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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 may judge 

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

 vassers. 



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

 elect such officers as may be ordered by this Constitu- 

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

 after its organiz.ition, proceed to elect two Senators 

 to the Congrcs; of the United States. But no law 

 passed by this Legislature shall take effect until signed 

 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- 

 gislature and people of California, as herein directed, 

 shall be furnished with certified copies of this Consti- 

 tution, Avhen 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 State 

 of California into the American Union. 



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 sooi\ 

 thereafter as practicable. 



Sec. 14. Until the Legislature shall divide the 

 State into counties, and senatorial and assembly dis- 

 tricts, 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 



