The record-union., 1894-10-29

A. ID. 1888, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each of the houses of said Leg.
lslature voting In favor thereof, proposed
the following described amendments to
the Constitutional the State of California.
to wit:
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
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 |. Every native male citizen
OF the United States, every malc person
who shall have acquired the rights OF
citizenship under or by virtue of the
Treaty of Queretaro, and every male
naturalized citizen thereof, who shall
have become such ninety days prior to
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 in the
election precinct thirty days, shall be en-
titled to vote at all elections which are
now or may hereafter be authorized by
law; proUided, no native OF China, no idiot.
DO 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 ana
write his name, shall ever exercise the
privileges of an elector in this State; pro-
Olded, that the provisions of this amend
ment relative to an educational Qualifica-
ton shall not apply to any person pre-
vented by a physical disability from
am lryiV pyxyifl In ~
any person who now has the right to
vote, nor to any person who shall be
sixty years of aye and upwards at the
time this amendment shall take effect.
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
ii.
a resolution proposing to,the 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 5. the Legislature, by general
and uniform laws, may provide for the
formation of new counties; prOUided,
hoDeveT, that no new counties shall be
established which shall reduce any
county to a population of less than eight
thousand; nor shall a new county be
formed containing a 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.
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. Z.
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 mum bered section twelve and
three-fourths' Q23), relating to revenue
and taxation
Section 12s. Fruit and, nut bearing trees
under the age of four years from the time
OF planting la 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 grapevines to
taxation.