Canvass. Proclamation. Transmission to Congress. Election of officers. Meeting of Legislature. stance, as the case may be, of their respective districts; and said Prefect, Sub-Prefect, or Senior Judge of First Instance shall transmit one of the same, by the most safe and rapid conveyance, to the Secretary of State. Upon the receipt of said returns, or on the tenth day of December next, if the returns be not sooner received, it shall be the duty of a Board of Canvassers, to consist of the Secretary of State, one of the Judges of the Superior Court, the Prefect, Judge of First Instance, and an Alcalde of the District of Monterey, or any three of the aforementioned officers, in the presence of all who shall choose to attend, to compare the votes given at said election, and to immediately publish an abstract of the same in one or more of the newspapers of California. And the Executive will also, immediately after ascertaining that the Constitution has been ratified by the people, make proclamation of the fact; and thenceforth this Constitution shall be ordained and established as the Constitution of California. SEC. 7. If this Constitution shall be ratified by the people of California, the Executive of the existing Government is hereby requested, immediately after the same shall be ascertained, in the manner herein directed, to cause a fair copy thereof to be forwarded to the President of the United States, in order that he may lay it before the Congress of the United States. SEC. 8. At the general election aforesaid, viz: the thirteenth day of November next, there shall be elected. a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Legislature, and also two members of Congress. SEC. 9. If this Constitution shall be ratified by the people of California, the Legislature shall assemble at the seat of Government on the fifteenth day of December next; and in order to complete the organization of that body the Senate shall elect a President pro tempore, until the Lieutenant Governor shall be installed into office. SEC. 10. On the organization of the Legislature, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before canvassers each House a copy of the abstract made by the Board of Report of Canvassers, and, if called for, the original returns of election, in order that each House may judge of the correctness of the report of said Board of Canvassers. United States Senator. SEC. 11. The Legislature, at its first session, shall Election of elect such officers as may be ordered by this Constitution to be elected by that body, and within four days after its organization, proceed to elect two Senators to the Congress of the United States. But no law passed by this Legislature shall take effect until signed by the Governor after his installation into office. SEC. 12. The Senators and Representatives of the Congress of the United States elected by the Legislature and people of California, as herein directed, shall be furnished with certified copies of this Constitution, when ratified, which they shall lay before the Congress of the United States, requesting, in the name of the people of California, the admission of the State of California into the American Union. Applica admission Union. tion for into the tion of SEC. 13. All officers of this State, other than members Installaof the Legislature, shall be installed into office on the officers. fifteenth day of December next, or as soon thereafter as practicable. SEC. 14. Until the Legislature shall divide the State into counties and Senatorial and Assembly Districts, as directed by this Constitution, the following shall be the apportionment of the two Houses of the Legislature, viz: The Districts of San Diego and Los Angeles shall jointly elect two Senators; the Districts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo shall jointly elect one Senator; the District of Monterey, one Senator; the District of San José, one Senator; the District of San Francisco, two Senators; the District of Sonoma, one Senator; the District of Sacramento, four Senators; and the District of San Joaquin, four Senators. And the District of San Diego shall elect one member of the Assembly; the District of Los Angeles, two members of Assemby; the District of Santa Barbara, Apportionrepre ment of sentation. Salaries of State fixed. two members of Assembly; the District of San Luis Obispo, one member of Assembly; the District of Monterey, two members of Assembly; the District of San José, three members of Assembly; the District of San Francisco, five members of Assembly; the District of Sonoma, two members of Assembly; the District of Sacramento, nine members of Assembly; and the District of San Joaquin, nine members of Assembly. SEC. 15. Until the Legislature shall otherwise direct, officers till in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, the salary of the Governor shall be ten thousand dollars per annum; and the salary of the Lieutenant Governor shall be double the pay of a State Senator; and the pay of members of the Legislature shall be sixteen dollars per diem while in attendance, and sixteen dollars for every twenty miles traveled by the usual route from their residences to the place of holding the session of the Legislature, and in returning therefrom. And the Legislature shall fix the salaries of all officers other than those elected by the people at the first election. Article VIII does not apply to expenditures of the first Legislature. SEC. 16. The limitation of the powers of the Legisla ture contained in Article VIII of this Constitution shall not extend to the first Legislature elected under the same, which is hereby authorized to negotiate for such amount as may be necessary to pay the expenses of the State Government. H. W. HALLECK, L. W. HASTINGS, J. MCHENRY HOLLINGSWORTH, BENJ. S. LIPPINCOTT, WM. M. STEUART. 0. M. WOZENCRAFT. NOTE.-This Constitution will be found annotated in the Appendix to the Political Code. 73-vol. ii. |