11 February 2018

Selected Genealogical Abstracts from the California Statutes - 1858


1858 California Statutes

A copy of this publication can be found HERE.


NAME CHANGES

Chapter 4, pg 3
It shall be lawful for the person known as James Defenbaugh to change his name to James Defenbaugh Austin

Chapter 5, pg 3
It shall be lawful for the person known as Maria Rebecca Spear to change her name to Maria Rebecca Morrill

Chapter 12, pg 15
It shall be lawful for the person known as Elmer A. Clapp to change his name to Elmer A. Bennett

Chapter 14, pg 16
It shall be lawful for the person known as William Wilson Smith to change his name to William Wilson Lawton

Chapter 32, pg 25
It shall be lawful for the person known as Michael Nicholas Diffendaffer to change his name to Addison Diffendaffer Martin

Chapter 100, pg 81
It shall be lawful for the person known as Termann Christian Hwass to change his name to Francis Williams

Chapter 136, pg 104
It shall be lawful for the person known as Henri Alfred Kreicer to change his name to Henri Miller


PAYMENTS MADE BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Chapter 26, pg 23
$307.50 payment to John B. Cecil, Sheriff of Klamath County

Chapter 29, pg 24
$5210 payment to B. F. Hastings for rent of Supreme Courtrooms

Chapter 30, pg 25
$1000 payment to B. F. Hastings for repairs of Supreme Courtroom

Chapter 31, pg 25
$1500 payment to John M. Murphy and Jacob L. Miller for services rendered in the apprehension of Pancho Daniels and Leonardo Lopez, fugitives from justice

Chapter 34, pg 26
$600 payment to H. W. Larkin as printing expert to board of examiners

Chapter 45, pg 33
$530 payment to William Ford for the transportation of prisoners from the county seat of Sierra to the state prison

Chapter 63, pg 47
$1020 payment to A. J. F. Phelan for services rendered by him as clerk of the board of war commissioners

Chapter 70, pg 58
$1500 payment to J. W. Denver for services rendered as one of the board of commissioners of the California war debt

Chapter 80, pg 65
$880 payment to D. W. Gilmore for services rendered in the Governor's office

Chapter 89, pg 71
$2796 payment to M. F. Butler for services rendered as architect employed by the state prison commissioners

Chapter 90, pg 72
$1200 payment to Samuel J. Frisbee for services rendered in transporting furniture and archives of this State to Vallejo

Chapter 102, pg 81
$476.55 payment to Augustus Ainsa for translating the laws into Spanish

Chapter 130, pg 100
$155.85 payment to Thomas R. Eldredge for correcting proof of Spanish Laws

Chapter 133, pg 102
$3000 payment to Walter McDonald and $3000 payment to A. M. Jones for services rendered as Indian commissioners

Chapter 150, pg 113
$92,318.81 payment to James Smiley for building the walls at the state prison

Chapter 156, pg 118
$875 payment to John Q. Brown, E. E. Eyre, J. H. Culver and John Arnold for rent of state armory and $125 payment to J. H. Culver 

Chapter 157, pg 118
$178 payment to B. M. Fetter for services as witness in the high court of impeachment
$52 payment to James F. Klane for work done on the capitol
$50 payment to R. Manning for rooms for use of investigating committee to insane asylum
$40 payment to J. Benadon for services as sergeant-at-arms for the insane asylum investigating committee

Chapter 158, pg 119
M. Scott, Jr. to receive a payment of $900 for salary as employee in the state prison and payment of $119 for services as a witness before the Committee of Ways and Means of the Assembly

Chapter 189, pg 151
$2400 payment to Robert G. Crozier for keeping and furnishing supplies to state prisoners

Chapter 203, pg 163
$862.60 payment to Ferris Forman for postage

Chapter 216, pg 178
$261 payment to James D. Potter for services rendered in writing up Senate Journals

Chapter 221, pg 182
$24,388.13 payment and $2586.50 payment to James Smiley for provisions, supplies, working materials furnished the state prison

Chapter 222, pg 182
$2660.46 payment to D. H. Carpenter for supplies furnished the state prison

