notice of his appointment, if he accepts the same, take and subscribe an oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

Organization of Commission.

SEC. 5. The Commission shall hold its sessions in a room to be provided by the Secretary of State, in the State Capitol, and shall enter upon the discharge of its duties immediately after its organization. Said Commissioners shall select and adopt a suitable seal for the authentication of their acts, records, and proceedings, and adopt and provide for the publication of such reasonable and proper rules and regulations for the conduct of the business of said Board, and for the promotion of the objects intended to be advanced by this Act. They shall, thereupon, select and appoint a Secretary and Stenographer, to hold office during the pleasure of said Board, who shall attend all the sittings of said Board, and act under its supervision.

Powers and Duties.

SEC. 6. 1. It shall be the duty of said Commissioners to revise and examine the Political Code, the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Penal Code of the State of California.

2. To revise and examine all the statutes of this State that have been or shall hereafter be passed by the Legislature thereof and published by the State.

3. They shall ascertain, determine, and designate, according to their best judgment, those statutes now in force, and those expressly or by implication repealed.

4. They shall note and designate the errors, defects, or omissions, verbal, grammatical, or otherwise, and suggest what will be necessary to supply, correct, or amend the same, and such improvements as shall introduce precision and clearness into the wording of the codes and statutes.

5. All or any of the reports, records, or proceedings of said Commission shall be printed by the State Printer, on the requisition of said Board, when so ordered and directed by said Board,

6. Said Board shall have power to order the State Printer to print and deliver to the Secretary of said Board such number as said Board may designate of any report, record, or proceedings of said Board.

7. Said Commissioners, or either of them, upon the request of the Legislature, or a duly appointed committee thereof, shall attend at the Capitol during the sitting of said session of the Legislature, and act as legislative counsel or adviser, in drafting or passing upon the form of any bill, or proposed bill, pending or to be introduced before the Legislature; and also, when requested, give advice to said Legislature, or such committee, as to the form of any proposed legislation, and its effect upon existing laws, and as to whether said bill, as drawn and presented, is so constructed and worded as to carry out the purpose intended.

8. Thirty days prior to every session of the Legislature, said Board shall make and file with the Secretary of State a report of their transactions relating to legislative matters, or which

would give any information or knowledge to said Legislature as to legislation in the past, and as to the policy for future legislation. And they shall also report to said Legislature such suggestions as they deem proper for the promotion of the public welfare and the best interests of the State, or any locality or citizens thereof, and file therewith schedules or exhibits, showing the form or substance of all proposed legislation which they recommend. And they shall suggest all such improvements as shall conduce to precision and clearness in the wording of the codes and statutes, and propose such measures as may be necessary to improve or give unity and completeness to the system of the laws of this State. Said reports, schedules, and exhibits shall be printed by the State Printer, upon the requisition and under the supervision of the Commissioners. They shall be so printed as to show, in the readiest manner, the changes proposed by the Commission, and in those cases wherein it shall recommend the repeal of a law, and propose a substitute therefor, such law and substitute shall be printed in the manner most convenient for comparison.

9. Said Board shall at all such times as they may designate by rules and regulations which they may adopt, sit in open session and hear such printed or oral arguments as may be addressed to them, for or against any proposed or existing legislation. All such sessions of the Board shall be open to the public, and a record of all proceedings shall be kept and preserved by the Secretary of said Board.

Compensation.

SEC. 7. 1. Said Commissioners shall receive for their services, from the State, the sum of four thousand dollars each per annum; such compensation shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court are now paid.

2. The Secretary of the Commission shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) per month, and the Stenographer one hundred dollars ($100) per month, payable in like manner as the salaries are paid to the members of said Commission.

3. The expenses incurred by said Commission, or the members thereof, exclusive of salaries, shall be set forth in detail in an itemized statement, and thereupon a requisition shall be made by said Board of Commissioners upon the State Controller, accompanied by the sworn certificates of all the Commissioners that the services have been performed and the materials used or things furnished, and that said sums are justly due.

4. And said State Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the payment of said salaries, when due and payable, as herein provided. And also for such sums as are covered by said requisitions, and the Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of any money not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage.

