HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



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ARTICLE X. 



MODE OF AMENDING AND REVISING THE 

 CONSTITUTION. 



SEC. 1. Any amendment or amendments to this 

 Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or Assem 

 bly ; 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 then next to be chosen, 

 and shall be published for three months next preced 

 ing the time of making such choice. And if, in the 

 Legislature next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed 

 amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a 

 majority of all the members elected to each house, then 

 it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such 

 proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in 

 such manner, and at such time, as the Legislature shall 

 prescribe ; and if the people shall approve and ratify 

 such amendment or amendments, by a majority of the 

 electors qualified to vote for members of the Legisla 

 ture voting thereon, such amendment or amendments 



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shall become part of the Constitution. 



SEC. 2, And if, at any time, two-thirds of the Senate 

 'and Assembly shall think it necessary to revise and 

 change this entire Constitution, they shall recommend 

 to the electors, at the next election for members of the 

 Legislature, to vote for or against the convention ; 

 and if it shall appear that a majority of the electors 

 voting at such election have voted in favor of calling 

 a convention, the Legislature shall, at its next session, 

 provide by law for calling a convention, to be holden 



