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California Statehood Act; Other short titles: California Admissions Act: Long title: An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union: Enacted by: the 31st United States Congress: Effective: September 9, 1850: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 31–49: Statutes at Large: 9 Stat. 452: Legislative history
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.
April 4 - Los Angeles is incorporated as a city in California. April 15 - San Francisco is incorporated as a city in California. September 9 - California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state as a result of the California Statehood Act. [1] [2] [3]
An Act for the Admission of the State of California; Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio; Legal status of Texas; Enabling Act of 1889, authorizing residents of Dakota, Montana, and Washington territories to form state governments (Dakota to be divided into two ...
The short-lived declaration of an independent California Republic in 1846 was followed 25 days later by the onset of the Mexican–American War.After the resulting conquest of Alta California by United States military forces and American volunteers, California was administered by the U.S. military from 1846 to 1850.
1849 California Constitution, full original English text, California State Archives; 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 ...
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Translation and digest of such portions of the Mexican laws of March 20th and May 23d, 1837 as are supposed to be still in force and adapted to the present condition of California (1849), by J. Halleck and William E. P. Hartnell, San Francisco. Printed at the Office of the Alta California.(Available online at HathiTrust Digital Library)