The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11

registration shall take place preceding the next
ensuing election. the County Clerk shall cause
the name of each voter as enroHea 10 ;ss~oa 4s az
of said Voter or the correct postoffce address
OF said voter, as the same is written oh InIi aai
register and which name ana ADDRESS siiait
he written on the envelope at the time tnaI
each voter is duly registered thereon: All ot
said envelopes shall be securely kept by the
said County Clerk and ten days before election
10 fill any public office he snall CAUSE " pe
folded and placed in said envelope iOr rs
sample ballots containing the nominations "
offce certified to him by the Secretary OF
state and also all those filed with the county
Clerk each of which shall be tnclosed IN saio
envelope. and cause the same to be mallea ..an IN
the United States postoffice as printed matter
for delivery to each of said voters. l ne mai mai
ing of all of said envelopes containing sanPIe
ballots as aforesaid. shall commence at ieast
ten days before the time of election to MI any
public office as aforesaid. and continue SO ina ina
ali Of said envelopes containing said sample
ballots shall have been mailed al lease thIee
whole days before the day Of elect1on 10 III 2 any
nuhltc office as above provided II a new req
istration does not take place in any county
preceding the next ensuing election tns oouI os
~ Clark shall cause envelopes to be addressed
~ each voter together with the number OF the
residence OF said voter or correct postolnce au-
dress the same appears upon n,des ulv snd
corrected at that time, as the law proVloes, anu anu
caused to he inclosed therein the nominations
to office certified to him. as atoresalu, any any
ceuse the same to be mailed in the manner ana
within the time as above provided; The clerk
or the secretary Of the legislative po1y oi any .t
incorporated city or town with VIII sra haT
names OF any candidate have been nleo snall
mail in the United States postofhce envelopes
addressed to each voter, together with tne sam
pie ballots inclosed therein tne aSo 1nar M and
nations filed with him. in the same nlanleI am I, a,u
as the lists of nominations mailed by the Coun-
ty Clerk, as provided in this section. u.,.,,
Section l195-Whenever proposed cohstituo u
+ionai amendment or other question is 10 pe
submitted to the people OF the otate loi org
popular vote the sec+eSart tantvve days before
aiacst;on certify the same to the clerk OF eacn
county of the state; and the clerk OF esen .ael1
r,Gad coonLy sFa far in section 11s4 Of this code.
2t fhe time section 1875 was amended
the said section then; as Wen as 1ioW ~ bod
been inserted therein in extenS5o3. xtel53 Aae al
then the language Oh section Al'f was @'
follows:
Section 11s4-At least ten days before an 1; eiec-
tson ~ All any public office. the County Clerk
of aach county shall cause to be punlisneq IN
" " Iast tyvo newspapers of general circulation
within the county the nominations ms SITE olno and
lie aii those fled with the County Clerk be
shall make not less than two such pupilcations IONS
in each of such newspapers oade mon the
last day upon which such newspaper is issueu
before the day. of the election Tne nst ol
nominations published by the county Clerks
~ tha respective counties shall be arranged in
the order and form in which they Will be
printed upon the ballot Ihe elerK OF .s
ci+y or town with whom the names of any
candidates have been filed shall publish in the
ma
hin, hut where only one newspaper IS pub
iished in any county, city or town, then publi-
cation in such newspaper shall be deemed
suffoient and where no newspaper is printed
in such county, city or town. publication shall
he made through any newspaper designated oy
tbe BOARD of Supervisors of said county, or the
legislative body of said city or town. and by
hosting comics OF the ballot in three of the most
pubIic places in such county, city or town. not
less than ten days before the day OF election
In this connection. perhaps, it would
not he amiss to bear in mind the rule of
STATUTORY construction laid down in Peo-
pie VS.. Whipple, Al Cal, 592, and in
MANY other cases as well as those princi-
nles of law carried in various provisions
of our codes. The acts of my predecessor
authorizing the publications took place
in 1895. when as now sections 1194 and 1195
were in force. / have examined several
of the largest of these claims presented.
and find them with one exception, very
excessive. l know of no provisions of law
by which any of these claimants can be
protected in any fair and honest demands
which may be presented. therefore sub
nit these claims to your honorable body
for such fair and equitable adjustment
as they may respectively require. re-
snectflilIy suggest that if appropriations
be made they should be Incorporated in
senarate bills HENRY T. GAGE,
Governor of the State or California