The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24

of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof. proposed the following ue tS scribed amendments to the Constitution or the State of California, to-wtt:
 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 or the bv which it Is proposed to amend said section to read follows: board of education or school district shall in cur any indebtedness or liability in any man the income and revenue provided for 1t Tor such year. without the assent of two-thirds election to be held for that purpose, nor un- less before, or at the time of mourning such indebtedness, provision shall be made Tor 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 thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting 3iI the County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon for materials furnished to and work done TOT sala 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 or for any material furnished for any street lane, alley. court, place sidewalk or for the con struction of any sewer or sewers in said city and county are hereby excepted from the pro- visions of this section: and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any man ner; and provided further that the City of Vallejo. in Solano County, may pay it's exist ing indebtedness incurred in the construction of Its water works, whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose shall so decide Any indebted ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited shall be void
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No,
 
 . A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con tion to be known and designated as, section seven and one-half, article eleven thereof. pro counties of local county government acts for their own government; The said proposed new section to read as follows
 may frame county government act for their matter specified. and consistent with and sub ject to the Constitution and laws of this State. have been. for at least five years, qualified electors of such county. to be elected by the 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- such county which shall be signed in dupli- cate by the members of such board, or a ma 3orltS or siS o oe tpas agje1e tive body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Such proposed county government act shall then be published in two papers of gen. eral circulation in such county, or If there be 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 special election, and if a majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the same It shall there after be submitted to the Legislature for It's rejection 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 r7iH Ia l sede any existing county government act ana all amendments thereof. and all special laws
 copy of such county government act. certf- fled by the President of the Board of super visors or other legislative body of such county, and authenticated by the seal of such county setting forth the submission or sucn county ,a tion by them shall be made in duplicate ana deposited, one In the office Of the secretary os ofGee of inc Recorder of Deeds in the county. | among the archives of the county; yt,cs thereof rrho countv government act so ratified may be | amended at intervals of not less than two years by proposailts snerefo of tbe county to the qualified electors thereof, at general or spe. cial election held at least d9rty yo daY in a newspaper of general circulation m sucn county and ratified by af eeaS1 fhereon and nroyed by the Legislature as herein proVldeo for the approval Of c the act any alternative article or proposition may De | nresented for the choice or the voters, ana may | be voted on separately without prejudice to others l., , o,~. - | ment 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 l other than Judges of the Superior Court. shall be elected or appointed; for their compensa- l tipn: for the number of such officers. for the or 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 times in which. and the terms for which the nennbers of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed and for the constitution regulation. Compensation and government of such boards. and of their clerks and attaches; also to prescribe the manner and method by which all elections by the people shall be con dueted and may s.ai in add, addition determine the iitcal parties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election
 and method herein pointed out. adopted any county government act. and the same shall aforesaid, the direction of sections four and five of this article providing for the uniformity the State. and likewise providing for the cleo ton and appointment of officers. and the regu- latien of their compensation. shall not apply: Said county government act shall as to any of the matters hereinabove provided for and de- clared by such county government act, not be subject to any law or amendment enacted by the Legislature. except by amendment first submitted to the electors and ratified in the manner hereinabove set forth
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 Al
 resolution proposing to the people of the State of California amendment to the Con- stitution of the State, by adding section to be known and designated section five and one-half. article six. thereby providing for the organization of court, to be known as the Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec ton to read as follows
 Section 51s The Court of Claims shall con sist of any three Judges of the Superior Court who may be requested by the Governor to hold court at the regular terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall 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 its judgment thereon shall be final. The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held fol- lows:
 In the City of Los Angeles commencing on the second Monday of March:
 In the City and County of San Francisco. commencing on the second Monday in July. and
 In the City of Sacramento, commencing on