The herald., 1898-10-11
Baker Iron Works
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,
$50 to $50 Buena Vista Street.
Adjoining s. P. Grounds. Tel 12%
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EX ECTTTTNE DE pa PTMENT

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SACRAMENTO, July 80, 1898.
WHEREAS, THE LEGISLATURE OF
the state Of California. at its thirty-sec-
of 0d an session b9gnnns Ia1 on the fousth day
members elected to each of the two houses
OF said legislature voting in favor thereof,
proposed the folloWlng, described amend.
California, tO-wit:
Amendment Number One
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
"A "A resolution to propose to the people Of
sne,,o Inc state Of Calf2rnia an to
Constitution, in relation ont to er revenue M and md
taxation, by which 1t is proposed to amend
said section TO read as follows:
Section lS. No county, city, town. town.
shall incur any indebtedness or liability in
any MARINER or for any purpose exceed
ing in any year the income and revenue
assent of two-thirds Of the qualified elsc-
tors thereof, voting at an election to be
held for that purpose, nor unless, before,
ness, provision shall be made for the col
lection of an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such indebtedness as 1t falls
sinking fund for the payment Of the pr!n-
cipal thereof on or before maturity, which
shall not exceed forty years from the time
er, that the city and county Of San Fran
cisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims
. with interest thereon for materials fur
Eished to ard work done for said city and
county during the forty-third and forty
fourth fiscal years out of the income and
revenue of any succeeding year or years;
provided that any and all claims for maxi
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-
mitted to be paid by this section, no stat
ner; and provided further, that the city Of
Vallejo, IN Solano county. may pay Its ex-
sting indebtedness Incurred In the con-
struction of It's water works. whenever two
thirds of the electors thereof. voting at an
election held for that purpose, shall so de-
cide. Any Indebtedness or liza blity incurred
tons hereinbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 10.)
A resolution proposing to the people of
The state of California an amendment to the
Cons .ituton of the state, by adding a new
section. to be known and designated as Sec
ton seven and one-half, article eleven
thereof, providing for the framing by the
inhabitants of counties, of local county
government acts for their own government.
fhs said proposed new section to read as
follows:
Section IN. The inhabitants of any
county may frame a county government
.he matters hereinafter specified, and con-
sistent with and subject to the Constitution
and laws of this state, by causing board
Of fifteen freeholders, who have been, for or
such county, to be elected by the Qualihed
electors of such county, a 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.
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 II Shere be
not two such papers then d 1tne In one e. " dor
than thirty days after such publication it
shall! be submitted to the qualified electors
of such county. at general or special eiec,
tion, and II a majority of such qualified
electors voting thereon shall ratlfy the
same 1t shall thereafter be submitted to
the legislature for it's rejection or appro-
tion, or amendment. and If approved by a
majority of the members elected to each
house it shall be the county government
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 authentcatsd . tea by ths seal n
Of such county government act to the cleo
tors and It's ratification BY them shall be be
the office OF the secretary. Of state. the
other. after beirg. recorded in the office
Of the recorder Of e deeds rs in the county
All courts shall take judicial motto. there-
of. The county government act so ratified
may be amended at intervals of not less
than two years. by proposals therefor,
submitted by the legislative authority of
tha county, to the qualified electors thereof.
at a 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,
by the legislature as herein provided for the
approval Of the county government act.