The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-17
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 be voted on separately with
1t shall be competent In all county gov
eminent acts framed under the authority
given by this section. to provide for the
the terms for which the several township
and county officers, other than judges Of
the superior court, shall! be elected or ap-
number of such officers; for the consoida-
ton or segregation of offices; for the num-
Der Of deputies that each officer shall have.
Of such deputies: for the ma AMI in witch,
the times a. which, and the terms for which
the members of al! 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 condi-
tons upon which electors, political parties
and organizations may participate III 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 five of this article, providing for the
uniformity Of system of county govern
ments Throughout 1S the state and likewise
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Of officers, and the regulation Of their COM
pensation, shall not apply. Said county
government act shall, as to any OF the
clared by such county government act,
not be subject TO any law or amendment
enacted by the legislature, except by
amendment first submitted to the electors
and ratified in the manner hereinabove set
forth
Amendment Number Three
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 49,
A resolution processing 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 organization of a
court, to be known as the court OF claims.
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
Section 5k. The court Of claims shall!
consist Of any three Judges Of the superior
court, who may be requested by the gov
. ernor to hold court at the regular terms
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
the court Of claims shall be held as follows:
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,
In the city of Sacramento, commencing
on the second Monday Of November Of each
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shall receive no extra compensa tioT there
for, but shall receive their actual expenses
10 be paid out Of the general fund Of the
state treasury. The legislature shall enact
to provide the procedure thereof, and to
carry out the provisions Of this section.
Amendmsnt Number Four
(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No. ~
A resolution to propose to the people Of
me state OF California an amendment to
TIE Constitution Of the state, amending ar
to, to be known as section number five and
one-half. relating to consoldated city and
county governments T fh,io said proposed
Section 81. The provisions Of section
shall any legislation passed pursuant there
to, apply to any. consolidated city and
after formed, which shall have become OF
shall become organized under section seven
or secure a charter under section eight OF
this article.
Amendment Number Five
(Beins Senate cG ms tSi Amendment
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the state of California an amendment OF
section fifteen and section sixteen of article
five 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 casting
vote therein.
Section 16. In case Of the Impeachment
Of the governor, or his removal from office
death, inability to discharge the powers
and duties Of his office, resignation, or alb
sence from the state, the powers and duties
Of the office shall devolve upon the lieuten-
ant governor for the residue of this term
or until the disability shall cease; and
should .the. lieutenant governor be inn
peached. displaced resign, die or become
incapable Of performing the duties of his
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 Allied 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 a vacancy in the office
of governor for any Of the reasons above
named, and neither the lieutenant governor