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History of Mendocino County California - Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, 1880
 
 
POLITICAL HISTORY OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.
 
        OWING to the fact that Mendocino county was, to all intents and 
purposes, a part of Sonoma county up till 1859, we will include in this sketch 
that, part of the early political history of Sonoma county, extending up till 
the date of the separation of the two counties.
        Prior to the acquisition of California by the Government of the United 
States, the large District of Sonoma, which included all the territory between 
the Sacramento river and the ocean on the one hand, and Oregon and the Bay of 
San Francisco on the other, was under the rule of the Mexican Government, and 
divided into Prefectures, amenable to a Grand Council at Sonoma, the holders of 
office being designated by the Spanish name of Alcalde. It will be seen that the 
present territory of Mendocino county was comprised in these boundaries. Between 
the years 1846 and 1849 the country remained under the control of the military. 
Let us see what was the state of the political horizon during that time. 
According to Tuthill�as to civil law, the country was utterly at sea. It had a 
Governor in the person of the commandant of the military district it belonged 
to, but no government. While the war lasted, California, as a conquered 
province, expected to be governed by military officers, who, by virtue of their 
command of the department, bore sway over all the territory that their 
department embraced. But  after peace had come and the succession of military 
Governors was not abated, a people who had been in the habit of governing 
themselves, under the same flag and the same constitution, chafed that a simple 
change of longitude should deprive them of their inalienable rights.
        The first civil officer in Sonoma, was John Nash, who was commissioned 
by General Kearny as Alcalde of the district. This man, so legendary report 
states, had a most wonderfully exalted idea of the dignity of his office, and 
assumed ministerial as well as judicial powers. He had a very curious way of 
signing himself "Chief Justice of California." At length he was removed by the 
military Governor, but he refused to acknowledge the authority of that arm of 
our Government over the judicial branch, especially the exalted position held by 
him, hence he sought to retain the office. Lieutenant�now General William T. 
Sherman�was sent in quest of him, and finally succeeded in capturing and 
bringing him before Governor Mason at Monterey, who reprimanded and released 
him. This first civil officer of the District of Sonoma�"Chief Justice Nash" as 
he called himself, and "Squire Nash" as he was generally called�was a 
good-natured man, illiterate, but honest. When the rumors of gold reached 
Sonoma, Squire Nash was employed by a number of persons to go to the gold mines 
and spy out the land, and if there were the "millions in it," which rumor said 
there was, to return and report to them. This was in 1848, and he returned with 
gold-dust to the value of eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars. He then went 
to Mormon Island with a party of Sonoma miners, and died there that winter. He 
was succeeded in office by Lilburn W. Boggs, ex-Governor of Missouri, a man 
eminently capable of performing the functions of the position, as the records of 
his office still extant in the County Clerk's office in Santa Rosa will fully 
establish.
        General Persifer F. Smith, who assumed command on arriving by the 
California, the first steamship that reached San Francisco (February 28, 1849), 
and General Riley, who succeeded him (April 13, 1849), would have been 
acceptable Governors enough, if the people could have discovered anywhere in the 
Constitution that the President had power to govern a territory by a simple 
order to the commandant of a military department. The power was obvious in time 
of war, but in peace it was unprecedented. Left entirely to themselves, the 
people could have organized a "squatter sovereignty," as Oregon had done, and 
the way into the sisterhood of States was clear.
        They felt that they had cause for complaint, but in truth they were too 
busy to nurse their grievance and make much of it. To some extent they formed 
local governments, and had unimportant collisions with the military. But, busy 
as they were, and expecting to return home soon, they humored their contempt for 
politics, and left public matters to be shaped at Washington. Nor was this so 
unwise a course under the circumstances, for the thing that had hindered 
Congress from giving them a legitimate and constitutional government was the 
ever-present snag in the current of American political history, the author of 
most of our woes, the great mother of mischief on the western continent 
--slavery.
        When it was found that Congress had adjourned without doing anything for 
California, Brigadier-General Riley, by the advice, he said, of the President 
and Secretaries of State and of War, issued a proclamation, which was at once a 
call for a Convention, and an official exposition of the Administration's theory 
of the anomalous relations of California and the Union. He strove to rectify the 
impression that California was governed by the military arm of the service; that 
had ceased with the termination of hostilities. What remained was the civil 
government, recognized by the existing laws of California. These were vested in 
a Governor, who received his appointment from the Supreme Government, or, in 
default of such appointment, the office was vested in the commanding military 
officer of the department, a Secretary, a Departmental or Territorial 
Legislature, a Superior Court with four Judges, a Prefect and sub-Prefect and a 
Judge of the First Instance for each district, Alcaldes, local Justices of the 
Peace, ayuntamientos, or Town Councils. He moreover recommended the election, at 
the same time, of delegates to a Convention to adopt either a State or 
Territorial Constitution, which, if acquiesced in by the people, would be 
submitted to Congress for approval.
        In June, 1849, a proclamation was issued announcing an election to be 
held on the 1st of August,  to appoint delegates to a general Convention to form 
a State Constitution, and for filling the offices of Judge of the Superior 
Court, Prefects, sub-Prefects, and First Alcalde or Judge of the First Instance; 
such appointments to be made by General Riley after being voted for. The 
delegates elected to the Convention from the District of Sonoma were General 
Vallejo, Joel Walker, R. Semple. L. W. Boggs was elected but did not attend.
        The manifesto calling the Constitutional Convention divided the 
electoral divisions of the State into ten districts; each male inhabitant of the 
county, of twenty-one years of age, could vote in the district of his residence, 
and the delegates so elected were called upon to meet at Monterey, on September 
1, 1849. The number of delegates was fixed at thirty-seven, five of whom were 
appointed to San Francisco.
        As was resolved, the Convention met at Monterey on the date above named, 
Robert Semple, of Benicia, one of the delegates from the District of Sonoma, 
being chosen President. The session lasted six weeks; and, notwithstanding an 
awkward scarcity of books of reference and other necessary aids, much labor was 
performed, while the debates exhibited a marked degree of ability. In framing 
the original Constitution of California, slavery was forever prohibited within 
the jurisdiction of the State; the boundary question between Mexico and the 
United States was set at rest, provision for the morals and education of the 
people was made; a Seal of State was adopted with the motto Eureka, and many 
other matters discussed.
