The herald., 1898-09-19
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

ExECuT!vE REPAYMENT.
wHEREAsA AssAGTHHHMENT2 THh }1Y AYTisAh 80 1sss ar
the state of California, at Its thirty-sec-
ord session, beginning on the fourth day
OF January, A. =. 1897, two-thirds of all the
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 to
section eighteen of article eleven of the
Constitution. in relation to revenue and
said section to read as follows:
section lS No county, city. town. town
ship, board of education or school district
any mariner or for any purpose excesd-
ing in amy year the income and revenue
provided for it for such year, without the
| assent of two-thirds of the qualified elsc-
tors thereof, voting at an election to Be
held for that purpose, nor unless, before,
or at the time of incurring such indebted
lection Of an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such indebtedness as 1t falls
due. and also provision to constitute. a
sinking fund for the payment Of the pr
shall not exceed forty years from the time
of contracting the same; provided. howev-
er. that the city and county of San Fran
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
ing, repairing, altering, or for 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
tion; and in determining any, claim per-
mitted to be paid by this section, no stat
ute of limitations shall apply in any man
nsr; and provided further, that the city Of
Vallejo in Solano county, may pay its ex-
lsting Indebtedness incurred in the con-
struction of its water works, whe never 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-
tions herenbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Belng 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 and one-half. article eleven
thereof provsding for the framing nIas by the
government acts for their own government.
fhe said proposed new section to read as
tOll0WS:
Section 7h. The Inhabitants of any
county may frame county government
act for their own government, relating to
the matters hereinafter specified, and con-
and laws Of this state. by causing board
Of fifteen freeholders, who have been, for
at least five years. qualified electors of
electors OF such county. at any general Or
special election, whose duty 1t shall be
within ninety days after such election. to
Sr .ush e asd
or a majority Of them. and returned, cns
copy thereof ss to .,t the board Of supervisors
and the other copy to be sent to the re-
corder Of deeds Of the county. Such
proposed county government act shall
circulation in such county. or II there be
not two such papers. then In one only, for
at least twenty days, and within not less
shall bs submitted to the qualified electors
tion, and IL a majority Of such Qualified
sams t sSai % thsreafter a bs submitted 70
the legislature for its rejection or appro-
val as a whole. without power Of altsra-
o s1 ~ tbs ana .IsS 20 BY
house, 1t shall be the county government
act Of such county, and shall In such case
become the organic law thereof and super
and all amendments thereof, and AL 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
tors and Its ratification by them, shall be
made In duplicate and deposited, one IN
the office OF the secretary Uf 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 there
Of The county government act go ratified
be amended at intervals OF not less
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
proposals for twenty days IN newspaper
Of general circulation in such county and
ratified by at least three-fifths of the quali-
by the legislature as herein provided for the
approval Of the county government act
Witness my hand 1
+ year herein first shove '
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