Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-03
PROCLAMATION.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ExECUTfvE DEPARTMENT,y
SACRAMENTO, August q, 1892. }
w HRREAs, THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
W. State of California, at Its twenty-ninth
session, beeinning on the fifth day OF january,
A. d. 1901, twothirds Of all the members
lature yo ing in favor thereof, proposed The
following described amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the State of california, towit:
Amendment Number Ono.
lsenate Constitutional Amendment No. 1O.l
ARTICLE w.
Section 2. The sessions of the Legislature
Monday after the first day Of January next sue
ceedng the election OF its members, and shall
be biennial, unless the Governor shall in the
interim convene the Legislature by proclama-
ton. No pay shall be allowed to members for
q longer period than one hundred day 8, aud no
bill shall be introduced in either house after
mencement Of each session, without the con.
sent OF two-thirds OF the members thereof.
Amendment Number Two.
[Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. z. !
ARTICLE XII.
SECTION 18. No county, city, town, town
ship, Board of Education, or school district
shall incur any Indebtedness or liability, in
any manner, or for any purpose, exceeding in
yenf c me Income ;,SoS ana or
thirds Of the qua lied electors thereof voting
at an election to be held for that purpose, nor
unless before or at the time Of ineuI5nE such
collection OF an annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest n such Indebtedness as 1t falls que,
aud also provision to constitute sinking fund
for the payment OF the principal thereof on or
before maturity, which shall not exceed forty
years from the time of contras ting the same.
Any indebtedness or liability incurred contra
ry to this provision shall be void.
Amendment Number Three.
SENATE Constitutional Amendment No. Ill
ARTICLE v.
Section is. A Lieutenant Governor shall be
elected at the same time and place and in the
same manner as the Governor, and his term Of
also be the same. He shall be President of the
Senate, but shall have only casting vote there
in. He shall also, when the Senate Is not in
reformatory schools, asylums, and other insti-
tuttons, supported in whole or In part by the
State, and make careful examinations of the
manner in which the appropriations for the
support of such institutions, and for permanent
Improvements, have been expended, aud re-
port the result of his examinations lothe Gov
ernor, to the Legislature, and to any other
officer or Board Of Officer that the Legislature
may direct; provided, that in case the office of
Lieutenant Governor becoming vacant, or in
ing upcn him, the President pro tenn of the
Senate or his successor, shall perform the
duties and receive the eEloluments of said
Lieutenant Governor, during the term of such
vacancy, or the time he is performing such
functions of Governor The Legislature; may
by law prescribe the time aud manner thatsuch
cancy in the Office Of Governor. the Lfeuten-
ant Governor shall be imps ached, displaced,
resign, die, or becon incapable OF performing
state, tn President pro TEN Of the Senate shall
act as Governor until The vacancy be flied or
disability, shall cease. The -ieutenant-sov-
other office except as specially provided in t.lis
Constitution, during the term for which he
shall have been elected.
Section 10. Governor Lieutenant Governor
Secret ry of State, Controller Treasurer, At
torney-General, Surveyer-Gener. shall, at
stated timss during their continuance in office,
receive for their services q compensation,
which shall not be increased or diminished
during the term. which compensation Is hereby
fixed for the following oficers for the two terms
next ensuing the adoption of this COnstitut on,
as follows: Governor, six thousand ($6 600,
dollars per annum: the Attorney-General,
three thousand ($3 ,0OO) dollars per annum; the
Secretary Of state, Controller, Treasurer. three
thousand ($3,OOO) dollars each per annum;
surveyor General, three thousand ($ ,O00) dol
lars per annum; and for the following officer
for the fractional term and for the two terms
next ensuing the fourth day of Novem ber, A.
D. eighteen hundred and ninety two, as fol-
lows: Lieutenant-G0vernor, four thousand
t$4.0O0) dollars per annum, and travelling ex-
and examining State institutions. such com
rensat, on to be in full for all services by them
respectively, rendered, in any official capacity
or employment whatsoever, during their re-
spective terms of Office; provided, hOa0ever that
the Legislature, after the expiration OF their
terms hereinbefore mentioned, may, by law,
diminish the compensation Of any or all such
officers, but in no case shall have the power TO
incre ase the same above the suns hereby fixed
by this Constitution. The Legislature may, in
G neral, and none OF the officers hereinbefore
named shall receive for their own use any fees
or perquisites for the performance OF any Of
fetal duty.