Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-23

Inc fSOQte or MS Sfute OF CUtlTOr-
MIA, represented in SENATE and
Assembly, do enact as fOllotoS:
SECTION |. An c ection shall be held
on the third Wedn esday in June, eight.
cen hundred and seventy-eight of dele.
gates to meet in Convention to revise the
Constitution ofthis State and 10 frame q
new Consultation. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law tC
the contrary Notwithstanding. All Other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the next general or special
State election.
SIC. 2. The mum Der OF delegates to be
chosen to such Convention shall be one
hundred and tifty-two. to bs apportioned
us 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 o
San Bernardino shall elect one delegate
the county of Los Angeles shall elect
three delegates; the counties of Ventura
Santa Barbara ana San Luis Oblspo shall
elect one delegate; the counties of Tu
lare, Kern and Fresno shall elect one
delegate each, and the counties of Mono
and Inyo shall elect one delegate; tho
counties of Mariposl. MERGED and Stan
islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate
the counties of Mariposa and MERGED
shall jointly elect one delegates; tho
county of Slanislaus shall elect one del
egate; the counties of Santa Cruz, Mon
terey and San Benito Shall Jointly cleo
one delegate; the county of Santa Cruz
shall elect one delegate; the county o.
Monterey shall elect one delegate; the
county of San Benito shall elect one del
egate; the county OF Santa Clara shall
elect five delegates; the city and county
of San Francisco shall elect mt large
thirty delegates; the city and county o
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 O
Contra Costa shall elect one delegate
the county of Marin shall elect one dele
| gate; the counties OF San joaquin ant
Amador shall Jointly elect one delegate
the county of San Joaquin shall cleo
| four delegates; the county of Amadol
| shall elect two delegates; the counties o
Tuolumne and Calavefas shall joint,
elect one delegate; the county OF Tuoi
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 Yolt
shall elect one delegate; the counties o
| Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall JOINTLY
elect one delegate; the county OF Napi
shall eject one delegate; the county o
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; til,
county OF Ell Dorado shall elect one dele
gate; the counties of Nevada and sierr;
| shall Jointly elect one delegate; III,
| county of Nevada shall elect four dele
| gates: the county of Sierra shall cleo
one delegates; the counties of Yuba ant
| Suffer shall jointly elect one delegate
the county Of Iuba shall elect two dele
| gates; the county of Suffer shall elec
one delegate; the counties of Butte, Plu
mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect on,
| delegate; the counties of Plumas anG
Lassen snail jointly elect one delegate
| the county of Butte shall elect two dele
| gates; the counties of Mendocino, Hum
delegate; the county OF Humb oldt shall
| elect one delegate; the county of Mendo
elmo shall elect one delegate; the count.
OF Del Norte shall elect one delegate; tn
counties of Siskiyou. Modoc, Trinity ant
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 joint,
Tehama shall elect one delegate; TIL,
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
gate; and thirty two (32) delegates shall
| be elected by the state at large, eight Is
residents OF each Congressional District
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by law t.
vote for Members of Assembly shall b.
entitled to vote at such election in theil
respective election districts, and no
elsewhere. such election Shall be by
| ballot.
SEC. 4. The follow ing regulations shall
| apply to the aforesaid election, to be held
on the third Wednesday in June, a. d
eighteen hundred and seventy
First-The said election shall he held
and conducted by the proper election of
ficers of the several election districts o.
the State, and shall be governed and reg
ulated In all respects by the general eiec.
ton laws of The state in force at the
time of said election, SO far as the same
shall be applicable thereto, and not in
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
ofthe 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
precinct in their respective counties, be-
fore the day on which said special cleo
ton Is appointed to be held, at least one
copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
not otherwise OBJ ain a sufficient mum Der
of copies ofthe register for the purpose,
IL must take the copies filed in the Office
OF the County Clerk, in pursuance OF Sec
tionone thousand two hundred and six
ty-elght 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 "yoted," as REQUIRED by section one
thnIlSAnd n
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-nlne OF the Political Code. The
voter, when he offers his bal lot a. a poll
ing place, shall not be required to an
nOunce his number en- the Great Regis.
ter, as provided for in section one thnus
and two hundred and twenty-five of the
Political Code.
Third-The officers OF the several c1un-
Ties OF this State, whose duty IL is under
the law to receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts OF their
respective counties, as well rs 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 countv
in which polls were opened have been re-
ceived, tho Board must then and there
proceed TO canvass the returns; but If all
returns nave not been received, the can
vass must be postponed from day to day
until all ofthe returns are eceiyed or until
six postponements have been had, when
they shall proceed TO make out returns of
the votes cast for delegates TO be men,
bcrs of the Convention; and the proceed.
ings of the officers whose duty IL is to
make out said returns shall he the same
as those prescribed for like officers in the
case OF an election for Governor, EXCEPT
that the returns shall be tran. mitted to
4 a n at t..ga
ceiving the highest number OF votes at
such election shall be elected, except In
the case OF persons voted for as delegates
al large. OF the persons so voted for as
delegates ut large, the eight persons, resi-
dents of any one Congressional Dlctriet. |
who shall have received plurality of |
votes over all other persons, severally, |
VINO reside in the same Congressional |
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