21. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco comprised within the boundaries of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twenty-first Senatorial District.

22. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco comprised within the boundaries of the Fortieth and Forty-first Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twenty-second Senatorial District.

23. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco comprised within the boundaries of the Thirty-first and Thirty-ninth Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twenty-third Senatorial District.

24. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco comprised within the boundaries of the Forty-second and Forty-third Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District.

25. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco comprised within the boundaries of the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District.

26. All that portion of the County of Alameda comprised within the boundaries of the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twentysixth Senatorial District.

27. All that portion of the County of Alameda comprised within the boundaries of the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twentyseventh Senatorial District.

28. All that portion of the County of Alameda comprised within the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Assembly Districts, as fixed and described in the preceding section, shall constitute the Twenty-eighth Senatorial District.

29. The Counties of San Mateo and Santa Cruz shall constitute the Twenty-ninth Senatorial District.

30. All that portion of Santa Clara County not included in the Thirtyfirst Senatorial District shall constitute the Thirtieth Senatorial District.

31. All that portion of Santa Clara County comprising the townships of Redwood, Almaden, Gilroy, and Burnett, and the third ward in the City of San José, and all of the township of San José outside of the City of San José, except the precincts of Berryessa and Orchard, as now constituted, shall constitute the Thirty-first Senatorial District.

32. The Counties of Inyo, Tulare, and Kings shall constitute the Thirty-second Senatorial District.

33. The Counties of San Benito and Monterey shall constitute the Thirty-third Senatorial District.

34. The Counties of San Luis Obispo and Kern shall constitute the Thirty-fourth Senatorial District.

35. The Counties of Santa Barbara and Ventura shall constitute the Thirty-fifth Senatorial District.

36. All that portion of the County of Los Angeles included in and comprising the following townships and election precincts: Antelope, Fairmount, Soledad, Los Angeles, Pasadena, South Pasadena, El Monte, and San Gabriel townships, and all that part of the City of Los Angeles included in and comprising the following election precincts: Numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen, shall constitute the Thirty-sixth Senatorial District.

37. All that portion of the County of Los Angeles included in and comprising the following election precincts: All that portion of the City of Los Angeles included in and comprising the following election precincts: Nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twentyfour, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, fortytwo, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, and forty-seven, shall constitute the Thirty-seventh Senatorial District.

38. All that portion of the County of Los Angeles included in and comprising the following townships: San José, Azusa, Rowland, Los Nietos, San Antonio, Downey, Long Beach, Wilmington, Catalina, Chautauqua, Santa Monica, Calabassas, San Fernando, Compton, Ballona, and Cahuenga, shall constitute the Thirty-eighth Senatorial District. 39. The Counties of San Bernardino, Orange, and Riverside shall constitute the Thirty-ninth Senatorial District.

40. The County of San Diego shall constitute the Fortieth Senatorial District.

At the general election in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight there shall be elected twenty Senators from the above named and constituted even-numbered districts, who shall hold office for four years. Twenty Senators shall be elected from said even-numbered districts every four years thereafter. The Senators elected at the general election in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six in the odd-numbered districts, fixed by the apportionment act of the Legislature, approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall continue in office for four years from and after twelve o'clock noon on the first Monday after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven. At the general election in the year nineteen hundred, twenty Senators shall be elected from the herein before named and constituted

odd-numbered districts, who shall hold office for four years. And every four years thereafter twenty Senators shall be elected from said hereinbefore constituted odd-numbered districts.

Neither Boards of Supervisors, municipal authorities, nor any other officer or officers, shall have the power to alter the boundaries of any township, ward, election precinct, or other local subdivision, of any county, city, city and county, or town, so as to change the boundaries of any senatorial or assembly district as constituted and defined herein, or in the preceding section.

CHAPTER III.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

SECTION 80. A new section to be added to read as follows:

Congressional districts.

Sec. 80. For the purpose of electing Representatives in Congress, this State is hereby divided into seven congressional districts, as follows: 1. The Counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Sierra, Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, and Marin shall comprise the First Congressional District.

2. The Counties of Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Mono, Inyo, Alpine, Tuolumne, Mariposa, San Joaquin, and Sacramento shall comprise the Second Congressional District.

