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AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
Assembly Constitutional Amendmen
No. 8.

a resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to the Constitution of the State, amend
ing section one of article two thereof,
relative TO the right of suffrage.
Section l. Every native male citizen
Of the United States, every male person
who shall have acquired the rights OF
citizenship under or by virtue of the
Treaty of Queretaro, and every male
paturalized citizen thereof, VINO shall
have become such ninety days prior to
any election, Of the age of twenty-one
years, who shall have been resident Of
the State one year next preceding the
election. and OF the county in which he
claims his vote ninety days, and il the
election precinct thirty days, shall be en-
titled to vote at all elections which are
now or may hereafter be authorized by
law; provaded, no native of China, no idiot,
no insane person, no person convicted OF
any infamous crime, no person hereafter
convicted Of the embezzlement or misap-
preparation of public money, and no per-
son who shall not be able to read the
Constitution in the English language and
write his name, shall ever exercise the
privileges of an elector in this State; pro-
Vided, that the provisions of this amend
ment relative to an educational qualitica-
ton snail not apply to any person pre-
vented by physical disability from
complying with its requisitions, nor To
any person who now has the right to
vote. nor to any person who shall be
sixty years of age and upwards at the
time this amendment shall take effect.
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CUPS FOR COUNTY EXHIBITs.
Mayor Steinman and City Trustees
Lawton and Devine visited the board
room for the purpose of asking the Super
visors to join the City Trustees in meet
ing The expense of cup to be offered at
the coming State Fair for the best county
exhibit.
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Meat Marker.

Following are the rates for whole carcasses
from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 5@51c; second quail
ity, 41z@5c; third quality, 4941zc p b.
CAIN NES-4@7c q d.
MUTTON-415951Se p b.
LAMB-SprIng, 6@7c p d.
PORK-Iive Hogs, On foot, grain fed heavy
and medium, sc; small Hogs, &c; stock Hogs
&C; dressed Hogs, 61a@715c p n.
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Section 8. A State Board of Equaliza-
ton, consisting of one member from each
congressional district in this State, shall
be elected by the qualified electors of
their respective districts at the first gen.
eral election to be held after the adoption
of this amendment, and at each general
election every four years, whose term of
Office shall be for tour years. whose duty
it shall be to equalize the valuation of the
taxable property in the several counties
of the State for the purposes of taxation
The Controller of State shall be ex officio
q member of the Board. The Boards of
Supervisors of the several counties of the
State shall constitute Boards of EQUAL
ization for their respective counties.
whose duty it shall be to equalize the
valuation of the taxable property in the
county for the purpose of taxation; pro
vided. such State and County Boards of
Equalization are hereby authorized and
empowered, under such rules of notice as
the County Boards may prescribe as to
the county assessments, and under such
rules of notice as the State Board may
prescribe as TO the action of the State
Board, TO increase Or lower the entire as
sessment roll, or any assessment con-
tanned therein, SO as TO equalize the as
sessment of the property contained in
said assessment roll, and make the as
sessment conform to the true value in
money of the property contained in said
roll; provtded, that no Board of Equal
ization shall raise any mortgage, deed of
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In testimony at Cleveland recently, in
a case where it was desired to find out the
average earnings of an able seaman on
the lakes, it was agreed that man could
earn $3.50 and found in season of seven
months.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
16.
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the State of California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution,
section one, in relation to revenue and
taxation.
Section l. All property in the State,
not exempt under the laws of the United
States, shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, TO be ascertained as provided by
law. The word property" as used in
this article and section, is hereby declared
TO include moneys. credits, bonds. stocks,
fues, franchises, and ali other matters
hnd things, real. personal and mixed,
capable of private ownership; pToUided,
that property used for free public libra
fies 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 mortgage or
trust deed. for deduction from credits
of debts due to bona fde residents of this
State
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HOOPS Sarsaparilla is of slightly lax
ative tendency. When not sufficiently
so, Hoods Vegetable Pills, purely veg
etable cathartic, will be found valuable
ally. Be sure to get Hoods,
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AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
IA.
A resolution proposing tothe people of the
State of California an amendment to
section three of article eleven Of the
Constitution of the State of California,
relating to the formation of new coun-
ties.
Section 8. The Legislature. by general
and uniform laws, may provide for the
formation of now counties; proOfded,
hoaUeUer, that no new counties shall be
established which shall reduce any
county to population OF less than eight
thousand; nor shall new county be
formed containing less population than
five thousand; nor shall any line thereof
pass within five miles of the county seat
of any county proposed to be divided.
Every county which shall be enlarged or
created from territory taken from any
other county or counties, shall be liable
for just proportion of the existing debts
and liabilities of the county or counties
from which such territory shall be taken.
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A resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to the Constitution of the State, amend
ing section nine of article thirteen
thereof, relative to the election of a
State Board Of Equalization.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment


