 
 and for the County of Contra Costa, from the 
 judgments and orders of said Police Court, in 
 all cases in which appeals now are or may 
 hereafter be provided by law to be taken to 
 said Superior Court from said justices' courts 
 and police courts. 
 
 Sec. 5. In all proceedings in and appeals from 
 said Police Court, the pleadings, practice, pro- 
 cedure and laws now applicable or that may 
 hereafter be made applicable to said justices' 
 or police courts, are hereby adopted and made 
 apDlicable to said Police Court. 
 
 Sec. 6. All fines and other moneys received 
 or collected by the Judge of said Police Court 
 for or on account of the City of Richmond, 
 shall be paid into the city treasury on the 
 first Monday in each month. 
 
 Sec. 7. All actions and proceedings pendin?? 
 and undetermined in the existing Recorder'^ 
 Court of the City of Richmond shall be pro- 
 ceeded with, heard, tried and determined in 
 said Police Court hereby provided for and be- 
 fore said Judge, the same as if said actions 
 or proceedings had been originally commenced 
 in said Police Court. 
 
 Sec. 8. Nothing in this charter shall be so 
 construed as to prevent a Justice of the Peace 
 from holding the office of Police Judge. 
 
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ARTICLE VIM 
 
 The Recall Initiative and Referendum 
 
 Section 1. The holder of any elective office 
 may be removed by the electors qualified to 
 vote for the successor of the officer sought to 
 be removed. The procedure to effect the re- 
 moval of an incumbent of an elective office 
 shall be as follows: A petition signed by 
 electors entitled to vote for a successor to 
 the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in 
 number to at least twenty-five per centum of 
 the entire vote cast at the last preceding gen- 
 eral municipal election, demanding an election 
 of a successor of the person sought to be re- 
 moved, shall be filed with the clerk, and said 
 petition shall contain a general statement of 
 the grounds for which the removal is sought. 
 
 The signatures to the petition need not all 
 be appended to one paper, but said petition 
 may be presented in sections. The number of 
 rigratures to each section shall be at the 
 pleasure of the person soliciting signatures to 
 Ihe same. Any qualified voter or taxpayer of 
 the municipality shall be competent to solicit 
 said signatures. Each section shall have at- 
 tached thereto the affidavit of the person solicit- 
 ing signatures to the same, stating that all the 
 signatures to the attached section were made 
 in his presence, and that to the best of his 
 knowledge and belief each signature to the 
 section is the genuine signature of the person 
 whose name purports to be thereunto sub- 
 scribed, and no other affidavit thereto shall be 
 required. Each signature, the genuineness of 
 which is not called in question by the sworn 
 affidavit of the alleged owner thereof, shall be 
 presumed to be genuine. Unless and until it 
 be proven otherwise by official investigation, 
 it shall be presumed that the petition pre- 
 sented contains the signatures of the requisite 
 number of qualified voters. Each signer of said 
 petition shall add to his signature his place of 
 residence, giving the street and number. 
 
 Within ten days from the date of filing such 
 petition the clerk shall examine and ascertain 
 from the records of registration whether or 
 
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not said petition is signed by the requisite num- 
 ber cf electors entitled to vote, and if neces- 
 sary the Council shall allow the clerk extra 
 help for that purpose, and the clerk shall at- 
 tach to said petition his certificate showing 
 the result of said examination. If, by the said 
 certificate, the petition is shown to be insuffi- 
 cient, it may be amended by additional signa- 
 tures within ten days from the date of said 
 certificate. The clerk shall, within ten days 
 after such amendment, make like examination 
 of the amended petition and if his certificate 
 shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall 
 be returned to the person filing the same with- 
 out prejudice, however, to the filing of a new 
 petition to the same effect. 
 
 If the petition shall be found to be sufficient, 
 the clerk shall submit the same to the Council 
 without delay, and the Council shall thereupon 
 order and fix a date for holding the said elec- 
 tion, not less than thirty days nor more than 
 forty days from the date of the clerk's certifi- 
 cate to the Council that a sufficient petition is 
 filed. 
 
