The herald., 1898-10-04

the state Of California, a It's thirty-sec-
ond session, beginning on the fourth day
Of January, A. =. 1897, two-thirds of ali the
members elected to each of the two houses
OF said legislature voting in favor thereof.
proposed the following described amend
ments to the Constitution Of the s:ats Of
California, to-wit:
Amendment Number One
tBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. A.
the state of California an amendment to
section eighteen Of article eleven OF the
Constitution, in relation to revenue and
said section to read as 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 exceed
ing in any year the income and revenue
provided for 1t for such year, without the
assent of two-thirds Of the qualified elsc-
held for that purpose. por unless. before,
or at the time of incurring such indebted
ness, provision shall be made for the col
lection Of an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such indebtedness as it falls
due, and also provision to constitute
sinking fund for the payment Of the Prln-
cipal thereof on or before maturity. which
shall not exceed forty years from the time
OF contracting the same; provided, hoWeV-
er. that the city and county Of San Fran
cisco may a. any time pay the unpaid claims
nished to and work done for said city and
county during the forty--th!rd and 1orty--
fourth fiscal years out of the income and
revenue of any succeeding year or years;
provided, that any and ali claims for max
ing. repairing altering. or for any work done
upon or for any material furnished ior any
street, lane, alley. court, place or sidewalk.
or for the construction ef any sewer or
sewers In said city and county are hereby
excepted from the provisions of this sec
ton; and in determining any claim per
ute of limitations shall apply in any man.
ner; and provided further. that the city Of
Vallejo In Solano county. may pay Its ex-
!s:lng Indebtedness incurred a. In tn. the con %
thirds of the electors thereof, voting at an
election held for that purpose, SHAH SO de,
eide Any Indebtedness or ability incurred
contrary to this provision, with the excep-
tions hereirbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Belng senats Constitutional Amendment
No. 10.)
A resolution proposing to the people OF
the state of California n amendment TO the
Constitution Of the state, by adding new
section. to be known and designated as sec
thereof. providing for the framing by the
inhabitants of counties, Of local county
government acts for their own government.
The said proposed new section to read as
Section IN. The inhabitants of any
county may frame county government
act for their own government, relating to
slstsnt with and subject to the Constitution
and laws of this state, by causing board
Of fifteen freeholders, who have been, for
at least five years. qua,ihed eIectorS sd oi
electors Of such county, at any general or
special election. whose duty 1t sha!l De
within ninety days after such election, 70
prepare and propose county government
act for such county. which shall be signed
In duplicate 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,
and the other copy to be sent to the re-
corder of deeds of the county. Such
proposed county government act shall
then be published In two papers OF general
circulation in such county, or II there pc
not two such papers, then In one only, for
at least twenty days. and within not less
than thirty days after such publication 1t
shall be submitted TO the qualified electors
of such county, at genera! or special elec.
ton, ard if majority Of such qualifed
electors voting thereon shall ratify the
same, it shall Thereafter be submitted to
the legislature for its rejection or appro-
val, as d whole. without power or aitera-
tion, or amendment and If approved by a
house, it shall be the county government
act Of such county, and shall In such case
become the organic law thereof ana super
sede any existing county t goveInmeai n, act act
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 sea-
of such county, setting forth the submission
df such county government act to the elec. (:
made in duplicate and deposited, one In
the office OF the secretary 1s 9f state, ,ae the
of the recorder Of deeds In the county
among the archives of the county.
All courts shall take judicial notice there.
of. The county government act so ratified
may be amended at intervals of not les.
than two years by proposals therefor
submitted by the legislative authority o.
the county, to the qualified electors thereof
at general or special election held at leas
forty days after the publication of such
proposals for twenty days In newspapel
Of general circulation in such county. ant
ratified by at least three-fifths of the quail
fed electors voting thereon, and approved
by the legislature as herein provided FOR tn!
approval Of the county government act