Chapter 223, pg 182
$540 payment to F. R. Bunker for services as clerk in Treasurer's office
$122.18  payment to Augustus F. Eisen for work done on the Treasurer's office
$212 payment to F. D. Gilbert for lumber and materials furnished state prison
$195 payment to W. D. Kirk, Sheriff of Stanislaus County for transporting prisoners to state prison
$147.50 payment to D. W. Gelwicks for publishing proclamations
$48 payment to Greenebaum & Bucki for articles furnished Senate Chamber
$400 payment to Henry Caperton for services as a porter in the Supreme Court
$42.11 payment to William Wright for services as porter in the Supreme Court

Chapter 228, pg 191
$9074.57 payment to Hugh O'Donnell

Chapter 230, pg 192
$2500 payment to G. Elliott for brick furnished the state prison

Chapter 236, pg 202
$250 payment to Daniel J. Thomas for services rendered

Chapter 241, pg 204
$29.62 payment to Oscar O. Ball for advertising reward in the Marysville Inquirer
$11 payment to Hammond & Company for articles furnished sergeant-at-arms of Assembly
$200 payment to Samuel Neal, Jr. for services in assisting the completion of the indexes of Senate and Assembly Journals
$230.50 payment to Ferris Forman for postage
$134.25 payment to Sacramento Gas Company

Chapter 254, pg 211
$200 payment to William Clark for freight on goods and merchandise furnished state prison

Chapter 255, pg 211
$16 664 payment to G. W. Ryckman for supplies furnished the state prison

Chapter 259, pg 217
$1355 payment to Jonathan Nickols for rent of rooms for state library

Chapter 260, pg 217
$1856 payment to Wells, Fargo & Company
$362.50 payment to A. H. Brodie for transporting convicts to state prison
$75.08 payment to Ferris Forman for postage
$500 payment to Wells, Fargo & Company for distributing Laws and Journals
$84 payment to Samuel C. Gray for articles furnished State Treasurer and Quartermaster General's offices

Chapter 265, pg 222
$245.25 payment to James Anthony
$125 payment to H. C. Patrick
$257.87 payment to James Allen for advertising proclamations and furnishing papers
$272.75 payment to John Nugent for advertising proclamations and furnishing papers
$68.50 payment to W. B. Ewer for papers furnished Senate and Assembly

Chapter 266, pg 222
$250 payment to Jno. C. Gordon for services rendered as superintendent of state prison

Chapter 267, pg 223
$727.50 payment to John Dall for wood furnished state prison

Chapter 268, pg 223
$4372.50 payment to Samuel Warren for wood furnished state prison

Chapter 269, pg 223
$122 payment to Jesse Hacket for services as porter in Surveyor General's office
$152 payment to D. J. Snyder for supervising hot-air furnace
$96 payment to James Penny for services as porter to the Supreme Court
$250 payment to George H. Mixer for hauling library and furniture of state to Supreme Courtrooms
$270 payment to Jesse M. Shephard for papers furnished the Senate
$93.75 payment to William Underwood for furnishing state house with hot water
$162 payment to Peter Gardiner for furnishing wood to the state prison
$125 payment to William S. White for services as bailiff to Supreme Court
$77 payment to James Anthony for furnishing papers to the Assembly
$11.88 payment to Firderer & Caduc for furnishing coal to Surveyor General's office
$155 payment to R. N. Snowden for transporting prisoner from state prison to Supreme Court
$108 payment to George N. Blake for articles furnished Assembly
$608.35 payment to John C. Gulick for light, fuel furnished to Legislature
$152.10 payment to John C. Gulick for light, fuel furnished to Legislature
$72 payment to M. Woods for services as porter of the Senate
$175.90 payment to Rivett & Company for matting furnished the Senate
$300 payment to William Z. Lewis for making survey and giving levels of state prison grounds

