The San Francisco call., 1898-10-20
PROCLAMATION,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 SACRAMENTO, July 30th, 1S9S-
 WHEREAS The Legislature of the State of hing on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1897. two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, proposed the following de. de. scribed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to-wit:
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu- , which 1t Is proposed to amend said section 10 read as follows: - b6aTd of education or school district shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man or for any purpose exceeding In any year the income and revenue provided TOT IL I9r such year. without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting al an less before, or at the time of incurring such indebtedness. provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient 10 pay the interest on such indebtedness as 1t falls due, and also provision to constitute sinhlns fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contractins lns same: provided however, that the City and County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon l0I materials furnished to and work done for said city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income ana revenue of any succeeding year or ya years; pro- r pairing, altering or for any work done upon UT for any material furnished for any street, lane' @ alley court place sidewalk, or for the con struction of any sewer or sewers in salo 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 statute of limitations shall apply in any man. Vallejo. in Solano County, may pay Its exist ing Indebtedness incurred in the construct9qhh qh Il electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose shall so decide Any lnoepteo- vision with the exception hereinbefere reclteo' shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10)
 A resolution proposing to the people or the State of California amendment to the Con tfon to be known and designated as section seven and one-ha1f, article eleven tnereol Pfos s counties of local county government acts for their own government; The said proposed ne" Section 7S The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for thelr own government relating to the matters here- matter specified, and consistent "is! ,t su cta+e feet to the Constitution and laws or tnls state have been for at least five years, qualified electors of such county, to De elected py S ene qualified electors of such county, at any gen eraI special election, whose duty lt s.ialI @ ne within ninety days after such election, 10 pre- and propose a county SONeIiAlcAt such county, which shall be signed ln ouPlI- cate by the members of such board. or a ma 3ority Of them sHS 1ryisors or other iegisia tive body of such county, and the other COPY to be sent to the Recorder or erIeD+ DeeuS sct shall then be published in two papers or gen eraI circulation in such county, or IT tnsre gre ot least twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication 1t shall i,cs De county, at a general special election and 1T a majority of such qualified electors young after be submitted to the Legislature for it's rejection or approval, as whole, without power of alteration or amendment, and 1T ap, proyed by a majority of the members elected to each house, 1t shall be the county govern uent act of such county, and shall Tn such ease become the organic law thereof and super sede any existing county government act ana ali amendments thereof. and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act
 copy of such county government act 1I cert visors or other legislative body of such county. and authenticated by the seal of such county, eattinT forth the submission of such county eovernmept act to the electors. and it's ratifica- lion by them, shall be made in duplicate and State the other after being recorded In the office of the Recorder of Deeds in the county All courts shall take judicial notice thereof. rrbe county government act so ratifed may De amended at intervals Of not ess e9ah hv S ieeislatIve authority of the county to the qualified electors thereof at general ,o or spea s clai eti1 eleee of such proposals for twenty days in newspaper of general circulation m sucn a tbe oualifed electors voting thereon, and ap- proved by the Legislature as herein provided set i0 i submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition s may s1 De b bbe voted oa separately without prejudice to others. u ..,,,.-, ,o,,or,- r,ant acts framed under the authority given by this section, to provide for the manner Tn n-bich the times at which, and the terms for r,bjcb the several township and county officers ether than Judges of the Superior Court. snail Se elected or appointed; for their compensa- tTon for the number of such officers, for the consolidation or segregation of ofhccs, Tor the number of deputies Lnai naTaba to each of such deputies. for the manner in which, the times in which m S06rds Snd e of eleeton S sha be elected or appointed and for the constitution. sh hoords and of their clerks and attaches also to prescribe the manner and method py which all elections m by atRop sse ReGps eeTmne the tests and conditions upon which electors, pc pc iitical parties and organizations may partici- ne+a in any primary election
 peS Wpeneyer any county has, In the manner and method herein pointed out adopted any Sa Sooti's been approved by the Legislature as aforesaid the direction of sections four ana nF nf Q system of county governments throughout the state and likewise providing for the cleo i tile oS annoJntrnent of officers and the regu- ,a9n ,tioo % of their compensation shall not apply. rIS county government act shall. as to any or .ha matters hereinabove provided for and de eiorad ohe bv such county government act. not be .nbiect to any law or amendment enacted by sba I,epislatlre except by amendment first smbn1itted to the electors and ratifeo In the manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
 <r,o,rg Senate Constitutional Amendment No. NoeA~-e 44)
 A resolution proposing to the people of the cta+a of california amendment to the Con- sait,'tion of the State, by adding section s be tJnovn and designated as section five and oDe.baif o article six thereby providing for the orga oi nizatfon of a court, to be known the Court of Claims, The said proposed new sec tion to read as follows:
 Section 51k The Court of Claims shall con- ,tst of any three Judges of the Superior Court 1rho may be requested by the Governor to hold nnrt at at the regular terms thereof. The Court oS Claims shall have exclusive Jurisdiction to Rear and determine ali claims of every kind and character against the State. under such 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.
 Tn the City and County Of San Francisco, commencing on the second Monday in July. and
 In the City of Sacramento. commencing on