Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-29
Approved March 80. 1878 ]
The People of the State of CalDor-
mia, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as tottoaos;

The People of the State Of CalDor.
mia, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as fottoa0s;
SECTION /. An election shall be held
on the third Wednesday in june, eight
cen hundred and s.venty-eight of dele
gates to meet in Convention to revise the
Constitution of this State and TO frame
new Consultation. No other question
shall be submitted to the people Or voted
on at such ection, any statute or law to
the contrary Notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held ut the next general or special
State election.
Suc.2. The number of delegates to be
chosen to such Convent ion shall be one
hundred and fifty-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 she'll elect
three delegates; the counties of Ventura,
Santa Barbara ana san Luis Obfspo shall
elect one delegate; the counties of 1u-
lare, Kern and Fresno shall elect one
delegate each, and the counties OF Mono
and Inyo shall elect one delegate; the
counties of Mariposa. MERGED and stan
islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Marlrosa and MERGED
shall jointly elect one delegate; the
county of Stanislaus shall 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 snail
elect five 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
" nr shall elect dali
egate; the county of San Mateo shall
elect one delegate; the county of Alame-
da shall elect five delegate; 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; the 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
Lake shall elect one delegate; the coun.
| ty of Sonoma shall elect four 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 Ell Dorado shall elect one dele
gate; the counties of Nevada and sierra
| shall jointly elect one delegates; 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 Huba 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 jointly elect one
delegate; the county of Humboldt shall
| elect one delegate; the county of Mendo
elmo 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 del egate; the
county of Colusa shall elect one dele.
gate; and thirty two 1922 delegates shall
be elected by the State at large, eight (S)
| residents OF each Congressional District.
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by law to
vote for Members 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 following regulations shall
apply to the aforesaid election. to be held
| on the third Wednesday in June, A. d..
eighteen hundred and venty-eight:
First-The said election shall be held
and conducted by the proper election of.
| fiperS Of the SpNpra1 aIPnfion districts nf
| the State, and shall be governed and reg
ulated In all respects by the general cleo
| ton laws of the state in force at the
| time of said election, so far as the same
consistent with the provisions of this
| act.
Second-At the special election to be
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-
ton 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 a sufficient number
| Oh CUpltS Vi tuC ItS uCI LHo puTDOSG,
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 be used instead of the
word "voted," as required by section one
thousand two hundred and twenty-eight
OF the Political Code. 1t shall not be the
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 at 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. II, at the time OF meeting, the
| returns from each precinct in the county
in which polls were 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 cam
/ vass must be postponed from day to day
| until all Of the returns arereceived runtil
| six postponements have been had, when
| they shall proceed to 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 1t 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 or persons voted for as delegates
| at large. OF the persons so voted for as
delegates at large, the eight persons, resi-
dents of any one Congressional Dictrict,
| who shall have received IL plurality of
| votes over all other persons, severally
i WIN rasida In the sn mo EonnraIsin