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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... received from Washington . The law requires that the Judges of the Superior Court meet within three months after its organization , and form a tariff of fees for the different Territorial Courts and legal officers , including all ...
... received from Washington . The law requires that the Judges of the Superior Court meet within three months after its organization , and form a tariff of fees for the different Territorial Courts and legal officers , including all ...
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... received up to this date , of the election of delegates in the several districts for the general Convention . These papers are numbered from 1 to 51 inclusive . As they are originals , and con- tain the vote for district and town ...
... received up to this date , of the election of delegates in the several districts for the general Convention . These papers are numbered from 1 to 51 inclusive . As they are originals , and con- tain the vote for district and town ...
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... received up to this date , of the election of delegates in the several districts for the general Convention . These papers are numbered from 1 to 51 inclusive . As they are originals , and con- tain the vote for district and town ...
... received up to this date , of the election of delegates in the several districts for the general Convention . These papers are numbered from 1 to 51 inclusive . As they are originals , and con- tain the vote for district and town ...
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... received from some of the larger and more populous districts . It should , however , be remeinbered , that , at the time of holding the election , ( on the 1st day of August last , ) many of the legal voters were absent from the middle ...
... received from some of the larger and more populous districts . It should , however , be remeinbered , that , at the time of holding the election , ( on the 1st day of August last , ) many of the legal voters were absent from the middle ...
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... received , and be pre- pared to report at the next meeting of the Convention . MR . BOTTS was of opinion that the first question in the meeting of a Convention was , as to the certificates of election . What certificate of election had ...
... received , and be pre- pared to report at the next meeting of the Convention . MR . BOTTS was of opinion that the first question in the meeting of a Convention was , as to the certificates of election . What certificate of election had ...
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