History of the State of California: From the Period of the Conquest by Spain to Her Occupation by the United States of AmericaFrost, John
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History of the State of California: From the Period of the Conquest by Spain to Her Occupation by the United States of America
Frost, John
California -- Gold discoveries; California -- History
SEC. 29. The number of Senators and Members of Assembly, shall, at the
first session of the Legislature, holden after the enumeration herein
provided for are made, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned
among the several counties and districts to be established by law,
according to the number of white inhabitants. The number of Members of
Assembly shall not be less than twenty-four, nor more than thirty-six,
until the number of inhabitants within this State shall amount to one
hundred thousand: and after that period, at such ratio that the whole
number of Members of Assembly shall never be less than thirty, nor
more than eighty.
SEC. 30. When a congressional, senatorial, or assembly district, shall
be composed of two or more counties, it shall not be separated by any
county belonging to another district; and no county shall be divided,
in forming a congressional, senatorial, or assembly district.
SEC. 31. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not
be created by special act, except for municipal purposes. All general
laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered
from time to time, or repealed.
SEC. 32. Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual
liability of the corporators, and other means, as may be prescribed by
law.
SEC. 33. The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be
construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies,
having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed
by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the
right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts, in like
cases as natural persons.
SEC. 34. The Legislature shall have no power to pass any act
granting any charter for banking purposes; but associations may be
formed under general laws, for the deposit of gold and silver; but no
such association shall make, issue, or put in circulation, any bill,
check, tickets, certificate, promissory note, or other paper, or the
paper of any bank, to circulate as money.
SEC. 35. The Legislature of this State shall prohibit, by law, any
person or persons, association, company, or corporation, from
exercising the privileges of banking, or creating paper to circulate
as money.
SEC. 36. Each stockholder of a corporation, or joint-stock
association, shall be individually and personally liable for his
proportion of all its debts and liabilities.
SEC. 37. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the
organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict
their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting
debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in
assessments, and in contracting debts, by such municipal corporations.
SEC. 38. In all elections by the Legislature, the members thereof
shall vote _viva voce_, and the votes shall be entered on the journal.
ARTICLE V.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
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