 All arrangements for said election shall be 
 made and the same shall be conducted, re- 
 turned, and the results thereof declared, in all 
 respects as are all other municipal elections; 
 provided, that if there be any conflict of pro- 
 visions, this charter shall control. 
 
 Any person sought to be removed may be a 
 candidate to succeed himself, and, unless he re- 
 quests otherwise, in writing, the clerk shall 
 place his name on the official ballot without 
 nomination. In any such removal election, the 
 candidate receiving the highest number of 
 votes shall be declared elected. At such elec- 
 tion, if some person other than the incumbent 
 receives the highest number of votes, the in- 
 cumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed 
 from his office upon qualification of his suc- 
 cessor. The successor of any officer so re- 
 moved shall hold office during the unexpired 
 term of his predecessor. In case the party 
 who receives the highest number of votes shall 
 fail to qualify within ten days after receiving 
 notification of election the office shall be 
 
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deemed vacant. If the incumbent receives the 
 highest number of votes he shall continue in 
 office. In case more than one Councilman is 
 sought to be removed, whose term shall not 
 expire at the same time, there shall appear on 
 the ballot the date of the expiration of the 
 respective terms and the offices of the council- 
 men to be elected for such different terms 
 shall be deemed separate and distinct offices 
 to be filled at such election. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any proposed ordinance may be sub- 
 mitted to the Council by a petition signed by 
 qualified and registered electors of the city 
 equal in number to the percentage hereinafter 
 required. The petition shall set forth a copy 
 cf the proposed ordinance, and the form of such 
 petition, signatures, verifications, and duties of 
 the clerk in respect thereto, provided in section 
 1 of this article for petitions for recall shall 
 apply to petitions of initiative. 
 
 If the petition accompanying the proposed or- 
 dinance be signed by qualified and registered 
 electors equal in number to ten per cent of the 
 entire vote cast at the last preceding general 
 municipal election, the Council must either pass 
 such ordinance without alteration or submit the 
 same to the electorate at the next regular munici- 
 pal election that shall occur at any time after 
 sixty days from the date of the clerk's certifi- 
 cate of sufficiency. But if such petition is 
 signed by qualified and registered electors equal 
 in number to twenty-five per cent of said votes 
 and contains a request that such ordinance be 
 submitted to a vote of the people at a special 
 election, then the Council must either pass the 
 ordinance without alteration or submit the same 
 to the electorate at a special election to be 
 called within sixty days from the filing of such 
 petition. 
 
 The ballots used when voting upon such pro- 
 posed ordinance shall contain the words: **For 
 the Ordinance," and "Against the Ordinance" 
 (stating the nature of the proposed ordinance). 
 If a majority of the qualified electors voting on 
 said proposed ordinance shall vote in favor 
 thereof such ordinance shall thereupon become 
 a valid and binding ordinance of the city. The 
 
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Council may at such election submit any amend- 
 m.ent thereto that it may deem proper and the 
 ballots used at such election shall contain the 
 words: "For the amendment," or "Against the 
 amendment" of ordinance (naming the ordi- 
 nance), and also stating the nature of the pro- 
 posed amendment. If a m.ajority of the quali- 
 fied electors voting on said proposed amend- 
 ment shall vote in favor thereof, such ordi- 
 nance shall thereupon be deemed amended in 
 accordance therewith. The Council may also 
 propose and submit any ordinance to the elec- 
 tors, and such ordinance, upon receiving a 
 majority of the votes of the electors, voting 
 thereon, shall be deemed to have been adopted 
 and shall be the valid and binding ordinance 
 of the city. Any ordinance adopted by the 
 electors under the provisions of this article 
 cannot be repealed or amended, except by a 
 vote of the people obtained in the manner here- 
 inbfore stated, unless such ordinance shall 
 otherwise provide. 
 
 Any number of proposed ordinances may be 
 voted upon at the same election in accordance 
 with the provisions of this sections; provided, 
 that there shall not be held under this section 
 of the charter more than one special election 
 in any period of twelve months. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any ordinance or resolution other 
 than such as may be reauired to be passed p.t 
 a particular time or for the purpose of comply- 
 ing with a charter or statutory law and ex- 
 cepting such ordinance as may be declared by 
 the Council to be necessary as an emergency 
 measures for the imTT»ediate preservation of 
 the public peace health or safety rhall be 
 subject to a referendum as herein provided; 
 provided further that the petition for such 
 referendum be filed within ^hirty days from 
 the final passage of such ordinance or resolu- 
 tion. 
 
