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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... majority has been representation in the Convention . A member who had received hundred votes was to be excluded , while there were members on ad received less than one hundred . It was important that a Con- be sent forth which would ...
... majority has been representation in the Convention . A member who had received hundred votes was to be excluded , while there were members on ad received less than one hundred . It was important that a Con- be sent forth which would ...
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... majority has been cut off from a representation in the Convention . A member who had received upwards of eight hundred votes was to be excluded , while there were members on this floor who had received less than one hundred . It was ...
... majority has been cut off from a representation in the Convention . A member who had received upwards of eight hundred votes was to be excluded , while there were members on this floor who had received less than one hundred . It was ...
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... majority of the members from each district shall control the absent votes . If this plan was adopted , he thought it would prove satisfactory ; but if not , the amendment was a mockery . He had seen such a course taken in conventions ...
... majority of the members from each district shall control the absent votes . If this plan was adopted , he thought it would prove satisfactory ; but if not , the amendment was a mockery . He had seen such a course taken in conventions ...
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... majority of the members from each dis . trict present may vote for absentees from their respective districts . Mr. NORTON objected to any such proceeding . He thought a proposition of this kind should not be offered for the purpose of ...
... majority of the members from each dis . trict present may vote for absentees from their respective districts . Mr. NORTON objected to any such proceeding . He thought a proposition of this kind should not be offered for the purpose of ...
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... majority of all the votes given shall be neces- sary to a choice . 2. In voting for the officers , where several candidates are presented , the lowest on the list shall be dropped until a selection is made . 3. In the election of ...
... majority of all the votes given shall be neces- sary to a choice . 2. In voting for the officers , where several candidates are presented , the lowest on the list shall be dropped until a selection is made . 3. In the election of ...
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