The herald., 1898-09-09
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

ExEGHTiSEE xSTATH SE SHFHRTnHAr. 6HF1EeRN!AA.r
WHEREAS. THE IEGlsEATTkE aH fulH il &c; Of
opa the state of at It's
OF January, A. y. 1897. two-thirds Of all the
sas e vGns SUi
ments to the Constitution Of the stats OF
California, to-wit:
Amendment Number One
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 40
A resolution to propose to the people OF
section eighteen Of article eleven Of the
Constitution, in relation to revenue and
taxation: taxa by which it is proposed to amend
Section Is. No County. city. town, town,
ship, board Of education or school district
shall incur any indebtedness or liability In
any or for any
ASSENT Of ts twothlrds fG uoa 81 the % auaed
tors tors thsrecf. voting at an election t3 fors be
or at the time of incurring such indebted
ness, provision shall be made for the coll
lection Of an annual % tax sufficient to pay
due, and also provision to constitute
sinking fund for the payment OF the prin-
cipal thereof on or before maturity, which
of contracting the same; provided. hoWev-
er. that the city and county of San Fran
cisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims inns
nished to and work done for said city and
county during the forty.third and forty,
fourth fiscal years out OF the income and
revenue Of any succeeding year or years;
provided, that any and all claims for max
ing, repairing. altering. or for any work done
upon or for any material furnished for any
or for the construction Of any sewer or
sewers in said city and county are hereby
excepted from the provisions of this sec
mitted to be paid by this section, no stat
ute Of limitations shall apply in any man.
ner; and provided further, that the city Of
issins 0 indebtedness ID Incurred in II the con-
struction of its water works, whenever two
thirds Of the electors thereof voting at an
eide ANN neln or aSty a
contrary to this provision, with the excsp-
tions hereinbefore recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
A resolution proposing to the people. OF
the state of California an amendment to the
section, to be known and designated as Sec
tion seven and one-half, article eleven
thereof, providing for the framing by the
government acts for their own government
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
county may frame county. government
act for their own government, relating to
the matters hereinafter specfied, and con-
sistent with and subject to the Constitution
and laws OF this state, by causing board
Of fifteen freeholders. who have been. for
at least five years. qualified electors Of
such county, to be elected by the qualified
electors Of such county, at any. general or
special election, whose duty 1t shall be
within ninety days after such election, to
prepare and propose county government
in duplicate by the members of such board.
or a majority Of them, and returned. one
copy thereof to the board Of supervisors
or snd 0ihe' he other copy to be sent to the re-
corder of deeds of the county. Such
proposed county government act shall
then be IN tWo papers Pf ba
at least twenty days. and within not less
than thirty Gays aItef m fbe suen
Ii tion. nuon and s il majority Of such qualified
electors voting thereon shall S ratlfy the
the % legislature Il for its rejection or appro-
ton. or amendment. and II approved by a
majority of the members elected to each
house, II shall be the county government
act Of such county. and shall in such case
become the organic law tnereol and super
sede any existing county government act,
and ali amendments thereof, and all spe-
cial laws Inconsistent with such county
A copy Of such county government act,
certified by the president Of the board Of
s,,nervisors or other legislative body Of
such county, and authenticated by the seal
Of such county, setting forth the submission n
Of such county mt aft to the esc,
u0aSe " in duplicate and deposited. one in
office Of the receIasd IF state ,S. the
Of the recorder OF deeds In the county.
among the archives of the county.
All Courts shall take judicial notice there
of. The county government act so ratified
may be amended at intervals of not less
than two years, by proposals therefor.
submitted BY the legiisslatiy,e isat authority Of
at a General or special election held at lea st
forty days after t.Itv the duplication Of such
Of general circulation in such county, and
ratified by at least three-fifths of the quali-
fed electors voting thereon. and approved
BY the legislature as herein provided for the
approval Of the county government act.