 Whenever a petition shall be presented to the 
 Council asking that a particular ordinance 
 named therein be submitted to a vote of the 
 electors, and signed as required for an initia- 
 tive petition in section 2 of this article, it shall 
 be the duty of the Council to submit the ques- 
 
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tion of the approval or rejection of such or- 
 dinance or resolution to the electors at a regu- 
 lar or special election, and until such election is 
 held and the ordinance approved by the elec- 
 tors, the provisions of such ordinance or reso- 
 lution shall be suspended and inoperative. 
 
 All the proceedings relative to the submission 
 of ordinances by initiative shall apply to ordi- 
 nances submitted by a referendum petition, and 
 the vote thereon shall be of the same force and 
 effect as provided in section 2. 
 
 ARTICLE IX 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 
 Section 1. The ordaining clause of all ordi- 
 nances adopted by the Council shall be: "The 
 Council of the City of Richmond do ordain as 
 follows,'* and the ordaining clause of all ordi- 
 nances adopted in accordance with the pro- 
 visions of Article VIII shall be: "The People 
 of the City of Richmond do ordain as follows." 
 
 Sec. 2. The electors may ill form and man- 
 ner prescribed in section 2 of Article VIII, pro- 
 vide the manner in which any municipal power 
 may be exercised and restrict the power of 
 the Council in respect thereto. 
 
 Sec. 3. No officer of the city shall be inter- 
 ested in any contract entered into by the city, 
 and the general laws of the State forbidding 
 city officials to be so interested are hereby made 
 a part of this charter. 
 
 Sec. 4. No member of the Council shall hold 
 any other municipal office, or hold any other 
 office or employment, the compensation of which 
 is paid out of the municipal moneys; or be 
 elected or appointed to any office created or 
 the compensation of which is increased by the 
 Council while he was a member thereof, until 
 one year after the expiration of the term for 
 which he was elected. 
 
 Sec. 5. No person, firm or corporation shall 
 ever exercise any franchise, license, permit, 
 easement, privilege or other use, except in so 
 far as he or it may be entitled to do so by 
 direct authority of the Constitution of the State 
 of California, or of the Constitution or laws of 
 
 25 
 
the United States, in, ui;)tih7'*^(6vler, under or 
 along any street, s highway or public place in 
 the city unless he 'or it shall have first ob- 
 tained a grant therefor in ia;fe'(^rdance with the 
 provisions of this chariter^fe-^^^^- ''^-'' '^l '^ 
 
 Sec. 6. The Council shall ^pulfllgH k'nnually 
 a financial report of the city and f u¥iif^ a co^y 
 thereof to each tax-payef^^- whose '*kddress is 
 known. '-ff i^M'^')^ 
 
 Sec. 7. Liens for taxes levied and to be 
 levied shall attach to the property charged 
 therewith on the first Monday in March at 
 12 o'clock M. ' " ' 
 
 Sec. 8. No bonded indebted'nesi^ shall be 
 incurred unless the same shall • l5i'e first au- 
 thorized by a vote of two^hit-ds''bf trie 'selec- 
 tors voting at an election held fQl*^ the pur- 
 pose of voting on the proposition to Mcur such 
 indebtedness; and no indebtedness inciurred for 
 the purpose of improving the water ^front Shall 
 at any time exceed six per cent of the assessed 
 value of the property within the citj^?-^'-''''^ 
 
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 ARTICLE X .,.. ■,; ^i*:^^ »«^ ''.^..- .. 
 
 This charter shall take effect at ' ifcjbn on 
 July 1, 1909; provided that all provisions rela; 
 five to elections and the nomination of candi- 
 dates for public office shall be operative upiph 
 the approval of this charter by the Legislatijr'i, 
 and the Board of Trustees of the City of Rich- 
 mond is hereby directed to provide for all 
 elections to be held prior to the first day of 
 July, 1909, and to issue certificates of election 
 to the persons elected to the office of Council- 
 man. 
 
