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SAN FRANCISCO
MUNICIPAL REPORTS
FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 1899-1900, ENDING JUNE 30, 1900
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
SAN FRANCISCO
THK HINTON PRINTING Co., 516 COMMERCIAL ST. 1900
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pages.
ASSESSOR'S REPORT (Washington Dodge) 374-385
Introductory Remarks, Aggregate Valuation of Real and Personal Prop- erty, Increase in Assessed Valuation Over Preceding Year 374
Polltax Collections, Fiscal Year 1899-1900 374
Taxes Collected on Personal Property Unsecured by Real Estate 374
Office • Expenses 375
Analysis and Comparison of Assessments made for the Three Fiscal Years, showing the Increase in Personal Property Assessments for
the Year 1900-1901 , 374
Statistics — Mechanical and Manufacturing Industries 376-385
AUDITOR'S REPORT (Asa R. Wells) 227-323
Demands Audited — General Fund, during the six months ending January
8, 1900 228-282
" " " " Salaries City and County Officers— Gen- eral Fund (Statutory) 250-251
" Advertising Expenses 228
" Almshouse Expenses 228
" Assessment Roll 229
" " " Bosworth Street Tunnel 229
" " " Burial of Indigent Dead, City Cemetery
Improvement 229-230
" County Jails Nos. 2 and 3 230-231
" County Jail No. 1, Repairs to 230
" '• Coroner's Expenses 230
District Attorney's Law Library 231
Equalization, Clerks Board of 229
" " " " Examining Insane Persons 232
" Finance Committee, Expenses of 232
" Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph Sala- ries Extension and Repairs 232-234
" Fire Department, Apparatus, Hose, Houses, Material, Relief Fund, Rents, Running Expenses, Salaries
and Leave of Absence 234-238
Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund 237
" " . " " Fish and Game Warden 238
" Fourth of July Appropriation 238
" Gas Inspector's Expenses, Grand Jury
Expenses 238-239
Hall of Justice, Furnishing of 238
iv CONTENTS.
AUDITOR'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Demands Audited — General Fund, Health Department and Quarantine Ex-
. penses 239-240
" " " " Health Expenses for Sanitary Purposes,
Smallpox Hospital, Jails and Prisons — City Receiving Hospital — Insane
Ward 241-242
" " " " Horse-keeping for Prison Van 242
" Hospital Expenses and Repairs 230, 242-243
" " Interment of Decedents, ex-Union Sol- diers and Sailors 243
" Joyce Street Steps 244
" " " " Jury Expenses in Criminal Cases— Jury
and Witness Fe«s 244
" " " " Judgments 244
" Justices Clei-k and Attendant 244
" " " Law Library Expenses, License Collect-
« or's Blanks, Dog Tags and Basket
Numbers 244
Maintenance of Feeble-Minded Children. 244 " Mayor's Contingent Expenses — Type- writer, etc 244
" Military Roll 244
" Minors— Maintenance of at Magdalen Asylum, Preston School of Industry,
and Whittier Reform School 244
" Money Paid in Error and Refunded 244
" Municipal Reports, Printing, Binding,
etc 244
" " " " Panhandle Commission Expenses 244
" " " " Plans for School Houses 238
" Police, Mounted 245
" " " " Police Station, New 250
" " " Police Patrol Expenses 245-24C
Police Department, Salaries and Rents.. 244-245
Police Telegraph Expenses 24(>
" " " " Public Buildings, Fuel, Lighting, Furni- ture and Repairs 247
" Prisoners, Subsistence of 247
Recorder's Newspapers 247
Registration and Election Expenses 247-249-
Reporters' Expenses in Criminal Cases by Court Orders— Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society 249-
Sewer Commission's Expenses 251
Smallpox Hospital Expenses 242
Special Counsel Expenses— Taxes Re- funded 252
Transfers from 1898 to 1899, as per
Resolution 3381 252
" Treasurer's Rebate Clerks 252
Urgent Necessity Expenses 252-256
" Water for Municipal Purposes 256
" " " Witness' Expenses in Criminal Cases... 25G-
CONTENTS. v
AUDITOR'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Demands Audited— General Fund, during Fiscal Year 1899-1900, from January 8th to June 30th, 1900—
Advertising 257
" Bernal Park 257
" Bosworth Street Tunnel 267
Burial of Indigent Dead 251
County Jails, Maintenance 257
Court Orders, Miscellaneous 257
Delinquent Tax List 260
" Examination of Insane Persons 258
Fourth of July and Memorial Day 258
Furnishing Hall of Justice 258
Grand Jury Expenses 258
Health Expenses, Jails and Prisons 258
Horse-keeping, Prison Van 258
Interment of ex-Union Soldiers and
Sailors 258
" Jury Expenses in Criminal Cases 258
Maintenance Boys' and Girls' Aid So- ciety, Feeble - Minded Children,
Minors at Preston Reform School 258
Money Paid in Error and Refunded 259
Municipal Reports 259
New Police Station 259
Prisoners' Subsistence 259
Public Buildings — Fuel, Furniture,
Lighting, Repairs 259
" Publishing Law and Motion Calendar.. 259
Sewer Commission Expenses 259
" Stationery 260
" Street Lighting 250
Taxes Refunded 260
Transcripts on Appeal, Printing 260
Urgent Necessity 260
Water for Municipal Purposes 260
AVitness Expenses 260
A Imshouse— Salaries 257
Maintenance 257
" Assessor — Salaries 257
Auditor— Salaries 257
Assessment Roll 257
•• T'.oard of Public Works— Salaries 257
" Maintenance, Repair Streets and Sewers . . . 257 " Repairs to Bitu- men 267
Sewer Permits.. 267
Street Sweeping 257 Street Work,
1895 267
City and County Attorney 267
" " " " Civil Service Department— Salaries 257
vi CONTENTS.
AUDITOR'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Demands Audited— General Fund, Coroner— Salaries 25t
Expenses 257
County Clerk— Salaries 257
" Court Interpreters 257
Department of Elections— Salaries :. 257
" Maintenance . 257
" " Department of Electricity— Salaries 258
Maintenance. 258 " Department of Public Health —
City and County Hospital— Salaries . 258
" Expenses 258
Health Department — Salaries 258
" Expenses 258
" District Attorney— Salaries 258
" Fire Department — Salaries 258
Maintenance 258
" Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund 258
" " Justices of Peace — Salaries 258
Law Library— Salaries 258
Mayor— Salaries 259
" Contingent Expenses 259
Police Department— Salaries 259
Police Contingent... 259
Rents, etc 259
Patrol Expenses 259
" Police Judges, etc.— Salaries 259
" Public Pound— Salaries 259
" " " Expenses 259
Recorder— Salaries 259
" Newspapers 259
" Sheriff— Salaries 259
Stenographers, Superior Court 259
" Superior Judges and Secretary — Salary.. 260
" " Supervisors — Salaries 26O
Tax Collector— Salaries 260
' Blanks, etc 260
Treasurer— Salaries 260
" " " " Rebate Clerks 260
Summary General Fund :Mo
Demands Audited— Sundry Funds (from July 1, 1899, to January 8, 1900.)
" " Disinterment Fund — Salaries of Inspectors 261
" " Duplicate Tax Fund 261
" " Funded Debt, Interest Account and Sinking Funds of 265
Free Public Library Fund 261-262
" " Insurance Contribution Fund 261
" " Overpayment Personal Property Tax Fund 1896, 1899.
1900 262
Park Improvement Fund '. 263-264
Police Contingent Fund 264
" Police Relief and Pension Fund 264
" " Pound Fee Fund 264
Public Building Fund 264
CONTENTS. vii
AUDITOR'S REPORT— Continued. Pages,
Demands Audited— Special Fee Fund, Stationery, Salaries City and County Officers — Printing Transcripts on Appeal — Print- ing 260, 265-267
" Rebinding Books and Records 267
Law and Motion Calendar, Published for Superior Court. 267 Street Light Fund, Lighting Streets, etc., Gas and Elec- tricity 264
Street Department Fund, Repairing County Roads 268
Street Department Fund, Repaying Accepted Streets,
Cleaning Streets and Sewers — Repairs 267-268
Street Department Fund, Improvement of Public Grounds,
and Repairs to Streets Around Public Squares 268
Street Department Fund, Repairs to Streets in Front of
City Property .% — 268
Teachers' Institute Fund 265
Sundry Funds (from January 8, 1900, to June 30, 1900.)
Duplicate Tax Fund 269
Library Fund 269
Park Improvement Fund 269
Police Relief and Pension Fund 269
Tearing Up Street Fund 269
Robinson Bequest Interest Fund 269
Teachers' Institute Fund 269
Overpayment Personal Property Taxes 1899 269
House Moving Fund 269
Advertising Fund 269
Coupon Account Park Improvement Bonds 269
Unapportioned Fee Fund 269
Public Building Fund 269
Insurance Contribution Fund 269
Summary Sundry Funds 269
School Department Fund .f 270-271
Recapituation of Demands Audited— Classification Demands Audited 272-282
Demands Audited, Paid, Cancelled, and Outstanding for Year Ending
July 1, 1899 281-282
Treasurer's Account with City and County* 285-289
Disbursements, 1899-1900 290-201
Cash in Treasury at Credit of Funds and Accounts, June 30, 1900 292-293
Cash Received for, and Paid to the State, etc 285-290
Transfer Entries, 1899-1900 294-296
Treasurer's Account With State, Receipts, Payments and Balance on
Hand 290-29Q
Loan Account, 1899-1900 297
License Exhibit— City and County, etc.— Amount of Licenses Sold 283-284
Poll Tax Statement 297
Tax Collector's Account With City and County and State, 1899-1900 298
Summary of Taxes Collected and Paid Into the Treasury, 1899-1900 299-300
Apportionment of Taxes Collected— Recapitulation of Collections 301-302
Bonded Debt and Amount of Sinking Fund, June 30, 1900 306
Bonds Redeemed During Fiscal Year 1899-1900 308-309
Bond and Coupon Accounts— Number of, Outstanding 308-309
Recapitulation of Coupon Account 1899-1900, and Amount of Coupons Out- standing June 30. 1900 308-308
viii CONTENTS.
AUDITOR'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Bonds, Special, Outstanding — Montgomery Avenue and Dupont Street —
Payable From Taxes on Lands Benefited 307
Bonds, Special Coupon Account— Montgomery Avenue and Dupont Street
Widening, Recapitulation 312
Dupont Street Bonds, Montgomery Avenue, Park Improvement and City Hall Construction Bonds, Prices Paid for Redemption and Coupons Outstanding 310-313
Assessed Value of Property, Rates of Taxation and Delinquency From
1861-62 to 1900-1901, Inclusive 303-305
Estimated Expenditures and Revenue for the Fiscal Year Ending June
30, 1901— Auditor's and Board of Supervisors' Comparative Estimates.. 314-322
Tax Levy for the Fiscal Year 1900-1901 323
BOARD OF EDUCATION, REPORT OF 162-199
List of^Members, Standing Committees and Members of City Board of
Examination 162-163
Explanatory Report— First, Educational; Second, Financial 164-170
Statistical Report 171-199
Comparative Statement — Estimated Population — Number of Youth in City
Under 17 Years of Age, etc 171
Estimated Value of School Sites, Buildings, Furniture, Libraries and
Apparatus 171
Receipts and Expenditures 172-173
Schedule of Teachers' and Employees' Monthly Salaries, June, 1900 174-176
Number and Character of Schools, Enrollment and Attendance of Pupils;
Comparative Classification of Pupils in Different Grades, 1899-1900.... 176-177
School Attendance Fiscal Year 1899-1900 178
School Census Report for Fiscal Year— Comparative Statement of the
Number of Children, From the Year 1888 to 1900, Inclusive 178-179
Comparative Statement of the Number of Children Enrolled and Average
Daily Attendance From Fiscal Year 1889 180
Number and Classification of Teachers in Department June, 1900 181
Number oF and Classification of Teachers by Grades in the Various
Schools 182-185
Qualifications of Teachers in Department and Certificates Held, etc.—
Gains and Losses in Teaching Department 186
Schedule of Salaries Paid Teachers and Employees, etc 187-190
Recommendations to Board of Education for Granting of Certificates 191
Credentials Upon Which Certificates Were Granted 192
Applications for Recommendations for Certificates Rejected 193
Recommendations for Renewals of Certificates 194
Receipts From Certificate Fees 194-195
Recommendations to Board of Education for Recommendation to State
Board of Education 195
Applications for Recommendation for State Life Diplomas Rejected 196
Receipts From Life Diploma Fees, etc 196
Certificates Held by Teachers in San Francisco School Department 197
Subjects in Which Special Certificates Are Held 198
Number of State Educational and Life Diplomas Registered 199
Permanent Certificates Registered 199
CONTENTS. ix
Pages.
BOARD OF HEALTH, REPORT OF 520-567
Introductory Remarks by John M. Williamson, M. D., President of the
Board of Health 520-524
Remarks by A. P. O'Brien, M. D., Health Officer 525-527
Report of the Bacteriologist (W. H. Kellogg) 528-543
Report of Chief Sanitary Inspector (W. S. Chalmers, M. D.) 544-547
Report of Market Inspectors 548-551
Report of Chief Plumbing Inspector (John J. Sullivan) 552-553
Report of City Physician (J. G. Morrissey, M. D.) 554
Report of Emergency Hospitals (Edwin Bunnell, M. D.) 555-556
REPORT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY HOSPITAL— (G. E. Sussdorff,
M. D., Superintendent Physician) 557-559
ALMSHOUSE REPORT— (E. A. Reddy, Superintendent) 560-567
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, REPORT OF 481-519
Introductory, Names of the Commission, and General Statements 481-483
Operations During the Year 1899-1900 484
Bureau of Streets — Appropriations for Past Six Years— Comparisons of
Amounts Expended Elsewhere — Remarks 484-487
Bureau of Building — Disbursements — Appropriation — Organization— Re- marks 487-488
Bureau of Engineering — Receipts— Disbursements — Organization — Remarks. 488-491 Summary of Work Done by Public and Private Contract During the Fis- cal Year 1899-1900 491
Side Sewer Connections, and Report of Side Sewer Work From January
8, 1900, to June 30, 1900 492-493
Repairs to Sewers 483-495
Lighting Streets 495
Water for Municipal Purposes 496
Schedule for Street Sweeping for Year 1899-1900 '. 496
Appendix "A," Report of City Engineer 497-502
Appendix "B," Recapitulation of Financial Statement 503-505
Appendix "C," Report of Bureau of Building 506-507
Recapitulation of Work Done on Sti'eets 608-512
REPORT OF LIGHT AND WATER INSPECTOR 513-519
Introductory Remarks 513
Amount of Gas Consumed in and Cost of Lighting Public Buildings.. 513 . Amount of Electricity Consumed in and Cost of Lighting Public
Buildings 514
Comparative Cost of Lighting Public Buildings for Several Years.... 515
Cost of Lighting Public Streets With Gas and Electricity 515
Table Showing Days and Hours That Street Lights Were Lighted
and Amount Paid San Francisco Gas and Electric Company for
Same 51G
Amount Paid by City and County for Water for Public Buildings,
Squares and Hydrants, 1899-1900, to Spring Valley Water Works.. 517
List of Water Meters Tested and Results 518-519
CHIEF OF POLICE'S REPORT (W. P. Sullivan, Jr.) 97-157
Introductory Remarks 97
Statistics— Arrests and Classifications, Disposition of Cases, General Re- capitulation, etc.. for Fiscal Year 98-107
x CONTENTS.
CHIEF OF POLICE'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Statistics — Fugitives From Justice Arrested in City and County and De- livered to the Authorities of Other Counties and States 152
Statistics — Escapes, Prisoners— Insane Persons Arrested, Witnesses De- tained, etc 116
Statistics — Comparative Number of Arrests and Strength of the Police
Force for the Thirty Years Ending June 30, 1900 117
Statistics— Number of Witnesses Subpoenaed for the Police and Superior
Courts— Lost Children Restored to Parents During Year 118
Statistics — Value of Property Stolen, Lost and Recovered 119
Statistics — Value of Property Stolen, Lost and Recovered for the Sixteen
Years Ending June 30, 1900 120
Statistics— Unclaimed Money in Hands of Chief of Police, etc 121-140
Statistics; Cash Received; From Whom; For Keeping Prisoners in City
Prison 141-144
Statistics — Cases of Felony — Held to Answer in Police Courts, and Trans- mitted to Superior Court for Trial — Disposition — Recapitulation 108-115
Statistics— Fines and Forfeitures in Police Courts From Arrests Made
by Police, Cash Received 145
Statistics — Police Stations — Location, etc 146
Statistics — Summary of Action Taken by the Board of Police Commis- sioners in the Supervision of Retail Liquor Dealers' Licenses 147
Statistics— Strength of Police Department— Summary of Action Taken by
the Board of Police Commissioners Against Members 147-149
Statistics — Synopsis of Correspondence and Business Transacted in Office
of Chief of Police 149
Statistics— Police Patrol Service, and Supplement 150-151
Statistics — Police Contingent Fund Account and Police Relief and Pension
Fund Account 157
Statistics — Number, Names and Offenses of Fugitives Arrested by the
Police and Delivered to Authorities of Other Counties and States 152-150
CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT— (Franklin K. Lane) 8G- 93
Introductory Remarks as to Litigation During Fiscal Year, etc 86
City Litigation— Wherein Judgments Were Entered in Favor of the City
and County 86
City Litigation — Wherein Judgments Were Entered Against the City and
County 86
City Litigation — Number of Cases Pending in the Supreme Court on Ap- peal 86
Opinions Given on Matters Submitted 87- 93
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, REPORT OF..,.. 54- 78
Introductory Remarks — Appointment, Organization of System, Rules and
Classification 54-55
Classification Adopted by Commission, February 5, 1900 56- 58
Preparation for Examination — Board of Examiners — Litigation — Corre- spondence, Clerical Work, etc 56- 63
Number of Applications Received, and General Remarks 64- 66
Appendix "A" — Report of Civil Service Commissioners 67
Appendix "B" — Civil Service Appointments, Various Departments 68- 77
Appendix "C"— Forms, Publications, Envelopes, Miscellaneous 77- 78
CONTENTS.
