The herald., 1898-10-06
PROCLAMATION

, 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 goy-
ernment acts framed under the authority
given by this section. to provide for the
manner in which. the times at whlch. anu
the terms for which the several township
and county officers, ether than judges OF
the superior court, shall be elected or ap-
pointed; for their compensation: for tne
number of such officers. for the consolida-
ton or segregation of offices; for the num-
ber Of deputies that each ofncer shall. have,
and for the compensation payable 10 each
of such deputies: for the manner in which,
the times at which. aud the terms for which
the members of al! boards Of election shall
be elected or appointed. and for the con,
stitution. regulation. compensatory anu
clerks and attaches; Also TO prescribe the
manner and method by which all elections
by the people shall be coAaucted; and may
In addition dstermine the tests ana condl-
lions upon which electors. poitica! parties
and orga atoms may participate IL any
primary election.
and 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 five of this article. providing for the
uniformity OF a system of county govern
ments throughout the state. and likewise
Of officerns, and the regulation OF their com
pensation. shall not apply. Said county
government act shall. as TO any OF the
matters hereinabove provided for and de-
clared by such county government act,
not be subject to any law or amendment (
enacted by the legislature. except by
amendment first submitted to the electors
and ratified in the manner hereinabove set
forth.
Amendment Number Three
mt
No. A.
resolution prSJosing to the people Of
the state of California an anne endmsnt to
the Constitution OF the state. by adding a
section five and one-half, article s!x, 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
follows:
Section 51s. The court Of claims shall
consist Of any three judges Of the superior
ernor to mold court at the regular terms
thereof. The court Of claims shall have ex-
elusive jurisdiction to hear and determine
against az Ish the 81 state Under such laws a. NAV
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:
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
all laws necessary to organize such court.
to provide the procedure thereof. and to
carry out the provisions OF this section.
Amendment Number Four
being Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No. 27)
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the state OF Caiforna ~ h an amsndment to
tcle eleven. by adding new section there
to- to be known as section number five and
one-ha!f. relating to consolidated city and
county governments. The said proposed
new section to read as follows:
Section 5h. The provisions Of section
four and five of this article shall not, nor
shall any legislation passed pursuant there
county COZ yps now Existing or here aHa
after formed. which shall have become or
shall become organized under section seven,
or secure 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 Of the state of Cali
fornia, BY which 1t is proposed to amend
said sections to read as follows:
Section To- A lieutenant governor shall
be elected 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 l6. In case Of the impea chment
OF the governor, or his removal from office
death, inability to discharge the powers
and duties OF his office. resignation, or alb
sence from the state. the powers and duties
Of the office shall devolve upon the lisuten-
ant governor for the residue Of the term.
or until the disability shall cease; and
should the lieutenant governor be i'm
peached, displaced, resign, die or become
incapable Of performing the duties Of his
office, or be absent from the state. the
president pro tempore of the senate shall
act as governor until the vacancy In the
office of governor shall be filled at the next
general election, when members of the leg
islature shall be chosen, or until such dis
ability of the lieutenant governor shall
cease. In case OF vacancy in the office
of governor for any Of the reasons above
named, and neither the lieutenant governor