Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-26
LEGAL.
AN ACT

AN ACT
TO PROVIDE FOR A CONVENTION
TO FRAME A NEW CONSTITUTION
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Approved March 30, 1873
The People of the State of CaIfor.
MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as follo,0s:
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
Constitution OF tnis State and TO frame a
new Consultation. 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.
SIC. 2. The number OF delegates to be
chosen TO such Convention shall be one
hundred and tifIy-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 delegates; the counties of Tu-
lare, Kern and Fresno shall elect one
| delegate each, and the counties of Mono
| and lnyo shall elect one delegate; the
counties OF Mariposl. MERGED and stan
| islaus shall Jointly elect one delegate;
| the counties of Marlrosa and MERGED
| 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 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 Alamo
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
Tuolumnc 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
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 Iolo
shall elect one delegate; the counties OF
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall jointly
elect one delegates 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
gates; the counties Of Eel 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 elect
| one delegate; the counties of Yuba and
Suffer shall Jointly elect one delegate
the county of Yuba shall elect two dele
gates: the county of Suffer shall elect
one delegate; the counties of Butte, Piu.
mas and Lassen shall Jointly elect one
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 one
delegate; the county OF Humboldt shall
elect one delegate; the county of Mendo.
cino shall elect one delegate; the county
of Del Norte shall elect one delegate; the
counties of Slskiyou, Modoc, Trinity and
Shasta shall jointly elect one delegate;
| the counties OF Siskiyou and Modoc shat
jointly elect one delegate: the coun.
Ties of Trinity and Shasta shall Jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF
Tehama shall elect one delegate; the
| county of Colusa shall elect one dele.
gate; and thirty two 1922 delegates shall
be elected by the state at large, eight (S)
residents Of each Congressional District.
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by law 10
vote for Members of Assembly shall be
entitled to vote at such election in their
respective election districts, and not
elsewhere. such election shall be by
| ballot.
SEC. 4. The following regulations shall
apply to the aforesaid election, to be held
| on the third Wednesday in June, A. ID.
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
F'irst-The said election shall be held
and conducted by the proper election of.
| ticers of the several election districts of
| the State, and shall be governed and reg
ulated In all respects by the general cleo
| ton laws of the State in force at the
| time of said election, so far as the same
shall be applicable thereto, and not in
consistent with the provisions of this
| act.
Second-At the special election to be
| 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 in
tho several counties of this State al the
general election held in the year eighteen
| hundred and seventy-seven shall be
| used. The Boards of Supervisors must
furnish the Boards OF Election of each
| precinct in their respective counties, be-
| lore the day on which said special cleo
| ton is appointed to be held, at least one
| copy of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister. If the Boards of Supervisors can
not otherwise OBJ ain n sufficient mum Der
of copies of the register for the purpose,
1t 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
nfshed TO any precinct shall have been
used at any previous election, the char
| acter TX" may be used instead of the
word VOTED" as required by section one
thousand Two huhdred and twenty-eight
of the Political Code. II 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 bal lot at Il poll
ing place, shall not be required to an
nounce his number on the Great Regis.
ter, as provided for in section one thGus
and two hundred and twenty-five OF the
Political Code.
Third-The officers OF the several coun-
ties of this State, whose duty it is under
the law to receive and canvass the re-
turns from the several precincts OF their
respective counties, as well as the city
and county of San Francisco, shall meet
at the usual place of meeting Tor such
purpose on the second Monday after said
election. If, at the time of meeting, the
returns from each precinct in the countT
in which polls were opened have been re-
ceived, the Board must then and there
proceed to canvass the returns; but if all
returns have not os P H rff fom 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 mem
bors oft 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 GnYernnr nxcent