RUM AND ITS GREAT COST.

MRS. MARY TEATS PORTRAYSTHE DESTROYER.

She Pleads for Woman's Suffrage

as a Remedy for

j Intoxication.

Mrs. Mary E. Teats', the well-knowntemperance lecturer, delivered two ad-dresses at the Fourteenth and X streetschurch yesterday afternoon and even-ing to good audiences.

Tfte first talk was- to mothers, thespeaker touching in a delicate manneron themes pertaining to heredity, socialpurity, and motherhood. The lecture inthe evening was on the Influence andcost of liquor to the American people.

Among other things, the speaker

said: -What we need in this country

to-day is a new conscience applied topolitics and business. There are nearly

a quarter of a million people buriedevery year whose deaths are charge-

able, directly or indirectly, to whisky*

in some form. Ninety per cent, of ourcrimes are caused by liquor, yet thereis not a great political party that isarrayed against the traffic. The Biblesays that drunkards shall not inheritthe kingdom of God. Do you know. Inever read that passage of Scripturewithout wondering what will becomeof the drunkard makers. Yet thebrewervand distillers, the saloonkeepA-sand the voters who license saloons areresponsible for this."

The speaker referred to the case ofa prominent Cincinnati brewer, CharlesFisher, who recently died, as a sample

of the false sentiment of the times.He had been eulogized by the pressas a "good citizen and a man of broadphilanthropy."

She read a few newspaper clippingsthat showed that Fisher had been a

guest of President McKinley, anasaid:

"It was this man's money, his twomillions, that got him these eulogies.A brewer is really as bad as a mur-derer, and a eulogy on the one is as

much in place as a eulogy on theother."

Mrs. Teats showed that the liquor billof this country alone amounts to morethan all the annual gold and silvercoinage of this country and of fourprincipal countries of Europe. Shesaid that the drink bill of Chicagoamounts each year to more than 986,---000,000, which sum would feed the poorOf that city?more than 100*000 strong

?and give all of them homes and finem3dern accommcdations. Chicago was

but one example in many of the ex-travagance of the drink habit in thiscountry.

The speaker closed with an eloquentplea for sobriety and good citizenship,

saying that it was the duty of all goodpeople, whether Christian;* or not, tocast their votes for men who would doall in their power to suppress the liquor

traffic, a thing that was more detri-mental to the country than any otherone influence. She pleaded for wo-man's rights on the ground that thesaloon men fear the woman's votes

more than all else.She said she was a voter nearly thirty

years ago in Wyoming, and she didnot believe it would hurt all womento vote, as she had found the experi-ence a benefit. She said she had fig-ures that showed that a recent pop-ular party convention in Chicago wascomposed of 723 delegates, of whom 4L't'»were saloonkeepers, criminals, pool-s -Hers, prize-fighters, murderers, ormen who had served time for somecrime. They got into a fight in theconvention, and this lasted nearly two

hours. At women's conventions' she hadnever witnessed such diversions.

At2:3op. m. to-day. at the First Bap-tist Church, Mrs. Teats will lecture on"Normal Purity," with a chart lesson.

ESTATES IN PROBATE.

Petitions Filed in the SuperiorCourt Yesterday.

Ora Runyon-Buckman has petitionedthe Superior Court to require the ex-ecutors to render their final account ofthe estate ©f Solomon Runyon, de-ceased, and also that her share of theestate be distributed to her. JudgeHughes has issued a citation to the ex-ecutors to render their account on Oc-tober 7th, or show cause for not doingso.

A. J. Rhoads has filed in the Su-perior Court his petition for letters ofadministration on the estate of EmilAnderson, deceased, which consists'dfa promissory note for $480.

Ella Coffield, administratrix of theestate of Niels Coffield. has petitionedthe Sui>erior Court to set as4de thewhole estate, consisting of £.">45 inmoney and a cemetery lot valued at$260 for the use of herself and herchildren, who are the heirs.

James It. I>ors«-y, administrator ofthe estate of Ella B. Dorsey, deceased,

having filed his final account and pe-tioned for the distribution of the estate.Judge Hnejhes has granted a decreeof final distribution of the estate tohim.

NUDE BATHERS.

Constable Russell of Washingtonis After Them.

Notwithstanding all that has beenpublished in the way of warnings tomen and youths who have t>een in thehabit of bathing in the river in fullview of people living on this and theYolo side, the practice has been keptup until it has become an intolerablenuisance.

Constable Russell of Washington con-cluded that if the Sacramento authori-ties could not nut a stop to these daily

exhibitions of indecency he would doso for the protection of the people ofthat village. He consulted with a law-yer and found that he had jurisdictionover such offenses within a certainradius outside of his township.

