INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA. Art. Sec. Absence from State, of Governor, duties to devolve on Lieutenant on business of State, not to affect residence......... Schedule 12 Appropriation, cannot be made for a longer time than two years. term of office... to be qualified electors........ must be citizens of the State one year and of the county six Associations, for deposit of gold and silver may be formed. to be prohibited by law from banking, etc.... Attainder, bill of, prohibited. Attorney General, liable to impeachment.. how chosen..... Bail, excessive, not to be required...... all persons entitled to-exception...... Ballot, all elections to be by. Banks, no charter to be granted.. associations may be formed for deposits, etc......... Boundary, of State..... Bribery, person convicted disqualified for office. laws shall be made disqualifying such persons. Census, to be taken in 1852 and 1855, and every ten years thereafter..... Cities and Villages, provisions to be made for incorporating, and restrict- Clerks, of Supreme Courts, election of, to be provided for...... County Clerk, election to be provided for....... County Clerk ex officio Clerk of District Court....... Commissions, form of......... Art. Sec. Controller of State, liable to impeachment....... compensation of.. ........ Conciliation, tribunals for...... Congressional Districts, how formed.. mode of revising and changing. who entitled to vote on adoption of... copy to be forwaded to the President of the United States, Schedule certified copy to be furnished Senators and Representatives Contracts, obligation of, not to be impaired..... existing, not to be affected... .........Schedule ..................... ..Schedule Coroner, election of, to be provided for................................................... ............. Corporations, how formed.. laws creating may be altered or repealed. dues from, how secured.... definition of....... right to sue, etc.. banking prohibited. to be prohibited by law from banking and issuing paper liability of stockholders. municipal, to be restricted in the power of taxation, contract- State shall not be stockholder in................... County Court, election of Judge of, term of office, duties, etc........ jurisdiction compensation of Judge not to be increased or diminished County Governments, system of, to be established. Court of Sessions, how composed....... jurisdiction, duties, etc... Courts, causes to be removed to Courts created..... Credit of State, not to be loaned, etc..... Crime, rights of persons charged with..... Debts, State, limitation to creation of........ disqualifications of persons convicted of certain.. not to extend to first Legislature... Schedule statement of receipts and expenditures to be published an- Defalcation. See Embezzlement. District Attorney, election of, to be provided for....... District Court, Judges of, liable to impeachment............ Judges, how elected and term......... jurisdiction of (original)...... in criminal cases and issues of fact from Probate Court, un- County Clerk ex officio Clerk of... time and place of holding to be provided for... compensation of Judge not to be increased or diminished dur- Judge ineligible to any other office during term....................... District, Congressional, Senatorial, etc., how formed... Art. Sec. Election, who entitled to vote at........ voter privileged from arrest.......... exempt from military duty on day of election........ residence not to be affected by presence or absence in employ of Government..... who not entitled to vote at...... to be by ballot...... by Legislature, to be viva voce and entered on journal. free suffrage, to be supported by laws regulating.. laws shall be passed prohibiting bribery, tumult, undue in- plurality to elect......... who entitled to vote at first.... .Schedule for adoption of the Constitution, how conducted......Schedule ..Schedule Electors, qualification of....... privileged from arrest.... exempt from militia duty on day of election. Embezzlement, to be punished as a felony.. person guilty of, incapacitated from holding office..... Executive Department, supreme executive power 'vested in the Gov ernor Er post facto law, forbidden........ Fees, not to be received by certain officers to their own use... not to be received by judicial officers, except Justices of the Fines, excessive, not to be imposed...... 6 1 Fiscal Year, to commence July first... 11 Foreigners, rights of property of, secured..... 1 Forgery, disqualifications of persons convicted of....................... 11 Governor, may convene Legislature by proclamation... to issue writs of election to fill vacancies in Legislature. returns of election for, how made and published.. in case of tie, Legislature to elect......... shall be Commander in Chief............ shall transact all executive business with the officers of Gov- may require information, in writing, from the officers on any shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.. Governor, may convene the Legislature by proclamation........ 11 222244 515 shall communicate, by message, to the Legislature, annually, 5 may adjourn the Legislature in case of disagreement between no person holding office under the United States or this State shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons.... may suspend execution of sentence for treason... shall report to the Legislature the reprieves and pardons Lieutenant Governor to perform duties of, in certain con- Grants, form of....... Habeas Corpus... may be issued by Judges of Supreme, District, and County Courts ........ Homestead, shall be protected Husband and Wife, property of, how held... laws shall be passed clearly defining the rights of the wife, ete Impeachment, how tried... who liable to.... judgment on... Imprisonment for Debt, forbidden, unless in cases of fraud. 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 conciliations may be established, powers, etc..... .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.... Jury, right of trial, secured..... no person to be held to answer for capital crime unless on charge to, how to be made. persons convicted of certain crimes disqualified from.... Justices of the Peace, number, power, duty, 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 forbidden.. bill of attainder, forbidden...... enacting clauses of......... must be approved by Governor...... how passed over Governor's veto. how bill may become a law without approval of Governor.. statement of receipts and expenditures of public moneys to' be published annually with...... 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.......... existing, not in conflict with Constitution, not affected. to be published in English and Spanish.. Legislative Department, vested in Senate and Assembly. sessions to be biennial........ may be convened by Governor..... Schedule! each House to choose its own officers and judge of the elec- quorum to do business..... each House to determine the rules of its proceedings... how member may be expelled......... each House to keep and publish a Journal....... apportionment of members of...... shall prohibit banking, by law...... in all elections by vote, to be viva voce.......... may be convened by Governor............. 44446 Art. Sec. Legislative Department (continued)— shall establish a system of county and town governments..... when and where first to assemble and organize........Schedule limitation of powers to make appropriations... such limitation not to apply to first Legislature....... Schedule 4 4 doors of each House to be opened, except when secrecy is 4 neither House shall adjourn without consent of the other, for 4 nor to any other place........ any bill may originate in either House, etc...... no bill to become a law till approved by the Governor.... Assembly to have sole power of impeachment........... member not to be appointed to office created during his term every law to embrace but one object....... no law to be amended by reference to the title.. basis of representation in..................... Libel, evidence on indictment for....... Lieutenant Governor, liable to impeachment...... when and how elected... term of office........ powers and duties.. qualifications...... in cases of incapacity to perform duties or absence from State, compensation of, not to be increased or diminished during term. Lottery, shall not be authorized, nor the sale of tickets....... property of wife at, to be her separate property. laws shall be passed clearly defining the rights of wife, etc. Military, to be subordinate to civil power. standing army not to be kept in time of peace....... appropriation for standing army not to be for longer than two Military, soldier not to be quartered in house without consent of owner provision to be made for organizing and disciplining militia.. officers to be appointed as Legislature may direct, and com- Governor to have power to call out, for certain purposes..... Moneys, Public, statement of receipts and expenditures to be published annually with laws...... Moral improvement, to be encouraged........ Oath of Office, form of.......... 10 11 11 LIIKE 4444+ 4 5 5 54 1157 77 14 15 14 23 |