Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-19
LEGAL.


amount of pay shall be certified by the
President OF the Convention, and shall
be paid by the Treasurer of state, on the
warrant of the Controller, In the same
are paid. Itshall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to attend said Convention at the
opening thereof, and to administer the
constitutional oath of office to the dele
gates, and to preside at all meetings
thereof until a President has been elected
and taken his seat, but the Governor
shall have neither the casting vote nor
any other vote therein .,,sh Ihe secretary
opening of the Convention and
call the roll of delegates.
All public officers, Boards and Comm:s- |
sions shall furnish such Convention with |
books or other public documents In their |
possession as the said Convention shall
order or require for its use from time to |
time while in session. II shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State TO furnish
the mem bers of said Convention with
stationery to the amount provided by
law for the legislature while In session,
and TO the Convention. such stationery,
manual file boards and other like things
as are furnished to the two Houses of the
Legislature. Said Convention may adopt
such rules and regulations for It's own
government as majority Of its members
may determine, and said Convention
shall be the judge OF the election anu
qualification of its own members.
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the said Convention shall be kept, and
shall, at the final adjournment thereof,
be filed in the office of the Secretary oI
State, and the Constitution agreed to by
| the Convention shall be recorded in his
office. A majority of the Convention
shall constitute quorum to do business.
The doors of the Convention shall be
kept open, except when the public well
| fare shall require secresy. Every dele
| gate to the Convention shall have the
| like privileges from arrest and from civil
process as members of the Legislature
now have by law. For any speech or de-
shall not be questioned in any other
place. The Convention shall have the
power to expel any of its members, and
TO punish It's members and officers ior
| disOrderly behavior, by Imprisonment or
| otherwise; but no member shall be ex-
PEELED until the report of q committee
| appointed to inquire into the facts alleg.
ed as the ground OF MS expulsion snail ,,
have the power to punish as q contempt
and by Imprisonment or otherwise, q
| breach OF his privileges, or of the prlvil-
eses of its members, but such powershall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty OF one or more OF the following Of
fenses:
First-The offense of arresting or sub
iecting n member or officer OF the Con-
yention to civil process, in violation of
his privilege from arrest as heretofore
declared.
Second-That of disorderly conduct in
the Immediate view and presence OF the
Convention, and directly tending to in
terrupt Its proceedings.
Third-That of publishing any false and
malicious report of the proceedings of the
Convention, or of the conduct of u mem
ber in his delegated capacity.
Fourth-That OF refusing to attend or be
examined, as q witness, either before the
, Convention or committee to take testi-
mony in the proceeding OF the Conven-
Fifth-That of giving or offering bride
! to q member, or of attempting by menace
or anv other corrupt means or device, d.
, rectly or indirectly, to control or infiu-
ence member in giving his vote, or 10
prevent him from giving the same.
. In all cases in which the Convention
shall punish any OF its members, or OH
} GERS, or any other person, by imprison'
| ment, such imprisonment shall not eX'
tend beyond the session of the Conven-
= ton. Every person appointed to the Of
3 flee OF Secretary of the Convention shall
/ before he enters on the duties Of his Office
(; execute bond to the people OF he state
with such security as the CONTROLLER shall
: approve, in the penal sum OF hve thous,
t faithfully perform the duties of his office
9 and account for all moneys which may
: come into his hands bv vi'tuethereof.
| SEC. 7. The Constitution framed by
J such Conventiod shall be submitted by
. the Convention to the people for theil
a adoption or rejection at a special election
. to be held on the first "Wednesday OF May
= eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and
: every person hereby entitled to vote for
y delegates may vote at that election, on
such adoption or rejection, in the election
district in which he shall then reside
and not elsewhere The said ho Gonstitn
}. other question than The adoption or re
lection of the proposed Constitution
! shall be submitted to the people or voted
: on at such eleotion, any statute or M law
: Convention shall prescribe the publica
tion of said Constitution, and the notice
Q to be given of the election. The ballots OIL
on them the words " For the New Consti.
$ tution," or Against the New Constitu.
tion, ," and all the provisions of law now
9 or at that time existing In regard to gen
l eral elections shall be applicable to such
election, except that the provisions OF the
first and second subdivisions OF section
four of this act shall also apply to said
! election. The canvassing and returns o
. the votes cast upon such question shall
l in such manner as the Convention shall
2 direct, be certified to the Executive OF the
State, who shall call to his assistan ce
the Controller, Treasurer and Secretary
of State, and co npare the votes as certi'
fed to him. II, by such an examination
it is ascertained that a majority of the
whole mum Der of votes cast at such eles.
. tion be in favor of such new Constitu-
tion, the Executive of this State shall,
by his proclamation. declare such new
} Constitution TO be the Constitution OF
the State of California, and that 1t will
take effect at such time as the said
Convention may have In its direc.
ton, by resolution, or in said Constitu-
tion itself, fixed. If said Convention fix
no time for said Constitution TO take ef-
feet, then it shall take effect Immediately
J upon such proclamation being made.
SEC. 8. All willful and corrupt false
7 swearing in taking any of the oaths pre-
! scribed by this act, or by the laws OF this
! State made applicable to this act, or in
any other mode or form in carrying into
effect this act, shall be deemed perjury,
: and shall be punished in the manner
now prescribed by law for willful and
corrupt perjury.
SEC. lGshaIl be the duty OF the Sec
retary Of s ate to cause this act to be
published once q month after its passage,
until the election of delegates herein
provided, iu not more than five of the
public newspapers published in this
State-one of said publications 10 be in
some newspaper published In the city
! and county of Francisco, and one in the
city OF Sacramento, and one in the coun-
ty Of Los Angeles. and one in the county
of Nevada, and one in the county of 1u-
lare, and the expense of publishing the
same, and all other legal expenses in
, Cured in printing for the Convention, ,
shall be audited by the Controller and
law.
SEC. 10. All the printing necessary for
The said Convention, under the provis-
! ions of this act, shall be done and per-
form ed at the State Printing Office.
SEC. III. In case any vacancy occurs, by
reason OF the death, resignation, or other
wise, of any delegate elected to said Con-
yention, the same shall be filled By the
| Convention
SEC. u. The sum of one hundred and
hfty thousand dollars, or SO much there
of as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the STATE
Treasury, to pay the expenses OF the Con-
Yention provided for in this act.
SIC. 49, This act shall take effect i'm
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