Yesterday a gang of young men from10 to 18 years of age, including onenegro, were disporting themselves onthe Sacramento side of the river northof the Pioneer Mill, and he went forthem. The bathers took to the brush,got on a portion of their clothing andscattered in all directions.

Russell and a young deputy chasedthe negro all the way to Third and Istreets, where Yardmaster O'Connorheaded him off and assisted in his cap-ture. Russell marched the indecentfellow over to Washington, where Jus-tice Gill promptly sentenced him to tendays in jail.

Constable Russell and Justice Gill de-serve the thanks of people on this sideof the river for coming to their relief.Our water supply has enough to con-tend with without being polluted rightat our doors, to say nothing of the out-rages on decency that have been per-petrated all summer long in the local-ity mentioned.

TEXAS FEVER.

Cattle in the Vicinity of SuisunDying in Numbers.

(Rio Vista News, Sept. 23d.)Stock owners in the neighborhood of

Suisun are greatly alarmed at the pre-valence of Texas fever, which hasbroken out among the cattle in the tuleranges. Cattle have been dying by-hundreds and vigorous efforts will bemade to stamp out the disease at once.

At the meeting of the Board of Su-pervisors Monday, Dr. W. G. Downingwas appointed County Health Officer.The latter has named Dr. J. T. Sulli-van, the well-known veterinary surgfcon

of Suisun, as his deputy, and all own-ers of stock which has died from theeffects of the fever will be notified tobury the carcasses at once, or burnthem so the danger of infection will beaverted.

The disease comes in a peculiar man-ner. The cattle are bitten by a sortof tick, which poisons the blood, thespleen being particularly affected. Theanimal becomes bloated and' dies in ashort time.

The disease has reached such propor-tions around Suisun that the public areafraid to use beef in any quantities. Itis supposed that the germs werebrought in by the cattle brought tip

from the southern country to be pas-tured on the tule lands near Suisun.

The plague has grown to such seri-ous proportions that the stockmen musttake steps to stamp it out, or at leastconfine it to the present infected dis-tricts.

B. F. Rush and Pierce Brothers, whoare very extensive stockmen. havetaken the initiative in calling a massmeeting of interested parties and havesent through the county the followingletter:

"Dear Sir: Owing to the alarmingspread of the Texas fever the stockmenof this county have come to the con-clusion that they must take immediatesteps to stop further spread and if pos-sible rid our lands of fever ticks, whichmight cause a fresh outbreak anotherseason.

"For this purpose a meeting hasbeen called for Saturday, September24th, to the held at the Fairfield Court-house, to which all stockmen and es-pecially breeders, are invited to attend.The meeting will lie called at 1 p. m.sharp. The principal action of thismeeting will be to draft a form of ordi-nance that will protect our several in-terests and which will be presented tothe Board of Supervisors for their ac-tion at their next meeting."

TWENTIETH CENTURY.

First Annual Rallying Day of Da-visville Presbyterians.

Rev. J. W. Dorrance, pastor of theDavisville Presbyterian Church, writesto the "Record-Union" as follows:

"Last Sunday was a day long to beremembered by the Presbyterians inDavisville and vicinity. The seatingcapacity of the church was no.t suffi-cient to accommodate the large numberpresent. The pulpit, banked withbeautiful flowers and having a back-groui 1 of artistically draped flags,produced a pleasing effect.

"The occasion was the first annualRallying Day in the interests of the?Twentieth Century Movement,' whichaims to bring a half-million of newscholars Into the Sabbath-schools ofthe United States on or before April 1,ltfOl.

"Interesting programs, consisting ofsolos, choruses, hymns and recitations,were rendered both morning and even-ing by the Choir, glee club and Sun-day-school scholars.

"During the day two names wereadded to the church membership roll,and twelve names to that of the YoungPeople's Society of Christian En-deavor.

"An offering amounting to $15.59 wasreceived for the benefit of Sabbath-school missions."

FRED SMITH'S JUMP.

It Was Off the Yolo Bridge Intothe River Below.

Fred. Smith made a jump yesterdayafternoon from the top of the Yolobridge into the river in an attempt atsuicide.

He sunk for a few moments, but soonreappeared and his body lloated downstream for half a mile, and he wasrevetted by a boatman. His head washurt, and he was dazed, but will sus-tain no serious injury from his leap.

He was taken to the Receiving Hos-pital, and when asked lust night whybe made the Jump, said he did notknow. A sudden impulse came to himon the bridge, and he obeyed it. Hedid not know whether he intended tocommit suicide or not. The police thinkthat morphine, to which, he is addicted,was the cause <>f his aberration.

