The morning call., 1894-09-23
PROCLAMATION.

Boards may prescribe as to the county as
sessments. aud under such rules of notice
| 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; prOUGded, 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 shalt
! continue in office until their successors. as
herein provided for, shall be elected and
shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No, IL,
A resolution to propos TO the people Of
the State of California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution, sec.
ticn one, in relation to revenue and taxa.
ton.
Section /. All property in the State. not
exempt under the laws of the United
States. shall DO taxed ia proportion to it's
value. to be ascertalned as provided BY
law. The 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
of private ownership; prooided, 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 deduction from
credits of debts due to bona fide residents
Of this State.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No 81
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the State of California an amendment to
section seven q of article nine lAl OF
the Constitution of the State of Calltor.
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.
yersity 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-
ton, and shall compile, or caused to 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 and published by the Super.
Printing Office. and when so pEin ted and
published, to be distributed and sold at tbs
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-
scribed by law. The Legislature shall
provide for Board Of Education in each
county in the State. The County SupeTin-
tendents and the County Boards of Educa-
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 submit to the people OF the Stats
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 Tor
their services, the sum of one thousand
$4,000 dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten GEMS per mile. and for contingent ex-
Denses 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 aither
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 act
of the Legislature, entitled "An act to pro.
vide for the submission of proposed amend.
ments to the Constitution of the State of
California 10 the qualified electors for
their approval" approved March Z, AID.
1888, viz:
Section /. Whenever the Legislature
snail propose any amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution of this State
which amendment or amendments shall
have been passed ia the manner and for:n
required by section one OF article eighteen
OF the Constitution. and NO other mode 10
provided by law for the submission of such
amendment or amendments to the people
Tor their approval, 1t shall be the duty of
the Governor to advertise such proposed
amendment or amendments in at least four
newspapers Of general circula ton in 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
Tor an election at which any amendment OF
amendments to the Constitution are to be
voted upon, he shall include such amend
nent or amendments therein, and 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.
ment Number Eight.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yas
Number Fourteen.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes
ment Number Seven. n
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yas
ment Number Twelve. -
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seventeen. "
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Nuni Doi oosen. mo.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Mum Der Sixteen.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Thirty-one.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty.
Witness my hand and the Great Seal OF
the State, affixed at Sacramento. the daV
and year first above written.
lsEAL.J II. II. MARKHAM
Governor.
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