The morning call., 1894-09-06

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 contained therein, so as to
equaliZe 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
in said roll; proUided that no Board of
Equalization shall raise any mortgage,
deed OF trust, contract. or other Obligation
by which debt is secured, money. or sell
vent credits, above its face value. This
State Board of Equalization elected in
eighteen hundred aBd ninety-four shall
continue IN office until heir successors, Ra
herein provided for, shall be elected ana
shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No. I6,
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the Stale OF California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution, Sec
tion one, in relation to revenue and taxa
tion.
Section 1. All property in the State, not
exempt under the laws of the United
States, shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, to be ascertaned as provided by
law. Tbs word property" as used in
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 owneTship; pro1tded that prop
erty used for free pu0llc 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 hde residents
OF this State.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No 81.
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the State of California an amendment to
section seven G) of article nine QX) Of
the Constitution OF the State of Califor-
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 Uni
versity of California.
Section T. The Governor, the Superln-
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-
ton, and shall compile, or caused to be
and adopt uniform series of
textbooks for use i'll the common schools
the State. The Stats Board
may cause snch textbooks. when adopted,
to be printed and published by the Super
lntendent of State Printing, at the State
Printing Office. and when so prn ted and
published. to be distributed and sold at ths
cost price OF printing, publishing. and dis
tributing 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-
provide for a Board of Education in each
county in the State. The County Superin-
tendents and the County Boards of Educa-
tioh shall have control of the examination
Of teachers and the granting OF teachers
certificates within their respective iuriS-
dictions.
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CoNsTITUTIoNAL AMENDMENT No. 20.
An Act to su0mitt0 the people os the State
of California an amendment to section
twenty-three of article four of the Consti-
tuition Of the State of California.
Section %. The members of the Legis-
lature shall receive, in full payment Ior
their services, the sum of one thousand
$4,000 dollars. and mileage not to exceed
ten cents per mile, and for contingent ex-
pensss 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 been elected, and the pay
of no attache shall be increased after he is
elected or appointed.
NOW, THEREFORE. pursuant to the
of the Legislature, entitled "An act TO pro-
vide for the submission of proposed amep&-
ments to the Constitution of the STATE of
California TO the qualified electors for
their approval" approved March z, AID.
1883. viz:
Section /. 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
hVF mn nf F0ta Terh
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, II 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 ptoci iamation
for an election at which any amendment or
amendments to the Constitution are 10 he
voted upon, he shall include such amend
ment or amendments therein. aud he shall
designate them by mum bers. 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 Sueh election must
contain. printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Mum Der Eight. "
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen. -
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yea
ment Number Seven
Assembly Constitutional Amend I Yes.
ment Number Twelve. -
Senate Con nstitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seventeen.
Senate CopstitutiOnal Amendment Yes.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen. M
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Thirty-one. )No-
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes,
Number Twenty No
Witness my hand ard the Great Seal of
the State, affixed at Sacramento, the dag
and year first aboVe written.
SEAL, II. II. MARKHAM,
Governor.
Attest: E. G. WAITE.
Secretary of State.