Assembly Constitutional Amendments
No. 81.
"A resolution to propose to the people
of the State of California an amend
ment to section seven ~ of article nine
(1X) of the Constitution of the State of
California, by increasing the number of
members constituting the State Board
of Education, by adding thereto the
President and Professor of Pedagogics
of the University of California.
Section z. The Governor, the Supsrin.
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 Education, and shall compile, or cause
to be complied, and adopt, q uniform
series of textbooks for use in the COM
mon schools throughout the State. The
State Board may cause such textbooks,
when adopted, to be printed and pub
iished by the Superintendent of State
Printing, at the State Printing Office. and
when so printed and published to be dis
tributed and sold at the cost price of
printing. publishing and distributing 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 prescribed by law.
The Legislature shall provide for Board
of Education in each county in the State.
The County Superintendents and the
County Boards of Education shall have
control of the examination of teachers
and the granting of teachers certificates
within their respective jurisdictions.
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Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 12.
\ resolution proposing to the people Of
the State OF California an amendment
to section seventeen, article one, of
the Constitution of the State of Cali
fornia.
Section II. Foreigners of the white
race, or of African descent. eligible to be-
come citizens of the United States under
the naturalization laws thereof, while
bona fide residents of this State, shall
have the same rights in respect to the
acquisition, possession, enjoyment, trans
mission, and inheritance of all property,
other than real estate, as native born
citizens; proUided, that such aliens own
ing real estate at the time of the
adoption of this amendment may remain
such owners; and proUided further. that
the Legislature may, by statute, provide
for the disposition of real estate which
shall hereafter be acquired by such aliens
by descent or devise.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. &.
A resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution OF the State of Cali
fornia, by adding new section to ar
ticle thirteen Of the said Constitution.
to be numbered section twelve and
three-fourths Q23), relating to revenue
and taxation.
Section 12a. Fruit and nut-bearing trees
0nder the age of four years from the time
of planting IN orchard form, and grape
vines under the age of three years from
the time of planting in vineyard form,
shall be exempt from taxation, and moth
ing in this article shall be construed as
subjecting such trees and grapeyines to
taxation.
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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-three of article four Of
the Constitution of the State of Cali
fornia.
Section %. The mem bers of the Legis-
lature shall receive, in full payment for
their services, the sum of one thousand
Isl, COO dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten cents per mile, and for contingent ex-
penses not to exceed twenty i've dollars,
for each session, to be paid out of the
public treasury. No increase in COM
pensation or mileage shall take effect
during the term for which the members
of either house shall have been elected,
and the pay Of no attache shall be in
creased after he is elected or appointed.
NOW THEREFORE, Pursuant to the
provisions of the Constitution, and an
Act of the Legislature entitled IAN Act
to provide for the submission of proposed
amendments to the Constitution of the
State of California to the qualified elect
prs for their approval" approved March
2, A. D. 1888, viz:
Section l. Whenever the Legislature
shall propose any amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution of this State.
which amendment er amendments shall
have been passed in the manner and form
required by section one OF article eighteen
bf 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 circu-
lation in this State, for three months next
preceding the next general election. One
of said newspapers 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 Con-
stitution are TO be voted upon. he shall
include such amendment or amendments
therein, and he shall designate them by
numbers, in the order ia 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
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AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE.
Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. IL

Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. II.
A resolution proposing to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to section seven, article eleven, of the
Constitution of the State of California.
Section 7. City and county govern
ments may be merged and consolidated
into one municipal government. with one
set of officers, and may be Incorporated
under general laws providing for the in
porations for municipal purposes. The
provisions of this Constitution applica-
BILE to cities, and also those applicable to
counties, so far as not inconsistent or pro-
nibited to cities, shall be applicable to
such consolidated government.
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OFFICIAL.

trust, contract or other obligation by
vent credits, above. its face value. The
State Board of Equalization elected in
eighteen hundred and ninety-four shall
continue in office until their successors,
as herein provided for shall be elected
and shall qualify.
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EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
~ Twenty-dfth and n streets.-Seryices to-
morrow at IL a. N. and 7:45 P. NJ. Pulpit
supplied by Rev. A. j. Sturtevant.
CIXTHSTREET NJ. E. CHURCH-BE-
y tween X and 1.-The pastor, DR.. Anthony
will preach in the morning on "Christiap
Perfection" In the evening, on 1.-THE Bible
Its Interrupted Preservation"
C,IXTEENTH-S TREET CHURCH
y Services morning and evening. We'll
come for you. w. 5. Hoskinson, 1909 0
street.
w ESTMINsTER RESBYTERIAN
wv Church. corner OF Sixth and L streets
Rev. Z. II. Stevenson, pastor. At 10:45 A. NJ
baptism of children and sermon on s'The
Temptation OF Christ" At 7:45 P. NJ. with
Christ In a Fruit Orchard" Glad to have you
come.
HURST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, EIGHTH
L street, N and O.-The pastor, Rev. ]. E.
Denton, has returned and Will preach at IL
A. N. and 7:45 P. II. Sunday School, 9:45
A. NJ, a. P. Soule, Supt. Y. p. s. @. E., GAS
P. ~
or PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
y Eighth street, between and J.-Rev. @. A.
Ottnlann. rector. Services at l ] A. NJ. and 6
p M sunday school al 1916. Oifertory at
II NJ, Duet By r. =. Conn and Miss Emma
Felter, 81 VIII Magnify Thee Mozenthal.
TuRsT BAPTIST CHURCH, NINTH
Il street, L and M.-Rev. j. G. Pulliam viii
preach at IL A. NJ. Sabbath school at 1915.
Young Peoples meeting. at 6:45. No even
ing service. All are cordially invited.
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OFFICIAL.
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ECIIrIUE DHpA pnAf 4

7
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SACRAMENTO, August 4, 1894.
Whereas, The Legislature of the State
of California, at its thirtieth session, be-
ginning on the second day of January,
A. ID. 1893, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each of the houses of said Leg
islature voting in faver thereof, proposed
the following described amendments to
the Constitution Of the State of California,
to wit:
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AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 12.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.

senate Constitutional Amendment
No. z.
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TROPHIES FOR COUNTY EXHIBITS.
Sacramento Will Offer Two at the
State Fair.
They VIII Cost 81 900, and this County
is Not TO Compete Therefor
Work of the Supervisors.