        In August General Riley issued commissions to Stephen Cooper, appointing 
him Judge of the First District, and C. P. Wilkins Prefect of the District of 
Sonoma, while one of General Riley's last appointments before the adoption of 
the Constitution was that of Richard A. Maupin, well remembered among the 
district's old residents, to be Judge of the Superior Tribunal, in place of 
Lewis Dent, resigned. Another well-known pioneer who was at the Convention from 
Sacramento county, Was Major Jacob R. Snyder, a. resident of Sonoma till his 
death.
        We find that the "Superior Tribunal of California" existed at Monterey 
in 1849: for, in September of that year a "Tariff of fees for Judicial Officers" 
was published, with the following order of the Court : "That the several 
officers mentioned in this order shall be entitled to receive for their 
services, in addition to their regular salaries, if any, the following fees, and 
none others, until the further order of this Court." Here is added a list of the 
fees to be appropriated by Judges of the First Instance, Alcaldes, and Justices 
of the Peace, Clerks of the several courts, Sheriff or Comisario, District 
Attorney, and Notaries Public.
        We have already said that Stephen Cooper was appointed Judge of First 
Instance for the District of Sonoma. He commenced his labors in that office in 
October, 1849, as appears in the early record of the proceedings of that Court 
extant in the office of the County Clerk of Solano county. The record of one of 
the cases tried before Judge Cooper is reproduced as an instance of the quick 
justice that obtained in 1849:�
 
        The people of California Territory vs. George Palmer. And now comes the 
said people by right of their attorney, and the said defendant by Semple and 
O'Melveny, and the prisoner having been arraigned on the indictment in this 
cause, plead not guilty. Thereupon a jury was chosen, selected and sworn, when, 
after hearing the evidence and arguments of counsel, returned into Court the 
following verdict, to wit :
        "The jury, in the case of Palmer, defendant, and the State of 
California, plaintiff, have found a verdict of guilty on both counts of the 
indictment, and sentenced him to receive the following punishment, to wit:‑
        "On Saturday, the 24th day of November, to be conducted by the Sheriff 
to some public place, and there receive on his bare back seventy-five lashes, 
with such a weapon as the Sheriff may deem fit, on each count respectively, and 
to be banished from the District of Sonoma within twelve hours after whipping, 
under the penalty of receiving the same number of lashes for each and every day 
he remains in the district after the first whipping.
                                                                                 
           "(Signed)         ALEXANDER RIDDELL, Foreman.
 
        "It is therefore ordered by the Court, in accordance with the above 
verdict, that the foregoing sentence be carried into effect."
        The Constitution was duly framed, submitted to the people, and at the 
election held on the thirteenth of November, ratified by them, and adopted by a 
vote of twelve thousand and sixty-four for it, and eleven against it; there 
being, besides, over twelve hundred ballots that were treated as blanks, because 
of an informality in the printing.
        We here reproduce two of the tickets which were voted at the time, and 
were distributed in and around Sacramento and the upper portion of the State :�
 
PEOPLE'S TICKET.
FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
John A. Sutter.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR,
John McDougal.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
William E. Shannon,
Pet. Halsted.
FOR STATE SENATORS,
John Bidwell, Upper Sacramento, 
Murray Morrison, Sacramento City, 
Harding Bigelow, Sacramento City, 
Gilbert A. Grant, Vernon.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
H. C. Cardwell, Sacramento City, 
P. B. Cornwall, Sacramento City, 
John S. Fowler, Sacramento City, 
J. Sherwood,
Elisha W. McKinstry,
Madison Waltham, Coloma,
W. B. Dickenson, Yuba,
James Queen, South Fork,
W. L. Jenkin, Weaverville.
 
PEOPLE'S TICKET.
FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Peter H. Burnett.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR,
John McDougal.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS,
Edward Gilbert,
George W. Wright.
FOR STATE SENATORS,
John Bidwell, Upper Sacramento, 
Murray Morrison, Sacramento City, 
Harding Bigelow, Sacramento City, 
Gilbert A. Grant, Vernon.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
H. C. Cardwell, Sacramento City, 
P. B. Cornwall, Sacramento City, 
John S. Fowler, Sacramento City, 
H. S. Lord, Upper Sacramento,
Madison Waltham, Coloma,
W. B. Dickenson, Yuba,
James Queen, South Fork,
Arba K. Berry, Weaverville.
 
        The result of the election was : Peter H. Burnett, Governor; John 
McDougal, Lieutenant-Governor; and Edward Gilbert and George W. Wright sent to 
Congress. The District of Sonoma polled at this election but five hundred and 
fifty-two votes, four hundred and twenty-four of which were for Burnett. Of the 
representatives sent from Sonoma, General Vallejo went to the Senate, and J. S. 
Bradford and J. E. Brackett to the Assembly. Some difficulty would appear to 
have risen at this election, for Mr. R. A. Thompson says: "General Vallejo's 
seat was first given to James Spect, but on the twenty-second of December, the 
committee reported that the official return from Larkin's Ranch gave Spect but 
two votes instead of twenty-eight, a total of but one hundred and eighty-one 
votes against General Vallejo's one hundred and ninety-nine." Mr. Spect then 
gave up his seat to General Vallejo.
        We now produce the following interesting record of some of those who 
formed the first California Legislature, not because it bears specially on our 
subject, but as a matter of curiosity, interest and reference :‑
        The following is from the Colusa Sun of April 26th :
        "Hon. John S. Bradford, of Springfield, Illinois, who was a member of 
the first California Legislature, procured from some of his colleagues a short 
biographical sketch. Thinking it might be a matter of interest to the people of 
California at the present time, he sends it to us. We have the original 
document, with the sketches in the handwriting of each member. Most of these 
gentlemen have figured conspicuously in the history of the State since, but we 
believe there are but few now living. Three of the sketches�Jose M. Covarrubias, 
M. G. Vallejo, and Pablo de la Guerra, are written in Spanish, but we have had 
them translated.
