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... ment is instituted for the protection , security , and benefit of the people , and they have the right to alter or reform the same when- ever the public good may require it . [ Constitution of 1849 , Art . I , § 21 67 Cal . 360 ; 71 Cal ...
... ment is instituted for the protection , security , and benefit of the people , and they have the right to alter or reform the same when- ever the public good may require it . [ Constitution of 1849 , Art . I , § 21 67 Cal . 360 ; 71 Cal ...
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... ment to the Constitution , initiated or adopted by the people , shall be subject to the veto power of the Governor , and no act , law or amendment to the Constitution , adopted by the people at the polls under the initiative provisions ...
... ment to the Constitution , initiated or adopted by the people , shall be subject to the veto power of the Governor , and no act , law or amendment to the Constitution , adopted by the people at the polls under the initiative provisions ...
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... ment adopted October 10 , 1911 ] Amendment of 1908. - SEC . 2. The sessions of the Legislature shall commence at twelve o'clock M. on the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding the election of its members , and ...
... ment adopted October 10 , 1911 ] Amendment of 1908. - SEC . 2. The sessions of the Legislature shall commence at twelve o'clock M. on the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding the election of its members , and ...
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... ment , prevents such return , in which case it shall not become a law , unless the Governor , within thirty days after such adjournment ( Sundays excepted ) , shall sign and deposit the same in the office of the Secretary of State , in ...
... ment , prevents such return , in which case it shall not become a law , unless the Governor , within thirty days after such adjournment ( Sundays excepted ) , shall sign and deposit the same in the office of the Secretary of State , in ...
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... ment , and all impeachments shall be tried by the Senate . When sitting for that purpose , the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation , and no person shall be convicted without the con- currence of two thirds of the members elected ...
... ment , and all impeachments shall be tried by the Senate . When sitting for that purpose , the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation , and no person shall be convicted without the con- currence of two thirds of the members elected ...
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Page 298 - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor...
Page 19 - ... no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Page 77 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 204 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 293 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 297 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall on the petition of either party to the congress of the united states...
Page 21 - In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 43 - No law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title, but in such case the Act revised or section amended shall be reenacted and published at length as revised or amended...
Page 37 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 283 - Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed.