The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-21

as the State Board may prescribe as TO the
action of the State Board, to increase or
| lower the entire assessment roll. or any
| assessment contained therein, so as to
| eQualiZe the assessment of the property
| contained in said assessment roll, and
make the assessment conform to the true
value In money of HE property contained
| in said roll; prOUided, that no Board OF
Equalization shall raise any mortgage,
deed O. trust, contract, or other obligation
by which a debt is secured, money. or SOL
vent credits. a6oVe It's face value. The
State Board of Equalization elected in
eighteen hundred aud ninety-four shall
continue in office until their successors, as
herein provided for, shall be elected and
shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. 1e.
a resolution to propose to the people OF
the State of California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution, sec
tion one, in relation to revenue and taxa
ton.
Section 1. ALI property in the State. not
exempt under the laws OF the United
States, shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, to be aseertaIDed as provided by
law. The word properly" as used in
this article and section, Is hereby declared
to include moneys, credits, oonds, stocks,
dues, franchises. and all other matters and
things, real, personal and mixed, capable
of private ownership; provided. that prop
erty used for free public libraries and free
museums, growing crops. property used
exclusively for public schools, and such as
may belong to the United States, this State,
or TO any county or municipal corporation
within this State, shall be exempt from
taxation. The Legislature may provide,
except in case of credits secured by mort
gage or trust deed, for deduction from
credits of debts due to bona fide residents
of this State.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
HON MA An
A resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment to
section seven C7) of article nine ok OF
the Constitution of the State of Califor-
MIA, by increasing the number of mem.
bers constituting the State Board of Edu-
cation. by adding thereto the President
and Professor of Pedagoglcs OF the Uni.
versity of California.
Section z. The Governor, the Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction, the Presi-
dent of the University of California, and
the Professor Of Pedagogy therein. and
the Principals of the State Normal Schools.
shall constitute the State Board of Educa-
tion, and shall compile, or caused TO be
compiled. and adopt uniform series Of
textbooks for use in the common schools
throughout the State. The State Board
may cause such textbooks, when adopted,
TO be printed and published by the Super
intendent of State Printing, al the State
Printing Office, and when SO prin ted and
published, to be distributed and sold at the
cost price of printing, publishing, and dis
trlbuting the same. The textbooks so
adopted shall continue in use not less than
four years; and said State Board shall
perform such other duties as may be pre-
scribed by law. The Legislature shall
provide for Board of Education in each
county in the State. The County Superin-
tendents and the County Boards Of Educa-
ton shall have control of the examination
of teachers aud the granting of teachers
certificates within their Tespe ctive juriS-
dictiOns.
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No 90
An Act to submit to the people OF the State
OF California an amendment to section
twenty-ihree of article four of the Cons Ii.
tuition of the State of California.
Section %. The members of the Legis-
lature shall receive, in full payment Tor
their services, the sum of one thousand
$4,000 dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten GEMS per mile. and for contingent ex-
penseS not to exceed twenty-five dollars,
for each session, TO be paid out of the pub.
lie treasury. No increase in compensation
or mileage shall take effect during the
term for which the members of either
house shall have been elected, and the nav
of no attaebe shall Do increased after he is
elected or appointed.
NOW, THEREFORE. pursuant to tho
provisions of the Constitution and an act
of the Legislature, entitled Gan act to pro.
vide for the submission of proposed amend.
ments to the Constitution of the State of
California TO the qualified electors for
their approval" approved March Z, AID.
1883, viz:
Section 1. Whenever the Legislature
shall propose any amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution 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 mods il
PROVIDED by law for the submission of such
amendment or amendments to the people
Tor their approval, 1t shall be the duty OF
the Governor to advertise such proposed
amendment or amendments in at least four
newspapers OF general circulation In this
State, for three N on tbs next preceding the
next general election. One of said news
papers must be published at the city Of
Sacramento and two at the city of San
Francisco; and in issuing his proc amation
for an election at which any amendment or
amendments to the Constitution are to be
voted upon, he shall include such amend.
ment or amendments therein. and he shall
designate them by mum beers. in the order in
which they have been proposed"
The said amendments are submitted to
be separately voted upon by ballot by the
qualified electors Of the State. on
Tuesday, November 9Th, 4. D. 1894.
Each ballot used at such election mp.A
printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend ysa
ment Number Eight.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen.
Assembly Constitutional Amend. Ysa
ment Number Seven.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yss
ment Number Twelve.
Senate Con Institutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seventeen.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Mum Der Seven.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes
ment Number Thirty one.
Number Twenty.
Witness my hand ard the Great Seal Of
the State. affixed at Sacramento. the day
and year first above writtsn,
SEAL Il. II. MARKHAM.
49,. Governor.
Attest: E. G. WAITE.
Secretary of State.