Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-29
LEGAL.

Secre tary 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 the same compensation as pro-
vided by law for siiullar services ana at
tendance upon the Assembly. The
amount of pay shall bs certified by the
President OF the Convention. ana shall
be paid by the FIR, asurer of tate, 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 Mt the
opening thereof, and to administer the
conSti tutiOnal oath OF Office 10 the dele
gates, and to preside at all meetings
thereof until n President has been elect d
and taken his seat, but the Governor
shall have neither the casting vote nor
any other vote therein. The secretary OF
state shall also attend at the
call the roll of delegates
All public officers, Boards and Comm: s.
sions shall furnish such Convention with
all such Information, papers, statement,
books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Convent shall
order or require for It's use from time to
| time while in session. IL 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 10 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
shall be the judge Of the election and
| quaiifica ton of its own mem bers.
SEC. Q. a journal OF the proc eediDgs of
| the said Convention shall be kept, and
shall, at the final adjournment thereof,
| be filed in the office of the Secretary oil
| State, and the Constitution agreed 10 by
| thn ON shall ha rapnrInI in his
office. A majority of the Convention
| shall constitute a quoru IN to do business.
The doors of the Convention shall be
kept open, except when the public wei
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 fol
disorderly behavior, by Imprisonment or
otherwise: but no member shall be ex-
PEELED until the report of committee
appointed to inquire into the facts leg.
ed as the ground of his expulsion shall
have been made. The Convention shall
have the power TO punish as n contempt
and by imprisonment or otherwise, O
breach of his privileges, or of the priVil-
eyes of its members, but such powershall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty Of one or more Of the following Of
| fenses
tirst-The offense of arresting or sub.
jecting mem Der or officer OF the Con-
ventOn 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.
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malicious report of the proceedings of the
Convention, or OF the conduct of mem.
Der in his delegated capacity.
Fourth-That 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 n member, or ofattempting by menace
or any other corrupt means or device, di'
rectly or indirectly, to control or inf
ence n member in giving his vote, or 10
prevent him from giving the same.
In all cases in which the Convention
shall punish any OF its members, or offl.
GERS, or any other person, by imprison'
ment, such imprisonment shall not eX-
tend beyond the session of the C0nven-
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 by virtue thereof.
SEC ]. The Constitution framed by
such Conventiod shall be submitted by
the Convention to the people for theil
adoption or rejection at 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. Nc
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
ton of said Constitution, and the notice
to be given of the election. The ballots OF
tickets shall have printed or written up
on them the words" For the New Consti-
tuition" or Against the New Constitu.
tion," and all the provisions of law nov
or at 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 81
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 CT
the Controller, Treasurer and secretary
of State, and co npare the votes as certi
fed to him. IT, by such an examination
1t is ascerlained that majority of the
whole number of votes cast at such ele~'
| ton be in favor of such new Constitu
ton, the Executive of this State shall
by his proclamation. declare such new
| Constitution to be the Constitution q
the State of California, and that it will
take effect at such time as the sale
Convention may have in its direc
ton, by resolution, or in said Constitu
ton itself, fixed. If said Convention fiA
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 applica BILE 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.
SEC. 9. Ii shall be the duty OF the Sec.
rotary OF S ate to cause this act to be
published once @ 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 10 be in
| some newspaper published in the city
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, according to
law.
SEC. 10. All the printing necessary fol
| the said Convention, under the provls-
ions of this act, shall be done and per-
| formed at the State Printing Office.
SEC. IL. 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 I one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, or so much there
of as may be necessary, is hereby appro
priated out OF any money in the state
Treasury, to pay the expenses of the Con
vention provided for in this act.
SEC. ID. This act shall take effect i'm
mediately.