Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-31
Approved March 80, 1873 ]


The People of The State of Calfor.
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as foHoWS:
SECTION |. An election shall be held
on the third Wednesday in June, eight
cen hundred and seve nty-eight of dele
gates to meet in Convention to revise the
Constitution OF this State and 10 frame u
new Constitution. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on ut 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. 2. The number OF delegates to be
chosen TO such Convention shall be one
hundred and hity-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 Obispo shall
elect one delegate; the counties of Tu-
lare, Kern ana Fresno shall elect one
delegate each, and the counties of Mono
| and Inyo shall elect one delegate; the
| counties OF Mariposa. MERGED and Stan
| the counties of Mariposa and MERGED
shall jointly elect one delegate; the
| county of SGanislaus 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 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
| 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 snail eject
three delegates; the county OF Yolo
|
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall jointly
elect one delegate; the county or 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 de le-
| gates; the counties of Ell Dorado and AL
pine shall Jointly elect two delegates; the
| county OF Ell Dorado shall elect one dele
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
| gates; the county OF Suffer shall elect
| one delegate; the counties of Butte, Plu-
mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
| delegate; the counties OF Plumas and
| Lassen shall 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 Mendo-
cino 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 Siskiyou and Modoc shall
| Jointly elect one delegate: the coun-
ties of Trinity and Shasta shall Jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF
Tehama shall elect one delegate; the
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
| Sdlty anu TWO kolJ OtlcSdbcS Sndll
be elected by the state at large, eight 80
residents OF each Congressional District.
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by law to
| vote for Mem bers of Assembly shall ba
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. ID.
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 ana reg
ulated In all respects by the general cleo
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-
lore the day on which said special cleo
| lion 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 a sufficient mum Der
of copies of the register for the purpose,
| it 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-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 AZ q 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 the
| Political Code.
Third-The officers of the several coun-
| ties of this State, whose duty il is nnder
| 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 tho 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 can
vass must be postponed from day to day
until all ofthe 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,
| bers of the 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
A.
| the Secretary OF State The persons re-
| ceiving the highest nun Der 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.