continue to have, hold and enjoy all property, rights of property and rights of action of every nature and description now pertaining to this municipality and is hereby declared to be the successor of the same. It shall be subject to all the liabilities that now exist against this municipality.

ARTICLE II.

BOUNDARIES AND WARDS OF THE CITY.

SEC. 3. The boundaries of the city of Pomona shall be as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of the Pomona tract, according to the plat of said tract recorded in the recorder's office, in and for said county of Los Angeles; thence running northeasterly along the line of the township of San Jose to the N. E. corner of lot 24 of the "Northeast Pomona Tract"; thence westerly along the dividing line between lots as platted to the S. W. corner of lot 29 of the "Loop and Meserve Tract"; thence northerly along the dividing line between lots as platted to the S. W. corner of lot 14 of the "Loop and Meserve Tract"; thence west to the S. W. corner of lot 13 of the "Loop and Meserve Tract"; thence northerly on the dividing line between lots as platted, to the northeast corner of lot 6 of the "Loop and Meserve Tract"; thence westerly along the north line of said "Loop and Meserve Tract" to the northwest corner of lot 1 of said tract; thence south to the north line of Cucamonga avenue; thence along said line to and along the north line of the Mud Springs county road, so called, to a point opposite the northwest corner of the "Vejar Tract," so called; thence southwesterly along the west line of said "Vejar Tract," so called, to the north line of the "Alvarado Tract," so called; thence westerly along said line of said "Alvarado Tract" westward to a point which would be intersected by an extension of the west line of lots 227, 228 and 229 of the "Pomona Tract"; thence running southeasterly along such extension of said line to the southwest corner of lot 229 of the "Pomona Tract"; thence south 12 degrees east to a point of intersection with extended south line of blocks E, F, G, and H,; thence easterly to and along the south line of said blocks E, F, G, and H, to the east line of San Jose township; thence northerly along said township line to the point of beginning.

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SEC. 4. The city of Pomona is hereby divided into four Wards. wards, which shall be designated respectively, the first ward, the second ward, the third ward, and the fourth ward: and are described as follows:

First ward-All that portion of the city lying west of the center line of Garey avenue and north of the center line of the right of way of the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad.

Second ward-All that portion of the city lying west of the center line of Garey avenue and south of the center line of the right of way of the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad.

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Third ward-All that portion of the city lying east of the center line of Garey avenue and south of the center line of the right of way of the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad.

Fourth ward-All that portion of the city lying east of the center line of Garey avenue and north of the center line of the right of way of the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad. SEC. 5. The boundaries of the said wards may at any time hereafter be changed by ordinance passed by a four-fifths vote of the council; provided, said wards shall be kept as nearly equal in population as possible; and provided further, that such change shall not be made more than once in two years and shall be made at least ninety days before any general municipal election.

ARTICLE III.

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS.

SEC. 6. The elective officers of the city shall be a mayor, four councilmen, a city auditor, who shall be ex officio city clerk, a city attorney, a city assessor, who shall be ex officio tax collector and treasurer, a police judge, a president of the board of education and four members of the board of education, all of whom shall be elected at the general municipal election, on a general ticket, from the city at large, but one councilman and one member of the board of education shall be nominated from each of the four wards of the city by the electors of the ward and shall be a resident of the ward from which he is nominated.

The following officers shall be appointed by the council: a chief of police, a city engineer, a street superintendent, five trustees of the public library, a health officer, a chief of the fire department, a park superintendent, a building inspector and such other officers as the council shall, under this charter, have power to create, and the council shall combine the office of city engineer and street superintendent whenever it shall deem it advisable so to do.

SEC. 7. The council shall consist of the mayor and four councilmen, each of whom-including the mayor-shall have the right to vote on all questions coming before the council.

The board of education shall consist of the president of the board, who shall be nominated from the city at large, and four members, nominated from their respective wards, each of whom -including the president-shall have the right to vote on all questions coming before the board.

Eligibility. SEC. 8. To be eligible for the office of mayor, councilman, auditor, attorney, assessor, or police judge, a person must be a citizen of the United States, a qualified elector of the city of Pomona, and shall have resided in such city for at least three years next preceding the date of such election.

SEC. 9. To be eligible for the office of president or member of the board of education the person must be citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, and shall have

resided in the city of Pomona for at least three years next preceding the date of such election.

SEC. 10. The mayor, auditor, attorney, assessor, police Term. judge and president of the board of education shall each hold office for a term of two years from and after the first Monday after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, that the term of office of all said officers. elected at the first election under this charter shall be one year and eleven months.

SEC. 11. The four councilmen and four members of the Term. board of education shall each hold office for a term of four years from and after the first Monday after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, that the councilmen and members of the board of education first elected under this charter shall, at their first meeting, so classify themselves by lot that two councilmen and two members of the board of education shall hold office for one year and eleven months and two of them for three years and eleven months.