Weather Reports.The Weather Bureau reports show

the highest and lowes»t temperaturesLay to have been IN and r>4 de-

gree -. with gentle southerly and north-erly winds and clear weather prevail-ing.

The barometrical readings at "> a. m.and 5 p. m. yesterday were 30.03 and1H.*.01 Inches, respectively.

The highest and lowest temperaturesone year ago yesterday were 70 and53 degrees}, and one year ago to-day 70and 52 degrees, with a trace of rain.

The average temj>erature was 6U andthe normal 7<> degrees, showing yester-day to have been 4 degrees cooler thanusual for the L'7th day of September.Biver. 7 feet 4 inches.

Prevent diphtheria. pneumonia, fe-vers and colds by purifying your bloodwith Hood's Sarsaparilla, and savemoney, time and suffering. As at Fall

it will just meet your needs.

McMorry sells groceries. Agent forCoronado water and Stockton sarsa-parilla and iron. 531 M street. ?

I Naturalgassupplies. Tom Scott, 303 J.*

THE RAILROAD MEN'S CLUB.

A LARGELY ATTENDED MEET-ING LAST NIGHT.

The Club Needs More Room?AnAddress by William

Lamphrey.

There was the usual large and en-thusiastic attendance last night at *.hemeeting of the Railway Employes' Po-litical Club. Many new faces were no-ticeable in the audience, which showsthat the Organization Committee arestill pursuing their work with beneficialresults.

Secretary Heffron read a communica-tion from the President of the GeneralAdvisory Board in San Francisco, ac-cepting the Sacramento club's basis ofrepresentation on said board ?one rep-resentative for every 150 members.

He also read a communication fromH. L. Sanborn, Chairman of the Advi-sory Board, setting forth the true prin-ciples and objects of the organization.

The matter was referred to the Exec-utive Committee, with instructions totake as early action as possible.

The committee appointed to secure alarger place for the club's meetings re-ported that they had as yet been un-able to secure a larger and more com-fortable hall than the one now being-used, and requested another week tocontinue their investigation. Owing tothe increased attendance at the club'smeetings it has become imperative tosecure more commodious accommoda-tions therefor.

T. James was elected to fill the va-cancy of Third Vice President createdby the resignation of William Ream.

C. Rust was elected Treasurer of theclub, ex-Treasurer Hilbert having beenremoved on account of failure to attendmeetings regularly.

T. Latsking was elected Second As-sistant Sergeant-at-Arms, vice Nichols,removed for a similar reason.

William Lamphrey, candidate forCounty Clerk, was called upon to ad-dress the club, and responded with awell appreciated and much applaudedspeech. He spoke of the necessity forrailway men coming in closer contactwith one another for the purpose ofconsidering matters of common inter-est, with a view to the betterment oftheir condition.

The meeting adjourned until naxtWednesday evening.

RAN AMUCK.

Tom Richardson Threatened Pe-destrians With a Cobble.

Tom Richardson, who lives at 519%X street and has been sick for sometime, yesterday afternoon startled pe-

destrians in that neighborhood by pur-suing them with a cobble in his hand.He ran over to L street, where he hada squabble with a man, and thence toM, and the patrol wagon, which hadbeen sent for. overtook him on Eighthstreet, between M and N. He threat-ened Officer Naghel with the cobble,

and the latter was compelled to in turn

threaten him with his pistol, whileOfficer Higgins took the cobble awayfrom him, and he was taken to theCounty Jail and! put in the cell forinsane persons.

Cases Dismissed.

H. L. Jones was arraigned in the CityJustice Court yesterday for battery atthe race track, but after hearing theevidence the court dismissed the case.

Charles Boehm. charged with assaultto murder T. W. Dafour, was dismissed,there being no complaint against himon file.

Harry Carson, who was arrested forstealing lead pipe, was also discharged,it being the opinion of the City Attor-ney that the evidence was not sufficientto convict.

YOU ARE MAKING a great mistake innot sending for a 10 cent trial size of Ely's

Cream Balm. It is a specific for catarrhand cold in the head. We mail it, or theBO cent size. Druggists all keep it. ElyBrothers, 56 Warren street. New York.

Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking andto a great extent loss ol hearing. By theuse of Ely's Cream Balm dropping ofmucus has ceased, voice and hearing navegreatly improved.?J. W. Davidson, At-tornev-at-Law, Monmouth, 111.

Children's Cloth Sailors, 25c.

Children's felt hats, in all colors, trim-med with silk ribbon and fancy, &~»c to?51.45. At Sacramento Home SupplyCompany, J street, between Seventhand Eighth. *

Removal.Hawley & Phillips will remove on

or before October Ist to their new office,No. 319 J street. ?

