416 HISTORY CF CALIFORNIA. 



Also all tlie islands, liarbors and bays, along and 

 adjacent to the Pacific coast. 



SCHEDULE. 



Sec. 1. All rights, prosecutions, claims and con- 

 tracts, as well of individuals as of bodies corporate, 

 and all laws in force at the time of the adoption of 

 this Constitution, and not inconsistent therewith, until 

 altered or repealed by the Legislature, shall continue 

 as if the same had not been adopted. 



Sec. 2. The Legislature shall provide for the re- 

 moval of all causes which may be pending when this 

 Constitution goes into eflfect, to courts created by the 

 same. 



Sec. 3. Li order that no inconvenience may result 

 to the public service, from the taking eflfect of this 

 Constitution, no office shall be superseded thereby, nor 

 the laws relative to the duties of the several officers 

 be changed, until the entering into office of the new 

 officers to be appointed under this Constitution. 



Sec. 4. The provisions of this Constitution con- 

 cerning the term of residence necessary to enable 

 persons to hold certain offices therein mentioned, 

 shall not be held to appl}^ to officers chosen by the 

 people at the first election, or by the Legislature at 

 its first Session. 



Sec. 5. Every citizen of California, declared a le- 

 gal voter by this Constitution, and every citizen of the 

 United States, a resident of this State on the day of 

 election, shall be entitled to vote at the first general 

 election under this Constitution, and on the question 

 of the adoption thereof. 



Sec. 6. This Constitution shall be submitted to the 

 people, for their ratification or rejection, at the 



