Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1878, Volume 2 |
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Page 659
... propose to go in this matter . I MR . BEERSTECHER . Mr. Chairman : As I was stating , the objection to the section as introduced , which objection was privately stated to me by a number of delegates , was that the original section would ...
... propose to go in this matter . I MR . BEERSTECHER . Mr. Chairman : As I was stating , the objection to the section as introduced , which objection was privately stated to me by a number of delegates , was that the original section would ...
Page 660
... propose to do . ately leave the chair of the committee , and the Speaker ro the house . The Chairman , then , by way of report - for he other - informs the Speaker of the cause of the dissolution mittee . When the Speaker is thus ...
... propose to do . ately leave the chair of the committee , and the Speaker ro the house . The Chairman , then , by way of report - for he other - informs the Speaker of the cause of the dissolution mittee . When the Speaker is thus ...
Page 664
... propose to violate that oat engage in business without a license , and then provide further that they shall not have a license . Now , suppose you do this ; suppose you incor- porate this provision in the Constitution , and suppose the ...
... propose to violate that oat engage in business without a license , and then provide further that they shall not have a license . Now , suppose you do this ; suppose you incor- porate this provision in the Constitution , and suppose the ...
Page 672
... propose to lend my voice , or my influence , to take this Convention one ste constitutional bounds . We are pledged ... propose to up the government of the State of California in opposition ernment of the United States . I do not propose ...
... propose to lend my voice , or my influence , to take this Convention one ste constitutional bounds . We are pledged ... propose to up the government of the State of California in opposition ernment of the United States . I do not propose ...
Page 677
... propose a modification of the Burlingame treaty , such as we desire . If our overtures are not accepted , give reasonable notice of the abrogation of the treaty , and then proceed to such independent action as will at once furnish a ...
... propose a modification of the Burlingame treaty , such as we desire . If our overtures are not accepted , give reasonable notice of the abrogation of the treaty , and then proceed to such independent action as will at once furnish a ...
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Page 805 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 670 - Citizens of the United States visiting or residing in China shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, or exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation...
Page 826 - The Legislature shall have no power to impose taxes upon counties, cities, towns, or other public or municipal corporations, or upon the inhabitants or property thereof, for county, city, town, or other municipal purposes, but may, by general laws, vest in the corporate authorities thereof the power to assess and collect taxes for such purposes.
Page 669 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 743 - ... religious sect, church, creed, or sectarian purpose, or help to support or sustain any school, college, university, hospital, or other institution controlled by any religious creed, church, or sectarian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of personal property or real estate ever be made by the State, or any city, city and county, town or other municipal corporation for any religious creed, church, or sectarian purpose whatever; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent...
Page 678 - According to the maxim, sic utere tuo ut alienum non ((edits, which, being of universal application, it must, of course, be within the range of legislative action to define the mode and manner in which every one may so use his own as not to injure others.
Page 858 - A mortgage, deed of trust, contract, or other obligation by which a debt is secured, shall, for the purposes of assessment and taxation, be deemed and treated as an interest in the property affected thereby.
Page 838 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 669 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed on, to take into consideration the trade of the United States, to examine the relative situations and trade of the said states, to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Page 819 - Said Commissioners shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to establish rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight by railroad or other transportation companies, and publish the same from time to time, with such changes as they may make; to examine the books, records, and papers of all railroad and other transportation companies...