Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-16
Approved March -, 1873 !
The People Of the State Of CalJor-
MIA, represented in Senate and
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The People of the State of Califor-
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as fotloaOS:
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 ofthis State and TO 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 con trary Notwithstanding A II other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the neSt general or special
State election.
Sue. 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 delegate; the county OF san Diego
shall elect one delegate; the county of
San Bernardino shall elect one delegat G !;
the county OF Los Angeles shall elect
three delegates; the counties of Ventura,
Santa Barbara and 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 inyo shall elect one delegates; the
counties of Mariposl. MERGED and stan
islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Marirosa and MERGED
county of SJanislaus 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 shah elect one delegate; the
county of san Bonito shall elect one DEL
egate; the county OF Santa Clara snail
elect five delegates; the city and county
of san Francisco shall elect at large
thirty dele gates; the city and county of
ErpnpiS.,n a n
county of san Mateo, shall elect one del
egate; the county of san Maleo 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 Calaverds 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 shall elect
three delegates; the county OF Yolo
shall elect one delegate; the counties of
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall jointly
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 delega ties; the
county of Eel Dorado shall elect one dele
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
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 snail 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
elmo shall elect one delegate; the county
of Del Norte shall elect one delegate; the
counties of Slskiyou, 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.
gate; and thirty two 1922 delegates Shall
be elected by the State at large, eight Isl
residents OF each Congressional District.
SEC. 3. 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
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
First-The said election shall 10 held
aud 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 cleo
ton laws of the state in force Mt 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-seYen 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
ton is appointed to be held, at least one
copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
not otherwise obtain Il sufficient mum Der
Of copies of the register for the purpose,
1t must take the copies filed in the office
OF the County Clerk, in pursuance of Sec
tlon one thousand two hundred and six
ty-eight OF the Political Code. II the
copy OF the register which shall be fur
nlsh0d 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 al a poll. |
ing place, shall not be required to an |
nounoe his number on the Great Regis. |
Ter, as provided for in section one thous |
Political Code, |
Third-Ihe officers Of the several coun-
Ties OF this State, whose duty it is under |
the law to receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts OF their
respective counties, as well as the city |
anu county of San Francisco, shall meet |
al the usual place of meeting for such |
purpose on the second Monday after said |
election. II, ut the time of meeting, the |
returns from each precinct in tho county |
IN winch polls were opened have been re- |
celVed, The Board must then and there |
proceed to canvass the returns; but if all |
iNtuiHa huNc Hob uctH fccelNeu, Lne can |
Vass must be postponed from day to day |
uutilall of the returns are eceived oruntil |
Xix postponements have been had, when |
they shall proceed to make out returns of |
me votes cast for delegates to be men,
bcrs of the Conventions; and the proceed. |
ings OF the officers whose duty 1t is to
make out said returns shall be the same |
rs 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-
,eiving the highest number of votes at
such election shall be elected, except in
the case OF persons voted for as delegates
II large. Ofthe persons so voted for as