 All of the officials of the City of Richmond iri 
 office at the time this charter takes effect 
 shall continue to perform the duties now re- 
 quired of them until their successors are ap- 
 pointed and qualified as in this charter pro- 
 vided. 
 
 CERTIFICATE 
 
 WHEREAS, The City of Richmond, a city 
 containing a population of more than three 
 October, 1908, at a special election held under 
 
 26 
 
thousand five hundred and less than ten 
 thousand inhabitants on the twelfth day of 
 and in accordance with the provisions of sec- 
 tion 8 of article XI of the Constitution of the 
 State of California, did elect F. E. Adams, C. L. 
 Aobott, C. R Blake, L. Boswell, L. D. Dimm, 
 E. A. Govve, E. J. Garrard, G. A. Follett, L. S. 
 Higgins, I. E. Marshall, I. M. Perrin, E. M. 
 Tilden, H. H. Ttirley, H. E. Wyatt and John 
 Roth a Board of Freeholders to prepare and 
 propose a charter for said city; 
 
 BE IT KNOWN, That pursuant to the pro- 
 visions of the Constitution and within a period 
 of ninety days after said election, said Board 
 cf Freeholders has prepared and does propose 
 the foregoing as and for the charter of the City 
 of Richmond^ 
 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto 
 set our hands this 23rd day of December, 1908. 
 H. E. WYATT, 
 President of the Board of Freeholders; 
 C. L. ABBOTT, 
 • jto ua.i^i F. E. ADAMS, 
 ;..!- L. BOSWELL, 
 
 L. D. DIMM, 
 G. A. FOLLETT, 
 E. J. GARRARD, 
 I E. A GOWE, 
 
 I. E. MARSHALL, 
 
 JOHN ROTH, 
 
 H. H. TURLEY, 
 
 E. M. TILDEN, 
 
 CHAS. R. BLAKE, M. D., 
 
 L. S. HIGGINS. 
 
 Attest: 
 
 J. S. CHANDLER, 
 Secretary Board of Freeholders. 
 
 Filed this 28th day of December, 1908, at 
 12:30 p. m. 
 
 J. B. WILLIS, 
 
 President of the Board of Trustees of the City 
 
 of Richmond, California. 
 
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ] 
 County of Contra Costa, iss. 
 City of Richmond. J 
 
 I, H. H. Turley, City Clerk in and for the City 
 of Richmond, hereby certify that the Board of 
 Trustees of said City, did by Resolution No. 
 158, order the foregoing charter published in 
 the manner and form required by law. 
 
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
 hand and affixed the corporate seal of the City 
 of Richmond, this 29th day of December, 1908. 
 
 (Seal) H. H. TURLEY, 
 
 City Clerk. 
 
 MEMORANDUM 
 
 The first publication of the foregoing charter 
 was made on Tuesday, December 29th, 1908, in 
 accordance with a resolution adopted by the 
 Board of Trustees of the City of Richmond, in 
 the "Richmond Record," a daily newspaper of 
 general circulation, printed, published and cir- 
 culated in said city. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1 
 County of Contra Costa, iss. 
 
 City of Richmond J ^ 
 
 I, J. B. Willis, President of the Board of 
 Trustees of the City of Richm.ond, State of Cali- 
 fornia, and I, H. H. Turley, Clerk of said 
 Board, do hereby certify that the Board of 
 Freeholders, whose names appear signed to the 
 foregoing proposed charter, were on the 12th 
 day of October, 1908, at a special municipal 
 election held in said City of Richmond on said 
 day duly elected by the qualified electors of 
 said city to prepare and propose a charter for 
 said city; that each of said freeholders had been 
 a qualified elector in said city for more than 
 five (5) years previous to said election; that 
 the foregoing is a true copy of said charter 
 prepared and returned to the president of said 
 Board of Trustees within ninety (90) days after 
 said election, as required by section 8 of article 
 XI of the Constitution of this State; that said 
 
