Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-30
Approve March 80, 1878 ]
The People of the State of Cdlyor-
mia, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as foltoa0s;

L
mia, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as fottoaos:
SECTION l. An election shall be held
on the third Wednesday in June, eight
cen hundred and seventy-eight OF dele
gates to meet in Convention TO revise the
Constitution of this state and to frame "a
new Consultation. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law to
the contrary notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the next general or special
state election.
SIC. 9. The number OF delegates to be
chosen to such Convention 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 shall elect
three delegates; the counties of Ventura,
Santa Barbara ana san Luis Obispo 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; 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 shall
elect i've delegates; the city and county
of San Francisco shall elect at large
thirty delegates; the city and county of
county of San Mateo, shall elect one del
egate; the county of San Mateo shall
elect one delegate; the county of Alame-
| da shall elect five delegates; 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
shall eject one delegate; the county of
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 Eel 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 delegate; 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 Yuba shall elect two dele
/
one delegate; the counties of Butte, Plu-
mas and Lassen shall jointly elect ono
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 Mcndo.
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 Sisktyou and Modoc shall
Jointly elect one delegate; the coun-
elect one, delegate; the, county of
Tehama shall elect one delegate; the
county of Colusa shall elect one dele.
gate; and thirty two (32) 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 seventy-eight:
First-The said election shall be held
and conducted by the proper election Of
ficers of the several election districts of
the State, and shall be governed and reg
al la. ATT h.Ff 1S,I
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
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-
fore the day on which said special cleo
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 sufficient number
of copies ofthe register for the purpose,
it must take the copies filed in the office
Oh Ine IOuuly OItIh, III pursuance Oh 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 "X" 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 ballot at poll
ing place, shall not be required TO an
nounpe 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. If, 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 are received 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 ofthe Convention; and the proceed.
ings of the officers whose duty it 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 OF 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 II plurality of