A Tooth Root.

You think it useless, but it is afoundation upon which Dr. Weldon canbuild a handsome, useful tooth. 800%J street. *

Smoke "The Maine."Do not smoke a poor five-cent cigar

When you can get a good one for thesame price. A. Coolot, distributor. *

Try McMorry's GOc uncolored Japantea; E. B. tea, 70c; G. P. tea. 85c; P. F.Japan tea, 50c. 531 M street. *

For a cool, sharp glass of steam orlager, El Dorado, 820 J. *

Excites admiration: Jno. Straub's finetailoring. 810 X street. *

Date taken.?Pelican Club dance atTurner Hall, October 20th. *

Try McMorry's Blend Coffee, 35c. *

DIED.WHITI'.EOK-In this city, September

26th. D. D. Whitbeck, husband of AbbleWhitbeck. father of James L. Whit-beck, a native of New York, aged 61ytars, 9 months and 22 day.

Friends and acquaintances are re-spectfully invited to attend the funeralto-day (Wednesday), at 2 p. m., from hislate residence. 1314 Tenth street. Inter-ment City Cemetery.

THE RECORD-UNION, SACRAMENTO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 189S.3

Do Not Wait tor Special Sales.

REMEMBER,

THE AMERICANGASH STORE

Is Always Even With theTimes

ON ALLGOODS CARRIED IN STOCK

You can always feel that you havea bargain here?no matter what youpurchase.

We call your "special attention" thisweek in our line of fiberware, wooden-ware, enamel ware

NOW ON SALE.ALWAYS ON SALE.

UNANIMITY OF OPINION

The Consequences of a Bruise-Advice Given ?The Result.

"About the first of the year Inoticedthat my blood was in a bad condition. Itwas of a very dark color and whenever 1received a bruise it would fester and wasa long time in healing. As every one inthis community said take Hood's Sarsa-parilla I concluded to try it. I beganusing it, together with Hood's Pills, andEiy blood is now in good condition." J.M. Pierce, Preston, California.

Hood's PW« «su* nausea, tndtsestfon, 2oc.

CASTOR IAFor Infants and Children.

The Kind You Have Always Bought

Signature of C£t&jtf33&3&£(

A CASE OFjOMPULSION.A dealer from a neighboring town writes us ordering some

CAPITAL JAVA BLENDsaying:

"Iam compelled to have It, because the other stores here sell it andmy customers are continually calling for It.

«tf Alt grocers sell it in sealed cans at 25c lb. Never sold in bulk.

Roasted daily by the Capital Coffee Co.,

SilksSelected with the utmostcare by our own buyer, whois familiar with qualities aswell as with the needs andtastes of our customers.The very latest novelties. IOmbre effects, satin stripes.Plaids and checks. Brokenchecks. Pekin stripes inblack silks for skirts andsuits. Plain Taffetas. HighArt Bayadere stripes.

Black Taffeta Silks from 75cto $3 a yard.

Plain Colored Taffe'a Silks inall the new shades, at 75c ayard.

Changeable Taffeta Silks inalmost any effect, 85c a yard.

Novelty Striped Taffeta Silksin the latest combinations, Si,$I.as, $1.50 and $1.75 a yard.

Novelty Plaid Taffeta Silks,exclusive designs and strictlyconfined to us, Si. 50, $1.75 and$2 a yard.

Beautiful Satin Striped Taf-feta Silks, with ombre effects;very stylish, and one of the pret-tiest silks we have shown. $1.50to $2 a yard.

B. WILSON & GO.Seventh and J Sts.

WhiteCigarAsh.

The rich, evenlytinted brown tobaccoleaves from whichDominguez Cigarsare made burn freelywith a brown orwhite ash, whichoften remains untilthe cigar is halfsmoked.

..... _____Tfl? r\?

HALL, LUHRS & CO., Agents.

I FOUND! IT When your sleep docs not refresh TT you, and you have pains in your TT bones, headache, tired and worn TT out, no appetite, cross and irri- TT table, that a few doses of DR. TT WHEELER'S NEW CURE. NO. TX. 77.522, will restore you to health. TX 60c per box, by mail. At R. E. XX Gogings' Plaza Drupr Store, 904 J J.X street, Sacramento, Cal. X

Every article strictly war-ranted as represented ormoney refunded in closingout the jewelry store of thelate J. Hy man, Jr., 506 J st.

DAN HYMAN,Administrator.

THE AMERICAN jRUBBER TIRES

Are the* Best.Applied to old or new

wagon wheels.

