Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-18
Approved March 80, 1878, ]

iApprovei March 80, 1881
The People of the State of CalUor-
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as foltoaos:
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
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law to
the con utrary Notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the next general or special
State election.
StC.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
| 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 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 delegate; the
|
| islaus shall jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Marirosa and Merced
| shall Jointly elect one delegate; the
county of Stanislaus shall eject one DEL
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-
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
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 Calaveras shall elect one dele
gate; the county of Sacramento shall
ve nsy ine eect ons os
egate; the county OF Solano shall elect
three delegates; the county of YolO
shall elect one delegate; the counties oi
Napa, Lake and Sonoma snail lolntly
shall elect one delegate; the county oi
Lake shall elect one delegate; the coun'
ty of Sonoma shall elect four delegates
the county OF Placer shall elect Two deie'
pine shall jointly elect two delegates; the
county of Ell Dorado shall elect one dele
gate; the counties of Nevada and Sierra
shall jointly elect one delegate; the %tht
. gates; the county OF Sierra shall elecl
one delegate; the counties of Yuba and
Sutter shall jointly elect one delegate
the county of Yuba shall elect two dele
gates; the county of Sutter shall cleo
one delegate; the counties of Butte, Plu
mas and Lassen shall jointly elect ont
delegate; the counties OF Plumas and
Lassen shall 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 on,
delegate; the county OF Humboldt shall
elect one delegate; the county OF Mendo
cino shall elect one delegate; the count.
! of Del Eorte shall elect one delegate; tn
|. counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity ant
shasta shall jointly elect one delegate
, the counties Of Siskiyou and Modoc shal
lies Of Trinity and Shasta shall joint.
elect one delegate; the county o
Tehama shall elect one delegates; th'
, county of Colusa shall elect one dele
be elected by the State at large, eight Is
residents Of each Congressional District
SEC. g. All persons entitled by law t
vote for Members of Assembly shall b
entitled TO vote at such election in thei
respective election districts, and no
I.elsewhere. Such election shall be b,
ballot.
SEC. 4. The following regulations shal
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 helt
and conducted by the proper election of
ficers of the several election districts o
the State, and shall be governed and reg
, ulated In all respects by the general elec
ton laws of the State in force at TIN
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 ih'
meantime been made by law, the copie!
of the Great Registers which were used IL
the several counties of this State at tht
general election held in the year eighteeI
hundred and seventy.seven Shall bt
used. The Boards of supervisors mus
furnish the Boards OF Election of eacf
precinct in their respective counties, be
lore the day on which said special cleo
tion Is appointed to be held, at least one
copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. If the Boards of Supervisors can
not otherwise obtain a 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
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thousand two hundred and twenty-eighi
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 10 receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts OF theiI
respective counties, 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 the county
in which polls were opened have been re-
celved, 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
| until all of the returns are received 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 ofthe Convention; and the prOceed-
ings of the officers whose duty it is to
make out said returns shall he 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
at large. or the persons so voted for as
delegates at large, the eight persons, resi-
dents of any one Congressional Dictrict.
| who shall have received plurality of
| votes over all other persons, severally,
who reside in the same Congressional
District, shall be declared elected such
delegates at large.