Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1978, Volume 3State office, J. D. Young, Superintendent State printing, 1881 - 1578 pages |
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Page 1155
... adopted by the Committee of the Whole be adopted by the Convention . Division being called for , the motion prevailed , by a vote of 63 ayes to 45 noes . IN CONVENTION . THE PRESIDENT . Gentlemen : I am instructed by the Committee of ...
... adopted by the Committee of the Whole be adopted by the Convention . Division being called for , the motion prevailed , by a vote of 63 ayes to 45 noes . IN CONVENTION . THE PRESIDENT . Gentlemen : I am instructed by the Committee of ...
Page 1157
... adopted , the consequence of its adoption for this section ; but I am arguing on that hypothesis . This section is would be that we would have a general election in September of this defective in several respects . First , it says that ...
... adopted , the consequence of its adoption for this section ; but I am arguing on that hypothesis . This section is would be that we would have a general election in September of this defective in several respects . First , it says that ...
Page 1160
... adopt the amendment , you will only have an election every two years . been so ruled twenty times by the President during the session of this Convention . If a substitute is adopted we must pass to the next section . A motion to strike ...
... adopt the amendment , you will only have an election every two years . been so ruled twenty times by the President during the session of this Convention . If a substitute is adopted we must pass to the next section . A motion to strike ...
Page 1161
... adopted an amendment we cannot strike the section out . • MR . MCCALLUM . Mr. Chairman : I wish to say that , in my ... adopted . The provisions of all laws which are inconsistent with this Constitution shall cease upon the adoption ...
... adopted an amendment we cannot strike the section out . • MR . MCCALLUM . Mr. Chairman : I wish to say that , in my ... adopted . The provisions of all laws which are inconsistent with this Constitution shall cease upon the adoption ...
Page 1170
... adopt the section is not necessary . Now , in my judgment it is . In my judgment a section of this Constitution can- not be voted on , or cannot be adopted , except upon a direct motion to adopt . It has never been adopted at all . It ...
... adopt the section is not necessary . Now , in my judgment it is . In my judgment a section of this Constitution can- not be voted on , or cannot be adopted , except upon a direct motion to adopt . It has never been adopted at all . It ...
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Page 1383 - ... before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof, within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 1162 - I do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States,, and the constitution of the State of California; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 1333 - The Superior Court shall have original jurisdiction in *. all cases in equity, and in all cases at law which involve the title or possession of real property, or the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, toll, or municipal fine, and in all other cases in which the demand, exclusive of interest, or the value of the property in controversy, amounts to three hundred dollars...
Page 1177 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service, and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace, and in cases of petit larceny under the regulation of the Legislature), unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury ; and in any trial in any court whatever, the party accused shall be allowed to appear and defend...
Page 1199 - Each stockholder of a corporation or joint-stock association shall be individually and personally liable for such proportion of all its debts and liabilities contracted or incurred during the time he was a stockholder, as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock or shares of the corporation or association.
Page 1178 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 1252 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 1188 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation having been first made to, or paid into Court for, the owner...
Page 1303 - A mortgage, deed of trust, contract, or other obligation by which a debt is secured, shall, for the purposes of assessment and taxation, be deemed and treated as an interest in the property affected thereby.
Page 1270 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say : Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors...