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ture, and which VIII DE submitted "
the people of the State at the next gen
eral election for their approval or re-
lection, are of considerable Importance
as proposed changes to the Constltu-
tion of the State always are. IN oroer
that a clear conception of their con-
tents may be noted they are pubhshed
in the order of introduction, as follows:
SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Assembly constitutional amendment
No. 34-A resolution to propose TO the
people of the State an amendment TO
Section = of Article ". of the Consu-
tuition, in relation to sessions OF the
Legislature.
Section >. The sessions of the Legs
lature shall commence at Il CLOCK
meridian on the first Monday after the
first day of January next succeeding the
election of it's members, and shaI De
biennial, unless the Governor shaH IN
the interim convene the Legislature by
proclamation. The Legislature small
then remain in session for twenty-five
days, after which it must adjourn to
some date not less than thirty nor more
than sixty days from the time OF ad-
journment. If the two houses IAN TO
agree upon a time at which they VIII
resume their session, the Governor
shall by proclamation, fix date Tor
such reconvening, which shall be within
the limits above prescribed. Upon re
assembling, the Legislature shall COM
plete its session. No pay shall be al
lowed to members for a longer period
than seventy-fiVe days, and no Dill snail
be introduced in either house except at
the first twenty-five days of the ses-
sion, without the consent of three
fourths of the members thereof.
THE LIEUTENANT-GO
The next amendment on the list re-
lates to the duties and powers Of the
Lieutenant-G brought about
by the popularity of the position of
Lieutenant-G Governor Jeter, who was
appointed by Governor Budd to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Millard Inc
amendment is as follows
Section 10 of Article V. of the Con-
stitution is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Section Is. A Lieutenant-G
shall be elected at the same time and
place and in the same manner as the
Governor, and his term of office and his
qualifications shall be the same. He
shall be President of the Senate but
shall only have a casting vote therein.
Section 16 of Article V. of the Con-
stition is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 16 In case of the iInpeach
ment of the Governor, or his removal
from office, death, inability to discharge
the powers and duties of his office,
iona or a from the Sf9ta
the powers and duties of the Office shall
devolve upon the Lieutenant-Go
for the residue of the term, or until the
disability shall cease. And should the
Lieutenant Governor be impeached,
displaced, resign, die, or become in
capable of performing the duties of his
office, or be absent from the State,
the President pro tenn of the Senate
shall act as Governor until the vacancy
in the office of Governor shall be filed
at the next general election when men,
bers of the Legislature shall be chosen,
or until such disability of the Lieuten-
anti Governor shall cease. In case of a
vacancy in the office of Governor for
any of the reasons above named, and
neither the Lieutenant-G Governor nor
the President pro tempore Of the Sen
H1Nt sohNttt0 ~ NAlC D4FNC4o anu QdtlfS
of Governor, then the powers and du-
ties of such office shall devolve upon
the Speaker of the Assembly, until the
office of Governor shall be filed at such
general election.
CITY AND COUNTY.
It is proposed to add a new section to
Article XXI. to be numbered 80. The
article referred to relates to consolidat-
ed city and county governments, and
the proposed new section reads as fol-
lows:
Section 81 The provisions of sec
tons four and five of this article shall
not, nor shall any legislation passed
pursuant thereto, apply TO any consol-
idated city and county government.
now existing or hereafter formed, which
shall have become, or shall become, or
ganized under Section Z, or secure a
charter under Section of this article
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The last of the Assembly constitu-
tional amendments proposes an amend
ment to Section 6 Of Article TX, relat-
ing to grammar schools, and is as fol-
lows:
Section G. The public school system
shall include primary and grammar
schools, and such high schools. even
ing schools normal schools, and
technical schools as may be es-
tablished by the Legislature, or
by municipal or district authority, but
the entire revenue derived from the
State school fund, and the State school
tax, shall be applied exclusively to the
support Of primary and grammar
schools. Grammar schools shall in
clude schools organized in a school dis
trict, or union of school district, hav-
ing more than 1000 inhabitants. in
which a course Of study shall be taught
which Will prepare pupils to enter the
agricultural, mining, or scientific de-
partment of the University of Califor-
mia.
REVISING THE CONSTITUTION.
The Legislature evidently believed
that the Constitution of the State ought
to be revised, and by a concurrent res
olution, born in the Senate, decided
that the people should at the next gen
eral election, vote upon the proposition
as to whether such revision should or
should not be made. The resolution,
as adopted by the Legislature, is as fol-
lows:
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