The record-union., 1898-10-09
Amendment Number Two.
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No 10)

No. 10)
A resolution proposing to the people or
the State of California an amendment 10
the Constitution of the State, by adding a
new section, to be known and designated
Eleven thereof, providing for the framing
by the inhabitants Of counties OF ioSa, oIgn
tion to read as follows, ,,
Section 71a. The inhabitants of any
Act for their own government, relating to
the matters hereinafter specified, and con-
sistent with, and subject to, the Const1tu-
ton and laws of this State, by causing
board of fifteen freeholders, who have
been, for at least five years, qualined
electors of such county, to be elected by
any general or special election, whose
duty it, shall be within ninety days after
such election to prepare and propose a
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 legisla-
tive body Of such county, and the other
copy to be sent to the recorder OF deeds
ernment Act shall then be published in
two papers of general circulation In such
pers, then in one only, for at least twenty
days, and within not less than thirty uayS
after such publication it shall be submit
ted to the qualified electors of such coun.
ty, at a general or special election, and II
a majority of such qualified electors vot-
ing thereon shall ratify the same IT shall
for it's rejection or approval, as whole,
without power of alteration or amend
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-
cial laws inconsistent with such county
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 its ratification by them,
one in the Office of the Secretary of State,
the other, after being recorded in the Of
ty. among the archives of the county
All courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. The, county government Act SO
not less than two years, by proposals
therefor, submitted by the legislative au-
thorlty of the county, to the qualified
election held at least forty days after the
publication of such proposals for twenty
ton in such county, and ratified by at
least three-ffthS of the qualified electors
voting thereon, an, and approved by the
proval of the county government Act. In
submitting any such county government
Act any alternative article or proposition
NAV 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
in which, the times in which, and the
terms for which the members of all
boards of election shall be elected or op-
pointed; and for the constitution, regula-
such boards, and of their clerks and at
taches: also, to precribe the manner and
method by which all elections by the peo-
nile shall be conducted; and may in adii-
lion determine the tests and conditions
upon which electors, political parties and
organizations may participate in any pri-
mary election
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 a system
IF county governments throughout the
State and likewise providing for the cleo
tion and appointment of officers and the
regulation of their compensation. shall
not apply Said county government Act
shall as to any of the matters herein
above provided for and declared by such
county government Act, not be subject to
and law or amendment enacted by the
legislature except by amendment first
subnitted 10 the electors and ratified in
the manner hereinabove set forth.