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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... amendment proposed by him , having in view the appointment of a com- mittee on privileges and elections . With the permission of that gentleman , he would introduce the following as a substitute for the original amendment : Resolved ...
... amendment proposed by him , having in view the appointment of a com- mittee on privileges and elections . With the permission of that gentleman , he would introduce the following as a substitute for the original amendment : Resolved ...
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... amendment . Messrs . 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 ...
... amendment . Messrs . 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 ...
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... amendment offered by Mr. Botts , and it was rejected . The question was then taken on the resolution of Mr. Gilbert , and it was adopted . On motion of Mr. GWIN , so much of the report of the Committee as was not in- cluded in the ...
... amendment offered by Mr. Botts , and it was rejected . The question was then taken on the resolution of Mr. Gilbert , and it was adopted . On motion of Mr. GWIN , so much of the report of the Committee as was not in- cluded in the ...
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... amendment of Mr. Botts as amended by Mr. Hill . The primary question before the House , therefore , was , whether this ratio of representation shall be agreed upon . He intended voting for this amendment , as he believed it to be a fair ...
... amendment of Mr. Botts as amended by Mr. Hill . The primary question before the House , therefore , was , whether this ratio of representation shall be agreed upon . He intended voting for this amendment , as he believed it to be a fair ...
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... amendment . Mr. BOTTS could not consent to withdraw the amendment . He did not believe there would be any personal feeling . As to the principal , he could tell gentlemen there was frequently a great deal of principle involved in the ...
... amendment . Mr. BOTTS could not consent to withdraw the amendment . He did not believe there would be any personal feeling . As to the principal , he could tell gentlemen there was frequently a great deal of principle involved in the ...
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