Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-11
iApproved March 80, 1873 ]
The People of the State of CaIGor.
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as folloaoS:


The People of the State of Cal1or.
mia, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as fotloaOS:
SECTION /. 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
ofthis State and to frame q
new Constitution. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law TO
the contrary notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the next general or special
State election.
SEC. 2. The mum Der 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 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-
delegate each, and the counties of Mono
and Inyo shall elect one delegate; the
counties of Mariposa. Merced and stan
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 Cruz, 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 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.
Amador shall Jointly elect one delegate
| the county of San Joaquin shall elect
| four delegates; the county of Am ador
shall elect two delegates; the counties OF
Tuolumne and Calaveras shall Jointly
elect one delegates. the county OF Tuol-
umne shall elect one delegate; the
county of Calaveras 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 delegates; 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 delegates; the
county OF Ell 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 elecl
one delegate; the counties of Yuba aho
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 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 on
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 nn'
shasta shall jointly elect one delegate
jointly elect one delegate; the coun
Ties of Trinity and Shasta shall joint.
elect one delegate; the county q
Tehama shall elect one delegate; tn
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
be elected by the State at large, eight q
residents OF each Congressional District
See. 8. 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
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. L
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight
First-The said election shall be he'll
and conducted by the proper election OF
ficers of the several election districts c
the State, and shall be governed and reg
ulated In all respects by the general elec
tion laws of the State in force at tn
shall be applicable thereto, and not in
consistent with the provisions of thi
act.
Second-At the special election to b
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 il
the several counties OF this State at tn
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
lore the day on which said special elec
copy of ihe aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. If the Boards of Supervisors can
not otherwise obtain a sufficient numbe
of copies of the register for the purpose
| IL must take the copies filed in the offic
OF the County Clerk, in pursuance of sec
ton one thousand two hundred and six
ty-eight OF the Political Code. If tn
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 th
duty of the Boards of Election TO pos
by section one thousand one hundre'
and fOrty-nine of the Political Code. Tn
voter, when he offers his ballot at poll
ing place, shall not be required - an
nounce his number on the Great Regis
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 it 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 after sal,
election. II, at the time of meeting, tn
returns from each precinct in tho count.
in which polls were opened have been re
ceived, the Board must then and ther
proceed to canvass the returns; but if al
returns have not been received, the can
vass must be postponed from day to da.
until all of the returns are received orunti
six postponeme ents have been had, whel
they shall proceed to make out returns o
the votes cast for delegates to be me m
bers ofthe Convention; and the proceed
ings of the officers whose duty it is t,
make out said returns shall be the sam,
as those prescribed for like officers in tn,
.f ur nj Innff fnr -.
that the returns shall be transmitted Il
the Secretary of State. The persons re
ceiving the highest number of votes a
such election shall be elected, except IL
the case OF persons voted for as delegate.
at large. Of the persons SO voted for al
delegates at large, the eight persons, resi-
dents of any one Congressional Dictrict
who shall have received plurality O
| votes over all other persons, severally
| who reside in the same Congressional
/ Disfricf shall ha declared elected sn cl