Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-13
LEGAL.

ltCCiNC lhO suiit lllpGnsdllOu dS DTO-
yided by law for similar services and at
| tendance upon the Assembly. The
amount of pay shall be certified by the
President OF the Convention, and shall
| be paid by the Treasurer of state, on the
warrant of the Controller, in the same
manner as members of the Legislature
are paid. Itsball be the duty of the Gov
| ernor to attend said Convention at the
constitutional oath of office to the dele
gates, and to preside at all meetings
thereof until President has been elected
and taken his seat, but the Governor
any other vote therein. The secretary of
State shall also attend at the
opening of the Convention and
call the roll of delegates.
slons shall furnish such Convention with
all such inform alton, papers, statementi',
| books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Conven tion shall
order or require for its use from time to
time while in session. II shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State TO furnish
the members 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
Legislature. 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. 8. 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 quOru m to do business.
| The doors of the Convention shall be
kept open, except when the public well
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gate to the Convention shall have the
| like privileges from arrest and from civil
process as members of the Legislature
now have by law. For any speech or de-
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
| disOrderly behavior, by Imprisonment or
otherwise: but no member shall be ex-
PEELED until the report of committee
appointed to inquire into the facts alleg.
| ed as the ground of his expulsion shall
have the power to punish as a contempt
| and by imprisonment or otherwise, a
breach of his privileges, or of the prlvil-
| eges of It's members, but such power shall
not be exercised except against persons
guilty Of one or more OF the following Of
| fenses:
First-The offense of arresting or SUBJ
| jecting member or officer OF the Con-
vention to civil process, in violation OF
his privilege from arrest as heretofore
| declared.
Second-That OF disorderly conduct in
the immediate view and presence of the
Convention. and directly tending to liz
| terrupt its proceedings.
Third-That ofpublishing any false and
malicious report of the proceedings of the
| Con vention, or OF the conduct OF u mem
ber in his delegated capacity.
| Fourth-That of refusing to attend or be
| examined. as n witness either before the
| Convention or a committee to TAX o testi-
mony in the proceeding of the Conven-
| tion-
Fifth-That OF giving or offering a brlbe
or any other corrupt means or device, di.
rectly or indirectly, to control or infiu-
ence member in giving his vote, or to
prevent him from giving the same.
In all cases in which the Convention
shall punish any of its members, or OH
GERS, or any other person, by imprison-
ment, such imprisonment shall not eX-
tend beyond the session of the Conven-
ton. 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 shall
approve, in the penal sum of five thous-
and dollars, conditioned that he shall
faithfully perform the duties of his office
and account for all moneys which may
come into his hands bv virtue thereof.
| DEC. uC Dy
such Conventiod shall be submitted by
the Convention to the people for Jheii
adoption or rejection at a special election
to be held on the first Wednesday of May
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and
every person hereby entitled to vote for
delegates may vote at that election, on
such adoption or rejection. In the election
district in which he shall then reside
ton shall be voted on as a whole. Nc
other question than the adoption or re-
lection of the proposed Constitution
shall be submitted to the people or voted
on at such election, any statute or law
to the contrary notwithstanding. The
Convention shall prescribe the publica-
tion of said Constitution, and the notice
to be given of the election. The ballots OF
tickets shall have printed or written up
on them the words " For the New Consti-
tutioh," or Against the New Constitu-
tion ;" and all the provisions of law now
or at that time existing in regard to gen.
eral elections shall be applicable to such
election, except that the provisions of the
first and second subdivisions OF section
four of this act shall also apply TO said
election. The canvassing and returns oil
the votes cast upon such question shall
in such manner as the Convention shall
direct, be certified to the Executive OF the
State, who shall call to his assistan ce
| the Controller, Treasurer and Secretary
| of State, and co npare the votes as certi-
| fed to him. If, by such an examination,
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whole number of votes cast at such eleo-
| ton be in favor of such new ConStitu-
tion, the Executive of this State shall,
by his proclamation. declare such new
Constitution to be the Constitution Of
| the State of California, and that it will
take effect at such time as the said
Convention may have in its direc-
| tion, by resolu ton, or in said Constitu-
| ton itself, fixed. If said Convention fix
no time for said Constitution 10 take ef-
feet, then it shall take effect Immediately
| upon such proclamation being made.
| SEC. s. All willful and corrupt false
scri bed by this act, or by the laws OF This
| State made applica BILE to this act, or in
any other mode or form in carrying into
effect this act, shall be deemed perjury,
now prescribed by law for willful and
corrupt perjury.
SEC. 8. tshall be the duty OF the Sec
retary Of State to cause this act to be
published once month after Its passage,
until the election of delegates herein
provided, iu not more than five of the
public newspapers published in this
State-one of said publications 10 be in
some newspaper published in the city
and county of Francisco, and one in the
city OF Sacramento, and one in the cOun-
ty of Los Angeles, and one in the county
of N evada, and one in the county of Tus
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 and
paid by the State Treasurer, according to
law.
SEC. 10. All the printing necessary for
the said Convention, nder the provis-
ions of this act, shall be done and per-
form ed 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. II. The sum OF one hundred and
MY thousand dollars, or so much there
OF as may be necessary, is hereby appr0-
Treasury, to pay the expenses of the Con-
vention provided for in this act
SIC. l3. This act shall take effect i'm
mediatelv