The record-union., 1898-10-08
Amendment Number Two.
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 1Q)

A resolution proposing to the people of
the State OF California an amenu1n99nt "
the Constitution of the State, by addlnS
new section. to be known and designaite1d
as Section Seven and one-half, Article
Eleven thereof providing for the framing
by the inhabitants of counties OF local
county government Acts for their own
government. The said proposed new sec
ton to read as follows:
Section ~ The inhabitants OF any
county may frame a county government
Act for their own Sovernment, reIat1hS 70
the matters hereinafter specified. and con
sistent with, and subject to, the ConSlltu-
ton and laws of this State, by causing a
board of fifteen freeholders, who nave
been, for at least five years, quainei
electors of such county, to be elected by
the qualified electors of such county, at
any general or special election whose
Such election TO prepare ana PROPOSE
county government Act for such county,
which shall be signed in duplicate by the
members of such board, or a majority on
them, and returned, one copy thereoI 10
the Board of Supervisors or other leglSla-
tive body of such county, and the other
copy to be sent to the recorder of deeds
of the county. Such proposed county gov
ernment Act shall then be published In
two papers of general circulation IN Such
county, or if there be not two such pa
pers then III one only, for at least twenty
days, and within not less than thirty lays
after such publication ii shall be submit
ted to the qualified electors of such coun-
ty, at a general or special election, ana II
a majority of such qualified electors vot-
ing thereon shall ratify the same it shall
thereafter be submitted to- the Legislature
for it's rejection or approval, as whole
without power of alteration or amend
ment and if approved by a majority OF
the members elected to each house, II
shall be the county government Act OF
come the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county government act
and all amendments thereof and all spe-
cial laws inconsistent with such county
government Act.
A copy of such county government Act:
certified by the President of the Board of
Supervisors or other legislative body of
such county and authenticated by the
seal OF such county. setting forth the sub
mission of such county government Act to
the electors. and it's ratification by them,
shall be made in duplicate and deposited,
one in the office of the Secretary of State
the other after being recorded in the Of
flee of the recorder of deeds in the coun-
ty, among the archives of the county.
All courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. The, county government Act SO
ratified may be amended, at intervals of
not less than two, years. by proposals
| therefor. submitted by the legislative au-
thority of the county TO the qualified
electors thereof, at a general or special
election held at least forty days after the
days in newspaper of general circula-
tion in such county, and ratified by at
least three-fifths of the qualified electors
voting thereon, and approved by the
legislature as herein provided for the ap-
proval of the county government Act. In
submitting any such county government
Act any alternative article or proposition
NAV be presented for the choice of the
voters and may be voted on separately
| without prejudice to others,
1t shall he competent in all county gov
ernment Acts framed Under the authority
given by this section to provide for the
manner in which, the times at which, and
the terms for which the several township
and county officers, other than Judges of
the Superior Court shall be elected or
appointed; for their compensation; FOR
the number of such officers, for the con-
solidation or segregation of offices, for the
number of deputies that each officer shall
to each of such deputies, for the manner
in which, the times in which, and the
terms for which the members of all
boards of election shall be elected or op-
pointed: and for the constitution, regula-
ton. compensation and government of
such boards, and of their clerks and at
taches also, to precribe the manner and
method by which all elections by the peo-
ME shall be conducted. and may in addi-
ton determine the tests and conditions
organizations may participate in any pri-
mary election.
Whenever any county has, in the man.
ner and method herein pointed out, adopt
ed any county government Act and the
same shall have been approved by the
legislature as aforesaid, the directions of
Sections Four and Five OF this article
nroviding for the uniformity of a system
of county governments throughout the
State. and likewise providing for the cleo
regulation of their compensation, shall
not apply Said county government Act
shall. as to any of the matters herein
| above provided for and declared by such
| and law or amendment enacted by the
| LEGISLATURE except by amendment first
submitted 20 the electors and ratified in
| the manner hereinabove set forth.