The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03

WHEREAS The Legislature of the State of California, at its thirty-second session begin dd two-thirds of all the members elected to eacn of the two houses Of said Legislature voting in favor thereof proposed the following ue- scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
 (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 41)
 A resolution to propose to the people or the State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constltu- ton, in relation to revenue and taxation. py which 1t is proposed to amend said section 10 read as follows:
 Section IS. No county. city. town, township cur any indebtedness or liability in any man for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided Tor IL TOT such year. without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose nor ,,at un, indebtedness, provision shall be made Tor the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as IL Ialls due, and also provision to constitute sinKlng fund for the payment of the principal thereol on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the game; provided. however, that the City ana County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon for materials furnished to and work done for sald city ard county during the forty-third ana revenue of any succeeding year or years: pro vided, that any and all claims for making, re- R, for any material furnished for any street. lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk. or for the con struction of any sewer or sewers Tn salu 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 us exist ing Indebtedness incurred in the construction of its water works whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held TOT IIoIiI tU vision. with the exception hereinpelore recileo' shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
 A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment the Con stitution of the State. by adding new sec 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 7ik The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their inafter specified, and consistent with and sub feet to the Constitution and laws of this State, by causing board of fifteen freeholders who have been. for at least five years, qualified electors of such county. to be elected by the qualified electors of such county. at any gen eral or special election, whose duty 1t shall be within ninety days after such election, to pre- pare and propose county government act TOT cate by the members of such board a ma 1ority of them, and returned, one copy thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other ieglsla- a.. to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds or the county. Such proposed county government act eral circulation in such county or If there be not two such papers, then in one only. for at thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such county at d sueb or guaed electors Voting thereon shall ratify the same. 1t shall there after be submitted to the Legislature for It's rejection or approval. as whole without power of alteration amendment, and if ap- proved by majority of the members elected to each house, 1t 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 government act, and ali amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act
 cony of such county government act certi- fed by 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 ratifica- ton 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 n ,.Ss Of ths 1yco thereof The county government act so ratified may be amended at intervals of not less than two iegislative authority of the county, to the qualified electors thereof, at a general or spe- cial election held at least forty days after the nnhlcation of such proposals for twenty days itn a newspaper of general circulation in such county. and ratified by at least three -hfths or proved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval of the county government act any alternative article proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without pre1uoice 10 others.
 ment acts framed under the authority t given py 1 which, the times at which, and the terms for which the several township and county officers be elected or appointed: for their compensa ton: for the number of such officers for the consolidation segregation of offices, for the number of deputies that each offeSr shall have; md for the compensation payable to each of suen s,ns i which. and the terms for which the members of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed and for the constitution; such boards. and of their clerks and attaches also to prescribe the manner and method by Sntaa and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors. po- iitical parties and organizations may partici- pate in any primary election
 Whenever any county has, In the manner and method herein pointed cut, adopted any county government act and the same shall have been approved by the Legislature as aforesaid the direction of sections four and Ave of this article providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments throughout the state and likewiseeproviding for the cleo ton and appointment of officers. and the regu- iation iaih of their compensation, shall not apply Seid county government act shall. to any of inc matters hereinabove provided for and de- ciared by such county government act. not be subtect to any law amendment enacted by tbe JegIslature except by amendment first Submitted to the electors and ratified in the manner hereinabove set forth
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No
 44.)
 A resolution proposing to the people of the state of California amendment to the Con- stitution of the State. by adding new section, one-half article six thereby providing for the organization of a court, to be known as the Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec ton to read follows:
 Section 5H. 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 and character against the State under surh 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 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