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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... proper you should look boldly in equences . It was not for the native Californians we were stitution ; it was for the great American population , comprising e population of the country . In this report that majority has been ...
... proper you should look boldly in equences . It was not for the native Californians we were stitution ; it was for the great American population , comprising e population of the country . In this report that majority has been ...
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... proper . Mr. HALLECK said that the two districts of San Louis Obispo and Santa Barbara had elected the same individual . He would probably be here this afternoon , and I would select from which district he would be received . From the ...
... proper . Mr. HALLECK said that the two districts of San Louis Obispo and Santa Barbara had elected the same individual . He would probably be here this afternoon , and I would select from which district he would be received . From the ...
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... proper that he should make an explanation . Before he ( Mr. Gwin ) was elected a member of this Convention , a consideration of very great importance occurred to him - the difficulty that would be encountered during the labors of the ...
... proper that he should make an explanation . Before he ( Mr. Gwin ) was elected a member of this Convention , a consideration of very great importance occurred to him - the difficulty that would be encountered during the labors of the ...
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... proper . It appeared to him that there was no other judicious mode of proceeding . Mr. GWIN said there was still one difficulty . He was not opposed to a commit- tee where there were ordinary facilities , but he wanted to know what was ...
... proper . It appeared to him that there was no other judicious mode of proceeding . Mr. GWIN said there was still one difficulty . He was not opposed to a commit- tee where there were ordinary facilities , but he wanted to know what was ...
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... proper that the offi cers of this Convention should know precisely upon what they were to depend : Resolved , That a committee of five be appointed to inquire and report to this body the proper mode of providing for the payment of the ...
... proper that the offi cers of this Convention should know precisely upon what they were to depend : Resolved , That a committee of five be appointed to inquire and report to this body the proper mode of providing for the payment of the ...
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