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Excerpt from Budget Estimates and Allowances: City of Los Angeles, California, for the Fiscal Year 1916-1917 Sec. 211. The Council shall meet annually, prior to fixing the tax levy, and by resolution adopted by a majority of all its members, shall make a budget of the estimated amounts required for the interest and sinking funds for the bonded indebtedness of the city, and to pay the expenses of conducting the business of the city government for the ensu ing fiscal year. The budget shall be prepared in such detail as to the aggregate sum and the items thereof allowed to each department, officer, board or fund, as the Council may determine. The resolution adopting the budget shall be presented to the Mayor for his approval and signa ture. Any item of said budget may, within ten days after the adoption thereof, be vetoed in whole or in part by the Mayor, and it shall require the vote of two-thirds of the Council to overcome such veto. In making such budget the Council may provide for a general expense fund for expenses not otherwise provided for. After the budget is made in accordance herewith, it shall be signed by the President of the Council, and the City Clerk, and the several sums thereof shall thereupon be deemed appropriated for the ensuing fiscal year to the several purposes, departments and offices therein specified. The budget shall be filed in the office of the City Auditor. The Council must cause to be raised by tax levy, according to law, the amounts so appropriated. Less the amount to be received by the city from fines, licenses and other sources of revenue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.