Pages. CORONER'S REPORT (R. Beverly Cole) .......................................... 396-400
Introductory ........................................................................ 396
Mortuary Tables — Autopsies Made and Inquests Held, etc .................... 396-397
Mortuary Tables — Suicides — Nativity, Causes and Occupations .............. 397-398
Mortuary Tables— Causes of Death and Nature of Crime Charged, if Any. 399-400 Expenses for Year Ending June 30, 1900 ...................................... 400
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT ("Win. A. Deane) .................................. 1- 17
Introductory— Ordinary Fees, and Total Receipts .............................. 1
Deposits in Court in Civil Cases .................................................. 2
Number of Cases on File in Superior Court, June 30, 1900 ................... 2
Receipts and Expenditures for Year Ending June 30, 1900 .................. 2- 3
Civil Actions Commenced in the Superior Court During Fiscal Year, etc.. 3
Number and Disposition of Actions Appealed From Justices' Courts, etc. 4 Naturalization of Foreigners, Number of Declarations of Intention Made
During Fiscal Year— Certificates Issued of Naturalization .............. 6- 7
Medical and Dental Certificates Recorded During Fiscal Year .............. 3
Marriage Licenses Issued ......................................................... 3
Number of Articles of Incorporation — Certificates of Copartnership Filed.. 4
Number of Notarial and Auctioneers' Bonds Filed During Fiscal Year ____ 4
Appeals From the Police Judges' Courts ........................................ 9
Whittier and Preston Reform Schools— Number of Incorrigible Juveniles
Committed to ................................................................... 9
Examination of Insane, Number of Persons Sent to Asylum, Nativity, etc. 4- 5
Probate Proceedings, Superior Court, Department Nos. 9 and 10 .......... 11
Remittiturs From Supreme Court in Criminal Cases— Writs of Habeas
Corpus Issued ........................ , .......................................... 8
General Summary of Civil Cases, etc., and Disposition .................... » 10
Criminal Proceedings, Indictments, Informations Filed and Disposition,
Superior Court, Criminal Departments ..................................... 12- 17
COUNTY RECORDER'S REPORT (Esmond Godchaux) ........ . ............... 79- 85
Introductory Remarks ............................................................. 79- 80
Tabular Statement Showing Monthly Receipts and Deposits ................ 80
Instruments Recorded or Filed During Fiscal Year .......................... 82- 83
Tabular Statements of Salaries and Expenses ....... .f ....................... 81
Recapitulation, Receipts and Expenses — Deficit .............................. 81
Comparative Statement From 1859 to 1900, Inclusive ........................ 84- 85
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS, REPORT OF (Registrar Thos. J. Walsh). 158-161 Introductory Remarks and Names of Members of the Board of Election
Commissioners ................................................................. 158
Financial Statement for Fiscal Year— Office and Election Expenses ...... 159-161
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY, REPORT OF (Wm. R. Hewitt) ......... 568-573
Names of Commissioners ......................................................... 509
General Remarks, Apparatus on Hand, Work Done and Improvements... 569-570 Expenditures for Fiscal Year 1899-1900 ........................................ 572-573
Appropriation and Surplus* Returned to General Fund ...................... 572-573
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT (L. F. Byington) ......................... 386-396
Introductory Remarks ............................................................. 386
Schedule of Disposition of Criminal Cases for the Fiscal Year— Offenses
and Crimes in Alphabetical Order .......................................... 390-396
General Recapitulation of Disposition of Cases, Petitions for Habeas
Corpus, Police Court Appeals and Cases Against Incorrigible Minors.. 387-S8&
xii CONTENTS.
Pages. FIRE PENSION FUND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT 464
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT 401-435
Report of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Rolla V. Watt, President;
John H. Grady, J. C. McKinstry, M. H. Hecht) 401-435
Organization of the Fire Department and Details 401-403
List of Members — Officers of the Board 404
Officers and Employees— Numerical Strength of Uniformed Force and
Location of Companies, etc 405-430
Apparatus 431
Fires — Losses, Insurance and Amount Paid 431
Statement of Number of Feet of Main Pipe Laid in City From July 1,
1899, to July 1. 1900 432
Hydrants Re-set, etc 432
Members Retired on Pension, Deaths of Members on Active, Pension and
Waiting Lists 432-433
Appropriations and Expenditures During Fiscal Year 434-43f
INTERMENT OF DECEASED EX-UNION SOLDIERS (Edward A. Bullis,
Superintendent) 480
Interments Made at the Expense of the City and County; Applications
Received and Action Taken Thereon 480
JUSTICES' COURT CLERK'S REPORT (E. W. Williams) 436
Suits Instituted and Fees Received, etc.— Receipts and Expenditures.... 436
LAW LIBRARY ^ 94-96
Librarian's Report (Jas. H. Deering); Membership; Names of Decedents; Additions; Names of Donors of Works; Number of Volumes in Li- brary 94
Number and Classification of Books Received During the Year 94- 85
Receipts and Expenditures 95- 96
PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT (A. B. Spreckels, President; Jasper
McDonald, F. W. Zeile, Reuben H. Lloyd, John A. Stanton) 465-472
Introductory Remarks 465
General Character and^Progress of Improvements and Construction of
Grounds 467-472
SECRETARY'S REPORT (Philip J. Fay, Secretary) 465-472
Receipts and Disbursements, Construction, Maintenance and Miscel- laneous Accounts 465-472
POLICE RELIEF AND PENSION FUND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
(Robert J. Tobin, President) 473-479
Introductory — Names of Members of the Commission 473
Tabular Statement, Showing Names of Officers Granted Pensions and
Persons Receiving Allowances, etc 474-479
»
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT (John A. Drinkhouse) 437-457
Tabular Statement, Value of Estates, Expenses, Disposition of Cash Re- ceived, During the Six Months Ending January 8, 1900 437-457
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT (P. Boland) 437,456-463
Tabular Statement, Showing Value of Estates, Expenses, Disposition of
Cash Received During the Six Months Ending June 30, 1900 456-463
CONTENTS. xiii
Pages.
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT (John H. Wise, President) 18- 53
Introductory, Conduct of the Library and Requirements, etc 18- 19
Board of Trustees, Officers and Employees 20
REPORT OF SECRETARY (George E. Mullin) 21- 23
Receipts and Disbursements of Fiscal Year 21
Record of Delinquents; Fines Imposed and Amount Paid; Volumes
Lost and Paid For 22
Statement of Expenses for 6 Branch Libraries 23
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN (George T. Clark) 24- 26
Introductory Remarks — Use of the Library — The Library Staff— Cata- <
logue Department — Branch Libraries, etc 24- 26
Statistics, Volumes and Pamphlets in Library and Branches, and Dis- position, etc 27- 35
Monthly Statement of Circulation of Books in Library by Classes, etc. 28- 37 Statistics, Classified Circulation in Main Reading and Reference
Rooms 28- 31
Statistics, Circulation of Books in Branch Libraries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 32-35
Books Ordered — Number of Volumes, Character, Cost, etc 38
Comparative Statement of Books Issued From 1880 to 1900 37
Correspondence Relative to Building of the Harrison Branch, etc 39- 40
Books, Pamphlets and Serials Donated — Donors' Names 43- 53
Questions Asked at Examination of Applicants for Position 40- 42
SCHOOL TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND (R. H. Webster, Secretary).. 200-207
Receipts and Disbursements 201-202
Financial Statement Since Passage of Act 203-204
Names of Annuitants and Contributors 205
Annuity Fund— How Provided and Administered 206-207
SHERIFF'S REPORT (John Lackmann) 208-226
Fees Received and Paid Into the Treasury for Fiscal Year Ending June
30, 1900 208
Cash Received for Board United States Prisoners 208
Salaries Office and County Jails, Remarks and Suggestions 209-212
Number of Officers, Trusties and United States Prisoners in the Three
Jails for Which an Extra Ration Was Formerly Charged...". 213
Amounts Collected by Contractors Upon Regular Ration Certificates and
Corresponding Months Last Year 213
Amounts of Under and Over Drafts on Supplies Furnished to the County
Jails for Six Months Ending June 30, 1900 214
Statistics— County Jail for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1900— Charges
Against Prisoners — Disposition of Prisoners 215-218
Recapitulation— Prisoners on Hand; Committed and Released; Sentences; Occupations; Commitments for One or More Terms; Nativity of Pris- oners Committed 219-224
Character, Value and Amount of Work Performed by Prisoners on County
Roads, Quarries, Farms, Tailor Shops, etc 225-226
SPECIAL COUNSEL, REPORT OF—
Fisher Ames, Special Counsel for 1873-74 574
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT (Joseph H. Scott) 360-373
Licenses Exempt by Charter 360
Collections of City and County and State Personal Property Taxes of
1899 Secured by Real Estate— Property Sold to the State, etc 361
xiv CONTENTS.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Real Estate Roll. Tax and Amount Paid Into Treasury on First and
Second Installments 361-362
Personal Property Roll, Tax Secured and Unsecured by Real Estate,
Amount Paid Into Treasury, etc 363
Percentage Collected on Taxes of 1899 364
Additional Amount Paid Treasurer — Collection of Previous Year's Taxes
and Percentages, etc 365
Recapitulation of Collections 365
Licenses Issued From January 8 to June 30, 1900, and Recapitulation 368-370
Licenses Issued From July 1, 1899, to January 8, 1900, and Recapitula- tion 371-373
Office Expanses 366-367
TREASURER'S REPORT (S. H. Brooks) 324-359
Receipts and Disbursements, on Account of State of California 324
Receipts and Disbursements, on Account of City and County — General
Fund 325-328
Special Fee Fund 329
Unapportioned Fee Fund 329-330
School Fund and Common School Fund 330-332
Street Department and Park Improvement Funds 332-334
Personal Property Tax Fund— Overpayments 336
New City Hall, Library and Street Light Funds 335-337
Disinterment, Police Contingent, Police Relief and Pension and Pound
Fee Funds 337-339
Duplicate Tax and Teachers' Institute Funds 339-341
Public Building Fund 341
Advertising Fund 344
Tearing Up Street Fund 344
St. Mary's Park Fund 345
House Moving Fund 345
Coroner' s Deposits 352
J. F. Boyd 352
Board of Public Works 353
License Collector 353
Tax Collector 354
Assessor— Personal Property Taxes and Poll Taxes 355
Redemption of Property Sold to State for Delinquent Taxes 355
State School Money Unapportioned 365
Collateral Inheritance Tax 356
Mission Street Widening » 356
Kentucky Street Grading 356
Laguna Survey 356
Tax Collector's Special Account 357
J. C. Pennie, ex-Public Administrator '. 357
Assessor— Poll Tax Commissions 357
Bonded Debt— Interest and Sinking Funds 340, 342, 346-347
Police Relief a*id Pension Fund 338
Account With Assessor for Collections Made of Taxes on Personal Prop- erty Unsecured by Real Estate 343, 355
IfifSurance Contribution Fund 340
.Robinson Bequest Interest Fund 346
CONTENTS. xv
TREASURER'S REPORT— Continued. Pages.
Recapitulation Showing Balances on Hand in the Various Funds on June
30, 1900 348-349
Special Deposits of County Clerk 350
Special Deposits of Police Clerks and Recapitulation 350-353
Deposits of Public Administrators — Disbursements 350
Special Redemption Fund 351
Receipts and Disbursements on Account of Absent Heirs 352
School Teachers' Annuity and Retirement Fund, Receipts and Disburse- ments 354
Recapitulation, Balance in Various Special and Unapportioned Funds
June 30, 1900 358-359
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS.
Pages.
Assessor's Report 2- 3
Auditor's Report 4- 5
Almshouse Report r 11- 13
Board of Health Report 6- 7
Board of Public Works Report 18- 25
Board of Fire Commissioners Report 57- 59
City and County Hospital Report 8-10
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Report 26- 27
Chief of Police Report 28
City Attorney's Report 29
Civil Service Commission Report 30- 36
Clerk of the Justices' Court's Report 37- 38
Coroner's Report 45
County Clerk's Report 46-48
County Recorder's Report 49-51
District Attorney' s Report 52- 53
Department of Electricity Report 56
Department of flections Report 54- 55
Emergency Hospital Report 14- 16
Park Commissioners' Report 60- 64
School Department 39- 44
Twenty-sixth Street Hospital Report 17
Sheriff's Report 65
Tax Collector's Report 66-69
Treasurer' s Report 70
APPENDIX TO MUNICIPAL REPORTS.
COMPILED BY JNO. A. RUSSELL.
Pages. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 3- 16
List of Members, Standing Committees and Officers 3- 4
Rules of Proceedings 5- 8
Introduction of Members of Present Board, January 8, 1900 9
ADDRESS OF HIS HONOR MAYOR JAMES D. PHELAN TO MEM- BERS on Their Induction Into Office 9- 16
Introductory— New Charter 9
Executive and Legislative Departments 9- 10
City Finances 10- 12
Park Extension, School Houses, Hospital and Sewers Bond Issues 12- 13
Water and Light 13
Assessments 13
Geary Street Franchise 13
Street Railroad and Telephone Charges 14
Departments Reformed 14
Board of Public Works 14- 15
Police, Fire and Health Departments 15- 16
The Parks and Boulevards 16
City Flag 16
WATER RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1900-1901 17- 66
Constitutional and Charter Provisions and Statutory Enactments 17- 19
Statements Required From Persons and Companies Supplying Water 18- 21
Synopsis of Statements Filed Showing Receipts and Expenditures 20- 21
Extract From Address of Mayor Jas. D. Phelan Under the Caption of
Water 21
Copy of Resolution Adopted Requiring Detailed Statements From the Spring Valley Water Works of the Amount of Capital Stock, Fonds,
Floating Debt and Revenue From All Sources, etc 20
Statement of Visitacion Water Company, With Recapitulation of Amounts Expended for Franchise, Construction, Maintenance and Gross Re- ceipts, from 1884 22
Statement of the Spring Valley Water Works, Showing Revenue and
Expenditures for the Year 1899 23
Recapitulation of Annual Statements of the Spring Valley Water Works
From 1880, Showing Receipts and Expenditures, etc -4
Statement of the Spring Valley Water Works, in Response to Resolu- tion No. 3774 (Fourth Series), Showing in Detail Amount of Capital Stock, Bonds Issued, Revenue, Operating and Construction Expenses,
etc 25- 60
List of the Properties of the Spring Valley Water Works 37- 61
Statement of Spring Valley Water Works, Showing Hibernia Bank Loan,
etc 60
Report of Committee on Water Rates 61
xviii CONTENTS.
WATER RATES— Continued. Pages.
Water Rates (Ordinance No. 29) General and Special 62- 66
Proceedings of the Board in Investigating as to Water Rates to Be Es- tablished 25
Statement of Spring Valley Water Company, With Estimate of Receipts
and Expenditures for the Year 1900 25- 36
Board of Public Works to Examine Complaints, etc 65
PUBLIC CONTRACTS AWARDED IN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 67-231
Introductory Remarks 67
Supplies City and County Almshouse 67- 81
Emergency Hospital and Department of Public Health 81- 88
Twenty-sixth Street Hospital 88
County Jails 1. 2 and 3, Daily and Monthly Supplies 88-104
City Prison 105-107
Police Department 107-111
City and County Hospital 111-14,"
" Blank Books for the Various Departments, Officers and Offices.. 146-163
" Stationery for the Various Departments, Officers and Offices 164-194
" Printed Forms and Blanks for the Various Departments, Officers
and Offices 194-226
Miscellaneous Contracts 227-231
LIGHTING STREETS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS 232-258
Introductory Remarks and Resolution No. 6 232-233
Statements Filed in Compliance With Resolution No. 6 of the Board
of Supervisors 233-240
Proceedings of the Board in Investigating and Fixing Rates to Be
Charged 240-241
Fixing the Standard Quality of Gas and Price to Be Charged — Ordinance
No. 30 241-242
Fixing the Maximum Rate and Price to Be Charged for Electric Lights,
etc.— Ordinance No. 49 242-243
Proposals to Light the Streets and Outlying Districts With Gas, Elec- tricity, etc 244-245
Specifications— Gas ! 245-246
Specifications— Electric Lights 246-247
Specifications — Naphtha Incandescent Lamps, General Provisions, etc — 247-249 Proposals for Lighting Public Buildings and Offices, Specifications, etc.. 249-253 Awarding of Contracts to the Various Companies for Lighting With Gas
and Electricity Public Buildings, Streets and Outlying Districts 253-258
HENRI F. WINDEL TRUST 259-262
History of, Communication From City Attorney 259
His Honor the Mayor Authorized and Empowered by the Board to Re- ceive and Receipt for tfie Sum of $15,504.41 and $715.68, Accrued
Interest Thereon 259-261
The Finance Committee of the Board Directed to Deposit the Sum of $16,220.09 Equally With the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, San Francisco Savings Union, German Savings and Loan Society and the
Mutual Savings Bank 261
Proposals to Borrow on Real Estate Security the Sum of $16,000 Pub- lished by his Honor the Mayor 261
Loan Effected to O. D. Baldwin 262
CONTENTS. xix
Pages.
FINANCIAL, EXHIBIT AND REVENUE ORDERS 263-279
Estimate of Asa R. Wells, Esq., Auditor, of Revenue and Expenditures
of Fiscal Year 1899-1900 283
Itemized Statement of Revenue From Other Sources Than Taxation 263-264
Estimate Referred to Finance Committee Resulting in the Presentation to and the Adoption by the Board of an Estimate of the Expendi- tures by Resolution No. 498 264-271
Providing That Certain Appropriations Contained in the Budget for the Fiscal Year 1900-1901 Shall Not Be Limited by Monthly Allowances, Calling Attention of the Auditor and Treasurer to Same, and Copy of Ordinance No. 124 272-27:?
Second Passage of Ordinance — Providing Revenue for Municipal Purposes
for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1901, and Copy of Ordinance No. 152.274-275
Copy of Order No. 216 (Second Series), Providing Revenue for Munici- pal Purposes for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1901, and Fixing the Levy at $1.127 on Each $100 Valuation of Property 273
Copy of Ordinance No. 153, Fixing the Levy for State Purposes, as Deter- mined by the State Board of Equalization, at 49.8 Cents on Each $100 Valuation of Property 275-27G
Classification of Amounts Raised by Taxation for Specific Purposes and
Exempted From the One Dollar Limit by Provisions of the Charter — 276-277
Amounts Raised by Taxation for Specific Purposes and Exempted From
One Dollar Limit by Provisions of the Charter 276-277
Total Estimated Expenditures 271
Copy of Resolution Providing for Refunding the Excess of Amounts Collected by the Assessor as the Tax on Personal Property for the Fiscal Year 1900-1901 278-279
Assessment of Railways Operated in Part in This City and County
by the State Board of Equalization 279
Referring to Ordinances Declaring the Length of the Main Track and As- sessed Value of Railways by the State Board of Equalization 279
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY ON OCTOBER 1.
