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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... necessary the_com . mittee should report , were San Joaquin , San Francisco , and Sacramento . In re- gard to all the other districts , he regarded the question as settled by the action of the people themselves , under the ...
... necessary the_com . mittee should report , were San Joaquin , San Francisco , and Sacramento . In re- gard to all the other districts , he regarded the question as settled by the action of the people themselves , under the ...
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... necessary that there should be some members at least to pro- ceed to business before this question could be determined . He did not mean to say that it was absolutely necessary for the House now to commence confining itself to rules ...
... necessary that there should be some members at least to pro- ceed to business before this question could be determined . He did not mean to say that it was absolutely necessary for the House now to commence confining itself to rules ...
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... necessary to adopt some fixed rule of action . All business should be suspended until the house was properly organized . It was now in confusion . By an act of the Convention , it would seem that the number of members was fixed at ...
... necessary to adopt some fixed rule of action . All business should be suspended until the house was properly organized . It was now in confusion . By an act of the Convention , it would seem that the number of members was fixed at ...
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... necessary for the action of the House , during which several propositions were offered but not entertained . On a call of the House , the President declaring a quorum present , Mr. GWIN moved to reconsider the report of the Committee on ...
... necessary for the action of the House , during which several propositions were offered but not entertained . On a call of the House , the President declaring a quorum present , Mr. GWIN moved to reconsider the report of the Committee on ...
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... necessary ; but these standing committees would always be ready to perform any duty imposed upon them by the House in Committee of the Whole . He believed the business of the Convention would be done quicker by the adop- tion of this ...
... necessary ; but these standing committees would always be ready to perform any duty imposed upon them by the House in Committee of the Whole . He believed the business of the Convention would be done quicker by the adop- tion of this ...
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