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§ 4. Securities, taxable.

§ 5.

§ 6.

§ 7.

Contract of borrower to pay tax on loan void.
Power of taxation cannot be surrendered.
Payment of taxes by installments.

§ 8. Annual statement of property to be given.
§ 9. State board of equalization.

§ 10. Property, where assessed.

§ 102. Personal property to extent of $100 exempt.
§ 11. Income taxes.

§ 12. Poll tax.

§ 124. Young trees and vines exempt from taxation. § 13. Laws to be passed by legislature.

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ARTICLE XVIII.

AMENDING AND REVISING THE CONSTITUTION.

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1. Proposal of amendments-Submission to vote. § 2. Revision-Convention for.

ARTICLE XIX.

CHINESE.

§ 1. Protection from alien paupers, etc.

§ 2. Corporations prohibited from hiring Chinese. Public works, Chinese not to be employed on. Coolieism prohibited-Removal of Chinese.

§ 3.

4.

ARTICLE XX.

MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.

§ 1. Seat of government.

§ 2.

Dueling, disabilities arising from.

§ 3. Oath of office.

§ 4.

Election and appointment of officers and commissioners.

§ 5. Fiscal year.

§ 6. Suits against state.

§ 7. Marriage contracts, validity of.

§ 8. Separate property of husband and wife.

§ 9. Perpetuities not allowed.

§ 10. Disqualification for office by giving or taking

bribe.

§ 11. Exclusion from office, jury, and right of suffrage of certain persons-Protection of right

of suffrage.

§ 12. Residence, when absence not to affect.

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§ 18.

Sex not a disqualification for business.

§ 19. Payment of expenses of convention.

§ 20. Election of officers-Term, when commences.

ARTICLE XXI.

BOUNDARY.

§ 1.

ARTICLE XXII.

SCHEDULE.

Laws to remain in force.

§ 2. Recognizances, obligations, etc., unaffected. Courts, save justices' and police courts, a 1ished-Transfer of records, books, etc.

State printing.

Ballots to be printed.

Registers, poll-books, etc., to be furnished.
Who entitled to vote for constitution.

§ 3.

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Computing returns of vote.

§ 10.

Terms of officers first elected.

§ 11.

Laws aplicable to judicial system.

Canvass of returns of vote.

§ 12. Constitution, when to take effect.

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

ADOPTED IN CONVENTION, AT

SACRAMENTO,

MARCH 3, A. D. 1879; RATIFIED BY A VOTE
OF THE PEOPLE ON WEDNESDAY,
MAY 7, 1879.

PREAMBLE AND DECLARATION OF

RIGHTS.

PREAMBLE.

We, the people of the state of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings, do establish this constitution.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.-The names "The State of California" and "The People of the State of California' describe the same party, and a statute which requires a bond to be given in one name is satisfied by a bond given in the other. (People v. Love, 19 Cal. 676.)

FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Our system is not a pure democracy, but a representative republican X government. (Hobart v. Supervisors, 17 Cal. 23.)

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