County-seat. Northern boundary-line. Boundaries. and on the opposite side from Soda Springs, on the Upper Sacramento River; from said point or place of beginning to run due east to the eastern boundary of the State of California, and thence north to the Oregon line; and from thence running west along the boundary line of the Territory of Oregon and the State of California to a point on said line due north of the mouth of Indian Creek (being the first large creek adjoining the Indian territory, at a place known as Happy Camp, which empties into the Klamath River, on the opposite side below the mouth of Scott's River), and from thence across Klamath River, running in a southeasterly course along the summit of the mountains dividing the waters of Scott's and Salmon Rivers, to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. The county-seat of said county shall be located at Shasta Butte City, and shall be known by the name of Yreka City. An Act to legalize the acts of the surveyor of the County of Siskiyou in defining the northern boundary-line of said county. Approved May 14, 1861, 373. SECTION 1. The northern boundary-line of the County of Siskiyou, ascertained and defined by the surveyor of said County, acting under instructions from the board of supervisors of said county, is hereby declared to be, to all intents and purposes, a final settlement of the same, until otherwise fixed and defined by a joint commission representing respectively this State and the State of Oregon. SOLANO COUNTY. An Act dividing the State into counties, and establishing the seats of justice therein. 1179. SECTION 27. County of Solano. Beginning at the mouth of Napa Creek, and running up the middle of its channel to the mouth of Suscol Creek; thence following up said creek to the eastern boundary-line of Napa County; thence along said boundary-line to the northeast corner of Napa County; thence in a direct line to the nearest point of Putah Creek; thence down the middle of said creek to its termination in the Tule Marsh; thence in a direct line to the head of Merritt's Slough; thence down the middle of said slough to its mouth; thence down the middle of Sacramento River to its mouth; thence down the middle of Suisun Bay to the straits of Carquinez, and thence through the middle of said straits to the place of beginning, excluding the Seat of justice. island, called Signor, or Mare Island. The seat of justice shall be at Benicia. [Amendment, approved May 3, 1852, 236. Mare Island. Boundaries. Seat of justice. An Act to attach Signor, or Mare Island, to Solano County. SECTION 1. That the island called Signor, or Mare Island, shall be attached to, and form a part of, the territory of Solano County, and the jurisdiction of the legal authorities of said county shall be exercised over said island from and after the passage of this act. SONOMA COUNTY. An Act dividing the State into counties, and establishing the seats of justice therein. 1180. SECTION 24. Sonoma County. Beginning at a point in the Pacific Oceanopposite to and three miles from a point on the coast one mile northwesterly from Fort Ross, and running thence in a direct line to the northwest corner of Napa County; thence southerly along the Napa County boundary in the Mayacmas Mountains to the westerly branch of Guichica Creek; thence southerly along said County boundary to its initial point in the mouth of Guichica Creek; thence in a direct line to the northwest corner of Contra Costa County in San Pablo Bay; thence down the middle of said bay to the northeast corner of Marin County; thence following the boundary of Marin County to Petaluma Creek; thence up the centre of said creek to the mouth of San Antonio Creek; thence up the centre of said creek to its head; thence in a direct line to the head of the Estero Americano; thence following the centre of said Estero to its mouth; thence in a direct line three miles to a point in the Pacific Ocean opposite to the mouth of said Estero; thence northerly to the place of beginning. The seat of justice shall be at Santa Rosa. [Amendment, approved April 27, 1855, 150. [Since the passage of the above act, the boundaries of Mendocino County have been changed by act approved March 11, 1859, 98, amended by act approved April 28, 1860, 334. By these acts the southern boundary of Mendocino commences at the mouth of Gualale River, and runs in a northeasterly direction. There seems to be no act shifting the northern boundary of Sonoma County as above described so as to correspond with the present southern line of Mendocino. The boundary-line between Sonoma and Marin Counties was re-established and defined by act approved May 13, 1861, 351. It agrees with the boundary of Sonoma as above described. See Mendocino and Marin, in this list.] STANISLAUS COUNTY. An Act to create the County of Stanislaus, to define its boundaries, and to provide for its organization. Passed April 5, 1854, 21. 