confirm said report, or change, alter or modify the same, or cause the same to be changed, altered or modified by said Board. Said judgment of confirmation shall be a lien upon each lot of land described in such report for the amount assessed against the same, and shall provide for the conveyance to said city and county of each and every of the lots of land declared necessary for the purpose of said improvement, upon the payment of the value thereof as fixed by such judgment.

SEC. 14. Any person who has filed objections to the confirmation of said report may appeal from said judgment to the Supreme Court at any time within thirty days after the entry of such judgment. The amount of the undertaking on such appeal shall be fixed by said Presiding Judge, and such undertaking shall be made payable to the City and County of San Francisco. For the purposes of such appeal, the judgment roll of the proceedings in the Superior Court shall consist of the report, objections, judgment and bill of exceptions, or so much thereof as may be necessary to determine such appeal, and said appeal shall be heard by said Supreme Court on questions of law only. If said judgment be reversed or modified, the Superior Court shall take such proceedings as will cause said assessment and valuation to be made in accordance with the opinion of the Supreme Court. The City Attorney shall act as the attorney for the Board of Public Works in proceedings under this Chapter. SEC. 15. After the confirmation of said report, if the time for appealing has expired or if an appeal has been taken and the judgment appealed from has been affirmed, upon the application of the Board of Public Works the Clerk of the Superior Court shall issue a certificate to that effect to said Board; and said assessment shall then be recorded in the Book of Assessments for Condemnation kept for that purpose, and the record thereof signed by the President and Secretary of said Board; and the Secretary shall then deliver to the Tax Collector the assessment so confirmed and recorded, together with said certificate of said Clerk, and a warrant to the Tax Collector directing him to collect the said assessment; and thereupon such proceedings shall be had in the collection of said assessment as are herein before provided for the collection of assessments upon property for the improvement of streets.

SEC. 16. Upon the report of the Tax Collector to the Supervisors that the amount of said assessment has been collected and paid into the Treasury, the Supervisors shall order to be paid out of the Treasury the sums fixed in said judgment as the compensation for the lands to be taken for said improvement; and upon the delivery to the Treasurer, by any person entitled to receive compensation for any lot of land so taken, of a conveyance of said lot of land to the city and county, approved by the City Attorney, and a certificate from said City Attorney that such person is entitled to the compensation for the lands described in said conveyance, the Treasurer shall pay to said person the amount awarded for said lot by said judgment of condemnation, after the demand therefor has been audited by the Auditor.

SEC. 17. If the owner of any of said lots or subdivisions neglects or refuses for ten days, to make and deliver such conveyance, or is unable by reason of incapacity to make a good and sufficient conveyance thereof to said city and county, or if the City Attorney shall certify that the title to any of said lots is in dispute or uncertain, or that there are conflicting claimants to the amount awarded as compensation therefor, or to any part thereof, a warrant upon the Treasury for the payment of the amount so awarded shall be by order of the Supervisors drawn by the President and Secretary of the Board of Public Works, and, together with a certificate of the Treasurer indorsed thereon that the said warrant has been registered by him and that there are funds in the Treasury set apart to pay the same, be deposited with the County Clerk, and thereupon, upon a petition to said Presiding Judge by the President of the said Board, setting forth said facts, said Judge shall issue an order ex parte directing the Sheriff to place said Board in the possession of the said land.

SEC. 18. At any time thereafter any claimant to said award, or any part thereof, may file his petition in said Superior Court against all parties in interest for an adjudication of all conflicting claims to the same, or for an order that the same be paid to him, and thereupon such proceedings shall be had thereon as may be agreeable to law and equity. Upon entry of final judgment in such proceeding the County Clerk shall, after said

demand has been audited by the Auditor, collect the warrant and pay the proceeds to the person or persons named in said judgment as entitled thereto. It shall be provided in said judgment that before receiving the proceeds of said warrant, said party, or some one authorized in his behalf, shall make and execute to said city and county and deliver to the County Clerk a sufficient conveyance of said lot of land.

SEC. 19. Immediately after taking possession of the land required for said street, said Board shall report that fact to the Supervisors.

