The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-10-14
Amendment Number Five.
lSenate Constitutional Amendment No. H.
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Section s. Any city containing a poplla-
ton OF more than three thousand five nun
dred Inhabitants, may frame a charter for it's
own government, consistent with and subject
to the Constitution and laws of this State, by
causing board of fifteen freeholders, who
snail have been for at least five years qualified
electors thereof, to be elected by the
qualified voters of said city at any general
be, within ninety days after such cleo
ton, TO prepare and propose a charter
for such city, which shall be signed, in dupli-
cate, by the members of such Board, or q ma
Jorlty 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 gen
eral circulation in such city, AT least twenty
| days, and the first publication shall be made
within twenty days after the completion of
the cnarter; provided, that in cities containing
a population OF not mere than ten thousand
inhabitants such proposed charter shall be
| published in one such daily newspaper; and
| within not less than thirty days after such
| publication il shall be submitted to the quail
ned electors of such city at a general or
| special election, and If a majority of such
! qualified electors voting thereat shall ratity
| the same, 1t shall thereafter be submitted to
| the Legislature for its approval or rejection
! as a whole, without power of alteration or
amendment. Such approval may be made
| by concurrent resolution, and if approved by
| n majority vote OF the members elected to
! each house, 1t shall become the charter of such
| city, or IL such city be consolidated with q
| county, then of such city and county an d
/ shall become the organic law thereof, and SUI
/ persede any existing Charter and all amend
| ments thereof and all laws inconsistent with
/ such charter. A copy of such charter, certi-
fed by the Mayor, or chief executive officer
! and authenticated 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 Legislature, be made, in duplicate,
and deposited, one IN the Office OF
| the Secretary of State, and the other
after being recorded in said Re-
corder's Office, shall be deposited in the arch
ives of the city, and thereafter all Courts shall
/ take Judicial notice OF said charter. The
charter, ratified. may be amended at inter-
| walls of not less than two years by proposals
/ therefor. submitted by the legislative author
ity of the city to the qualified electors thereof
at q general or special election, held at least
/ forty days after the publication of such pro-
/ posals for twenty days in a daily newspaper
I of general circulation in such city, and rati-
] fed by at least three-hfths OF the qualified
! electors voting thereat, and approved by the
/ Legislature, as herein provided for the ap-
! proval of the charter. In submitting any
/ such charter, or amendments thereto, any al
| Tentative article or proposition may be pre-
/ sented for the choice of the voters, and may
/ be voted on separately without prejudice to
| Others.
1 OF the Constitution. and an Act of the Legisla-
| ture entitled IAN Act to provide for the sub
mission OF certain proposed amendments to
/ the Constitution of the State of California to
the quallfied electors for their approval" APP
proved March z A. ID. 1883, viz: "Section l.
/ Whenever the LEGISLATURE shall propose anv
amendment or amendments to the Constitu-
uon OF this State, which amendment or
amendments shall have been passed IN the
/ manner and form required by Section one OF
article eighteen OF the Constitution. and no
/ other mode is provided by law for the sub
mission OF such amendment or amendments