The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-24
PROCLAMATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

SACRAMENTO, July 30tn, 1883.
WHEREAS, The Legislature OF the State Of
California, at its thirty-second session begin
ming on the fourth t DAY OF January "a
IN favor thereof. proposed the following. de-
scribed amendments to the Constitution of the
State OF California, to-wft:
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
ALL
resolution to propose to the people of the
State of California an amendment to section
eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu-
ton. in relation to revenue and taxation, by
which il is proposed to amend said section TO
Section Is. No county, city, town, township.
board of education school district shall In
cur any Indebtedness liability in any man
or for any purpose exceeding in any year
such year, without the assent OF two-thirds
of the qualified electors thereof voting at an
less before, or at the time of mourning such
Indebtedness. provision shall be made for the
the interest such Indebtedness as 1T falls
due and also provision to constitute a sinking
on or before maturity, which shall not exceed
forty years from the time of contracting the
County Of San Francisco may at any time pay
the unpaid claims with interest thereon for
city and county during the forty-third and
forty fourth fiscal years, out of the income and
vided, that any and all claims for making, re-
pairing, altering or for any work done upon
for any material furnished for any street lane.
alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the con-
struction of any sewer or sewers In said city
and county are hereby excepted from the pro-
claim s 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 its exist
ing Indebtedness incurred In the construction
of it's water works whenever two-thrds of the
electors thereof voting at election held for
that purpose shall SO decide. Any indebted
ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro-
shall be void.
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
resolution proposing to the people of the
State of California amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State, by adding new sec
seven and one-half, article eleven thereof. pro-
viding for the framing by the inhabitants of
their own government. The said proposed new
section to read as follows:
may frame county government act for their their
own government relating to the matters here
ject to the Constitution and laws of this State.
by causing board of fifteen freehotders, who
Electors of such county, to be elected by the
qualified electors of such county, at any gen
within ninety days after such election, to pre-
pare and propose county government act for
cate by the members of such board ma
jority of them. and returned, one copy thereof
to the Board OF SUPERVISORS or Other IeglSla-
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 II 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 1T shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of such
county, at a general or special election, and II
thereon shall ratify the same. it shall there
after be submitted to the Legislature for It's
rejection or approval. as a whole. without
power of alteration or amendment, and II APP
proved by a majority of the members elected
to each house, 1t shall be the county govern
ment act of such county. and shall in such
20 aa hecone the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county government act, and
Ali amendments thereof, and all special laws
A nopy of such county government act. certi-
6ed nv the President of the Board of Super
visors or other legislative body Of such county.
setting forth the submission Of such county
eovarnment act to the electors, and It's ratihca-
denosited one in the office of the Secretary Of
State the other. after being recorded in the
Office Of the Recorder OF Deeds In the county,
All courts shall take judicial notice thereof.
The county government act so ratified may be
SeaTs' by proposals therefor, submitted by the
iegislatiye authority of the county, to the
oualified electors thereof. at a general or spe-
ctal election held at least forty days after the
duplication of such proposals for twenty DAYS
In a newspaper of general circulation in such
the qualified electors voting thereon and ap-
proved by the legislature as herein provided
for the approval of the county government act
anv alternatives article or proposition NAV be-
for the choice Of the voters and may
be voted on separately without prejudice to
others.
It shall be competent In all county govern
ment acts framed under the authority given by |
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