Year: 1878

day, and his assistants each six dollars
per duy, and the Doorkeepers, Pages,
Sergeant-at-Arms and assistants shall
receive the same compensation as pro-
vided by law for similar services anu at
tendance upon the Assem- bly,. The
amount of pay shall bs certified by the
President of the Convention, and shall
be paid by the rr. asurer OF tate, on the
warrant of the Controller, in the same
manner as memb bers of the Legislature
are paid. Itshall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to attend said Convention at the
opening thereof, and to administer 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
shall have neither herd the epsling vote nor
state shall also attend at the
opening of the Convention and
call the roll of delegates
All public officers, Boards and Com m s.
sons shall furnish such Convention with
all such inform alton, papers, statement,
books or other public documents in their
possession as the said Convention shall
order or require for It's use from time to
duty Of the Secretary of State to furnish
the mem bers of said Convention with
stationery TO the amount provided by
law for he legislature while in session,
and to the Convention such stationery,
manual, file boards and other like things
rs are urnished to the two Houses of the
Legislature. Said Convention may adopt
such rules and regulations for its own
may determine, and said Convention
shall be he judge OF the election ana
qualification ofits own members.


SEC. @. 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 tho public well
fare shall require secresy. Every dele
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-
bate in the Convention, the delegates
shall not be questioned in any other
place. The Convention shall have the
power to expel any of lis 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 been made. The Convention shall
have the power to punish as q contempt
and by imprisonment or otherwise, "a
breach Of his privileges, or of the prlvil-
eyes of its 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.


Seeond-That of disorderly conduct in
the immediate view and presence of the
Convention, and directly tending to in
terrupt its proceedings.


Third-That of publishing any false and
malicious report of the proceedings Of the
Con yention, or of the conduct of u MEM
Der in his delegated capacity.


Fourth-That Of refusing to attend or be
examined, as a witness, either before The
Convention or a committee to take testi-
mony in tho proceeding of the Conven-
tion.


Fifth-That OF giving or Offering q bribe
to a member, or of fattemptingb by menace
or any other corrupt means or device, di-
rectly or indirectly, to control or infiu-
ence member in giving his vote, or 10
prevent him from giving the same.


In all cases in which the Convention
shall punish any of its members, or ofli-
GERS, or any other person, by imprison-
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 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 by viltue thereof.
SEC.1 The Constitution framed by
such Conventiod shall be submitted by
| the Convention to the people for their


adoption or rejection at taspecial election


to be held on the first Wednesday of May,
| eighteen hundred and saventy-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,
and not elsewhere. The said Constitu-


tion shall be voted on as n whole. No


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 or


tickets shall have printed or written up


on them the words" For the New Const-


tuition" 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 aud returns of
the votes cast upon such question Shall +,
in such manner as the Convention shall
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State, who shall call to his assistan ce
the Controller, Treasurer and secretary
of State, and CO npare the votes as certi-
fled to him. If, by such an examination,
it Is ascertained that majority of the
whole number of votes cast ut such eleo-
tion be in favor of such new Constitu-
ton, the Executive of this State shall,
by his proclamation. declare such new
Constitution TO be the Constitution OF
the State Of California, and that 1t will
take effect at such time as the said
Convention may have in its direc-
ton, by resolution, or in said COnstitu-
tion 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. 8. All willful and corrupt false
swearing in taking any of the oaths pre-
scribed by this act, or by the laws OF this
State made applicable to this act, or in
any other mode or form in carrying into
effect this act, shall be deemed perjury,
and shall be punished in the man er
now prescribed BY law for willful and
corrupt perjury.


SEC. y. Ii shall be the duty Of the Sec
rotary OF S ate to cause this act to be
published once O. month after Its passage,
until the election of delegates herein
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
clty Ol SacraInenUD, ana one III Jne cOun-
~ of Los Angeles, and one in the county
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 and
paid by the State Treasurer, according to
law.


SEC. 10. All the printing necessary for
the said Convention, under the provis-
ions of this act, shall be done and per-
formed at the state Printing Office.


SEC. III: In case any vacancy occurs, by
reason Of the death, resignation, or other
wise, of any delegate elected to said Con-
yention, the same shall be filled by The
Convention


SEC IL. The sum CT one hundred and
nifty thousand dollars, or so much there
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
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