        "Senators. �David F. Douglass�Born in Sumner county, Tennessee, the 
eighth of January, 1821. Went to Arkansas with Fulton in 1836. On the 
seventeenth of March, 1839, had a fight with Dr. Wm. Howell, in which H. was 
killed; imprisoned fourteen months; returned home in 1842; immigrated to 
Mississippi; engaged in the Choctaw speculation; moved with the Choctaws West as 
a clerk; left there for Texas in the winter of 1845-6. War broke out; joined 
Hay's regiment; from Mexico immigrated to California, and arrived here as 
wagoner in December, 1848.----- M. G. Vallejo�Born in Monterey, Upper 
California, July 7, 1807. On the first of January 1825, he commenced his 
military career in the capacity of cadet. He served successively in the capacity 
of Lieutenant, Captain of cavalry, Lieutenant-Colonel, and General Commandant of 
Upper California. In 1835 he went to Sonoma county and founded the town of 
Sonoma, giving land for the same. He was a member of the Convention in 1849, and 
Senator in 1850.-----Elcan Heydenfeldt�Born in Charleston, South Carolina, 
September 15, 1821; immigrated to Alabama in 1841; from thence to Louisiana in 
1844; to California in 1849. Lawyer by profession.-----Pablo de la Guerra�Born 
in Santa Barbara, Upper California, November 29, 1819. At the age of nineteen he 
entered the public service. He was appointed Administrator-General "de la 
rentas," which position he held when California was taken by the American 
forces. From that time he lived a private life until he was named a member of 
the Convention which framed the Constitution of the State. Represents the 
district of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo in the Senate.-----S. E. 
Woodworth�Born in the city of New York, November 15, 1815; commenced career as a 
sailor, A. D. 1832. Sailed from New York March 9, 1834. Entered the navy of the 
United States June 14, 1838. Immigrated to California, via Rocky Mountains and 
Oregon, April 1, 1846. Resignation accepted by Navy Department, October 29, 
1849. Elected to represent the district of Monterey in the first Senate of the 
first Legislature of California for the term of two years.----- Thos. L. 
Vermeule‑----Born in New Jersey on the 11th of June, 1814; immigrated to 
California November 12, 1846. Did represent San Joaquin district in the Senate. 
Resigned.-----W. D. Fair�Senator from the San Joaquin district, California; 
native of Virginia ; immigrated to California from Mississippi in February, 
1849, as "President of the Mississippi Rangers;" settled in Stockton, San 
Joaquin district, as an attorney-at-law.-----Elisha O. Crosby�Senator from 
Sacramento District; native of New York State; immigrated from New York December 
25, 1848; aged thirty-four.-----D. C. Broderick�Senator from San Francisco; born 
in Washington City, D. C., February 4,1818; immigrated from Washington to New 
York City, March, 1824; left New York for California, April 17, 1849.----- E. 
Kirby Chamberlin, M. D.-----President pro tem. of the Senate, from the district 
of San Diego; born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, April 24, 1805; immigrated 
from Connecticut to Onondago county, New York, in 1815; thence to Beaver, 
Pennsylvania, in 1829; thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1842; served as Surgeon in 
the United States Army during the war with Mexico; appointed Surgeon to the 
Boundary Line Commission, February 10, 1840; embarked from Cincinnati, Ohio, 
February, 15; arrived in San Diego; June 1, 1849, and in San Jose, December 12, 
1849.----- J. Bidwell�Born in Chautauqua county, New York, 5th of August, 1819; 
immigrated to Pennsylvania; thence to Ohio; thence to Missouri; thence in 1841 
to California; term in Senate one year.-----H. C. Robinson, Senator from 
Sacramento; elected November 15, 1849; born in the State of Connecticut; 
immigrated at an early age to Louisiana; educated as a lawyer, but engaged in 
commercial pursuits; arrived at San Francisco, February, 1849, per steamer 
California, the first that ever entered said port. -----Benjamin S. Lippincott � 
Senator from San Joaquin; born in New York; immigrated February, 1846, from New 
Jersey; by pursuit a merchant; elected for two years.
        Assemblymen.�Elam Brown�Born in the State of New York in 1797; emigrated 
from Massachusetts in 1805; to Illinois in 1818; to Missouri, 1837; and from 
Platte county, in Missouri, 1846, to California.-----J. S. K. Ogier�Born in 
Charleston, South Carolina; immigrated to New Orleans, 1845, and from there to 
California, December 18, 1848. -----E. B. Bateman, M. D.�Emigrated from 
Missouri, April, 1847; residence, Stockton, Alta California.-----Edmund 
Randolph�Born in Richmond, Virginia; immigrated to New Orleans, 1843; thence to 
California, 1849; residence, San Francisco.-----E. P. Baldwin�Born in Alabama; 
emigrated from thence in January, 1849; arrived in California, May 1, 1850; 
represents San Joaquin district; resides in Sonora, Tuolumne county.-----A. P. 
Crittenden. Born in Lexington, Kentucky; educated in Ohio, Alabama, New York and 
Pennsylvania; settled in. Texas in 1839; came to California in 1849; represents 
the county of Los Angeles.-----Alfred Wheeler�Born in the city of New York, the 
30th day of April, 1820; resided in New York City until the 21st of May, 1849, 
when he left for California. Citizen and resident of San Francisco, which 
district he represents.-----James A. Gray, Philadelphia�Monterey, California; 
immigrated in 1846 in the first New York Regiment of Volunteers.-----Joseph 
Aram�Native of State of New York; immigrated to California, 1846; present 
residence, San Jose, Santa Clara county.----- Joseph C. Morehead�Born in 
Kentucky; immigrated to California in 1846; resides at present in the county of 
Calaveras, San Joaquin district.-----Benjamin Cory, M. D.�Born November 12, 
1822; immigrated to the Golden State in 1847; residence in the valley of
San Jose.-----Thomas J. Henley�Born in Indiana; family now reside in 
Charlestown, in that State; immigrated to California in 1849, through the South 
Pass; residence at Sacramento.-----Jose M. Covarrubias�Native of France; came to 
California in 1834; residence in Santa Barbara, and Representative for that 
district.-----Elisha W. McKinstry � Born in Detroit, Michigan; immigrated to 
California in March, 1849; residence in Sacramento district, city of 
Sutter.-----George B. Tingley�Born August 15, 1815, Clermont county, Ohio; 
immigrated to Rushville, Indiana, November 4, 1834; started to California April 
4, 1849; reached there October 16th; was elected to the Assembly November 13th, 
from Sacramento district, and is now in Pueblo de San Jose.-----Mr. Bradford, 
himself,
represents our (Sonoma) district in the Assembly.
