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CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA 1879.

PREAMBLE.

ARTICLE I.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

SEC. 1. Inalienable rights.

2. Popular government.

3. California, an inseparable part of Union.

4. Religious worship and liberty of conscience.

5. Habeas corpus.

6.

Bail-excessive fines - cruel and unusual punish.

ments.

7. Trial by jury.

8. Informations and indictments-grand jury.

9. Liberty of speech-law of libel.

10. Popular assemblies.

11. General laws to have uniform operation.

12. Military-quartering soldiers.

13. Rights of accused persons-twice in jeopardy-depo-

sitions in criminal cases.

14. Private property-public use.

15. Imprisonment in civil actions.

16. Bills of attainder-ex post facto laws-impairing

contracts.

17. Foreigners, rights of.

18. Slavery prohibited.

19. Seizures and search-warrants.

20.

Treason.

21. No special privileges or immunities.

22. Constitution, mandatory and prohibitory.

23. Rights retained by the people.

24. No property qualifications for office or voting.

ARTICLE II.

RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.

SEC. 1. Who entitled to vote.

2. Privileges of electors.

3.

Militia duty on election day.

4. Residence, when not gained or lost.

5. Election by ballot.

ARTICLE III.

DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.

SEC. 1. Three departments of government.

ARTICLE IV.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SEC. 1. Senate-assembly-enacting clause.

2.

3

Sessions of legislature-limitations.

Election aud terms of assemblymen.

4. Election and terms of senators-qualification of

members.

5. Number of senators and assemblymen--classes of sen-

21.

22.

Embezzlement and defalcations.

Appropriations-accounts.

23. Compensation of legislators.

24. Titles of acts-amendment of statutes.

25. Local and special laws prohibited.

26. Lotteries-shares of stock on margin.

27. Congressional districts.

28.

Legislative elections.

29. General appropriation bill.

30. Appropriations for religious and sectarian purposes.

Public credit not to be given or loaned.

31.

32.

Extra compensation forbidden.

33. Telegraph and gas charges-wharfage and storage.
34. Special appropriation bills, to contain but one item.
Lobbying and bribery.

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SEC. 7.

8.

See to due execution of laws.

Filling vacancies.

9. May call special sessions of legislature.

10.

Executive messages.

11. May adjourn legislature on disagreement.

12. May not hold other office.

13. Seal of state.

SEC. 1. Judicial power, in senate and courts.

2.

Supreme Court.

3.

Election and terms of justices of Supreme Court.

4. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.

5. Jurisdiction of Superior Courts.

6.

Superior Courts, elections and terms of judges.

7. Sessions of Superior Courts.

8. Superior Courts, judges pro tempore.

9. Absence, increase or reduction, of judges.

10. Removal of judicial officers.

11. Justices of the peace.

12.

Courts of record.

13. Inferior courts, jurisdiction of.

14. Court clerks and commissioners.

15. Fees and perquisites.

16. Opinions of Supreme Court to be published.

17. Salaries of judges.

18. Ineligibility to other offices.

19. Instructing juries.

20.

Style of process.

21. Reporter of Supreme Court decisions.

22. Judges not to practice law.

23. Qualifications for judicial office.

24.

Affidavit of judge before drawing salary.

ARTICLE VII.

PARDONING POWER.

SEC 1. Reprieves and pardons.

ARTICLE VIII.

MILITIA.

SEC. 1. Organization-discipline-power to call on.
2. Flags, banners, etc., allowed-prohibited.

SEC. 1. To be promoted.

ARTICLE IX.

EDUCATION.

2. Superintendent of public instruction.

3. Superintendent of schools.

4. School fund.

5. Common school system.

6. Kinds of schools-application of taxes.

7. State board-text books.

Sectarianism.

8.

9. State University.

SEC. 1.

2.

ARTICLE X.

STATE INSTITUTIONS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

State prison directors.

Powers and duties of board.

3. Wardens, clerks and officers of prisons.

4. Expenses of directors.

5. Duty of legislature.
Convict labor.

6.

SEC. 1. Counties.

ARTICLE XI.

CITIES, COUNTIES AND TOWNS.

2. Removal of county seats.

3. New counties.

4. County government, township organization.

5. County officers.

6. Municipal corporations.

7. Consolidated city and county governments.

8. City charters.

9. Salaries not to be increased, nor terms extended.

Taxes for state purposes.

10.

11. Local regulations.

12. Legislature not to impose county or municipal taxes.

13. No special commissions.

14. No inspection officers.

15. Private property not liable for public debts.

16. County and municipal taxes to be paid into treasury.
17. Unauthorized use of public money-felony.

18. Restrictions upon county and municipal indebted-

ness.

19. Private persons and corporations may lay pipes in

cities.

ARTICLE XII.

CORPORATIONS.

SEC. 1. To be formed under general laws.

2. Dues to be secured.

3. Individual liability of stockholders-directors.