The herald., 1898-11-05
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

WHEREAS. THE LEGISLATURE OF
the state Of California, at its thirty-sec-
Of January A. D. 1897. two-thirds of all the
members elected to each Of the two houses
of said legislature voting in favor thereof
merits to the Constitution Of the state of
California, to-wit:
Amendment Number One
(Beins Senate cGastitqtional gst t99 Amendment
the state Of California an Amendment to 70
Constitution, in relation to revenue and
taxation, by which 1t is proposed to amend
said section to read as follows:
ship, board of education or school district
shall incur any indebtedness or liability In
any manner or for any purpose excsea-
ne ID any for s such year
assent of two-thirds of the qualified elsc-
tors thereof, voting at an election to be
held fGr that aos snch
ness, provision shall be MADE Tor the coli
lection of an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such Indebtedness as II Ialis
due and also provision to constitute q
sinking fund for the payment OF the prin-
cipal thereof on or before maturity, whicf
shall not exceed forty years from the time
of contracting the same: provldaea, n9Wev
or, that the city and county OF san fran.
cisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims
with interest thereon for matejTiaiis as tur;
ntshed to and work done for said city ano
county during the forty-thrd and forty.
fourth fiscal years out Of the income ano
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
street. lane, alley, court, place or SIDEWALK
sewers in said city and county are hereby
excepted from the provisions Of this sec
tion; and in determining any claim per-
mtted to Be Raa Iy appy n sny n9
ner; and provided further, that the city OF
Vallejo, in Solano county. may pay It's ex-
listing indebtedness incurred IN the con
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 hereinbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Beins 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 dssignated as . 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 al
Section ~ The inhabitants Of any
county may frame county government
act for their own g9vernmsns relating etc to
sistent with and subject to the Constitution
and laws of this state, by causing board
of fifteen freeholders, who have been, 10,
such county, to be elected by the qualified
electors of such county, at any general or
special election, whose duty 1t 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
oopy 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. sueF ei
then be published in two papers Of genera
circulation in such county. or If there be
not two such papers, then In one only, fol
than thirty days after such publication II
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of such county, at general or special cleo.
sleciors sieei n1c voting thereon shall ratify The
same. it shall thereafter be submitted tc
the legislature for its rejection or appro-
Xa as wnos mth0ui and r ot asya sy
ma iority of the members elected to each
house, it shall be the county government
act Of such county, a and SHALL snail IN such M case
sede any existing county government act
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 nt,sa Of the board O.
such county, and authenticated by the sea
of such county, setting forth the submission
Of such county government act to the elec.
tors and its ratification by them, shall bs
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
Ali courts shall take judicial notice there.
of. The county government act SO ratified
may be amended at intervals intervals, of not les.
submitted by the legislative authority Of
the county, to the qualified electors thereof
AT a general or special election held at leas
forty days after the publication Of such
PROPOSALS for twenty days in newspaper
Of general circulation in such county, an(
ratified by at least three-fifths Of the quail
fed electors voting thereon, and approved
by the legislature as herein provided FOR tn,
nnprnval of the county government a ctt