The morning call., 1894-09-01


action of the State Board, to increase or
| lower the entire assessment Toll. or any
! assessment contained therein, so as to
/ eQuallZe the assessment OF the property
contained in said assessment roll, and
make the assessment conform to the trua
value in money of The property contained
| in said roll; provided, that no Board of
equalization shall raise any mortgage
deed OF trust, contract, or other obIigaton
by which debt is secured, money, or SOL
| vent credits. above its face value. m.
State Board of Equalization elected 10
eighteen hundred and ninety-four sbsi,
] continue in Office until their successors as
herein provided for, shall be elected and
shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN
! SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AAENDMENr No 70
| A resolution to pro pose TO the neonlo -:
] the state OF California an amendment -
! article thirteen of the Constitution go
| tioR one, In relation to revenue and taVo
/ ton. '"A@-
! Section 1. ALI property In thu State Nc.
! exempt under the laws of the ITnites
! States, shall be taxed ia proportion tn its
! value, to be ascertained as provided ~,
law. The word property" az nseJ ~
! this article and section, is hereby decIarad
| to include moneys, credits. bonds stonEo
{ dues, franchises, and all other matfers az,
things. real. personal and mixed caSahII
of private ownership; presided that pro orT
erty used for free public libraries a nd 80
museums, RCo"lDs crops, property nsed
exclusively for public schools. and sncb 80 "a
may belong to the United States, this So, o.
or TO any county or municipal cornoraI;o,
within this State, shah ha examnt So
taxation. The Legislature may proviIn
except in case of credits secured nv Tonrs'
gage or trust deed. for deduction frnr,
credits of debts due to bona fde resjdents
of this State.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDaENrNo :,
A resolution to propose to the people NJ
the State of California an amendment tn
section seven q of article nine QNof
the Constitution OF the State of Calilor-
mia, by increasing the number of mem.
bers constituting the State Board of Edu-
cation. by adding thereto the President
and Professor of Pedagogics of the I'm.
versity of California.
Section T. The Governor, the Supe7in-
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 10 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. at the State
Printing Office. and when so printed and
published, to be distributed and sold at tbs
cost price OF printing, publishing, aud 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 a Board of Education in each
county in the State. The County Supern-
tendents and the County Boards of Educa-
ton shall have control OF the examination
of teachers and the granting of teachers
certificates within their respective juriS-
dictiUns.
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No 20.
An Act to submit to the people OF the State
OF California an amendment to section
twenty-three of article four of the Cons tie
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-
DenseS 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 paw
OF no attache shall be increased after he is
elected or appointed.
NOW, THEREFORE,, pursuant e.. the
provisions of the Cons titution and anil act
of the Legislature, entitled cans act to bro.
ments to the Constitution of the State of
California 10 the qualified electors for
their approval" approved March 7. AID.
1888. viz:
Section l. 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 mode Is
provided by law for the submission of such
amendment or amendments to the people
for their approval, it 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 months 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 proclamation
for an election at which any amendment or
amendments to the Constitution are 10 be-
voted upon, he shall include such amend-
ment or amendments therein, and he shall
designate them by Dumb ers 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, A. D. 1894.
Each ballot used at such election must
contain. printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Eight.
Senate Constitutional Amendment { Yes.
Number Fourteen.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Seven.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Twelve
Senate Constitutional Amendment Y-s.
Number Seventeen ~
Senate Institutional Amendment Yes.
Mum Der Seven.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen. "
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Thirty one. NJ
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. NJ
Witness my hand ard the Great Seal Of
the State, affixed at Sacramento, the day
and year first above written.
SEAL. H. II. MARKHAM,
Governor.
Attest: E. G. WAITE.
Secretary of Stats.
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