The San Francisco call., 1898-08-12
ADVERTISEMENTS. PROCLAMATION.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECTTTIVE DEPARTMENT.

l EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTt 1 SACRAMENTO, July 30th. 1898.
 WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State or California. at its thirty second session oeS Ssd1 ! ming on the fourth day of January. A. D. 1eSI i two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses of said Legislature woeins ing scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit;
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 A resolution .o propose to the people of tho State of California. an amendment 70 sect.On t;. eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu- tion, In relation to revenue and taxaton. py | which 1t Is proposed to amend said section to
 Section -Gi' IS. No county. city. town. township board of education. or school district anan m in ner for any purpose exceeding Tn any year gar the. income and revenue provided for 1t ,tLSs I6s l of he qualified electors thereof. voting at an election to be held for that purpose. nor s',ch un ] less before, at the time of incuTring stSn tSn in lebtedness provision shall be Inade tor 5 sIiv collection Of annual tax sufficient 10 fpaiis pins l the interest on such indebtedness as ls ,r,in1 t due and also provision to constitute a slnklhs fund fer the payment of the pfinGlpalt nt 'eTcee5 on or before maturity which shal! not e1csea tea forty years from the time ot contracGIiHHg GiH nd s same; provided however, that the lrs 1lry nav nay | th~ unpaid claims with interest thereon qd a31 materials furnished to and woFk ooHe 1f,r8 3' and city and county during the forty1tni1u , and and fortyfourth fiscal years, out Of the income anu anu revenue of any succeeding year or years pro vided. that any and all claims for InsKlng. s or pairing. altering or for any work dohe up9n 9,a o ! for material furnished for any street iaiAe' alley. court, place sidewalk. or for the cSr fv i struction of any sewer or sewers Tn salu @ SIay visions of this section; and in determining any l claim permitted to be paid by this section, no ner; and provided further. that the City Of Vallejo. in Solano County. may pay its otio s1isn of its waterworks whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at on election hsIp t9F ess seas pr snn neuTPed T contry to this
 vision; with the exception hereinoefore reci'eu shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No 1o.)
 resolution proposing to the people of the stitution of the State. by adding new ssSr, sec | tion, to be known and designated as sectloh | viding for the framing by the innaoita.ss 1 , Or counties of local county goveFanr1enr osed new, their own @ government ed,ioI The said pF0P0Ssu
 Section 7k. The inhabitants of any county I ! own government, relating to the matters hefe t ! matter specified. and consistent with, ana sup by causing board of fifteen freeholoers. Sn9 9 I have been, for at least five years quaHneo 1e i qualified electors of such county, at any gen | eral or special election, whose duty 1T snail pc Sats w1sin and propose county act for | such county, which shall be signed Tn oupit- l ioritv of them. and returned, one copy thereol l fo the Board of Supervisors or other leglsla-
 
 ' tn he sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county Such proposed county government act srai circulation in such county. or if there be not two such papers then in one only G Tor t,ad at | thirty days after such publication 1t shall be 1 Submitted to the qualified electors of such ! county at & general or special election. and 1T 2 majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the, same, t shall there rejection or approval a whole, without power of alteration or amendment and 1T ap, Ior{f If fha m m fo each house 1t shall be the county govern ment act of such county. and shall Tn such | sede any existing county government act and all amendments thereof. ana all special laws W. 1 A copy of such county government act certi- fled by the fhar sRsiatiVe body of such county 1 and authenticated by the seal Of such county, setting oh the o be eeeors 9 and Sqsn s rsen 1 ffon by them, shall be made in duplicate and l stste the other after being recorded in the | offlce of the recorder of deeds in the county,
 drt the sha take K 'S dSa noce thereof -rha county government act so ratified may be | ieFIslstiye authority of the county, to the specai election held at least forty days after the publication of such proposals s, for twenty days in r4 aRd ratified by at ieast three m Sfths of the qualified electors voting thereon, and spProyfG . py sypprovaI of the county govern t Yloet , t1i iT submitting any such county gov arn ent net any alternative article propos tion may be presented for the choice Of the voters and may be voted on separately with out + sbai be competent in all county govern rnent acts framed under the authority given by this Sefton fbs times @ a which and the terms for which the several township and county officers StheL ,ectsd Cf or appointed; for their compensa- t5on. for the number of such officers. for the ns6er of deputies that each officer shal have and for the compensation payable to each of euen tn. ,n which, and the terms for which the l r1enbers of all boards or election shall be r,tiation Compensation and government of sneh boards and of their clerks and attaches; also also to prescribe the manner and method by 4 ,ntsd: and may in addition determine the ttIoo, ne erties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election r,etb'd herein pointed out. adopted any county rovernment act. and the same shall have been sppr3ften sppotteps of sections four and five of this article providing for the uniformity of a sE ate and likewise providing for the election and appointment of officers and the regula- SSafd county government act shall. to any of inc matters hereinsbove provided for and de- enbiect {o any law or amendment enacted by 9be Legislature except by amendment first manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
 Cee,ns Senate Constitutional Amendment No. N A)
 A resolution proposing to the people, of the cta4e of California amendment to the Con- saI1,,tton of the State, by adding a section, .o he known and designated as section five and onebalf article six. thereby providing for the organIgation of a court, to be known as the Sn51rt of Claims. The said proposed new '' Section 5ia The Court of Claims shall utst of any three Judges of the Superior Court. who may be requested by the Governor to hold coIIrt at the regular terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall have exclusive Jurisdiction to Saar and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State. under such laws as may be passed by the Legislature. and 1 its Judgment thereon shall be final The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol-
 In the City of Los. Angeles commencing on the second Monday of March:
 Tn the City and County of San Francisco, commencing on the second Monday in July, and
 the second Monday of November of each year. The Judges holding such term of court shall receive no extra compensation therefor, but shall receive their actual expenses, to be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury. Nf al lnxr ~y