 28 
 
proposed charter was then published in the 
 "Richmond Record," which then was a daily 
 newspaper of general circulation, printed and 
 l>ublished in said city, and that publication was 
 made for more than twenty (20) days, and that 
 the first publication of said proposed charter 
 was made within twenty (20) days after the 
 com.pletion of said charter; that within thirty 
 (30) days after the publication of said charter, 
 as required in said section 8, to-wit, on the 9th 
 day of February, 1909, said charter was sub- 
 mitted at a special election duly called and held 
 therein for the purpose of ratifying or rejecting 
 said proposed charter; that by a majority of the 
 votes of the qualified electors voting at said 
 election said proposed charter was ratified as 
 a whole; that the returns of said election was 
 duly canvassed by the Board of Trustees of 
 said City of Richmond on the 9th day of Feb- 
 ruary, 1909, and the result thereof declared as 
 above set forth; and that in all matters and 
 things pertaining to said proposed charter, all 
 provisions of said section of the Constitution and 
 the laws of the State of California pertaining 
 to the adoption of the charter have been fully 
 complied with in every particular. 
 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto 
 set our hands and caused the corporate seal of 
 said City of Richmond to be affixed this 9th 
 day of February, 1909. 
 
 J. B. WILLIS, 
 (Seal) President of the Board of Trustees 
 
 of the City of Richmond^ 
 
 H. H. TURLEY, 
 Clerk of said Board of Trustees 
 and said City of Richmond. 
 
 And, WHEREAS, said proposed charter, so 
 ratified, has been duly presented and submitted 
 to the Legislature of the State of California for 
 approval or rejection, without power of altera- 
 tion or amendment, in accordance with section 
 S of article XI of the Constitution of the State 
 of California; 
 
 Now, therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of 
 
 29 
 
California, the Senate tliereof concurring (a 
 majority of all the members elected to each 
 house voting for the adoption of this resolution 
 and concurring therein) that said charter of the 
 City of Richmond, as presented to, adopted anl 
 ratified by the qualified electors of said city, be, 
 and the same is hereby, approved as a whole 
 as and for the charter of the said City of 
 Richmond. 
 
 P. A. STANTON, 
 
 Speaker of the Assembly. 
 
 Attest: 
 
 W. R. PORTER, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 
 F. CURRY, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Filed in the office of the Secretary of State 
 the 4th day of March, A. D. 1909, at 10:50 
 o'clock A. M. 
 
 C. F. CURRY, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 By J HOESCH. Deputy. 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 
 County of Contra Costa 
 City of Richmond. 
 
 I, J. B. Willis, President of the Board of 
 Trustees of the City of Richmond and chief 
 executive officer of said city, do hereby certify 
 that the foregoing charter was submitted to the 
 qualified electors of said city at a special elec- 
 tion duly called and held therein for the pur- 
 pose of ratifying or rejecting same on the 9th 
 day of February, 1909, and that by a majority 
 of votes of qualified electors, voting at said 
 election, said charter was ratified as a whole; 
 that the returns of said election were duly can- 
 vassed by the Board of Trustees of the City of 
 Richmond on the 9th day of February, 1909, 
 and the result thereof declared as above set 
 forth; that in all matters and things pertaining 
 to said proposed charter, all provisions of sec- 
 tion 8 of article XI of the Constitution of the 
 
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state of California, pertaining to the adoption of 
 the charter, have been fully complied with in 
 every particular. 
 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto 
 set my hand and caused the corporate seal of 
 the City of Richmond to be affixed this 24th day 
 cf March, 1909. 
 
 (Seal) J. B. WILLIS, 
 
 President of the Board of Trustees and chief 
 executive officer of the City of Richmond. 
 
 Attest: 
 
 H. H. TURLEY, 
 City Clerk of said City of Richmond. 
 
 Recorded at the request of H. H. Turley, 
 March 26th, A. D. 1909, at 30 min. past 9 
 A. M. in Vol. 5 of Miscellaneous, page 1, 
 Records of Contra Costa County. 
 M. H. HURLEY, 
 
 County Recorder. 
 
 Piled April 5, 1909. 
 
 H. H. TURLEY, 
 City Clerk cf Richmond, Cal. 
 
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