1181. SECTION 1. There shall be formed out of the western portion of the County of Tuolumne a new county, to be called Stanislaus. SEC. 2. The boundaries of the County of Stanislaus shall be as follows: Commenc- Boundaries. ing on the Stanislaus, at the corner of Calaveras and San Joaquin Counties; thence running in a southeast course to Sparks's Ferry, on the Tuolumne River; thence to the boundary-line between Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties; thence west along said line to the San Joaquin River; thence up said river to the mouth of the Merced River; thence in a due southwest direction to the summit of the Coast Range; thence in a northwesterly direction, following the summit of said range; thence to the southwest corner of San Joaquin County; thence northeasterly along the line of said County to the place of beginning. [Amendment, passed May 3, 1854, 148. [Section 3 of the above act provided for an election for a seat of justice, which was fixed at County-seat. La Grange. This place was recognized as the county-seat by act approved March 25, 1862, 86, which provided for an election for a county-seat; and subsequently it was fixed at Knight's Ferry.] An Act to establish a permanent boundary-line between the counties of Stanislaus and Tuolumne. Approved May 4, 1855, 245, SECTION 1. The northeastern boundary of the County of Stanislaus, separating the Northern boundary-line. said county from the County of Tuolumne, is hereby permanently established as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of San Joaquin County, at the corner where said county adjoins the County of Calaveras, and running in a southeasterly course on a direct line to the Big Falls on the Tuolumne River, in the mouth of the large cañon one mile north of Dye's Saw Mill (near Sparks's old ferry), crossing the Tuolumne River at the point above described, and continuing the same parallel direction to the line separating the Counties of Tuolumne and Merced. An Act to annex a portion of San Joaquin County to Stanislaus County. Approved February 17, 1860, 34. SECTION 1. So much of San Joaquin County as is embraced in the following lines is Boundaries. annexed to, and shall hereafter be a part of, Stanislaus County: Commencing on the Stanislaus River, at the corner of Tuolumne and Stanislaus Counties; thence running along the boundary-line between Calaveras and San Joaquin Counties to McDermott's Bridge, on the Calaveras River, where the range-line, between ranges nine and ten, east, intersects the easterly boundary of San Joaquin County; thence along said rangeline due south to the Stanislaus River; thence up said river to the place of beginning. SUTTER COUNTY. An Act to define the boundary-lines of the County of Sutter. Approved April 1, 1864; 1863-4, 801. 1182. SECTION 1. The boundary-lines of the County of Sutter shall be as follows, to Boundaries. wit: Beginning at a point in the middle of the Sacramento River, ten miles below the junction of the Sacramento and Feather Rivers, and running thence up the middle of the Sacramento River to the mouth of Butte Creek; thence up the middle of said creek to its intersection with the south line of section nineteen, township seventeen north, range one east, Monte Diablo meridian; thence east on section-lines to a point in the middle of Feather River; thence down the middle of Feather River to a point opposite the mouth of Bear Creek; thence up the middle of said creek to a point opposite Camp Far West; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts, so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. County-seat. [The seat of justice, by act approved May 3, 1852, 237, was fixed at Nicolaus. Subsequently, by act approved April 19, 1856, 142, the question of the location of a county-seat was provided to be determined by election; and it was afterwards fixed at Yuba City.] TEHAMA COUNTY. Boundaries. Seat of justice. Boundaries. An Act to alter and define the boundary-lines of Tehama County. 1183. SECTION 1. The County of Tehama shall be bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the first section-line north of Rogers' house, on the Sacramento River, and running west on said line to the summit of the Coast Range; thence up the Coast Range, to the Middle Fork of Cottonwood Creek; thence down the centre channel of said creek, to the Sacramento River; thence up the middle channel of said river, to the mouth of Battle Creek; thence up the middle channel of said creek, to the western line of Plumas County; thence on said line, southerly, to the line of Butte County; and thence, in direct line, to the head-waters of Rock Creek; thence down the middle of the channel of said creek, to township-line twenty-three; thence along said line, to the middle of the Sacramento River; thence along the middle of the channel of said river, to the place of beginning. [Section 2 of this act repeals all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.] An Act to establish the county-seat of Tehama County. Approved March 31, 1857, 144; took effect from April 1, 1857. SECTION 1. The seat of justice of the County of Tehama is hereby declared to be the town of Red Bluff, (") in the said county. TRINITY COUNTY. An Act dividing the State into counties, and establishing the seats of justice therein. 