The record-union., 1898-10-28
Amendment Number Two.

Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
"A resolution proposing to the people of
the state of California an amendment 10
the Constitution of the State, by adding a
new section. to be known and designated
Eleven thereof, providing for the framing
by the Inhabitants of counties OF local
county government Acts for their dI,, own own
Section 71a. The inhabitants of any
county may frame a county government
Act for their own government, relating 10
the matters hereinafter specified, and CON
sistent with, and subject to, the Constltu-
board Of fifteen freeholders. who have
electors Of such county. to be elected by
any general or special election. whose
duty it shall be within ninety days after
such election to prepare and propose
which shall be signed in duplicate by the
members of such board, or majority or
them and returned. one copy thereof eSis,s 10
tive body of such county, and the other
copy to be sent to the recorder of deeds
ernment Act shall then be published in
two papers of general circulation in such
county, or If there be not two such pa
days, and within not less than thirty days
after such publica ton 1t shall be submit
teQ TO the Qual1neQ electors or SuCn COuI-
ty, at general or special election, and II
a majority Of such qualified electors vot-
ing thereon shall ratify the. same 1t shall
thereafter be submitted to- the Legislature
for it's rejection or approval, as a whole,
without power Of alteration or amend
ment and If approved by a majority Of
the members elected to each house, 1t
shall be the county government Act or
such county, and shall in such case be-
sede any existing county government Act.
and all amendments thereof, and all spo-
cial laws inconsistent with such county
government Act.
certified by the President of the Board of
Supervisors or other legislative body of
such county, and authenticated by the
seal Of such county. setting forth the sub
mission Of such county government Act to
the electors, and it's ratification by them,
one one in the Office 81 of the Secretary star Of State
the other, after being recorded in the Of
fice of the recorder Of deeds in the coun-
All courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. The, county government Act so
not es less T than % two Years a. by ytop proposals
therefor. submitted by the Legislative au-
thority of the. county. to the qualified
ELECTION ELECTION held at least forty days "a after eta the
publication Of such proposals for twenty
days in a newspaper Of general circula-
least three-ffths of the qualified electors
voting thereon, and approved by the
proval of the county government Act. In
submitting any such county government
Act any alternative article or proposition
voters and may be voted on separately
without prejudice to others.
1t shall be competent in all county gov
given by this section to provide for the
manner in which. the times at which, and
the terms for which the several township
and county officers. other than Judges Of
the Superior Court shall be elected or
appointed; for their compensation for
the number Of such officers, for the con-
humber of deputies that each officer shall
have. and for the compensation payable
to each OF such deputies. for the manner
In terms Mf9 for W Which the members ana of the a
boards Of election shall be elected or op-
pointed; and for the constitution, regula-
such SUCH boards, and Of their clerks a and at
method by Which S ali the peo
PIE shall be the festa ana am may In add
upon which electors, political parties and
Organizations may participate in any pri-
Whenever any county has, In the man.
ner and method herein pointed out, adopt
ed any county government Act, and the
same shall have been "a approved thn by the
providing for the uniformity of a system
Sf provdg fogg tbe
tion and appointment of officers, and the
regulation of their compensation, shall
not apply Said county at 1ta government Act
above provided for and declared by such
county government Act, not be subject to
and law or amendment enacted by the
submitted to the electors and ratified in
the manner hereinabove set forth.