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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt:... and on the southwest by the center line of First street, shall be and con. stitute the Second Ward. That portion of the city bounded on the northwest by the center line of Santa Clara street, on the east and northeast by the center line of the Coyote river, on the southeast by the southeastern boundary line of said city, and on the southwest by the center line of First street, shall be and constitute the Third Ward. That portion of the city bounded on the northwest by the center line of Santa Clara street and the continuation of said Santa Clara street along the center line of the Alameda road, on the northeast by the center line of First street, on the southeast by the southeastern boundary line of said city, and on the southwest by the southwestern boundary line of said city, shall be and constitute the Fourth Ward. ARTICLE II. Elections And Officers. Chapter I. ELECTIONS. Sect1on 1. The provisions of all general laws governing elections for State and county officers not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter are hereby adopted as the law governing city elections, and the Mayor and Common Council and the City Clerk respectively shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed by law on Boards of Supervisors and County Clerks concerning elections. Sec. 2. The Mayor and Common Council shall prepare and submit to the qualified electors of the city for adoption, at a general or special election, a proposition embodied in an ordinance regulating primary elections within the city to choose delegates to city conventions held to nominate candidates for city offices, and until such proposition embodied in an ordinance has been adopted by a majority of the qualified voters voting at such election a candidate for an...