The herald., 1898-09-11
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

ExECUT!vE DEPARTMENT.
u.t,r, ssACR2AMENT0, 8 sI24 July 30, 1888;
the state Of California, at its thirty-sec-
ond session. beginning on the fourth day
of January, A. D. 1887, wo-thirds of ali the
members elected to each Of the two houses
Of said legislature voting in favor thereof,
proposed the following described amend
ments to the Constitution of the state Of
California. to-wit:
Amendment Number One
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. Al
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the state of California an amendment to
section eighteen Of article eleven Of the
iaXation taxa by which It is proposed to amend
Section Is. No county, city, town, town
ship. board of education or school district
shall incur any Indebtedness or liability in
any manner or for any purpose exceed
ing in any year the income and revenue
provided for it for such year, without the
assent of wo-thirds of the qualified elec-
held for that purpose. nor unless, before,
or at the time of ncurring such i9debted-
ness, provision shall be made for'the col
lection of an annual tax sufficient to pay
due, and also provision to constitute a
sinking fund for the payment of the prin-
cipal thereof on or before maturity, which
shall not exceed forty years from the time
Of contracting the same: provided, howev-
er, that the city and county of San Fran
cisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims
nished to and work done for said city and
county during the forty-third and forty
fourth fiscal years out of the income and
revenue Of any succeedng year or fo years; t
ing, repairing. altering. or for any work done
upon or for any material furnished for any
street, lane, alley, court. place or sidewalk.
or for the construction OF any sewer or
sewers in said city and county are hereby
excepted from the provisions Of this Sec
tion; and in determining any. claim per
ute of limitations shall apply in any man.
ner; and provided further, that the city Of
Vallejo, ir Solano county, may pay its ex-
sting indebtedness incurred In the con-
struction of its water works, whenever two
thirds of the electors thereof, voting at an
election held for that purpose, shall SO de,
ide. ANY indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision, with the excep-
tions hereinbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 10.)
4 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 designated as sec
ton seven and one-h2lf. article eleven
thereof providing for Me framing by the
nhabtants Of counties, of local county
government acts for their own government.
ne salu proposeu new section " Ieau aS
.o,lows:
Section ". The inhabitants of any
county may frame county government
act for their own government relating to
The matters hereinafter specified, and con-
sstsnt with and subject to the Constitution
Ind 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 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,
or majority of them. and returned, one
copy 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. Such
then be published in two papers of general
circulation in such county, or If there be
not two such papers, then In one only. fol-
than thirty days after such publication il
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of such county, at general or special elec.
ton, and if majority of such qualified
same, it shall thereafter be submitted te
the legislature for its rejection or appro
val, as a whole, without power of altera'
majority of the members elected to each
house, it shall be the county government
act Of such county. and shall in such cast
become the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county government act
and all amendments thereof, and AL spe
cial laws inconsistent with such county
government act.
A copy. of such county government act
certified by the president of the board OF
supervisors or other legislative body Of
such county, and authenticated by. the sea
Of such county, setting forth the SUBMISSION
of such county government act to the elec'
tors, and it's ratification by them, shall be b
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 of the county.
All courts shall take judicial notice there; e. e.
may be amended at intervals of not less
than two years, by proposals therefor
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 days In newspaper
of general circulation in such county. and
ratified by at least three-fifths of the quail
fled electors voting thereon. and approved
BY the legislature as herein provided for the
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