1900 280-282
RESULT OF THE BOND ELECTIONS HELD ON DECEMBER 27TH AND
29TH, 1900 283-284
COMPLETION OF THE HALL OF JUSTICE AND MORGUE BUILDINGS.. 285-288
CITY CEMETERIES 289-292
CITY GOVERNMENT 293-304
DECISIONS ON PROPOSED BOND ISSUES 305-310
"THE CARLETON AEROLITE" 311
VALUATION OF PROPERTY AJSTD RATES OF TAXATION IN THE SEV- ERAL COUNTIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1900-1901 312-315
ANNUAL REPORTS '. 316
Charter Provison Requiring the Filing of Reports With the Mayor 316
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1900.
To the Honorable Jas. D. Phelan, Mayor
Of the City and County of San Francisco—
DEAR SIR : In accordance with Section 9 of Article XVI of the Charter and in compliance with Resolution No. 470 of the Board of Supervisors, of date June 11, 1900, I respectfully submit my annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, as follows, to wit:
In presenting this report, it is with pleasure that I respectfully call the attention of your Honor and the Honorable Board «f Supervisors to the great decrease in the expenditures of this office for the fiscal year, which said decrease amounts to the sum of $45,404.30.
This great paving has been effected by carefully watching the stationery and supplies, and ordering only so much thereof as was actually necessary, and also in the amount paid out for salaries of deputies and copyists, which account shows that the sum of $76,436.74 was paid out as against the sum of $119,541.15 for the preceding fiscal year.
While the receipts of the office for the last year have not been as great ag the preceding year, still this is due to the fact that all insolvency matters in this city and county have been transferred to the United States Court under the United States Bankruptcy Act, and also to the fact that this office is no longer permitted to collect the amount due for inheritance tax.
At the present time I have but forty-nine men employed in this office, as against sixty last year Still, the work is almost up to date and of a high degree of excellence, which speaks much for the competency and efficiency of the clerks, deputies and copyists in my office.
Although the receipts of the office for the fiscal year just ended amounted to the sum of $68,108.75, as against the sum of $74,248.40 for the preceding year, still, as the disbursements of the office for this year amounted to the sum of §84,935.79 as against the sum of $130,340.09 for the preceding year, a net saving has been made to the taxpayers of this city and county of $39,264.65 for the year.
In conclusion I would say that the County Clerk's office should be made self-sustaining:, and could be easily made so by a juc'icious revision of the Fee Bill at the next Legislature, and to this end I will be only too pleased to devote my best efforts.
Respectfully,
WM A. DEANE,
County Clerk.
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
NUMBER OF CAUSES ON FILE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT JUNE 30, 1900.
General Department 72,898
Probate Department 23,421
Adoptions 299
Certificates of Incorporation 16,643
Certificates of Copartnership ; 5,311
Appeals from Justices' Courts (including abstracts) 8,389
Coroner's Inquests 8,563
Informations, Indictments and Appeals from the Police Courts 13,457
Total number of Proceedings on file 148,981
DEPOSITS IN COURT IN CIVIL ACTIONS.
Amount on deposit, June 30, 1899 $54,746 41
Amount deposited during year ending June 30, 1900 24,958 60
$79,705 01
Withdrawn by order of Court 14,878 30
Balance on deposit June 30, 1900 $64,826 71
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900.
General Department $31,774 15
Probate Department 10,466 60
Marriage License Department 7,034 00
Fines imposed by Superior Court 1,360 00
Fines imposed by Police Court, Department No. 1 $2,170 00
Fines imposed by Polict Court, Department No. 2 2,126 00
Fines imposed by Police Court, Department No. 3 3,089 00
Fines imposed by Police Court, Department No. 4 .' 4,200 00
11,585 00
Law Library Taxes 5,708 00
Medical and Dental Certificates 181 00
Total Receipts $68,108 75
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT. 3
DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900,
Stationery and Supplies and Printing from July 1, 1899, to January 8,
1900 $1,389 75
Transcripts on Appeal 3,109^30
Salary of County Clerk 4,000 00
Salaries of Deputies and Copyists 76,436 74
Total Disbursements $34 935
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
1900— January 294
-July 255
August 298
September 304
October 331
November 295 May 244
December 304 June .. 358
February. March.. . . April
Total.
3,517
MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.
Number ofr medical certificates recorded from July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900 130
DENTAL CERTIFICATES.
Number of dental certificates registered from July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900 , 61
.CIVIL ACTIONS
COMMENCED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 1900.
Number of civil suits appealed from Justice Court 267
Number of civil suits adjudicated 1,357
Number of civil suits discontinued 399
Number of civil suits transferred to other Courts 46
Number of civil suits pending 2,066
Total number of civil actions commenced . ., 3,868
4 COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
ACTIONS
APPEALED FROM JUSTICES' COURTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900.
Number of appeals from Justice Court (including abstracts) ..... .................
Number of abstracts from Justice Court ................... ....................... 184
Number of appeals adjudicated ................................................... 77
Number of appeals discontinued .................................................. 24
Number of appeals pending ...................................................... 166
451
Total.
451
CERTIFICATES OF COPARTNERSHIP.
Number on file June 30, 1899 5,259
Number filed during year ending June 30, 1900 52
Total.
AUCTIONEERS' BONDS. Number filed during year ending June 30, 1900
NOTARIAL BONDS.
Number filed during year ending June 30, 1900
5,311
•20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Number on file June 30, 1899
Number filed during year ending June 30, 1900
Total.
16,643
EXAMINATION OF INSANE.
Total number of examinations of insane during year endin? June 30, .1900 522
Number committed to the several asylums for the insane 376
Number discharged after examination.— Males, 83; Females, 63 146
Total.
V2-2
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT. COMMITTMENTS OF INSANE.
|
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
|
|
Number committed to Asylum at Agnews |
39 |
54 |
|
Number committed to Asylum at Napa |
59 |
57 |
|
Number committed to Asylum at Stockton |
27 |
24 |
|
Number committed to Asylum at Mendocino |
90 |
24 |
|
Number committed to Whitwell's Private Asylum . . |
1 |
|
|
Number committed to Burke's Private Aiylum. |
1 |
|
|
216 |
160 |
NATIONALITIES OF INSANE.
United States .... 152
Ireland 60
England 36
France 6
Germany 45
China 17
Italy 6
Sweden 9
Canada 4
Austria 5
Denmark 7
Switzerland 5
Portugal 1
Hawaii 3
Azores Islands 2
Russia 4
Total...
Hungary i
Australia 3.
Mexico 1
Finland 2
New Zealand 1
Chile i
Norway 4
Scotland 5
Waleg 2
Japan 2
West Indies 2
Poland 5
India i
Holland 1
Unknown 5
376
NUMBER COMMITTED TO THE CALIFORNIA. HOME FOR THE CARE AND TRAINING OF FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN, AT ELDRIDGE.
|
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
|
|
Committed. |
5 |
3 |
|
Recommitted |
1 |
|
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
NATIONALITIES OP NATURALIZATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900.
|
couirrRY. |
UMBER |
i COUNTRY. |
UMBER. |
|
Austria |
59 |
89 |
|
|
Australia |
13 |
New Foundland |
2 |
|
28 |
New Zealand . |
2 |
|
|
9 |
Nova Scotia . . |
12 |
|
|
43 |
New Brunswick |
2 |
|
|
1 |
Portugal . . . |
20 |
|
|
CoetaRica |
1 |
Poland |
7 |
|
China. |
1 |
Russia |
48 |
|
Denmark |
73 |
Sweden |
152 |
|
Itfypt... |
1 |
Scotland |
3S |
|
134 |
Switzerland |
2€ |
|
|
41 |
Spain |
5 |
|
|
France |
44 |
Turkey |
i |
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8 erman y |
345 |
Syria |
|
|
Greece |
11 |
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Holland |
10 |
Saxony |
|
|
Hawaiian Islands |
1 |
||
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Hungary |
7 |
Siberia |
|
|
Ireland |
221 |
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Italy |
55 |
Wales |
|
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tele of Man |
x |
Crete |
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9 |
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Mexico |
( |
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Total |
1,52 |
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION
FROM JULY 1, 1899, TO JUNE 30, 1900.
|
COUNTRY. |
NUMBER. |
COUNTRY. |
NUMBER |
|
1 |
Mexico |
3 |
|
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Australia |
13 |
1 |
|
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Austria |
37 |
New South Wales |
1 |
|
Belgium. . . . |
2 |
New Zealand |
10 |
|
€anada |
52 |
Norway |
58 |
|
Cape Colonj' |
1 |
Nova Scotia |
3 |
|
Cape Verde Islands |
1 |
Philippine Islands . |
18 - |
|
Chile . |
1 |
Poland |
5 |
|
Denmark.... |
37 |
Portugal . |
8 |
|
Eg ypt |
1 |
2 |
|
|
England |
151 |
Roumania .... |
2 |
|
•Finland |
58 |
Russia |
21 |
|
France |
39 |
Salvador |
1 |
|
Germany |
166 |
Scotland ... |
53 |
|
Greece |
11 |
4 |
|
|
•Guam |
1 |
no |
|
|
•Guatemala |
2 |
Switzerland |
27 |
|
Hawaiian Islands. |
3 |
Syria |
1 |
|
Heligoland |
1 |
5 |
|
|
Holland |
8 |
United States of Colombia |
! |
|
1 |
Wales |
4 |
|
|
India |
1 |
West Indies (St. Martin, Isle). . . . |
1 |
|
Ireland |
187 |
Western Islands, Azores |
1 |
|
Italv |
53 |
West Indies (British) |
2 |
|
Japan |
3 |
Tnfjil |
1 183 |
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
REMITTITURS RECEIVED PROM SUPREME COURT IN CRIMINAL CASES
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30. 1900.
Number of remittifcurs received 14
Judgments affirmed
Judgments reversed and cause remanded
Judgments reversed and cause remanded for a new trial 1
Judgments reversed
Judgments dismissed I
Judgments affirmed and new trial granted 1
Totals... 14 14
WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS ISSUED
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900.
Old writs carried over in previous reports undisposed 26 26
Writs pending June 30, 1899 6
Writs issued during fiscal year 129
Writs granted 39
Writs dismissed and petitioner remanded 10>
Writs dismissed and petitioner discharged 9
Writs dismissed 42
Writs denied and petitioner remanded
Writs pending June 30, 1900 , 25
Writs withdrawn 1
Writs denied 3
Writs off calendar g
Totals ... .161 161
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
APPEALS FROM POLICE COURTS.
•
Appeals pending June 30, 1899 19
Appeals filed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900 11 5
Judgments affirmed 31
Judgments dismissed 1
Judgments modified 1
Judgments affirmed and modified 1
Judgments dismissed
Judgments dismissed for want of prosecution 4
Judgments reversed and cause dismissed 66
Appeals pending June 30, 1900
Totals... 134 134-
INCORRIGIBLE JUVENILES COMMITTED TO WHITTIER AND PRESTON STATE SCHOOLS.
Informations 2
Petitions 12
By information defendants convicted of burglary judgment suspended, and ordered
committed to Preston State School 1
By information defendants convicted of grand larceny, judgment suspended and
' ordered committed to Preston School 1
By petition incorrigible juveniles ordered committed to Preston School of Industry 1
By petition incorrigible juveniles ordered committed to WTiittier School IO
By complaint defendant convicted of larceny, ordered sent to the care and custody
of Boys and Girls' Aid Society 1
By petitions commitment of incorrigible juvenile, pending 1
By complaint; to wit, larceny 1
15 1&
10 COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
GENERAL, SUMMARY.
CIVIL DEPARTMENT.
Number of civil actions commenced during the year .3,868
Number of appeals from Justice*' Courts 451
Number of marriage licenses issued 3,517
Number of medical and dental certificates recorded 181
Number of Coroner's inquests filed
Number of auctioneers' bonds filed 6
Number of notarial bonds filed 26
Number of articles of incorporation 870
Number of certificates of copartnership 52
Number of certificates of naturalization issued 1,528
Uumber of declarations of intention 1,183
Number of estates commenced, Probate Department 1,591
Number of letters issued, Probate Department , 1 ,689
Number of claims filed, Probate Department 1,968
Number of examinations of ingane 522
Number of informations, indictments and appeals from Police Courts filed 115
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
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COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
DISPOSITION OP CRIMINAL CASES FOR
OFFENSES CHARGED.
Abduction
Arson
Assault by means and force likely to produce great bodily injury. . .
Adultery
Assault with a deadly weapon 1
Assault with intent to commit murder
Assault with inte^ to commit rape
Assault with intent to commit robbery
Attempt to commit burglary 3
Attempt to extort
Attempt to commit grand larceny
Attempt to commit infamous crime against nature 1
Attempt to commit mayhem
Attempt to rescue prisoners
Bigamy
Burglary 15
Child stealing
Conspiracy .'
Crime against nature
Destroying telegraph messages
Embezzlement 2
Extortion
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
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THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900.
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CONVICTED. |
Acquitted |
DISMISSED. |
PENDING. |
1 |
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As charged |
2 I o D |
Of misdemeanor |
No evidence to convict |
Defendants sentenced on other charges |
' Defendants dead |
In furtherance of justice. |
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On demurrer |
Defendants discharged own recognizance |
Against defend'ts sentenc on other charges |
Against defendants insane. . |
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Ag'nst fugitives from justice |
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COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
DISPOSITION OF
OFFENSES CHARGED.
Felony under Section 51, Penal Code
Felony under Section 115, Penal Code
Felony under Section 222, Penal Code
Felony under Section 266, Penal Code
Felony under Section 470, Penal Code
Felony under Section 475, Penal Code
Felony under Section 476, Penal Code
Felony under Section 479, Penal Code
Felony under Section 564, Penal Code
Felony under Section 587, Penal Code
Felony under Section 596, Penal Code
Felony under Section 22, Purity of Elections Act. Felony under Section 21), Purity of Elections Act.
Felony under Act of March 23, 1893
Forgery
Fraudulently concealing property
Gaming
Grand Larceny
Incest
Libel
Manslaughter
Mayhem
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COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
DISPOSITION OF
OFFENSES CHARGED.
Misdemeanor
Murder
Obtaining- money by false pretenses
Perjury
Petit larceny, second offense
Rape 1
Receiving stolen goods 1
Robbery
Seduction under promise of marriage
Subornation of perjury
Totals
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COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1900.
To the Honorable Jas. D. Pfielan, Mayor
Of the City and County of San Francisco—
Dear Sir: In accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City and County, and on behalf of the Tiustees of the Public Library of San Francisco, I submit the following report for the year ending June 30, 1900:
The reports of the Librarian and Secretary incorporated herewith and made a part of this report give all the essential details concerning the administration of the Library and a statement of all moneys received and expended, and to them I would invite particular attention. The Secretary's statement shows disbursements for the year to the amount of $60,369 50. Of this sum, $15,224 28 were expended for books and periodicals, and the balance, $45,145 22, for the exposes of maintenance. The Librarian's report shows the internal workings of the Library to be in a satis- factory condition, and the large increase in circulation reported indicates a gratify- ing popularity of the institution with the public at large, and that its benefits continue to be more generally appreciated. There are now 30,999 persons registered as card-holders and entitled to the privileges of the Library, and during the year the recorded use of books amounts to 853,844 volumes. These figures show better than anything else can the far-reaching influence of the Library and the extent to which the people make use of it.
The facilities of the Library have been gradually extended until now the system includes six branches, in addition to the Main Library. Although the Branch Libraries have been placed with due regard to the needs of the various sections of the city, there yet remain districts so remote from the existing libraries that the residents are practically debarred from availing themselves of their use. From some of these districts petitions have been received urging the establishment of branches, but, though fully appreciating the justice of the requests and the force of the arguments in their favor, yet the slight margin between our income and the outlay required by our present equipment has prevented us from undertaking any enlargement of the system. The work of the Library has greatly increased of late years, the circulation being now more than double what it was five years ago. A staff larger than formerly is therefore now required, books must be purchased in greater quantities, and a larger allowance must be made for the repair and main- tenance of the stock. But by careful and economical management we hav.« kept the rate *of increase of expenditure very low, when compared with the rate by which the volume of circulation has increased.
The need of a Library building has been urged again and again in these reports, and each succeeding year makes the necessity more apparent. Only by utilizing corridors for book stacks and encnoaching upon the space set aside for the public have we been able to provide shelving for our books. Aside from the exigencies
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 10
of space, the need of an adequate building Is so apparent and Is so thoroughly understood by all who have given the matter thought that further argument seema useless. The new Charter places the Library upon a satisfactory and permanent basis. The tax required to be levied asoures an income sufficient to meat the cur- rent expenses. But no provision can be made for permanent improvements from thta source. Even though the maximum rate (.$.025 on each $100) were levied, it would require years to accumulate funds sufficient to pay for such a building as the city of San Francisco should have. It Is evident that if we are to have a Library build- ing the means must come from some other source than our annual tax. That the peoole would willingly grant the needed aid we have reason to believe from the spirit for municipal improvements manifested within the past year. I am pleased to be able to state that this matter has been taken actively In hand by a special committee of the Library Trustees appointed to take steps toward the procuring of a suitable building.
The Library has been peculiarly fortunate this year in the matter of gifts, the most important being that of a lot and building for the Harrison Branch by the Hon. James D. Phelan. We trust the example thus set will be followed by others, and that ere long all of the branches will be permanently housed In appropriate buildings. Tha Library is under obligations also to the Rev. William Ingraham Kip for a large collection of books, and to others recorded in the list of donors appended to the Librarian'?: renort.
On behalf of the Trustees of the Library, I desire to express our appreciation of the friendly interest you have manifested in the welfare of the institution Intrusted to our oare.
JOHN H. WISE, President Board of Trustees.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
JOHN H. WISE (President) 212 San some street.
'P. N. LILIENTHAL Anglo-Calif ornian Bank.
A. L. MANN 2222 Clay street.
EDWARD R. TAYLOR 530 California street.
JOSEPH O'CONNOR Mission High School.
GEO. T. SHAW Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., Odd Fellows' Bldg.
RALPH C. HARRISON Supreme Court Chambers, Parrott Bldg.
COLTN M. BOYD 411 California street.
HORACE DAVIS 134 California street.
JOHN S. HITTELL. ; 1216 Hyde street.
THOMAS B. BISHOP 532 Market street.
The Mayor, ex-offlcio.
GEORGE A. MULLIN, Secretary. MISS M. T. TYLER, Asst. Sec'y.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.
RALPH C. HARRISON Books.
JOSEPH O'CONNOR Building.
COLIN M. BOYD Rules.
EDWARD R. TAYLOR Finance.
A. L. MANN Branches.
P. N. LILIENTHAL Municipal Relations.
GEORGE T. SHAW Printing and Binding.
