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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Stran 31
... JONES suggested that a portion of the House did not understand the lan- guage of this bill of rights . They required time to have it translated . Besides , it was desirable that the House should have time to examine other Constitutions ...
... JONES suggested that a portion of the House did not understand the lan- guage of this bill of rights . They required time to have it translated . Besides , it was desirable that the House should have time to examine other Constitutions ...
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... JONES moved to strike it out . Mr. Borts was in favor of the amendment suggested by Mr. Jones , He con- sidered the first section superfluous . It merely secures to the citizens of the State certain privileges , of which this Convention ...
... JONES moved to strike it out . Mr. Borts was in favor of the amendment suggested by Mr. Jones , He con- sidered the first section superfluous . It merely secures to the citizens of the State certain privileges , of which this Convention ...
Stran 35
... JONES objected to any such interpretation . The reading of the section is , no member of this State shall be disfranchised . " That is to say , no citizen having certain rights , such as the right of voting , shall be deprived of them ...
... JONES objected to any such interpretation . The reading of the section is , no member of this State shall be disfranchised . " That is to say , no citizen having certain rights , such as the right of voting , shall be deprived of them ...
Stran 36
... JONES said that , in France the word franchise is used to express a political right . In the Constitution of Louisiana it is used in the same sense . It refers to the right of suffrage . Mr. ORD quoted from Webster's dictionary ...
... JONES said that , in France the word franchise is used to express a political right . In the Constitution of Louisiana it is used in the same sense . It refers to the right of suffrage . Mr. ORD quoted from Webster's dictionary ...
Stran 41
... JONES wished a division of the question on the motion to strike out , and the proposed substitute . He was opposed to the section reported by the Committee . The subject of private roads comes peculiarly within the province of the ...
... JONES wished a division of the question on the motion to strike out , and the proposed substitute . He was opposed to the section reported by the Committee . The subject of private roads comes peculiarly within the province of the ...
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