A. MEISTER & SONS,910-914. Ninth St., Sacramento.

V quickly, cheaply, comfortably?with one m

0 of the Burlington Overland Excursions. AJust the thing for people of moderate means. \

P They leave Los Angeles every Wednesday, V0 San Francisco every Thursday in the clean- d1 est and brightest tourist sleepers there are. i£ Thro* to Boston over the scenic route?P through Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha Va and Chicago, thence via Mich. Cent. R. R., 2V passing Niagara Falls by day. Porter with Jr each car. Manager with each party. Par- WB ticulars at all So. Pac. ticket offices or by fta addressing 4Z W. D. SANBORN, Gen'l Agent, TP 3a Montgomery St.. San Francisco. 9

jNight ]: School :? Pupils :? We carry the most com- *I plete line of DRAWING IN- ?? STRUfIENTS in the city. ?? ?? Squares, ?J Triangles, ?? Scales, *? Drawing Paper, ?? Drawing Inks, ?

? Erasers ?? and Pencils. ?0 ?? \u25a0 ~ ?

j H. & CROCKER COMPANY, j1 208-210 J ST. ?

TO LET.$27.50?Cottage of 7 room?, No. 1526 L, with

all of the most modern improvements;stable on the alley.

$27.50?Cottage of S rooms; heater: allother modern improvements; also cooh r,making it the coolest house in the city.No. 1730 N street.

$20?A dwelling of 7 rooms, No. 1417 Gstreet; all modern improvements.

$14?New cottage, built last year; 5-rooms,bath, patent closet; choicest dwelling incity for the money. 1927 E street.

$i::?No. 1824 Eighth, R and S streets, newhouse of 5 rooms, modern improvementsof all kinds.

$13?No. 2409 O, Twenty-fourth and Twen-ty-fifth streets; bath and other improve-ments.

$13?A flat of 4 rooms. No. 1208 Fifthstreet, between L and M streets.

W. P. COLEMAN,Real Estate Salesroom, - - 325 J Street

P. BOHIi. Manager.

FRESH CANDIESThe candy season is nowhere and

we are better prepared for it thanever with fresh, good and newkinds.

BARTON,810 J, - - 420 Kg

ACKERMANN'S,"THE EPICURE."

DELICACIES, OYSTER AND LUNCHTarlors, 720 J Street. Finest Merchants'Lunch from 11:30 to 2p.m. at .;"> cents. Comeand try it. A. ACKER MANN.

THE COUNTRY PROMPTLY fILLED * jHOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL.Corner Seventh and X Streets.

STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. FREE 'BUSto and from the cars.

GRAY & TITUS. Proprietors.

CAPITAL HOTEL,S. W. Cor. Kand Seventh Sts., Sacramento.CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN

plan. Strictly first-class. Electric carspass the door every three minutes.

BLESSING & GUTHRIE. Props.

WESTERN HOTEL,THE LEADING HOUSE OF S \CRA-rnento, Cal. Meals, 125c. WM. LAND, Pro-prietor. Free 'bus to and from hotel'

STATE HOUSE HOTEL,Corner Tenth and X Sts., Sacramento.

BOARD AND ROOM, $1 25 TO $2 PERday. Meals, 25c.Accommodations first-class. Free 'bus

to alid from hotel. VV. J. ELDER, M'gr.

TURCLU HOTEL,805 X Street.

CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEANplan; strictly first-class; hot and cdldbaths free to guests; electric cars pas 3the door. FRANK MEYER, Prop.

THE METROPOLITAN,42 7V£ X Street.

AN ELEGANT MODERN ROOMINGhouse, centrally located. Rooms in suitesand single at popular prices. Travelerssolicited. MRS. E. J. C. KETCHUM.

MAISON FAURE.RESTAURANT DE FRANCE ANDOyster House, 427 X street (formerly nearGolden Eagle Hotel). Meals a la carteat all hours. Family Orders, Banquetsand Wedding Parties.

L. FAURE, Proprietor.

THE SINGLETON BUILDING,SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FIFTH ANDX streets. First-class in all its appoint-ments. Rooms, single or en suite. Icedfiltered water and baths free to crue«ts

C. F. SINGLETON. Proprietor^THE SADDLE ROCK

RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE,

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-spect. Ladies' dining-room separate.Open day and night. BUCKMAN & CAR-RAGHER, Proprietors. No. 1019 Secondstreet, between J and X, Sacramento.

BAY RESTAURANT,1035 Second Street.

Private rooms for families: open dayand night. Orders served outside. Oys-ters in every style. MATT and JOHNRADONICH. Proprietors^

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,Executive Department.