SEC. 20. If any member of said Board be interested in any of the land to be taken or assessed for such improvement, the Mayor shall appoint, for the purpose of making the said assessment and valuation only, some competent person to act as one of the Commissioners therefor, who shall possess the same qualifications as are provided for said Commissioners, and who before entering upon his duties shall take the oath of office required of said Commissioners, and enter into a bond for such amount as may be fixed by the Supervisors.

CHAPTER IV.

OF SEWERS AND DRAINAGE.

SECTION 1. The Board of Public Works shall devise a general system of drainage which shall embrace all matters relative to the thorough, systematic and effectual drainage of said city and county, and shall from time to time make to the Supervisors such recommendations upon the subject of sewerage and drainage as it may deem proper.

SEC. 2. Said Board shall prescribe the location, form and material to be used in the construction, reconstruction and repairing of all public sewers, manholes, sinks, drains, cesspools, and other appurtenances belonging to the drainage system, and of every private drain or sewer emptying into a public sewer, and determine the place and manner of the connection.

SEC. 3. Said Board shall recommend to the Supervisors rules and regulations concerning the public and private sewers and drains in said city and county, and upon recommendation of said Board, the Supervisors are authorized to pass an ordinance establishing the

same and prescribing the penalties for any violation. thereof.

SEC. 4. No person shall connect with, or open or penetrate any public sewer or drain without first obtaining a permit in writing from said Board, and complying with the rules and regulations of said Board in reference thereto.

SEC. 5. Said Board may also recommend to the Supervisors the construction of such canals, sewers, tunnels, ditches, drains, embankments, reservoirs, pumping works, machinery and other works necessary for the proper and effectual drainage of said city and county, together with plans for connecting the same with sewers and private drains already constructed or thereafter to be constructed.

SEC. 6. The Supervisors may, upon the recommendation of said Board, by ordinance passed by the affirmative vote of not less than nine members, authorize the purchase of any personal property or the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of any real estate which may be necessary for the construction of any sewer or the making of any improvement provided for in this chapter. The title to all real estate purchased shall be taken in the name of said city and county.

SEC. 7. Said Board may, with the like approval of the Supervisors, agree with the owners of any real estate, upon which it is deemed desirable to construct any sewer or other improvement relative to sewerage or drainage, upon the amount of damage to be paid to such owners for the purpose of such improvement and for the perpetual use of said real estate for such purpose.

SEC: 8. Said Board may, when authorized by ordinance passed by the affirmative vote of not less than nine members of the Board of Supervisors, construct such sewers, reservoirs and pumping works on lands and made lands fronting on the Bay of San Francisco, and controlled by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, as may be necessary to carry out the general system of sewerage for said city and county.

SEC. 9. When, upon the recommendation of said Board of Public Works, the Supervisors shall determine upon any improvement for the purpose of sewerage and drainage which necessitates the acquisition or condem

nation of private property, and said Board is unable to agree with the owner thereof upon the amount of compensation or damages to be paid therefor, or when such owner is in any way incapable of making any agreement in reference thereto, and in all cases in which said Board shall deem it most expedient, it shall, when authorized by the Supervisors expressed by ordinance, have the right to cause said property to be condemned, and to institute proceedings for the condemnation of such property, or for the ascertainment of such damages in the manner, so far as the same is applicable, which is provided in this Article for the condemination of real estate when necessary for the opening of any new street. SEC. 10. Said Board shall have power to dispose of the garbage in any manner which they may deem to be for the best interest of the city..

CHAPTER V.

OF THE NEW CITY HALL.

SECTION 1. The Board of Public Works shall, immediately upon its organization, take charge of the land bounded by Larkin street, McAllister street and Park avenue, and the improvements thereon, and as soon as practicable thereafter, proceed with the construction of the buildings and improvements on said land, known as the New City Hall.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of said Board shall keep a record of its proceedings respecting the construction of the New City Hall, and said record shall be kept distinct from the general records of said Board. Said Secretary shall keep an account of said construction, and an account of the receipts and disbursements; and shall keep an account with each contractor and employee for any work done or material furnished for said construction.

SEC. 3. Said Board shall, by resolution, fix a day in each week for its regular meeting for the purpose of transacting business for the New City Hall, on which all its transactions in reference thereto shall be had.

SEC. 4. Said Board may allow demands of the contractors, from time to time, as work progresses or materials are furnished, but until the contract is completed such demands allowed thereon shall not exceed seventy