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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... matter be made the subject of two resolutions . He deemed it important that the question should be divided as to the regular and supernumerary delegates , and would therefore make a motion to that effect . Mr. HALLECK amended his ...
... matter be made the subject of two resolutions . He deemed it important that the question should be divided as to the regular and supernumerary delegates , and would therefore make a motion to that effect . Mr. HALLECK amended his ...
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... matter of sympathy , but as a matter of right . His reputation , he trusted was above committees . In the absence of full election returns , he con- tended that the word of a gentleman who was deemed worthy of the confidence reposed in ...
... matter of sympathy , but as a matter of right . His reputation , he trusted was above committees . In the absence of full election returns , he con- tended that the word of a gentleman who was deemed worthy of the confidence reposed in ...
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... matter from what nation they came , he trusted that hereafter they would be classed with the American people . The Constitution was to be formed for their benefit as well as to that of the native born Americans . They all had one common ...
... matter from what nation they came , he trusted that hereafter they would be classed with the American people . The Constitution was to be formed for their benefit as well as to that of the native born Americans . They all had one common ...
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... matter might be decided by the House . Mr GWIN said the gentleman's remarks presented a most irresistible argument against the proposition which he advocated . The very fact referred to by him showed the impracticability of doing ...
... matter might be decided by the House . Mr GWIN said the gentleman's remarks presented a most irresistible argument against the proposition which he advocated . The very fact referred to by him showed the impracticability of doing ...
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... matter of course they will vote for it again . What object is there , then , in sitting here ? Simply to form a quorum to enable the great committee to make a Constitution . The people of California have sent some forty members here for ...
... matter of course they will vote for it again . What object is there , then , in sitting here ? Simply to form a quorum to enable the great committee to make a Constitution . The people of California have sent some forty members here for ...
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