The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

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-thirds of all the members elected to each
in favor thereof proposed the following de-
scribed amendments to the Constitution or the
State of California, to-wit:
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
A resolution to propose to the people of the
State of California an amendment TO section
eighteen of article eleven of the Constltu-
ton, in relation to revenue and taxation, by
which 1t is proposed to amend said section to
Section IS No county, city, town, township.
board of education or school district shall IN
ner or for any purpose exceeding In any year
the income and revenue provided for II ror
of the qualified electors thereof voting at
election to be held for that purpose, nor I'M
less before or at the time OF lncugrlls s4 46a
Indebtedness, provision shalI be mace LOT tne
collection Of an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such indebtedness as IT falls
due, and also provision to constitute si n
fund for the payment of the principal Thereon
on before maturity, which shall not exceed
same; provided, however, that the City and
County of San Francisco may at any time pay
the unpaid claims with interest thereon Tor
materials furnished to and work done for said
city and county during the forty-thiro ana
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
for any material furnished for any street, lane.
aliey. court. place or sidewalk or for the con-
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
of its water works, whenever two-thirds of the
electors thereof voting at an election held for
ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro-
vision, with the exception hereinbefore reclteo'
shall be void
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
l0)
A resolution proposing to the people of the
stitution of the State. by adding new sec
ton, to be known and designated as section
seven and one-half article eleven thereof, pro-
viding for the framing by the inhabitants OF
counties Of local county government sc9s tor
their own government: The said proposed new
section to read as follows:
Section III. The inhabitants of any county
own own goTernment relating to the matters here
matter specified and consistent with ana SUD
By causing a board of fifteen freeholders. who
have been, for at least hve years, QuaIiIed
qualified electors of such county, at any gen
eral or special election, whose duty it shall be
within ninety days after sucn electlon, 70 pre-
such county, which shall be signed in dupn-
cate by the members of such board, or a ma
jority of them, and returned, one copy thereoL
TO the Board of Supervisors or other legisla-
tive body of such county, and the other copy
to be sent to the Recorder OF DEEDS OF lne
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 it shall be
submitted TO the qualified electors of such
county, at a general or special election, ana II
thereon shall ratify the same. it shall there
after be submitted to the Legislature Tor ITS
rejection or approval as @p and if anu
proved by a majority or the members erected
to each house it shall be the county S govern ah
case become the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county government act ana
Inconsistent with such county government act
copy of such county government act eerti-
visors or other legislative body of such county.
and authenticated by the seal OF such county,
EXITING forth the submission of such county
overnment act to the electors, and its ratifca-
ZION by them, shall be made In duplicate and
sac the other after being recorded In the
ofSee of the Recorder of Deeds in the county
a hu courts shall take judicial notice thereof
THE county government act so ratified may be
amended; 5 at therefor submitted by the
legislative authority of the county, TO the
qualified electors tn at forx nSs after 9e t
publication Of such proposals for twenty DAYS
in newspaper OF general circuatIon IN rs, suea
county, and ratified by at least three-hftns OF
the qualified electors voting thereon, and ap-
proved by the Legislature as herein provided
FOR the approval of the county government act
Tn subuitting any such county government act
any alternative article or proposition may be
nresented for the choice of the voters, and may
he voted on separately without prejudice to
others. -, .u,,,,.,, uo,.ar,.
mani acts framed under the authority given by
this section, TO provide for the manner In
,rbich the several township and county officers
other than Judges of the Superior Court, shall
be elected or ber of sncb officers fer the
consolidation or segregation OF otnees, Tor the
number Of deputies that each 0reer s sha nave
sncb DEPUTIES for the manner in which, the
times in which and she terms tor wh ha me
alected or appointed and for the constitution,
regulation, Compensation and government OF
eIso to prescribe the manner and method by
which ali elections by the people shall be con
tart and conditions upon which electors po
Itical parties and organizations may partici-
pate in any a prln COUNTY has. in the manner
orS Method herein pointed out, adopted any
county government nne6yed p by the Legislature as
aSoresaid the direction or sections Tour ana
Ave of this article providing Tor the unlforty
the state and likewise providing for the cleo
ton and appointmnt. OF Shall dpa no ot anpv
eaid county government act SNAIL: as TO any or
the matters hereinabove provided for and de-
rclared by such county government act, not be
SUBJECT to any law or amendment enacted by
the Legislature, except by Amendment nrst
submitted to the electors and rat1ned IN the
manner hereinabove set forth.
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
rse,nr Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
Noe 44)
A resolution proposing to the people of the
state of California amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State by adding new section,
20 he known and designated as section five and
one.haif article six. thereby providing for the
80 go NJ alton of a court, to be known the
Court of Claims. The said proposed new
tion IN read as follows:
Sact;on 51s The Court OF Claims shall con-
sist of any three Judges of the Superior Court,
Who NAV be requested by the Governor to hold
court at the regular terms thereof The Court
Of Claims shall have exclusive jurisdiction to
hear md determine all claims of every kind
and character against the State, under such
laws as may be passed by the Legislature, and
IFS Judgment thereon shall be final The terms
of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol-
lows:
the second Monday of March;
In the City and County of San Francisco,
commencing on the second Monday in July,
and