The respective legislative bodies for the
city and county did an excellent thing
yesterday in voting $500 each toward the
expense of providing two elegant tro-
phies, or cups. to be offered as first and
second prizes for county exhibits at the
coming State Fair.
These cups will be open to competition
by all counties except Sacramento, and
such a splendid offer should insure very
lively hustle among the counties to make
the best possible displays before the
people.
AT yesterdays session of the Super
visors an order was made that the fact be
certified to the Register of the United
States Land Office, that 81 per acre has
been expended for reclamation purposes
in Reclamation District No. 56S, on Tyler
Island.
A large number of claims against vari-
GUS reclamation districts were allowed.
1t was decided to appoint committee
of five, consisting of Mrs. E. Shields,
David Reese. L. B. Hall, j. p. Odbert and
Il. Greer, TO prepare county exhibit to
be made at the coming State Fair. and
the sum OF $3.50 was appropriated for that
purpose.
The contract with L. E. Barry for the
construction of the 300-foot bridge over
the laguna near Conley's Station was ap-
proved.
On motion of Chairman Morrison it
was ordered that the drugs used in the
Dispensary be paid for from the Hos
pital fund, on condition that the City
Physician, when called upon, attend
sick patients in the County Jail.
Treasurer Lyon submitted his report
for the month of July, as follows;
Cash on hand, July 1st............... SIS. .707 81
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TURNED INTO A HELL.
Hos Apoelea Tirnas

The vicious foreigners, who have turned
the coal regions of Pennsylvania into a
hell upon earth, still continue their beat
ings and killings. II is pity this coun-
the deportation of cheese illiterate and
brutal misereants to the lands from
whence they came There is certainly no
room for them in free America.
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Assembly Constitutional Amendmer
No, Z,
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CHURCH NOTICES.

CoRoNADoWATER,M McMorry sole agent.
Groceries and provisions. 531 NJ st.
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Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
IA.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Experiments in the Austrian army
show that bicyclists as orderles are
unreliable. They are only of use
where the roads arc good, and can
never b. expected TO replace regular
mounted orderlies.
Alfred Merritt, of Duluth, has
brought suit against John ID. Rookie
Teller for 81 .226. 400 in which amount
he claims he was damaged by what he
alleges 20 be the fraudulent repre-
sensations in the forming of the Lake
superior Consolidated Iron Miues COM
pany.
Rome: The Riforma has advices
from kassnla stating that the mahdi
has proclaimed holy war against the
Italians. The governor of Massowah
has ordered the Fifth battalion to be
in readiness; then the Italian troops
at Kassala will number 1000, and the
mahdi's army 1900.
New York: The Herald's special
from Shanghai confirms the reports
which have hitherto been published
regarding the death of the empress of
China as follows: THE young empress
of China has committed suicide. She
was rebuked by the emperor, who
slapped her face, whereupon she took
poison"
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09

A German statistician says mat
1900 years hence there will he one
man to every 900 women.
Miss Margaret Ploster OF Schenec-
tady, n. Y, is said to be still fair
hand land foot) at bicycling. though
over 93 years old.
In SitlSa, when an Indian wife has
lost her husband by death she goes
into mourning by painting the upper
half of her face deep black.
Every Flemish town has a square
called the egg market" where or
certain days the country people re-
sort and offer their produce to the
inhabitants.
In Burmah it is rather a suspicious
thing to give money for charitable
object. 1t is supposed to mean that
the donor has been very wicked, and
is DESTROYS to make amends.
The Chinese minister, Yang Yu, is
so anxious to avoid diplomatic errors
that he insists upon having every
word Of each state document thor
oughly defined before he will append
his signature.
EX-State Senator Cyrus Flaxtoben
of Concord, N. H., has huge kite, on
which he sends up his household
linen to dry on washday. 1t is sus-
pended about quarter of a mile.
from the ground.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
Two Children Murdered in the Woods.

Dispatches from Paulding, o., re-
ports the horrible murder of boy
aged and his sister, aged 5, the chill
dren of Samuel Good, a prosperous
farmer. The children went away
from the house and not returning at
dark searching parties were sent
after them. The little bodies were
found in a brush heap at daylight.
The boys throat was cut from ear to
emboweled. The murdertr had used
an AK. At attempt had been made to
burn the brush heap, but il was too
wet. The theory is the little girl was
outraged, and the double murder
commit, Sd to hide the crime.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
BE Thankful for Such as We Have.

