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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... House , and that for this purpose , a committee on privileges and elections would be appointed . Mr. GWIN then submitted his amendment to Mr. Semple's , as follows : Resolved , That all persons present who were voted for on the 1st and ...
... House , and that for this purpose , a committee on privileges and elections would be appointed . Mr. GWIN then submitted his amendment to Mr. Semple's , as follows : Resolved , That all persons present who were voted for on the 1st and ...
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... House . It was , to say the least of it , the briefest and most unsatisfactory report that ever came under his observation . The Convention was called upon to vote upon a question in which it was utterly in the dark . This Committee was ...
... House . It was , to say the least of it , the briefest and most unsatisfactory report that ever came under his observation . The Convention was called upon to vote upon a question in which it was utterly in the dark . This Committee was ...
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... House was losing time in this discussion . The CHAIR was of opinion that the discussion was not appropriate to the ques- tion before the House . Mr. SEMPLE understood the question to be on the amendment of Mr. Botts as amended by Mr ...
... House was losing time in this discussion . The CHAIR was of opinion that the discussion was not appropriate to the ques- tion before the House . Mr. SEMPLE understood the question to be on the amendment of Mr. Botts as amended by Mr ...
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... House . If any person claiming a seat should not be included , the question would come up on his case , and be decided on its own merits . Mr. Borts accepted the amendment . The question recurring on the resolu tion , as amended , it ...
... House . If any person claiming a seat should not be included , the question would come up on his case , and be decided on its own merits . Mr. Borts accepted the amendment . The question recurring on the resolu tion , as amended , it ...
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... House to vote by bal . lot . He thought it a principle that should be observed here , that it was a repre- sentative body , and that those who were represented had a right to know the manner in which members disposed of their votes ...
... House to vote by bal . lot . He thought it a principle that should be observed here , that it was a repre- sentative body , and that those who were represented had a right to know the manner in which members disposed of their votes ...
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