The Constitution of the State of California is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of California. The original constitution, adopted in November 1849 in advance of California attaining U.S. statehood in 1850, maintains jurisdiction along with the current constitution, which was ratified on May 7, 1879. Article 3 Section 2 of the current Constitution references the original boundaries as stated in the 1849 Constitution at Article 7.