The morning call., 1894-08-23


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 tanned therein. so as 10
eQualiZe the assessment of the property
contained in said assessment roll, and
make the assessment conform to the true
value in money of he properly contained
in said roll; provided, that no Board OF
Equalization shall raise any mortgage,
! deed OF trust, contract, or other obligation
| by which debt Is secured, money. or 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, rs
herein provided for, shall be elected and
shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. IL,
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the Stale OF California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution, sec.
tlon one, In relation to revenue and taxa
ton.
Section 1. all property in the State, not
exempt under the laws of the United
States, shall be taxed in proportion to its
Falue, TO be ascertalned as provided by
law The word property" as used IN
tnls article and section, is hereby declared
TO include moneys, credits. bonds, stocks.
dues, iran chises and all other matters and
things, real. personal and mixed, capable
erty used for free public libraries and free
museums. growing crops, property used
exclusively for puhlic 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 CoNsTIruTIoNAL Am ENDMENT No 81
resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment to
section seven u Of article nine (IX) of
the Constitution OF the State of CaliI0r-
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 Unl.
versity of California.
Section Z. The Governor, the Superin-
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-
tiOD, and shall compile, or caused to be
compiled, and adopt, uniform series Of
textbooks for use in the common schools
Throughout the State. The Stats Board
may cause such teXtbo ks. when adopted,
to be printed and published by the Super
intendent OF State Printing, at the State
Printing Office, and when so printed and
publish he'd, TO be distributed and sold at tbs
cost price OF printing, publishing, and DIS
tri buting 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 Ednca-
ton shall have control OF the examination
of teachers and the granting of teachers
certificates within their respective juris-
dictiOns.
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. 20.
An Act to submitto the people ot the State
of California an amendment to section
twenty-ihree of article four of the C0nSti-
tuition of the State OF California.
Section %. The mem bers of the Legis-
lature shall receive, in full payment Tor
their services, the sum of one thousand
(S1OC0) dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten cents per mile, and for ontingent ex-
penBeS noE TO exceed TWENTY-FIVE dollars
for each session, to be paid cut of the pub
lie treasury. No increase in compensation
or mileage shall take effect during the
term Tor which the members of either
house shall have been 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 acs
OF the Legislature, entitled can act to pro-
vide for the submission of pro posed amend
ments to the Constitution of the State OF
California 10 the qualified electors for
their approval" approved March z, AID.
1888, viz:
Section l. Whenever the Legislature
shall propose any amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution of this Stats,
which amendment or amendments shall
have been passed in the manner and form
required by section one OF article eighteen
OF tho Constitution. and no other mode IS
provided by law for The submission of such
amendment or amendments to the people
Tor their approval, 1t shall he the duty Of
the Governor to advertise such prpDosed
amendment or amendments in al least four
newspapers OF general circulation i'm this
State, for three months next preceding the
papers must be published at the CITY of
Sacramento and two at the city Of San
francisco; and in issuing his proclamation
Tor an election at which any amendment or
amendments to the Constitution are TO ha
voted upon, he shall include such amend-
ment or amendments therein, aud he shall
designate them by mum bers IN the order in
whieh 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 Glib, 4. D. 1894.
Each ballot used at such election muss
contain, printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes
ment Number Eight. u
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes
Number Fourteen. "
Assembly Constitutional Amend. Yes
ment Number Seven.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes
ment Number Twelve. -
Senate Constitutional Amendment YES.
Number Seventeen.
Senate Con stltutional Amendment Yes.
Mum Der Seven.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen. -
Assembly Constitutional Amend YES.
ment Number Thrty-one. M
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. ~
Witness my hand ard the Great Seal of
the State, affixed at Sacramento, the day
and year first above written
[sEAL. II. II. MARKHAM,
Governor.
Attest: E. G. WAITE.
Secretary of State.
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