Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-21
The People of the State Of CGtifor.
MIA, represented in SENATE and
assembly, do enact as JoloaOs:

The People of the State of Califor.
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as Jolloaos:
SECTION /. An election shall be held
on the third Wednesday in June, eight
cen hundred and seventy-eight of dele
gates to meet In Con vention to revise the
Constitution OF this state and 10 frame a
new Consultation. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law to
the contrary notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the mex general OF special
State election.
SIC. 2. The number OF delegates to be
chosen to such Convention shall be one
hundred and tlfty-two, to be apportioned
as follows: The counties of san Diego
and San Bernardino shall Jointly elect
one delegate: the county of San Diego
shall elect one delegate; the county of
san Bernardino shall elect one delegate;
the county OF Los Angeles shall elect
three delegates; the counties of Ventura,
Santa Barbara anu san Luis Obispo shall
elect one delegate; the counties of Tu-
lare, Kern and Fresno shall elect one
delegate each, and the counties of Mono
and 1nyo shall elect one delegate; the
counties of Maripos1. MERGED and Stan
islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Marirosa and MERGED
county of SLanislaus shalt elect one del
egate; the counties of santa Cruz, Mon
terey and san Benito shall Jointly elect
one delegate; the county of Santa Cruz
shall elect one delegate; the county of
Monterey shall elect one delegate; the
county Of San Benito shall elect one DEL
egate; the county OF Santa Clara shall
elect live delegates; The city and county
of San Francisco shall elect at large
thirty delegates; the city and county of
San Francisco at large, jointly with the
county OF San Mateo, shall elect one del
egate; the county of san Mateo shall
da shall elect five delegates; the coun-
ties of Contra Costa and Marin shall
Jointly elect one delegate; the county of
Contra Costa shall elect one delegate;
the county OF Marin shall elect one dele.
gate; the counties of San Joaquin and
Amador shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the county of San Joaquin shall elect
four delegates; the county of Amador
shall elect two delegates; tue counties of
Tuolumne and Calaveras shall jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF Tuol-
umne shall elect one delegate; the
county of Calaveras shall elect one dele
gate; the county of sacramento shall
elect five delegates; the counties of So
lano and Yolo shall Jointly elect one del
egate; the county OF Solano shall elect
three delegates; the county OF Yolo
shall elect one delegate; the counties of
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF Napa
shall elect one delegate; the county of
Lake shall elect one delegate; the coun-
ty of Sonoma shall elect tour delegates;
the county of Placer shall elect two dele
gates; the counties Of Ell Dorado and AL
pine shall Jointly elect two delegates; the
county of FL Dorado shall elect one dele
gate; the counties of Nevada and Sierra
shall jointly elect one delegate: the
county of Nevada shall elect four dele
gates: the county OF Sierra shall elect
one delegate; the counties of Yuba and
suffer shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the county of Yuba shall elect two dele
gates; the county of Suffer shall elect
one delegate; the counties of Butte, Plu.
mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
delegate; the counties OF Plumas and
Lassen snail jointly elect one delegate;
the county Of Butte shall elect two dele
gates; the counties of Mendocino, Hum
boldt and Del Norte shall join tly elect one
delegate; the county of Hum boldt shall
elect one delegate; the county of Meudo.
cino shall elect one delegate; the county
of Del Norte shall elect one delegate; the
counties of Siskiyou. Modoc, Trinity and
Shasta shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties OF Siskiyou and Modoc shall
Jointly elect one delegate: the coun-
ties of Trinity and Shasta shall jointly
Tehama shall elect one delegate; the
county Of Colusa shall elect one dele
gate; and thirty two 1927 delegates shall
be elected by the state at large, eight 49,
SEC. s. All persons entitled by law to
vote for Mem bera of Assembly Shall be
entitled to vote at such election In their
respective election districts, and not
elsewhere. Such election shall be by
ballot
SEC. 4. The follow ing regal atoms shall
apply to the aforesaid election, to be held
on the third Wednesday in June, A. ID.
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
First-The said election shall be held
a nd n nj ad Nv ho a1 TN, .,T
flcers of the several election districts of
the State, and shall be governed and reg
ulated In all respects by the general elcc-
ton laws of the state in force at the
shall be applicable thereto, and not in
consistent with the provisions of this
act.
Second-At the special election TO he
held under this act, if no other provision
for printing and using new Great Regis
tiers or ward registers shall have in The
meantime been made by law, the copies
of the Great Registers which were used in
the several counties OF this State at the
general election held in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy.seven shall be
used. The Boards of Supervisors must
furnish the Boards OF Election of each
precinct In their respective counties, be-
fore the day on which said special cleo
tion is appointed to be held, at least one
copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. If the Boards of Supervisors cam
not Otherwise OBJ ain suffic. lent mum Der
of copies of the register for the purpose,
it must take the copies filed in the office
OF the County Clerk, in pursuance of Sec
ton one thousand two hundred and six
ty-eight Of the Political Code. If the
copy OF the register which shall be fur
nished to any precinct shall have been
used at any previous election, the char
acter TX" may tie used instead of the
word "voted," as required by section one
thousand two hundred and twenty-eight
n ct, ~ D. al,
duty OF the Boards OF Election to post
copies of the Great Register, as required
by section one thousand one hundred
and forty-nine OF the Political Code. The
voter, when he offers his bal lot ~ poll
ing place, shall not be required to an
nounce his number On the Great Regis.
ter, as provided for in section one thous
and two hundred and twenty-five of the
Political Code.
Third-The officers of the several coun-
ties of this State, whose duty it is under
the law to receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts of their
respective counties, as well as the city |
and county of San Francisco, shall meet
at the usual place of meeting for such
purpose ON the second Monday after said
election. IT, at the time Of meeting, the
returns from each precinct in the county
In which polls We're opened have been re-
ceived, the Board must then and there
proceed to canvass the returns; but If all
returns have not been received, the can
Vass must oe postponed from day 10 day |
until all OF the returns are received or until |
six postponements have been had, when |
they shall proceed 10 make out returns of |
the votes cast for delegates to be men,
bers of the Convention; and the proceed. |
ings of the officers whose duty il is to |
make out said returns shall be the same |
as those prescribed for like officers in the |
case OF an election for Governor, except
that the returns shall be transmitted to |
the Secretary OF State. The persons re-
ceiving the highest number of votes at
such election shall be elected, except in
the case OF persons voted for as delegates
at large. OF the persons so voted for as
delegates at large, the eight persons, resi-
who shall have received IL plurality of
votes over all other persons, severally,