Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-14

MIA, represented in Senate and
assembly, do enact as fotioaoS:
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 OF this State and to frame a
new Consultation. No other question
shall be submitted to the people or voted
the contrary Notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the next general or special
State election.
SGC2. The number 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 ol
| 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-
| lare, Kern and Fresno shall elect one
| delegate each, and the counties of Mono
and lnyo shall elect one delegate; the
| counties OF Mariposl. Merced and Stan
| lslaus shall jointly elect one delegate;
| the counties of Marirosa and Merced
| shall Jointly elect one delegate; the
county Of SIanislaus shall elect one del.
esate: 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 eject one delegate; the
| county of San Benito shall elect one del
| egate; the county of Santa Clara snail
\ 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 oL Alame-
| ties of Contra Costa and Marin shall
| Jointly elect one delegate; the county ol
| 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
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 me sounsles mite OF ! so.
egate; the county OF Soiano shall eject
three delegates; the county OF Yolo
| shall elect one delegate; the counties oi
Napa, Lake and Sonorna 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;
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 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 elect
one delegates; the counties of Butte, Plu.
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 Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity and
| 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 Jointly
elect one delegate: the county o
county of Colusa shall elect one dele.
gate; and thirty two 1927 delegates shall
be elected by the state at large, eight g.
residents Of each Congressional District
SEC. 8. All persons entitled by law to
vote for Members of Assembly shall bt
entitled to vote at such election in their
respective election districts, and moi
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. D.
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight:
first-The said election shall be held
and conducted by the proper election Of
flee rs of the several election districts ol
the State, and shall be governed and reg
ulated In all respects by the general elec.
tion 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
| ters or ward registers shall have in the
| meantime been made by law, the copies
of the Great Registers which were used in
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 must
furnish the Boards OF Election of each
precinct in their respective counties, be-
lore the day on which said special cleo
tion is appointed to be held, at least one
COPY of the aforesaid printed Great Reg
lister, Ifthe Boards of Supervisors can
moi otherwise obtain a 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 and six
/ ty-eight OF the Political Code. If the
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 "voted," as required by section one
thousand two hundred and twenty-eight
| OF the Political Code. 1t 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 ballot at poll
| 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 ana twenty-five OF lne
| Political Code.
Third-The officers OF the several coun-
ties of this State, whose duty 1t is under
| the law to receive and canvass the re-
| turns from the several precincts OF their
respective counties, as we'll as the city
/ and county of San Francisco, shall meet
| at the usual place OF meeting for such
purpose on the second Monday after said
election. If, at the time of meeting, the
| returns from each precinct in the county
in which polls were opened have been re-
ceiyed, the Board must then and there
| proceed to canvass tho returns; but II all
| returns have not been received, the can
| vass must be postponed from 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 men,
bers of the Convention; and the proceed.
/ ings of the officers whose duty 1t 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-
| ceiving 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 II plurality of
votes over all other persons, severally,
| who reside in the same Congressional
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