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SEC. 12. In case any councilman or any member of the Change of board of education shall change his residence from the ward from which he was nominated, his office shall immediately become vacant and shall be filled as directed in this charter; provided, however, that in case the boundaries of any ward. are changed, no councilman or member of the board of education, whose residence is thereby included within a different ward from that from which he was nominated shall lose his office by reason of such change. And provided also that neither the mayor nor president of the board of education shall forfeit his office by reason of any change of his residence within the city limits.

SEC. 13. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of mayor, Vacancy. councilman, auditor, attorney, assessor, or police judge, the council shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy; but such appointee, if a councilman, must be a resident of the ward from which the former councilman was nominated, and such appointee shall hold office, subject to the provisions of the recall, only until the next regular election.

SEC. 14. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of president Vacancy. or member of the board of education, the board of education shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy; but such appointee shall hold office, subject to the provisions of the recall, only until the next regular election, and unless such appointee be the president of the board the person appointed must be a resident of the ward from which the former member was nominated.

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SEC. 15. Officers and employees of the city, before enter- Official ing upon the discharge of their official duties, shall give and execute to the city such official bonds as may be required by general law, this charter, or by ordinance of the city. All such official bonds must be given by some lawfully authorized and approved surety company, and the city shall pay the premium therefor; provided, that the premium paid shall not

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exceed one-half of one per cent per annum; and provided further, that if the council deems the premium charged to be excessive, then in that event the council may accept bonds with approved personal sureties.

SEC. 16. Every bond shall contain the condition that the principal will well, truly, honestly and faithfully perform the duties of his office, and all bonds must be approved by the council, after first being approved as to form by the city attorney.

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The approval of the official bonds must be endorsed thereon and signed by the officers approving the same. All bonds, when approved, shall be filed with the auditor, except the bond of the auditor, which shall be filed with the mayor. the provisions of any law of this state, relating to official bonds, not inconsistent with this charter, shall be complied with.

The mayor shall execute an official bond to the city in the sum of $5,000, and each councilman, in the sum of $2,000; and the council shall fix the amount of bonds and the method of their approval to be required of other officers and employees. SEC. 17. The council may at any time, by ordinance. change the penal sum of any official bond.

SEC. 18. Every officer of the city, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office as provided for in the constitution of this state, and shall file the same with the city clerk.

SEC. 19. The mayor shall receive an annual salary of $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments.

Each councilman shall receive an annual salary of $300, payable in equal monthly installments.

Except where such power is herein given to other boards of the city, the council shall fix, by ordinance, the salary of all other officers herein created or hereafter created by ordinance, whose salaries are not herein fixed or otherwise provided for.

SEC. 20. The salary of an elective officer may be changed by ordinance of the council, but such ordinance must be adopted at least sixty days previous to an election at which such officer is to be elected, and shall not take effect until the regular time for taking office after such election.

SEC. 21. If any member of the council or of any board or commission of the city shall absent himself from the city for more than thirty days consecutively, or if any other officer of the city shall absent himself from his office for more than ten days consecutively, without the consent of the council in every case, his office shall thereupon be declared vacant by the council. The council must not grant leave of absence to any officer, except for the purpose of attending to official business, for a longer period than sixty days; provided, that such permit may be renewed if good and sufficient reason exists therefor.

SEC. 22. Whoever, being a city officer or being in nomina

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tion for or while seeking nomination or appointment for any Misuse of city office, shall use or promise to use, whether directly or fluence. indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether then possessed or merely anticipated, to aid any other person to secure any office or appointment in the service of the city or any nomination or increase of salary, upon the condition that his vote or political influence shall be given or used in behalf of any candidate, officer or political party or association, or upon any corrupt condition, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And every person found guilty of such misdemeanor as aforesaid, shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars, or to be imprisoned not less than ten days or more than one year, or to both said fine and said imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. If the person convicted be a public officer, he shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed, be deprived of his office and be forever debarred and disqualified from holding any position in the service of the city.

SEC. 23. No officer or employee of the city shall become a Party party worker or solicitor in any city election, except in his worker. own behalf. A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be sufficient cause for his removal from office.

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SEC. 24. All officers and members of any board or commis- Power to sion provided for in this charter shall have the power to oaths, etc. administer oaths and affirmations, and every such officer, board or commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas, to compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers and documents, and to take and hear testimony concerning any matter or thing pending before such officer, board or commission. If any person so subpoenaed neglect or refuse to appear, or to produce any book, paper or document as required by such subpoena, or shall refuse to testify before any such officer, board or commission or to answer any question which any officer, or a majority of such board or commission shall decide to be proper and pertinent, he shall be deemed in contempt, and any such officer, board or commission shall have the power to take the proceedings in that behalf provided by the general laws of this state. The chief of police must, on request of such officer, or of any member of such board or commission, personally serve such subpoena, or detail a police officer or police officers to serve the same.

SEC. 25.

ARTICLE IV.

THE MAYOR.

The mayor shall see that all city ordinances are powers duly enforced. He shall be charged with the general over- and duties. sight of the several departments of the municipal government, and shall see that all contracts made with the city are faithfully performed.

SEC. 26. During the temporary absence or disability of the mayor, the vice-president of the council shall act as mayor pro