The herald., 1898-11-02
PROCLAMATION

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
out prejudice to others.
1t shall be competent in all county gov
eminent acts framed under the authority
even by this section, to provide for the
the terms for which the several township
ana county officers, other than judges OF
tne superior court, shall be elected or ap-
number of such officers; for the consolida-
ton or segregation of offices; for the mum
Der Of deputies that each officer shall have.
Of such for The n 70 whch
the times at which, and the terms for which
the members Of all boards of election shall
be elected or appointed. and for the con,
government Of such boards, and Of their
clerks and attaches; also to prescribe the
manner and method by which all elections
in addition determine the tests and rondi-
tions upon which electors, political PARTIES
and organizations may participate In any
Whenever any county has, In the manner
and method herein pointed out, adopted any
county government act. and the same shall
aforesaid, the directions Of sections four
and Ave of this article. providing for the
uniformity OF system of county govern
msnts I.H,,;s throughout the state, and likewise
of officers, and the regulation Of their COM
pensation, shall not apply. Said county
government o.,nI act shall, as to any Of ths
clared by such county government act
not be subject to any law or amendment
enacted by the legislature, except by
and ratified In the manner hereinabove set
forth.
Amendment Number Three
(Being 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 a
new section to be known and designated as
section five and one half, article six, there
by providing for the organisation of a
The said proposed new section to read as
follows
Section 61h. The court of claims shall
court, who may be reS1ested % % by ihpsr3Vr tha KoVr
ernor to hold court at the regular terms
thereof. The court Of claims shall have ex-
elusive jurisdiction to hear and determine
against the state, under such laws as may
be passed by the legislature, and its judg-
ment thereon shall be final. The terms Of
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
In the city Of Sacramento, commencing
on the second Monday Of November of each
year
shall receive no extra compensate there
for, but shall receive their actual expenses,
to be paid out Of the general fund Of the
all laws necessary to organize such court,
to provide the procedure thereof and to
carry out the provisions of this section.
Amendment Number Four
(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No. a.
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the state of California an amendment to
the Constitution Of the state, amending ar
ticle eleven, by adding a new section there
to, to be known as section number five and
ons-half. relating to connssoidated city and
new section to read as follows:
Section ~. The provisions Of section
four and five of this article shalt 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 organized under section seven,
this article.
Amendment Number Five
(Beins Senate Constltutional Amendment
the state Of California an amendment m dUpe Of Of
section fifteen and section sixteen. Of article
fornia. by which It is proposed to amend
said sections to read as follows:
Section 10. 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 impeachment
Of the governor, or his removal from office.
death. inability to discharge the powers
sence from the state, the powers and duties
of the office shall devolve upon the lieuten.
ant governor for the residue of the fern
or until the disability shall cease; and
should the. lieutenant governor be i'm
peached, displaced, resign, die or becom
ineapable Of performing pntsr1 the duties Of his
president pro tempore Of the senate shall
act as governor until the vacancy in the
office Of governor shall be filled at the next
general election, when members Of the leg
islature shall be. chosen, or until such dis
ability of the lieutenant governor shall
cease. In case of vacancy in the offics
of governor for any Of the reasons above
nam ed and neither the lieutenent uoyornon