The San Francisco call., 1898-09-30
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Srv U|vrTrrTyyL nED PTMENT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SACRAMENTO, July 3oth. 1ssS WHEREAS, The Legislature. of the State Of
 California, at it's thirty second session begin ming on the fourth day of January. A. D. 1897. two thirds of all the members elected to each
 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-wtt:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. .4L)
 A resolution to propose to the people Of the
 State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu-
 Aon, in relation to revenue and taxation, by which 1t is proposed to amend said section to read as follows:
 Section 1s No county. city. town. township. board of education school district shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man ner or for any purpose exceeding in any year
 yea who hs of of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an
 election to be held for that purpose, nor un-
 less before, at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the
 collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest such indebtedness as 1t falls
 due, and also provision to constitute a sinking
 fund for the payment of the principal thereoI
 forty years from the time of contracting the
 same; provided. however. that the City and County of San Francisco may at any time pay
 the unpaid claims with interest thereon TOT
 materials furnished to and work done for said
 city and county during the forty-third and
 forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income and
 revenue of any succeeding year or years; pro-
 vided that any and all claims for making, re-
 pairing altering or for any work done upon 1ans or
 alley, court place or sidewalk. or for the con
 struction of any sewer or sewers in said city
 visions of this section; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section. no
 n; ner; and provided further, that the City of Vallejo. in Solano County, may pay It's exist ing indebtedness incurred in the eonstrueten isa
 electors thereof voting at an election held fer
 that purpose shall so decide. Any indebted ness or liability incurred contrary to tnls pro vision with the exception hereinbefore recfted, shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No resolution proposing to the people of the State of California .an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State by adding new sec seven and oae-half, article eleven thereof, pro.
 viding for the framing by the inhabitants @ Of counties of local county government acts TOT their own government. The said proposed new
 section to read as follows:
 may frame a county government act TOT their
 own government, relating to the matters here e inafter specified, and consistent with and sup
 feet to the Constitution and laws of this State. by causing board of fifteen freeholders. who
 have been for at least Ve s yesrs esctsd by tse qualified electors of such county, at any gen eral or special election whose duty it shall be within ninety days after such election, to pre- pare and propose a county government act for such county, which shall be signed in dupli-
 cate by the members of such board, or ma. 1ority of them and returned one copy thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other iegisia-
 body of such c9anty and a. the ssds of cts
 county. Such proposed county government act
 shall then be published in two papers of gen eral circulation in such county, or 1T there De not two such papers. then in one only. for at least twenty days and within not less than
 Submitted to the qualified electors of such county, at a general or special election. and 1T
 majority of sush tSs Ssase sas fl sa after be submitted to the Legislature for It's
 rejection. or approval. as whole, without
 proved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county govern
 ment act of such county, and shall in such
 case become the organic law thereof and super sede any existing county government act, and
 all cony nnu a ae copy of such county government act certf-
 fled by the President of the Board of Super
 iSGfs snd authenticated by the seal of such county
 setting forth the submission of such county ttion 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
 otsce of the Recorder of Deeds In the county,
 among the archives of the county. ..s
 amended. at intervals of not less than two years, by proposals therefor, submitted by the ierisIatiye authority of the county. to the
 nuaiif1ed electors thereof. at general spe- ciaI election held at least forty days after the
 publicatior: of such proposals for twenty days in a newspaper of general circulation in such county and ratified by at least three-nfths Of
 the qualified electors voting thereon and ap, : For the approval of the county government act. In submitting any such county government act
 nrsysented for the choice of the voters and may | be voted on separately without prejudice to
 others.
 ment acts framed under the authority given by
 this secton to pr9vas TOT ana ,ae the asrs ,nr which the several township and county officers other than Judges of the Superior Court shall
 t,on. M for the number of such officers. for the consolidation segregation of offices. for the
 number of deputies that each officer shall have: and for the compensation payable to each of such deputies, for the manner in which, the
 in which M sosrds sna ise of eeeon ss elected or appointed and for the constitution. regulation. compensation and government of aIso to prescribe the manner and method by
 which ali elections by the people shall be con
 tests and conditions upon which electors. pc | iitical parties and organizations may partici-
 pate in any prmaTy eanty sas in the manner 1 and method herein pointed out. adopted an, any
 act ana ,Ss the shall aforesaid, the direction of sections four and Aye of this article providing for the uniformity nf . avstem of county governments throughout ths State and likewise providing for the cleo tinn and appointment of officers. and the regu- iatior of their compensation, shali not apply. Said county government act shall. as to any of tbs matters hereinabove provided for and de- 1 ciared by such county government act, not be s.hfeot to any law amendment enacted by 1 shs Legislature, except by amendment first Submitted to the electors and ratified In the l manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. l fp.,n~ Senate Constitutional Amendment No. & A)
 | 4 r~solutiof proposing to the people of the state of California an amendment to the Con- 1 stffutior of the State, by adding new section, l to he known and designated as section five and one-half article six, thereby providing for the orranization of court, to be known as the I Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec | tion to read as follows:
 Section 5M. The Court of Claims shall con- | a,st of any three Judges of the Superior Court | who may be requested by the Governor to hold l court at the regular terms thereof The Court | of Claims. shali have exclusive Jurisdiction to | hear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State, under such | laws as may be passed by the Legislature, and l ifs Judgment thereon shall be final The terms | of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol- | lows:
 | the second Monday of March:
 In the City and County of San Francisco,
 commencing on the second Monday In July, h h the citS -of saersmsntos oQmmepoipg, ou