Chapter 271, pg 227
$28.50 payment to the Volcano Ledger for publishing proclamations
$35.50 payment to Skillman & Dosh for advertising
$26 payment to the Nevada Journal for furnishing papers to the Senate
$15 payment to the Monterey Sentinel for furnishing papers to Assembly
$45 payment to Nevitt & company for articles furnished the state library
$191.63 payment to Oscar O. Ball for publishing proclamations in the Marysville Inquirer
$333 payment to Thomas Boyce for publishing proclamations in the Los Angeles Star and the Monterey Sentinel

Chapter 279, pg 242
$1884 payment to W. P. Gibbons for attending on the sick in the state marine hospital

Chapter 289, pg 256
$1857 payment to C. Binney for articles of stationary furnished the State Treasurer's office

Chapter 292, pg 261
$281.25 payment to W. G. Poindexter, Sheriff of Tulare County

Chapter 302, pg 290
$200 payment to David L. Mulford, sheriff of Calaveras County for arresting and conveying to state prison Benjamin Doyle, an escaped convict

Chapter 303, pg 290
$780 payment to Daniel McLaren for services as draughtsman in the Surveyor General's office
$376 payment to T. B. W. Stockton for services as draughtsman in the Surveyor General's office
$1420.70 payment to Leander Ransom for township plate furnished the Surveyor General's office

Chapter 306, pg 291
$50 payment to Claiborne Hubbard for services as porter in the Treasurer's office
$35.50 payment to Samuel B. Jacques for services as a witness 
$24 payment to J. Maddux for rent of room for committee

Chapter 307, pg 292
$213 payment to C. Binney for stationery furnished the Controller's office

Chapter 318, pg 304
$35.50 payment each to L. B. Curtis, J. Winkleman, A. N. Peterson and Christopher Branstrom for services as witnesses

Chapter 321, pg 306
$3000 payment to Reuben S. Clark for plans, drawings, and designs for a state capitol

Chapter 332, pg 316
$3648.38 payment to G. D. Bliss for beef furnished the state prison

Chapter 338, pg 325
$10,111 payment to the late Hamilton Bowie for supplies furnished the state prison

Chapter 340, pg 326
$1242 payment to Edward F. Beale for expenses incurred by him while engaged in the settlement of Indian difficulties in the Tulare section of the country
$500 payment to J. Neely Johnson for expenses incurred by him while engaged in the settlement of Indian difficulties in the Tulare section of the country

Chapter 343, pg 329
$718.75 payment to J. Tyson for transporting prisoners from the county seat of Siskiyou County to the state prison

Chapter 344, pg 329
$1250 payment to William Wright for services as porter to the Supreme Court


MISCELLANEOUS

Chapter 46, pg 34
James G. Denniston is authorized to construct a wharf at Half Moon Bay in San Mateo County

Chapter 49, pg 37
William M. Buel of Klamath County, John Baxter of Del Norte County and Michael Spencer of Humboldt County are appointed commissioners whose duty it shall be to determine the amount of indebtedness of Klamath County is justly chargeable to Del Norte County

Chapter 57, pg 41
It is lawful for J. R. Munson to disinter and remove the remains of all deceased persons together with monuments from the old cemetery in the Town of Cold Spring in the County of El Dorado and inter the same in the new cemetery near the Town of Cold Spring

Chapter 59, pg 48
John B. Jackson, J. W. Shanklin and William Jabine are appointed commissioners of the Board of Branch Road Commissioners in the County of El Dorado

Chapter 60, pg 50
William B. Carr of the County of Sacramento and B. T. Hunt of the County of El Dorado are appointed commissioners to the Board of Wagon Road Commissioners of Sacramento and El Dorado Counties

Chapter 88, pg 71
Andrew J. Moulder, James Van Ness, and William McKibbin, the board of fund commissioners are hereby authorized to sign and deliver certificates of balances to all parties whose claims have been allowed by the board of examiners and Edmund Randolph, chairman of the board of examiners is hereby authorized to countersign the same

Chapter 94, pg 74
William Moody and Morgan Hart are authorized to construct a wharf in Solano County

Chapter 109, pg 84
The Governor pardons Cyrus W. Deable, an escaped convict who was sentenced in the County of El Dorado in August 1855 to 3 years in prison

