The herald., 1898-10-21

| In submitting any such county government
act any alternative article or proposition
may be presented for the choice OF the vot-
ers. and may he voted on separately with
1t shall be competent in all county gov
ernment acts framed under the authortty
manner In which. the times at which. and
the terms for which the several township
and county officers. other than judges OF
the superior court, shall be elected or ap-
pointed; for their compensation; for the
number of such officers; for the consolida-
ton or segregation OF offices; for the num-
ber of deputies that each officer shall have.
and for the compensation payable to each
Of such deputies: FOR the manner In which.
the times at which, and the terms for which
be elected or appointed. and for the con-
stitution. regulation, compensation and
government of such boards, and OF their
manner and method by which all ELECTIONS
by the people shall be conducted; and may
in addition determine the tests and condi-
tions upon which electors. political parties
primary election.
Whenever any county has, In the manner
and method herein pointed out, adopted any
county government act. and the same shall
have been approved by the legislature as
aforesaid, the directions Of sections four
and five of this article. providing for the
ments throughout the state. and likewise
Of Officers, ana the regulation of their COM
sna act aRt SHALL to
matters herelnabove provided for and de-
clared by such county government act,
enacted ena BY the legislature. except by
amendment first submitted to the electors
and ratified In the manner hereinabove set
forth.
Amendment Number Three
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. ~
the state of California an amendment to
the Constitution Of the state. by adding
new section, to be Known and designated as
by providing for the organization Of a
court, to be known as the court Of claims.
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
Section 5h. The court Of claims shall
consist Of any three judges OF the superior
court, who may be requested by the gov
to hYe coS9 oH1tt Claims
elusive jurisdiction to hear and determine
all claims Of every kind and character
against the state, under such laws as may
ment thereon shall be Anal. The terms Of
the court Of claims shall be held as follows:
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,
and
on the second Monday of November Of each
year.
The judges holding such terms of court
for but shall receive their actual expenses,
to be paid out Of the general fund Of the
state treasury. The legislature shall enact
to provide the procedure thereof, and to
carry out the provisions of this section.
Amendment Number Four
ment No. 97.)
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the state OF Calitornla an amendment to
the Constitution Of the state, amending ar
ticle eleven, by adding new section there
to, to be known as section number five and
one-haf. relating to consolidated city and
county soyernmentts' The a, .Md proposed
Section 5h. The provisions Of section
four and five OF this article shall not. nor
shall any legislation passed pursuant there.
county government, now existing or here
after formed, which shall have become, or
shall become organized under section seven,
or secure a charter under section eight Of
this article.
Amendment Number Five
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 36)
the state of California an amendment Of
section fifteen and section sixteen Of article
Ave of the Constitution of the state of Cali
fornia, by which 1t Is proposed to amend
said sections to read as follows:
Section Is. A lieutenant governor shall
be elected at the same time and place and
in the same manner as the governor. and
his term OF office and his qualifications
shall be the same. He shall be president
of the senate, but shall only. have a casting
vote therein.
Section 16. In case of the impea chment
of the governor, or his removal from office,
death, inability to discharge the powers
and duties Of his office. resignation, or abb
sence from the state, the powers and duties
Of the office shall devolve upon the lieuten-
ant governor for the residue Of the term,
should the lieutenant governor be I'M
peached, displaced. resign, die or becoms
office, or be absent from the state, the
president pro tempore Of the senate shall
Office Of governor shall be fillsd At Z, The nsxt M
islature shall be chosen, or until such dis
ability Of the lieutenant sovsr11SSr 1Sr aIsL shall
Of governor for any Of the reasons above
named, and neither the lieutenant governor