The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

in favor thereof proposed the following de- scribed amendments to the Constitution of the l State of California, to-wit:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. | CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No A resolution to propose to the people or the State of California, an amendment 10 seciion
 eighteen of article eleven of the Constttu- | tion in relation to revenue and taxation. by which it is proposed to amend said section to Section 1S No county. city. town. township l board of education. school district snail ln-
 cur any indebtedness liability in any man
 ner or for any purpose exceeding In any year
 the income and revenue provided for 1t Tor | such year, without the assent Of two-tnlros | of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an | election to be held for that purpose, nor un- | indebtedness provision shall be made for the 1 collection of annual tax sufhclent to .pn pnay l the interest on such indebtedness as It ialis
 due, and also provision to constitute sinking
 fund for the payment of the principal taeoeo5 eed i forty years from the time of contracting the 1 same: provided however, that the Clty anu anu
 y the unpald @ 1' claims with interest thereon for | materials furnished to and work done TOT se,d d | city and county during the forty,thlra and a | forty-fourth fiscal years out of the income and
 revenue of any succeeding year or years, pIo-
 vded, that any and all claims for making, re | pairing. altering or for any work done upon or l for any material furnished for any street iane' @
 struction of any sewer or sewers in said city 1 and county are hereby excepted from the pro
 claim permitted to be paid by this section. no 1 statute of Limitations shall apply in any man. l ner; and provided further. that the. City of 1 Vallejo. in soano County. may pay its exist Il ing indebtedness incurred In the eonstructlpqn electors thereof voting at election held for | that purpose shall decide. Any lnQepteu- ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro vision. with the exception hereinbefore reclted. l shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. | (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No 10.)
 raso1,+ior proposIpg +o tho neoYie of the 1 State of California amendment to the Con
 sttution of the State, by adding new sec seven and one-half, article eleven thereof. pro viding for the framing by the inhabitants or their own government The said proposed new
 section to read as follows:
 may frame county government act Tor thelr own government, relating to the matters here-
 matter specified and consistent with , ana tate sue ject to, the Constitution and laws or tnis state by causing a board of fifteen freeholders. who have been for at least hve years, q4al,sa h .,a electors of such county. to be elected Dy ene | qualified electors of such county, at any gen eral or special election, whose duty it snail be within ninety days after such election. 10 pfe- pare and propose a county government act for
 such county. which shall be signed in dupn- cate by the members of such board, or ma jority of them and returned one copy thereon to the Board of Supervisors or other leg1sia- tive body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds Of the 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 Tor al
 least twenty days. and within not less S, indi t submitted to the qualified electors Of sucn county, at general or special election, ana IT a majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, 1t shall there after be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection or approval, as a whole, without power of alteration amendment, and II ap- proved by majority of the members elected ment act ofS such county, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and super, sede any existing county government act, and all amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act A copy of such county government act, certi- fled bv the President of the Board of Super visors 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 electors, and its ratihca-
 on by them m shall tb De n e m The secretay 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 thereof
 The county government act so ratlnea aI may 1e pc 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 such county, and ratified by at least three ffths of the qualified electors voting thereon, and approved by the Legislature as herein pro Tided for the approval of the county govern nent act In submitting any such county gov ton may be presented for the choice of the voters and may be voted separately with out prejudice to others.
 rnent acts framed under the authority given by hic 1his fb times at which and the terms for which the several township and county officers other than Judges of the Superior & Court; shall ton: for the number of such officers. for the consolidation or segregation Of offices, Tor the and for the compensation payable to each Of such deputies, for the manner in which. the d tho Sarrl 1iN tba members of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed; and for. the constitution. snch boards ard of their clerks and attaches; also to prescribe the manner and method by ducted; 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 and the Uu same gha nave Seeg approved by the Legislature as aforesaid, the articie providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments throughout the State, and likewise proxidlns for for the the election ton of their compensation, shall not apply. Sd fba matters hereinabove provided for and de- clared by such county government act not be subject to any law or amendment enacted by Submitted to the electors and ratified in the manner hereinabove set forth
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 A)
 A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California amendment to the Con- sttution of the State, by adding a section, to be known and designated section five and one-half article six, thereby providing for the organization of a court, to be known the Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec- tion to read follows:
 Section 5IS. The Court of Claims shall con- sist of any three Judges of the Superior Court who may be requested by the Governor to hold court at the regular terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall 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 it's judgment thereon shall be final. The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held fol- | lows:
 In 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, l and
 In the City of Sacramento. commencing on the second Monday of November of each year. The Judges holding such term of court shall l receive extra compensation therefor, but | shall receive their actual expenses. to be paid | out of the general fund of the State treasury. | The Legislature shall enact all laws necessary | to organize such court. to provide the pro- cedure thereof and to carry out the provisions | of this section.