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THE

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ADOPTED IN CONVENTION, AT SACRAMENTO, MARCH 3, 1879; RATIFIED BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE MAY 7, 1879

EDITED BY

EDWARD F. TREADWELL, LL. B.

THIRD EDITION

CONTAINING ALL CITATIONS IN CALIFORNIA REPORTS, VOLS. 1 TO 158, CALIFORNIA APPELLATE REPORTS, Vols. 1 To 14,

AND ALL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED TO AND
INCLUDING OCTOBER 10, 1911

SAN FRANCISCO
BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1902

BY

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1907

BY

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1911

BY

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

INTRODUCTION.

PREFATORY NOTE.-It is unnecessary to make any extended explanation in laying before the Bar of California a work upon the constitution of California. The edition published by Mr. Robert Desty in 1879 was excellent in its time, but has long ceased to be of practical aid to the profession. In preparing this volume, the aim has been to present in the

on

most convenient form the decisions of our own courts, only referring to the decisions of other courts. subjects which our own have left untouched. While the main subject is the present constitution of this state, the book also contains the former constitution, the constitution of the United States, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

New features. Some new and important features are the following: (1) A table showing all statutes of this state which have been declared unconstitutional in whole or in part. There are over one hundred and thirty such statutes scattered through the statute books, and this is the first time any table of them has been made. (2) A table of all California citations to either of the California constitutions. This will permit a hasty examination of all decisions

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