Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1978, Volume 3 |
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Page 1154
... matter . That regulates it in the proper manner . Another proposition we have made , is to compel the assessment of land by sections and fractions of sections . That will do more to regulate this land question than any of the ...
... matter . That regulates it in the proper manner . Another proposition we have made , is to compel the assessment of land by sections and fractions of sections . That will do more to regulate this land question than any of the ...
Page 1155
... matter over which this State has complete con- trol it is over this very matter . It is by the very power and protection of the State that these men own and hold their property . If a man has a cattle range extending over a thousand ...
... matter over which this State has complete con- trol it is over this very matter . It is by the very power and protection of the State that these men own and hold their property . If a man has a cattle range extending over a thousand ...
Page 1156
... matter , showing that we are about to have a new avalanche of this scrip , which will go in and precede the settler , take away the choice lands , and do great public injury : " WASHINGTON , January 21. - The House Committee on Public ...
... matter , showing that we are about to have a new avalanche of this scrip , which will go in and precede the settler , take away the choice lands , and do great public injury : " WASHINGTON , January 21. - The House Committee on Public ...
Page 1159
... matter is a matter that would properly have come before the Committee on Privileges and Elections , but as the Committee on Legislative Department saw fit to report upon this matter in relation to the election of Senators and ...
... matter is a matter that would properly have come before the Committee on Privileges and Elections , but as the Committee on Legislative Department saw fit to report upon this matter in relation to the election of Senators and ...
Page 1160
... matter . I regret the previous question was moved so early , because that is an important matter . I am inclined to favor the odd years . There is but one objection to it , and that is in regard to the congressional elections . Our ...
... matter . I regret the previous question was moved so early , because that is an important matter . I am inclined to favor the odd years . There is but one objection to it , and that is in regard to the congressional elections . Our ...
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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...