The San Francisco call., 1898-09-16
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.


 SACRAMENTO. July soth. 1898. WHEREAS. The Legislature of the state ate, ot or ning on the fourth day of January. A. D. iss7 two-thirds of all the members elected to eacn
 h two of d ts d scribed amendments to the Constitution Of the State of California. to-wit;
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
 Beiug Senate Constitutional Amendment No. AL
 resolution to propose to the people of the Etate of California an amendment to section eighteen of article eleven of the Constitu- tion in relation to revenue and taxation. by which 1t Is proposed to amend said section 70
 Section IS. No county city. town. township. board of education school district shall in- cur any indebtedness or liability in any man for any purpose exceeding Tn eny year the income and revenue provided for 1t for such year. without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose nor un- less before, at the time of mourning such collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest such indebtedness as II falls due, and also provision to constitute sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof before maturity, which shall not exceso same as ' provided. % however. @ u that the City and County of San Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims witn ar crest oons for said city ard county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income ana revenue of any succeeding year or years; pro vided that any and all claims for making, re- pairing altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street, iane' alley. court, place or sidewalk. or for the con struction of any. sewer or sewers in said city visions of this section: and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section no ner; and provided further. that the City of Vallejo in Solano County, may pay It's exist ing Indebtedness incurred in the construction of its weter works, whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held I9r that purpose shall so decide. Any lndeoteo- ness or liability incurred contrary to this pro vision, with the exception hereinbetore recite0' shall be void.
 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
 CBeing Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
 resolution proposing to the people of the State of California amendment the Con- stitution of the State. by adding new sec fion to be known and designated as section viding for the framing by the inhabitants of counties of local county .a new section to read as follows:
 Section 7h The inhabitants of any county own own government relating to the matters here matter specified. and consistent with and sub by causing a board or fifteen freeholders, who have been. for at least five years, quai1ned electors of such county; to be elected 9 by s the eral or special election, whose duty 1t shall be within ninety days after such election, to pre- pare and propose a county government act for such county which shall be signed in dupli- cate by the members of such board, or ma 5ority of them. and returned, one copy thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other legisla- tive body of such county. and the other copy county Such proposed county government act shall then be published In two papers of gen. not two such papers. then In one only. for at least twenty days, and within not less than Submitted to the qualified electors of such county, at general or special election, and If fb.nson sba U ratify the same it shall there after be submitted to the Legislature for It's rejection or approval. as whole, without IL out proved by majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county govern ment act of such county. and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and super sede any existing county government act, and inconsistent with such county government act
 A copy of such county government act certi- yisors or other legislative body of such county and authenticated by the seal of such county setting forth the submission of such county Government act to the electors. and its ratif1ca- tion by them. shall be made in duplicate and state the other after being recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds In the county, ahGns courts snt shall take judicial notice thereof The county government act so ratified may be amended at interyals of not less than h. two Iegislative authority of the county, to the qualified electors thereof, at general or spe- publication of such proposals for twenty days in a newspaper of general circulation in such 
 tbe qualified electors voting thereon, and ap- proved by, the Legislature as herein provided Tn submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be be voted on separately without prejudice to others. u
 ment acts framed under the authority given by this section, to provide for the manner In rhich the several township and county officers other than Judges of the Superior Court. shall De elected , or o suoh officers fop tse consolidation segregation of offices. for the number of deputies that each officer shall have, smch deputies. for the manner in which. the times in which, and the terms for which the sIsrted or appointed and for the constitution. regulation. compensation and government of sueh boards. and of their clerks and attaches; sIso to prescribe the manner and method by which ali elections by the people shall be con Sucted; and may In addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors. DO iiticaI parties and organizations may partici- pate in any @ prmary eeynx eeG51en bas in the and method herein pointed out adopted any county act y aaS the sha aforesaid the direction of sections four and five of this article providing for the uniformity the state and likewise9pr6viding for the cleo ton and appointment of ofhcers o; and the reEu- said county government act shall: as to any of the matters hereinabove provided for and de-
 
 subject to any law or amendment enacted by inc 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. 44.)
 A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State. by adding new section fo he known and designated section five and one.haH article six. thereby providing for the oreanization of court. to be known as the Court of Claims. The said proposed new sec tion to read as follows:
 Section 5l,. The Court Of Claims shall con s,st 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 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 as fol- lows:
 Tn the City of Los Angeles, commencing on the second Monday of March:
 Tn the City and County of San Francisco commencing on the second Monday in July,
 In tha City of Sacramento comn,erc,r, ,r