Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-16
Approved March 80, 1878. /
The People of the State of Caiifor.
MIA, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as tolto,cs:

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MIA, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as foltotos:
| 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 10 frame a
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.
SrC.2. 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 delegates; 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 1nyo shall elect one delegate; the
counties OF Mariposa. Merced and STAN
islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Mariposa and Merced
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
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
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
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
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
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 four 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 FL Dorado shall elect one deie-
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
Sutter shall Jointly elect one delegate (;
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gates; the county of Sutter shall elect
one delegate; the counties Of Butte, Plu.
mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
delegate; the counties OF Plumas and
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
elmo shall elect one delegate; the county
of Del Norie shall elect one delegate; the
coun ties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity and
shasta shall jointly elect one delegate;
the counties OF Siskiyou and Modoc shall
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.
gate; and thirty two 1872 delegates shall
be elected by the state at large, eight 49,
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. A. 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
ulated In all respects by the general elec-
| tiOn 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.
held under this act, if no other provision
| for printing and using new Great Regis
| ters 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 elec-
tion is appointed to be held, ut least one
copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. If the Boards of Supervisors can
not otherwise obtain sufficient number
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 "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
| 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 1t Is under
| the law TO receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts OF their
respective countless. 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. II, 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
ieturns have not been received, the can
vass must be postponed from day TO day
until all OF the returns are Ieceived 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 1t 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 trans emitted to
| the Secretary OF State. The persons re-
1 ceiying the highest number of votes at
| such election shall be elected, except in
| the case or persons voted for as delegates
al large. or the persons so voted for as
delegates at large, the eight persons. resi-
| dents of any one Congressional Dictrict,