Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-22
Amendment No. s..
[senate Constitutional Amendment No. I4.]
ARTICLE XII


Section 8. Any city containing population
of more than three thousand five hundred in
habitants, may frame charter for Its own
government, consistent with and subject to the
Constitution and laws of this state, by causing
Board of fifteen Freeholders, who. shall have
been for at lesst FIVE years qualified electors
thereof, to be elected by the qualified voters of
whose duty 1t shall be, within ninety days after
such election, to prepare and propose charter
ior such city, which shall be signed, In dupli-
jority of them, and returned, one copy to the
Mayor thereof, or other chief executive officer
of such city, and the other to the Recorder of
the county. Such proposed charter shall then
be published in two daily newspapers of gener-
al circulation in such city, for at least twenty
days. and the first publication shall be made
within twenty days after the completion of the
charter; provided, that in cities containing
population of not m ore than ten Thousand In
habitants, such proposed charter shall be pub
not less than thirty days after such publication
1t shall be submitted to the Qualified electors of
said city at general or special election, and If
thereat shall ratify the same 1t shall thereafter
be submitted to the Legislature for its approval
or rejection as whole, without power of alter
made by concurrentresolution, and If approved
by majority vote of the members elected to
each house, It shall become the charter ofsuch
city, or ii such city be consolidated with
county, then of such city and county and shall
become the organic law thereof, and supersede
any existing charter and all amendments
thereof, and all laws inconsistent with such
charter. A copy of such charter, certified by
the Mayor, or chief executive officer, and au.
thenticated by the seal of such city, setting
forth the submission OF such charter to the
electors, and its ratification by them, shall,
after the approval of such charter by the Leg
islature. be made, in duplicate, and deposited,
one in the office OF the 6ecretgry of State, and
the other, after being recorded In said Record
er's office, shall be deposited In the archives of
the city. and thereafter all Courts shall take
judicial notice of said charter. The charter,
so ratified, may be amended at intervals OF not
less than two years by proposals therefor, sub
mitted by the legislative Iauthority of the city
to the qualified electors thereof, at general or
special election, held at least forty days after
days in daily newspaper OF general c1rcula-
ton in such city, and ratified by at least three
ffths OF the qualified electors voting thereat,
and approved by the Legislature, as herein pro-
vided for the ap proyal of the charter. In sub
mitting any such charter, or amendments
thereto any alternative article or proposition
may be presented for the choice OF the voters,
and may be voted on separately without preJu-
dice TO others.
NOW, THEREFoRE Pursuant to The Pro,
visions of the Constitution, and an Act OF the
Legislature entitled SAN Act to provide for the
submission OF certain proposed amendmentst TO
the Constitution Of the State OF California 70
the qualified electors for their approval" ap-
proved March z, A. d. 1888, viz. section 1.
Whenever the Legislature shall propose any
amendment or amendments to the COnsfltut
of this State, which amendment or amend
ments shall have been passed in the manper
and form required by section one o. article
eighteen OF the Constitution, ana no other