Messages to the Legislature
Messages to the Legislature

Author: California. Governor

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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Includes annual, biennial and special messages, inaugural addresses, proclamations, speeches, etc. before the Legislature.

Inaugural Message and First Message to the Legislature of Elisha P. Ferry, First Governor of Washington
Inaugural Message and First Message to the Legislature of Elisha P. Ferry, First Governor of Washington

Author: Elisha P. Ferry

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-12

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780267844005

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Excerpt from Inaugural Message and First Message to the Legislature of Elisha P. Ferry, First Governor of Washington: November, 1889 The inauguration of the State Government, which oc curs to-day, is also a most important event in the history of the commonwealth. It marks the end of one form of Government, and the beginning of another. So plain is the significance of the present hour, and so evident is its import, that those present, young and old alike, feel the weight of the great event and will, in future years, proudly refer toothe fact that they saw the wheels of Government of the State of Washington put in motion for the first time, and that they marked the moment when the last act was performed by which the Territory of Washington passed into history, and the State of Washington entered upon its active Governmental career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Inaugural Message to the Legislature
Inaugural Message to the Legislature

Author: California. Governor

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781230014722

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...themselves superfluous. Reapportionment One of the most important and diflicult duties of the legislature at this session will be the reapportionment of the state into congressional, senatorial, and assembly districts. According to the federal census of 1930, California is entitled to nine additional members of the House of Representatives, making twenty in all. Section 6 of Article IV of the state constitution, as amended in 1926, requires the legislature at the first regular session following each decennial federal census to adjust the legislative districts and reapportion the representation so as to preserve the assembly districts as nearly equal in population as may be, provided, however, that no county or city and county shall contain more than one senatorial district, and the counties of small population shall be grouped in districts of not to exceed three counties in any one senatorial district. In case the legislature fails in its duty to reapportion the state, the task is made to fall automatically on a reapportionment commission, consisting of certain designated public oflicers. Our scheme of popular government contemplates that the congressional and assembly districts respectively shall each contain approximately the same population so that representation shall be fair and equal. Unfortunately, the political history of this country aflords numerous instances of "gerrymandering" by which tricky reapportionments have been made to give undue advantages to particular parties, politicians, or localities. I trust that this legislature will approach the task without regard to sectional, individual, or party interests and will make a reapportionment of both congressional and legislative districts in conformity with both the...