The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-01

action of the State Board, to increase or
lower the entire assessment roll. or any
assessment con tanned therein, so as to
eonaIiZe the assessment of the property
contained in said assessment roll, and
make the assessment conform to the true
yaiue in money of he property contained
in said roll; provided. that no Board OF
EQUALIZATION shall raise any mortgage,
deed OF trust. contract, or other obligation
by n hich a debt is secured, money. or SOL
vent credits above its face Vaiue. The
State Board of Equalization elected in
eighteen hundred and nlnety-lour shalt
continue in Office until their successors, as
herein provided for, shall be elected and
shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 10.
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the Stale of California an amendment 10
article thirteen of the Constitution. Sec
tion 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 us
value. to be aseertaIned as PROVIDED Dy
law. The word property" as used IA
this article and section. is hereby declared
to include moneys. credits. bonds, STOCKS.
dues, fran chises, and all other matters ana
things, real. personal and mixed, capaDle
of private Ownership; DrCUided that prop
museums, growing crops, property used
exclusively for public 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 6de 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 () of article nine QA) of
the Constitution of the State of CaliIor-
MIA, by increasing the number of men,
bers constituting the State Board of Edu-
cation. Dy adding thereto the President
and Professor of Pedagogics of the Uni
versity of California.
Section Z. The Governor, the Supsrin-
teDdent 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 textbooks, when adopted,
to be printed and published by the Super
intsndent of State Printing. at tho Stats
Printing Office. and when so prin ted and
published, to be distributed and sold at the
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 sha all
perform such ether duties as may be pre-
scribed by law. The Legislature shall
provide for a Board Of Education in each
county in the State. The County Superin-
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-
dictiUns.
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT No 20.
Az Act to submit to the people OF tho State
Of California an amendment to section
twenty-ihree of article four of the Const-
tuition of the State CT California.
Section %. The members of the Legis-
lature shall receive. in full payment Tor
| their services, the sum of one thousand
! (S1GO0 dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten cents per mile. and for contingent ex-
| Denses not to exceed TWEEN ~ 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
provisions of tile 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 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
required by section one OF article eighteen
of the Constitution. and no other mode is
provided by law for the submission of such
amendment OF amendments to the people
! for their approval, il shall be the duty of
the Governor to advertise such proposed
amendment or amendments in at least four
newspapers Of general circulation 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
| for an election at which any amendment or
| amendments to the Constitution are to be
voted upon, he shall include such amend
ment 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 muSS
i contain. printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes,
ment Number Eight. ~
| Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen. No
Assembly Constitutional Amend { Yes.
| ment Number Seven. NJ
| Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes,
ment Number Twelve. NJ
Senate Constitutional Amendment Y.s.
Number Seventeen. NJ
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes,
Number Seven, "
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes,
Number Sixteen. "
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Thirty-one. NJ
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. NJ
Witness my hand ard the Great Seal of
the State. affixed at Sacramento, the day
and year first above written.
! SEAL II. H. MARKHAM,
Governor.
| Attest: E. g. WAITE
Secretary of State.