1184. SEC. 30. County of Trinity. Beginning at the northeast corner of Humboldt County, on the Trinity River, at the point where the boundary-line between said County of Humboldt and the County of Klamath crosses said River; thence northeasterly up the principal ridge to the summit of the range of mountains dividing the waters of the Trinity River from the waters of Salmon River; thence following the said summit in an easterly direction to the summit of the range that divides the waters of the Sacramento from the waters that flow westwardly through the Klamath into the Pacific; thence southerly, following the summit of said range to its intersection with the fortieth degree of parallel of north latitude; thence due west along said parallel of latitude to the eastern boundary of Humboldt County; thence in a northerly direction along said eastern boundary to the place of beginning. The seat of jusSeat of justice. tice shall be Weaverville. [Amendment, approved April 30, 1855, 200. Boundaries. Beat of justice. TULARE COUNTY. An Act creating Tulare County and to provide for its organization. Approved April 20, 1852, 240. 1185. SECTION 1. The County of Mariposa is hereby subdivided as follows: Begin ning at the summit of the Coast Range at the corner of Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties; thence running in a northeasterly direction to the ridge dividing the waters of the San Joaquin and King's Rivers; thence along said ridge to the summit of the Sierra; thence in the same direction to the State-line; thence southeasterly along said line to the County of Los Angeles; (') thence southwesterly along the line of Los Angeles County to Santa Barbara; thence along the summit of the Coast Range to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. The southern portion of Mariposa County, so cut off, shall be called Tulare County. The seat of justice shall be at the log cabin on the south side of Kaweah Creek, near the bridge built by Dr. Thomas Payne, and shall be called Woodsville. The seat of justice shall be at Woodsville, until changed by the people, as provided by law. [The last clause of section 2 of the above act was repealed by an act approved March 31, 1853, 67, which also made provision for submitting the question of permanent location of the seat of justice to the voters. It was subsequently fixed and still remains at Visalia.] [Tulare County as above defined, has since been changed by the creation of new counties. (") The name of this place is printed in the statutes of 1857 as Red Bluffs;" but the correct name, as repeatedly recognized in later statutes, appears to be as above, "Red Blut." (") The portion of Los Angeles County here referred to has since been included in and is now a part of San Bernardino County. Fresno County, created by act approved April 19, 1856, 183, cut off a portion on the northwesterly side. There was an act approved April 30, 1855, 203, to organize the County of Buena Vista out of the southern portion of Tulare. It was extended by act approved March 3, 1858, 36; but the proposed new county was never organized. There was also an act approved April 4, 1864; 1863-4, 528, to create Coso County, which was to cut off the portion lying east of the Sierra Nevada; but the proposed new county was never organized. See Fresno, and the references to Buena Vista and Coso, in this list.] TUOLUMNE COUNTY. An Act to define the boundary-line of Tuolumne County. Approved April 11, 1859, 213. 1186. SECTION 1. The boundary-line of the County of Toulumne is hereby estab- Boundaries. lished as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of San Joaquin County;(") at the corner where said County adjoins the County of Calaveras, and running in a southeasterly course, on a direct line, to the Big Falls, on the Tuolumne River, in the mouth of the large cañon, one mile north of Dye's saw-mill, near Sparks's Old Ferry; thence, in a direct line, to the northwesterly corner of Mariposa County; thence, in a northeasterly direction, following the dividing-ridge between the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers, to the summit of the Sierra Nevada, (') in a northwesterly direction, to the head-waters of the North Fork of the Stanislaus River; thence in a westerly direction, following the thread of said North Fork of the Stanislaus River, to the junction of said North Fork with the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus; thence in a southwesterly direction, following the thread of the Stanislaus River, to the place of beginning. [The seat of justice was fixed at Sonora by act subdividing the State into counties, and Seat of justice. establishing seats of justice therein, passed February 18, 1850, 58; amended April 8, 1850, 262, and by act dividing the State into counties, and establishing the seats of justice therein, passed April 25, 1851, 172. It still remains there.] YOLO COUNTY. An Act to define the lines of Yolo County, and to establish its boundaries. 