Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-06-04
LEGAL.

ter the expiration of one hundred days.
No 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 and assistants shall
| receive tho same compensation as pro-
vided by law for similar services ana at
tendance upon the Assembly. The
amount of pay shall be certified by the
| President Of the Conven ton, ana shall
| be paid by the rr asurer of : tate, on the
warrant of the Controller. in the same
| manner as berS of the Legislature
are paid. 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
| ernor to attend said Convention at the
| opening thereof and to administer the
constitutional oath of Office TO the dele
| gates, and to preside at all meetings
| thereof until 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
opening of the Convention and
call the roll OF delegates.
| All public officers, Boards and Commas
sions shall furnish such Convention with
all such Information, papers, statements,
| books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Conven ton shall
| order or require for its use from time to
time while in session. 1t shall be the
duty OF the Secretary OF State TO furnish
| the mem bers of said Convention with
stationery to the amount provided by
law for the 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
govern ment as u majority of its members
may determine, and said Convention
shall be the judge OF the election and
qualification Gifts own members.
SEC. Q. A journal OF the proc ceilings 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 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 It's members and officers for
disorderly behavior, by imprisonment or
otherwise; but no member shall be ex-
PEELED until the report of q committee
appointed to inquire into the facts alleg.
ed as The ground Of his expulsion shall
have been made. The Convention shall
have the power to punish as a contempt
and by imprisonment or otherwise,
breach of his privileges, or of the privil-
| eyes of its members, but such power shall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty Of one or more Of the following Of
| lenses:
First-The ofIense of arresting or SUBJ
jecting member or officer of the Con-
vention 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 ofpublishing any false and
malicious report of the proceedings of the
Convention, or Of the conduct of mem.
Der in his delegated capacity.
Fourth-ThaL of refusing to attend or be
examined, as witness, either before the
Convention or q committee to take testi-
mony in the proceeding of the Conven-
ton.
Fifth-That Of giving or offering q bride
to member, or of attempting by menace
or any other corrupt means or device, di-
rectly or indirectly, to control or infu-
ence q member in giving his vote, or to
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 shall not ex-
tend beyond the session of the Conven-
| ton. Every person appointed to the Of
flee OF Secretary of the Convention shall,
before he enters on the duties of his office,
cAeCutc " UOnu W tue people Oh Ine STATE
with such security as the Controller shall
approve, in the penal sum of five thous-
and dollars, 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. 7. The Constitution framed by
such Conventiod shall be submitted by
the Convention to the people for their
adoption or rejection at a special 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
such adoption or rejection, In the election
district in which he shall then reside,
| and not elsewhere. The said Constitu-
ton shall be voted on as 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 balotsor
| tickets shall have printed or written up
on them the words For the New Constl
tuition" or" Against the New Constitu-
| or al 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 &c
| the Controller, Treasurer and Secretary
| of State, and co npare the votes as certi-
| fed to him. II, by such an examination,
| 1T is ascertained that majority of the
whole number of votes cast at such eles-
| ton be in favor of such new Constitu-
ton, the Executive of this Slate shall,
by his proclamation. declare such new
Constitution TO be the Constitution OF
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take effect at such time as the said
Convention may have in its direc-
ton, by resolution, or in said Constitu-
ton itself, fixed. If said Convention fix
no time for said Constitution 10 take eff
feet, then 1t shall take effect Immediately
upon such proclamation being made.
SEC. 8. 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 deemed perjury,
and shall be punished in the manner
now prescribed by law for willful and
SEC. Ii shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary. Of State to cause this act to be
published once O. month after its passage,
until the election of delegates herein
provided, III not more than five of the
public 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-
ty 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, accordin g TO
law.
SEC. 10. All the printing necessary for
the said Convention, under the provis-
ions or this act, shall be done and per-
formed at the State Printing Office.
SEC. ii. In case any vacancy occurs, by
reason OF the death, resignation, or other
wise, of any delegate elected to said Con-
yention, the same shall be filled by the
Convention.
SEC. IL. The sum CT one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, or so much there
of as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
prfated cut of any money in the State
treasury, to pay the expenses of the Con-