THOMAS B. BISHOP .. ...Law.
Librarian, GEORGE T. CLARK.
Assistant Librarian, JOY LICHTENSTEIN.
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SECRETARY S REPORT,
To the Trustees oj the San Francisco Public Library—
GENTLEMEN : Following is a statement showing the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending June 30. 1900 :
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TOTAL. |
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Balance in Treasury June 30 1899 |
$11 200 04 |
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Cash on hand (with Secretary) June 30, 1899 |
152 43 |
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Cash from Treasury for petty expenses |
100 00 |
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From Taxes ... |
53 608 61 |
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1 811 35 |
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Books lost and paid for |
96 85 |
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Bindings injured and paid for , |
5 40 |
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22 95 |
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128 40 |
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Advertisements in Monthly Bulletin ... . |
81 00 |
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Old newspapers sold .... |
17 00 |
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Old carpet sold . . |
12 00 |
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Donation from J. J. Davis. |
6 66 |
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DISBURSEMENTS. S Uaries |
$32 740 40 |
$67,242 69> |
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Books |
13 259 49 |
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Periodicals |
1 964 79 |
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Printing , |
2 237 84 |
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Binding |
3 898 48 |
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Stationery |
110 28 |
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Electric power for elevator |
580 88 |
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Telephone |
90 00 |
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Furniture and repairs |
1 655 52 |
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Expense— Sundry |
831 92 |
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Fire insurance '. . |
129 65 |
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Gas for Main Library (3 months) |
300 00 |
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Gas for branches |
347 65 |
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Rent of branches |
2 124 00 |
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Fuel |
98 65 |
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Balance in Treasury June 30, 1900 |
6,713 59 |
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Cash on hand (with Secretary) June 30 1900 |
159 60 |
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$67,242 69 |
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
RECORD OF DELINQUENTS.
FINKS.
22,317 Fines collected, amounting to ,
643 Fines uncollected, amounting to
22,960 Total Fines imposed, amounting to
BOOKS LOST AND BORROWERS BLACKLISTED.
Main Library, 17 volumes/amounting to
Branch No. 1, 1 volume, amounting to
Branch No. 3, 3 volumes, amounting to ,
Branch No. 5, 3 volumes, amounting to
Total 24 volumes, amounting to
BOOKS LOST AKD PAID FOR.
93 volumes, amounting to
$1,811 35 332 65
$20 00 3 00 3 75 5 00
51,944 00
$31 75
$96 85
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
To the Trustees—
I have the honor to submit herewith, in accordance with the rules of your Honorable Board, the annual report of the Librarian for the year ending June- 30, 1900.
It will be remembered that your Finance dommittee submitted an estimate of the 3'ear's exoer-ses, calling for $61,000 as the amount required to meet the Li- brary's growing needs. These figures were reduced by the Board of Supervisors to $55,000, which amount was set aside as our appropriation for the year. This reduc- tion of income, together with the large outlay required for the newly established Fillmore Branch, has precluded all expansion of the Library's facilities excepting that required to meet the demands made by its natural growth. In fact, only by encroaching upon the balance accumulated during the past have we been able to maintain our efficiency and at the same time devote a reasonable amount to the enhancement of the nermanent value of our collection. The rapid growth of the Fillmore Branch, opened May 10, 1899, made large accessions to its shelves im- oerative. As shown by the Secretary's report, we have spent on this branch for books alone the sum of $1,92^ 92. The maintenance of the remaining branches >ias required the usual outlay, while at the Main Library the wear and tear of books incident to the largely increased circulation of the last few years has had the effect, of materially adding to the number and cost of the necessary replacements. For the Main Library this item amounts to $2,551 56, but were the amount even larger T should not advise any remittance of the constant care which is exercised to keep the books in good condition. The manner in which the book fund has been expended is shown by Appendix VII of this report, wherein a statement is made of the number of volumes ordered for each of the branch libraries and the various departments of the Main Library, together with the approximate cost of same. In connection with the accessions for the year, mention should be made of the collection of 1,291 volumes, among them some rare and valuable Americana, given to the Library by the Rev. William Ingraham Kip, and also of the gift of 61 vol- umes by Mr. A. B. Davis. The names of others to whom the Library is indebted for gifts of books or pamphlets are appended to this report.
CATALOGUE DEPARTMENT.
The catalogue of bocks in the divisions of science and the useful arts, which was about ready for the press at the time of my last report, has been printed, and the indexer entries for the same books have been carefully revised. A supplement to the catalogue of the books in the juvenile department, covering the accessions for the four years ending June, 1900, and a new edition of the supplement to the fiction catalogue, have also been printed. The remainder of the time of the de- partment has been occupied in the completion of the union shelf list of books in the branch, libraries and in handling the books currently received, which for the year number 15,104. In taking the annual inventory of the branches this summer the books were checked directly from the shelf list. In this way clerical errors were corrected and all omissions detected. We now have a uniform notation and a complete shelf list for all books permanently placed in branch libraries, aggre- gating at present 22,276 volumes.
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT.
There has been a decline in the use of this department since the opening of the Fillmore Branch, the circulation for the year being 64,851 volumes, as against 71,- *42 volumes for the year 1898-99. In other respects satisfactory progress may be reported. The quality of the books has been improved by not replacing the least
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 25
desirable of those worn out, and the usual care has been exercised in the selection of the new ones purchased. The head of the department has mads some very at- tractive displays upon the bulletin board for the purpose of calling attention to- books on special topics, and I doubt not that beneficial results have been accom- plished.
BINDING.
By an extension of the existing contract our binding has been done by the same house as heretofore and at ths schedule of prices which has been in force since 1896. There has been some increase in the quantity of work done, 8,821 vol- umes having been bound this year, while last year the number was 8,691. The excess is more than accounted for by the additionad work necessitated by the new branch library. Notwithstanding- that the Fillmore Branch has been in operation for barely fourteen months, after being equipped with a stock of books never before used, one-third of the books on the shelves in the beginning have had to be re- bound. While the large circulation has placed a great strain on the comparatively small number of volumes in the branch, we cannot avoid the conclusion that the- chief fault lies in the lack cf durability in the original bindings of so many of the new books. The whole number bound for the branch libraries is 3,103.
CIRCULATION.
The present number of card-holders is 30,999, an increase during the year of 4,460. The same cards being usable at either the main or branch libraries, it is- not possible to know the exact number of readers at each place. However, those issued on applications made at the respective branches may be taken as indicating approximately the patronage of each branch. On this basis the card-holders of the Mission Branch havs increased from 3,798 to 4,369 in number; at North Beach the number has risen from 2,158 to 2,295; at the Harrison Branch from 1,275 to 1,38'5, and at the Fillmore Branch from 753 to 2,647. In addition to the cards issued on applications from this branch, I estimate that at least 1,000 cards issued at the Main Library and used there prior to the opening of the Fillmore Branch, are now beint^ used at the latter place, making the number of its card-holders 3,647. Both the Potrero and Richmond Branches show a slight decrease in patronage. The total k'sue of books for home use from the entire library system amounts to 638, 25O volumes, while the recorded use of books in the libraries is 220,594 volumes. Com- pared with last year, thet-'e figures indicate an increase in the home circulation of 93,731 volumes, in the library use of 11,011, and a total increase in use of 104,742 volumes. The number of technical books used shows a noticeable increase, which may be attributed to additional facilities for obtaining them afforded by the new printed catalogue of books of this class. Otherwise, there has been no essential variation in the character of the books used from that of previous years. Accord- ing to the Secretary's report, the sale cf reserve postal cards is nearly fourfold greater than for last year, the number sold being 10.272. These have been used by readers to secure books for which the demand is so great that copies seldom remain on the s^ielf for any length of time. After being self addre&sed by the applicants and filled out with titles or numbers of books desired, the cards are numbered in order of receipt and filed. When a book thus applied for becomes available the card of the first applicant on the li&t is mailed, and the book is held1 for not longer than three days. If not called for within that time nctice is sent to the applicant next in order. Notwithstanding the proportions to which the sys- tem has grown, ita advantages seem to fully justify the extra labor involved. While the nominal charge for the cards prevents their indiscriminate use, it is not or need not be a bar to any who earnestly desire to obtain particular books. The majority of readers are content to wait a brief period for a book, knowin« their turns will come in regular sequence, but the frequent and fruitless calls, such as were unavoidable before the introduction of the reserving system, are necessarily annoying and the source of many complaints. Without this system we should be
26 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
compelled to orovide more copies of the new books than now suffice to meet the requirements. During the year 2,041 books have been issued to teachers for use in connection with class work. Most of them were retained for the full period of four weeks, and during, that time it may be assumed were in daily use by the various pupils. The system of issuing books for school use has been much simplified by providing: special cards for teachers, a practice recently authorized by your Honor- able Board. There cards enable teachers to draw the requisite number of books without making use of their pupils' cards, as under the system previously in vogue.
BRANCH LIBRARIES.
On the whole, the work of the branch libraries has made satisfactory progress. The new branch on Fillmore street has brought the library many new readers, and has rapidly developed a large circulation, amounting for the year to 77,088 vol- umes. Situated as it is between the North Beach and 'Richmond Branches, it seems to have drawn a few readers from each. At least this seems to be the most plaus- ible explanation of the slight decline apparent in their circulation. But most of its readers have eitber not beei\ card-holders hitherto or have transferred their cards from the Main Library. A continuance of its growth will soon make enlarged shelving capacity a necessity. The Mission Branch continues to grow in a most satisfactory manner, and the record for the Harrison Branch shows some increase both in the number of card- holders and in volumes used. While the North Beach Branch has made no advance, its home circulation of 47,617 volumes indicates a good state of activity, and is probably as large a business as could be expected in that quarter of the city. The proximity of the Fillmore Branch to Richmond and the scant population tributary to both the Richmond and Potrero Branches suffi- ciently explain the absence of any increase in their respective circulations. In this connection I desire to call attention to the relative cost per borrower of the different branches. Without including the i>ortions of the salaries of the Librarian, Secre- tary and others whose service is chargeable to the entire system and omitting the Fillmore Branch because of the unusual expenses incidental to getting it well established, the average cost per annum for each borrower in the remaining five branches is $1 60. For the Mission Branch the cost is $1 12, for North Beach $1 42, for Harriscn $1 64, for Richmond $3 18, and for the Potrero $3 82. We have tried to maintain branches of the same order in each district, irrespective of the tribu- tary populations. The sparsely settled hills of the Potrero and the populous dis- tricts of the Mission have been given branches differing only in degree, not in kind. Instead of maintaining permanent collections of books in the smaller branches, thus tying up quantities of popular books but little used after the newness has worn off, the books could be deposited temporarily and changed from time to time. In this and other ways it is possible to materially reduce expenses without impair- ing the efficiency of the branches.
LIBRARY STAFF.
It is with regret that I record the death in August last of Mrs. Laura E. Mor- ton, who, after eleven years of faithful service as librarian of the Mission Branch, had recently been assigned to the charge of the FilJmore Branch. The vacancy thus created was filled by the appointment of Miss Celia A. Hayward, formerly assistant in the -catalogue department. The other changes in the staff are few and unimportant. The third examination of applicants for positions under the rules of 1896 was held November 4th and llth, respectively. Ten candidates passed satis- factorily, and their names have been placed on the list of eligibles. The questions asked at the examination are embodied in an appendix to this report. In conclu- sion, I desire to add a few words in commendation of the members of the staff for the faithfu! manner in which they have performed their several duties and for the hearty mterest manifested in the welfare of the Library. To them and to the members of your Honorable Board, for your courtesy and kindly consideration, my thanks are due. Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE T. CLARK, Librarian.
July 31, 1900
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APPENDIX I.
STATEMENT OF ACCESSIONS.
Volumes in Main Library July 1, 1899 100,081
Added by purchase 7.040
Added by gift 1,608
Continuations and pamphlets bound by Library. 729
Total 9,377
Less rolumes withdrawn 3,682
Net increase 5,695
Volumes in Main Library June 30, 1900 105,776
Volumes in Branch Libraries July 1, 1899 17,656
Added 5,727
Less volumes withdrawn 1,107
Net increase 4,620
Volumes in Branch Libraries June 30, 1900 22,276
Total volumes received, 1899-1900 15,104
Volumes in Main Library and Branches, June 30, 1900 128,05;*
USE OF BOOKS.
Volumes issued at Main Library for home use 348,424
Volumes issued at Branch Libraries for home use *289,826
638,250
Volumes issued at Main Library for library use 150,684
Volumes issued at Branch Libraries for library use 69,910
220,594 Total 858.844
Borrowers' cards issued 1898-9 15,319
Borrowers' cards issued 1899-1900 15,744
Total issue for two years 31,063
Borrowers' cards canceled (two years) 64
Cards in force June 30, 1900 30.899
* Not including volumes sent from Main Library.
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APPENDIX II—
(MAIN
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189 |
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August |
September . . |
October |
I 1 |
December . . . |
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General Works |
180 |
246 |
424 |
321 |
342 |
301 |
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Philosophy |
495 |
468 |
405 |
542 |
551 |
595 |
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Religion |
513 |
491 |
593 |
500 |
564 |
519 |
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Sociology |
884 |
1,165 |
1,112 |
1,232 |
1,284 |
1,254 |
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Philology |
337 |
428 |
451 |
429 |
398 |
366 |
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914 |
912 |
1,255 |
1,283 |
1 306 |
1 144 |
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Useful Arts |
1597 |
1 478 |
1,549 |
1,672 |
1 630 |
1,793 |
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Fiiie Arts |
866 |
913 |
960 |
1,070 |
979 |
930 |
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Miscellaneous literature |
1,063 |
1 200 |
1 349 |
1443 |
1,294 |
1 279 |
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Poetry and drama ... |
636 |
797 |
891 |
946 |
973 |
855 |
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Geography and Travel |
1 264 |
1 209 |
1 164 |
1,226 |
1,338 |
1,340 |
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1,008 |
1 156 |
1,113 |
1,080 |
1,182 |
1,034 |
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History |
1,174 |
1 840 |
2,273 |
2,246 |
1,999 |
1,605 |
|
Bound magazines |
2,370 |
2,216 |
2,473 |
2,772 |
2,840 |
3,018- |
|
769 |
790 |
721 |
782 |
848 |
892 |
|
|
5 157 |
3 980 |
4,312 |
4,953 |
4 803 |
5 079 |
|
|
English fiction |
17 571 |
16 687 |
16726 |
17 155 |
16960 |
17 449 |
|
French and German fiction School use . . .... |
1,267 |
1,263 179 |
1,149 216 |
1,218 192 |
1.094 123 |
1,101 64 |
|
Totals |
38065 |
37,418 |
39 136 |
41,062 |
40,508 |
40.61S |
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
29
CLASSIFIED USE OF BOOKS.
LIBRARY.)
|
19C |
0. |
||||||
|
January .. . . |
February. . . . |
March |
> |
£ |
<H B 0 » |
TOTAL VOLUMES. |
PER CENT. |
|
485 |
411 |
428 |
391 |
308 |
357 |
4,194 |
.84 |
|
626 |
598 |
622 |
553 |
446 |
406 |
6,307 |
1.26 |
|
597 |
572 |
664 |
594 |
563 |
480 |
6,650 |
1.33 |
|
1.730 |
1,502 |
1,454 |
1,356 |
1,048 |
852 |
14,873 |
2.98 |
|
491 |
432 |
440 |
375 |
318 |
425 |
4,890 |
.98 |
|
1,523 |
1.301 |
1,520 |
1,294 |
1,101 |
1,106 |
14,659 |
2.94 |
|
2,338 |
2,024 |
2,173 |
1,875. |
1,750 |
2,092 |
21,971 |
4.40 |
|
1,172 |
875 |
1,064 |
913 |
1,141 |
962 |
11,845 |
237 |
|
1.494 |
1,485 |
1,746 |
1,411 |
1,408 |
1,193 |
16,365 |
3.28 |
|
1,170 |
896 |
939 |
784 |
698 |
699 |
10,284 |
2.06 |
|
1,651 |
1,400 |
1,838 |
1,505 |
1,282 |
1,200 |
16,387 |
3.28 |
|
1,340 |
1,280 |
1,460 |
1,146 |
1,083 |
890 |
13,772 |
2.76 |
|
2,385 |
2,198 |
2,472 |
2,190 |
1,912 |
1,383 |
23,677 |
4.74 |
|
3,403 |
3,209 |
3,856 |
3,125 |
2.798 |
2,505 |
34,585 |
6.93 |
|
1,015 |
914 |
952 |
779 |
753 |
700 |
9.915 |
1.98 |
|
5,092 |
4,606 |
5,460 |
4,878 |
5.138 |
5,744 |
59,202 |
11.88 |
|
19,509 |
17,860 |
19,718 |
17,552 |
17.633 |
17,994 |
212,814 |
42.64 |
|
1,291 |
1,177 |
1,430 |
1,212 |
1,202 |
1,273 |
14,677 |
2.94 |
|
311 |
256 |
161 |
379 |
132 |
28 |
2,041 |
.41 |
|
47,623 |
42,996 |
48,367 |
42,312 |
40,714 |
40,289 |
499,108 |
100.00 |
30
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
APPENDIX III— MAIN
|
18$ |
)9. |
|||||
|
IH a •<' |
August |
September |
1 |
November |
I |
|
|
Books Issued— |
28,146 |
26 305 |
26.911 |
28,204 |
27,721 |
28 320 |
|
9919 |
11,113 |
1?,225 |
12858 |
12,787 |
12298 |
|
|
Total |
38,065 |
37,418 |
39,136 |
41,062 |
40,508 |
40,618 |
|
30 |
3(H |
28 |
31 |
29 |
30 |
|
|
Average daily delivery |
1,442 |
1,349 |
1,537 |
1,482 |
1,527 |
1.513 |
|
Visitors— |
3,244 |
3922 |
4,332 |
4,630 |
4,651 |
4 177 |
|
Periodical Room |
5,138 |
4995 |
4,668 |
5,242 |
5,830 |
6,241 |
|
Newspaper Department |
12699 |
15,876 |
18,317 |
12,249 |
12590 |
15,368 |
|
Cards Issued— 1899-1900 |
1,263 |
1,344 |
1290 |
• 1 279 |
1 311 |
1,112 |
|
1898-99 |
1 094 |
1 462 |
1 302 |
1 372 |
1 161 |
954 |
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
31
LIBRARY STATISTICS.
