Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849John 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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... MCCARVER , SHANNON , GWIN , SHERWOOD , HALLECK , BOTTS , PRICE , GILBERT , and SEMPLE continued the debate , chiefly in relation to the representa tion of the respective districts which they represented . Mr. GILBERT regretted ...
... MCCARVER , SHANNON , GWIN , SHERWOOD , HALLECK , BOTTS , PRICE , GILBERT , and SEMPLE continued the debate , chiefly in relation to the representa tion of the respective districts which they represented . Mr. GILBERT regretted ...
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... McCARVER desired to offer an amendment providing that a majority of the members from each district shall control the absent votes . If this plan was adopted , he thought it would prove satisfactory ; but if not , the amendment was a ...
... McCARVER desired to offer an amendment providing that a majority of the members from each district shall control the absent votes . If this plan was adopted , he thought it would prove satisfactory ; but if not , the amendment was a ...
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... McCarver , John Mc- Dougal , E. O. Crosby , W. Blackburn , Jas . Queen , R. M. Jones , W. Lacy , C. E. Pickett . San Joaquin - B . F. Lippincott , S. Haley , C. L. Peck , B. F. Moore , M. Fallon , B. Ogden , J. M. Jones , T. L. Vermuile ...
... McCarver , John Mc- Dougal , E. O. Crosby , W. Blackburn , Jas . Queen , R. M. Jones , W. Lacy , C. E. Pickett . San Joaquin - B . F. Lippincott , S. Haley , C. L. Peck , B. F. Moore , M. Fallon , B. Ogden , J. M. Jones , T. L. Vermuile ...
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... McCARVER moved that the election be conducted by ballot . Mr. HOBSON Submitted the following : 1. In the election of officers of this Convention a majority of all the votes given shall be neces- sary to a choice . 2. In voting for the ...
... McCARVER moved that the election be conducted by ballot . Mr. HOBSON Submitted the following : 1. In the election of officers of this Convention a majority of all the votes given shall be neces- sary to a choice . 2. In voting for the ...
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... McCARVER proposed moving the question , whether this body proceed to form a State or Territorial Government . The CHAIR Considered the question embodied in the resolution . Mr. HASTINGS was opposed to the resolution last offered , and ...
... McCARVER proposed moving the question , whether this body proceed to form a State or Territorial Government . The CHAIR Considered the question embodied in the resolution . Mr. HASTINGS was opposed to the resolution last offered , and ...
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