Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-19
Approved March 30, 1878,
The People of the State of Cal1or.
MIA, represented in Senate ana
Assembly, do enact as folloaos:

SECTION |. An election shall be held
N the third Wednesday in June, eight
zen hundred and seventy-eight Of dele
rates to meet in Convention to revise the
of this State and to frame
lew Constitution: No other question
;hall be submitted to the people or voted
IN at such election, any statute or law 10
he contrary Notwithstanding. All other
alec tions called for the same time shall
be- held at the next general or special
stale election.
SEc.2. The number of delegates to be
chosen to such Convention shall be one
and fifty-two. to be apportloned
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 M GIVE, OF ventnra,
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; tne
islaus shall jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Mariposa and Merced
shall jointly elect one delegate; the
county of Stanislaus shall elect one del
egate; the counties OF santa Cfuz, 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 gel.
egate; the county OF Santa Clara shall
elect 1--we 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 ofSan Mateo, shall elect one del,
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
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
sh all elect tive delegates; the counties OF
Tuolumne and CaIaveras shall Jointly
elect one delegate; the county or Tuol-
umne shall elect one delegate; tne
county of Calaveras shall elect one del e.
gate; the county of sacramento shall
iano and YoIo shall Jointly elect one del.
egate: the county OF SolanO shall elect
three delegates; the county Q! Yolo
shall elect one delegate; the counties oi
elect one delegate; the county OF Napa
shall elect one delegate; the county o.
| 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 dele
gate; the counties of Nevada and Sierra
| Shall jointly elect one delegates; tns
county Of Nevada shall elect tour dele
gates; the county OF Sierra shall elec
one delegate; the counties of Yuba ant
| Sutter shall Jointly elect one delegate
the county of Yuba shall elect two dele
gates; the county of Sutter snail elec
l - . L.. tnu .f ntrf
10 as and Lassen shall jointly elect on
delegate; the counties OF Plumas anc
Lassen snail Jointly elect one delegate
the county of Butte shall elect two dele
gates; the counties of Mendoclno, Hum
boldt and Del Norte shall Jointly elect on
delegate; the county of Humboldt shal
elect one delegate; the county Of Mendo
cino shall elect one delegate; the count
of Del Norte shall elect one delegate; tn
counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity an
the counties Of Siskiyou and Modoc shal
Jointly elect one delegate: the cout
ties of Trinity and Shasta shall joint
elect one delegate: the county {
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
gate; and thirty Two 1927 delegates shal
be elected by the State at large, eight e
residents of each Congressional Dfstric
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by. law I
vote for Members Of Assembly shall
| entltled 10 VCte at sucn cieClioh III ihoi
respective election districts, and nc
elsewhere. Such election shall be b
ballot.
SEC. A. The following regulations sha
apply to the Aforesaid election, to be hel
on the third Wednesday in june, A.
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
First-The said election shall be hel
and conducted by the proper election o
ficers of the several election districts {
the state, and shall be governed and res
ulated In all respects by the general elet
ton laws of the State in force at tn
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
ters or ward registers shall have in tn
meantime been made by law, the copie
of the Great Registers which were used II
general election held in the year eighteel
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
tion is appointed to be held, at least on
copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. Ifthe Boards of Supervisors can
not otherwise obtain sufficient mum be
of copies of the register for the purpose
OF the County Clerk, in pursuance OF sec
tion one tn ousand two hundred and six
ty-eight Of the Political Code. If th
copy OF the register which shall be fur
nished to any precinct shall have beei
used at any previous election, the char
acter "X" may be used instead OF tn
word "voted," as required by section on
thousand two hundred and twenty-eigh
OF the Political Code. 1t shall not be tn
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 bal lot at poll
ing place, shall not be required to an
ter, as provided for in section one thous
and two hundred and twenty-five of tn
Political Code.
Third-The officers of the several coun
ties of this State, whose duty 1t is unde
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 afler Sai(
election. If, at the time Of meeting, tn,
returns from each precinct In the count.
| in which polls were opened have been re
| ceived, the Board must then and ther,
proceed to canvass the returns; but II al
returns have not been received, the can
yags must be postponed from day to day
until all OF the returns are received or unit
six postponements have been had, wheI
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 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 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
delegates at large, the eight persons, resi-
dents of any one Congressional Dictrict.
who shall have received u plurality OF