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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... whole vote of the district , and admitting th gates having the highest number of votes . From the best informa collect , he understood it to be a very fair and full election , notwiths been postponed from the day first designated , to a ...
... whole vote of the district , and admitting th gates having the highest number of votes . From the best informa collect , he understood it to be a very fair and full election , notwiths been postponed from the day first designated , to a ...
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... whole number of members who should be here was fixed at sixty - nine . It would then require thirty - six to form a quorum for the transaction of business , which was about the whole number present . In all regularly organised ...
... whole number of members who should be here was fixed at sixty - nine . It would then require thirty - six to form a quorum for the transaction of business , which was about the whole number present . In all regularly organised ...
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... whole subject discussed by the Convention in Committee of the Whole . He desired that every member should participate in the discussion . He was aware it was the wish of the gentleman that this Com- mittee should return immediately with ...
... whole subject discussed by the Convention in Committee of the Whole . He desired that every member should participate in the discussion . He was aware it was the wish of the gentleman that this Com- mittee should return immediately with ...
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... Whole , and take into con- sideration the Constitution of the State of Iowa , as a basis for the Constitution of California . Mr. GWIN remarked , that the motion of the gentleman rendered it proper that he should make an explanation ...
... Whole , and take into con- sideration the Constitution of the State of Iowa , as a basis for the Constitution of California . Mr. GWIN remarked , that the motion of the gentleman rendered it proper that he should make an explanation ...
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... Whole , whether from the experience of the last few days they considered the whole body better calculated to do business than a small committee . Mr. GILBERT remarked that , although in introducing his amendment , he did it to avoid the ...
... Whole , whether from the experience of the last few days they considered the whole body better calculated to do business than a small committee . Mr. GILBERT remarked that , although in introducing his amendment , he did it to avoid the ...
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