        
        On Saturday, December 15, 1849, the first State Legislature met at San 
Jose, E. Kirby Chamberlin being elected President pro tem. of the Senate, and 
Thomas J. White, Speaker of the Assembly.
 
        In the year 1850, Senator M. G. Vallejo became convinced that the 
capital of California should be established at a place which he desired to name 
Eureka, but which his colleagues, out of compliment to himself, suggested should 
be named Vallejo. To this end the General addressed a memorial to the Senate, 
dated April 3, 1850, wherein he graphically pointed out the advantages possessed 
by the proposed site over other places which claimed the honor. In this 
remarkable document, remarkable alike for its generosity of purpose as for its 
marvelous foresight, he proposed to grant twenty acres to the State, free of 
cost, for a State Capitol and grounds, and one hundred and thirty-six acres more 
for other State buildings, to be apportioned in the following manner: Ten acres 
for the Governor's house and grounds; five acres for the offices of Treasurer, 
Comptroller, Secretary of State, Surveyor-General, and Attorney-General, should 
the Commissioners determine that their offices should not be in the Capitol 
building; one acre to State Library and Translator's office, should it be 
determined to separate them from the State House building; twenty acres for an 
Orphan Asylum; ten acres for a Male Charity Hospital; ten acres for a Female 
Charity Hospital; four acres for an Asylum for the Blind; four acres for a Deaf 
and Dumb Asylum; twenty acres for a Lunatic Asylum; eight acres for four Common 
Schools; twenty acres for a State University; four acres for a State Botanical 
Garden; and twenty acres for a State Penitentiary.
        But with a munificence casting this already long list of grants into the 
shade, he further proposed to donate and pay over to the State, within two years 
after the acceptance of these propositions, the gigantic sum of three hundred 
and seventy thousand dollars, to be apportioned in the following manner: For the 
building of a State Capitol, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for 
furnishing the same, ten thousand dollars; for building of the Governor's house, 
ten thousand dollars; for furnishing the same, five thousand dollars; for the 
building of State Library and Translator's office, five thousand dollars; for a 
State Library, five thousand dollars; for the building of the offices of the 
Secretary of State, Comptroller, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General and 
Treasurer, should the Commissioners deem it proper to separate them from the 
State House, twenty thousand dollars; for the building of an Orphan Asylum, 
twenty thousand dollars; for the building of a Female Charity Hospital, twenty 
thousand dollars; for the building of a Male Charity Hospital, twenty thousand 
dollars; for the building of an Asylum for the Blind, twenty thousand dollars; 
for the building of a Deaf and Dumb Asylum, twenty thousand dollars; for the 
building of a State University, twenty thousand dollars; for University Library, 
five thousand dollars; for scientific apparatus therefor, five thousand dollars; 
for chemical laboratory therefor, three thousand dollars; for a mineral cabinet 
therefor, three thousand dollars; for the building of four common school 
edifices, ten thousand dollars; for purchasing books for same, one thousand 
dollars; for the building of a Lunatic Asylum, twenty thou�sand dollars; for a 
State Penitentiary, twenty thousand dollars; for a State botanical collection, 
three thousand dollars.
        In his memorial, the General states with much lucidity his reasons for 
claiming the proud position for the place suggested as the proper site for the 
State Capital. Mark the singleness of purpose with which he bases these claims 
:�
        "Your memorialist, with this simple proposition (namely, that in the 
event of the Government declining to accept his terms it should be put to the 
popular vote at the general election held in November of that year 1850), might 
stop here, did he not believe that his duty as a citizen of California required 
him to say thus much in addition � that he believes the location indicated is 
the most suitable for a permanent seat of government for the great State of 
California, for the following reasons: That it is the true center of the State, 
the true center of commerce, the true center of population, and the true center 
of travel; that, while the Bay of San Francisco is acknowledged to be the first 
on the earth, in point of extent and navigable capacities, already, throughout 
the length and breadth of the wide world, it is acknowledged to be the very 
center between Asiatic and European commerce. The largest ship that sails upon 
the broad sea can, within three hours anchor at the wharves of the place which 
your memorialist proposes as your permanent seat of government. From this point, 
by steam navigation, there is a greater aggregate of mineral wealth within eight 
hours' steaming, than exists in the Union besides; from this point the great 
north and south rivers�San Joaquin and Sacramento�cut the State longitudinally 
through the center, fringing the immense gold deposits on the one hand, and 
untold mercury and other mineral resources on the other; from this point steam 
navigation extends along the Pacific coast south to San Diego and north to the 
Oregon line, affording the quickest possible facilities for our sea�coast 
population to reach the State Capital in the fewest number of hours. This age, 
as it has been truly remarked, has merged distance into time. In the operations 
of commerce and the intercourse of mankind, to measure miles by the rod is a 
piece of vandalism of a by-gone age; and that point which can be approached from 
all parts of the State in the fewest number of hours, and at the cheapest cost, 
is the truest center.
        "The location which your memorialist proposes as the permanent seat of 
government is certainly that point.
        "Your memorialist most respectfully submits to your honorable body, 
whether there is not a ground of even still higher nationality; it is this: that 
at present, throughout the wide extent of our sister Atlantic States, but one 
sentiment seems to possess the entire people, and that is, to build in the 
shortest possible time, a railroad from the Mississippi to the Bay of San 
Francisco, where its western terminus may meet a three weeks' steamer from 
China. Indeed, such is the overwhelming sentiment of the American people upon 
this subject, that there is but little doubt to apprehend its early completion. 
Shall it be said then, while the world is coveting our possession of what all 
acknowledge to be the half-way house of the earth's commerce�the great Bay of 
San Francisco�that the people of the rich possessions are so unmindful of its 
value as not to ornament her magnificent shores with a capital worthy of a great 
State?"
 
        Upon receipt of General Vallejo's memorial by the Senate, a committee 
composed of members who possessed a thorough knowledge of the country comprised 
in the above-quoted document, both geographical and topographical, were directed 
to report for the information of the President, upon the advantages claimed for 
the location of the capital at the spot suggested in preference to others. The 
report in which the following words occur, was presented to the Senate on April 
2, 1850:�"Your, committee cannot dwell with too much warmth upon the magnificent 
propositions contained in the memorial of General Vallejo. They breathe 
throughout the spirit of an enlarged mind and a sincere public benefactor, for 
which he deserves the thanks of his countrymen and the admiration of the world. 