3. The Counties of Colusa, Glenn, Yolo, Lake, Solano, Contra Costa, and Alameda shall comprise the Third Congressional District.

4. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco bounded as follows: Commencing at a point of intersection of the center of Leavenworth Street and the Bay of San Francisco, continuing thence along the center of the following named streets: Leavenworth to Broadway, Broadway to Hyde, Hyde to Sacramento, Sacramento to Van Ness Avenue, Van Ness Avenue to Market, Market to Eleventh, Eleventh to Harrison, Harrison to junction of Napa and Twentieth; thence along Twentieth to Howard, Howard to Army, Army to Precita Avenue, Precita Avenue to Colusa, Colusa to San Bruno Road or Avenue; thence along San Bruno Road or Avenue to the boundary line dividing the counties of San Mateo and San Francisco; thence along said boundary line to the Bay of San Francisco; thence along the shore of said bay to Leavenworth Street, the place of beginning, with all the islands in the Bay of San Francisco within the boundaries of the City and County of San Francisco, shall comprise the Fourth Congressional District.

5. All that portion of the City and County of San Francisco not

included in the Fourth Congressional District, with the islands known as the Farallon Islands, together with the counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara, shall comprise the Fifth Congressional District.

6. The Counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles shall comprise the Sixth Congressional District.

7. The Counties of Stanislaus, Merced, San Benito, Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego shall comprise the Seventh Congressional District.

TITLE III.

LEGAL DISTANCES IN THE STATE.

SECTION 150. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 150. The legal distance in this State from one place to another is the actual distance from the county seat of the county wherein the first place is located, along the route of the most direct line of public transportation, to the latter place, or place of destination. Where mileage is collected in this State, it shall be computed upon this basis.

SECTIONS 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, and 203 to be repealed. NOTE. The end sought to be attained by these sections will be better subserved by the elastic general provisions of Section 150.

ARTICLE II.

MEETING AND ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE.

SECTION 237. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 237. The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the Assembly, the Minute Clerk, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of each house, shall, at the next succeeding session of the Legislature, perform the duties of their office until their successors are elected and qualified; and the employment of all other officers and employés of any session shall terminate with the termination of the session at which they were appointed.

NOTE.-See note to Section 268.

ARTICLE III.

NUMBER, DESIGNATION, ELECTION, AND APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYÉS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

SECTION 245. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 245. The officers and employés of the Senate shall consist of a President, President pro tem., a Secretary, three Assistant Secretaries (who shall be appointed by the Secretary, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), one Sergeant-at-Arms, one Assistant Sergeant-atArms, one Bookkeeper for the Sergeant-at-Arms (who shall be appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), one Minute Clerk, two Assistant Minute Clerks, one Journal Clerk, one Assistant Journal Clerk, one Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, one Assistant Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk (to be elected when the Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk is elected), two Assistant Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks (to be elected on the thirtieth day of the session), a Chaplain, one Postmistress, one Assistant Postmistress, one Mail Carrier (who shall be Mailing and Folding Clerk), one Page to the President of the Senate, four Pages, four Porters (one of whom shall have charge of the cloak-room), four Watchmen, three Gatekeepers, one Doorkeeper, one Messenger to the Printer, one History Clerk, one Bill Clerk, one Assistant Bill Clerk, ten committee clerks, five skilled stenographers (who shall be at the service of the Senate and its committees, and under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate), ten committee messengers (who shall be committee sergeants-at-arms); and no other officers, employés, or attachés, excepting that the Secretary may employ, at any time, temporary employés, with the consent of four fifths of the members elected to the Senate.

NOTE.-See note to Section 268.

SECTION 246. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 246. The officers and employés of the Assembly shall consist of a Speaker, Speaker pro tem., one Chief Clerk, three Assistant Clerks (who shall be appointed by the Chief Clerk, by and with advice and consent of the Assembly), one Sergeant-at-Arms, one Assistant Sergeantat-Arms, one Bookkeeper to the Sergeant-at-Arms (who shall be appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, by and with the advice and consent of the Assembly), one Minute Clerk, three Assistant Minute Clerks, one Journal Clerk, one Assistant Journal Clerk, one Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, one Assistant Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk (to be elected when the Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk is elected), two Assistant Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks (to be elected on the thirtieth day of each session), a Chaplain, one Postmistress, one Assistant Postmistress,