The herald., 1898-11-01

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
gwen by this section, to provide for the
manner in which. the times at which, and
the terms for which the several township
ana county officers, other than judges of
the superior court, shall be elected or ap-
pointed; for their compensation; for the
number of such officers; for the consolida-
tion or segregation Of offices; for the num-
ber of deputies that each officer shall have,
and for the compensation payable to each
of such deputies; for the manner in which.
the times at which, and the terms for which
the members of all boards of election shall
be elected or appointed, and for the con-
stitution, regulation, compensation and
clerks and attaches; also to prescribe the
manner and method by which all elections
BY the people shall be conducted; and may
In addition determine the tests and condi-
tions upon which electors, political parties
and organizations may participate In any
primary election.
Whenever any county has, in the manner
ana method herein pointed out, adopted any
county government act, and the same shall
have been approved by the legislature as
aforesaid. the directions of sections four
and hve of this article, providing for the
uniformity of system of county govern
ments throughout the state, and likewise
providing for the election and appoin ent
pensation, shall not apply. Said county
government act shall, as to any of the
matters hereinabove provided for and de-
not be subject to any law or amendme t
enacted by the legislature, except by
amendment first submitted to this electors
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 Constitution Of the state, by adding a
new section to be known and designated as
section five and one-haif, article six, there
by providing for the organization of a
court, to be known as the court of claims.
The said proposed new section to read as
Section 5h. 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
against the state. under such laws as may
be passed by the legislature, and its judg-
ment thereon shall be final. The terms Of
the court of claims shall be held as follows:
In the city of Los Angeles commencing on
the second 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
to provide the procedure thereof, and to
carry out the provisions of this section.
Amendment Number Four
ment No. 81
A resolution to propose to the people of
the state OF california an amendment to
tice eleven, by adding a new section there
to, to be known as section number five and
ons-half. relating to consolidated city and
county governments The said proposed
Section 5A. The provisions Of section
four and five of this article shall Aot, nor
shall any legislation passed pursuant there
to- apply to any consolidated city and
county government, now existing or here
after formed. which shall have become, or
shall become organized under section seven,
or secure a charter under section eight of
this article.
Amendment Number Five
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 36).
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 or the state of Cali
fornia, by which it is proposed to amend
said sections to read as follows:
Section Is. lieutenant governor shall
be elscted 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 16. In case of the Impeachment
of the governor, or his removal from office
death, inability to discharge the powers
and duties of his office, resignation. or ab.
sence from the state. the powers and duties
of the office shall devolve upon the lieuten.
ant governor for the residue of the term
or until the disability shall cease; ant
should the lieutenant governor be i'm.
peached,, displaced. resign; die or becom.
office, or be absent from the state. the
president pro tempore of the senate sha i
act as governor until the vacancy in the
office Of governor shall be filled at the nexi
general election, when members of the ,eg.
fslature shall be chosen, or until such dis.
ability of the lieutenant governor shat
cease In case of a vacancy in the Office
of governor for any of the reasons above
named. and neither the lieutenant governor
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