Such a proposition looks more like the legacy of a mighty Emperor to his people 
than the free donation of a private planter to a great State, yet poor in public 
finance, but soon to be among the first of the earth."
 
        The report, which was presented by Senator D. C. Broderick of San 
Francisco, goes on to point out the necessities which should govern the choice 
of a site for California's capital, recapitulates the advantages pointed out in 
the memorial, and finally recommends the acceptance of General Vallejo's offer. 
This acceptance did not pass the Senate without some opposition and considerable 
delay; however, on Tuesday, February 4, 1851, a message was received from 
Governor Burnett, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Ohr, informing the Senate that 
he did this day sign an Act originating in the Senate entitled "An Act to 
provide for the permanent location of the seat of government." In the meantime 
General Vallejo's bond had been accepted; his solvency was approved by a 
committee appointed by the Senate to inquire into that circumstance; the report 
of the commissioners sent to mark and lay out the tracts of land proposed to be 
donated was adopted, and on May 1, 1851, the last session of the Legislature at 
San Jose was completed; but the archives were not moved to the new seat of 
government at Vallejo then, the want of which was the cause of much 
dissatisfaction among the members.
        The Legislature first sat at Vallejo on January 5, 1852, but there was 
wanting the attraction of society which would appear to be necessary to the seat 
of every central government. With these Sacramento abounded, from her proximity 
to the mines. The Assembly therefore, with a unanimity bordering on the 
marvelous, passed a bill to remove the session to that city, ball tickets and 
theater tickets being tendered to the members in reckless profusion. The bill 
was transferred to the Senate and bitterly fought by the Hons. Paul K. Hubbs and 
Phil. A. Roach. The removal was rejected by one vote. This was on a Saturday, 
but never was the proverb of we "know not what the morrow may bring forth" more 
fully brought to bear upon any consideration. Senator Anderson, it is said, 
passed a sleepless night through the presence of unpleasant insects in his 
couch; on the Monday morning he moved a reconsideration of the bill; the alarm 
was sounded on every hand, and at 2 P. M. on January 12, 1852, the Government 
and Legislature were finding its way to Sacramento by way of the Carquinez 
Straits. On March 7, 1852, a devastating flood overwhelmed Sacramento, and where 
they had before feared contamination, they now feared drowning. The Legislature 
adjourned at Sacramento May 4,1852, the next session to be held at Vallejo. On 
January 3, 1853, the peripatetic government met again at Vallejo, whither had 
been moved in May the archives and State offices.  Once more the spirit of 
jealousy was rampant; Sacramento could not with any grace ask for its removal 
thither again; but she, working with Benicia, the capital was once more on 
wheels and literally carted off to the latter town for the remaining portion of 
the session, when a bill was passed to fix the capital of the State at 
Sacramento, and thereafter clinched by large appropriations for building the 
present magnificent capitol there. The last sitting of the Legislature was held 
on February 4, 1853, When it was resolved to meet at Benicia on the 11th of the 
month, the vote then taken being as follows: Ayes�Messrs. Baird, Denver, Estill, 
Hager, Hubbs, Hudspeth, Keene, Lind, Lott, Lyons, McKibben, Roach, Smith, 
Snyder, Sprague, Wade, Wombough-17. Nays�Crabb, Cofforth, Foster, Gruwell, 
Ralston, Walkup-6.
        But to return to our particular subject. During the first session at San 
Jose but little was done beyond dividing the State into counties, and organizing 
their governments. At this time, Robert Hopkins was elected District Judge and 
Assemblyman, J. E. Brackett Major-General of the second division of militia. Mr. 
Hopkins, who with the Hon. George Pearce had been appointed a committee to visit 
the capital in order to prevent, if possible, the establishment of a boundary 
line which would include the Sonoma valley in Napa county, was a resident lawyer 
of Sonoma. On arrival at San Jose, the question of appointing a Judge for the 
Sonoma district was attracting attention, and the only candidate was W. R. 
Turner, who, though a gentleman of capabilities, did not reside there, and 
probably had never visited the spot. Pearce proposed to Hopkins to run for the 
office; he allowed himself to be put in nomination, and beat Turner, who knew 
not of opposition, just as he was putting forth his hand to seize the prize. The 
vote was unanimous for Hopkins, and Turner received some other district. Pearce 
went to San Jose for one purpose and accomplished another, while Hopkins came 
back a full-fledged Judge of a most important district.
        The State of California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 
1850, and on January 6, 1851, the second Legislature met at San Jose. Martin E. 
Cook, at this session, represented the Eleventh Senatorial District, which was 
composed of the counties of Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Marin, Colusa, Yolo, and 
Trinity�in short, all that territory west of the Sacramento river, while in the 
lower house Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Solano was represented by John A. Bradford 
and A. Stearns.
        On September 3, 1851, the first gubernatorial election was held under 
the new order of things. In this contest, John Bigler, who received twenty-three 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-four votes in the State, against twenty-two 
thousand seven hundred and thirty-three got by P. B. Redding, his Whig opponent, 
had the assistance of that new power which had commenced to creep into the State 
in the shape of the squatting element. He was democratic in his manners, being 
"hale-fellow" with all. Not so his opponent, who was a gentleman of more genteel 
bearing than the kind�hearted, unambitious, landless Governor, who was always 
mindful of his friends. Bigler, in all his messages, urged economy, but found it 
difficult to prevent an office being made for a friend. Tuthill remarks; "It was 
his pet project to unite the Southern and Western men of his party, and let the 
free-soilers shift for themselves; but it is not in that direction that party 
cleavage runs. The Southerners scorned the alliance. They were high-toned, and 
looked down upon a Missourian as little better than a man from Massachusetts. 
The Governor's project would not work. He carried water on both shoulders and 
spilt very little on either side."
