The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-05
PROCLAMATION.

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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 con tained therein, so as to
eQeallZe the assessment of the property
contained in said assessment roll, and
make the assessment conform to the true
value IN money of The property contained
10 said roll; provided, that no Board Of
equalization shall raise any mortgage,
qeea OF trust, contract. or other Obligation
Dy winch debt is secured. money. Oh SOL
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.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. l6.
resolution to propose to the people of
the State OF California an amendment to
article thirteen Of the Constitution. Sec
IlGn one. In relation to revenue ard taxa
ton.
Section 1. All property in the State. not
EXEMPT uuder the laws of the United
States, shall be taxed IL proportion to its
value, to be ascertalned as provided bv
law. The word property" as Gsed III
this article and section, is hereby declared
to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks
dues, franchises, and all other matters and
things, real. personal and mixed, capable
of private ownership; prCUided, 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 a deduction from
credits of debts due to bona 6de residents
of this State.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AN ESD&EST No 81
A resolution to propose to the people of
the Slate of California an amendment to
section seven C0 Of article zine QA) of
the Constitution OF the State of CalIIOT-
MIA, by increasing the number of men,
beTs cons tituting the Stale Board Of Edu-
cation, Oy adding thereto the President
and Professor of Pedagogics of the Uni
versity of California.
Section Z. The Governor, the Superin-
tsndeDt 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-
ton, 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 extbOpks. when adopted,
70 be printed and published by the Super
ntendent of State Printing, at the State
Printing Office. and when so printed and
cost price OF printing, publishing. and dis
trbuting 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 havo control OF the examination
of teachers and The granting OF teachers
certificates within their respective juris-
dlctions.
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. 20.
An Act to submit the people ot the State
of California mn amendment to section
twenty-five of article four of the COnsti-
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 cents 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 teen elected, and the pay
of no attache shall be increased after he is
elected or appointed.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the
provisions of the Constitution and an act
OF the Legislature, entitled 'AD 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 7. AID.
1888. 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 mode Is
provided by law for the submission of such
amendment or amendments to the people
for 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 ia 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 to be
voted upon, h6 shall include such amend
ment or amendments therein, ard he shall
designate them by Numbers. 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 must
contain. printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
mept Mum Der Eight. ~
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen. NJ
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Seven.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Twelve. ~
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yas.
Number Seventeen.
Senate constitutional Amendment Yes.
Nu" oe' 0efen' No
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen. n
Assembly Con stitutional Amend Yes.
ment Mum Der Thirty-one. ~
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. ~
Witness my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, affixed at Sacramento, the day
and year first above written.
SEAL e. FL. MARKHAM.
go. Governor.
Attest: E. G. WAITE,
Secretary of State.