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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... opposed to both the resolution and amendment . He thought the difficulty might be obviated by the appointment of a committee of one delegate from each district , with authority to report to the Convention the number of dele- gates ...
... opposed to both the resolution and amendment . He thought the difficulty might be obviated by the appointment of a committee of one delegate from each district , with authority to report to the Convention the number of dele- gates ...
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... opposed to any proceeding of this kind . Although the House might give the votes of a whole district to two or three members of that district , it would be altogether improper , if not impracticable , to make those mem- bers serve for ...
... opposed to any proceeding of this kind . Although the House might give the votes of a whole district to two or three members of that district , it would be altogether improper , if not impracticable , to make those mem- bers serve for ...
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... opposed to the resolution last offered , and in favor of the resolution providing for the organization of a State Government . If it was a State Government it would not be a Territorial Government . Mr. GILBERT , in order to cover the ...
... opposed to the resolution last offered , and in favor of the resolution providing for the organization of a State Government . If it was a State Government it would not be a Territorial Government . Mr. GILBERT , in order to cover the ...
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... opposed to a State Government . This he did not conceive to be the case . He was satisfied from the conversations he had had with them , that they were nearly unanimous in favor of a State Government . As to the line of distinction ...
... opposed to a State Government . This he did not conceive to be the case . He was satisfied from the conversations he had had with them , that they were nearly unanimous in favor of a State Government . As to the line of distinction ...
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... opposed to adopting any one constitution as a basis , unless it came through a committee . Let this committee take all the constitutions and report what they deemed best . Each member could then , in Committee of the Whole , propose ...
... opposed to adopting any one constitution as a basis , unless it came through a committee . Let this committee take all the constitutions and report what they deemed best . Each member could then , in Committee of the Whole , propose ...
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