Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-24
LEGAL.


ter the expiration of one hundred days.
n % pay shall be allowed for any recess
longer than three days at one time. The
secretary shall receive eight dollars per
day, and his assistants each six dollars
per day, and the Doorkeepers, Pages,
Sergeant-at-Arms nnd assistants shall
receive the same compensation AS pro-
vided by law for similar services ana All
tendance upon. The As'en, bly,. The
amount of pay shall b9 certified by the
President of the Convention. emf Shall
he paid by the fr' asllr5r of tate, on the
warrant of the Controller, in the same
manner us members of the Legislature
are paid. 1t shall be the duly ofthe Gov
opening thereof, and to administer the
constitutional oath of Office 10 the dele
gates, and to preside at all meetings
thereof until a President has been elected
and taken his seat, but the Governor
shall have neither the casting vote nor
any other vote therein. The Secretary of
state shall also tend at the
opening of the Convention and
All public officers, Boards and Comm:s-
slons shall furnish such Convention with
all such information, papers, statement,
books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Convention shall
order or require for its use from time to
time while in session. II shall be the
duty OF the Secretary of State TO furnish
the members of said Convention with
law for he legislature while in session,
and TO the Convention such stationery
manual file boards and other like things
as are furnished to the two Houses OF the
Legislature. Said Convention may adopt
such rules and regulations for its own
government as II majority of its members
may determine, and said Convention
shall be the judge OF the election ana
qualification It's own members.
SEC. O. A journal Of the proceedings of
the said Convention shall be kept, and
shall, at the final adjournment thereof,
be filed in the Office of the Secretary OF
state, and the Constitution agreed to by
the Convention shall be recorded in his
office. a majority of the Convention
shall constitute a quorum to do business.
The doors of The Convention shall be
Kept open, except when the public well
fare shall require secresy. Every dele
gate to the Convention shall have the
like privileges from arrest and from civil
process as members of the Legislature
now have by law. For any speech or de-
bate in the Convention, the delegates
shall not be questioned in any other
place. The Convention shall have the
power to expel any of its members, and
to punish its members and officers for
disorderly behavior, by Imprisonment or
otherwise: but no member shall be eX-
PEELED until the report Of a committee
appointed to inquire into the facts al Leg
ed as the ground of his expulsion shall
have been made. The Convention shall
and by imprisonment or otherwise, a
breach Of his privileges, or of the prlVil-
eyes of its members, but such power shall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty CT one or more OF the following Of
lenses:
tirst-The offensc of arfesting or sub
jecting member or officer OF the Con-
ventlon to civil process, in violation of
his privilege from arrest as heretofore
declared.
Second-That of disorderly conduct in
the immediate view and presence OF the
Convention, and directly tending to in
terrupt its proceedings.
Third-That of publishing any false and
malicious report of the pruc5 edings of the
Convention, or Of the conduct OF menu
Der in his delegated capacity.
Fourth-That of refusing to attend or be
examined, as q witness, either before The
Convention or a committee to take testi-
mony in the proceeding of the Conven-
ton.
Fifth-That OF giving or Offering bride
to q member, or ofattempting by menace
or any other corrupt means or device, di-
rectly or indirectly, to control or influ-
ence q member in giving his vote, or 10
prevent him from giving the same.
In all cases in which the Convention
shall punish any OF its members, or Off
GERS, or any other person, by imprison-
ment, such Imprisonment snail not ex-
tend beyond the session of the Conven-
ton. Every person appointed to the Of
iiNC VI toSCIGbdTy vi IHc CONVENTION SlalI,
before he enters on the duties OF his office,
execute bond to the people of the State
with such security as the Controller shall
approve, in the penal sum of five thous-
and dolla conditioned that he shall
faithfully perform the duties of his Office
and account for all moneys which may
come into his hands by virtue thereof.
SEC. l. The Constitution framed by
such Conventiod shall be submitted by
the Convention to the people for their
adoption or rejection atasrecial election
to be held on the first Wednesday of May,
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and
every person hereby entitled to vote for
delegates may vote at that election, on
district in which he shall then reside,
and not elsewhere. The said Constltu
ton shall be voted on as q whole. No
other question than the adoption or re-
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law
to the contrary Notwithstanding. The
Convention shall prescribe the publica-
TO be given of the election. The ballots or
tickets shall have printed or written up
on them the words" For the New Consii-
tuition" or Against the New Constitu-
ton" and all the visions of law now
or at that time existing in regard to gen.
eral elections shall be applicable to such
election, except that the provisions OF the
first and second subdivisions of section
four OF this act shall also apply to said
election. The canvassing and returns of
the votes cast upon such question shall,
in such manner as the Convention shall
direct, be certified to the Executive OF the
State, who shall call to his assistan ce
the Controller, Treasurer and Secretary
ofState, and CO npare the votes as certi-
ned to him. If, by such an examination,
IL is ascertained that a majority of the
whole number of votes cast at such eleu-
tion be in favor OF such new Constitu-
E-vnaI1fiyrn nj ft,i Ipta oh
by his proclamation. declare such new
Constitution to be the Constitution of
the State of California, and that it will
take effect at such time as the said
ton. by resolut ton, or in said Constitu-
ton itself, fixed. If said Convention fix
no time for said Constitution to take ef-
feet. then it shall take effect Immediately
upon such proclamation being made.
SEC. s. All willful and corrupt false
swearing in taking any of the oaths pre-
scribed by this act, or by the laws OF this
State made applicable TO this act, or in
any other mode or form in carrying into
effect this act, shall be doomed perjury,
and shall be punished in the manuer
now prescribed by law for willful and |
corrupt perjury.
SEC. 8. IL shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary OF S ate to cause this act to be |
until the election of delegates herein |
III not more than five of the |
puDlic newspapers published in this |
State-one of said publications TO be in |
some newspaper published in the city |
and county of Francisco, and one in the |
city OF Sacramento, and one in the coun-
~ of Los Angeles, and one in the county
of Nevada, and one in the county of Tu.
lare: and the expense of publishing the
same, and all other legal expenses in
Cured in printing for the Convention,
shall be audited by the Controller and
paid by the State Treasurer. according to
law.
SEC. 10. All the printing necessary for
Inc said Convention, under the provis-
ions OF this act, shall be done and per-
forme ed ut the State Printing Office.
SEC. ii. In case any vacancy occurs, by
reason Of the death, resignation, or Their
wlse, of any delegate elected to said Con-
yention, the same shall be filled by the
q SEC; u. The sum of one hundred and