The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

SACRAMENTO July sOth 1898. California nj it's thirtv.second session begin ming the fourth day of January A. D. 1887. of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof. proposed the following de scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State Of California, to-wit:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 41)
 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constltu- tion in relation to revenue and taxatl9n; pS rsas walfh a. 1t tdiid%s If Rrsp0Sed 10 amend 'u
 Section ls No county. city. town township onls ,I cur any indebtedness or liability in any man or for any purpose exceeding in for any if for such year, without the assent of two-tairos s of he qualified electors thereof. voting al a an less before. or at the time of incurring sueh n iebtedness provision shall be made TOT t pay @ the interest on such indebtedness es It ialis due and also provision to constitute s,nSin93 Sn3 o or fGf berone one Raturty which sha not exceed forty years from the time oi eontraeSGg Sitg and County of San Francisco may at any tiIne pay ga tn. unpaid claims with interest thereon aGd a1d city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years. out of the income anu anu vided that any and all claims for making, re- pairing altering or for any work done apIa lane e alley court. place or sidewalk. or for the con structfon of any sewer or sewers m sa,e roy eroy Visions of this section; and in determnng any ny claim permitted to be paid by this section, a no ner; and provided further. that the City Of yalle5o in solano County. may pay its exist of it's waterworks. whenever two-thirds Q. tns electors thereof voting at on election neb a9r ness or liability Incurred contrary to this pro vision; with the exception hereinbefore reci'so' AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment NO. 10)
 A resolution proposing to the people or the State of California an amendment to the con stitution of the State. by adding new ts"1 sec, tion, to be known and designated as sec.,on ni viding for the framing by the inhabitants of counties Of local county ssIa prooosed new sestI section DTo to sasdsra"sfaIii sead as follows ne
 Section "A The inhabitants of any county eS o@S toS@g sfu reang to the matters
 matter specified. and consistent with. ana sup sup causing ae hne board of fifteen freehoiders who have been. for at least five years. a4aintea at eusied e'esfGrs O electors of such county any gen eral or special election. whose duty 1t snail pc within ninety days after such eie1I,on sot so for such county, which shall be signed In dupn-
 s Ity by Sf the fse aDd copy to the Board of Supervisors or other ieglsiav a,, fiya hOd tcSe to be ' sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county Such proposed county governmeff' ef esr se. eral circulation In such county or if there be not two such papers then in one S 9ny ss TOT tns a, thirty days after such publication 1t shall be submitted to the qualified electors or such n eoI majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the same. 1t shall there, re. aetecto9 aatec oe or approval. as whole. without bower of alteration or amendment. and If ap, tbo each house, 1t shall be the county govern ment act of such county. and shall in such ede sede y any existing county government act and ali amendments thereof. and all special laws fled by the President of the Board of Super snS s9fs authenticated by the seal of such county setting forth the submission of such county fiHoSne by them shall be made in duplicate and ssposited one in the office of the Secretary of oftIce' of the recorder of deeds in the county among the archives of the county.
 rie aN county government act so ratified may be amended at intervals of not less than n tTo iesisiatIye iai R authority. of the county. to the qualified electors thereof. at general or tbe Publication of such proposals for twenty days in newspaper of general circulation in stbs of tbe quaiied electors voting thereon end spnroyed oy the Legislature herein pro yided for the approVai ol the county govern rnsnt ant in submitting any such county gov ern ent net any alternative article OF proposi- fion may be presented for the choice Of the voters and may be voted on separately with out ore rudiCe to others. .
 Ii shall be competent in all county govern r,ent acts framed under the authority given by tbi. section to provide for the manner in which the times at which. and the terms for which the several township and county officers otber than Judges of the Superior Court, shall Sa aIected or appointed for their compensa tTon. Tor tbe number of such officers for the eonaoliSation or segregation Of offices for the number of deputies that each officer shall have, nn5 for the compensation payable to each of snch deputies for the manner In which. the ti,nns in which, and the terms for which the members of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed; and for the constitution. guiation compensation and government of : sneb e hoards and of their clerks and attaches; slso to prescribe the manner and method by svbich ali elections by the people shall be con dicted: and may in addition aetermine the ,sticaI parties and organizations may partici- nats in any primary election. Whe, aver any county has, In the manner and method herein pointed out. adopted, a, any county ssnnroyedf by the Legislature as aforesaid. the Strections of sections four and i've of this article providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments M Mdnr2ngnont the .nd appointment of officers. and the regula- sInn of their compensation. shall not apply. sadd county government act shall, as to any of oeiered one I by such county government act not be sh.ect io any law or amendment enacted by fhe Legislature. except by amendment first ssnbuitted to the electors and ratified in the manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
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