The herald., 1898-11-04
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
out prejudice to others.
1t shall be competent in all county gov
ernment 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 apo
pointed; for their compensation; for the
number of such officers; for the consolida-
ton or segregation of offices; for the num-
ber Of deputies that each officer shall have,
and for the compensation payable to each
Of such deputies; for the manner in which,
the times at which. and the terms for which
the members Of all boards OF election shall
stitution. regulation, compensation and
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 determine the tests and rondi-
tions upon which electors, political Yarties
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
aforesaid, the directions Of sections four
and five of this article, providing for the
uniformity of system of county govern
ments throughout the state, and likewise
of Officers, and the regulation Of their oom-
pensation, shall not apply. Said county
matters hereinabove provided for and de-
clared by such county government act,
not be subject to any law or amendment
amendment first submitted to the electors
and ratified In the manner hereinabove set
forth.
Amendment Number Three
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. ~
A resolution proposing to the people Of
the Constitution of the state, by adding a
new section, to be known and designated as
section five and half, article six, there
court, to be known as the court Of claims.
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
court, who may be requested by the gov
ernor to hold court at the regular terms
thereof. The court of claims shall have ex-
all claims of every kind and character
against the state, under such laws as may
be passed by the legislature. and its judg..
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
year.
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 the
state treasury. The legislature shall enact
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. 81
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 new section there
to- to be known as section aon,Ia number M tive and
county governments. The said proposed
new section to read as follows:
Section r. The asI proyiisiIons Of section
shall any legislation passed pursuant there
to, apply TO any consolidated city and
county government, now existing or here
shall become organized under section seven
or secure charter under section eight oi
this article.
Amendment Number Five
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 36).
A resolution to propose to the people oil
, the state of California an amendment Of
five Of the Constitution of the state of Cali
fornia, by which it is proposed to amenC
said sections to read as follows:
Section Is. A lieutenant governor shall
be elected at the same time and place anC
in the same manner as the governor, an(
his term of office and his qualification!
shall be the same. He shall be preslden
of the senate, but shah only have castin.
vote therein.
Section 16. In case of the Impeachment
of the governor, or his removal from office
| death, inability to discharge the power
and duties of his office, resignation, or alb
sence from the state, the powers and dutie
| of the office shall devolve upon the lieuten
ant governor for the residue of the term
or until the disability shall cease; an,
| should the lieutenant governor be i'm
peached, displaced, resign, die or becom
| Incapable of performing the duties of hi
| office, or be absent from the state. tn
president pro tempore of the senate shal
act as governor until the vacancy in III
| office of governor shall be filled at the mex
| general election, when members of the LEG
| islature shall be chosen, or until such dis
ability of the lieutenant governor sha,
cease. In case of vacancy in the offic
of governor for any of the reasons abov
named, and neither the lieutenant governo
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