398 HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



the act revised, or section amended, shall be re- 

 enacted and published at length. 



Sec. 26. No divorce shall be granted by the Legis- 

 lature. 



Sec. 27. No lottery shall be authorized by this 

 State, nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed. 



Sec. 28. The enumeration of the inhabitants of this 

 State shall be taken, under the direction of the Legis- 

 lature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and 

 fifty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty- 

 five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; 

 and these enumerations, together with the census that 

 may be taken, under the direction of the Congress of 

 the United States, in the year one thousand eight 

 hundred and fifty, and every subsequent ten years, 

 shall serve as the basis of representation in both 

 houses of the Legislature. 



Sec. 29. The number of Senators and Members of 

 Assembly, shall, at the first session of the Legislature, 

 holden after the enumeration herein provided for are 

 made, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned 

 among the several counties and districts to be esta- 

 blished by law, according to the number of white in- 

 habitants. The number of Members of Assembly 

 shall not be less than twenty-four, nor more than 

 thirty-six, until the number of inhabitants within this 

 State shall amount to one hundred thousand: and 

 after that period, at such ratio that the whole number 

 of Members of Assembly shall never be less than thirty, 

 nor more than eighty. 



Sec. 30. When a congressional, senatorial, or 

 assembly district, shall be composed of two or more 

 counties, it shall not be separated by any county be- 

 longing to another district ; and no county shall be 



