Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-15
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receive the same compensation as pro-
vided by law for similar services anu at
tendance upon the Assembly. The
amount fpay shall be certified by the
President of the Convention, and shall
be paid by the Trei surer of state, ON the
warrant of the Controller, in the same
manner as members of the Legislature
are paid. Itshall 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
sny voa he yoe pof
State shall also attend at the
opening of the Convention and
call the roll of delegates
All public officers, Boards and Comm:s-
sions shall furnish such Convention with
all such inform alton, papers, statementr,
books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Convent tion shall
order or require for its use from time to
duty Of the Secretary of State TO furnish
the mem bers of said Convention with
stationery TO the amount provided by
law for the LIE zislature 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 majority of its members
may determine, and said Convention
qualification of Its own mem bers.
SEC. 9. 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.
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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
otherwise: but no member shall be ex-
PEELED until the report of O committee
appointed to inquire into the facts alleg.
ed as the ground of his expulsion shall
have the power to punish as a contempt
and by imprisonment or otherwise, a
breach of his privileges, or of the privil-
eges of Its members, but such power shall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty of one or more of the following Of
fenses:
First-The offense OF arresting or sub
jecting member or officer OF tho Con-
vention to civil process, in-yiolati0n 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.
malicious report of the proceedings of the
Convention, or Of the conduct of "a mem.
ber in his delegated capacity.
FOurth-That of refusing to attend or be
Convention or committee to take testi
mony in the proceeding of the Conven'
tion.
Fifth-That OF giving or Offering bribe
to member, or rofattempting by menace
or any other corrupt means or device, di.
rectly or indirectly, to control or iniiu-
ence member in giving his vote, or tC
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 Conyen.
| ton. Every person appointed to the OF.
| flee OF Secretary of the Convention shall
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 dollars, conditioned that he shall
faithfully perform the duties of his Office
and account for all moneys which may
come into his hands bv viitue thereof.
| SEC. 7. The Constitution framed by
such Conventiod shall be submitted by
the Convention to the people for Jheil
adoption or rejection at a special election
| to be held on the first Wednesday of May
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, ant
| every person hereby entitled to vote fol
delegates may vote at that election, OF
| such adoption or rejection. in the election
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and not elsewhere. The said Constitu
tion shall be voted on as a whole. M
Other question than the adoption or re
lection of the proposed Constitution
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
| tion Of said Constitution, and the notice
/ to be given of the election. The ballots OF
tickets shall have printed or written up
| tution," or against the New ConsIitu
| tion," and all the provisions of law now
| or at that time existing in regard to gen
eral elections shall be applicable to such
| first and second subdivisions of section
| four Of this act shall also apply to said
election. The canvassing and returns o.
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
it is ascertained that majority of the
whole number of votes cast at such eleS.
tiOn be in favor of such new Constitu-
tion, the Executive of this State shall
by his proclamation. declare such new
Constitution to be the Constitution OF
take effect at such time as the said
Convention may have in its direc-
tion, by resolution, or in said Constitu-
tion itself, fixed. If said Convention Fix
no time for said Constitution to take ef-
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
corrupt perjury.
retary OF State to cause this act to be
published once q month after its passage,
until the election of delegates herein
provided, fu not more than five OF the
public newspapers published in this
| 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, ana 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
the said Convention, under the provis-
ions OF this act, shall be done and per-
formed at the state Printing Office.
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reason of the death, resignation, or other
wise, of any delegate elected to said Con-
yention, the same shall be filed by the
Convention.
SEC. ~. The sum OF one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, or so much there
or as may be necessary, is hereby appr0-
priated out OF any money in the state
Treasury, to pay the expenses OF the Con-
vention provided for In this act.
SEC. l3. This act shall take effect i'm
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