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CHAPTER VI.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 38, relative to amending the Constitution of State of California, by repealing sections four and five of article thirteen, and by amending section one of said article.

[Adopted February 14, 1895.]

The Legislature of the State of California, at its regular session, commencing on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, two thirds of all the members elected to each of the houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, hereby propose that the Constitution of the State of California be amended by repealing sections four and five of article thirteen thereof, and by amending section one of said article, so as to read as follows:

Section 1. All property in the State not exempt under the laws of the United States, or this Constitution, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as provided by law. The word "property," as used in this article and section, is hereby declared to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, dues, franchises, and all other matter and things, real, personal, and mixed, capable of private ownership; provided, that property used for free public libraries and free public museums, growing crops, mortgages, trust deeds, property used exclusively for public schools, and such as may belong to the United States, this State, or to any county or municipal corporation within this State, shall be exempt from taxation. The Legislature may provide for a reduction from credits of debts due bona fide residents of this State.

SEC. 2. Section four of article thirteen of this Constitution is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. Section five of article thirteen of this Constitution is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER VIII.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 8, a resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, amending section five of article two thereof, relative to the manner of voting.

[Adopted February 20, 1895.]

The Legislature of the State of California, at its thirty-first session, commencing on the seventh day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, two

thirds of all the members elected to each house of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, hereby propose that section five of article two of the Constitution of the State of California be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 5. All elections by the people shall be by ballot or by such other method as may be prescribed by law; provided, that secrecy in voting be preserved.

CHAPTER XVIII.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 19, proposing an amendment to section three of article twelve of the Constitution of the State of California, relative to corporations, for the purpose of limiting the liability of stock or share holders, and fixing the liability of Directors or Trustees.

[Adopted March 9, 1895.]

Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California, at its regular session commencing on the seventh day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, two thirds of all the members elected to each house concurring, hereby propose that section three of article twelve of the Constitution of said State be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 3. The liability of stockholders of corporations or joint-stock associations shall be limited by the face value of the shares of the subscribed capital stock or shares of such corporation or association; and whenever any shares have been fully paid up, the holder of such shares shall not be further liable to such corporation or association, or the creditors thereof, on that account. Each stockholder of a corporation or joint-stock association, whose capital stock is not fully paid up, shall be individually and personally liable for such proportion of all its debts and liabilities contracted or incurred during the time he was a stockholder or shareholder, as the amount unpaid upon the stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole amount unpaid upon the subscribed capital stock or shares of the corporation or association. The Directors or Trustees of corporations and joint-stock associations shall be jointly and severally liable to the creditors and stockholders for all moneys embezzled or misappropriated by the officers of such corporation or joint-stock association, during the term of office of such Director or Trustee.

CHAPTER XXIII.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 25, proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to section six, article eleven, of the Constitution of the State of California.

[Adopted March 16, 1895.]

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California, at its regular session, commencing on the seventh day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, two thirds of all the members elected to each house concurring, hereby propose that section six of article eleven of the Constitution of said State be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 6. Corporations for municipal purposes shall not be created by special laws; but the Legislature, by general laws, shall provide for the incorporation, organization, and classification, in proportion to population, of cities and towns, which laws may be altered, amended, or repealed. Cities and towns heretofore organized or incorporated may become organized under such general laws whenever a majority of the electors voting at a general election shall so determine, and shall organize in conformity therewith; and cities and towns heretofore or hereafter organized, and all charters thereof framed or adopted by authority of this Constitution, except in municipal affairs, shall be subject to and controlled by general laws.

CHAPTER XXIV.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 13, to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, amending article eleven, relating to cities, counties, and towns.

[Adopted March 16, 1895.]

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California, at its regular session, commencing on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, two thirds of all the members elected to each house concurring, hereby proposes that article eleven of the Constitution of said State be amended by adding thereto a section, to be numbered eight and one half, and which said section is as follows, to wit:

Section 8. It shall be competent, in all charters framed under the authority given by section eight of article eleven of this Constitution, to provide, in addition to those provisions allowable by this Constitution and by the laws of the State, as follows: