The record-union., 1898-09-29
Amendment Number Two.
being Senate Constitutional Amendmen
No. 100

(belnS senate constitutional
No. 100
A resolution proposing to the people OF
the State of California an amendment TO
the Constitution of the State, by addlAg
new section, to be known and deslgnated
as Section Seven and one-half' ,irt Ar1iGie
by the Inhabitants of Counties, Of local
county government Acts for their own
government. The said proposed new sec
ton to read as follows:
Section ~. The inhabitants of any
county may frame county goVernmeHl
Act for their own government, relatlng 10
sistent with, and subject to, the ConStltu-
ton and laws of this State. by causing
board of fifteen freeholders, VINO nave
been, for at least five years, qualnei
electors of such county. to be elected py
the qualified electors of such county, at
any general or special election. whose
duty it shall be within ninety days after
such election to prepare and propose d
county government Act for such county
which shall be signed in duplicate by the
members of such board, or majority OF
them, and returned, one copy Thereon 10
the Board of Supervisors or other leglSla-
tive body of such county, and the 0tner
of the county. Such proposed county gov
ernment Act shall then be pubnshed III
two papers of general circulation IN sucn
county, or If there be not two such pa
pers then in one only, for at least twenty
days, and within not less than thirty uay 5
after such publication it shall be submit
ted to the qualified electors Of such coun--
ty, at a general or special election, ana IL
a majority of such qualified electors vot,
ing thereon shall ratify the same it shall
thereafter be submitted to the Legislature
for its rejection or approval, as Whole'
without power of alteration or amend
ment and if approved by a majority OF
the members elected to each house, it
shall be the county government Act OF
such county, and shall in such case be-
/ come the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county government ACT.
and all amendments thereof, and all spe-
oil lay
government Act.
A copy of such county government Act,
certified by the President of the Board of
| Supervisors or other legislative body of
such county, and authenticated by the
seal Of such county. setting forth the sub
| mission of such county government Act to
the electors, and it's ratification by them,
shall be made in duplicate and deposited,
one in the office of the Secretary of State,
flee of the recorder of deeds in the coun-
| ty among the archives of the county
All courts shall take judicial notice
| ratified may be amended. at intervals of
| not less than two years, by proposals
| therefor, submitted by the legislative au-
| election held at least forty days after the
publication of such proposals for twenty
| days in a newspaper of general circula--
| ton in such county, and ratified by at
| least three-fifths of the qualified electors
| voting thereon, and approved by the
| proval Of the county government Act. In
| submitting any such county government
| Act any alternative article or proposition
| may be presented for the choice of the
| voters, and may be voted on separately
| without 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
manner in which, the times at which, and
| the terms for which the several township
| and county officers, other than Judges of
| the Superior Court, shall be elected or
appointed; for their compensation; for
| the number of such officers for the con-
| solidation or segregation of offices, for the
number of deputies that each officer shall
| have, and for the compensation payable
| to each of such deputies, for the manner
| in which, the times in which. and the
| boards of election shall be elected or op-
| pointed; and for the constitution, regula-
| ton. compensation and government of
| such boards, and of their clerks and at
| method by which all elections by the peo-
| pie shall be conducted and may in addi-
| tion determine the tests and conditions
| upon which electors. political parties and
| ORGANIZATIONS may participate in any pri-
| mary election.
| Whenever any county has, in the man.
ner and method herein pointed out, adopt
| ed any county government Act, and the
same shall have been approved by the
| legislature as aforesaid the directions of
| Sections Four and Five of this article
providing for the uniformity Of system
| State and likewise providing for the cleo
| ton and appointment of officers, and the
regulation Of their compensation, shall
| shall as to any of the matters herein
| above provided for and declared hy such
| county government Act, not be subject to
| and law or amendment enacted by the
| legislature except by amendment first
| submitted 20 the electors and ratified in
| the manner hereinabove set forth.