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Mr. Ashley moved a reconsideration of the vote by
which the above proposed amendment was lost Agreed
to- and the vote was reconsdered and the amendment
again put upon its passage, with the following result
Ayes.Andrews&, Or orripDgtcu, pg., Ashley, Baker Beatty,
Coombs, Cunningham Of E Dorado, Cunningham Of ST.
ezra, Curtis, Dana Douglass Doughty, Edwards Farley
Johnston of San Francisco, Jones' Keys Kinney Lncoin
McCurdy, ,Mellus Meredith, Moreland, oxey Palmer
QUINN Rodgers Ryland Stevens Sherrard, Smith of Ma
rim Taliaferro, Updegraf, Watkins, Waite, Wells aud
Whney-4e.
Noes~Adkson, Bogardus Boles, Brewton, Brown of
Nevada Burke CovarTubas FarweI Ferre, Foster, Fer
guson Hunt johnson of Ell Dorado McCutchan Nurdock
Phelps Rowe, Sngey, Smith of Ell Dorado and Vineyard
30,
So the amendment was adopted.
AMENDMENT 2. Section of article amended so as
to read follows: Section 8. The members of the AS
semby shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their
districts the first Wednesday of September one thou.
sand eight hundred and fyseven unless otherwise or.
dered by the Legislature and biennaly thereafter; and
their term of office shall be two years.
Upon the above Cd proposed amendment the ayes and
noes were taken, with the following result:
Ayes-Andrews, Amyx, Arlington Ashley Adkisonc
Bates, Brown of Contra Costa, Brown of Nevada Buum
Cammet Cory, Clayton Coombs Cunningham of El Do
rado Curtis Dana Douglass, Doughty, Farwell Fournoy
Gaver Gaylord, Geer, Gober, Graves, Gragg Hosmer,
Johnston of San Francisco, Jones, Keys Kinney Lincoln
McCurdy, Mellus Meredith, Moreland Murdoch, Ox1ey
of Marin Talaferro, Updegraf, Watkins, Waite, Wells
and Whtney-5l.
Noes-Bogardus Brewton, Burke Covarrubias, FerrelI
Foster Hunt, McCutchan, Phelps, Rowe, Singley and
Vineyard-12.
So the amendment was adopted.
AMENDMENT g. Section of article is amended so as
to read as foows Section Senators shall be chosen
for the term of four years. at the time and place
members of the Assembly, and person shall be men,
Der of the Senate Assembly who has been citizen
and inhabant of the State years. and of the county
or district for which he shall be chosen year next pre-
cedng his election.
Upon the above Sd proposed amendment the ayes and
noes were taken with the following result:
Aycs-Andrews, Arlington, Ashley Addison Baker
Beatty, Bufum, Cammet, Cory, Clayton Coombs Cum
ningham of Ell Dorado, Cunningham of Sierra, Curtis,
Flournoy, Gaver, Gaylord, Geer Gober Graves Gragg
Hosmer Johnston of San Francisco JONES' Keys Kinney,
Lincoln, McCurdy, Melus Meredith, Moreland Murdock
Oxley Quinn, Rogers Ryand, Stevens Sherrard Talia-
ferro Updegraf Watkins, Waite, Wells Whitney-5o.
Noes--Bogardus, Brewton, Brown of Nevada, Burke,
Covarubias Foster Hunt McCutchan, Palmer PHELPS
Rowe Singey, Smith of Marin and Vneyard-l4.
So the Sd amendment adopted.
AMENDMEN A. Section of article is amended so as to
read follows Section g. The number of Senators shall
be less than one-hrd than one-haf of that
of members of the Assembly, and at the first session Of
the Legislature after this amendment takes effect Sena-
tors shall be divided by lot equally may be into two
be vacated at the expiration of years. that oneha
as nearly may be- shall be chosen bennially.
Upon the above 4h proposed amendment the ayes and
noes taken with the following result:
Ayes-Andrews, Arlington, Ashley, Baker, Beatty,
Brown of Contra Costa, Brown of Nevada, Buffum,
Fl Dorado Cunningham Of Sierra, Curtis Dana Douglas,
Doughty, Edwards, Farwell, FournOy Ferguson Gaver
Gaylord, Geer, Gober Graves, Gragg, Hosmer Johnston
of San Francisco, Jones' Keys, Kinney Lincoln McCur
dy Meus, Meredith Moreland Murdock Oxley, Palmer,
Quinn, Rogers Ryland Stevens Sherrard Stewart, Tall
aterro, UpdegIaf, Watkins, Waite, Wells, Whitney-55
Noes-Bogardus. Drewton, Covarrubias Ferrei Foster
Hunt, Johnson of ii Dorado, McCutchan, Phelps Rowe
Stevenson, Singey, Vineyard-l3.
So the amendment adopted.
AMENDMENT s. Section of article 10 is amended so as
TO read as follows Section 2. And if at any time two
thirds of the Senate and Assembly shall think necessary
TO revise and change this entire Constitution they shall
recommend to the electors the election for
bers of the Legislature to vote for against convention
and it shall appear that majority of the electors voting
at such election have voted in favor of calling
ton the Legislature SHALL at its next session provide by
law for calling convention to be holden within six months
after the passage of such law and such convention shall
consist of number of members less than that of both
branches of the Legislature The Constitution that may
have been agreed upon and adopted by such convention
shall be submitted to the people at special election to be
provided for by law for their ratification rejection
ballot box ticket whereon shall be written printed the
words For the Constitution" or against the new
Constitution The returns of such election shall in such
the convention shall direct be certified TO the
Executive of this State who shall call his assistance
the Controller Treasurer and Secretary of State and
pare the votes certified to him. If by such examina-
ton it be ascertaned that majority of the whole number
of votes cast at such election be in favor of such Con-
sution, the Executive of this State shall by his proca-
nation declare such Constitution to be the Consttu
tion of the State of California.
Upon the above 9Th proposed amendment the ayes and
were taken with the following result:
Brown of Contra Costa Brown of Nevada Buffu Burke
Cammet, Cory, Clayton, Coombs Cunningham of Ell Do
rado Curtis Dana, Douglas Doughty, Edwards, Farwell,
Flournoy, Ferguson, Geler Gober Graves Gragg Hos
mer. Johnston of San Francisco Jones' Keys, Kinney,
Lincoln, McCurdy, Meus, Meredith Moreand, Murdock,
Oxey Palmer, Phelps Quinn, Rogers Rowe Ryland Ste
vens, Sherrard, Singey. Stewart, Taiaerro Updegraf
Watkins, Wells, Whitney and Mr.. Speaker-54.
Noes-Bogardus Brewton, Covarrubias, Cunningham of
Sierra Farley Ferrel Foster, Gaylord, Hunt johnson of
Ell Dorado, McCutchan, Stevenson, Vineyard-13.
So the 5th amendment was adopted.
The within above) proposed amendments to the Con-
stution passed the Assembly this 18th day of April 1885,
the vote being taken separately upon each amendment
J. NJ. ANDERSON,
Clerk of Assembly.
NEWS FOR THE SICK.