Sacramento. July 30, 1898.Whereas, The Legislature of" the State

of California, at its thirty-second session,beginning on the Fourth day of January,A. D., 1597, two-thirds of all ehe memberselected to each of the two houses of saidLegislature voting in favor tnereof, pro-posed the following described atnendmentsto the Constitution of the State of Cali-fornia, to-wit:

Amendment Number One.

(Being Senate Constitutional AmendmentNo. 41.)

A resolution to propose to the people ofthe State of California an amendment toSection Eighteen of Article Eleven of theConstitution, in relation to revenue andtaxation, by which it is proposed toamend said section to read as follows:

Section 18. No county, city, town, town-ship, board of education* or school districtshall incur any indebtedness or liabilityin any manner or for any purpose exceed-ing in any year the income and revenueprovided for it for such year, without theassent of two-thirds of the qualified elect-ors thereof, voting at an election to beheld for that purpose, nor unless before,or at the time of incurring such indebted-ness, provision shall be made for the col-lection of an annual tax sufficient to paythe interest on such indebtedness as itfalls due, and also provision to constitutea sinking fund for the payment of theprincipal thereof on or before maturity,which shall not exceed forty years fromthe time of cantiactlng the same; pro-vided, however, that the City and Countyof San Francisco may at any time pay theunpaid claims with interest thereon formaterials furnished to and work done forsaid city and county during the forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out ofthe income and revenue of any succeedingyear or years; provided, that any and allclaims for making, repairing, altering, orfor any work done upon or for any mate-rial furnished for any street, lane, alley,court, place, or sidewalk, or for the con-struction of any sewer or sewers in saidcity and county, are hereby excepted fromthe provisions of this section: and in de-termining any claim permitted to be paidby this section, no statute of limitationsshall apply in any manner; and providedfurther, that the City of Vallejo. in So-lano County, may pay its existing indebt-edness incurred in the construction of itswater works, whenever two-thirds of theelectors thereof voting at ar. election heldfor that purpose shall so decide. Any in-debtedness or liability incurred contraryto this provision, with the exception here-inbefore recited, shall be void.

Amendment Number Two.

(Being Senate Constitutional AmendmentNo. 10.)

A resolution proposing to the people ofthe State of California an amendment tothe Constitution of the State, by adding anew section, to be known and designateda 8Section Seven and one-half. ArticleEleven thereof, providing for the framingby the inhabitants of counties of localcounty government Acts for their owngovernment. The said proposed new sec-tion to read as follows:

Section \u25a0% The inhabitants of anycounty may frame a county governmentAct for their own government, relating tothe matters hereinafter specified, and con-sistent with, and subject to, the Constitu-tion and laws of this State, by causing aboard of fifteen freeholders, who havebeen, for at least live years, qualifle Ielectors of such county, to be elected bythe qualified electors of such county, atany general or special election, whoseduty it shall be within ninety days aftersuch election to prepare and propose acounty government Act for such county,which shall be signed in duplicate by themembers of such board, or a majority ofthem, and returned, one copy thereof tothe Board of Supervisors or other legisla-tive body of such county, and the othercopy to be sent to the recorder of deedsof the county. Such proposed county gov-ernment Act shall then be published intwo papers of general circulation in suclicounty, or if there be not two such pa-pers, then in one only, for at least twentydays, and within not less than thirtydaysafter such publication it shall be submit-ted to the qualified electors of such coun-ty, at a general or special election, and ifa majority of such qualified electors vot-ing thereon shall ratify the same it shallthereafter be submitted to the! Legislaturefor its rejection or approval, as a whole,without power of alteration or amend-ment, and if approved by a majority ofthe members elected to each house, Itshall be the county government Act ofsuch county, and shall in such case be-come the organic law thereof and super-sede any existing county government Act,and all amendments thereof, and all spe-cial laws inconsistent with such countygovernment Act.

A copy of such county government Act,certified by the President of the Board ofSupervisors or other legislative body ofsuch county, and authenticated by theseal of such county, setting forth the sub-mission of such county government Act tothe electors, 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 of-fice of the recorder of deeds in the coun-ty, among the archives of the county.

