Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-28
Approved March 30, 1873 ]
The People Of the State of CaIGor.
MIA, represented IN Senate and
assembly, do enact as folloaos:

The People Of the State Of CaLJor.
MIA, represented in Senate and
ASSEMBLY, do enact as .foltoaOS:
SECTION /. An election shall be held
on the third Wednesday in June, eight
cen hundred and st VI nty-eight of dele
gates to meet in Convention 10 revise the
Constitution of this 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 contrary notwithstanding. All other
elections called for the same time shall
be held at the mex general or special
State election.
SIC. 2. 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 of
San Bernardino shall elect one delegate;
the county of Los Angeles shall elect
three delegates; the counties of Ventura,
Santa Barbara anu San Luis Oblspo shall
elect one delegate; the counties of Tu-
Iare, Kern and Fresno shall elect one
delegate each, and the counties of Mono
and Inyo shall elect one delegate; the
counties OF Mariposl. MERGED and Stan
islaus shall jointly elect one delegate;
the counties of MariIosa 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 eject one delegate; the
| county of San Benito shall elect one DEL
egate; the county Of Santa Clara shall
elect five delegates; the city and county
| of San Francisco shall elect at large
| thirty delegates; the city and county of
San Francisco Mt large, jointly with the
Rnuntv n San MatpO- shall elppt flpI-
| 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;
! four delegates; the county Of Amador
shall elect two delegates; tue counties of
| Tuolumne 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 Yolo
shall elect one delegate; the counties of
Napa, Lake and Sonoma shall jointly
elect one delegate; the county OF Napa
|
| 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 deie
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, 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 Mendoclno, 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-
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 1927 delegates shall
be elected by the state at large, eight (S)
| residents of each Congressional District.
| SEC. 3. AL persons Gnlltleu 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:
| First-The said election shall be held
and conducted by the proper election of.
| ficers 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
| 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
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 obtain a sufficient number
e.
it 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 TX" 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 ectiOn one th0us
and two hundred and twenty-five of the
Political Code.
Third-The officers OF the several coun- |
ties of this State, whose duty il 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 for such |
purpose on the second Monday after said |
election. IT, 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 been received, the cam |
vass must be postponed from day to day |
until all 1.-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,
beers 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 trans mitted to |
the Secretary OF State. The, persons re-
ceiving the highest number of votes at
such election shall be elected, except in
the case or persons voted for as delegates
at large. OF 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