The herald., 1898-10-06
Amendment Number One

Amendment Number One
(Being Senate stitutionai Amendment
No. 4l.)
A resolution to propose to the people of
the state of California an amendment TO
section eighteen of article eleven of the
taxation, b. which 1t is proposed 10 amend
said section 10 read as follows:
section ls No county. city. town, town
ship, board of education or school dis ct
shall incur any Indebtedness or liability in
any manner or for any purpose exceed
ing in any year the income and revenue
crowded for it for such year. without the
assent of two-thrds Of the qualified elec-
.ors thereof. voting al an election to be
held for that purpose, nor unless, before.
Or at the time OF lncurring such Indicted
.eetion Of an annual tax suricient to pay
me interest on such irds btedness as it fails
cue, and also provision to constitute a
sinking fund for the payment of the prir-
.pa. thereof On or before maturity, which
shall not exceed forty years from the time
II contracting the same; provided. howev-
tr, that the city and county Of San Fran
cisco may a 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-thira ana torty-
revenue. of any succeeding year or years;
provided that any and all claims for max
ng, repairing, altering. or for any work done
dpon oT for any material furnished TOR any
street, lane, alley, court, place or sid ewalk,
or tor The construction of any sewer or
sewers in said city and county are hereby
excepted from the provisions of this sec
lion; ord in determining any claim per-
mitted to be paid by this section, no stat
ute of limitations shall apply in any man
ner: ana pEovided further. that the city OF
Vallejo. in Solano county. may pay its eX-
sting indebtedness incurred in the con-
struction of its water works, VIII never two
thirds of the electors thereof, voting at an
E lect!on held for that purpose. shall so de-
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contrary to this provision, with the excep-
tons hereinbefore rec!ted, shall be void.
Amendment Mum Der Two
(BeRg Serats CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment
No. l0.)
A resolution proposing TO the people or
the state of California n amendment TO the
Constitution OF the state. by adding new
tion seven and one-haif, article eleven
thereof, providing fer the framing by the
inhabitants of counties, of local county
acts for their own government.
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Section ~. The inhabitants of any
courty may frame a county government
act for their own government relating to
the matters hereinafter specified, and con-
sistsnt with and subject tC the Constitution
and laws Of this state, by causing board
at least five years, qualified electors Of
such county, to be elected by the qualified
electors of such county, al any general or
special election, whose duty 1t shall be
within ninety days after such election, to
and propose a county government
act for such county, which shall be signed
in duplicate by the members of such board,
or a 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.
eorder Of deeds OF the county sneh He
then be published in two papers OF general
circulation in such county. or If there be
not two such papers, then in one only, Tor
than thirty days after such publication 1t
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of such county, at general or special cleo
tion, and if majority of such qualified
electors voting thereon shall ratify the
same, it shall thereafter be submitted to
the legislature for its rejection or appro-
val, as whole, without power OF aitera-
majority of the members elected to each
house, it shall be the county government
act Of such county, and shall in such case
sede any existing county government act.
and all amendments thereof, and AL spe-
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 submission
of such county government act to the elec-
tors and its 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 notice there
of. The county government act so ratified
may be amended at intervals Of not less
than two years. by proposals therefor.
submitted by the Legislative authority Of
the county, to the qualified electors thereof,
at general or special election held at least
forty days after the publication of such
proposals for twenty days in a newspaper
of general circulation in such county, and
ratified by at least three-ffths of the quail
fled electors voting thereon, and approved