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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... thought of the right of the people to temporarily replace the officers of the existing govern- ment by others appointed by a provisional Territorial Legislature , there can be no question that the existing laws of the country must ...
... thought of the right of the people to temporarily replace the officers of the existing govern- ment by others appointed by a provisional Territorial Legislature , there can be no question that the existing laws of the country must ...
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... thought the committee could report by 2 or 3 o'clock . Mr. GILBERT said that the only districts upon which it was necessary the_com . mittee should report , were San Joaquin , San Francisco , and Sacramento . In re- gard to all the ...
... thought the committee could report by 2 or 3 o'clock . Mr. GILBERT said that the only districts upon which it was necessary the_com . mittee should report , were San Joaquin , San Francisco , and Sacramento . In re- gard to all the ...
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... thought it would prove satisfactory ; but if not , the amendment was a mockery . He had seen such a course taken in conventions several times . Mr. SHERWOOD sustained the proposition of Mr. McCarver . Mr. CARILLO felt a diffidence in ...
... thought it would prove satisfactory ; but if not , the amendment was a mockery . He had seen such a course taken in conventions several times . Mr. SHERWOOD sustained the proposition of Mr. McCarver . Mr. CARILLO felt a diffidence in ...
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... thought a proposition of this kind should not be offered for the purpose of riding it in upon another proposition which might possibly meet the wishes of the House . Mr. HALLECK also objected . The Convention would never be able to get ...
... thought a proposition of this kind should not be offered for the purpose of riding it in upon another proposition which might possibly meet the wishes of the House . Mr. HALLECK also objected . The Convention would never be able to get ...
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... thought it hardly fair to go into any business whatever until it was first ascertained who were entitled to seats . It would then be time to go into the election of officers . Mr. SEMPLE said , that if the House proceeded according to ...
... thought it hardly fair to go into any business whatever until it was first ascertained who were entitled to seats . It would then be time to go into the election of officers . Mr. SEMPLE said , that if the House proceeded according to ...
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