The record-union., 1892-10-18
Amendment Number Five.
SENATE Constitutional Amendment No. 14.1
ARTICLE XI.

Ahl1NlE AL
Section 8. Any city containing a popula-
tion of more than three thousand five nun
dred inhabitants, may frame "a 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 qualified
electors thereof, to be elected by the
qualified voters of said city at any general
or special election, whose duty it shall
be, within ninety days after such cleo
ton, 10 prepare and propose charter
for such city, which shall be signed, in dupli-
cate, by the members of such Board, or q ma
jority of them, and returned, one copy to the
Mayor thereof, or other chief executive officer
OF such city, and the her TO the Recorder OF
the county. such proposed charter shall then
be published in two daily newspapers of gen
eral circulation in such city, tor at least twenty
days, ana the first publication shall ue made
within twenty days after the completion of
the charter; provIded, that in cities containing
population OF not more 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 it shall be submitted to the quail
ned electors of such city at o general or
special election, and if a majority of such
the same, il shall thereafter be submitted to
the Legislature Tor its approval or rejection
a whole, without power OF alteration or
amendment. such approval may be made
by concurrent resolution, and If approved by
a majority vote OF the members elected TO
each house. it shall become the charter of sIIch
city, or IL such city be consolidated with q
county, then OF such city and county, and
shall become the organic law thereof, and SUI
persede any existing charter and all amend
mentS thereof and all laws inconsistent with
such charter. \ 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 ottlce 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, so ratified. may be amended at inter-
walls OF not less than two years by proposals
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
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 prOV1ued lOf Ihe 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, ana may
be voted on separately without prejudice to
others.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions
of the Constitution, and an Act OF the Legisla-
ture entitled AN Act TO provide for the sub
mission of certain proposed amendments TO
the Constitution of the State of California to
the qualified electors for their approval" ap-
proved March z, A. d. 1883, viz: ''Section l.
Whenever the Legislature shall propose any
amendment or amendments to the Constitu-
tton 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