The herald., 1898-09-27

WHEREAS, THE LEGISLATURE OF
the state of California. a; its thlrty-sec-
ono session. beginning on the fourth day
Of January, A. D. 1897, two-thrds Of ali the
members elected to each of the two houses
OF said legislature voting in favor thereof,
ments to the Cons titutien of the state Of
California, to-wit:
Amendment Number One
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. ~
resolution to propose to the people Of
me ne,,sn state Of Califernia an amendment 70
Constitution, in relation to revenue and
taxation. by which 1t is proposed to amend
said section 10 read as follows:
Section Is. No county, city, town, town.
ship, board OF education or school district
shall Incur any indebtedness or liability in
any mariner or for any purpose exceed
Ing IN any year the income and revenue
assent of two-thirds of the qualified elsc-
tors thereof, voting at an election to be
held for that purpose. nor unless. before,
ness provision shall be made TOR the col
Lection OF an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such indebtedness as 1t fails
due, and also provision to constitute a
sinking fund for the payment of the pr!r-
cipal thereof on or before maturity, which
shall not exceed forty years from the time
Of contracting the same; provided. howev-
cisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims
with interest thereon for materials fur
nished to and work done for said city and
county during the forty-third and forty
fourth fiscal years out of the income and
revenue of any succeeding year or years;
provided, that any and all claims for MAX
lng, repairing. alter ring. OF Tor any work done
street, lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk.
or for the construction OF any sewer or
sewers in said city and county are hereby
excepted from the provisions Of this sec
don; and in determining any claim per-
mitted to be paid by this section, no stat
ute of limitations shall apply in any man.
ner; and provided further. that the city of
Vallejo, IL Solano county. may pay its ex-
sting indebtedness incurred in the con-
struction of its water works, whenever tw o.
thirds of the electors thereof, voting at an
election held for that purpose, shall so de-
ide. Any Indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision, with the excep-
,lons herenbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 10.)
A resolution proposing to the people OF
the state Of California an amendment to the
Constitution of the state, by adding new
section. to be known and designated as sec
tion seven ard one-haf, article eleven
thereof providing for the framing by the
nhabitaEits of counties, of local county
government acts for their own government.
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
section fE. Inc innaDltaHts OF any
county may frame county government
act for their own government, relating to
the matters hereinafter specified, and con-
s.stsrt with and subject to the Constitution
and laws of this state, BY causing board
Of fifteen freehoiders, who have been, for
at least five years. qualified electors Of
such county, TO be elected by the qualified
electors of such county. at any general or
within ninety days after such election, to
prepare and propose a county goyernme Mt
act for such county. which shall be signed
in duplicate BY the members of such board.
or majority Of them, and returned, one
copy thereof to the board Of supervisors
or other legislative body of such county.
and the other copy to be sent to the re-
corder of deeds of the county. Such
proposed county government act shall
then be published in two papers OF general
circulation in such county; or II there @ oe
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 general or special cleo
tion, and IL a majority of such qualified
electors voting thereon shall ratlfy the
same, 1t shall thereafter be submitted to
val, as whole, without power of altera-
tion, or amendment. and If approved by a
majority OF the members elected to each
house. it shall be ths county h government
become the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county governns mt act
and all amendments tnefeo1, ana al. spe-
cial laws inconsistent with such county
government act.
A copy Of such county government act
certified by the presldsnt of the board OF
Supervisors 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 elsc-
tors and It's ratification by them, shall be
made in duplicate and deposited, one In
the office OF the secretary. of state, the
other, after being recorded in the office
among the archives of the county.
All shall take 5TdiGa nt n9ties there
NAV be amended at intervals of not less
than two by pp9posas therefor
the county. to the qualified electors thereof
general or SPECIAL 9sSfon held at ieas,
osaa: ror,y aays for twenty days in newspane,
Of general circulation. in such county, and
ratified by at least three-fifths of the quail.
ned electors voting thereon, and approved
by the legislature as herein provided for the
approval OF the county government acu