The San Francisco call., 1898-10-19
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECITTTVE DEP RTMENT-

| SACRAMENIO, July 3Utn, 1SSo 1 WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of
 California, at it's thrty-second session begin
 nng 6n the foaTt1 t aay or aIsctad to eso of the two houses of said Legislature voting
 in favor thereof. proposed the following de | scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. | H)
 | A resolution to propose to the people or the
 State of California amendment to section | eighteen of article eleven Of the Constitu- l which 1t is proposed to amend said section to | read follows:
 Section IS. No county. city. town. township. | cur any indebtedness liability in any man
 ner or for any purpose exceeding in td any year a
 such year, without the assent of two-thirds
 of the qualified electors thereof voting at an | less before, at the time of incurring such
 indebtedness, provision shall be made for the l collection of annual tax sufficient to pay
 the interest on such indebtedness as 1t falls
 due. and also provision to constitute a sinking
 on or before maturity. which shall not exceed | forty years from the time of contracting the | County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon Tor 1 city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income ana vided that any and all claims for making, re- pairing altering or for any work done upon or for material furnished Tor any street. ldLe alley. court, place or sidewalk, or for the con struction of any sewer sewers in said city
 and county are hereby excepted from the the pro claim permitted to be paid by this section, no
 statute of limitations shall apply in any % man, D,
 ner and provided further. that the City or
 Vallejo, in Solano County, may pay It's exist
 ing indebtedness incurred In the construction of its water works, whenever two-thirds of the
 that purpose shall so decide. Any indebted
 ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro
 vision with the exception hereinbefore rectted,
 shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con tion, to be known and designated as section seven and one-half. article eleven thereof. pro
 counties of local county government acts for their own government. The said proposed new
 section to read as follows:
 Section 7Jh The inhabitants of any county may frame county government act for their own government. relating to the matters nere- matter specified and consistent with and sub ject to the Constitution and laws of this State. by causing board of fifteen freeholders Wno have been for at least five years, qualified electors of such county, to be elected by the erai nr sneciai election. whose duty it shaii be within ninety days after such election, to pre- sencb county. which shall be signed in dupIi- cate by the members of such board. or a ma. jority of them, and returned, one copy thereof to the Board of Supervisors other legisa- tive body of such county, and the other copy county. Such proposed county government act shall then be published in two papers of gen. eral circulation in such county. or If there be not two such papers then in one only. for at least twenty days and within not less than thirty days after such publication 1t shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such county at a general or special election. and if
 a0rSy of ra snsh tSe sae sa t6ere after be submitted to the Legislature for its o1ta ioro amendment ana if D. proved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county govern ment act of such county, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and super sede any existing county goyernment act, and inconsistent with such county government act.
 A copy of such county government act, certi- yfsors or other legislative body of such county. and authenticated by the seal of such county, government act to the electors. and it's rattfca- tion by them. shall be made in duplicate and State the other after being recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds In the county, All courts shall take judicial notice thereof. The county government act so ratified may be Years by proposals therefor. submitted by the legislative authority of the county, to the ciai election held at least forty days after the publication of such proposals for twenty days countv and ratified by at least three-f1fths of the qualified electors voting thereon. and ap- oxypd for inc approval of the county government act. Tn submitting any such county government act any 9aT tbe choice of the voters and may be voted separately without prejudice to others. -, .t t.- ment acts framed under the authority given by this section to TOT 1d 5he ts ers which the several township and county officers other than Gr her ton: for the number of such officers, for the consolidation or segregation d. or otnees, TOT the and for the compensation payable to each Of such deputies, for the manner in which the the menbers of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed and for the constitution: sncb boards and of their clerks and attaches; also to prescribe the manner and method by Snnted: and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors. po- litical parties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election whenever any county has, in the manner | and method herein pointed out. adopted any have been approved by the Legislature as i've of this article providing for the uniformity of system of county sovernments throughout | the tino snd appontment of officers and the regu ietion of their compensation shall not apply | Said county county fbereinabove provided for and de clared by such county government act, not be | embtect to any law amendment enacted by | tha TegisIatrire except by amendment first | br,ittsd to the electors and ratified in the | manner hereinabove set forth
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. rp.,re senate Constitutional Amendment No | sA 4.)
 A resolution proposing to the people of the | cta+a oS California amendment to the Con- stj+,tion of the State, by adding section | so he known and designated section five and | ocns.haif article six thereby providing for the | orga anization of court, to be known as the | Court of Claims The said proposed new sec tion to read follows: Saction 51b The Court of Claims shall con- .,st of any three Judges of the Superior Court | who may be requested by the Governor to hold l ooiIrt at the regular terms thereof The Court of Claims shalf have exclusive Jurisdiction to | hear and determine all claims of every kind | and character against the State. under such | laws as may be passed by the Legislature and | Iis Judgment thereon shall be final The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held as fol- lows:
 Tn the City of Los Angeles. commencing on | the second Monday of March;
 In the City and County of San Francisco commencing on the second Monday in. July, and
 In the City of Sacramento. commencing on l