        By an Act of the Legislature, passed February 18, 1850, Mendocino county 
was directed to be attached to Sonoma for judicial purposes. By the Act of March 
11, 1851, she was, with Sonoma, Solano, Napa and Marin, organized into the 
Seventh Judicial District; on May 1st, of the same year, with the counties of 
Marin and Sonoma, Mendocino was established as the Nineteenth Senatorial 
District to elect one Senator jointly, Marin and Mendocino sending one member to 
the Assembly, while by the Act of May, 1853, these counties were reorganized 
into the Eleventh Senatorial District. The last-mentioned arrangement would 
appear to have remained in force until May 18, 1861, when the Tenth Senatorial 
District was formed out of Marin and Contra Costa counties, these having the 
power to elect one Senator and each of them one Member of Assembly, the former 
of whom was allotted as being of the first class .in accordance with the Act of 
the Legislature dated April 27, 1863. Once more, March 16, 1874, the district 
was renumbered to the Fifteenth, while on March 29, 1876, the "Act to create the 
Twenty-second Judicial District" was passed, it being composed of Marin, Sonoma 
and Mendocino counties. The appointee, until the next general election, being 
Jackson Temple, a gentleman whose reputation as a jurist is second to none. 
Under this appointment Judge Temple served two years, and succeeded himself, 
having been elected at the regular judicial election, without opposition, for a 
full term of six years. He had served only two years of this term when the New 
Constitution was adopted. Under its provision the Courts were reorganized, the 
County and District Courts were abolished and Superior Courts created, and now 
the last Judge of the District Court, wherein was included this county, is 
Superior Judge of the adjoining one of Sonoma, an office to which he was elected 
without regard to party, by the largest majority of any candidate on the county 
ticket; thus we have traced the District Court from its incipience and the 
election of Robert Hopkins as Judge, to its abolition with Judge Jackson Temple 
on the Bench.
        We have elsewhere mentioned the establishment of the Court of Sessions. 
The court for the District of Sonoma held its first meeting in 1850, the 
judicial body being composed as follows: A. A. Green, County Judge, and Charles 
Hudspeth and Peter Campbell Associates. In 1851, Judge Green died, when Martin 
E. Cook was appointed, but he declined to serve, and W. O. King was chosen then 
to fill the office, and he held one term of court.
        In November, 1851, the Hon. C. P. Wilkins succeeded Judge Green as 
County Judge; Israel Brochman was Sheriff, and Dr. John Hendley, County Clerk 
and Recorder. In 1852, on July 8th, we find the first record of proeedings of 
the Court of Sessions extant among the archives at Santa Rosa, when Judge C. P. 
Wilkins was present with Peter Campbell and J. M. Miller his Associates. J. 
Hendley was Clerk, and J. A. Reynolds was Under-Sheriff. The following names 
comprise the Grand Jury at that session of the court:�W. D. Kent, J. D. George, 
Alexander Spect, Samuel Havens, H. N. Ryder, Josiah Wilkins, James Crenshaw, J. 
P. Thrasher, A. C. Hollishead, J. W. Davis, George Smith, Arnold Hutten, Edward 
Beasley, George Edgerton, John Smith, Benjamin Mitchell, H. L. Kamp, J. M. 
Gilliland, Robert Anderson, George B. Farrar, Hosea Norris, and Leonard Dodge. 
We have reproduced this list of names, not because there was any political 
significance in them, but because we desire to preserve to the public as far as 
possible, the names of all the pioneers of that long ago time away back in the 
early fifties. October 3d of that year, Phillip R. Thompson and A. C. Goodwin 
were appointed Associate Justices in place of the two gentlemen mentioned above 
whose terms had expired.
        The first Board of Supervisors for the county, met at Sonoma, July 5, 
1852, and took charge of those affairs not coming within the immediate duties of 
the Court of Sessions. The members were D. O. Shattuck, William A. Hereford of 
the Santa Rosa district, Leonard P. Hanson and James Singley, the first named 
being elected chairman of the Board. At the Presidential election in the fall of 
this year, E. W. McKinstry was elected District Judge:; J. M. Hudspeth, State 
Senator, and H. S. Ewing and James McKamy, Assemblymen.
        In the fall of 1853 the Democratic convention met at Santa Rosa, and 
nominated Joe Hooker�then a resident of Sonoma township, known during the war of 
the rebellion as "Fighting Joe," since deceased�and Lindsay Carson for the 
Assembly, and a full county ticket. The settler's convention met August 6th and 
nominated a full ticket, headed by James N. Bennett and Judge Robert Hopkins for 
the Assembly. When the vote had been vaunted up after the election, which 
occurred September 7th, it was found that Carson was elected while Bennett and 
Hooker were a tie. The removal of the county seat from Sonoma to Santa Rosa, did 
not enter very greatly into, the contest during the first election though such a 
proposition was openly discussed. Another election was held October 29th, and 
the county seat matter entered into the fight as an all controlling factor. 
Bennett lived in Bennett's valley, and was sponsor for the same, and was 
supposed to represent the Santa Rosa side of the county seat question, while 
Hooker who lived in Sonoma, was the exponent of that side of the question. The 
result of the election was that Hooker was beaten by thirteen votes, and that 
was the starting-point of the agitation which led to the removal of the seat of 
county government to Santa Rosa. Lindsay Carson resigned before the meeting of 
the Legislature, and another special election was held on the 23d of December, 
at which W. B. Hagans was elected, over the opposition of James Singley and 
Joseph W. Belden. Mr. Hagans is still living in Ukiah, and is one of Mendocino's 
most honorable and honored citizens.
        Inasmuch as the officers of Sonoma county were in reality also the 
officers of Mendocino county up till 1859, for the sake of reference and to 
preserve the record to the people of Mendocino we append a full list of the 
officers up to that date: State Senators-1849, M. G. Vallejo; 1850-51, M. E. 
Cook; 1852-3, J. M. Hudspeth; 1854-5, H. P. Heintzleman; 1856-7, A. W. 
Taliaferro; 1858-9, Jasper O'Farrell. Assemblymen-1849, J. E. Brackett and J. S. 
Bradford; 1850, A. Stearns and J. S. Bradford; 1851, J. M. Hudspeth and L. W. 
Boggs; 1852, H. P. Ewing and James W. McKamey; 1853, J. N. Bennett and W. B. 
Hagans; 1854, James Stewart and James Singley; 1855, H. G. Heald and J. S. 
Rathburn; 1856; Uriah Edwards and Richard Harrison; 1857, Uriah Edwards and J. 
