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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... favor of one committee , consisting of a delegate from each district . It was desirable that there should be a full and fair representation from each district . He thought the committee could report by 2 or 3 o'clock . Mr. GILBERT said ...
... favor of one committee , consisting of a delegate from each district . It was desirable that there should be a full and fair representation from each district . He thought the committee could report by 2 or 3 o'clock . Mr. GILBERT said ...
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... favor of a Territo- rial Government . Mr. 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 ...
... favor of a Territo- rial Government . Mr. 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 ...
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... favor of having this in the bill of rights , and for this reason . That nothing should be introduced into the Constitution or the laws of this country , which would disfranchise any person , who , under a particular law , has the right ...
... favor of having this in the bill of rights , and for this reason . That nothing should be introduced into the Constitution or the laws of this country , which would disfranchise any person , who , under a particular law , has the right ...
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... favor of saying no crime shall be punished except upon the evidence of two witnesses ? It is a strong incentive to crime to say in this Constitution , that treason , the greatest of crimes , shall have this advan . tage over all others ...
... favor of saying no crime shall be punished except upon the evidence of two witnesses ? It is a strong incentive to crime to say in this Constitution , that treason , the greatest of crimes , shall have this advan . tage over all others ...
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... favor of Mr. Gilbert's amendment . He thought it covered the whole ground . It permitted all those persons to vote who enjoyed that privi- lege under the Mexican laws . Very few Indians were allowed to vote under Mexican law . He was ...
... favor of Mr. Gilbert's amendment . He thought it covered the whole ground . It permitted all those persons to vote who enjoyed that privi- lege under the Mexican laws . Very few Indians were allowed to vote under Mexican law . He was ...
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