The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1862-11-29
THE PLACER HER AID |
Auburn, NOVEMBER 20, 1862.
The Constitutional Amendments.

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its authority ignored when understood; but
a greater misfortune is, to bear the response
bili,y of having such an elementary law and
not to be able to say where it is and of
what it is composed.
The people of California, are at this time,
in the last named condition. We under
took to point out the difficulties surround.
ing this subject some time before election,
in couple of articles, written after labori.
ously runm eing through statutes and
journals to make sure that we could not be
mistaken. A, ,ha, time we arrived at The
as il is" was in some Respects ohjectionabl-
we should no, plunge into ~ sea Of tronb
les by voting atfrmativelv on any of the
propositions submitted in the Governors
proclamation, and advised the people to
vote mo" We were not able, however, to
induce any examination into the sui ject
and now the Governor has issued his proc'
lamation announcing that the amendments
have carried AMI thencefnrlh ara to be con
Safe One would suppose the matter be-
You'd discussion, and ali the points definite
ly settled but behold, it is the very white
heat Of argument. The wise C) heads are
about to grapple with question that they
have already decided at the ballot box.
The great city papers, and even courts
begin to talk about it. The enquiry is jus,
being made as to whal they have voted for?
What is this amendment Is it the ole
which authorizes the Legislature to meet on
the frs; Monday in December or on the
first Monday in january Is it the one that
that restricts that body to ninety or to one
hundred and twenty days session? Is it
the one which authorizes the County Courts
to discharge insolyentsl Does it discharge
corporators from their personal liability? Is
it OF force now on certain points or only
after the next session Of the coming Leeis
lature7 and divers other questions are asked.
Who can tell how this is to be settled! The
answer to these questions is, generally that
to be snro it is the province OF The courts 10
so,tIa ,hasa noo,a1 minis Rnt this is No,
SO satisfactory as at first glance appears If
anything has been done, it has totally up
rooted the nrasent svstem of the Jndiriarv-
and substituted An entirelv new one, and it
is no. a question for the courts whether they
will continue Themselves in existence or not.
after The political powers have passed npon
the matter. Neiih-rcan the LEGISLATURE de.
eide it. because il has no irdirial functions
of tbs, nature hAino hnt nm, lifi,.al holv
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