1187. SECTION 1. The boundary-line of Yolo County shall commence at a point in Boundaries. the middle of Sacramento River, near the head of Merritt's, or Steamboat Slough, at a point where the township-line between township number five and township number six, north of the Monte Diablo base-line, intersects said River; thence running due west with said township-line to the range-line between range number two and range number three, east of the meridian of Monte Diablo; thence due north with said range-line to the south branch, or old bed of Putah Creek; thence westerly up the middle of the old bed, as well as the main Putah Creek, to a point in the cañon where the highest ridge of mountains, dividing the valleys of Sacramento and Berryessa; thence along the highest ridge of said mountains, north to the outlet of Clear Lake, or until it intersects a line dividing the counties of Yolo and Colusa, established by an act of the legislature approved April 19th, 1856;() thence east, with said line, to the middle of the Sacramento River; thence south along the middle of said river to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. All acts, and parts of acts, in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. [An Act, approved March 13, 1862, 45, provided for submitting to vote the question of the County-seat. removal of the county-seat from Washington, where it had been fixed, to Woodland. The result was the removal to Woodland; and the county-seat is now at that place.] YUBA COUNTY. An Act dividing the State into counties, and establishing the seats of justice therein. Passed April 25, 1851, 172. 1188. SECTION 19. County of Yuba. Beginning at a point in the middle of Feather Boundaries. River, opposite the mouth of Bear Creek, and running thence east up the middle of said () The portion of San Joaquin County referred to has been since included in Stanislaus County. (*) There is an evident error at this place in the printed statutes of 1859, in leaving out the course along the summit of the Sierra Nevada. () The act here referred to is the act altering and defining the boundary-lines of Colusa County, as given in this list, under the head of Colusa. Seat of justice. Boundary line. Boundary line. creek to a point due south from the mouth of Deer Creek; thence north to a point in An Act defining the locality of the village of Strawberry Valley. SECTION 1. The dividing line between Butte and Yuba Counties is hereby altered, as follows: Beginning at the highest point in the present county line, within three hundred yards east of the village of Strawberry Valley, and running thence in a right line to a point in the present county line two thousand feet distant from the place of beginning, and on the western and opposite side of said village of Strawberry Valley, so as to leave the said village of Strawberry Valley wholly in Yuba County. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. An Act to change the boundary line between the Counties of Butte and Yuba, at the Woodville House. Approved April 15, 1861, 167. SECTION 1. The dividing line between Butte and Yuba Counties be and is hereby altered, as follows: Beginning at a station tree on the established line between said counties, about twenty-six chains easterly from the house known as the "Woodville House;" thence on a right line fifty chains, more or less, to the third station tree, westerly from the said Woodville House, on the said established line, said right line passing about three chains northerly of said house, and leaving the same, with all of the out-buildings, in Yuba County. SEO. 2. All acts and parts of acts, in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. [The easterly portion of Yuba County, as described by the act of 1851, was afterwards cut off by the formation of Sierra County, created by act approved April 16, 1852, 230. See Sierra County, in this list.] Petition. 5 Cal. 343. Duty of county judge. Order for election. Notice of election. Election laws. Ballots. II. REMOVAL OF SEATS OF JUSTICE. An Act to provide for the permanent location of the seats of justice of the several counties. 1189. SECTION 1. Whenever the inhabitants of any county of this State desire to remove the seat of justice of the county from the place where it is fixed by law, or otherwise, they may present a petition to the county judge of their county, praying such removal, and that an election shall be held to determine to what place such removal shall be made. [Amendment, passed May 13, 1854, 198. 1190. SEC. 2. If the petition be signed by qualified electors of the county equal in number to at least a majority of all the votes in the county at the last preceding general election, the county judge shall, within five days after receiving such petition, order an election, naming the day on which it shall be held (which shall not be more than sixty, nor less than twenty days from the time of calling it), specifying its object, and the manner in which the votes are to be given. [Amendment, approved February 1, 1855, 4. 1191. SEC. 3. Notice of not less than thirty days shall be given of the election, by publication in some newspaper, if there be one published in the county, and by posting up notices thereof in at least five public places in the county. The election shall be held and conducted, and the returns made, in all respects in the manner prescribed by law, in regard to elections for county officers. 1192. SEC. 4. In voting on the question, each elector may vote for any place in the county which he may prefer as the seat of justice, the place to be plainly designated in his ballot. |