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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... committee could meantime examine into those already received , and be pre- pared to report at the next meeting of the Convention . MR . BOTTS was of opinion that the first question in the meeting of a Convention was , as to the ...
... committee could meantime examine into those already received , and be pre- pared to report at the next meeting of the Convention . MR . BOTTS was of opinion that the first question in the meeting of a Convention was , as to the ...
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... committee , consisting of a delegate from each district . It was desirable that there should be a full and fair representation from each district . He thought the committee could report by 2 or 3 o'clock . Mr. GILBERT said that the only ...
... committee , consisting of a delegate from each district . It was desirable that there should be a full and fair representation from each district . He thought the committee could report by 2 or 3 o'clock . Mr. GILBERT said that the only ...
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... Committee on Privileges and Elections , submitted the fol- lowing report ; Your Committee , appointed by the President to ascertain and report to the Convention " the number of delegates which in their opinion ought to be received from ...
... Committee on Privileges and Elections , submitted the fol- lowing report ; Your Committee , appointed by the President to ascertain and report to the Convention " the number of delegates which in their opinion ought to be received from ...
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... Committee in arriving at the conclusions contained in the report . He did not believe the Committee with the facts before them could have come to any other conclusion . Mr. SHANNON gave a statistical synopsis of the number of delegates ...
... Committee in arriving at the conclusions contained in the report . He did not believe the Committee with the facts before them could have come to any other conclusion . Mr. SHANNON gave a statistical synopsis of the number of delegates ...
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... Committee with instructions to report what members , in addition to those returned by General Riley in his message , are entitled to seats in this Convention , with the facts and circumstances attending their election . " He had seen a ...
... Committee with instructions to report what members , in addition to those returned by General Riley in his message , are entitled to seats in this Convention , with the facts and circumstances attending their election . " He had seen a ...
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