Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-22

The People of the State Of CalJor.
MIA, represented an SENATE and
Assembly, do enact as JoLloaoS:

assembly, do enact as Jolloa0S:
SECTION l. An election shall be held
on the third Wednesday in June, eight
cen hundred and sevsnty-eight of dele
gates to meet in Convention to revise the
Constitution of this State and to frame
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 mex general or special
State election.
StC,2, The mum Der OF delegates to be
chosen to such Convention Shall be one
hundred and dlty-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 anu San Luis obisro 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 Mariposl. MERGED and stan
islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Marlposa and MERGED
shall Jointly elect one delegate; the
county of SJanislaus 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 snail
elect i've delegates; the City and county
of san Francisco shall elect at large
thirty delegates; the city and county OF
San Francisco at large, Jointly with the
county of San Mateo, shall elect one del
egate; the county of San Mateo shall
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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 cleo,
| four delegates; the county or Amador
shall elect two delegates; the counties Of
Tuolumne and Calavefas 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 oil
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall Jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF Napa
shall elect one delegate; the county OF
Lake shall elect one delegate; the coun
ty OF Sonoma shall elect Jour delegates
the county Of Placer shall elect two dele
gates; the counties OF Ell 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 cleo
one delegate; the counties of fuba and
Suffer shall Jointly elect one delegate
the county of Yuba shall elect two dele
gates; the county OF Suffer shall cleo
one delegate; the counties of Butte, Plu
mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
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 on,
delegate; the county of Humboldt shall
elect one delegate; the county of Mendo
cinO shall elect one delegate; the count,
of Del Norte shall elect one delegate; th
counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity ant
shasta shall Jointly elect one delegate
the counties OF Siskiyou and Modoc shat
Jointly elect one delegate; tho eoun
lies Of Trinity. and Shasta shall joint.
Tehama shall elect one delegate; tn,
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
gate; and thirty two 1872 delegates shat
be elected by the state at large, eight Is
residents OF each Congressional District
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by law t,
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entitled to vote at such election in thei
respective election districts, aud no
elsewhere. such election shall be b.
ballot.
SEC. 4. Tho following regulations shall
apply to the aforesaid election, to be hell
on the third Wednesday in June, a. d
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
First-The said election shall be helo
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 ele C
ton laws of the State in force at thu
time Of said election, so far as the sam'
shall be applicable thereto, and not in.
consistent with the provisions of thi
act.
held under this act, if no other provision
for printing and using new Great Regis
tiers or ward registers shall have in tht
meantime been made by law, the copie!
of the Great Registers which were used ii
the several counties of this State at thu
general election held in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-seven shall BIZ
used. The Boards of Supervisors mus
furnish the Boards Of Election of eaci
precinct in their respective counties, be
lore 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 can
| not Otherwise OBJ ain a sufficient numbel
of copies Of the register for the purpose
1t must take the copies filed in the Office
OF the County Clerk, in pursuance of 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 tx" may be used instead of the
| word "voted," as required by section one
| thousand Two hundred and twenty-eigh
of the Political Code. 1t shall not be The
duty OF the Boards OF Election to pos
| .Nft Ia fcfn
| by section one thousand one hundred
and forty-nine OF the Political Code. The
voter, when he offers his ballot at a poll
ing place, shall not be required TO an
nounce his number on the Great Regis
ter, as provided for in section one thnus
| and two hundred and twenty-five of Tho
! 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 theil
respective counties, rs we'll as the city
and county OF San Francisco, shall NEE
| at the usual place of meeting for sucE
purpose on the second Monday after salC
election. II. at the time of meeting, thu
returns from each precinct in the count
in which polls were opened have been re
celved, the Board must then and there
| proceed to canvass the returns; but if al
returns have not been received, the can
vass must be postponed from day To day
until all Of the returns are received or unit
six postponements have been had, when
they shall proceed TO make out returns o
| the votes cast for delegates to be mem
bers of the Convention; and the proceed.
| ings of the officers whose duty it is tC
| 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 trans m lifted 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 Dlctrict
L who shall have Ipnaiy IL nlnraliiy al