Raynors HCA 2016-10
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Book, “THE CONSTITUTION: TOGETHER WITH THE SESSION LAWS OF OREGON, ENACTED DURING THE FIRST REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF OREGON, BEGUN, SEPT. 10, 1860.”, Salem, Asahel Bush, 1860, 111pp., 0th-century buckram, gilt leather label. Some chipping to labels, spotting to covers. Top corner of titlepage clipped with no loss of text, ink notations, ink offsetting, and an ink library stamp on titlepage, ink stamp on first page of text, minor foxing, faint tideline on last third of text. The constitution provided that "No negro, Chinaman, or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage," nor any "idiot or insane person." It also levied a two dollar monthly tax upon "every Chinaman engaged in mining gold in this State...." Accompanied by an 1882 reprint of the JOURNAL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF OREGON.
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