The San Francisco call., 1910-09-06
Amendments Agreed Upon in
Conference Will Be Sub
mitted at Session Today
Senators Wolfe and WeICh to
Introduce Measures Pro-
viding for SIO,OOO,OOO
South VIII Make Fight for
Promise of Open Shop at
the Canal Celebration
ESpeeiaI Dispatch TO The Call

q ACRAMENTO, Sept. 5.-The
vanguard of the members of the
legislature who viii convene in
special session tomorrow began to
srrive in the early trains today, and
no time was lost in getting down to
the actual business of drafting the
amendments 10 be voted on. The
splendid work OF the legislative COM
nlittee was shown when, after a two
+ hour conference between Governor
Gillett and a dozen of the leading
legislators, II was announced that the
amendments as prepared by the COM
1aittee would be presented to both
houses of the legislature with only d
few minor changes.
According to arrangements agreed
upon, Senator Edward Wolf OF San
Francisco will introduce in the senate
constitutional amendment 3, pro-
Viding for the raising OF S5,0OO,000
by the citizens of the state Senator
Dick Welch OF San Francisco viii in
trroduce constitutional amendment 50.
providing for the raising of similar
sum by the people of San Francisco
The Wolfe amendment proposes that
section p of article ~ of the consti-
tuition relating TO how money may be
appropriated and drawn from the state
treasury, be amended so as to permit
raising s5.o0o.0Oo as special fund in
the state treasury TO be known as the
Panama Pacific international exposition
fund. This fund is to be used for the
establishment. maintenance and sup
port in san Francisco Of an exposition
in commemoration Of the completion Of
the Panama canal and is to be avail
able for that purpose only in the event
of the people OF San Francisco raising
4 like amount by a special bond issue
The money is to be raised through
an advalOrem tax to be levied on all
property not exempt from taxation as
the property existed July I. 1910. This
prov ision is to circumvent the Curtin
constitutional amendment. which pro-
Vides for a division of state and local
taxes and which is up for passage at
the coming election. The amount is to
zpe raised in four equal yearly install
nents OF Sl,25O.000. and the rate Of the
taxation necessary TO provide this
amount each year shall be determined
by the state board Of equalization when
that body meets each year TO deter
mine the amount Of revenue for all
other state purposes. When the board
determines this rate it will add it to
the regular tax rate The amendment
calls for the first levy to be made July
], 1917, the beginning of the next fiscal
year. the last levy 10 be made in 1914.
The care of this state fund will rest
with z committee OF five composed of
the governor and four other members
&c. be selected from different sections of
the state and 10 serve without pay. The
manner Of distributing the funds shall
yest entirely with this committee and
the legislature IS called on to enact
further laws governing the commission
and the disposition OF any surplus left
unexpended at the end of the exposi-
tIon. The special legislature viii not
attempt 10 pass any governing law for
the committee, but Will pass this duty
10 the regular session next January.
The Welch amendment permits the
city and county of San Francisco to
amend its charter so as to incur
bonded Indebtedness of $4,000 600 for
the exposition. the bonds to run for
5<t more than 40 years and to bear in
terest at a rate not to exceed ; per cent
per annum. The bonds must be sold at
par and are exempt from all taxation.