ART. SEC. Assembly, shall have sole power of impeach- 4 18 Debts, state, limitation to creation of... ment, number of....... districts, how formed.. Associations, for deposit of gold and silver may be formed.... not to issue paper to circulate as money Attainder, bill of, prohibited... Bail, excessive, not to be required.. all persons entitled to-exception.. Ballot, all elections to be by.. associations may be formed for deposit, etc.... 4 29 4 19 Bribery, person convicted, disqualified for office 11 laws shall be made disqualifying such persons.... disqualifications of persons convicted Census, to be taken in 1852 and 1855, and every ten years thereafter... of..... not to extend to first legislature .Schedule statement of receipts and expenditures ART. SEC. 8 16 to be published annually with laws. 4 23 Defalcation. See Embezzlement.. District Attorney, election of, to be provided for 6466 16 District Court, judges of, liable to impeachment 4 19 judges, how elected and term............ jurisdiction of (original) in criminal cases and issues of fact 6 6 6 10 Divorce, shall not be granted by the legislature 4 23 18 Education Election, who entitled to vote at.... voter privileged from arrest.... residence not to be affected by presence 2 2 2 3 or absence in employ of government 2 4 who not entitled to vote at.... Clerks, of supreme court, election of, to be provided for.... to be by ballot.. 222 5 6 county clerk, election to be provided for..... free suffrage, to be supported by laws court Commissions, form of... county clerk ex officio clerk of district Controller of State, liable to impeachment.. how chosen, term of office and eligi- how chosen and elected.. Conciliation, tribunals for...... Congressional Districts, how formed. Constitution, mode of amending.. effect of.... 6 4 10 mode of revising and changing... 10 .Schedule who entitled to vote on adoption of, Do. when and how submitted to people, Do. copy to be forwarded to the president of the United States .........Schedule certified copy to be furnished senators and representatives in congress..Do. who entitled to vote at first..Schedule for adoption of the constitution, how conducted..... Schedule Contracts, obligation of, not to be impaired...... 1 existing, not to be affected...Schedule Coroner, election of, to be provided for......... laws creating may be altered or re- dues from, how secured.. definition of..... right to sue, etc.. banking prohibited. to be prohibited by law from banking and issuing paper money....... liability of stockholders.. municipal, to be restricted in the power of taxation, contracting debts, etc..... 44444 Fees, not to be received by certain officers to their own use... not to be received by judicial officers, except justices of the peace....... 31 Fines, excessive, not to be imposed. 32 Fiscal Year, to commence July first.... 33 Foreigners, rights of property of, secured...... 33 Forgery, disqualifications of persons convicted Ст 6111 20 21 13 30 1 22 2 2 3 5 4 22 1 16 5 21 11 6 8 17 224 judgment on.. cases of fraud Imprisonment for Debt, forbidden, unless in Indictment, person not to be held to answer for capital offense, unless on... prosecutions, in what name to be conducted...... Intellectual Improvement, to be encouraged..... Judicial Department, power where vested....... tribunals for conciliation may be established, powers, etc.... causes to be removed..... .....Schedule Judicial Decisions, provision to be made for their publication free for publication to any person...... Judges, not to receive fees to their own use.... compensation of, not to be increased or diminished during term...... ineligible to other office during the term for which elected...... not to charge juries relative to matters of fact..... Jury, right of trial by, secured... no person to be held to answer for capital crime unless on presentment, etc..... charge to, how to be made.. persons convicted of certain crimes disqualified from...... Justices of the Peace, number, powers, duties, etc., to be fixed by law.... appeals from, to be fixed by law.... Laws, to have uniform operation... ex post facto, forbidden.. impairing obligations of contracts for- bill of attainder, forbidden....... must be approved by governor.... every law to embrace but one object, etc. no law to be revised or amended by reference to the title... provision to be made for speedy publication of...... returns of first election to be laid before each house............Schedule to elect officers.... to elect United States senators.....Do. apportionment of limitation of powers as to creation of debts such limitation not to apply to first legislature 11 14 pay of members. 11 14 4 18 4 19 .Schedule 16 1 15 vacancies, how filled... doors of each house to be open, except when secrecy is required. neither house shall adjourn without 18 consent of the other, for more than PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. A NEW executive having been elected and installed into office, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the state, the undersigned hereby resigns his powers as governor of California. In thus dissolving his official connection with the people of this country, he would tender to them his heartfelt thanks for their many kind attentions, and for the uniform support which they have given to the measures of his administration. The principal object of all his wishes is now accomplished-the people have a government of their own choice, and one which, under the favor of divine Providence, will secure their own prosperity and happiness, and the permanent welfare of the new state. Given at San José, California, this 20th day of December, A. D. 1849. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. A., and Governor of California. By the Governor: H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain and Secretary of State. [ORDERS NO. 41.] HEAD-QUARTERS TENTH MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 1. The brigadier-general commanding the department has this day relinquished the administration of civil affairs in California, to the execution of the government organized under the provisions of the constitution, ratified by the people of California at the recent general election. 2. Brevet Captain H. W. Halleck, corps of engineers, is relieved from duty as secretary of By order of GENERAL RILEY. state. ED. U. S. CANEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. AN ACT FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE UNION. WHEREAS, the people of California have presented a constitution, and asked admission into the Union, which constitution was submitted to congress by the president of the United States, by message dated February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and which, on due examination, is found to be republican in its form of government: Be it enacted, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, That the state of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, until the representatives in congress shall be apportioned, according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, the state of California shall be entitled to two representatives in congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said state of California is admitted into the Union upon the express condition that the people of said state, through their legislature or otherwise, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the public lands within its limits, and shall pass no law and do no act whereby the title of the United States to, and right to dispose of, the same shall be impaired or questioned; and that they shall never lay any tax or assessment of any description whatsoever upon the public domain of the United States, and in no case shall non-resident proprietors, who are citizens of the United States, be taxed higher than residents; and that all the navigable waters within the said state shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as recognizing or rejecting the propositions tendered by the people of California as articles of compact in the ordinance adopted by the convention which formed the constitution of that state. APPROVED September 9, 1850. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE GENERAL LAWS OF THIS STATE, IN FORCE AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That if W. H. R. Wood shall add to his present manuscript compilation of the laws of this state, all laws of a general nature passed at the eighth session of the legislature, and shall expunge therefrom all laws repealed at said session, and shall then cause said compilation to be printed and bound in a workmanlike manner, equal to the now existing compilation of the laws of this state, then the secretary of state shall receive from said Wood five hundred copies of his said compiled laws, and upon the production, before the board of examiners and the controller, of the secretary of state's receipt for such five hundred copies, the board of examiners shall audit for and allow to the said Wood the sum of five thousand dollars, for which sum the controller shall draw his warrant on the treasurer. SEC. 2. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby set apart and appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the warrant or warrants drawn by the controller under the provisions of this act. SEC. 3. Within six months from the adjournment of the present session of the legislature, said Wood shall complete and publish his compilation of the laws as contemplated by this act, and shall present the same to the board of examiners created by an act entitled "An act to provide for the better protection of the State Treasury," approved April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six; which said board shall examine the same, and require their approval and certificate that such compilation of the laws is in accordance with the requirements of this act, and contains all the general laws in force; then the controller of state shall issue his warrant or warrants, as is provided for in section first; but the controller shall not issue such warrants until there is money in the treasury for the payment of the same; provided, that before said board of examiners shall give their approval, said Wood shall present the certificate of the secretary of state, that the laws contained in his compilation are true copies of the original laws on file in his office. SEC. 4. Said compilation, when published as herein provided, shall be received as evidence of the law, in all the courts of justice in this state. |