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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... established rules , it had no right to determine on the sitting of members until it was fully organized . It was necessary that there should be some members at least to pro- ceed to business before this question could be determined . He ...
... established rules , it had no right to determine on the sitting of members until it was fully organized . It was necessary that there should be some members at least to pro- ceed to business before this question could be determined . He ...
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... established usage in legislative bodies , that mat- ters of great importance should come before the House through a committee . This committee must digest the material for the action of the House . He appre- hended that when the report ...
... established usage in legislative bodies , that mat- ters of great importance should come before the House through a committee . This committee must digest the material for the action of the House . He appre- hended that when the report ...
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... established . Mr. SEMPLE . Suppose we pass this provision in the bill of rights , will it not cramp our action hereafter ? Other sections must come up defining who are en- titled to certain rights . Here you declare that no citizen ...
... established . Mr. SEMPLE . Suppose we pass this provision in the bill of rights , will it not cramp our action hereafter ? Other sections must come up defining who are en- titled to certain rights . Here you declare that no citizen ...
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... established usages of society . It was for this reason that the clause was put in the Constitution of New York . No such thing as an attempt to limit the Roman Catholics to any fixed rules of worship was intended ; but it was deemed ...
... established usages of society . It was for this reason that the clause was put in the Constitution of New York . No such thing as an attempt to limit the Roman Catholics to any fixed rules of worship was intended ; but it was deemed ...
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... established by the House , be postponed or changed , except by a vote of atleast two - thirds of the members present . The question being taken , the motion was decided in the affirmative . The report of the Committee , thus amended ...
... established by the House , be postponed or changed , except by a vote of atleast two - thirds of the members present . The question being taken , the motion was decided in the affirmative . The report of the Committee , thus amended ...
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