|
19 |
00. |
|||||
|
January |
1 |
1 |
<& |
f |
IH d 3 |
TOTAL. |
|
31,699 |
29,291 |
32,994 |
29,679 |
29,456 |
29,698 |
348,424 |
|
15,924 |
13,705 |
15,373 |
12,633 |
11,258 |
10,591 |
150,684 |
|
47,623 |
42,996 |
48,367 |
42,3-12 |
40.714 |
40,289 |
499,108 |
|
30 1,731 |
27 1,766 |
31 1.709 |
30 1,597 |
30 1,499 |
30 1,484 |
356i |
|
5,649 |
4,826 |
5,214 |
4,421 |
3,766 |
3,337 |
52,169 |
|
7,292 |
6,158 |
6,692 |
5,569 |
5,204 |
4.7CO |
67,729 |
|
17,923 |
15,435 |
16,694 |
16,187 |
16,619 |
16,405 |
186,362 |
|
1,626 1,282 |
1,296 1,162 |
1.526 1,487 |
1,274 1,130 |
1,054 1,564 |
1,369 J.349 |
15,744 15,319 |
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
APPENDIX IV— CIRCULATION
|
18 |
99. |
|||||
|
(4 c_ << |
> 1 |
September . |
October.... |
November.. |
December. . |
|
|
BRANCH LIBRARY No. 1. Home use. Books from Branch Home use. Books from Main Library Library Use |
7,772 226 897 |
7,328 226 1,097 |
7,612 238 1,159 |
8,724 275 1,676 |
8,554 225 1 740 |
8,535 207 1 678 |
|
Total |
8895 |
8,651 |
9 009 |
10 675 |
10 519 |
10 420 |
|
Daily Average |
332 |
302 |
319 |
381 |
394 |
382 |
|
BRANCH LIBRARY No. 2. Home use, Books from Branch Home use, Books from Main Library Library Use |
818 83 669 |
717 69 685 |
654 77 608 |
580 82 599 |
538 67 527 |
580 46 638 |
|
Total |
1 570 |
1 471 |
1 339 |
1 961 |
1 132 |
1 264 |
|
Daily Average |
57 |
50 |
50 |
43 |
40 |
43 |
|
BRANCH LIBRARY No. 3. Home use, Books from Branch Home use, Books from Main Library Library Use |
3,985 223 924 |
3,705 289 1 076 |
3.592 249 1 216 |
3,819 283 1 222 |
3.665 252 1 215 |
3,757 251 1 118 |
|
Total |
5 132 |
5 070 |
5 057 |
5 329 |
5 132 |
5 126 |
|
Daily Average |
160 |
197 |
3lT |
151 |
166 |
191 |
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
33
OF BRANCH LIBRARIES.
|
190 |
0. |
|||||
|
i |
1 |
1 |
> •o 2. |
1 |
3 ? |
TOTAL. |
|
9.514 |
8,882 |
10.336 |
9,708 |
9,703 |
10,232 |
106,905 |
|
290 |
266 |
287 |
222' |
240 |
209 |
2,911 |
|
2,234 |
2,065 |
2,109 |
1,650 |
1,442 |
1.427 |
19,174 |
|
12,038 |
11.213 |
12,732 |
11,580 |
11,390 |
11.868 |
128.990 |
|
435 |
457 |
446 |
431 |
413 |
430 |
|
|
765 |
726 |
787 |
694 |
818 |
777 |
8,454 |
|
60 |
59 |
87 |
54 |
39 |
47 |
770 |
|
753 |
717 |
627 |
655 |
786 |
823 |
8,087 |
|
1,578 |
1,502 |
1,501 |
1,403 |
1,643 |
1,647 |
17,311 |
|
55 |
60 |
53 |
56 |
63 |
59 |
|
|
4,239 |
3,710 |
4,360 |
4.207 |
4,35'* |
4,225 |
47,617 |
|
300 |
302 |
314 |
267 |
287 |
214 |
3,236 |
|
1,343 |
1,206 |
1,268 |
1,369 |
1,285 |
1,059 |
14,301 |
|
5,882 |
5,218 |
5.942 |
5,843 |
5.925 |
5.498 |
65,154 |
|
214 |
171 |
206 |
22a |
215 |
200 |
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
APPENDIX IV—
|
189 |
9. |
|||||
|
<H : |
> |
September. |
| |
November.. |
December. . |
|
|
BRANCH LIBRARY No. 4. |
||||||
|
Home use, Books from Branch |
1,357 |
1,182 |
1.128 |
1,331 |
1,298 |
1,161 |
|
Home use, Books from Main Library |
53 |
90 |
76 |
73 |
57 |
53 |
|
Library Use |
399 |
309 |
323 |
292 |
303 |
356 |
|
Total |
1,809 |
1.581 |
1.527 |
1,696 |
1,658 |
1,570 |
|
Daily Average |
60 |
60 |
54 |
54 |
57 |
52 |
|
BRANCH LIBRARY No. 5. |
||||||
|
2,725 |
2,450 |
2,406 |
2,649 |
2,765 |
2719 |
|
|
Home use, Books from Main Library |
148 |
112 |
120 |
147 |
104 |
103 |
|
Library Use |
942 |
1 069 |
1.116 |
1,281 |
1,313 |
1 604 |
|
Total |
3815 |
3 631 |
3 642 |
4 077 |
4 182 |
4 428 |
|
Daily Average |
142 |
128 |
139 |
144 |
155 |
163 |
|
BRANCH LIBRARY No. 6. |
||||||
|
Home use. Books from Branch |
5,060 |
5,111 |
5,143 |
5,545 |
5,318 |
6.153 |
|
Home use, Books from Main Library |
135 |
207 |
252 |
318 |
311 |
260 |
|
Library Use. . |
471 |
511 |
852 |
892 |
807 |
714 |
|
Total |
5 666 |
5 829 |
6 247 |
6 755 |
6 436 |
7 127 |
|
Daily Average |
214 |
209 |
243 |
240 |
241 |
267 |
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
35 K
CONTINUED.
|
19C |
0. |
|||||
|
1 |
| |
cr |
I |
? |
g D |
TOTAL. |
|
1,324 |
1,247 |
1,457 |
1,423 |
1,523 |
1,498 |
15,929 |
|
60 |
51 |
65 |
68 |
75 |
73 |
794 |
|
379 |
363 |
498 |
357 |
414 |
386 |
4379 |
|
1,763 |
1.661 |
2,020 |
1,848 |
2,012 |
1.957 |
21,102 |
|
58 |
61 |
65 |
61 |
67 |
65 |
|
|
3,170 |
2,947 |
3,294 |
2,919 |
2.8% |
2.963 |
33,833 |
|
128 |
103 |
146 |
137 |
137 |
83 |
1,470 |
|
1,552 |
1,143 |
1,252 |
1,207 |
1,041 |
1,576 |
15,6% |
|
4,850 |
4,193 |
4,692 |
4,263 |
4,004 |
4,622 |
50,399 |
|
175 |
171 |
165 |
159 |
145 |
168 |
|
|
6,833 |
6,473 |
8,015 |
7,748 |
7,914 |
7,775 |
77,088 |
|
252 |
198 |
249 |
222 |
225 |
274 |
2,903 |
|
840 |
753 |
969 |
930 |
883 |
831 |
9,453 |
|
7,925 |
7,424 |
9,233 |
8,900 |
9,022 |
8,880 |
89,444 |
|
285 |
302 |
331 |
332 |
328 |
326 |
|
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
APPENDIX V.
STATISTICS OF BRANCH LIBRARIES, 1899-1900.
|
f |
5 |
W |
W >1 |
W |
| |
||
|
_^ §* 5' p |
1 5 |
W o |
5 & S ? |
3 o |
1 ? |
TOTAL. |
|
|
I ~ |
3 " |
I " |
§ .*- |
1 ** |
0 3, |
||
|
128,990 |
17.311 |
65.154 |
21,102 |
50,399 |
89,444 |
372,400 |
|
|
2,214 |
235 |
1,028 |
317 |
642 |
1,894 |
6,330 |
|
|
4,370 |
567 |
2,298 |
666 |
1,389 |
2,647 |
11,937 |
|
|
Volumes in Library July 1. 1899 |
6,136 1,428 |
1,577 269 |
3,389 855 |
1,676 349 |
2,756 ! 425 |
2,122 2,401 |
17,656 5727 |
|
486 |
25 |
427 |
63 |
101 |
5 |
1,107 |
|
|
942 |
244 |
428 |
286 |
324 |
2,396 |
4,620 |
|
|
Volumes in Library June 30, 1900. . . |
7,078 |
1,821 |
3,817 |
1,962 |
3,080 |
4,518 |
22,276 |
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37
APPENDIX VI.
BOOKS ISSUED FOR HOME USE, 1880-1900.
|
Main Library. .. |
Branch No. 1. . . |
Branch No. 2. . . |
Branch No. 3. . . |
Branch No. 4. . . |
Branch No. 5. . . |
Branch No. 6. . |
f |
|
|
1880-1 |
137,369 |
137,369 |
||||||
|
1881 2 |
194,112 |
194,112 |
||||||
|
1882-3 |
201,114 |
201,114 |
||||||
|
1883-4 |
183,719 |
183,719 |
||||||
|
1884 5 |
186 268 |
186,263 |
||||||
|
1885-6 |
159 373 |
159,373 |
||||||
|
1886-7 |
151 007 |
151,007 |
||||||
|
1887-8 |
89,313 |
89,313 |
||||||
|
1888 9 |
92 192 |
5 359 |
4 726 |
7 163 |
109 440 |
|||
|
1889-90 |
121 429 |
13,199 |
5,890 |
9,713 |
150,231 |
|||
|
1890 1 |
134 622 |
17,706 |
3,978 |
11,517 |
167.S28 |
|||
|
1891-2 .... ; |
139,630 |
18,592 |
5,321 |
13,767 |
177,310 |
|||
|
1892-3 |
147,957 |
18,961 |
7,225 |
18,031 |
6,877 |
199,051 |
||
|
1893-4 |
140,863 |
21,260 |
7,038 |
18,470 |
5,851 |
193,482 |
||
|
1894-5 |
189,309 |
25,272 |
5,586 |
18,992 |
5,324 |
244,483 |
||
|
1895 6 |
203 987 |
29 925 |
7 145 |
17 883 |
4 625 |
263 565 |
||
|
1896-7 |
249 971 |
45,424 |
12,990 |
31,656 |
7 987 |
17,916 |
365,944 |
|
|
1897-8 |
268 734 |
59,615 |
13 4<>6 |
35,268 |
12 453 |
25,515 |
415,011 |
|
|
1898-9 |
340,524 |
90395 |
10 887 |
48,037 |
16,410 |
31,221 |
7,045 |
544,519 |
|
1899-1900. |
348,424 |
106,905 |
8,454 |
47,617 |
15,929 |
33,833 |
77,088 |
638,?50 |
38
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
APPENDIX VII.
BOOKS ORDERED, JULY 1, 1899, TO JUNE 30, 1900.
|
CLASS. |
VOLUMES. |
COST. |
|
General works, encyclopedias, bound psriodicals, etc |
||
|
Philosophy and theology |
||
|
Sociology Including education . . |
||
|
Fine arts, including architecture and ornanisnt |
91 fi |
m24 |
|
Language anO literature . ... |
846 06 |
|
|
English fiction |
||
|
1,150 |
||
|
276 |
||
|
173 |
||
|
3,314 |
||
|
1,215 |
||
|
245 |
199 16 |
|
|
806 |
704 82 |
|
|
309 |
253 47 |
|
|
359 |
||
|
2,114 |
||
|
12,419 |
$13,265 92 |
|
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 38
APPENDIX VIII.
CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO BUILDING FOB THB HARRISON BRANCH LIBRARY.
Mayor's Office,
San Francisco, Cal., December 23, 1800. JOHN S. HITTELL, ESQ.,
President Board of Public Library Trustees, City- Dear Sir: Some time since, your Secretary asked me if I would rent to the city a store in the new improvements I am making at South Park, for the purpose of housing the Branch Free Library for that section of the city. It occurred to me then that the city should own its own Branch Library buildings* and* have them attractive in appearance, commodious and well lighted. The people then would feel a sense of proprietorship in their own library and its use would be encouraged, I have since conferred with your Librarian, who approves of the idea. There- fore, I desire to offer the Trustees for the city a lot of land and building for a Branch Library to be located in the district bounded by Harrison, Brannan, Third and Fourth streets. I will secure a good building lot as soon as I can confer with your Board upon the most desirable location, and erect a building, a plan of which I have asked the architects Curlett & McCaw to prepare, which they have done for your Inspection.
The only condition I would make would be that the Trustees shall keep — as i» their present purpose— the library and reading room open during the day and at least until 9:30 In the evening.
On the approval of the ulan and location, I will forthwith proceed to erect a building to be constructed of brick and stone or other durable material. Yous respectfully,
(Signed) JAMES D. PHELAN.
San Francisco Free Public Library,
San Francisco, December 23, 1899.
HON. JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor of San Francisco- Dear Sir: Your generous offer, as proposed, will, I am confident, be gratefully accepted by the Trustees of the Public Library to whom I will submit it at their next meeting.
As their representative, and on behalf of the citizens of San Francisco, and for myself as cne among them, I tender to you most hearty thanks for your munifi- cence.
Your idea that the Library should own its buildings Is excellent; the place which you suggest for one will accommodate many thousands of people, and I hop* that your example will be followed by others. Respectfully yours,
(Signed) JOHN S. HITTELL.
San Frandaoo, January 3, 1900.
HON. JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor of San Francisco- Dear Sir: The Trustees of the Public Library, at their meeting last evening; unanimously adopted a motion accepting your offer of a lot and building for a Branch Library in the neighborhood of South Park and instructing me to expresa to you their thanks for the liberal gift.
40 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
As a member of our Board, you know that the management of its important public trust is without reproach, and that it would be difficult to find a purpose in which such an amount as you offer to contribute would do more for the enjoy- ment of the people, or would give more enduring satisfaction to the wise philan- thropist. Respectfully,
(Signed) JOHN S. HITTELL,
President of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library.
Mayor's Office,
San Francisco, January 4, 1900. MR. JOHN S. HITTELL,,
President Board of Trustees, Free Public Library- Dear Sir: I thank you for your letter of the 3d inst. I will confer with the committee, and desire now to withdraw the conditions regarding the hour of clos- ing, requesting, however, that the library be kept open in the evening as a read- ing room for the working classes in that part of the city. Yours truly,
(Signed) JAMES D. PHELAN.
APPENDIX IX.
QUESTIONS ASKED AT EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR POSITIONS IN LIBRARY SERVICE, HELD NOVEMBER 4 AND 11, 1899.
LITERATURE (November 4, 1899—300 Credits).
I. Give the names of the authors of the following works: 1. Anatomy of Mel- ancholy; 2. Curiosities of Literature; 3. Adventures of Telemachus; 4. Sorrows of Werther; 6. Areopagitica; 6. Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts; 7. Sartor Resartus; 8. Stones of Venice: 1). Two Years Before the Mast; 10. Bab Ballads; 11. Paul and Virginia; 12. Ingoldsby Legends; 13. Religio Medici; 14. The De- oameron.
II. Give the names of the authors who wrote under the following pseudonyms, wit>^ the title of some work written by each: 1. Owen Meredith; 2. Ik Marvel; Z. Barrv Cornwall; 4. Charles Egbert Craddock; 5. Diedrich Knickerbocker; 6. Pisistratus Caxton; 7. George Eliot; 8. John Phoenix; 9. Christopher North; 10. Currer Bell; 11. Father Prout; 12. Artemus Ward; 13. Mark Twain; 14. Gail Ham- ilton.
III. Give the names of the authors of the following novels: 1. Castle of Otranto; 2. Lavensrro; 3. Marble Faun; 4. White Lies; 5. Cranford; 6. Vathek; 7. East Lynne; 8. Epicurean; 9. John Brent; 10. Frankenstein; 11. Villette; 12. Uncle Tom's Cabin; 13. Vivian Grey; 14. Clarissa Harlowe; 15. Eugene Aram.
IV. Give the names of the authors of the following poems: 1. Vision of Sir Launfal: 2. Kubla Khan: 3. One Hess Shay; 4. Burial of Sir John Moore; 6. Bonnie Dundee; 6. Allan Percy; 7. Sheridan's Ride; 8. Cotter's Saturday Night; 9. Ivry; 10. Destruction of Sennacherib; 11. Abou Ben Adhem; 12. Annabel Lee; 13. How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix; 14. Battle Hymn of the Republic; 15. Casablanca.
V. Of what eooch or country have the following authors written a history: 1. Milman; 2. Hildreth; 3. Mommsen; 4. Motley; 5. Lingard; 6. Niebuhr; 7. Gibbon:
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£. John Fiske; 9. Harriet Martineau; 10. Justin McCarthy; 11. Francis Parkman; 12. John Foster Kirk.
'I. Name the works and authors in which the following characters are found, and some trait peculiar to each character: 1. Falstaff; 2. Bob Acres; 3. Mrs. Grundy; 4. Captain Oostisran; 5. Ithuriel; 6. Oily Gammon; 7. Pecksniff; 8. Dl Vernon; 9. Mrs. Caudle; 10. Scrooge; 11. Sir Artegal; 12. Flora McFlimsey; 13. Dr. Primrose; 14. Charles Surface; 15. Squire Western.
VII. What historical event is referred to in the following- works: 1. Marmion: 2. Evangeline; 3. Tale of Two Cities; 4. Kenil worth; 5. Barnaby Rudge.
VIII. 1. In whose reign did Pepys write his Diary? 2. In what form was it originally written? 3. What other person has left a diary covering the same period? 4. Name five writers of French drama. 5. Name t:wo English translations of Dante.
HISTORY (November 11, 1899—150 credits).
I. Name three voyagers who explored portions of the coast of California prior to 1650.
II. Give a brief account of the discovery of San Francisco bay.
III. What was the "bear flag" revolt?
IV. What is the "Consolidation Act"?
V. What territory has been acquired or annexed by the United States since the declaration of war with Spain?
VI. What were the "Kentucky resolutions"? When were they passed?
VII. Name the sovereigns or rulers of England in chronological order from 1066 A. D. to the present.
,'HI. What is the Domesday book?
IX. What were the "Wars of the Roses"? In whose reign did they begin?
X. State briefly the causes of the French revolution. Who was the sovereign of France at the time of its outbreak:'
XI. Give a brief account of the events culminating in the battle of Omdurman.
XII. What countries constitute the "triple alliance"? For what object was it farmed?
XIII. What was the "Edict of Milan"? By whom was It promulgated?
XIV. By whom was fousht the battle of Chaeronea? What was the effect upon the defeated nation?
XV. When did they flourish and with the histories of what countries are the following- respectively associated: Constantino the Great; Wallenstein; Richelieu; Cavour; Junipero Serra.
GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND COMPOSITION.
(November 11, 1899— Composition, 100 credits; Grammar, 25 credits; Spelling,
25 credits.)
I. Write an essay of not less than three hundred words on one of the following topics: (a) Longfellow; (b) War in South Africa; (c) Negro slavery in America.
GEOGRAPHY (November 11, 1899—100 credits).
I. Mention some of the advantages to commerce that a ship canal across Nicar- agua would bring about.
II. Inscribe Admiral Dewey's course from Manila to New York, naming the different bodfies of water through which he sailed.
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HI. Name two great wheat producing countries. Name two great iron produc- ing countries. Name one American industry of which California has a monopoly.
IV. Locate briefly the most elevated region of each of the Grand Divisions and name two large rivers that have their sources in each of these regions.
V. Locate Liverpool, Conenhagen, Stockholm, Cologne, Lyons, Malaga, Triest, Hamburg, Odessa, Oporto. (Just give the country of each.)
VI. Locate Smyrna, Aden, Teheran, Bangkok, Cavite.
VII. Locate Alexandria, Magdala, Pretoria, Blosmfontein, Ladysmith.
VIII. Bogota, Lima, Valparaiso, Buenos Aires and Cayenne.
IX. What sections of the United States are most noted for the production and export of wheat?
X. Name five States noted for cotton; two for petroleum; three for tobacco; three for lumber; two for iron; three for cattle raising; two for manufactures.
XI. Give the boundaries of the Zones and state distances in degrees from the Eauator. How many statute miles in one of these degrees ?
XII. What causes an eclipse of the sain? Of the moon?
XIII. What are the causes of the ocean currents? Of tides? Of differences in annual average temperature?
ARITHMETIC (November 11, 1899—50 credits). (All answers must show the entire work.)
I. (Dictated.)
II. How many yards of silk can be bought for $100 at $1 62% per yard?
III. What will it cost to lay linoleum in a library room 27 feet by 60 feet at 85 cents per square yard?
IV. The meter is 39.3708 inches In length and the yard 36 inches. If a mer- chant import 200 meters of silk at a total cost of $300, what will he gain by selling it at $1 50 per yard?
V. The diameter of a circle is estimated to be 7-22 of its circumference and also, more accurately, 113-355 of it. Which of these fractions is the greater? Ex- press their difference decimally.
VI. Two boys become partners in selling newspapers. One invests $2 and the other $1 50. When they have made a profit of $5 60, they decide to dissolve part- nership and divide the gain in proportion to their investments. How much does each get?
VII. Which Is the better investment, to purchase stock that pays 5 per cent at 120, or stock at 80 that pays 3 per cent? Give full explanation.
VIII. The average number of visitors daily in three branch libraries Is 70, M) and 90 respectively; if 3,600 books be divided among these branches in proportion to these averages, how many will each receive?
IX. (a) What per cent of 50 Ibs. is 5 Ibs. 4 ozs. ? (b) One-half a stock of goods was sold for 2-3 of the value of the whole stock. What was the gain per cent thereon?
X. If one steamer start at noon and sail at the rate of 10% miles an hour and another start from the same place at half-past one, and sail in the same direction, at the rata of 12 miles per hour; at what rate will the latter overtake the former?
XI. If I lend $1,000 to A at 8 per cent per annum, simple interest, and $1,000 to B at 6 per cent per annum, compound interest, payable half-yearly; what amount wiill each owe me at the end of two years?
XII. Work the following in .the shortest way you know: (a) Find interest an $743 60 for 8 months at 1 1-4 per cent per month, (b) Find the percentage of gain a newsboy makes when he buys papers at the rate of 2 for 5 cents and sells them at the rate of 3 for 10 cents, (c) Find the cost of 224 articles at $1 75 each, (d) Find tha cost of 8 pairs of gloves at $13 55 per dozen, (e) Find cost of 64 yards of cloth at 37% cents per yard. <f) A pound avoirdupois weighs 7,000 grains and a pound troy 5,760 grains. What decimal is the latter of the former?
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Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Vt ,
Fogg Library- • •
Forbes Public Library, Northampton, Mass
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia ,
Freadom Pub. Co
Freud, J. R —
Friends' Free Library, Germantown, Penn
Fry t , A. E —
Galesburg (111.) Public Library
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York
Grand Rapids Public Schools
Grosvenor Public Library, Buffalo, N. Y
Graves, F. B
Guatemala. Secretary of Public Instruction
Gunton, S
Hall, H. O
Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y
Hanna, S. J. .'
Harrison, Ralph C
Hart, A
Hartford (Cpnn. > Public Library
Hartford (Conn.) Theological Seminary
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Mass
Haskell, B. G
Hertmg, C
Home of Truth
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco
Melville, G. W. (Engineer in Chief, U. S. A)
Melville, Mrs. E
Mercantile Illus. Co
Mercantils Library, New York
Mercantile Library , Philadelphia
Mercantile Librae, St. Louis
Merchants' Association, San Francisco
Millroy, J. J
Milwaukee (Wis.) Public Library
School Board
Minneapolis, City of
Board of Pa.rk Commissioners
Public Library
Morales, D
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass
Mount Vernon Public Library
Murray, T . H
Nagao, S
National Live Stock Association
Nebraska. Labor Bureau
New Bedford (Mass.) Public Library
New Hampshire Historical Society
New Hampshire Medical Society
New Haven (Conn.) Public Library
New Jersey Weathsr Service
New York City. Department of Education
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Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition
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Trowbridge, F. B ,
Tufts College, Somerville, Mass
Tulane University, New Orleans, La
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Labor Department
Register of Copyrights
State Department
Supsrintendent of Documents
Surgeon General
Treasury Department
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REPORT
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1900.
To the Honorable Jas. D. Phelan, Mayor »,'
Of the City and County of San Francisco—
Dear Sir: In compliance with the provisions of Section 9, Article XVI, of the Charter, the Civil Service Commissioners have the honor to submit herewith a full report of all the operations of the Civil Service Department of the city government for the latter half of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900.
APPOINTMENT AND ORGANIZATION.
By virtue of the authority vested in you by the Charter, and in compliance with the provisions of Section 1, Article XIII. thereof, on December 30, 1899, you ap- pointed as Civil Service Commissioners: P. H. McCarthy, to serve for one year; John E. Quinn, to serve for two years, and J. Richard Freud, to serve for three yeara The Commissioners formally organized en January 5, 1900, by the election of J. Richard Freud as President. On the same day it was dscided to inaugurate the merit system by holding on Monday. January 8, 1900, a competitive examina- tion for the position of Chief Examiner and Secretary of the Commission. This examination resulted in the selection of Mr. Edward F. Moran.
INAUGURATION OF THE SYSTEM.
Temporary offices ware secured in the basement of the City Hall, and appli- cation blanks were freely distributed.
When the Commission opened the doors of its office at noon, January 8, 1900, the corridors of the City Hall were crowded with citizens,- many of whom had stood In line since dawn, awaiting the opportunity to enroll their names upon the laborers' register, or to secure the proper forms on which to make applications for examinations. From noon to 5 p. m., 621 laborers were registered, and hundreds of applications for examinations were issued.
In this connection, the Commissioners take pleasure in commending to your Honor the public-spirited action of the Directors of the Merchants' Association, who, knowing that the Commission was, at that time, without clerical assistance, voluntarily gave the services of two of their own clerks, one of whom, a stenog-
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rapher, aided the Commission for three months. The Association also volunteered, whenever the Commission would so recommend, to contribute $500 to bring to this city from the East an expert on civil service affairs, so that the Commission might obtain the benefit of his experience. It was found unnecessary to accept this gen- erous offer, but in this instance, as in many others, the Merchants' Association displayed an unselfish interest in the city's welfare, and an earnest desire to lend its influence for the betterment of municipal conditions. Resolutions expressive of the gratitude of the Commissioners to tho Merchants' Association have been adopted and spread upon the minutes of the Commission.
FORMULATING RULES AND CLASSIFICATION.
Immediately after their organization, the Commissioners began to prepare for the important work of classifying (as directed in Section 2, Article XIII, of th« Charter) all the places of employment In or under the offices and departments of the City and County, subject to their jurisdiction. To obtain practical knowledge of tha various places of employment, and the duties attaching to each, and also for the purpose of advising with the heads of departments, the Commissioner! visited every department mentioned in Section 2, Article XIII, of the Charter, and thoroughly examined into its system of operation. This required considerable time, and resulted, on February 5, 1900, in the adoption of the following classifica- tion of seven divisions and sixty-tight classes, as the Classified Civil Service:
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Ill |
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IV V VI |
Tinners. Plumbers. Plasterers |
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VII VIII |
Painters. Masons. |
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IX X .. |
Machinists, Cabinet-makers |
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XI |
Carpenters |
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c |
Custodian |
Class I |
Janitors. |
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II Ill |
Elevator-men. Messengers. |
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IV V VI |
Hostlers. Teamsters. Matrons. |
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VII |
Store-keepers. |
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VIII |
Commissaries . |
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IX |
Foremen. |
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x |
Inspectors. |
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XI |
Superintendent. |
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CLASSIFICATION-CONTINUED.
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DIVISION. |
SERVICE. |
CLASS. |
NATURE OF SERVICE. |
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D |
Class I |
Rodmen. |
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11 |
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III IV V VI VII VIII |
Linemen. Repairers. Draftsmen. Architects. Surveyors. |
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IX X XI XII |
Telegraph operators. Steam engineers. Electrical engineers. Civil engineers |
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XIII .... |
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B |
Medical |
Class I |
Health officers. |
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II .... |
Sanitary inspectors |
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III.. . |
Hospital employees. |
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IV v |
Ambulance attendants. Nurses. |
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VI |
Pharmacists. |
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VII |
Chemists |
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VIII |
Bacteriologists. |
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F |
Police. |
Class I |
Guards. |
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II |
Watchmen. |
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Ill |
Van drivers. |
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IV |
Jailors. |
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v |
Bailiffs. |
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VI |
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(j |
Fire |
Class I .. |
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II Ill IV i |
Hydrantmen. Truckmen. Tillermen. |
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CLASSIFICATION— CONTINUED.
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DIVISION. |
SERVICE |
CLASS. |
NATURE OF SERVICE. |
|
G (Continued) |
Fire |
Class V |
Stokers. |
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VI |
Drivers. |
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VII |
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VIII |
Watchmen. |
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IX |
Firemen. |
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X |
Pilots. |
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The Commissioners also adopted, and issued as Publication No. 1, a "Synopsis of the Charter Provisions Governing Appointment, Promotion and Removal In the Public Service of the City and County of San Francisco." It was published in an eight-page pamphlet, of which 10,000 copies were distributed. Publication No. 2, also an eight-page pamphlet, embracing the classification and general rules adopted by the Commission, was issued in an edition of 5,000 copies on February 9, 1900. This was followed on February 19, 1000, by a like edition of Publication No. 3, ''General Regulations and Instructions to Applicants for Examinations to the Clas- sified Civil Service." Other publications of the Commission are Publication No. 4, "Rules for Marking Examination Papers of Copyists," issued March 14, 1900, and Publication No. 5, "Rules for Marking Examination Papers of Stenographer-Type- writers," Issued March 28, 1900. Copies of all of these publications are herewith attached.
PREPARING FOR EXAMINATIONS.
In the Intervals between the successive issuance of the first three publications, the Commissioners were preparing the many and various forms necessary for the proper administration of the office. To gain ideas on this most important subject, correspondence was entered into with all the cities of the United States which are operated under Civil Service laws, and with the United States Civil Serivca Com- mission at Washington, D. C. It was found that all other systems provided to a certain extent for the concealing of the identity of the applicant, pending the find- Ing on his examination, by marking his papers with a number. Owing, however, to the fact that the number thus marked was known to him, it was apparent that the possibilities of collusion between applicant and examiner were far greater than would be the case if the applicant did not know his number, and the identity of the papers was absolutely concealed until the final ratings had been made. The Com- missioners therefore applied themselves to the creation of a system whereby the identity of an applicant's papers would be absolutely concealed, which resulted in the present method of concealing identity, as briefly outlined in Regulation 4, Publication No. 3. This method has given great satisfaction, and has won com-
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mendation from all citizens who have inquired into the matter. During the recent visit to this city of Chief Examiner A. R. Serven, of the United States Civil Service Commission, who is a recognized authority on Civil Service affairs, he commended the system adopted by this Commission, and has since written for a complete exposition thereof.
Few of the forms used by other cities were found suitable to our purposes, so that it was found necessary to devise nearly all the forms adopted by the Com- mission. These forms, eighteen in number, are as follows:
* Form 1 — Application for the position of laborer.
Form 2— Application for examination to the Classified Civil Service.
Form 3— Application for examination as policeman.
Form 4— Request for certification of laborers.
Form 5— Certification of laborers.
Form 6 — Laborers' notice of employment.
Form 7 — Report of employment of laborers.
Form 8 — Report of discharges of laborers.
Form 9 — Notification of examination.
Form 10— Notice of eligibility.
Form 11— Notice of ineligibility.
Form 12— Request for certification.
Form 13 — Certification.
Form 14— Notice of certification.
Form 15 — Report of employment.
Form 16 — Applications for promotion. Police Department.
Form 17 — Proof of knowledge of trade.
Form 18 — Prool of knowledge of occupation.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
Regulation 1, Publication 3, provides that "for each examination in the Classi- fied Civil Service, a Board of Examiners, composed of well-known citizens, shall be appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners."
The endeavor to Interest prominent citizens in the work has been very success- ful. For the first examination, that of copyists, held March 14, 1900, the Commis- sioners were honored by the acceptance of appointments as members of the Board of Examiners of Frederick W. Dohrmann, Esq., President of the Merchants' Asso- ciation; the Hon. E. B. Pond, former Mayor of San Francisco, and the Hon. Charles W. Slack, former Superior Judge. These gentlemen met several times with the Commissioners, gave many valuable suggestions, witnessed the sealing of the questions, and assisted in the general supervision of the examination.
At the examination of sewer cleaners, March 30, 1900, the Board of Examiners was composed of three practical mechanics— Mr. W. F. Grotty, a bricklayer; Mr. W. J. McGowan, a plumber, and Mr. O. A. Tveitmoe, a cement-worker. They assisted in the examination, and rated the applicants upon the subject of "physical ability."
The Board of Examiners for the examinations of stenographer-typewriters and Court stenographers, on April 2, 1900, was composed of the Hon. W. R. Dainger- fleld and the Hon Tohn Hunt, Superior Judges, and the Hon. A. C. Freeman, the well-known law-writer. The examination of Court stenographers was conducted entirely by the Board of Examiners.
The Hon. J. V. Coffey, Superior Judge; the Hon. L. R. Ellert, former Mayor of San Francisco, and Charles Bunschu, Esq., a. Director of the Merchants' Associa- tion, acted as the Board of Examiners at the examination of ordinary clerks, June 1C, 1900. They not only aided the Commissioners by offering timely suggestions
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before the examination, but gave careful supervision to the entire examination that was held in the various rooms of the Girls' High School, and subsequently in- spected all of the 436 sets of papers submitted.
ASSISTANT EXAMINERS.
It is the invariable rule in Eastern cities to employ experts at a certain per diem to perform the task of marking the examination papers of the applicants. As the Commission had no available funds, the public school teachers promptly volunteered to assist in marking the examination papers. With their assistance, the Commissioners were enabled to properly mark and rate all the papers submitted in each examination, with the exception of the one for ordinary clerks. Some idea of the magnitude of this work of marking papers may be gained when it is stated that, for the copyists' examination alone, it was necessary to carefully examine and properly mark 1,840 separate sheets, each of which was then gone over a sec- ond time to msxire accuracy in the ratings.
EXAMINATIONS.
Examinations have been held at the office of the Commission and at the Girls' High School, corner of Geary and Scott streets.
The schedule (Appendix "A") shows the date of each examination held by the Commission, the number of applications filed for each examination, the number of applicants examined, the number that passed and the number that failed, as well as the percentage of ineligibles.
LITIGATION.
No sooner had the re&ults of the work of the Commission become evident by the certification of eligibles for appointment, than endeavors were made to estop fur- ther operations by litigation. Three suits were instituted in the Superior Court, in all of which the legal powers of the Commission were tested in some degree. Ths first of these suits, that of Farrcll vs. Godcha.ux, filed April 6, 1000, was an action by a copyist who had been dismissed by the Recorder, upon the appointment by the latter of eligibles certified from the Civil Service lists, to recover from the Recorder a small sum for work performed aftor the termination of the temporary period for which the plaintiff, with other temporary appointees, had been appointed by and with the consent of the Commission. This case was disposed of without much difficulty. Next in importance was the case of Cahen vs. Wells, as Auditor, also filed April 6, 1900, an action in injunction, in which it was alleged that the pay- ment of the salaries of the Commissioners and the Chief Examiner was unnecessary and illega^ and in violation of the State Constitution. Upon this complaint, the Superior Court enjoined the Auditor from auditing the salaries of the Commission- ers and the Chief Examiner.
The withholding of the salaries, however, did not stop the work of the Com- mission. On May 3, 1900, an examination for ordinary clerks was set for May 25, 1900. Before the latter date, and for the purpose of preventing the examination being held, a third action was directed against the Commission. This was the suit of Bauer vs. Quinn et a!., all the Commissioners being named as defendants, filed May 14, 1900. Upon the complaint in this case, Superior Judge Carroll Cook issued an order restraining the Commissioners from proceeding with any further examin- ations. This order caused the postponement of the examination for ordinary clerks, and effectually stopped any further progress by the Commissioners for the time being.
Through the public-spirited grenerosity of your Honor, Mr. Garret McEnerney
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was engaged as special counsel to assist the Hon. Franklin K. Lane, City Attor- neyr and the Hon. G. W. Lane, Assistant City Attorney, In representing the Com- mission. The cases of Bauer vs. Quinn and Cahen vs. Wells were heard together before Judge Cook on Monday, May 2S, 1900. After very elaborate arguments on both sides, the cases were submitted. The Court, without leaving the bench, sus- tained the demurrers in both cases, dissolved the restraining order, and denied the injunction. The attorney for the plaintiff in both cases has sines given notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
RESULTS SATISFACTORY.
That the- practical results of the merit system, as evidenced in the work of the applicants appointed from tha eligible li&ts, are eminently satisfactory to heads of departments, is shown by the following letters received by the Commissioners from the Recorder, the County Clerk, the Registrar and the Board of Public Works, which we take pleasure in submitting to your Honor:
" Recorder's Office, City and County of San Francisco,
"Hall of Records, San Francisco, July 21, 1900.
