The herald., 1898-10-22
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
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WHEREAS, THE LEGISLATURE OF
the state of California. at its thirty-sec
ond session. beginning on the fourth day
OF January. A. y. 1897 two.thirds of all th'
members elected to each Of the two houses
Of said legislature voting In favor thereof
proposed the following. described amend
ments to the Constitution Of the state Of
California. to-wit:
Amendment Number One
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 41.)
the state of California an amendment Il
section eighteen of article eleven Of the
Constitution, in relation to revenue anG
,afauSS aaid Section & 70 wnea read as foliOws "
Section IS. No county, city. town, town.
ship, board of education or school district
shall incur any Indebtedness or liability IN
ing in any year the income and revenue
provided for it for such year, without the
assent Of two-thirds Of the analiified elfs,
held for that purpose. nor unless, before
or at the time Of incurring such Indebted
ness. provision shall be made for the col
the interest on such Indebtedness as 1t falls
due, and also provision to constitute a
sinking fund for the payment OF the prin-
shall not exceed forty years from the time
of contracting the same; provided. howev-
er, that the city and county of San Fran
esco may at any time pay the unpaa rms
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
ing repairing. altering, or for any Work done
upon or for any material furnished for any
St street fo Ss ss seas Pos any
sewers in said city and county are hereby
excepted from, the provisions OF TINS sec
tion and in determining IN ,hi any, claim per
ute Of limitations shall apply in any man.
ner: and provided further. that the city OF
Vallejo, In Solano county, may pay It's ex-
listing indebtedness incurred In the con-
struction OF Its water works, whenever two
thirds OF the electors thereof. voting at an
election held for that purpose, shall SO de:
eide. Any indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision, with the excep-
tons hereinbefore rected, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Be,ns Senate CoSstitHtional Amendment
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 dcsignated a. sec
thereof, providing for the framing by the
Inhabitants of counties, of local county
government acts for their own government.
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
Section ~. The Inhabitants Of any
county may frame county government
the matters hereinafter specified, and con-
sistent with and subject to the Constitution
and laws of this state, by causing board
of fifteen freeholders, who have been. for
such county, to be elected by the qualified
electors Of such county at any general or
special election. whose duty it shall be
within ninety days after such election. to
prepare and propose county government
act for such county, which shall be signed
in duplicate by the members Of such board.
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
then be published in two papers Of general
circulation in such county, or II there be
not two such papers, then In one only, for
than thirty days after such publication 1t
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of such county, at general or special cleo
tion and II mhasoly ahsrsan sha pd Sucn d44aed
same, it shall thereafter be submitted to
the legislature for It's rejection or appro-
val. as a whole. without power Of altera-
majority OF the members elected to each
house, It shall be the county government
act Of such county, and shall in such case
BECOME the organic law thereoi and super
and all amendments thereof. and all spe-
cial laws inconsistent with such county
government act.
A copy OF 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 submission
of such county government act to the cleo
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
Of the recorder Of deeds in the county,
among the archives Of the county.
All courts shall take judicial notics there
of. The county government act SO ratified
than two years. by proposals therefor
submitted by the legislative authority OF
the county, to the qualified electors thereof
at a general or special election held at least
forty days after the publication Of such
Of general circulation In such county, and
"a tined by at least three-ffths Of the quali-
fed electors voting thereon. and approved
by the legislature as herein provided Tor the
approval Of the county government act.