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1849 California Constitution (Spanish:Constitución del Estado de California), full original Spanish text, California State Archives; 1879 California Constitution, original unamended full text, California State Archives; 1878–1879 Constitutional Convention Working Papers, California State Archives
The most flagrant episode was probably the creation and ratification of a new state constitution in 1879. Thanks to vigorous lobbying by the anti-Chinese Workingmen's Party, led by Denis Kearney (an immigrant from Ireland), Article XIX, section 4 forbade corporations from hiring Chinese coolies, and empowered all California cities and counties ...
Colton Hall in Monterey, site of the 1849 Constitutional Convention. The Monterey Convention of 1849 was the first California Constitutional Convention to take place. [1] [8] [9] Bvt. Brig. Gen. Bennett C. Riley, ex officio Governor of California, issued a proclamation on June 3, 1849 calling for a convention and a special election on August 1 where delegates to the convention would be elected.
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The Civil code of the state of California, as enacted in 1872, amended at subsequent sessions, and adapted to the constitution of 1879; and an appendix of general laws upon the subjects embraced in the code, with citations up to and including volume 147, California reports.#cEd. by R. M. Sims
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The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Neither house has been expanded since the ratification of the 1879 Constitution , [ 1 ] and each of the 80 members represent at least 465,000 people, more than any other state lower house, [ citation needed ] and second largest of any lower house ...