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Application for admission into the Union.

Installation of officers.

Apportion

ment of representation.

Salaries of State

officers till fixed.

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.

SEC. 13. All officers of this State, other than members of the Legislature, shall be installed into office on the 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 Dis trict 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, 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, 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.

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.

R. SEMPLE,

President, and Delegate from Benicia.

WM. G. MARCY, Secretary.

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JOSEPH ARAM,

CH. T. BOTTS,

ELAM BROWN,

ELISHA O. CROSBY,

JOSE M. COVARUBIAS,
STEPHEN C. FOSTER,
PABLO DE LA GUERRA,
LEWIS DENT,

KIMBALL H DIMMICK,
A. J. ELLIS,

JOSE ANTO CARRILLO,
WM M. GWIN,
EDW. GILBERT,
HENRY HILL,
J. D. HOPPE,

JOSEPH HOBSON,

JULIAN HANKS,

H. W. HALLECK,

L. W. HASTINGS,

J. MCHENRY HOLLINGSWORTH,

JAS. McWALL JONES,
THOMAS 0. LARKIN,
FRANCIS J. LIPPITT,

BENJ, S. LIPPINCOTT,

BENJ. F. MOORE,
RODMAN M. PRICE,
JNO. MCDOUGALL,
MAN'L DOMINGUEZ,
MYRON NORTON,
PACIFICUS ORD,

MIGUEL D. PEDRORENA,
M. M. McCARVER,
ANTONIO MA. PICO,
JACINTO RODRIGUES,
HUGH REID,

J. A. SUTTER,

JACOB R. SNYDER,

WINFIELD SCOTT SHERWOOD,
WILLIAM E. SHANNON,

ABEL STEARNS,

P. SANSEVAIN,
WM. M. STEUART,
HENRY A TEFFT,
M. G. VALLEJO,
THOS. L. VERMEULE,
J. P. WALKER,

0. M. WOZENCRAFT.

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA.

Art. Sec.

Absence from State, of Governor, duties to devolve on Lieutenant

Governor........

on business of State, not to affect residence... Admission into the Union, Senators and Representatives to request Schedule

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Agriculture, to be encouraged...........................
Apportionment, of Senators and Assemblymen....

same

Appropriation, cannot be made for a longer time than two years.
Assembly, members of, when and how chosen..............

term of office...

to be qualified electors....

must be citizens of the State one year and of the county six
months.

Assembly, shall have sole power of impeachment..............................

number of.....

districts, how formed......

Associations, for deposit of gold and silver may be formed...... not to issue paper to circulate as money..........................................

to be prohibited by law from banking, etc...............

Attainder, bill of, prohibited.......

Attorney General, liable to impeachment.... how chosen, term and eligibility.

how chosen......

Bail, excessive, not to be required......

all persons entitled to-exception......

Ballot, all elections to be by.

Banks, no charter to be granted........

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associations may be formed for deposits, etc..........
such association not to issue paper to pass as money.

Boundary, of State.....

Bribery, person convicted disqualified for office....

laws shall be made disqualifying such persons.......
disqualification of persons convicted of........

Census, to be taken in 1852 and 1855, and every ten years thereafter.....
Cities and Villages, provisions to be made for incorporating, and restrict-
ing taxation, debts, etc.....

Clerks, of Supreme Courts, election of, to be provided for.................
County Clerk, election to be provided for....

County Clerk ex officio Clerk of District Court..............
Commissions, form of.........

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compensation of.........

Conciliation, tribunals for.........
Congressional Districts, how formed...
Constitution, mode of amending..........

mode of revising and changing.............
effect of........

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who entitled to vote on adoption of......
when and how submitted to people.
copy to be forwaded to the President of the United States,

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certified copy to be furnished Senators and Representatives
in Congress.

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Contracts, obligation of, not to be impaired......

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existing, not to be affected....

Corporations, how formed..

dues from, how secured...

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Coroner, election of, to be provided for.................................. .....................

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laws creating may be altered or repealed.

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to be prohibited by law from banking and issuing paper

money...

liability of stockholders.......

municipal, to be restricted in the power of taxation, contract-
ing debts, etc...

State shall not be stockholder in.......

County Court, election of Judge of, term of office, duties, etc.............
jurisdiction

compensation of Judge not to be increased or diminished
during term......

County Governments, system of, to be established...............

Court of Sessions, how composed..........

jurisdiction, duties, etc..

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statement of receipts and expenditures to be published an-
nually with laws.....

Defalcation. See Embezzlement.

District Attorney, election of, to be provided for.......

District Court, Judges of, liable to impeachment..........

Judges, how elected and term..........................................

jurisdiction of (original)....

in criminal cases and issues of fact from Probate Court, un-
limited

County Clerk ex officio Clerk of.....

time and place of holding to be provided for...

compensation of Judge not to be increased or diminished dur

ing term.....

Judge ineligible to any other office during term...........................

District, Congressional, Senatorial, etc., how formed...
Divorce, shall not be granted by the Legislature.......
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