The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
Answers to Questions

AMENDMENT NO. I'D. o. D. What Is the
full scope of constitutional amendment No. !
voted upon at the November election? What
power does it confer on the legislature?
The amendment is as follows
Sec. 3. The legislature, by general
and uniform laws. shall provide for the
election or appointment, in the several
counties, of boards of supervisors,
sheriffs county clerks, district attor-
neys, and such other county, township,
and municipal officers as public con-
venience may require, and shall pre-
scribe their duties and fix their terms
of office. 1t shall regulate the COM
pensation of all such officers, in pro-
portion to duties, and may also es-
tabliSh fees to be charged and collected
by such officers for services performed
in their respective Offices in the manner
and for the uses provided by law, and
for this purpose may classify the
counties by population: and it shall
provide for the strict accountability of
county and township officers for all
fees which may be collected by them.
and for all public and municipal mon
eys which may be paid to them, or
officially come into their possession. 1t
may regulate the compensation of
grand and trial jurors in all courts
within the classes of counties herein
permitted to be made: such compensa-
tion. however, shall not, in any class,
exceed the sum of SO per day and mile
age"
BUCKET SHoP-W. R. Ornbun Cal What
is a bucket shop as used In stock parIance?
1t is an establishment conducted
nominally for the transaction of a
stock exchange business, or a business
of similar character, but really for
the registration of bets or wagers. US
ually for small amounts. on the rise or
fail of the prices of stock. grain, oil,
ETC., there being no transfer of. the
stocks or commodities nominally dealt
in. The Nation. vol. xxxvi. says that
puts and calls and bucket shop opera
tions are gambling transactions and
should be treated accordingly"
SIGNING NAME-E. City st NECESSARY to
sign name and address to a communication sent
to the Query Department of The Call?
That is the rule. The name is never
published, but it sometimes becomes
necessary to send the letter back to the
writer for a query as to just exactly
what is wanted. If there is ambiguity
in the question asked and there is no
name and address. the communication
does not receive attention. 1t is no
crime to ask a question, consequently
a writer ought not to be ashamed to
give true name and address.
CIVIL sERvICE-C. s.. City. Please inform
held soon.
Not knowing what particular branch
of the civil service you desire to be
informed about, this department can
not enlighten you further than to tell
you to go to the particular branch You
would like to take an examination in
and ask for the civil service clerk. who
Will give all tho N
his possession as to what course YOU
will have to pursue.
LIABILITY-s. s.. Corte Maders, Cal. Under
the state constitution and the law every stock
holder is individually liable for the debts In
curred by the corporation In which be holds
stock Does that apply to one under age who
has paid up share in a corporation:
The law does not make any distinc-
tion on account of age. 1t simply deals
with stock holders.
OLIvES-N. n. City. What is the process
for the preservation Of olives?
This department has not the space
to describe the process. Communicate
with the state horticultural bureau in
the Ferry building, San Francisco, and
you will be properly advised in the
matter.
KILLED IN WARE. City Where msv
list OF those who were killed in the war with
the Seminoles in Florida in 1925 be bad?
The war department at Washington,
D. c., may enIighten you on this matter
BOTKIN-S Subscriber. Oakland. Cal. On what
day did CordeIia Botkin send the poisoned candy
to her victim?
August Il. 1898.
FOX sKIN-Mrs J.4R. City Who can in.
form me how to dye fox skin? -.