Constitution of the State of California and Summary of Amendments: To which are Appended Magna Charta, Declaration of Rights, Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States |
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... Legislature at its session of 1876 submitted to a vote of the people of the State the proposition of calling a convention to frame a new Constitution ( Stats . of Cal . 1875-6 , p . 791 ) . This proposition was adopted by the people at ...
... Legislature at its session of 1876 submitted to a vote of the people of the State the proposition of calling a convention to frame a new Constitution ( Stats . of Cal . 1875-6 , p . 791 ) . This proposition was adopted by the people at ...
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... Legislature to prescribe that any such primary election shall be mandatory and obligatory . The Legislature shall also have the power to establish the rates of compensation for pri- mary election officers serving at such primary ...
... Legislature to prescribe that any such primary election shall be mandatory and obligatory . The Legislature shall also have the power to establish the rates of compensation for pri- mary election officers serving at such primary ...
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... Legislature shall have power to provide that in different parts of the State different methods may be employed for receiving and registering the will of the people as expressed at elections , and may provide that mechanical devices may ...
... Legislature shall have power to provide that in different parts of the State different methods may be employed for receiving and registering the will of the people as expressed at elections , and may provide that mechanical devices may ...
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... Legislature , and also reserve the power , at their own option , to so adopt or reject any act , or section or part of any act , passed by the Legislature . The enacting clause of every law shall be " The people of the State of ...
... Legislature , and also reserve the power , at their own option , to so adopt or reject any act , or section or part of any act , passed by the Legislature . The enacting clause of every law shall be " The people of the State of ...
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... Legislature as soon as it convenes and organizes . The law pro- posed by such petition shall be either enacted or rejected with- out change or amendment by the Legislature , within forty days from the time it is received by the Legislature ...
... Legislature as soon as it convenes and organizes . The law pro- posed by such petition shall be either enacted or rejected with- out change or amendment by the Legislature , within forty days from the time it is received by the Legislature ...
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Page 297 - And whereas, it hath pleased the great Governor of the World, to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify, the said Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union : KNOW YE, That we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do, by these presents, in the name, and in behalf, of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said...
Page 297 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Page 21 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury: and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 297 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several states.
Page 19 - ... no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Page 202 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 293 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 297 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 291 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 298 - ... and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them. And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the States we respectively represent, and that the Union shall be perpetual.