The San Francisco call., 1898-10-26
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
 SACRAMENTO, July S0th, 1898.
 WHEREAS The Legislature of the State Of California at its thirty-second session begin ming on the fourth day of January. A. D. 1897. two,tbirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, proposed the following de- seribed amendments to the Constitution or the State Of California, to-wit:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
 (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
 41)
 A resolution to propose to the people or the State of California amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constto- tion, in relation to revenue and taxation, py which 1t is proposed to amend said section lo read as follows:
 board of education school district shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man nan for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided TOT II TOT I9r such year. without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof. voting at an less before. or at the time of incurring such indebtedness provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such Indebtedness as it falls due, and also provision to constitute sihklhg fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same. provided however that the City and County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon TOT city and county during the forty-third ana forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income ana revenue of any succeeding year or years: pro yided 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' gtruction of any sewer or sewers in said city and county hereby excepted from the pro claim clam permitted to be paid by this section. statute of limitations shall apply Tn any man. Vallejo, in solano County, may pay its exist ing indebtedness incurred in the eonstruetSSn e !S electors thereof voting at election held for that purpose shall decide. Any indebted- ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro vision. with the exception hereinbefore reeited' shall be void
 .AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 10)
 A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con fion 10 be known and designated as section seven and one-half. article eleven thereoI, pro co,nties of local county government acts for their own government. The said proposed ne" 'es9n eto5 to read Te as of any may frame county government act Tor thelr inafter specified, and consistent with and sub feet to the Constitution and laws or tnls otaIe, by causing board I Tt sait hitfH 9e yearS quaed electors of such county, to De elected by tne qualified electors of such county, al any EII sen he eral or special election, whose duty It snalI oe within ninety days after such election, 10 pre- pare and propose county government ast ei3 t1r such county, which shall be signed ID oupI- cate by the members of such board. or ma jority of them. and returned, one copy @ @thereo1 to the Board of Supervisors or other leglsla- five body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county Such proposed county government act shali then be published in two papers of gen eraI circulation in such county, or If there be least hg1 twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication 1t shall De Submitted to the qualified electors of such county at a general special election and If majority of such qualified electors voting after be submitted to the Legislature for its reflection or approval, as whole, without royysr of alteration or amendment, and if ap- pproved hy a majority of the members elected fo each house 1t shall be the county govern case become the organic law thereof and super sede any existing county government act, and all amend1nents tnersoI, ana m act
 copy of such county government act certl- fled by the President or the Board or super and authenticated by the seal Of such county, setting forth the submission of such county sSon bv them. shall be made in duplicate and deposited, one in the office of the Secretary of fsce of the Recorder of Deeds in the county, among the archives of the county;
 rbe county government act so ratified may be ! amanded at intervals of not less than two years; y,1s.tiye authority of the county. to the qualified electors thereof, at general or spe- h,,cation c,a1 of such proposals for twenty days l., newspaper of general circulation Tn such and U tpe auaiifed electors voting thereon. and ap, nroved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approva 0i .ucb In counfy sovernment act anv Alternative article or proposition may De Resented for the choice of the voters and may he voted on separately without prejudice 10 others. ,,a,an+ in all county povern- ,,snt acts framed under the authority given by IuI sactIon to provide for the manner in .r,S wbSch the times at which, and the terns for Wti Wnieh' +ba several township and county officers WniS. .Ir +ban Judges of the Superior Court shall Se elected or appointed; for their compensa- tion TOT ifu or segregation of offices for the u,robar of deputies that each officer shall nave and for the compensation payable 10 each or anI snch io deputies for the manner in which, the sin,as in which and the terms TOT whlcn % the meHodsi mend or appoipted and for the constitution. eagnIatfon. compensation and government or sucn 1d po Inrescribe the manner and method by tIcb ali elections by the people snail De con ducted; and may in ,,aon Which electors po 1s.ical parties and organizations may partici- pate in any prmaTy ednty eieGacn has in the manner erd method herein pointed ont; adopted I, any county government ac1 5v afb tbe IersIature as nave naaVeaa;d the direction of sections four and five of this article provdimg TOT ohe or or ctste and likewise providing for the cleo ton and appointment of efcers ana of the i Teg9 t9N aoid county government act shall as to any Of ttpa matters hereinabove provided TOT ana de- oIo rad e,Irso c,bisct fo any law amendment enacted by tuo1GTc tne TegisIature. except by amendment first tne tttsd Le to the electors and ratified in the manner hereinabove set forth
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE
 <pa,ne senate Constitutional Amendment No. SDeiis Al
 A resolution proposing to the people of the e..a ~ California amendment to the Con- stitut;on of tine State. by adding new section; seiI H ta S-oyrn and designated as section five and ~ .o1b.If " article six. thereby providing for the ooreanization orr of court to be known as the Sn"rt St of Claims. The said proposed new sec- tion to read as folloWs: . ru,
 ,et ~ any three Judges of the Superior Court who may be requested by the Governor to hold of Claims shall have exclusive Jurisdiction to ba bear and determine all claims of every kind nnd character against the State. under such laws as may be passed by the Legislature. and of the Court of Claims shall be held fol-
 Tn 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
 Tn the City of Sacramento commencing on