Chapter 116. pg 93
It is lawful for Mary Latimer of Yuba County to sell real estate belonging to her in the State of California

Chapter 137, pg 104
It shall be lawful for Courts of Record of this State to admit Samuel Plomer Semper to practice as an attorney and counselor at law

Chapter 149, pg 113
Simpson Thompson and T. H. Thompson are authorized to construct a wharf at Suscol Ferry in Napa County on the east bank of the Napa River

Chapter 152, pg 114
Charles Talcott is authorized to construct a wharf at Point San Quentin in Marin County

Chapter 168, pg 123
Franklin A. Rogers, clerk of the County of Siskiyou is hereby granted a 4 month leave of absence

Chapter 180, pg 133
The Congregation of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in the City of Stockton, San Joaquin County is hereby authorized to remove the remains of persons buried in the present burying grounds within the limits of said city to the new burying grounds outside the city limits

Chapter 240, pg 203
Two school land warrants for 160 acres each are hereby issued to the heirs of Charles H. Ross of the County of Sacramento

Chapter 284, pg 252
F. F. Mars, B. Nordheimer, William F. Marsh, John C. Marston, William H. Ford and George Olive are authorized to construct a wharf at Trinidad in Klamath County commencing at the west point of Goat Rock

Chapter 288, pg 254
George H. Ensign (owner of Spring Valley Water-Works) is authorized to lay down water pipes in the public streets in the City and County of San Francisco

Chapter 323, pg 307
D. S. Cook, Horace Hawes, and S. M. Mezes are authorized to construct a plank or turnpike road from the south end of Potrero Nuevo in the City and County of San Francisco as near the Bay of San Francisco as practicable to intersect the present stage road from San Francisco to San Jose at a point near the 15 Mile House in the County of San Mateo

Chapter 327, pg 313
Andrew P. Jackson is authorized to excavate and render navigable a slough in the County of Solano in the North half of the southwest quarter of section 36, township 5 north, range 2 west Mount Diablo base and meridian

Chapter 328, pg 313
Jonathan Williams is authorized to construct a bridge across the American River

Chapter 331, pg 316
Andrew P. Jackson is authorized to construct a wharf on Suisun Slough in Solano County

Chapter 350, pg 336
Samuel J. Clark, Jr. is authorized to construct a bridge across the Feather River in the City of Marysville in Yuba County



ESTATES AND GUARDIANSHIPS

Chapter 48, pg 35
Peter Davidson of Santa Clara County did by deed, in consideration of natural love and affection sell and convey unto Maria Josefa Castro, his wife and to his son Peter A. Davidson, then and yet an infant, and to such other children as the said Maria Josefa Castro might thereafter have a certain parcel of land lying in the City of San Jose in Santa Clara County

Chapter 54, pg 39
Benjamin W. Mudge, appointed executor of the last will and testament of John Ellug, deceased, late of the County of San Francisco is authorized to sell real estate of said deceased

Chapter 74, pg 60
C. Frederick Mebius and Adolphus G. Russ, executors of the last will and testament of F. C. Christian Russ, late a resident of the City of San Francisco, deceased, are authorized to sell real estate of said deceased

Chapter 214, pg 176
The guardian of Espedion Noe, Jose Jesus Noe and Vincent Noe, minor children of Guadalupe Garduna de Noe, deceased of the County of San Francisco is authorized to sell their real estate and chattels real

Chapter 252, pg 210
Lindley Carson, guardian of John S. Williams is authorized to sell real estate in the County of Butte

Chapter 304, pg 290
The guardian of Dionisio Rodriguez, Isabella Rodriguez and Dolores Rodriguez, minor children of Jose Antonio Rodriguez, deceased, and heirs of the estate of Sebastian Rodriguez, deceased, late of Santa Cruz County is authorized to sell their real estate known as Rancho Bolso del Pajaro

Chapter 309, pg 293
G. Frederick Mebius and Adolphus G. Russ, executors of the last will and testament of Imanuel C. Christian Russ, deceased, late a resident of the City of San Francisco are authorized to sell real estate of said deceased











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