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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... fund which has been formed from the proceeds of the customs , provided no instructions to the contrary are received from Washington . The law requires that the Judges of the Superior Court meet within three months after its organization ...
... fund which has been formed from the proceeds of the customs , provided no instructions to the contrary are received from Washington . The law requires that the Judges of the Superior Court meet within three months after its organization ...
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... funds may be unfortunate in business , and unable to settle his accounts at the proper time . If so , he has no business in the Legislature . He should stay at home , and endeavor , by strict attention to business , to meet his lia ...
... funds may be unfortunate in business , and unable to settle his accounts at the proper time . If so , he has no business in the Legislature . He should stay at home , and endeavor , by strict attention to business , to meet his lia ...
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... fund was collected ; together with a minority report from the same com- mittee ; which were ordered to lie on the table for further consideration . Mr. ORD moved that forty - three copies of the report , not including the corres ...
... fund was collected ; together with a minority report from the same com- mittee ; which were ordered to lie on the table for further consideration . Mr. ORD moved that forty - three copies of the report , not including the corres ...
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... fund with which General Riley proposed to pay the expenses of the Convention is tangible or not . By an examination of the official correspondence , it would be found that General Riley studiously reserves the right which he ( Mr. Botts ...
... fund with which General Riley proposed to pay the expenses of the Convention is tangible or not . By an examination of the official correspondence , it would be found that General Riley studiously reserves the right which he ( Mr. Botts ...
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... fund . Every feeling prompted him to repel any proposition founded upon this state of things . Could any man doubt the illegality of such an order ? Is there not a clause in the Constitution of the United States providing that no monies ...
... fund . Every feeling prompted him to repel any proposition founded upon this state of things . Could any man doubt the illegality of such an order ? Is there not a clause in the Constitution of the United States providing that no monies ...
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