" To the Honorable the Civil Service Commission —
" Gentlemen: With reference to the work in my department during the past fiscal year, I have the honor to call to your recollection that on April 3d last I accepted twenty-one copyists certified to me by your Honorable Body from the eligible list of those who had successfully passed the examination held, the month previous. During the three months that remained of the fiscal year the work done by the Civil Service copyists was, on the whole, highly satisfactory. * • * * • " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" EDMOND GODCHAUX, Recorder. "By, Fred S. Myrtle, Chief Deputy."
"Office of tha County Clerk, " City Hall, San Francisco, Cal., July 21, 1900.
" To the Honorable, the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, City and County of San Francisco —
"Gentlemen: As per your request for my approval or disapproval of the copyists recently certified to me by your Honorable Board undar the rules of Civil Service, I would state:
" That I find all of said copyists efficient, and thoroughly capable of filling the positions allotted them In my office, and that their work is fully satisfactory to me. Respectfully, WM. A. DEANE,
" County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Superior Court."
" Department of Public Works, " City Hall, San Francisco, Cal., July 30, 1900.
" To the Honorable, the Civil Service Commission of the City and County of San Francisco—
" Sirs: This Board has obtained through the channels prescribed by the Charter, Laborers, Stenographers and Clerks, and daslres to state that the em- ployees thus obtained have, in general, proved trustworthy and efficient.
" Very respectfully, " BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
"By J. Lao Park, Secretary."
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" Office of the Registrar of Voters, " City Hall, San Francisco, July 23, 1900.
*' To the Honorable Board of Civil Service Commissioners —
" Gentlemen: I take pleasure in informing your Honorable Board that the Typawriters and Ordinary Clerks that have been certified to by your Commission for service in this department are giving entire satisfaction, and I believe that the merit system will tend to improve the efficiency of this department. Yours respectfully, " BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS,
" Thos. J. Walsh, Registrar."
We also take pleasure in submitting the following extracts from the report of the Committee on Civil Service of the late Grand Jury:
" San Francisco, Cal., May 31, 1900. " To the Honorable, the Grand Jury of the City and County of San Francisco—
" Gsntlemen: Tour committee on Mayor, Civil Service and Board of Super- visors, after a most thorough investigation into these different departments, beg leave to submit the following report:
•' Several visits were made to the olhce of the Civil Ssrvice Commission, where we found everything running very smoothly and conducted in a strictly honest and honorable manner, and according to the law laid down by the Charter.
" The method of examination used by the Board of Civil Service Commis- sioners is a very fair and honest system, it being utterly impossible to show par- tiality to any one taking these examinations. The examinations have not pro- gressed as rapidly as possible from the fact that it is a nawly created office, and requires considerable time to adopt rules and regulations in classifying the dif- ferent positions of the departments and also in making up examination papers. Respectfully submitted,
[Signed] " E, H. PARRISH,
" W. F. AMBROSE, "A. J. VANDER WHITE."
CLERICAL, WORK.
The Commission is assisted in its work by the Chief Examiner, who is also the Secretary, one clerk and a stenographer. Besides the minut2-book, the fol- lowing books ars kept by the Commission:
1. LABORERS' BOOK OF REGISTRATION, containing the names and ad- dresses of registered laborers, their registration numbers, dates of registration and appointment, department assigned to, and all information pertaining to laborers.
2. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT BOOK, containing a list of all temporary (emergency) appointments mode by the heads of departments (not exceeding sixty days), and eriving tha surnames, Christian names in full, department, posi- tion, date, salary, term and necessity of action.
3. PROBATIONAL APPOINTMENT BOOK, containing a list of all proba- tional appointments, and giving the surname, Christian name in full, rank, de- partment, position, date and salary of each probational appointee.
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4. PERMANENT APPOINTMENT BOOK, containing a list of all permanent appointments made upon the expiration of the probationary period of six months, and giving the surname, Christian name in full, rank, department, position, date and salary of each appointee.
5. BOOK OF SEPARATIONS, containing a list of all transfers, removals, resignations and deaths in the classified civil service, and giving the surname, Christian name 5n full, date, department, position, salary and remarks in each case.
6. CERTIFICATION BOOK, containing a copy of all certifications made to heads <-f departments and a record of the appointments made therefrom; .also, giving the dates, salaries, and all special information in reference to the cer- tifications and appointments.
7. GENERAL APPOINTMENT BOOK, containing a list of all appointments under the city government, civil service or otherwise, giving date of appointment, name, position, office and by whom appointed.
8. BOOK OF INEI.1GIBL-ES, containing a list of all applicants who have failed in examinations, and are barred by the rules from further examinations for six months.
9. BOOK OF ELIGIBLES, showing the eligible list in each class, with rank, percentages, date of examination, and date on which the lists expire by limita- tion of two years.
Every applicant for an examination is sent an official notice which is his credential, and without which he is not admitted to the examination. These notices, the special instructions to applicants, and the examination questions are printed by the office force of the Commission.
Besides being recorded in the certification book, all certifications of eUgibles are made in duplicate, the latter being filed with the papers of the applicant ap- pointed from the certificate. A satisfactory filing system has been established, by which one may ascertain In a moment the complete record of any applicant.
From January 8, 1900, to June 30, 1900, the applications for examinations to the Classified Civil Service filed in this office numbered 3,531. Each of these ap- plications bears the signatures of three citizens, who testify to the applicant's good moral character, temperate and industrious habits and fitness for the service he wishes to entir. It appears, therefore, that including the applicant, four citizens are directly interested to a greater or less degree in each application. Thus, 14,124 citizens are directly interested in the classified applications on file. Adding to this number the 2,600 who have registered as laborers and filed appli- cations, we have a grand total of 16,724 citizens who have shown active interest in the operation of the merit system during the past six months.
The number of applications received for each class in the Classified Civil Service up to June 30, 1900, is as follows:
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NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
DIVISION A— CLERICAL SERVICE—
Class l-Copyists
II— Stenographers, typewriters ,
III— Ordinary clerks
IV— Bookkeepers
V — Experienced clerks
VI— Register clerks
VII — Court-room clerks
VIII —Office deputies
IX— Secretaries
DIVISION B — MECHANICAL SERVICE —
Class I— Sewer cleaners
II— Brieklayers
Ill — Cement pavers
IV— Tinners
V — Plumbers
VI— Plasterers
Vll-Painters
VIII-Masons
IX— Machinists
X — Cabinet-makers
XI — Carpenters
DIVISION C— CUSTODIAN SERVICE—
Class I— Janitors
II — Elevator-man
Ill— Messengers
IV— Hostlers
V — Teamsters . . .
575
136 45 31 96
128
39
91
16
40
15
95
2
9
3
141
378 20
25 0
DIVISION C— Continued.
Class VI -Matrons
VII— Storekeepers
VIII— Commissaries
IX — Foreman
X— Inspectors
XI— Superintendents
DIVISION D— ENGINEERING SERVICE-
Class I — Rodmen..
II — Chainmen. . ,
Ill— Linemen
IV— Repairers
V— Draftsman
VI— Architects
VII— Surveyors
VIII— Telegraph inspectors. IX — Telegraph operators. .
X— Steam engineers
XI — Electrical engineers. .
XII— Civil engineers
XIII— Mechanical engineers
DIVISION E— MEDICAL SERVICE.
Class I— Health Officers
II — Sanitary Inspectors. . Ill— Hospital employee* . .
IV— Nurses
V — Pharmacists
VI— Chemists
VII- Bacteriologists
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NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED— CONTINUED.
|
NUMBER. |
NUMBER. |
||
|
50 |
|||
|
45 |
|||
|
II Watchmen |
61 |
Total |
3,531 |
|
III— Van drivers IV- Jailers |
17 14 |
Laborers' applications |
2,603 |
|
V Bailiffs |
29 |
||
|
Grand total |
6,134 |
||
|
198 |
|||
RULES AND PRECEDENTS.
Since the issuance of Publications 2 and 3, the Commission has found it neces- sary to establish several new rules and precedents, copies of which follow:
EXAMINATION OF ELJGIBLES.
Applicants upon an eligible list may take other examinations.— Minutes of May 9, 1900.
Applicants appointed from the eligible lists may take an examination for a higher class, but they shall not be permitted to hold place upon more than one eligible list at the same time. Their refusal to accept appointment from the eligible list of the class higher than that in which they are employed shall, of itself, forfeit their places upon such eligible list.— Minutes of June 11, 1900.
Applicants upon one eligibls list may take subsequent examinations, and re- main on one other eligible list until certified and appointed. Their acceptances of appointment shall cancel their places upon all eligible lists. — Minutes of July 16, 1900.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS.
The period for temporary appointments in departments under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commissioners shall not exceed thirty days, and in any and all events shall continue only until regular appointments, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service article of this Charter, can ba made.— Minutes of April 9, 1900.
INSUFFICIENT SALARY.
Whenever an applicant on an eligible list refuses an appointment on the ground of the insufficiency of the salary attached to the position, ha shall be placed at the foot of the eligible list.— Minutes of June 11, 1900.
IDENTIFICATION MARKS.
Any competitor who places his name or a distinguishing mark upon the ex- amination paper will be excluded from the eligible list.— Regulation 5.
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The address of the applicant, or any address, written upon the examination paper, shall be considered a mark of identification. A fictitious name, signed to an examination paper, shall be considered a mark of identification. Reference to firms or individuals in examination papers shall be considered marks of identi- fication.—Minutes of July 5, 1900.
APPLICANTS TAKEN SICK.
Applicants who are taken sick during examinations, and who, with the knowl- edge and consent of the Commissioners, retire for that reason, may withdraw their papers without prejudice, if petition to that effect is made by them bofore the publication of the results of the examination.— Minutes of July 9, 1900.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
The expense of the Civil Service Commission for stationery and printing since January 8, 1900, has amounted to $1,021 92. Other expenses incidental to ex- aminations and the office amounted to $192 15. The total expense for the past six months has been as follows:
|
SALARIES. |
AMOUNT. |
TOTAL. |
|
Commissioners Chief Examiner |
$1,800 00 1,200 00 |
|
|
Clerk . . |
600 00 |
|
|
Stenographer |
375 00 |
|
|
Stationery |
$1,021 92 |
$3,975 00 |
|
Deduct value of stock on hand (See Appendix C) |
350 00 |
671 92 |
|
Miscellaneous |
$192 15 |
|
|
192 15 |
||
|
Total. . . |
$4 839 67 |
|
The stationery account includes a typewriter, cost $93; a neostyle machine, cost $50; the cost of issuing over 20,000 copies of the Commissioner's publications; ths cost of printing many thousands of application blanks and forms of the Con- mission; the manufacture of the necessary record books for the office; the printing of the examination papers; furnishing ink, pens and blotters for 1,054 examined applicants; 5,000 postage stamps; office paper, envelopes and all the many inci- dentals necessary for the establishment of a very important branch of the city government.
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67
This review of the work of the Commission for the past six months cannot be better concluded than by submitting to your Honor a list of the Civil Service ap- pointees, numbering 180, now employed in various departments of the city gov- ernment, as shown in Appendix " B." Respectfully submitted,
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. P. H. M' GARTH Y, JNO. E. QUINN, J. RICHARD FREUD, President. E. P. MORAN, Chief Examiner and Secretary. San Francisco, CaL, July 23, 1900.
APPENDIX A— REPORT OP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS.
|
EXAMINATION. |
DATE. |
Applicants. . . |
Examined . . . |
a. |
2 I |
Percentage Failed .... |
Appointed .. |
|
Copyist ... |
March 14, 1900 |
575 |
460 |
181 |
279 |
60.65 |
36 |
|
Sewer cleaner. |
March 30 1900 |
128 |
115 |
94 |
21 |
18.26 |
14 |
|
Stenog-Typo |
April 2 1900 |
5° |
36 |
16 |
20 |
55.55 |
5 |
|
Court Stenographer |
April 2, 1900 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
28.67 |
4 |
|
Ordinary clerk. |
June 15, 1900 |
686 |
436 |
152 |
284 |
65.13 |
92 |
5
1,054
443
60«
Percentage of failures.. 57.49
Eligibles employed *51
Laborers employed 89
Examinations held. . . Applicants examined. .
Applicants passed
Applicants failed.
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APPENDIX B— CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS.
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY. |
DATE— 1900. |
|
Copyist |
John C Flood |
$100 00 |
March 10 |
|
Copyist |
100 00 |
Anril *> |
|
|
Copyist |
Leo Dfl Cardona |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
Cspyist |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
|
Copyist |
Edwin K. Zion |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
Copyist... |
* Joseph P. Hayea |
100 00 |
April 6 |
|
Copyist |
Carl F. Jacobson . . . |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
Copyist |
* Joseph F O'Beirne |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
Copyist |
Albert Goodman |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
Copyist |
Martin H. Waterman |
100 00 |
April 5 |
|
Copyist |
Martin W. Fleming |
100 00 |
April 6 |
|
Copvist |
Frank Crowe. |
100 00 |
|
|
Copyist |
JGuy W. Hassler .... |
100 00 |
|
|
Copyist |
tC. H. North up .... |
100 00 |
June 1 |
|
Copyist |
Isadore Earb |
100 00 |
June 1. |
|
Copvist |
Mary Willis |
100 00 |
June 1. |
|
Copyist |
Edward M. O'Reilly |
100 00 |
June 1. |
|
Copvist |
Philip Ilirleman |
100 00 |
June 1 |
* Transferred to Recorder's office. t Declined position.
RECORDER'S OFFICE.
J Failed to respond.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY PUR FOLIO. |
DATK— 1900. |
|
Mark Bartlett |
$0 08 |
April 3. |
|
|
Coovist |
Charles A. Sandegren |
08 |
April 4. |
|
Copyist |
*William J Wilson |
08 |
April 4 |
|
tJohn F Williams |
08 |
April 4. |
|
Declined position.
Transferred to County Clerk.
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APPENDIX B— APPOINTMENTS RECORDER'S OFFICE- COKTJMJKD.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY PER FOLIO. |
DATK— 1900. |
|
Copyist |
*W. H. Smith, Jr |
$0 08 |
April 4 |
|
Copyist |
Benjamin P. Wilson |
08 |
April 4 |
|
Copyist |
Edward L. O'Connor |
08 |
April 4 |
|
Cop\ ist |
Edwin Lewis |
08 |
April 4 |
|
Copyist |
Charles 0 Cosgrave |
08 |
April 4, |
|
Copyist |
E J Sullivan |
08 |
April 4 |
|
Copyist |
Edwin L. Clapp |
08 |
April 5- |
|
Copyist. |
Otto E. A. Schmidt .... ... |
08 |
April 5. |
|
Copyist |
Reuben Kalisky. . . |
08 |
April 6 |
|
Copyist |
Ernest Hewsou. |
08 |
April 6 |
|
Copyist |
Robert J Elaine , . |
08 |
April 6. |
|
Copyist Copyist |
Louis A. Lacay John F Hennessey |
08 08 |
April 6. April 5 |
|
Copviat. ... |
Frank H Urmy |
Ob |
April 5. |
|
Copyist. .... |
08 |
April 6, |
|
|
Copyist . . |
08 |
April 5. |
|
|
Copyist |
Edwin T Darbey |
08 |
April 5 |
|
Copyist |
Fred J. Fleishman |
08 |
April 5 |
Transferred to County Clerk.
t Resigned.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY PER DAT. |
DATK-190a |
|
Laborers Laborers |
1. P.T.Kelly.. 2. Philip Murphy |
$2 50 2 50 |
February 1, February I. |
|
Laborers |
3. John Couhlan . . . . |
2 50 |
February 1. |
|
Laborers |
4» Stephen Edmonds |
2 50 |
February 1. |
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REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
EXHIBIT B— APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS— CONTINUED.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY P»R DAY. |
DATE— 1900. |
|
Laborers . |
6. Patrick J. O'Shea. . |
$2 50 |
February 1 |
|
6. Joseph C. Young . . . |
2 50 |
||
|
7. John C O'Neill |
2 50 |
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|
Laborers |
8. James A. Hughes |
2 50 |
February 1 |
|
Laborers |
9. Edwin B. Robinson |
2 50 |
February \ |
|
10. Francis Moran |
2 50 |
February 1 |
|
|
11. Charles J. Regan |
2 50 |
February 1. |
|
|
1?. William £. Brodie. |
2 60 |
February 1 |
|
|
13. Ferd N Bruhns |
2 50 |
||
|
14 Lawrence Kelly |
2 50 |
||
|
15. John E. Flaherty |
2 50 |
February 1. |
|
|
Laborers |
16. James F. McCourt |
2 50 |
February 1 |
|
17. John W. Ryan . . . |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
|
18. Gilbert Whitaker |
2 50 |
||
|
19 WillittF Brady. |
2 50 |
||
|
Laborers |
20. Matthew McHugh |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers |
21. Patrick Lehaney |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers |
22. James M. McCarthy |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers |
23. Patrick Murphy. |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers |
24 Thomas J O'Connor |
2 50 |
February 7 |
|
Laborers |
25. John H. Maguire |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers . |
26. Edward D. Whelan |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
|
Laborers |
28. Thomas J. Lowe |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
Laborers |
29. Timothy O'Connor ... .... |
2 50 |
February 7, |
|
30. Michael Toland |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
|
31. Peter F Grennan. . . . |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
|
32 Edward P Waaon |
2 50 |
February 7. |
|
|
33 Jeremiah Hanley . . |
2 50 |
Februar}' 7. |
|
REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
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APPENDIX B- APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-CONTINUED.
|
POSITION. |
NAMK. |
SALARY PER DAT. |
DATB— 1900. |
|
Laborers |
34. Herman Armer |
$2 50 2 50 2 50 2 50 2 50 2 50 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 .. 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 90 00 60 00 |
February 7. February 7. February 7. February 7. February 7. February 7. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. May 10. . May 14. May 14. May 14. May 14. May 14. May 14. May 16. May 18. June 4. July 17. July 17. May 15. June 5. |
|
35. Matthew Ryan |
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|
36. William Fisher .... |
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|
37. William Bernard |
|||
|
38 Patrick Murphy «• |
|||
|
39 Michael Kavanagh |
|||
|
Sewer cleaner |
James J. Flaherty |
||
|
Sewer cleaner |
Charles Gardella |
||
|
*Charles I. Ford |
|||
|
Timothy Creedon |
|||
|
*David Sullivan |
|||
|
Sewer cleaner |
*Michael Quinn |
||
|
Thomas E Kenny |
|||
|
Henry J Daley |
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|
"William J Clare |
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|
Sewer cleaner^ Sewer cleaner |
* James Murpky ...... |
||
|
Timothy B. Shea |
|||
|
Sewer cleaner |
John F. McMurray |
||
|
Sewer cleaner |
Michael V. Duddy Cornelius B Gary |
||
|
John W. Madden |
|||
|
tH J Jackson .. .... |
|||
|
Lawrence Curtis |
|||
|
Sewer cleaner |
James Murtha |
||
|
Edward M Higgins |
|||
|
James Hunter |
|||
|
Henry Cauley |
|||
|
Stenographer-typewriter Stenographer-typewriter |
JWilliam C Keogh . |
||
|
tJMiss Maud Powell |
|||
* Discharged.
t Declined.
t Per month.
