Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-11
LEGAL.

mount OF pay shall be certified by the
President of the Convention, and shall
De paid by the Treasurer of state, on the
of the Controller, in the Same
manner as members of the Legislature
IRE paid. 1tshall be the duty of the Gov
,rnor to attend said Convention at the
opening thereof, and to administer the
oath of office to the dele
gates, and to preside at all meetings
hereof until n President has been elected
and taken his seat, but the Governor
shall have neither the casting vote nor
my other vote therein. The secretary OF
state shall also attend at the
,all the roll of delegates.
All public officers, Boards and Comm;s-
sions shall fui nlsh such Convention with
all such Information, papers, statements,
books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Convention shall
order or require for its use from time to
time while in session. 1t shall be the
duty OF the Secretary of State to furnish
the mem bers OF said Convention with
stationery to the amount provided by
law for the LEGISLATURE while in session,
and to the Convention such stationery,
manual file boards and other like things
as are furnished to the two Houses of the
Said Convention may adopt
such rules and regulations for its own
government as majority of its members
may determine, and said Convention
shall be the Judge OF the election and
qualification of Its own members.
SEC. 9, A journal OF the proceedings OF
the said Convention shall be kept, and
shall, at the final adjournment thereof,
be filed in the office of the Secretary OF
state, and the Constitution agreed to by
the Convention shall be recorded in his
office. A majority of the Convention
shall constitute quorum to do business.
The doors of the Convention shall be
kept open, except when the public well
fare shall require secresy. Every dele
gate to the Convention shall have the
like privileges from arrest and from civil
now have by law. For any speech or de-
bate in the Convention, the delegates
shall not be questioned in any other
place. The Convention shall have the
power to expel any of its members, and
to punish It's members and officers for
dlsorderiy behavior. by Imprisonment or
otherwise; but no member shall be ex-
pelled until the report of q committee
appointed to inquire into the facts alleg.
ed as the ground of his expulsion shall
have been made. The Convention shall
have the power to punish as a contempt
and by imprisonment or otherwise, q
breach OF his privileges, or of the privil-
eges of its members, but such power shall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty OF one or more OF the following Of
fenses:
Eirst-The offense of arrestinS or sub
jecting member or officer OF the Con-
vention to civil process, in violation OF
his privilege front arrest as heretofore
declared.
Second-That of disorderly conduct in
the immediate view and presence of the
Convention, and directly tending to in
terruptits proceedings.
Third-That of publishing any false and
malicious report of the proceedings of the
Convention, or Of the conduct of u mem
ber in his delegated capacity.
Fourth-That of refusing to attend or bt
examined, as witness, either before The
Convention or committee to take testi
mony in the proceeding of the Conven
tion.
Fifth-That OF giving or offering brlbe
to a member, or of attempting by menace
or any other corrupt means or device, di
rectly or indirectly, to control or influ'
ence member in giving his vote, or tt
prevent him from giving the same.
In all cases in which the Convention
shall punish any OF its members, or Off
GERS, or any other person, by 1mprison
ment, such imprisonment shall not ex
tend beyond the session of the COnven
tion. Every person appointed to the of
flee OF Secretary of the Convention shall
before he enters on the duties of his Office
execute bond to the people OF the STATE
with such security as the Controller shal
approve, in the penal sum of five thous
and dollars, conditioned that he shal
faithfully perform the duties of his oflic,
and account for all moneys which may
come into his hands bv virtue thereof.
SEC.7. The Constitution framed by
such Conventiod shall be submitted b,
the Convention to the people for Ihei
to be held on the first Wednesday of May
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, ant
every person hereby entitled to vote fol
| delegates may vote at that election, OF
district in which he shall then reside
and not elsewhere. The said Constitu
tion shall be voted on as whole. NJ
other question than The adoption or re
lection of the proposed Constitution
shall be submitted to the people or v0te'
on at such election, any statute or Law
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Thu
Convention shall prescribe the publica
tion of said Constitution, and the MOTTO
to be given of the election. The ballots o
on them the words For the New Consti
tution," or Against the New Constitu
tion," and all the provisions of law nov
or at that time existing in regard to gen
eral elections shall be applicable to sucl
election, except that the provisions ofth'
first and second subdivisions of section
four Of this act shall also apply to sale
election. The canvassing and returns o
the votes cast upon such question shall
in such manner as the Convention shal
direct, be certified to the Executive Of tn
State, who shall call to his assistan C
the Controller, Treasurer and Secretar,
of State, and CO npare the vote3 as certi
fled to him. II, by such an examination
it is ascertained that majority of tn
whole mum Der of votes cast at such eleS
tion be in favor of such new Constitu
tion, the Executive of this State shall
by his proclamation. declare such nev
Constitution TO be the Constitution o
the State of California, and that it viii
take effect at such time as the sale
Convention may have in its direc
tion itself, fixed. If said Convention Il,
no time for said Constitution to take eff
feet, then it shall take effect immediatell
upon such proclamation he1ng made.
SEC. 8. All willful and corrupt false
swearing in taking any of the oaths pre-
scribed by this act, or by the laws OF thi'
State made applicable to this act, or ii
any other mode or form in carrying int
effect this act, shall be deemed perjury
and shall be punished in the mannel
now prescribed by law for willful anc
corrupt perjury.
SEC. 8. II shall be the duty OF the Sec
retary OF State to cause this act to bt
published once month after its passage
provided, iu not more than five of the
public newspapers published in TIN.
State-one of said publications to be il
some newspaper published in the city
and county of Francisco, and one in the
city of Sacramento, and one in the coun
of Nevada, and one in the county of Tu
lare; and the expense of publishing the
same, and all other legal expenses in
Cured in printing for The Convention
shall be audited by the Controller ano
paid by the State Treasurer, according to
law.
SEC. 10. All the printing necessary fol
the said Convention, under the provis
ions OF tais act, shall be done aud per
formed at the State Printing Office.
SEC. ii. In case any vacancy occurs, by
reason of the death, resignation, or other
wise, of any delegate elected to said Con
vention, the same shall be filled by the
Convention.
SEC. IL. The sum OF one hundred ant
hfty thousand dollars, or so much there
of as may be necessary, is hereby appro
priated out OF any money in the Stale
Treasury, to pay the expenses of the Con
vention provided for in this act.
SIC. l3. This act shall take effect i'm
mediately