Title: Report of the debates in the Convention of California : on the formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 /
Authors: Browne, J. Ross 1821-1875; California. (1849)
Publisher: Printed by J. T. Towers,
Year: 1850
Subjects: California.; Constitutional conventions California.; Constitutional law California; Constitutions California.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: Proclamation of Gen. Riley, dated June 3d, 1849.--Journal of proceedings, and Report of the debates.--List of delegates.--Appendix: Constitution of California.--Memorial.--Digest of Spanish laws ... in existence in California ... --Official correspondence.