Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849J. T. Towers, 1850 - 479 strani John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of September-October 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades before settling down in Oakland. Report of the debates of the Convention of California (1850) comprises the official records of the convention. Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and official correspondence regarding the convention and the institution of state government under that constitution. |
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... Borts accepted the amendment . The question recurring on the resolu tion , as amended , it was adopted . Mr. HALLECK stated that he had received a few moments since some additional election returns . On motion , they were received , and ...
... Borts accepted the amendment . The question recurring on the resolu tion , as amended , it was adopted . Mr. HALLECK stated that he had received a few moments since some additional election returns . On motion , they were received , and ...
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... Borts offered the following resolution . He thought it proper that the offi cers of this Convention should know precisely upon what they were to depend : Resolved , That a committee of five be appointed to inquire and report to this ...
... Borts offered the following resolution . He thought it proper that the offi cers of this Convention should know precisely upon what they were to depend : Resolved , That a committee of five be appointed to inquire and report to this ...
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... Borts was not , for his part , prepared to cast any vote that this impor- tant committee should dictate to him . He found , this morning , that the whole power of making this Constitution was consigned to the hands of twenty mem bers ...
... Borts was not , for his part , prepared to cast any vote that this impor- tant committee should dictate to him . He found , this morning , that the whole power of making this Constitution was consigned to the hands of twenty mem bers ...
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... Borts moved a reference of his resolution to the Committee of the Whole . The motion was decided in the negative . COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE . On motion of Mr. GwIN , the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole , Mr. Lippett ...
... Borts moved a reference of his resolution to the Committee of the Whole . The motion was decided in the negative . COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE . On motion of Mr. GwIN , the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole , Mr. Lippett ...
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... Borts was in favor of the amendment suggested by Mr. Jones , He con- sidered the first section superfluous . It merely secures to the citizens of the State certain privileges , of which this Convention has no power to deprive them . It ...
... Borts was in favor of the amendment suggested by Mr. Jones , He con- sidered the first section superfluous . It merely secures to the citizens of the State certain privileges , of which this Convention has no power to deprive them . It ...
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