All courts shall take judicial noticethereof. The county government Act soratified may be amended, at intervals ofnot less than two years, by proposalstherefor, submitted by the legislative au-thority of the county, to the qualifiedelectors thereof, at a general or specialelection held at least forty days after thepublication of such proposals for twentydays in a newspaper of general circula-tion In such county, and ratified by atleast three-fifths of the qualified electorsvoting thereon, and approved by theLegislature as herein provided for the ap-proval of the county government Act. Insubmitting any such county government

Act any alternative article or propositionmay be presented for the choice of thevoters, and may be voted on separatelywithout prejudice to others.It shall be competent in all county gov-

ernment Acts framed rnder the authoritygiven by this section to provide for themanner in which, the times at which, andthe terms for which the several townshipand county officers, other than Judges ofthe Superior Court, shall be elected orappointed; for their compensation; forthe number of such officers, for the con-solidation or segregation of offices, for thenumber of deputies that each officer shallhave, and for the compensation payableto each of such deputies, for the mannerin which, the times in which, and theterms for which the members of allbeards of election shall be elected or op-pointed: and for the constitution, regula-tion, compensation and government ofsuch boards, and of their clerks and at-taches: also, to precribe the manner andmethod by which all elections by the peo-ple shall be conducted: and may in addi-tion determine the tests and conditionsupon which electors, political parties andorganizations may participate in any pri-mary election.

Whenever any county has. in the man-ner and method herein pointed out, adopt-ed any county government Act, and thesame shall have been approved by theLegislature as aforesaid, the directions ofSections Four and Five of this article,providing for the uniformity of a systemof county governments throughout theState, and likewise providing for the elec-tion and appointment of officers, and theregulation of their compensation, shallnot apply. Said county government Actshall, as to any of the matters herein-above provided for and declared by suchcounty government Act. not be subject toand law or amendment enacted by theLegislature .except by amendment firstsubmitted to the electors and ratified inthe manner hereinabove set forth.

Amendment Number Tbree.

(Being Senate Constitutional AmendmentNo. 44.)

A resolution proposing to the people ofthe State of California an amendment tothe CQnstitution of the State, by addinga new section, to be known and designat-ed as Section Five and one-half. ArticleSix, thereby providing for the organiza-tion of a court, to be known as the Courtof Claims. The said proposed new sectionto read as follows:

Section 5Vj. The Court of Claims shallconsist of any three Judges of the Supe-rior Court, who may be requested by theGovernor to hold court at the regularterms thereof. The Court of Claims shallhave exclusive jurisdiction to hear and de-termine all claims of every kind and char-acter against the State, under such lawsas may be passed by the Legislature, andits judgment thereon shall be final. Theterms of the Court of Claims shall be heldas follows:

In the City of Los Angeles, commencingon the second Monday of March;

In the City and County of San Francis-co, commencing on the second Monday inJuly, and

In the City of Sacramento, commencingon the second Monday of November ofeach year.

The Judges holding such term of courtchall receive no extra compensation there-for, but shall receive their actual ex-penses, to be paid ous of the general fundof the State Treasury. The Legislatureshall enact all laws to organizesuch court, to provide the procedure

thereof, and to carry out tb.rprov'.aioas ofthis section.

Amendment Number Four.

(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend-merit No. 37.)

A resolution to propose to the peorleof the State of California an amendmentto the Constitution of the State amend-"ig article eleven, by adding a new sec-tion thereto, to be known as section num-ber five and one-half, relating to consoli-dated city and county governments. Theproposed new section to read as fol-

Section oV* The provisions of sectionfour and five of this article shall not. norrh*JL uny 'fSislation passed pursuantthereto, apply to any consolidated cityana county government, now existing: urhereafter formed, which shall have be-cooae, or shall be<#me. organized undersection seven, or secure a charter under\u25a0action eight of this article.

Amendment Number Five.(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend-

ment No. 36.)

A resolution to propose to the people ofthe Mate of California, an amendmentor section fifteen and section sixteen ofaiueie nve of the Constitution of theMate of California, by which it Is pro-

follo ?amend saki section to read as

Section 15. A Lieutenant Governor shallue ei-eted at the same time and place\u25a0no in the same manner as the Governor,ana bis term of office and his qualifica-tionsshall be the same. He .hall beI resident of the Senate, but shall onlynav< a easting vote therein.Section 16. In case of the impeachment

oi the Governor, or his removal from ot-nce, death, inability to discharge the pow.ers and duties of his office, resignation.0 absence from the State, the powers andaUties Of the office shall devolve upon thelieutenant Governor for the residue oftne term, or until the disability shallcease. And should the Lieutenant Gover-nor be impeached, displaced, resign, die.or oecomc Incapable of performing theSVi. °i nlf oHk-e. or be absent from theg"*te, tin; President pro tempore of thesenate shall act as Governor until thrtvacancy in the office of "Governor shalloe hi ed at the next general election wh» nmembers of the Legislature shall bechosen, or until such disability of thelieutenant Governor shall cease. In case01 a vacancy In the office of Governorior any ol the reasons above named, andneither the Lieutenant Governor nor the» res Hem pro tempore of the Senate fhallsucceed to the powers and duties of QOV-erniir, then tlie powers and duties of suchpmce shall devolve upon the Speaker ofme Assembly, until the office of Governorstxall be filled at such general election

Amendment Number Six.(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend-

ment No. 35.)

