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dent pro tempore, until the Lieutenant-Governor shall 

 be installed into office. 



Sec. 10. On the organization of the Legislature, it 

 shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, to lay 

 before each house a copy of the abstract made by the 

 board of canvassers, and, if called for, the original 

 returns of election, in order that each house ma} T judge 

 of the correctness of the report of said board of can- 

 vassers. 



Sec. 11. The Legislature, at its first session, shall 

 elect such officers as maybe ordered by this Constitu- 

 tion, to be elected by that body, and within four days 

 after its organization, proceed to elect two Senators 

 to the Congress of the United States. But no law 

 ■ - this Legislature shall take effect until . : 



by the Governor, after his installation into office. 



Sec. 12. The Senators and Representatives to the 

 Congress of the United States, elected by the Le- 



ture and people of California, as herein dir 

 shall be furnished with certified copies of this C 



;:, when ratified, which they shall lay before the 

 Congress of the United States, requesting, in the name 

 of the people of California, the admission of the ' 

 of California into the Amei don. 



Sec. 13. All officers of this State, other than mem- 

 bers of the Legislature, shall be installed into office 

 on the fifteenth day of December next, or as soon 

 thereafter as practicable. 



Sec. 14. Until the Leg'- : Iatnre shall divide the 

 State into counties, and senatorial and assembly 



. as directed by this Constitution, the following 

 shall be the apportionment of the two houses of the 

 Legislature, viz : the districts of San Diego and Los 

 Angeles shall jointly elect two senators ; the districts 



