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APPENDIX.

THE

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION, OCTOBER 10, 1849; RATIFIED BY THE PEOPLE, NOVEMBER 13, 1849; PROCLAIMED, DECEMBER 20, 1849; AND AMENDED IN 1857, 1862, AND 1871.

PREAMBLE.

We, the people of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, do establish this constitution.

ARTICLE I.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

Section 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable

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