President Cleveland has issued the
annual Thanksgiving proclamation.
lie says: The American people should
gratefully render thanksgiving and
praise to the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe who has watched over them
with kindness and fostering care dur
ing the year that has passed; they
should also with humility and faith
supplicate the Father of all Mercies
for continued blessings according to
their needs and they should by deeds
of charity seek the favor of the giver
of every good and perfect gift. There
fore, /, Grover Cleveland, President of
the United States, do hereby appoint
and set apart Thursday, the Goth day
of November as day of thanksgiving
and prayer to be kept and observed by
all the people of the land"
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
A Careless Clerk and a Match.

One of the clerks of j. G. Johnson,
druggist, at Traverss City. went into
the basement to draw some alcohol.
While doing so he stepped on a match
on the floor and the alcohol was in
stantly in blaze. Johnson and Harry
Luke, another clerk, rushed into the
basement to put out the fire They
were not successful and Luke was
caught in the flames He broke out
the front basement window, but could
not get through and became unconsci-
Gus. He was rescued with difficulty,
badly, perhaps fatally, burned on the
head, face and arms. The loss is quite
large on the stock.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
An Aged Veteran Assaulted.

Three men broke into the house of
Edwin Crisher, an old soldier, at Di-
mondale, and murderously assaulted
him. The dogs banks and the noise
awole the old man. He came to the
door in his night clothes, asking who
was there, and what was wanted.
The old man thought he recognized
the voice as his son, Ed Crisher, and
unlocked the door. As soon as this
was done, the three rushed in, and
some one commenced striking him on
the head, at the same time, it is al
legged, threatened him with death
Robbery was the motive, but nothing
was secured.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
STATE NEWS NOTES.
A CHAPTER OF THE DOINCS OF
MICHIGANDERS.
A Big Steamer ColIIdes With and Sinks a
Stcambarge.-A Farmer Killed by n
Wagon Load of Lumber Falling into .
Ditch--A Youth Murdered with an Ak
burglars Left Him for Dead.

Between IL and IL at night Watch.
man A. Il. Sopher heard groans pro.
ceeding from the basement of Hodges
drug store at Utica. Mr.. Hodges was
aroused. The men found w. L. Harris,
n prominent furniture dealer, lying in
pool of blood near the rear window.
He was unconscious. When revived,
Mr.. Harris said that he was aroused to
go for the doctor. Passing through
the alley, he saw some one moving
near the store. Before he could in
vestigate, he was seized from behind
and hurled through a window upon a
coal heap. Then he was struck on the
head by an iron bar. The burglars
made their escape, and Harris lies in q
critical condition.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
Farmer and Two Horses Killed.

Robert Hahn, farmer residing on a
farm about 16 miles from Saginaw,
went to the city with a load of wood.
After disposing of it he bought load
of plank and started aome. Upon
reaching the Cass river bridge the
wagon slipped in the ditch, turning
bottom side up with Hahn underneath
the load. When found one of the
horses was dead with his neck broken,
and the other badly injured. Hahn
lay on his face in the ditch with the
lum Der on top of him with his neck
broken. He was 35 years old and
leaves wife and five small children.
The Yale expositor., 1894-11-09
A Dollar Quarrel Ends in Murder.

Sam Smith and Minard Mix, young
men north of Onekama got into "A
quarrel that may prove fatal for Mix.
The atfray took place at the residence
of Stephen Mix, where Smith went
with the avowed intention of getting
a dollar out of Minard Mix. Minard
ordered Smith out of the house and
hurled a stick of stove wood at him
Smith started to run, Minard followed
him with the stove poker and stick
of wood. Smith seized an AK continu-
ing his fight until he had pushed
through the bars in pursuit. Smith
struck him fatal blow on the head
with the AK