S. Ormsby; 1858, J. B. Lamar and J. S. Robertson.
        The following named persons held the offices of Justice of the Peace in 
and for the townships which comprised Mendocino county up to the date of 
separation: 1856, Simon Taylor and Martin Baechtel for Ukiah township, and John 
E. Chalfant and J. F. Hills for Big River township; 1857, James E. Pettus for 
Ukiah Township, and G. Canning Smith and C. A. Munn, for Big River township; 
1858, J. E. Pettus and I. G. Snell for Ukiah township, J. A. Hamilton and Wm. 
Herser for Big River township, and J. McGimpsey for ------ township.
        The constables elected during that time were as follows: 1856, James 
Stumph and Alfred Harrick; 1857, J. Byrnes, D. Morgan and R. L. Thompson; 1858, 
J. F. Hills, J. Hawkins, and Charles Leonard.
        We now pass to the first election in Mendocino county after it had 
attained to the dignity of an independent county. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Act of the Legislature which set Mendocino off to itself, the 
first election was held on the first Monday in May, 1859, having in view the 
two-fold object of electing the necessary county officers and the location of 
the seat of government. At this election the following list of officers were 
declared to have received a majority of all the votes cast: County Judge, 
William Henry; District Attorney, Wm. Neeley Johnson; County Clerk, G. Canning 
Smith; Sheriff J. B. Price; County Surveyor, J. J. Cloud; Assessor, John Burton; 
Coroner, D. W. Smith; County Treasurer, John W. Morris; Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, A. L. Brayton.
        We are indebted to G. Canning Smith, Esq., for the following names of 
opposing candidates for the several offices set opposite their names: For County 
Judge, "Kedge" Wilson and E. J. Munn; for County clerk, ---- Williams, A. 
Kendall, and C. H. Veeder; for Sheriff; ----- McClintock, and for Treasurer, 
Isaac P. Smith.    The canvass for this election was very exciting, and the 
several candidates in the field made most strenuous efforts to be successful for 
they all considered not only the "loaves and fishes" of the office, but the 
honor attached to the fact of being the first man to fill the office in the 
county. As is well known there were no roads in the county at that time, and 
only trails led from place to place, hence the campaign was rendered doubly 
tedious, and in many cases they were called upon to undergo privation and 
fatigue. Whiskey, Yes, they all drank whiskey in those olden days. Temperance 
organizations were a thing unheard of in the wilds of Mendocino county at that 
time. Apropos to this fact a good story is still floating around in the social 
atmosphere of the county which has been handed down from the days of this first 
campaign. All old settlers will remember a gentleman by the name of Michael 
Dougherty, who at one time had charge, as agent, of what was known as the "Bald 
Hill Reservation." Now Dougherty's name belied him, for a stranger would take 
him to be an Irishman by his name, but he was no such a thing, but was a 
native-born Kentuckian, and a good sound Democrat, first, last and all the time. 
Furthermore, he was the soul of wit and good-natured jollity, which with him was 
always interspersed with a goodly share of old Bourbon. In the course of the 
canvass the candidates, who all went in a body, irrespective of party 
predilections or previous condition of circumstances, brought up at Mike's 
headquarters one night. He was over-rejoiced to see them and offered them the 
hospitality of his home. After supper the boys got to telling yarns, and smoking 
and drinking a little whiskey occasionally. Mike soon discovered that there was 
one candidate who did not deign to touch the "crathur," and he told him that he 
must not offend his dignity by refusing to drink his whiskey if he expected his 
or his friends' votes. Now votes were votes just at that time, so the candidate 
thought he could stand a drink or two, but they began to "turn the corner" 
oftener and more frequently, until our friend began to feel like he had all that 
was well for him to imbibe, and began to plead for mercy. But Mike would not 
hear to any excuses, but compelled him to drink again and again until he fell 
asleep and could not be aroused to drink again. The others had also gotten 
pretty mellow, and lay stretched around the room very promiscuously. Mike then 
took the temperance candidate into his garden and placing him on his back, tied 
a rope to each wrist and fastened it to a peg in the ground, stretching out the 
arms at full length. He then placed a cord on each ankle and served them 
likewise, and when he had the man thus stretched out and pegged down he pulled a 
lot of growing vegetables and covered him up with them, and thus the man spent 
the night, and when he was relieved from that pitiable plight the sun had been 
shining down upon him for several hours. Another candidate awoke from his 
bacchanalian slumbers to find himself in humiliating proximity to a squaw, whom 
it seems Mike had called from the rancheria and forced to share the bunk with 
the man. The others were scattered about the floor in glorious unconscious 
confusion, and Mike was happy, for he had gotten them all drunk.
        The next morning he took one of the candidates to one side and explained 
to him very confidentially how the settlers along the coast were harassed by 
depredations made on their potato crops by the abalones and sea-lions coming up 
and destroying them, and promised to see that the man got every vote on the 
coast provided he would promise, if elected, to use his influence to stop 
further depredations on the part of the offending animals. This the man promised 
to do in good faith, and it is said that after his election he remembered this 
promise made to Mike, and consulted his friends as to the best method of 
affecting the desired end, and it was only after he had been forced to treat the 
crowd a few times on the strength of the joke that he began to comprehend it.
        The contest for county seat was quite close, but unfortunately the exact 
vote cannot be given. Calpella and Ukiah were the competing points for the 
distinction, and the success of one meant the entire downfall of the other, as 
they were situated within six miles of each other, in the same valley. Ukiah was 
victorious by whatever majority there was, and from that time on it has 
prospered.
        The county was divided into three Supervisorial districts, and the first 
Board was composed as follows: First district, O. H. P. Brown; second district, 
Daniel Miller; third district, J. F. Hills, with Mr. Miller as chairman. The 
first meeting was held May 16, 1859.
        Everything seemed to follow the even tenor of its way politically in the 
county until sometime in 1864, when E. R. Budd began a quo warranto proceeding 
against William Holden for the purpose of deciding the question of the legality 
of Holden's election. We will now proceed to give our readers as nearly as 
possible a correct statement of the case and the events that transpired in 
connection with it.
