The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

sTATH nSTlI,1E 4E GALTSoTnMMnHAA,r G6NP1STMnAr,
 sAcIRAMENTo. July soth:: 1888
 WHEREAS. The Lesislature of the state aee,o1 o' nng on the l fourth m day of Ianuary D. 1Ss7 two-thirds of all the members elected 'o .a eaot, n as favor r~9 thereof ppoposed the following de seribed amendments to the Consti'ution oA 'A' Stste Of California to-wn;
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE r,,.,,, sepats Constitutional Amendment No
 resolution to the peoPo Pn seetos sf fas s9ss ssssesn 1s c; aotoIe seven the tion Tn relation to revenue and taxae0n, v6 " which 1t Is proposed to amend sa'o se'"'A W S Section is No county city. town; tow1nship. ,p any indebtedness liability in any ny naar Haar ner or for any purpose exceeding III any If for such sue year Without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof. vetlng s' a aii ess Sefors ns er ntu st the time of incuing such indebtedness, provision shall be maas toI nsv oav the interest on such Indebtedness as it falls due. and also provision to constitute snKs hs1ans on ni' or before msturity which shall not exceed forty years from the time 9t eoTfrsGctg ,hs cty and | County of San Francisco may at any time pay pay the unpaid claims with inserestd & done for saii city and county during the forty,,tni1u ,nd. and ana fortyfourth fiscal years. out or the lhcolto @ S.u revenue of any succeeding year or years. pro vded. that any and all claims for mskIns; i,1 fe e ny stara rnshed Sn or any
 alley. court: place or sidewalk or TOT ie ,he ity and eountS are hereby excepted from the visions of this section: and In deterniniinG any ny statute ot limitation. shall apply in any man; n; ner: and provided further. that the City or in the Of its waterworks. whenever tWo-thlros 9i tns ts that purrcse, shall 30 decide Any indebted ness or lls bility incurred contrary 10 tnls PsS vision with the exception hereinbefore recited. shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO
 (Bsing Senate Constitutional Amendment No 1o.)
 resolution proposing to the people es of ctn the ton. to be known and designated as ass section 1ron viding for the framing by the inhaotanss 70, or counties Of local county gover1nenf aeds new eTr their own sovernment The saio p'opo7eN
 Section 7h The inhabitants of any county o~S %sg rovernmen oSng reiatins to the matters here matter specified and eonssfent d ,aws wa of this state by causing board of fifteen freehoiders; ,,Snd TnG have been for at ,ens' ,n nV he elected by the quaIfed electors of such county. at auy 1 seh h wtb,n T ninety days after such election to pre- nare and propose @ county government act TOT such county mt sners gnisn Soa' of sucs board or jority of them. and returned. one copy ,s tnsrsoi tG i've 'n body of such county and the other copy to he sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the ! ,nen suss Sa Of erai circulation in such county. or 1T there De not sH.na s1sh and Within nG thirty days after such publication tt shall i,. be s0In1 a majority ot such qualified electors voting
 AhA h0H haT rejection or approval. as whole. without ppwd ppovsd r by majority of the members elected | to each house. 1t shall be the county govern oase become the organic law thereof and super sede existing county S goyefnImsns aI ast Ii, and inconsistsnt with such county government act |
 of such eonnty 9Ss Rnerd aet a; csrt visors or other legislative body of such county | and sy of Snoh county government act to the electors, and It's ratihca- S spe s the ec o the State, the other. after being recorded In the
 of the Of f sbe dseds seSH n the county
 All courts shall take judicial notice thereof
 The sSup at of no sS ess than years by proposals therefor. submitted by the | at so fes special election held at least forty days after ss o o snscS county. and ratified by at least three neH and approved by the Legislature as herein pro yided for the approval of the county govern | ernnent act any alternative article or psoposi- tion may be presented ed. # for m the choice of the
 It shaI be competent in all county govern 1 this section. to provide for the manner in | which. the times, at which, and the terms for other than i1 Judges of the Superior Court shall be elected appointed: for their compensa- eonsoidation Hm or segregation of offices, for the number of deputies that each officer shall have such deputies. for the. manner in which. the l times in which. and the terms for which the l elected or appointed: and for the constitution, | regulation, compensation and government of such boards, and of their clerks and attaches: | also, to prescribe the and method by | which all elections by the people shall be con tests and conditions upon which electors po- iitical parties and rganisations may partici- | Whenever any county has, In the manner and | method herein pointed out. adopted any county l Approved by the Legislature as aforesaid. the | ons Sf ssstos o fqr sse nd vs Of this system of county governments throughout the 1 na Of d fOd the e ton of their compensation. shall not apply the matters hereinabove provided for and de- | ciared by such county government act not be | hY the Legislature. except by amendment first | submitted to the electors and ratified In the l manner hereinabove set forth.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No. |
 A resolution proposing to the people of the | State of California an amendment to the Con | stitution of the State, by adding new section, | to be known and designated section five and | one-haif. article six. thereby providing for the organization of a court, to be known as the | Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec | ton to read follows:
 Section 5it. The Court of Claims shall con- sst of any three Judges of the Superior Court. who may be requested by the Governor to hold | court at the regular terms thereof. The Court | of Claims shall have exclusive Jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims of every kind i and character against the State. under such laws as may be passed by the Legislature. and its judgment thereon shall be final. The terms of the Court of Claims shall be held fol- lows:
 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. end
 1n the City of Sacramento. commencing on