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228 <br />MUNICIPAL TICKET. <br />Submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Redwood City, County <br />of San Mateo, State of California, the following propositions or proposals <br />to amend the Charter of the City of Redwood City, to -wit: <br />(a) The proposition or proposal to amend Section 21 of the Charter of <br />the City of Redwood City to read as follows, to -wit: <br />Section 21. OFFICERS AND BOARDS: The administrative officers and <br />boards shall be city manager, city clerk, city engineer, chief of police, <br />chief of fire department, health officer, city assessor, city collector, <br />city auditor, city treasurer, and such other officers and boards -or com- <br />missions as may be hereafter established. <br />Excepting city manager, city clerk, city attorney, city auditor, and <br />city treasurer, each of said officers and their assistants, deputies, clerks, <br />and employees shall be appointed by the city manager and shall hold office <br />or position at his pleasure; provided, however, that the appointment of the <br />health officer shall be subject to the approval,�•df the city council. The <br />compensation of all officers and employees excepting members of the council <br />shall be provided by.,ordinance of the council. <br />The City manager, city clerk, city attorney, city auditor, and city <br />treasurer, shall be appointed by the council, and the removal of any of <br />them shall be only on a five -sevenths vote of the whole of such council. <br />(b) The proposition or proposal to amend Section 32 of the Charter of <br />the Charter of the City of Redwood City to read as follows, to -wit: <br />Section 32. CITY CLERK: The city clerk shall be clerk of the council <br />and of the board of equalization and shall attend all meetings and shall <br />keep in separate books full and true records of all the proceedings of each <br />of said bodies. He shall keep a book marked "ordinances", into which he <br />shall copy or insert all ordinances, with his certificate annexed to said <br />copy, stating that it is a true and full record thereof, and that such <br />ordinance has been fully published. <br />Said record copy, with such certificate, shall be prima facie evidence <br />of the contents of such ordinance and of the passage and publication there- <br />of. The clerk shall also.keep an index to the minutes of the council and <br />to said ordinance book. <br />The city clerk shall be the custodian of the city seal, and shall affix <br />the same to all official certificates made by him, and to ail papers when <br />directed by the council to attest or execute.the same. <br />He shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, to take af- <br />fidavits, and to certify the same. He shall have such other powers and <br />perform such other duties as may be provided by this Charter or by statute <br />or by ordinance. <br />(c) The proposition or proposal to amend Section 17 of the Charter <br />of the City of Redwood City to read as follows, to -wit: <br />Section 17. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION: There shall be a city planning <br />commission consisting of the Mayor as an ex -officio member without vote <br />except in case of a tie, and six citizens to be appointed by the council <br />to serve for six years each, without compensation. Neither the City Attor- <br />ney, the City Engineer nor any deputy or assistant of either of them shall <br />haverthe right to vote or enter in deliberations but shall be present in <br />an advisory capacity only. <br />This commission shall: be governed by the general laws of the state <br />relating to planning commissions, and shall have and exercise all powers <br />and duties which are now or may hereafter be granted to or imposed upon <br />sai4 commission, or department, and such additional powers and duties as <br />may be granted or imposed by ordinance. <br />(d) The proposition or proposal to amend Section 47f of the Charter <br />of the City of Redwood City to read as follows, to -wit: <br />Section 47f: POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD: The Board of Port <br />Commissioners shall have the complete and exclusive power, and it shall be <br />its duty for and on behalf of the City of Redwood City: <br />(1) To sue and defend in the named of the City of Redwood City in <br />all actions and proceedings wherein there is involved any matter within <br />the jurisdiction of the Board. <br />(2) To make provision for the needs of commerce, shipping and navi- <br />gation of the port, to promote, develop, construct, reconstruct, alter, <br />repair, maintain, equip and operate all waterfront properties including <br />piers, wharves, sea walls, docks, basins, -channels, slip, landings, ware- <br />houses, floating and other plants or works, dredge, and reclaim land, <br />construct, equip and operate terminal trackage with sidings and turnouts <br />and railroad connections between docks, piers and other port structures, <br />and connect the same with mainline tracks, and to establish, equip and <br />oper to all other facilities or aids incident to the development, pro- <br />tect on and operation of the port, as may be deemed proper and•desirable <br />