The herald., 1898-09-24
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
eminent acts framed under the authority
given by this section. TO provide for the
the terms l for Which the several township
and county officers. other than judges OF
the superior court. shall be elected or APP
num ne Of rs such e ofcers: for the consol,da
tion or segregation Of offices; for the num-
Der Of deputies that each officer shall have.
and for the compensation payable to each
Of such deputies; for the, manner in which.
the times a 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 10 prescribe the
manner and method by which al ELECTIONS
In addition determine the tests and condi-
tons 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
mss Of #. s "a
f0n III hs
shall all mot .Ss Apply sd s ss &,
matters hereinabove provided for and de-
| clared by such county government act,
be subject b aw or snsep Sy
amendment first submitted to the electors
and ratified in the manner hereinabove set
forth.
Amendment Number Three
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. ~
the state Of California an anne ndment to
the Constitution Of the state. BY adding
new section, to be known and designated as
by providing for the organization Of a
court, to be known as the court OF claims.
The said proposed new section to read a.
Section ST. 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
thereof. The court of claims shall have ex-
elusive Jurisdiction to hear and determine
all claims of every kind and character
be pass passed by the Legislature, and its judy
ment thereon shall be ANAL. The terms Of
the court of claims shall be held rs follows:
the second sec 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.
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 Numher Four
being Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No. 27.)
A resolution to propose to the people OF
TIE state OF Califo 1l an amsndment to
ticle eleven, by adding a new section there.
to, to be known as section number fivs and
one-half. relating to consolidatsd city and
Section tn rsna as ows
Section 5lh. The provisions Of section
four and five of this article shall not, nor
shall any legislation passed pursuant there;
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 c9 %s tg, 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 Is In case of the impea chime n t
of the governor or his removal from office,
death, inability to discharge the powers
and duties Of his office, resignation, or alb
ssnce from the state, the powers and duties
| of the office shall devolve upon the lisuten-
ant governor for the residue Of the term,
or until the disability shall cease; and
| should the lieutenant governor be i'm
peached, displaced, resign, die or becom
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
md the Great Seal Of the State
written.
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