[29] This paragraph was adopted as an amendment, Nov. 3, 1914.
APPENDIX B
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARTER
[This was the first charter to be drafted and adopted by the people of a county under the amendment of the California constitution (q. v.). For summary and comment on its provisions see pp. 172-173. Date of adoption: Nov. 7, 1912.]
We the people of the County of Los Angeles, do ordain and establish for its government this
CHARTER
ARTICLE 1.
Name and Rights of the County
Sec. 1: The County of Los Angeles, as it now exists, is a body corporate and politic, and as such has all the powers specified by the constitution and laws of the State of California, and by this Charter, and such other powers as are necessarily implied.
Sec. 2: The powers mentioned in the preceding section can be exercised only by a Board of Supervisors, or by agents and officers acting under their authority or by authority of law or of this Charter.