South Pasadena Municipal Code § 2.6 Transfer of certain taxation functions to county

The city council does hereby elect to avail itself of the provisions of the act of the legislature of the state, entitled: “An act to provide for the levy and collection of taxes by and for the use of municipal corporations and cities incorporated under the laws of the state of California, excepting municipal corporations of the first class, and to provide for the consolidation and abolition of certain municipal offices, and to provide that their duties may be performed by certain officers of the county, and fixing the compensation to be allowed for such county officers for the services so rendered to such municipal corporations,”* approved March 27, 1895, and all acts amending the same, excepting the provisions of Section 2 of such act. (Ord. No. 373, § 1.)

• For state law as to transfer of city tax functions to county, see Gov. C., §§ 51500 to 51519.

The city shall have, and does hereby adopt, an official seal, a facsimile of which is hereinafter set forth:

(a) USE OF SEAL. The impression of said seal shall be made and used upon all official documents executed by the city or its duly authorized officials.

(b) CUSTODIAN. The city clerk shall be the custodian of said seal.

• (c) Any use of said seal except by or with the consent of the city council or city clerk is unlawful.

(d) No person shall use the city seal or any replica, copy, facsimile, or characterization thereof, on any letterhead, document, badge, circular, envelope, or other disseminated material without the consent of the city council. No public officer shall use the city letterhead or seal, or any replica, copy, facsimile, or characterization thereof, except for official city business; and the same shall not be used for the purpose of electioneering or the dissemination of material contrary to or in conflict with any official position of the city council. (Ord. No. 1515, § 1; Ord. No. 1658, § 1.)

• For the statutory requirement that cities adopt a city seal see Gov. C., § 34501;

For the statutory provision that the city clerk is the custodian of the seal, see Gov. C., § 40811.