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undue influence thereon, from power, bribery, tumult, 

 or other improper practice. 



Sec. 19. Absence from this State on business of 

 the State, or of the United States, shall not affect the 

 question or residence of any person. 



Sec. 20. A plurality of the votes given at any elec- 

 tion shall constitute a choice, where not otherwise 

 directed in this constitution. 



Sec. 21. All laws, decrees, regulations and provi- 

 sions, which from their nature require publication, 

 shall be published in English and Spanish. 



ARTICLE XII. 



BOUNDARY. 



The boundary of the State of California shall be as 

 follows : — 



Commencing at the point of intersection of the 42d 

 degree of north latitude with the 120th degree of 

 longitude west from Greenwich, and running south on 

 the line of said 120th degree of west longitude until it 

 intersects the 39th degree of north latitude ; thence 

 running in a straight line in a south-easterly direction 

 to the River Colorado, at a point where it intersects 

 the 35th degree of north latitude ; thence down the 

 middle of the channel of said river, to the boundary 

 line between the United States and Mexico, as esta- 

 blished by the treaty of May 30th, 1848 ; thence run- 

 ning west and along said boundary line to the Pacific 

 Ocean, and extending therein three English miles ; 

 thence running in a north-westerly direction, and follow- 

 ing the direction of the Pacific coast to the 42d degree 

 of north latitude ; thence on the line of said 42d 

 degree of north latitude to the place of beginning. 



