Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849J. T. Towers, 1850 - 479 σελίδες John 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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... . Hobson , W. M. Steuart . From Sonoma . - J . Walker , R. Semple , L. W. Boggs , M. G. Vallejo . From Sacramento . - J . R. Snyder , W. E. Shannon , W. S. Sherwood , J. A. Sutter . 13 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 1.
... . Hobson , W. M. Steuart . From Sonoma . - J . Walker , R. Semple , L. W. Boggs , M. G. Vallejo . From Sacramento . - J . R. Snyder , W. E. Shannon , W. S. Sherwood , J. A. Sutter . 13 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 1.
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... SHANNON gave a statistical synopsis of the number of delegates which he considered each district entitled to , with a view of showing that , on the basis as- sumed by gentlemen from the San Joaquin district , that of Sacramento was ...
... SHANNON gave a statistical synopsis of the number of delegates which he considered each district entitled to , with a view of showing that , on the basis as- sumed by gentlemen from the San Joaquin district , that of Sacramento was ...
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... SHANNON , GWIN , SHERWOOD , HALLECK , BOTTS , PRICE , GILBERT , and SEMPLE continued the debate , chiefly in relation to the representa tion of the respective districts which they represented . Mr. GILBERT regretted exceedingly that the ...
... SHANNON , GWIN , SHERWOOD , HALLECK , BOTTS , PRICE , GILBERT , and SEMPLE continued the debate , chiefly in relation to the representa tion of the respective districts which they represented . Mr. GILBERT regretted exceedingly that the ...
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... SHANNON Considered the proposition extremely objectionable . It was the very worst principle that could be adopted . The precedent would be most inju . rious . For his own part , if he had to vote for any absentee , he wished at least ...
... SHANNON Considered the proposition extremely objectionable . It was the very worst principle that could be adopted . The precedent would be most inju . rious . For his own part , if he had to vote for any absentee , he wished at least ...
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... Shannon , Hoppe , and Dent . Mr. SEMPLE suggested that there was a good deal of business to transact , which might be done during the sitting of this Committee . It was important to deter- mine what officers were necessary . This could ...
... Shannon , Hoppe , and Dent . Mr. SEMPLE suggested that there was a good deal of business to transact , which might be done during the sitting of this Committee . It was important to deter- mine what officers were necessary . This could ...
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