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An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union was the formal title given to the Congressional legislation passed by the 31st Congress, and signed by President Millard Fillmore on September 9, 1850, which admitted California as the 31st state to the Union.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
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 ...
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.) "Public records" include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics."
As agreed to in the Compromise of 1850, Congress passed the California Statehood Act on September 9, 1850. [65] Thirty-eight days later the Pacific Mail Steamship SS Oregon brought word to San Francisco on October 18, 1850, that California was now the 31st state. There was a celebration that lasted for weeks.
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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]
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