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 páginas 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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... means which he deeins best calculated to avoid the embarrassments of our present position . The undersigned , in accordance with instructions from the Secretary of War , has assumed the administration of civil affairs in California ...
... means which he deeins best calculated to avoid the embarrassments of our present position . The undersigned , in accordance with instructions from the Secretary of War , has assumed the administration of civil affairs in California ...
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... means of advancing the work before the Convention . It was a great object to expedite business . The people sent delegates here to form the organic law of what would soon , he trusted , be a great State of the American Union . The pro ...
... means of advancing the work before the Convention . It was a great object to expedite business . The people sent delegates here to form the organic law of what would soon , he trusted , be a great State of the American Union . The pro ...
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... mean different things . A member of a State , is a citizen . If gentlemen had left the word citizen , it would be ... means simply the right of suffrage , and nothing more . This amendment , which it is proposed to substitute for the ...
... mean different things . A member of a State , is a citizen . If gentlemen had left the word citizen , it would be ... means simply the right of suffrage , and nothing more . This amendment , which it is proposed to substitute for the ...
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... means of supporting this government after its adoption , are to be obtained . Other means must be provided to pay the expenses , than by taxing the people of California . The Government of the United States should bear the expenses of ...
... means of supporting this government after its adoption , are to be obtained . Other means must be provided to pay the expenses , than by taxing the people of California . The Government of the United States should bear the expenses of ...
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... means can be obtained , without imposing onerous burdens upon the people . It is not intended that the resolution should , in any way , direct or control the future action of the House . The means of sustaining this government must be ...
... means can be obtained , without imposing onerous burdens upon the people . It is not intended that the resolution should , in any way , direct or control the future action of the House . The means of sustaining this government must be ...
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