Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-15
The People of The State of Califor-
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as foltoaoS:


MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as foltoaos:
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
new Consultation. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law to
the con trary Notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the next general or special
State election.
| Ssc.2. The numbe 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 or
\ the county of Los Angeles shall elect
three delegates; the counties Of Ventura,
Santa Barbara ana San Luis OblspO snail
elect one delegate; the counties a1, ESQ., OF ss In,
| delegate each, and the counties of Mono
4 and Inyo shall elect one delegate; the
4 counties OF Mariposa. Merced and stan
| islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of Mariposa and Merced
n shall Jointly elect one delegate; the
u county of SLanislaus shall elect one del
n egate: the counties of Santa Cruz, Mon
A terey and San Benito shall Jointly elect
one delegate; the county of Santa Cruz
j 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 snail
elect live 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-
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 courfsy 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
h lano and Yolo shall Jointly elect one dei :
egate; the county OF Solano shall elect
three delegates; the county OF iolo
shall elect one delegate; the counties OF
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF Napa
! shall eject one delegate; the county OF
/ Lake shall elect one delegate; the coun'
ty of Sonoma shall elect four delegates
R The county OF Placer shall elect two dele
gates; the counties OF FL Dorado ana Al
| Dine 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 delegates; the
county of Nevada shall elect four dele
gates: the county of Sierra shall elect
/ 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 eiec'
/ one delegate; the counties Of Butte, Plu'
| mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
! 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 one
| delegate; the county of Humboldt shall
| elect one delegate; the county of Mendo
elmo shall elect one delegate; the county
of Del Norte shall elect one delegate; tn,
| counties of Siskiyou, NJ o 1oc, Trinity an6
Shasta shall Jointly elect one delegate
the counties Of Siskiyou and Modoc shall
Jointly elect one delegate; the coun
lies Of Trinity and Shasta shall joint,
elect one delegate; the county o
Tehama shall elect one delegate; thu
county of Colusa shall elect one dele
gate; and thirty two (32) delegates sinai
be elected by the state at large, eight (S
| residents of each Congressional District
SEC. 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 snail be b.
ballot.
SEC. 4. The following regulations shall
| appIy to the aforesaid election, to be hell
on the third Wednesday in June, A. u
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
F'irst-The said election shall be helt
and conducted by the proper election of
ticers of the several election districts o
the State, and shall be governed and reg
, ! ulated In all respects by the general cleo
! tion laws OF the state IN force at TN
shall be applicable thereto, and not in
| consistent with the provisions of this
act.
: 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 II
the several counties of this State at the
general election held in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-seven shall be
used, The Boards OF supervisors mus
furnish the Boards OF Electlon or each
lore the day on which said special elec'
ton is appointed to be held, at least one
| CODY of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. If the Boards OF supervisors can
not otherwise obiain sufficient number
| of copies of the register for the purpose,
| IL must take the copies filed in the office
| OF the County Clerk, in pursuance OF sec.
ton one thousand TWO hundred ana SIX
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
word .svoted," as required by section one
7 thousand two hundred and twenty-eighl
of the Political Code. 1t shall not be the
duty OF the Boards OF Election TO post
copies of the Great Register, as required
Thousand hnpd rad
:. and forty-nine Of the Political Code. The
| voter, when he offers his ballot at poll
r | 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
y the law to receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts OF theil
| respective counties, as well as the city
and county of San Francisco, shall meet
at the usual place OF meeting ior such
election. If, at the time OF meeting, the
| returns from each precinct In the county
n in which polls were opened have been re
!, ceiyed, the Board must then ana there
!. proceed to canvass the returns; but if all
returns have not been received, the can
| vass must be postponed from day 10 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 10 be men,
bers of the Convention; and the proceed
ings of the officers whose duty it is to
: make out said returns shall be 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-
, ceiying 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 u plurality of
| votes over all other persons, severally,
| 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 retui MS OF said election