The San Francisco call., 1898-11-08
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. CBeins Senate Constitutional Amendment
 10.)


 CBeins Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 10)
 resolution proposing to the people of the State of California amendment to the con stitution of the State. by adding new sec tion. to be known and designated as section I9ro seven and one-half, article eleven tnsreoI, pro. yiding for the framing by the inhabitants or counties of local county goyerament asds e2r lSr their own government; Ihe saio proposeo Ne" section to read as follows
 Section 7h. The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their own government, relating to the matters here- nafter specified and consistent win tis ana stae feet to the Constitution and laws or thls state, by causing board of fifteen freeholders. " wn9 nc have been for at least hvs years, hu tbs qualified electors of such county, at any geu. eral or special election, whose duty 1t snail @ pc within ninety days after such election, to pre- pare and propose county government aet e,,3 TOT such county which shall be signed d in in eupi, rpa jority of them, and returned. ore copy thereoI to the Board of Supervisors or other Ieglsla no tive body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds or the county Such proposed county government act eraI circulation in such county, or If there De not two such papers. then in one only: S TOT a. as thirty days after such publication 1t shall be submitted to the qualified electors or sucn n a majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall there saier+,on aaiec on or approval as whole. without power of alteration or amendment, ana 1T ap, fo each house it shall be the county govern ment act of such county, and shall In such case become the organic law thereof ana super, se5e eny existing county government act, and ali amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act. ned by the President of the Boare or super sn6 authenticated by the seal of such county, setting forth the submission of such county Sovernment act to the electors. and its ratifca, f;on by thern shall be made In duplicate and deposited, one in the office of the Secretary or State the other. after being recorded in the ofSce of the Recorder of Deeds in the county, among the archives of the county;
 rbs county government act so ratified may be smended. at intervals of not less than two xears by proposals therefor. submitted by the fssisIatiye authority of the county, to the TnaIifled electors thereof, at general or spe- cts1 eIection held at least forty days after the h,tcation cid1 of such proposals for twenty days in a newspaper of general circulation m sucn county and ratified by at seass tbereo9 and ao @ nroved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval 1r sucb rng eounty Government act any alternative article or proposition may De presented for the choice or the voters: aaa may N be voted on separately "i'hou' pie'u ' otners sss,l be competent in all county govern thia section, to provide for the manner in which the times at waidn anS amq county en9 Officers other than Judges of the Superior Court. shall be elected appointed Tor ] taeir copensh fnr shs oseossoidation or segregation of offices, for the uumber of deputies that each officer shall nave; and srC smch i deputies, for the manner in which the times in which, and the terms tor whiGn am the ne I1ented ar appointed and for the constitution: TTsruIation, compensation and government or sucn s1sa to prescribe the manner and method by which ali elections by the people shall De con on ducteo, S Conditions upon which electors. po- i,.ical partIes and organizations may partlci- pate in any primary election ,- .h. a- snS method herein pointed out: adopted any any county government act ana 3 the egis1afs,rs sna a have been the ep9drqti direction of sections four and ave of this article providing TOT the unlIorrnlly of e.sse sysee and likewise providing for the cleo tin, and Appointment of officers; ana the regu- iation of their compensaso3n 3 sna as nt m sny 9 sha saa matters hereinabove provided TOT ana ce- cared by such county goverhent sactsd nos M 2e tpe sho' T,eeislature except by amendment first ssnhnoitted to the electors and ratined Tn the manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
 Sanete Constitutional Amendment No. tosins 44.)
 rsso,ution proposing to the people of the ~,.. n aS Ca1ffornia an amendment to the Con- State Stat, or oS the State by adding section, E ta Tnown and designated as section five and one-naarl,+ oneaa+,on of a court, to be known as the Sl %5,rt of Claims. The said proposed new sec tien ao 10 read t The Court of Claims shall con ,s. o1 any three Judges of the Superior Court. who be py me ereof b 70 nr nn,q o9 Claims shall have exclusive Jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims or every Kind gnu, gnu as may be passed by the Legislature, and ifs ia iudgment thereon shall be. final. The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol- m the City of Los Angeles. commencing on the sS sy and countg of San commencing on the second Monday in July. anu Al. ru.- o, cocrerarro courneno,nv nm