The herald., 1898-10-30
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
DE,pA ApTMENT

SACRAMENTO. July 80. 1888.
wHEREAs THE LEGistATmIRE oF
of January, A. d. 1897 wo-thirds Of all the
members elected to each Of the @ Two hsranf hoases
proposed the following described amend.
ments to the Constitution Of the state OF
California. to-w!t:
Amendment Number One
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
A resolution to pp propose a1s to the people of
the state Of California an amendment to
section eighteen of article eleven Of the
Constitution, in relation to revenue and
.a said fd'soH SECTION on to sa read i as IS follows:
Section IS. No county. city, town, town
ship, board of education or school district
shall incur any indebtedness or liability IN
any manner or for any purpose excesa-
ing in any year the income and revenue
provided for 1t for such year. without ne
tors thereof voting at an election TO be
held for that purpose, nor unless, before,
or at the time of incurrins such indebted
ec.onp Of an annual tax Sufficient to pay
the interest on such indebtedness as II falls
due, and also provision to constitute
cipai thereof on or before maturity, which
shall not exceed forty years from the time
of contracting the same; provided. hewev-
cisco may 1t any time pay the unpaid claims
with interest thereon for materials fur,
rished to and work done for said city and
county during the forty-th!rd and forty,
fourth fiscal years out of the income and
revenue of any succeeding year or years;
provided, that any and az claims Ior max
ing. repairing, altering. or for any Work done
upon or for any material furnished for any
street, lane. alley, court. place or sidewalk.
or for the construction OF any sewer or
excepted from the provisions Of this sec
ton; ard in determining any claim per
mitted to be pad by this section, no stat
ute Of limitations shall apply in any man,
1er: and provided further, that the city OF
Vallejo, in Solano county. may pay IT'S ex-
lsting indebtedness incurred In the CON
struction Of its water works, whenever two
thirds Of the electors thereof, voting at an
election held for that purpose. shall so De,
eide Any Indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision, with the excep-
tions herenbefore rec!ted, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Beins Senate Constitutional Amendment
A resolution proposing to the people Of
the state Of California N Amendment to the
Constitution of the state, by adding new
;ion seven and one-half. articl. eleven
thereof, providing for the framing by the
Inhabitants of counties. OF local county
government acts for their own government. H.
Section ~ The Inhabitants Of any
county ,H nsyr nw sony 10
tho matters hereinafter specified, and con-
sistent with and subject to the Constitution
and laws 9f h state 6y Ssys Doaaa fnr
at least five years. qualified electors OF
such county to be elected by the qualified
electors Of such county at any genera or or
within ninety days after such election, to
prepare and propose q county government
act for such county, which shall be signed
in dupltcate by the members OF such board,
or a majority Of them, and returned, one
COPY thereof to the board OF supervisors
or other legislative body Of such county,
corder of deeds Of the county. Such
proposed county government act shall
then be published In two papers OF general
not two such papers, then in one only, for
at least twenty days, and within not less
than thirty days after such publication it
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of such county, at a general or special elec,
ton, and if a majority Of such qualified
electors voting thereon shall ratify the
same. 1t shall thereafter be submitted to
the legislature for Its rejection or appro-
ton, or amendment, and If approved by
house, 1t shall be the county government
act Of such county. and shall In such case
become the organic law thereof and SUPER
ana ali amendments thereof, and all spe-
cial laws inconsistent with 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 government act to the cleo
tors and its ratification by them. shall be
the office OF the secretary uf state, the
other, after being recorded in the office
OF the recorder Of deeds In the county,
among the archives Of the county.
All courts shall take judicial notics there
Of The county government act go ratified
may be amended at intervals Of not less
submitted by the legislative authority OF
the county. to the qualified electors thereof.
forty days after the publication Of such
proposals for twenty days In a newspaper
Of general circulation In such county, and
ratified by at least three-fifths Of the quail
fed electors voting thereon. and approved
by the legislature as herein provided FOR the
approval Of the county government act.