The San Francisco call., 1898-08-01
ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

tWO-thfrdS Of VV of the two houses of said Legislature voting 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
 H)
 A resolution to propose to the people or the State of California, an amenafnehI 'S seciioL tlon in relation to revenue and taxation by which it is proposed to amend said section 10
 Section lS No county. city, town. township board of education or school district snail l ID ner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided Tor II Tor of the qualified electors thereof, voting al an election to be held for that purpose, nor un- Indebtedness, provision shall be made Tor the collection of annual tax sufficient 10 pay due and also provision to constitute sinking fund for the payment of the prlnGlpai p tnereo5i o5 forty years from the time of contracting the same: provided. however. that the City and County of San Francisco may at any time pay gay the unpaid claims with interest thereon TOT TOT materials furnished to and work done Tor said city and county during the forty , tnipa ana ana forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income ana revenue of any succeeding year or years pro vided. that any and all claims for making, ing re- pairing. altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street. lane, alley. court. place or sidewalk or for the con con struction of any sewer or sewers In sald cIty and county are hereby excepted from the pro- visions of this section; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by thls section no statute of Limitations shall apply in any man. ner; and provided further, that the City or inr indebtedness incurred in the construction of its waterworks, whenever two-tllrdS or the electors thereof voting at on election held for that purpose shall so decide Any indebted ness or liability incurred contrary to ths pro vision with the exception hereinbefore recited. shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 /,t,o ca,o+a Constitutional Amendment No
 resolution proposing to the people os the State of California an amendment to the Con stitution of the State, by adding 0 new sec tion to be known and designated as section seven and one-half article eleven thereof, pro- vidng for the framing by the inhabitants or counties of local county government acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows: oo,,,+,. may frame a county government act for their government relating to the matters here- matter specified and consistent with. and sub- feet to, the Constitution and laws Of thls state by causing a board of fifteen freeholders, @h9 electors of such county to be elected by the qualified electors of such county, at any gen eral or special election, whose duty 1t snail De within ninety days after such election. lo Pfe- Pf pare and propose county government aSt iUi such county, which shall be signed Tn dupn- M cate by the members of such board, or d ma nIa jority of them and returned, one copy thereol to the Board of Supervisors or other Ieg@Isla- @ tive body of such county and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds ot the county Such proposed county government acl shall then be published in two papers or gen eral circulation in such county, or 1T there be not two such papers, then In one only. TOT at at least twenty days and within not less than thirty days after such publication 1t shall be submitted to the qualified electors or sucn county at general or special eIectlon' ana ana II A majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratlfy the same, IL snail there after be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection. or approval, as a whole, without power of alteration or amendment, and If ap- proved by majority of the members elected to each house, It shall be the county govern ment act Of such county ana shall III @ such ca SC become the organic law thereof ana super sede any existing county goyernment ac'' ana ana all amendments thereof, and all speclal iaws inconsistent with such county government act
 A copy of such county government act cert cert fled by the President Of the Board or super vIsors or other legislative body Of such county and authenticated by the seal of such county. setting forth the submission Of such county government act to the electors, and its ratlhca-
 ton. by them. shall be made in duplicate and deposited. one in the office of the secretary ol State the other after being recorded In the office. of the recorder of deeds in the county among the archives of the county.
 All courts shall take judicial notice thereof
 The county government act so ratihed may pc amended at intervals of not less than two
 wears by proposals therefor, submitted by the iegislative authority of the county, to the
 nnaIjfIed electors thereof, at a general or
 special election held at least forty days after the publication of such proposals Tor twenty
 days in newspaper of general clTcuiat9n h III ffths of the qualified electors voting thereon and approved by the Legislature as herein pro
 
 ment act In submitting any such county gov ernment act any alternative article or proposl- tlon may be presented for the choice ot the voters and may be voted on separately With out prejudice to others.
 It shaii be competent in all county govern ment acts framed under the authority given by this section. to provide for the manner III which, the times at which. and the terms foI which the several township and county officers other than Judges of the Superior Court, shall be elected or appointed: for their compensa tion; for the number of such officers, TOT the i consolidation or segregation of offices, for the number Of deputies that each officer shall nave and for the compensation payable to each ol snch deputies. for the manner in which. the times in which, and the terms for which the
 r1ernbers of ali boards of election shall be
 nellosi Ins @ roir+eJ. and for the constitution regulation compensation and government oi such boards. and of their clerks and attaches also to prescribe the manner and method by which ali elections by the people shall be con ducted; and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors, pc Iitical parties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election; method herein pointed out, adopted any county government act, and the same shall have been
 approved by the Legislature as at4resa19' ore the the directions of sections four ana nVe ol shls article providing for the uniformity Of a system of county governments througho,nt the me State and likewise providing Tor the .eiectlon and appointment of officers. and the reguia- ton of their compensation. shall not apply; Said county government act shall as to any oi tba matters hereinabove provided for and de clared by such county government act. not be subject to any law or amendment enacted by inc Legislature except by amendment hrst enhrjtted to the electors and ratified in the manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. cReine Senate Constitutional Amendment No 44)
 resolution proposing to the people of the state of California an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State. by adding a new section. to be known and designated as section five and one-balf article six, thereby providing for the organization of Q court to be known as the Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec ton to read follows:
 Section 61s 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 tc i hear and determine all claims of every kind | and character against the State, under such 1 laws as gnay be passed by the Legislature, and l its Judgment thereon shall be final; The terms | of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol | lows: , | inc seccnd Monday of March:
 Tn the City and County of San Francisco | commencing on the second Monday in July In the City of Sacramento commencing or Blind, and Street Brawler. T E 1ox,d a hlind peddler and Dan