A resolution to propose to the people of*n* State of California an amendment tosection six article nine of the Constitu-tion of the State of California, relating togrammar schools, by which it is proposedto auic-nd said section to read as follows:Section «. The public school systemsnail include primary and grammarschools, and such high schools eveningschools, normal schools and technicalschools as may be established by the Leg-islature or by municipal or district au-thority but the entire revenue derivedfrom the State school fund, and the Stateschool tax, shall be applied exclusively tothe support of primary and grammarschools. Grammar schools shall Includeschools organized in a school district orunion of school districts, having morethan one thousand Inhabitants, in whicha course of study shall be taught whichwill pr-pare pupils to enter the aprlcult-ural mining or scientific departments ofthe University of California.

Amendment Number Seven.(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend-

ment No. 34.)

A resolution to propose to the people ofthe Stite of California an amendment tosection two of article four of the Constitu-tin. in relation to sessions of the Legisla-ture, by which it is proposed to amendsaid section to read as follows:

Section 2. The sessions of the Legisla-ture shall commence at twelve O'clockmeridian on the firH Monday after thefirst day of January next succeeding ihoelection of Its members, and shall be bi-ennial unless the Governor shall in theinterim convene the Legislature by proc-lamation. The Legislature shall then re-main in session for twenty-five days, afterwhich It must adjourn to some date notless than thirty nor more than sixty daysfrom the time of adjournment. If the twohouses fail to agree upon a time at whi'hthey will resume their session the Gover-nor shall, by proclamation, tlx a date f,,rsuch reconvening, which shall be withinthe limits above prescribed. Upon re-assembling, the Legislature shall completeits session. No pay shall be allowed tomembers for a longer period than seventy-five days, and no bill shall be introduce!In either house except at the first twenty-five days of the session, without the con-sent of three-fourths of the membersthereof.

NOW. THEREFORE. Pursuant to theprovisions of the Constitution, and an actof the Legislature of the State of Califor-nia, entitled "An Act to provide for thesubmission of proposed amendments tothe Constitution of the State of Califor-nia, to the qualified electors for their ap-proval." approved March 7. A. D. ISS3. theabove described proposed amendments areiierehy published and advertised to bevoted upon, by ballot, by the qualifiedelectors of the State, at the election tobe held throughout this State on

Tuesday, November 8, A. D. 1898.The said proposed amendments are to

be separately voted upon in manner andform as follows:

Each ballot used at such election mustcontain written or printed thereon thefollowing words, whereupon themay express his choice as provided bylaw:

Amendment Number One, being Sen-ate Constitutional Amendment No.41 (exempting certainclaimsagainstthe city and county of San Fran- YesCisco, and the existing indebted-ness of the city of Vallejo for theconstruction of its water worksfrom the provisions of the Con- i\u25a0stitutlon requiring such claims tobe paid from the income and reve-nues of the year in which theywere incurred). NoFor the Amendment?

Amendment Number Two. beingate Constitutional Amendment No.|10 (providing for framing locall Yescounty government Acts, by inhab-l? ?

tants of counties for their govern-! Noment). IFor the Amendment? f

Amendment Number Three, beingSenate Constitutional Amendment!No. 14 (providing for the creation Yesof a Court of Claims to determineclaims against the State, and to «

consist of three Superior Judgesdesignated by the Governor toserve without extra compensation).For the Amendment? |

Amendment Number Four, being As-sembly Constitutional Amendment YefNo. 37 (exempting consolidatedcities and counties, organized orto be organized, or holding a char- ??

ter under the Constitution, fromcertain legislation in relation tocounties). NcFor the Amendment?

Amendment Number Five, being As-Isembly Constitutional Amendment! YesNo. 36 (relating to office of Gover-Jnor, providing for succession there-lto in certain cases and removing!disability of Lieutenant Governorlfrom holding other office duringterm). NoFor the Amendment?

Amendment Number Six. being As-sembly Constitutional Amendment YesNo. 38 (relating to and definingGrammar Schools). NoFor the Amendment?

Amendment Number Seven, being)Assembly Constitutional Amend- Yesment No. 34 (providing for ad-journment of Legislature for notless than thirty nor more thansixty days during each session). I NoFor the Amendment?

Witness my hand and the great seal ofthe State of California, the day and yearherein first above written.

JAMES H. BUDD,Attest: Governor.L. H Brown, Secretary of State.

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