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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... require thirty - six to form a quorum for the transaction of business , which was about the whole number present . In all regularly organised legislative bodies , it would be beyond their reach to change this order of things ; but the ...
... require thirty - six to form a quorum for the transaction of business , which was about the whole number present . In all regularly organised legislative bodies , it would be beyond their reach to change this order of things ; but the ...
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... require its suspension . V. Excessive bail shall not be required , nor excessive fines imposed , nor shall cruel and unusual punishments be inflicted , nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained . VI . No person shall be held to ...
... require its suspension . V. Excessive bail shall not be required , nor excessive fines imposed , nor shall cruel and unusual punishments be inflicted , nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained . VI . No person shall be held to ...
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... require us to perform this duty . We are sent here to prepare for them a system by which they can enact laws for ... requiring them to pass through the final revision of a single indi- vidual , called a President or Governor . When a ...
... require us to perform this duty . We are sent here to prepare for them a system by which they can enact laws for ... requiring them to pass through the final revision of a single indi- vidual , called a President or Governor . When a ...
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... require it . Mr. NORTON stated , on behalf of the Committee , that in making this report , they did not intend that it should comprise the whole bill of rights . The Commit- tee was forced , by the action of the House , to come in ...
... require it . Mr. NORTON stated , on behalf of the Committee , that in making this report , they did not intend that it should comprise the whole bill of rights . The Commit- tee was forced , by the action of the House , to come in ...
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... require to be told that they are entitled to the rights of citizenship . He believed it was no more necessary to tell them that than it was to tell him . It might be a very charitable concession to award to them in a bill of rights the ...
... require to be told that they are entitled to the rights of citizenship . He believed it was no more necessary to tell them that than it was to tell him . It might be a very charitable concession to award to them in a bill of rights the ...
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