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perior Court, the Prefect, Judge of First Instance,'and an Alcalde of the Dis¬ 
trict of Monterey, or any three of the aforementioned officers, in the presence 
of all who shall choose to attend, to compare the votes given at said election, 
and to immediately publish an abstract of the same in one or more of the news¬ 
papers of California. And the Executive will also, immediately after ascer¬ 
taining that the constitution has been ratified by the people, make proclama¬ 
tion of the fact; and thenceforth this constitution shall be ordained and 
established as the constitution of California. 
Sec. 7. If this constitution shall be ratified by the people of California, the 
Executive of the existing government is hereby requested, immediately after 
the same shall be ascertained, in the manner herein directed, to cause a fair 
copy thereof to be forwarded to the President of the United States, in order 
that he may lay it before the Congress of the United States. 
Sec. 8. At the general election aforesaid, viz.: the thirteenth day of No¬ 
vember next, there shall be elected a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members 
of the Legislature, and also two members of Congress. 
Sec. 9. If this constitution shall be ratified by the people of California, the 
legislature shall assemble at the seat of government, on the fifteenth day of 
December next, and in order to complete the organization of that body, the 
Senate shall elect a President 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 canvassers. 
Sec. 11. The legislature, at its first session, shall elect such officers as may 
be ordered by this constitution, 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 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 legislature and people of California, as herein directed, 
shall be furnished with certified copies of this constitution, 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 State of California 
into the American Union. 
Sec. 13. All officers of this State, other than members 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 legislature shall divide the State into counties, and sena¬ 
torial and assembly districts, as directed by this constitution, the following 
shall be the apportionment of the two houses of the legislature, viz.: the dis¬ 
tricts of San Diego and Los Angelos shall jointly elect two senators; the 
districts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo shall jointly elect one sena¬ 
tor ; the district of Monterey, one senator; the district of San Jose, one senator; 
