Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-09
Amendment Number Four.
ASSEMBLY Constitutional Amendment No. 5. ]


ARTICLE Nv.
Section "a. No bill making an appropriation
for money, except the general appropriation
bill, and the defciency bill for the appropria-
port of the General Government and state in
stitutions, shall contain more than one appro-
priation, and that for single and certain pur-
pose, to be tn rein expressed. When the
deficiency bill is presented to the Governor, he
may object to one or more items. while apprOv-
ing other portions of the bill. No officer of the
State shall have power to incur any deficiency
except in case Of actual necessity and then
only upon the written authority, first ontained,
of the Governor, Secretary OF State, and Attor
ney- General. ANY deficiency incurred in viola
ton of this provision shall be void, and the
Legislature shall not have the power to appro
pirate money to pay the same.
Amendment No. B.
[Senate Constitutional Amendment No. ID
ARTICLE XI.
Section g. Any city containing population
of more than three thous nd 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 least five years qua lied electors
thereof, to be elected by the qualified voters OF
said city at any gel heral or special election,
whose duty II shall be, within ninety days after
such election, to prepare and propose charter
for such city, which shall be signed, in duph-
cate, by the members of such board, or q ma
j9rty 81 them and returned one copy to- to the the
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; prouided, that in cities containing
habitants, such proposed charter shall be pub
lished in one such daily newspaper; and within
not less than thirty days after such publication
1t shall be submitted to the qualified electors OF
n q a
q majority of such qualified electors voting
thereat shall ratify the same it shall thereafter
be submitted to the Legis ature for its approval
or rejection as whole, without power Of alter
alton or amendment Such approval may be
made by concurrentresolution, and If approved
by majority vote Of the members elected to
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. copy of such charter certified by
the Mayor, or chief executive officer, and au-
thenticated by the seal of such city, setting
forth the submis, ion of such charter to the
electors, and its ratification by them. shall,
after the approval of such charter by the Leg
1slature; be made in duplicate, and deposited,
one In the otfice OF the Secretvry of state an
the other, after being recorded in said Record
er's office, shall he 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 thsn two years by proposals therefor, sub
mitted by the legislative authority of the city
to ths qualified electors thereof, at general or
special election, held at least forty days after
the publication OF such proposals for twenty
days In daily newspaper Of general circula.
ton in such city, aud ratified by at least three
hfths OF the qualified electors voting thereat,
ana approved by the Legislature, g. herein pro-
vlded for the ap oroval of the charter Ia sub
mitting any such char er, or amendments
thereto, any alternative article or proposition
may be presented for the choice of the voters,
ana an may be voted on separately without preju-
NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the pro
visions of the Constitution, and an Act of the
Legislature entitled "An Act to provide for the
submission of certain proposed amendments 10
the Constitution of the State of California to
the qualified electors for their approval" ap-
proved March 2, D. 1883, viz. "Secron l..
whenever the Legislature shall propose any
amendment or amendments to the Consti ution
OF this Sta Q, which amendment or amend.
ments shall have been passed in the manner
and form requi ed By section one Of article
eighteen Of the Constitution, and no other