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general election to be held on Tuesday, the thirteenth 

 day of November naxt. The Executive of the exist- 

 ing government of California is hereby requested to 

 issue a proclamation to the people, directing the Pre- 

 fects of the several districts, or in case of vacancy, 

 the Sub-Prefects, or senior Judge of First Instance, 

 to cause such election to be held, on the dav afore- 

 said, in their respective districts. The election shall 

 be conducted in the manner v.hich was prescribed for 

 the election of delegates to this convention, except 

 that the Prefect, Sub-Prefect, or senior Judge of First 

 Instance ordering such election in each district, shall 

 have power to designate any additional number of places 

 for opening the polls, and that, in every place of hold- 

 iiig the election, a regular poll-list shall be kept by the 

 judges and inspectors of election. It shall also be the 

 duty of these judges and inspectors of election, on 

 the day aforesaid, to receive the votes of the electors 

 qualified to vote at such election. Each voter shall 

 express his opinion, by depositing, in the ballot-box a 

 ticket, whereon shall be written, or printed " For the 

 Constitution," or "Against the Constitution," or 

 some such words as will distinctly convey the inten- 

 tion of the voter. These Judges and Inspectors shall 

 also receive the votes for the several officers to be 

 ^'4ted for at the said election, as herein provided. 

 At the close of the election, the judges and inspec- 

 tors shall carefully count each ballot, and forthwith 

 make duplicate returns thereof to the Prefect, Sub- 

 Prefect, or senior Judge of First Instance, as the 

 case may be, of their respective districts ; and said 

 Prefect, Sub-Prefect, or senior Judge of First Instance 

 shall transmit one of the same, by the most safe and 

 rapid conveyance, to the Secretary of State. Upon 



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