The herald., 1898-10-16
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

DEPARTMENT..
WHEREAS, TIE IEG1sEATURaE OF
the state Of California, at its thlrty-sec-
orc session. beginning on the fourth day
members elected to each Of the two houses
OF said legislature voting In favor thereof,
proposed the following described amend
ments to the Constitution of the state Of
Amendment Number One
(Beins Senate c9Hstitqtional Amendment
A resolution to propose to the people Of
the state of California an amendment to
section eighteen Of article eleven Of the
taxation, by which it it is s proposed to amend
said section to read as follows:
Section Is. No county. city, town, town
SHIP board Of edusatoS or sehocI district ct
any mariner or for any purpose exceed
ing IN any year the income and revenue
provided for it for such year, without the
tors thereof. voting at an election to be
held for that purpose. nor unless, before,
or at the time Of ncurrng such Indebted
lection Of an annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest on such Indebtedness as 1t falls
due. and also provision to constitute
spa san o 61r Of nf s9ys. maury wheh
shall not exceed forty years from the time
Of contracting the same; provided. howev-
er, that the city and county OF San Fran
cisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims
with interest thereon for materials fur
nished to and work done for said city and
county during the forty.thiro and forty.
revenue of any succeeding year or years;
provided, that any and ali claims for maxi
Ing, repairing. altering, OF Tor any work done
street, lane. alley, court. place or sidewalk.
or for the construction OF any sewer or
sewers in said city and county are hereby
tkSspsn onp snd n ay ca
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
Vallejo, IL Solano county, may pay Its ex-
listing Indebtedness incurred In the con-
struction Of its water works, whenever two
thirds Of the electors thereof, voting at an
eide Any Indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision, with the excep-
lions hereinbefors recited, shall be void.
Amendment Number Two
(Bsing Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 10)
A resolution proposing to the people Of
tbe 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 Tor their own government.
The said proposed new section to read as
follows:
Section ~ The Inhabitants Of any
act for their own government. relating to
the matters hereinafter specified. and con-
sistent with and subject to the Constitution
Of ffteen freeholders, who have been, for
at least five years, qualified electors OF
such county, to be elected by the qualified
uss seosa IF srh %hs ausy apy Il a
within ninety days after such election. to
prepare and propose county government
act for such county, which shall be signed
or a majority Of them, and returned one
copy thereof to the board of supervisors
or other legislative body Of such county,
corder core sne Of % deeds spy Of = tho county. Such
proposed county government act shall
then be published in two papers Of general
IN such c0nsnty or esre BE-
at least twenty days, and within nc, less
than thirty days after such pyblicstion It
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
ton, s,e and sVdif's Il majority 81 suck Saaifed
electors voting thereon shall ratlfy the
same, IT shall thereafter be submitted to
val. as a whole, without power of altera-
tion, or amendment and If approved by a
majority OF the members elected TO each
house It. shall be the county sbtI, &
become the organic law thereof and super
sede any existing county government act
and all amendments thereof, and AL spe-
c!al 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 submission
Of such county government az to the elec-
tors and its ratification by them, shall be
made in duplicate and deposited, one in
the office of the secretary, Of state. the
other, after being recorded in the office
Of the recorder, o. d. DEEDS in tn. county
Of The county act - 90 ratified
than two years, by proposals therefor,
submitted by the legssatty,e at y, authosity Of
ct q general or special election held at lea st
forty day. after the publication Of such
Of general circulation In such county. and
ratified by at least tbree-ffths Of the quail.
Ned electors voting thereon. and approved
by the legislature as herein provided for the
approval Of tie county government act.