Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-08

stoti io,,,I,X ~es WV ~ SI,SIc "a sis:
~ada shall elecD
satesI the coahiy gf 7,-r,-e-rrr, ~,
one delegate. the counties ,bf fhba, SID
Sutter shall Jointly elect one delesatei
Tie county of Yuba shall elect two dele
gates, the county Of. Sutter. shall elect
one delegate; the coiinties " Butte, Plu,
M as and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
delsgatei the counties OF Plumas and
the county of Butte shall elect two dele
gates: the counties of Mendoclno, Hum
boldt and Del Norte shall Jointly eject one
deisgate: the county OF HumpoIuI snail
elect one delegate. the county oI Mendo-
cino shall elect ono delegate; the county
,of Del Norte shall elect one delegate: the
cou mites of Siskiyou, 'MOdoc, Trinity and
Shasta shall Jointly, elect one delegate;
ffis counties Of Siskiyou and Modoc shall
jointly elect oHe delegate; ;hi ,ahe ,.sn,5r COUP
eles eieet T. one delsgate;H The county OF
o Tehama shall elect one delegate; the
county of Colusa shall elect ohe dele,
gatei and thirty two lS2l delegates shali
residents OF each Congressional District.
src. a. All persons entitled by law ia
yots for Mem ber3 of Assembly shall be
untitled To vote at such election in their
respective election DISTRICTS. ana not
-'-aWhere, such election SHAH be oy
GA-
ballot. ,.,,..n, ,na,,
SEC. 4. The following regu..-.. Il
apply to the aforesaid election, to be he.. :.
!on!the thirf Wednesday in June. A. d.
eighteen hhpdred ard seventy-eight;
firstAThe'ssid election shall b2 held
isca fscers Of The several election districts 81
the State, and shall be governed and reg
mated In all respects by the general elec-
tion laws Of the state IN force at the
time Of said election, ca far as the as same me
CONSISTENT with the provisions Of thts
seaond-At the special election 10 be
| held under this act, II no other provision
| for printing and using NOW Great Regis
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 seyenty.seven shall pc
used. The Boards OF. supervisors must
| furnish the Boards OF Election Of each
nreoinct in their respective counties, be-
| iors the day on which said special elec-
| lion Is appointed to be held, at least one
copy of the aforesaid pHnter Great Neg
4 not otherwise OBJ ain a sufficlent number
4! Of COPIES of the register for the purpose,
It mist take the copies filed in the office
\ OF The Cou4ty Clerk, in pursuance OF Sec
ton one Thousand iva h''ndred Slrsd ana SIX, Tx
copy Of the register which 'sh&li be far
pisRed to any precinct shall haye been
used at any previous election, the char
acter TX" may he used instead OF the
word "voted," as required by section one
of the Political Code. IT shall pot'he The
duty of the Boards OF Election to POS,
copies of the Great Register, As required
hy section one thousand ons hhhdFed
and forty -nine OF the Political Code. The
voter, when he offers his bal lot a. poll
ing piaee, shall not be required TO an
noiihec his qumber on the Great Regis
ter, as proylaed FIR in section one thons
and two hundred and tYenty'ie.go pf the
| Political COd0.
| 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 counties, as we'll as the city
end county OF san Francisco, shall meet
purpose On the ssssond Monday after said
returns from each precinct III the eonEty
in which polls were opened have been re-
ceived, the Board must then and there
proceed to canvass the returns; but II all
returns have not been received, the can
vass must be postponed from day to day
untilRl o; the returns are eceiyed oruntil
six postp6nements hays been had, when
u
the votes cast for delegate to beimeu,-
bcrs 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 el6otiop for Governor, except
that the returns shall be trans tpitted to
the Secretary OF State The PERSONS re-
ceiving the highest number Of votes al
such election shall be elected, except in
the oaso OF persons voted for Us delegates
of a VOta1 n
delegates at large. the eight persons, resi-
dents of any one Congressional Dlctrlct.
who shall have received plurality of
votes over oil other persons, seyerally,
who reside in the same Congressional
District, shall be declared elected such
delegates at large.
Fourth-The Secretary Of State shall /,
as soon as the returns of said election
shalf he received by him, or within
twenty days after said election, in the
presence Of the Goyernor end Controller
OF 81 ate, open and oompufe all OF the re-
turns received of votes given for mem
bers of the Convention, and the Governor
shall forthwith issue bis proclamation,
declaring the names of the persons who
have been chosen members of said Con-
SEC. 6. The delegates so chosen shall
meet in Convention In the Assembly
Chamber at the Capitol, in the city OF
sacramento, on the twenty-eighth or
Sep eifib eighteen hundred and seven
ty-eight, at twelve o'elook M. They
shall. by viva voce vote and the vote
shall be entered ON the Journal, elect
one of their number President. and such
Secretaries and other officers as they
may deem necessary. Alter the said
Convention has met and organized, IL
shall have power TO adjourn to and hold
It's meetings at any place in said city OF
Sacramento other than the said Assem-
bly, Chamber, and all committee rooms
OF the state capitol building shall be un-
der the control of said Convention.
The President of the Convention may APP
point not exceeding one Doorkeeper and
Jour Pages. The Convention may select