The Constitution of the State of California: Adopted in Convention at Sacramento, March 3, 1879, Ratified by a Vote of the People May 7, 1879,together with All Amendments Adopted to and Including October 26, 1915, Ed. by Edward F. Treadwell, LL. B. |
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... submitted directly to the electors . " Upon the presentation to the secretary of state , at any time not less than ten days before the commencement of any regular session of the legislature , of a petition certified as herein provided ...
... submitted directly to the electors . " Upon the presentation to the secretary of state , at any time not less than ten days before the commencement of any regular session of the legislature , of a petition certified as herein provided ...
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... submitted to the electors for their approval or rejection , the secretary of state shall submit to the electors for their approval or rejection , such act , or section or part of such act , at the next succeeding general election ...
... submitted to the electors for their approval or rejection , the secretary of state shall submit to the electors for their approval or rejection , such act , or section or part of such act , at the next succeeding general election ...
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... submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition and approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon , at any election , shall take effect five days after the date of the official declaration of the vote by the ...
... submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition and approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon , at any election , shall take effect five days after the date of the official declaration of the vote by the ...
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... , that no cause in his court remains pending and undecided , that has been submitted for decision for a period of ninety days . In the determination of causes all decisions of Art . VI , §§ 19-24 44 CONSTITUTION OF 1879 .
... , that no cause in his court remains pending and undecided , that has been submitted for decision for a period of ninety days . In the determination of causes all decisions of Art . VI , §§ 19-24 44 CONSTITUTION OF 1879 .
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... submitted in the same county more than once in four years . Sec . 3. The legislature , by general and uniform laws , may provide for the alteration of county boundary lines , and for the formation of new counties ; provided , however ...
... submitted in the same county more than once in four years . Sec . 3. The legislature , by general and uniform laws , may provide for the alteration of county boundary lines , and for the formation of new counties ; provided , however ...
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Page 2 - 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 662 - The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
Page 700 - Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...
Page 46 - Section 1. A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral and agricultural improvement.
Page 654 - In all criminal prosecutions on 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 676 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Page 80 - Any county, city, town, or township may make and enforce within its limits all such local, police, sanitary, and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws.
Page 678 - Members of the legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of , according to the best...
Page 2 - ... of the jury may render a verdict. A trial by jury may be waived in all criminal cases not amounting to felony, by the consent of both parties, expressed in open court, and in civil actions by the consent of the parties, signified in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
Page 4 - SEC. 15. No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, on mesne or final process, unless in cases of fraud, nor in civil actions for torts, except in cases of willful injury to person or property; and no person shall be imprisoned for a militia fine in time of peace.