The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
 SACRAMENTO. July SOth. 1898.
 WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State Of California, at its thirty second session begin ming on the fourth day of January. A. D. 1897. 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.
 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu- ton, In relation to revenue and taxation, by which 1t is proposed to amend said section to read as follows:
 Section IS. No county. city, town. township. board of education or school district shall in- cur any indebtedness liability in any man. ner for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for 1t for of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to. be held for that purpose. nor un- less before, at the time of mourning such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay due, and also provision to constitute sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time Of contracting the same; provided however, that the City and County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon for materials furnished to and work done for said city and county during the forty-third and revenue of any succeeding year years; pro- yided. that any and all claims for making pairing altering or for any | work done upon or alley. court. place or sidewalk. or for the con struction of any, sewer or sewers in said city and county are hereby excepted from the pro- visions of this section; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no ner; and provided further, that the City of Vallejo, in Solano County. may pay It's exist ing indebtedness incurred in the construction of its water works, whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose s, shall so decide Any indebted tsis vision with the exception hereinbefore recited, shall be void
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 C3eing Senate Constitutional Amendment Mo-
 resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State. by adding new sec tion to be known and designated section seven and one-half article eleven thereof, pro- viding for the framing by the inhabitants of counties of local county government acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows:
 Section 7h The inhabitants of any county may frame county government act for their ,nafts snened and consistent with and sub ject to the Constitution and laws of this State, by causing board of fifteen freehoders, ,,sh9 Wh9 electors of such county to be elected by the qualified electors of such county. at any gen eral or special election, whose duty it shall be within ninety days after such election. to pre- pare and propose county government act for M y, cate by the members of such board, or a ma jority of them, and returned. one copy thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other legisla- tive body of such county. and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the shall then be published in two papers of gen eral circulation In such county, or if there be not two such then in ot 9ns Tess Tor a thirty days after such publication 1t shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such county at general or special election, and if a majority of such qualified electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall there after be submitted to the Legislature for Its reflection or approval. whole, without power of alteration or amendment, and if ap- tto each house, 1t shall be the county govern ment act of such county, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof ana super, all amendments thereof. and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act.
 A copy of such county government act, certf- fled by the President of the Board of Super yisors or other legislative body of such county. setting forth the submission of such county government act to the electors. and its ratifca- 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 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 nnhlicatfon of such proposals for twenty days in newspaper of general circulation in such county and ratified by at least three-ffths of the qualified electors voting thereon. and ap proved by the Legislature , = as herein provided Tn submitting any such county government act any Alternative article or proposition may be be voted on separately without prejudice to others.
 rent acts framed under the authority given by this section, to provide for the manner in which the times at ana conn the terms for other than Judges of the Superior Court shall be elected or appointed; Tor their compensa- Generalization or segregation of offices for the number of deputies that each officer shall have. and for the compensation payable to each of such deputies, for the manner in which. the times in which, and the terms for which the members of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed and for the constitution. regulation, compensation and government of sISn sisn to prescribe the manner and method by which all elections by the people shall be con- ducted; and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors, po- iiticaI parties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election. and method herein pointed out, adopted any county government act and the same shall have ,e 3een the direction of sections four and five of this article providing for the uniformity of system of county so rnr6ughout T @ tion and appointment of officers. and the regu- iation of their compensation, shall not apply. Sajd county government act shall to any of tha matters hereinabove provided for and de- ciared by such county government act. not be subiect to any law or amendment enacted by the Legislature except by amendment first submitted to the electors and ratified In the manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. fr,e,nr Senate Constitutional Amendment No Al
 resolution proposing to the people of the State of California amendment to the Con- stitution of the State, by adding new section so he known and designated as section five and one-haif article six. thereby providing for the orranization of a court, to be known as the Court of Claims The said proposed new sec ton to read as follows:
 Section 5M. The Court of Claims shall con s,st 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 its 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;
 Tn the City and County of San Francisco. commencing on the second Monday in July, and