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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... officers to recognise the existing civil government , and to aid its officers with the military force under their control . Beyond this , any interference is not only uncalled for but strictly forbidden . The laws of California , not ...
... officers to recognise the existing civil government , and to aid its officers with the military force under their control . Beyond this , any interference is not only uncalled for but strictly forbidden . The laws of California , not ...
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... officers are fully defined in the laws of this country , and are almost identical with those of the corresponding officers in the Atlantic and Western States . In order to complete this organization with the least possible delay , the ...
... officers are fully defined in the laws of this country , and are almost identical with those of the corresponding officers in the Atlantic and Western States . In order to complete this organization with the least possible delay , the ...
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... officers , as well as for delegates to the Convention , it is hoped that they will be preserved with care , and returned to this office as soon as your honorable body shall have completed its organization . It appears from the returns ...
... officers , as well as for delegates to the Convention , it is hoped that they will be preserved with care , and returned to this office as soon as your honorable body shall have completed its organization . It appears from the returns ...
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... officers were necessary . This could be done while the Committee was preparing its report . Mr. NORTON thought it hardly fair to go into any business whatever until it was first ascertained who were entitled to seats . It would then be ...
... officers were necessary . This could be done while the Committee was preparing its report . Mr. NORTON thought it hardly fair to go into any business whatever until it was first ascertained who were entitled to seats . It would then be ...
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... officers of this Convention a majority of all the votes given shall be neces- sary to a choice . 2. In voting for the officers , where several candidates are presented , the lowest on the list shall be dropped until a selection is made ...
... officers of this Convention a majority of all the votes given shall be neces- sary to a choice . 2. In voting for the officers , where several candidates are presented , the lowest on the list shall be dropped until a selection is made ...
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