The herald., 1898-10-30
PROCLAMATION

In submitting any such county government
act any alternative article or proposition
may be presented for the choice Of the yct-
out prejudice to Others
1t shall be competent 10 all county gov
given by this section. to provide for the
manner In which. the times At which. and
the terms for which the several township
.un.ror
pointed: for their compensation: for the
number OF such officers; for the consolida-
Der Of deputies that each officer shall have.
and for the compensation payable to each
Of such deputies; for the manner IN which.
the time, at which, and she terms io1 wh,eh =
be elected or appointed. and for the con.
stitution. regulation. compensation ana
government Of such boards, and of their
clerks and attaches; also to prescribe the
manner and method by which all elections
by the people shall be conducted: and may
IN addition determ!ne the tests and rondi-
tions upon which electors, political parties
and organizations may participate In any
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
und ua y Of sysssm q eounty gov
ments throughout the state, and likewise
providing for the election and appoin tment
of officers, and the regulatio Of their com
government act shall, as to any Of the
matters hsrelnab bove provided for and de-
not BE- sSso to snY o
enacted by the legislature, except by
amendment nrst submitted to the electors
and ratified In the manner hereinabove set
forth.
Amendment Number Three
(Belns Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 40
A resolution proposing to the people OF
the state of California an amendment to
the Constitution of the state, by adding
section five and ne-half, article SIX, there
by providing for the organization Of q
court, to be known as the court Of claims
The said proposed new section to read as
Section 6h. The court Of claims shall
consist Of any three judges Of the superior
o Roa %aS court Es az the eS
thereof The court Of claims shall have ex-
elusive jurisdiction to hear and determine
csTs Of every rasr kind snd sha.arser
be passed by the legislature. and its judg.
ment thereon shall be Anal. The terms Of
the court Of claims shall be held as follows:
the second Monday Of March:
In the city and county Of San Francisco.
commencing on the second Monday In July,
In the oity Of Sacramento. commencing
on the second Monday Of November Of each
The Judges holding such terms of court
shall receive no extra compensation there
for, but shall receive their actual expenses,
to be paid out Of the general fund Of tbs
all laws necessary to organise such court.
to provide the procedure thereof. and to
carry out the provisions Of this section.
Amendment Number Four
(Beins Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No. ~
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the Constitution Of the state. amending ar
ticls eleven, by adding a new section there
to, to be known as section number Ave and
COUNTY onsn 4overnments. The said proposed S,oI a
new section to read as follows:
Section 6h. The provisions Of section
four and Ave Of this article shall not, nor
shall any legislation passed pursuant there
to, apply to any consolidated city and
county government. now existing or here
after formed, which shall have become, or
shall become orga nised under section seven,
or secure a charter under section eight Of
this article.
Amendment Number Five
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the state of California an amendment Of
section nIteeH anu SeCtioH SlAtetu OL dTLlcle
Ave Of the Constitution Of the state of CALI
fornia, by which 1t is proposed to amend
said sections to read as follows:
Section IL. 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
Section is. 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 lisuten-
ant governor for the residue Of the term,
or until the disability shall cease; and
should the lieutenant governor be I'M
asssfh ah. ds dulles II e
office, or be absent from the state. the
president pro tempore Of the senate shall
act as governor until the vacancy in the
office Of governor shall be nlled at the next
general election, when members Of the leg
islature shall be chosen, or until such ais;
cease In case Of q vacancy In the office
Of governor for any Of the reasons above
named, and neither the lieutenant governor