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REPORT OP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
EXHIBIT B- APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-CONCLUDED.
|
SALARY |
|||
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
DATE -1900. |
|
|
PER MONTH. |
|||
|
Stenographer-typewriter |
*Miss Clara E. Johnson |
$60 00 |
June 9 |
|
Stenographer-typewriter |
Miss Ma« E. Sullivan |
60 00 |
June 9. |
|
Miss Alice B Code |
60 00 |
July 1 |
|
|
Clerk-Stenographer |
Alex. D. D'Ancona |
100 00 |
July 1. |
* Declined.
CORONER'S OFFICE.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY PER MONTH. |
DATE -1900. |
|
Court Stenographer . . . |
Emil Pohli |
$150 00 |
May 15th. |
POLICE COURT.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY PHR MONTH. |
DATE— 1900. |
|
Court Stenographer . |
Daniel W. Long. |
$200 00 |
June 9. |
|
Frank Vernon |
200 00 |
June 9. |
|
|
Edward Vernon |
200 00 |
June 9. |
|
REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
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ELECTION COMMISSION.
|
POSITION. |
KAMI. |
SALARY IPBR MOUTH. |
DATE -1900. |
|
Stenographer-typewriter |
Miss Agnes Kendrick |
$75 00 |
June 20. |
|
Stenographer-typewriter |
Miss Alma A. Kaerth |
75 00 |
July 1. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
T Philip O'Brien |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Frederick Head . |
100 to |
July 9. 17 |
|
Ordinary clrek |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
*Patrick H Barrett |
100 00 |
Julv9. |
|
|
Daniel J McCarthy |
190 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
Ralph W Bliven |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Richard J Cline |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Charles A Sankey . . . |
100 09 |
July 9. |
|
|
Humphrey B. Moj'nihan |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
1«0 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
DEW Williamson |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
100 00 |
July 9. |
||
|
Ordinary clerk |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk ...... |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
tFrank E Madden |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
*George W Nickell |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
William N Swasey |
100 00 |
July 9. |
|
|
Frederick L. Ruddock |
100 00 |
Julv 9. |
|
|
100 00 |
July 11. |
||
* Declined.
f Discharged.
REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
ELECTION COMMISSION— CONTINUED.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALARY PER MONTH. |
DATE— 1900. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Charles B. Higgins. ..... |
$100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Camillo A. Pistolesi |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Robert A Miller |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Oscar L Tuttle |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
*John A Iloss |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
*Edwin B Tripp |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
A. W. Myer |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
James A Douglass . ... |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Charles H Dodge |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
William G Abtonovich |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Frank J Burke |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Richard Garvey |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk Ordinary clerk |
Edward B. O'Connor George E. Giblin |
100 00 100 00 |
July 10. July 10. |
|
100 00 |
July 10 |
||
|
Or Unary clerk |
James F Pressley |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
Eugene W Hawley ... . |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
Isaiah M Silver |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary alerk |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
John D Cuneo |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Daniel S Curran . ... |
.100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
William "** Kearns .... |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Francis E. Kane |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
Albert E Wheeler |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
James T Donahue .... |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
i William F Brechtel ... |
100 00 |
Julv 10. |
|
Declined.
t Discharged.
t Suspended.
REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
75
ELECTION COMMISSION— CONCLUDED.
|
POSITION. |
s NAME. |
SALARY PBR MONTH. |
DATE— 1900. |
|
Frank Kitz |
§100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Edw T Russell |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
William N Elfendahl |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Frederick H. Stable |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
William G Karpe |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
John Hannan |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Ordinar}7 clerk . . . |
William F. Harris |
100 00 |
July 10 |
|
Allen H Browne. |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Clarence K Harman |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Allan A Garner |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
Frank Rittigstein |
100 00 |
July 10. |
|
|
100 00 |
July 11. |
||
|
100 00 |
July 12. |
||
|
y |
Harry E Styles .... .... |
100 00 |
July 16. |
|
Ordinary clerk , |
Edward J. Smith , *Joseph Kelly |
100 00 100 00 |
July 16. July 16. |
|
" |
John M Miller |
100 00 |
July 14 |
|
Alexander Dijeau |
100 00 |
July 16. |
|
|
3 |
Philip T. O'Brien |
100 00 |
July 14. |
|
7 |
Parker W. Jones |
100 00 |
July 19. |
Declined.
AUDITOB'S OFFICE.
|
POSITION. |
NAME. |
SALAKY PER MONTH. |
DATR— 1900 |
|
Josephine H Weed. |
$100 00 |
July 17. |
|
|
Annie Van Nostrand |
100 00 |
JulT 17. |
|
REPORT OP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE— COKTINUBD.
|
POSITION. |
KAMI. |
SALARY PBR MONTH. |
DATB— 1000. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
$100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
Elizabeth C Kane |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
Frank E. Metcalf |
100 00 |
Jnly 17 |
|
|
Ordinary clerk . .... |
Philip Me Aiian v . |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Charles H Squires . |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
William J Riley |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
Sarah M Kane |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
100 00 |
Ju'y 17 |
||
|
Thomas M Welch |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
William J S Powers |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Henry A Sloss |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
George Miller |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
Edw M Eowland |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
John White |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
Michael Ryan |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
George H Sullivan |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
Albert A Peterson . . |
100 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
Oscar Waibel |
109 00 |
July 17 |
|
|
Ordin&rv clerk |
Andrew J. Ford. . |
100 00 |
July 17. |
|
100 00 |
July 17 |
||
|
100 00 |
July 17. |
||
|
James A. Code |
100 00 |
July 17. |
|
|
100 00 |
July 17 * |
||
REPORT OP CIVfL SERVICE COMMISSION.
77
AUDITOR'S OFFICE- CONTINUED.
|
POSITION. |
NAMS. |
SALARY PBR MONTH. |
DATB-1900. |
|
Charles H Coffey |
$100 00 |
July 17, |
|
|
Otto F Tiessuri |
100 00 |
July 17. |
|
|
Kat3 Q. McElwee |
100 00 |
July 23. |
|
|
Alfred L. Morgenstern |
100 00 |
July 23. |
|
|
Mary A. Connolly |
100 00 |
July 23. |
|
|
Charles H. Meese |
100 00 |
July 23. |
|
|
Hugh H. Hay. |
100 00 |
July 23. |
|
|
Ordinary clerk |
John Shields |
100 00 |
July 23. |
|
Ordinary clerk |
Howard T. Hay |
100 00 |
July 23. |
APPENDIX "C"— FORMS.
No. 1. 1,600 Application Blanks (Laborer).
No. 2. 2,100 Application Blanks (Classified).
No. 3. 2,200 Application Blanks (Police).
No. 9. 2,500 Applicants' Credentials.
No. 10. 2,300 Notices of Eligibility.
No. 11. 1,700 Notices of Ineligibility.
No. 12. 800 Request for Certification.
No. 13. 500 Certifications.
No. 15. 800 Report of Employment.
300 Temporary Appointment Blanks.
900 Laborers' Work Cards.
600 Examiners' Credentials.
400 Assistant Examinsrs' Credentials.
PUBLICATIONS.
No. 1. 1,700 Pamphlets.
No. 2. 2,000 Pamphlns.
No. 3. 1,700 Pamphlets.
No. 4. 400 Pamphlets.
No. 5. 100 Pamphlets.
ENVELOPES.
Globe 50 Reversible.
083-0 2,000 White (Printed).
xx-9 2,000 White (Printed). xxx-10 250 White (Plain).
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REPORT OP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
MISCELLANEOUS.
B. 22. 22 boxes Flat Fasteners.
Bankers, One-third dozen Sticks Sealing Wax.
28 One-half dozen Paper Files.
Shannon, One-half dozsn Cabinet Letter Files. Shannon, One dozan Cabinet Binding Cases.
Four lamps.
Fifty wire trays.
One eras radiator and tube.
Five strong-boxes.
One official seal.
One stamp box.
One numlering machine.
One challenge eyelet press.
One stancil.
Six erlass ink-wells.
Two boxes rubber type.
Ona Rem. Sho. Typewriter and table.
One neostyle printing machine.
Fifteen large signs for examination hall.
Ten record books, as set forth in the report.
RECORDER'S REPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1900.
To the Honorable James D. Phelan, Mayor
Of the City and County of San Francisco—
Dear Sir: In accordance with the provisions of Article XVI, Section 9, of the Charter of the City and County of San Franclso, I herewith submit to you my report of the work of my department during the fiscal year 1899-1900.
My report is submitted in two sections, the one covering: the period from July 1, 1899, to January 8, 1900, under the administration of Recorder A. C. Earthier, the other embracing the business of the department from January 8 to June 30, 1900, inclusive, being the first six months of my term of office.
The rsport upon the first six months of the fiscal year shows receipts $18,422 05, against disbursements $24,021 63, giving a net loss of $5,599 58. The report upon the second half of the fiscal year shows receipts $19,029, against disbursements $15,703 59, thus realizing a profit to the city of $3,325 41.
Although upon the whole fiscal year 1899-1900 there is a net loss of $2,274 17, it will be seen that my administration is in no wise to blame for this. In fact, should the business of tha department be conducted in the future as It has been for th3 past six months, the department would prove more than self-sustaining. Such a condition of affairs has not existed since the fiscal year 1895-96, in which, as in all previous years, the fees charged for recording instruments were much larger than now, owing to recent amendments in the statutes governing fees.
Embodied in this report is a recapitulation of the receipts, expenditures and business of this department since its inception.
Following the provisions of the City and County Charter, which went into effect January 8, 1900, two important changes have been made in the conduct of my de- partment:
First, the numbering system. All documents presented for record are now numbered consecutively, whereas in former years they were put aside In pigeon- holes labeled with the initial letters of the names of the grantees. By the new method documents are more easily traced, each receipt, which must be given up before a document is returned to the owner, bearing a number corresponding with that of the document itself. The advantage of such a system to the community at large will be apparent.
The second innovation is that of Civil Service. On the 3d day of April last, acting under instructions from your Honor and the Civil Service Commission, I discharged one and all the copyists appointed by myself at the outset of my ad- ministration and substituted for them a like numtfer of men certified to me by the Civil Service Commission from the eligible list of candidates successful at the pre- ceding examination. Under the authority vested in me by the Charter, I refused to accept any but male copyists. I have only to say that the work of the copyists sent me by the Civil Service Commission has been, on the whole, highly satisfac- tory. It remains now for time to show whether the Civil Service system as applied to a municipal department will in the end prove superior to the former system by
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which the head of each department of the city government had the right to select his own employees.
It may not be out of place to here call attention, as has often been done in the past, to the wretched condition of the Hall of Records. Nothing has been done in the way of repairs since the hall was built, more than a score of years ago. The columns are crumbling to pieces; the covers of the books of record, of inestimable value to the property owners in this city, are sadly dilapidated. It has been rep- resanted that to put the whole in proper condtion would cost a large amount of money. In my humble judgment, to delay this very necessary work is an error of false economy. Sooner or later, the work of renovation must be undertaken; otherwise, the Hall of Records will be a lasting disgrace to the community, and this is particularly noticeable at a time when steps are being taken for the im- provement of the city in various directions at a contemplated cost beside which the expense of refitting this most important department sinks into insignificance.
In addition, the heating apparatus is worn out and useless. I dread the ap- proach of winter, bearing in mind the experience of the winter of 1899-1900, during which time I lost two employess of my department, their death having certainly been hastened, if not primarily occasioned, by the extreme cold.
I earnestly trust that the day is not far distant when the Hall of Records shall be an objsct of pride to the city, and when the City and County Recorder shall be enabled to pursue his duties in the ordinary comfort to which he is by courtesy entitled. I have the honor to be, dear sir, your obedient servant,
EDMOND GODCHAUX, Recorder.
MONTHLY RECEIPTS PAID INTO THE TREASURY.
|
• MONTHS. |
RECEIPTS. |
PAID INTO TREASURY. |
|
1899 J ul> |
$2,742 80 |
$2,742 80 |
|
2,827 85 |
2,827 85 |
|
|
3,036 95 |
3,036 95 |
|
|
October . |
3,042 25 |
3,042 25 |
|
3,167 95 |
3,167 95 |
|
|
2,994 15 |
2,994 15 |
|
|
January (8-30 of a month 1900) |
610 10 |
610 10 |
|
1900— January (22-30 of a month 1900) February |
2,732 75 3,134 00 |
2,732 75 3,134 00 |
|
March ' |
3,472 20 |
2,472 20 |
|
April ... |
3,333 60 |
3,333 60 |
|
Mav |
3,217 80 |
3,217 80 |
|
3,138 65 |
3,138 65 |
|
|
837,451 05 |
$37,451 05 |
RECORDER'S REPORT.
SI
MONTHLY STATEMENT OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES AS CHARGED AGAINST THE RECORDER'S APPROPRIATION.
|
1899 AND 1900. |
Recorder |
Three Deputies. . . |
Mortgage Clerk... |
j |
Folio Clerks |
GO I |
1 |
|
July |
$3S3 33 |
$550 00 |
$100 00 |
$75 00 |
$2 380 80 |
$3 439 13 |
|
|
August |
333 33 |
550 00 |
100 00 |
75 00 |
2,463 48 |
$90 00 |
3,611 81 |
|
September |
333 33 |
550 00 |
100 00 |
75 00 |
2,962 20 |
4,020 53 |
|
|
October November December |
333 33 333 33 333 33 |
550 00 550 00 550 00 |
100 00 100 00 100 00 |
75 00 75 00 75 00 |
2,522 40 2,771 52 2,671 68 |
361 70 151 25 248 30 |
3,942 43 3,981 10 3 978 31 |
|
January |
88 88 |
146 66 |
?6 66 |
20 00 |
759 72 |
6 40 |
1,048 32 |
|
January February March |
220 00 300 00 300 00 |
293 32 400 00 400 00 |
73 28 96 35 100 00 |
1,244 16 1,876 32 2,096 56 |
1,820 76 •2,672 67 2,896 56 |
||
|
April |
300 00 |
400 00 |
100 CO |
1,804 24 |
2,604 24 |
||
|
May .... |
300 00 |
400 00 |
100 00 |
2,172 72 |
2,972 72 |
||
|
June . . |
300 00 |
400 00 |
100 00 |
1 926 64 |
2 7*6 64 |
||
|
Totals |
$3,808 86 |
$5,739 98 |
81,196 29 |
$470 00 |
$27,652 44 |
$857 65 |
$39,725 22 |
RECAPITULATION.
|
AMOUNT. |
TOTAL. |
|
|
Total Expenses for Fiscal Year 1899-1900 |
$39,725 22 |
|
|
Total Receipts for Fiscal Year 1899-1900 |
37,461 05 |
|
|
Peficit .... |
$2 274 17 |
|
RECORDER'S REPORT.
ANNUAL RECAPITULATION OF INSTRUMENTS FILED, 1899-1900.
|
181 |
)9. |
1 |
19 |
DO. |
| |
Q *$ |
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Acceptances and Abandon- ments of Buildings |
35 |
30 |
24 |
59 |
49 |
42 |
248 |
43 |
29 |
C2 |
42 |
43 |
44 |
501 |
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Agreements and Covenants.. |
11 |
14 |
13 |
14 |
17 |
10 |
79 |
13 |
16 |
13 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
90 |
175 |
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Assignments of Mortgages . . . |
6 |
5 |
8 |
18 |
16 |
22 |
75 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
18 |
9 |
11 |
69 |
144 |
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Attachments, Releases an3 |
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Executions |
24 |
27 |
49 |
36 |
24 |
40 |
200 |
44 |
18 |
26 |
19 |
17 |
30 |
154 |
354 |
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Ba^: Statements |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Bills of Sale |
14 |
9 |
10 |
13 |
17 |
18 |
81 |
15 |
21 |
21 |
13 |
19 |
20 |
109 |
190 |
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16 |
19 |
4 |
4 |
33 |
76 |
34 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
46 |
122 |
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Builders' Contracts and Bonds |
76 |
90 |
59 |
60 |
38 |
35 |
358 |
55 |
50 |
68 |
81 |
97 |
113 |
467 |
825 |
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Certificates of Birth, Death, |
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29 |
30 |
23 |
56 |
41 |
30 |
209 |
29 |
28 |
41 |
38 |
24 |
12 |
175 |
334 |
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Certificates of Redemption . . . |
16 |
5 |
8 |
45 |
22 |
24 |
120 |
20 |
10 |
26 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
82 |
202 |
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Certificates of Sale, Assign- |
1 |
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ments and Redemption .... |
9 |
16 |
7 |
15 |
11 |
19 |
77 |
11 |
21 |
15 |
16 |
22 |
11 |
96 |
173 |
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Jkeencfc |
4 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
0 |
44 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
4 |
14 |
43 |
92 |
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Tteeds |
399 |
407 |
406 |
427 |
473 |
403 |
2,515 |
520 |
502 |
537 |
514 |
568 |
465 |
3,103 |
5,621 |
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Deeds of Trust |
38 |
37 |
59 |
44 |
54 |
52 |
284 |
48 |
56 |
76 |
74 |
67 |
59 |
380 |
661 |
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Election Expenses, Statement |
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64 |
2 |
66 |
66 |
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Homesteads^ Declarations and |
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Abandonments |
19 |
21 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
16 |
106 |
18 |
23 |
16 |
23 |
21 |
18 |
119 |
225 |
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Judgments, Abstracts, Tran- |
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signments |
25 |
21 |
27 |
45 |
24 |
28 |
170 |
23 |
17 |
18 |
16 |
21 |
20 |
115 |
285 |
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Lessee, Assignments and Sur- readers |
16 |
14 |
25 |
13 |
20 |
15 |
1103 |
30 |
13 |
25 |
24 |
13 |
21 |
120 |
225 |
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Liens and Releases of Liens . . |
36 |
57 |
91 |
95 |
S4 |
80 |
449 |
105 |
35 |
56 |
109 |
58 |
34 |
392 |
841 |
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tbP d |
40 |
30 |
33 |
43 |
39 |
38 |
223 |
41 |