Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-25
Approved March 80, 1878 ]

TO FRAME A NEW CONSTlGU IlON
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Approved March 80, 1878
The People of the State Of CalGor.
MIA, represented an Senate and
assembly, do enact as fotIoavs:
SECTION /. 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 fthis State and TO frame
new Constitution. 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.
Sgc,2. The mum Der OF delegates TO be
chosen to such Convention shall be one
hundred and iifty-two, to be apportioned
as follows: The counties of san Diego
and San Rernardino 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 Marlposa. MERGED and Stan
islaus shall jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Marirosa 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
elect live 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
elect one delegate; the county of Alamo
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
1 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 elect one delegate; the county OF
Lake shall elect one delegate; the coun
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 lei 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 Iuba and
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 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 Hum boldt shall
elect one delegate; The county of Mendo
clno shall elect one delegate; the count,
of Del N orie shall elect one delegate; th'
counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity ant
the counties OF Siskiyou and Modoc shal
lies OF Trinity and Shasta shall joint.
elect one delegate: the county o
Tehama shall elect one delegate; Tho
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
gate; and thirty two 1927 delegates shal
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 thei
, respective election districts, aud no
elsewhere. Such election shall be b.
ballot.
SEC. 4. The following regulations shall
apply to the aforesaid election, to be hele
on the third Wednesday in June, A. d
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
! tirst-The said election shall be helt
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 elec
ton laws of the State in force at til,
time of said election, so far as the SANE
shall be applicable thereto, and not in
consistent with the provisions of thi
act.
Second-At the special election to l.,
held under this act, if no other provision
for printing and using new Great Regis
tiers or ward registers shall have in lh'
meantime been made by law, the copie!
of the Great Registers which were used IL
the several counties Of this State at tn,
general election held in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-seven shall b,
used. The Boards of Supervisors mus
furnish the Boards Of Election of eacl
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 can
not otherwise OBJ ain a sufficient humble
of copies of the register for the purpose
it must take the copies filed in the Office
oil 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 beer
used at any previous election, the char
acter tx" may be used instead of thu
word "voted," as required by section on,
thousand TWO hundred and twenty-eigh
OF the Political Code. II shall not be lhi
duty OF the Boards OF Election to pos
copies of the Great Register, as required
by section one thousand one hundred
and forty-nine OF the Political Code. Th,
voter, when he offers his bailo 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 thous
and two hundred and twenty-five of thu
! Political Code.
Third-The officers Of the several coun
ties OF this state, whose duty IL Is under
the law to receive and canvass the re
, turns from the several precincts of thei
respective counties, as well as the cit,
and county of San Francisco, shall NEE
at the usual place OF meeting for sucl
| purpose on the second Monday after SAFE
election. If, at the time Of meeting, tn,
returns from each precinct in the count
in which polls were opened have been re
celved, the Board must then and Their
proceed to canvass the returns; but if al
returns have not been received, the can
vass must be postponed from day to da,
until all OF the returns are received orunti
six postponements have been had, wher
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 tt
make out said returns shall be the sam,
as those prescribed for like officers in thu
case of an election for Governor, excep
that the returns shall be trans mitted tC
the Secretary OF State. The persons re
ceiving the highest number of votes al