Year: 1875

testimony upon any grOunui Dut sucn teSti-
mony shall not afterwards be used against
him in any judicial proceeding. except for
perjury in giving such testimony


ARTICLE ".


LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.


SECTION /. The Legislative power OF this
= tte halt be vested in a Senate and Assem-
hi., witch shall he designated the Legislature
OF ir sta-e ofCali1ornia.


Ste IL enacting clause OF every statute
shall T.: ''ibe People of the state of Califor-
mia, represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:"


SEC. g. The sessions of the Legislature shall
be biennial and shall commence on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday of Janu-
ary, in the year following the election, of Its
members. No session shall continue longer
than one hundred and twenty days


SEC. 4. Members OF the Assembly shall be
chosen biennially, at the general election in
and every two years thereafter, by the quail
fed electors of their respective Assembly
Districts; and their terms of office shall be
two years from the day of their election.


SEC. s. Senators shall be chosen at the same
time and place as members of the Assembly,
by the qualified electors of their respective
Senatorial Districts. The term of Senators
shall be four years from the day OF their elec-
ton.


SEC. Q. Senators and members OF the AS
sembly shall be electors in the districts which



shall be a resident of his district ior one year
next before the election AT which he shall be
chosen.


SEC. I. The number of members of the
Senate shall be forty, and of the Assembly,
eighty. After the population OF the state ex-
eeeds one million the Legislature may, by
statute, increase the number OF members of
the Assembly TO not exceeding one hundred
and twenty. When the number shall be in
creased, the rule of appOrtonment herein pre-
scribed shall not apply to the excess over
eighty until each county in the state shall be
allowed one member of the Assembly.


SEC. s. The Legislature, at its session III the
year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, must
divide the State into Senatorial Districts OF
compact contiguous territory, as nearly equal
in population as may be. AT the next general
election thereafter, forty Senators shall be
elected one-half OF whom shall hold office for
the term OF four years and me other mn ior M
the term of two years, to be determined by lot
ut the first session Of the Legislature there
after.


SEE y. At the same time the Legislature
must divide the State into eighty Assem- bly,
Districts of compact contiguous territory, as
nearly equal in population as may be.


SEC. TO- In forming Congressional, Sena-
torial or Assembly District, county shall not
be divided so as to attach one portion of
county to another county.


SEC. IL. The Senatorial and Assembly Dis
trcts formed in eighteen hundred and eighty
two must be changed and the representation
reapportioned by the Legislature in the year
eighteen hundred and nine-twO, and every
ten years thereafter; and il any Legislature
upon which is devolved the duty of making
such change and reappOrtionmentf fails to per.
form il, the Governor of the State within sixty
days after the adjournment of such Legisla-
ture, must make such change and reappor-
tionment and declare it by proclamation.


SEC. IL. Every apportiOnment shall be
based upon the number of votes cast at the
Presidential election which occurred next be-
fore such apportionment.


SEC l3 When vacancies occur in either
House, the Governor shall issue proclama-
ton calling an election to NIL the same, unless
a general election will intervene between the
vacancy and the next session OF the LeglSla
ture.


SEC. IA. The members of both Houses shall
in all cases, except for treason, felony, VIOLA
ton of oath OF office, or surety of the peace, be
privileged from arrest during the session of
the Legislature and for fifteen days before and
after; and no member OF either House shall
damages for words spoken in debate or speech
in such House.


SEC. l5 Members of the Legislature and its
officers shall receive such salary, or per diem
and mileage, for regular and special sessions
as shall be previously fixed by statute, and no
other compensation whatever, whether for
services on committee or otherwise, shall be
allowed. No member of either House, or Of
ficer or employee of either House, shall, dur
ing the term for which he may have been
elected or appointed, receive any increase of
salary or mileage under any law or resolution
passed during such term.


SEC. l6. The sessions of the Legislature
shall be public, but either House may, by rule,
exclude from the floor of such House persons
other than its members.


SEC. II. A majority of each House shall
constitute a quorum to do business, but
smaller number may adjourn from day TO day
and may compel the attendance OF absent
members in such manner and under such
penalties as 1t may prescribe


SEC. Is. The Senate and Assembly respect
lively shall choose its own officers, Judge or
the qualifications and election of its members,
have power to determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings, to punish for contempt or disorderly
behavior in its presence, to enforce obedience
to its process, to protect its members against
violence, to punish its members and others
for bribery or offers to bribe member in the
discharge of his duties as such with the con-
currence of two-thirds to expel member, but
not second time for the same cause, and
shall have all other powers necessary for the
Legislature of free State. A member ex-
pelled for corruption shall not thereafter be
eligible to an election as a member of either
House, and punishment for bribery, contempt
or disorderly behavior, shall not bar an indict-
| ment for the same Offense.


SEC. 49, The Legislature shall provide, by
| statute, for taking the testimony in contests
! for seats in either House; such statutes must
| prescribe that all testimony shall be taken
| before the time fixed for the regular meetings
! of the Legislature. All such contests must be
finally determined within one week after the
| organization of the two Houses.
| SEC. 20. The Legislature shall prescribe by
law the number, duties and compensation of
|
| no payment shall be made from or authorized
| to be made out OF the State Treasury for T.
vices connected with the sessions of the Leg
islature, unless such service be first author
| lied and the compensation fixed by statute:


SEC. 81. The Senate, at the beginning of the
| regular sessions, and at such other times as
may be necessary, shall elect one Of its mem-
bers President pro tempOre, who may preside
| over the Sanate during the absence of the
| Leutenant-GoyernOr.


| SEC. %. Each House shall keep journal
of its proceedings and publish the same;
| Three members may call for the yeas and
nays on any question, and when so called the
| vote of each member voting shall be recorded
| in the journal.


SEC. %. Any bill may originate in either
House of the Legislature, and all bills passed
by one House may be amended in the other.
| SEC. "a. No bill shall be passed into stat
ute until it has been printed in the House
where 1t originated, for the use of both Houses
and referred to and returned from commit
tee in each House, and read once at length In
each House.


SEC. 25. No statute shall embrace more
than one subject, and that shall be expressed
in its title.


SEC. 26. No statute shall be amended by
| reference to its title; but, in such case, the