The morning call., 1894-08-17


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 Toll, and
make the assessment conform to the true
value in money of he property contained
in said roll; provided, that no Board Of
EQUALIZATION shah raise any mortgage,
deed OF trust, contract, or other obligation
by which. a debt is secured, money, or sol
vent credits, above its face value. Tbs
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.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CoNsT1EuTIoNAL:A AMEN DMENT No. IL.
a resolution to pro pose 30 the people OF
the State of California an amendment 10
article thirteen of the Constitution, sec
tlon one, IN relation. to revenue and taxa
:. ton. $50
Sectional. All property in the State. not
exempt under the laws of the United
States. shall be taxed in proportion to its
value. to. be aScrrtaTned as provided by
law The word 'pfep6rty," as used IL
this article aud section, is hereby declared
to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks,
dues, franchises, aud all other matters and
things, real. personal and mixed, capable
Of private ownership; prOGided, 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 10 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 a deduction from
credits of debts due TO bona fde residents
OF this State
AMENDMENT. NUMBER EIGHT.
ASSEMBLY CoNsTIr UT ooS AL AN EN- DAfENT Nc ST
resolution to propose to the people OF
the Slate of:CalifornIa an amendment to
section seven G}-of article nine (IX( of
the Constitution OF the State of CaliGor-
=: Dis, by increasing the number of MEM
bers constituting State Board of Edu-
cation, by adding thereto the President
and Professor of Pedagogics of the Uni
versity of California.
Section T. The Governor, the Superin-
tendeBt of Public Instruction; the Presi-
dent of the University of California, and
the Professor of Pedagogy therein, and
the PTlncfpals OF the State Normal Schools,
shall constitute the State Board of Eiuca-
tton, and shall compile, or caused 10 be
compiled. and adopt, a 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 aud published by the Super
intendent of State Printing, al the State
Printing Office, and when so printed and
published. to be distributed and sold at tbs
cost price OF printing, publishing, and dis
tTlbntng the same. The textbooks so
adopted shall continue muse not less than
four years; and said State Board shall
perform such other duties as may be pre-
seribed 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-
fIEsr, Sf@n -
OF teachers and the granting of teachers
certificates. within their respective iuris-
dlctiOns.
= AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. 20. =
An Act to submit to the people o. the State
OF California. an amendment to section
twenty-fhree of article four of the Consti-
tuition Of the State Of California.
: Section %. The members of the Legis.
lstuTe shall receive, In full payment for
their services, the sum of one thousand
(S1000) dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten GEMS per mile. and for contingent ex-
penses not to- exceed twenty i've 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 attaebe shall be Increased after he is
elected OF appointed.
NOW, THEREFORE,, pursuant to the
provisions of the. Cons titution and an act
of the Legislature, entitled IAN act to pro.
vide for the submission of proposed amend
ments to the Constitution of the State Of
Ca1tornla 10 the qualified electors for
their approval" approved March Z, ID.
1858, viz:
#"Section l. Whenever the Legislature
snail propose any amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution of this State.
which amendment or amendments shall
nave been passed Ia 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
Tor their approval, II shall be the uuty u It"
the Governor to advertise such prOposeo
amendment or amendments In at least lour
newspapers of general circulation IN tnls
State, for three M nthS next p[eceuius tno
next general election. One OIL salu nhWS-
papers must be published at the CITY OF
Sacrament to and two at the city Oh PAN
Francisco; and in issuing his procianatIon
for an election at which any amendment or
amendments to the Constitution are TO be
voted nnon. he shall include such amend
ment or amendments therein, and he shall
deaicnate them by nun bers. IN the order in
which they have been proposed.
The said amendments are submitted to
he separateiy voted upon by ballot by the
oualif1ed electors of the State. on
Tuesday, November 9Th, 4. D. 1894.
Each ballot used at such election must
printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Eight. "
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen.
Assembly Constitutional Ameud.i Yes.
ment Number Seven. n
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Twelve. d
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seventeen. ~
Senate. Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Mum Der Seven.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Mum Der Thirty-one. "
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. ~
Witness my hand ard the Great Seal az
the State, affixed at Sacramento, the day
and year first above written.
lsEALI Il. II. MARKHAM,
Governor.
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