        At the judicial election of 1863, William Holden was declared to be 
elected Judge by a majority of four votes, as appeared by the returns from the 
county. E. R. Budd was the opposing candidate, who, instead of contesting 
Holden's election under the laws providing for such cases, let the time pass in 
which the law required him to contest, and commenced by quo warranto. In all 
about seventy-five soldiers, non-residents of the county, under a decision of 
the Supreme Court, voted for Budd, which votes, if the evidence of their voting 
for relator could have been obtained, would have been taken off from his 
aggregate vote; but this could not, from the nature of the case, be proven by 
none but the soldiers that cast the votes. At the March term of the District 
Court, by consent of parties and with the express understanding that the person 
appointed should go to Round Valley to take the evidence of about fifty soldiers 
that voted there, the case was referred to J. L. Broaddus to take and report the 
evidence, each party having forty days to take testimony, and ten days to take 
rebutting testimony. The referee promised to go to Round Valley to take this 
evidence, but when the time came when he could have gone, he flatly refused to 
go, though he faithfully promised the defendant to do so. The defendant then 
procured a subpoena to be issued and served on about five of the soldiers. 
Captain Douglass refused to let them attend. The case went to trial at the July 
term, and the court found relator elected by a majority of two votes.
        The defendant immediately moved for a new trial; prepared a statement 
which was, after much difficulty, settled by parties and certified to by the 
Judge. The motion was argued and submitted on the 7th of October, 1863. The 
statement was placed in the hands of William N. Johnson, attorney for relator, 
who held the same when the Judge held court at this place on the third Monday in 
November, who met the Judge at Cloverdale on his return from here, at which 
place he, the Judge, on the 2d of December, made and delivered to Johnson his 
decision, changing his former decision, so as to give relator Budd one instead 
of two majority. On Saturday, December 3d, about three o'clock, a notice of 
filing the findings of the Judge was served on the defendant, who immediately 
commenced drawing up a notice of appeal; but before it was finished, and about 
ten minutes after the service of the notice, a writ of quo warranto was served 
by the Sheriff, requiring defendant to turn over to Budd the office. After this, 
about four o'clock of the same day, Saturday, defendant served on Johnson a 
notice of appeal, both from the order denying a new trial and the judgment of 
July, 1864; and in about thirty minutes after filed in the Clerk's office an 
undertaking in the sum of three hundred dollars for costs and damages on appeal.
        By the decision of the Judge under the law, the relator was entitled to 
the office, the filing of the notice and undertaking stopping the effect of the 
decision and leaving both parties in precisely the position they were in before 
any decision was made.
        Inferring from the simultaneous filing of the decision of the Judge and 
the service of the writ, that something was on the tapis (the next Monday being 
the term of the County Court), and to fortify himself at all points, the 
defendant, on Monday morning, December 5th, at eight o'clock, filed a further 
undertaking in the sum of three hundred dollars, and also in the sum of four 
hundred dollars, being more than double the amount of the judgment for costs, of 
which relator was notified.
Thus proceedings were stayed, both on the order denying a new trial, and also 
the judgment made July 21, 1864. The relator claimed that because the writ was 
served before the appeal was perfected, the perfecting of the appeal stayed 
proceedings with him in the office, and that he could hence hold the office 
until the appeal was decided; in other words, he proceeded under the decision, 
notwithstanding everything had been done by the defendant required by law to 
stay proceedings. Such a construction of the law would place it in the power of 
the prevailing party in all similar cases, by tiling the decision and having the 
writ or mandate served simultaneously, of depriving the other party from the 
benefits derived by the law of staying proceedings until a decision can be had 
in the Supreme Court. By the prevailing party's own acts he deprives the other 
party of his rights under the law. Under this state of facts, defendant Holden, 
on the Monday morning following, took the bench and held the court until the 
business was finished, and adjourned on Tuesday until the next regular term of 
the court.
        The following account of the proceedings of that session of the County 
Court is copied from the Constitutional Democrat of December 8, 1864:‑
        "The County Court met on Monday December 5th, at 9 o'clock, William 
Holden, Judge. The Court was proceeding to form the Grand Jury when the District 
Attorney suggested that there was some doubt whether William Holden had the 
right to hold the court, and on first protesting that he had no intention of 
committing contempt, with permission of the Court proceeded to give his reasons 
for entertaining this doubt, which was, that there was no provision for staying 
proceedings on appeal in cases of quo warranto by sections 349, 350, 351 and 352 
of the Practice Act. The Court then referred him to the law authorizing an 
appeal in all cases from an order granting or denying a motion for a new trial; 
also, to section 356 of the Practice Act; which provides that in all cases not 
provided for in the above-named sections an appeal to stay proceedings might be 
made by filing a three hundred dollar bond, as provided for by section 348 of 
the Practice Act; and in turn demanded of the District Attorney if that was not 
the law. He replied that it appeared so; but that there might be some doubt.
        The regular panel having been exhausted before the Grand Jury was 
complete, a special venue was ordered returnable at 1 o'clock P. M., and court 
adjourned to that hour. After adjournment, the District Attorney and Judge had a 
conversation in connection. with T. B. Bond, Esq., at which the District 
Attorney did not insist upon the grounds urged in court; first stating that the 
perfecting of the appeal stopped both parties from acting, and after that, that 
because the writ of quo warranto was served, although simultaneously with the 
filing of the order denying the new trial, before the appeal was perfected, it 
let Budd into the office, and then the proceedings were stayed, yet he, Budd, 
could go on and hold court. On the calling of the court at 1 o'clock, when 
proceeding to form the Grand Jury, the District Attorney stated that he would 
have nothing to do with its formation, as he believed all acts done by it would 
be illegal. There being no member of the bar present except those retained by 
parties held to appear before the Grand Jury; and W. Neeley Johnson, who had 
heretofore appeared in court in the capacity of deputy District Attorney under 
R. McGarvey, the court made an order of which the following is the substance: 
The District Attorney having refused to assist in the formation of the Grand 
Jury and intimated his unwillingness to act in the capacity of District Attorney 
after it was formed, the Grand Jury is hereby discharged. The court, after 
transacting some other business adjourned until the next morning at 9 o'clock.
        Shortly after Budd served a notice on Sheriff Warden to attend at 4 
o'clock and call court. This the Sheriff refused to do. Whereupon E. R. Budd, R. 
McGarvey, and F. W. Watrous went up into the court-room, Budd took the bench and 
ordered court called by some person. A fine of five hundred dollars was imposed 
on Lew M. Warden for contempt in not attending court. B. F. Forsyth was 
appointed elisor, when R. McGarvey arose and moved, in consequence of the doubt 
as to whether Budd was really the Court or not, and for the purpose of saving 
the county unnecessary expense, that the court adjourn. Budd concurred and 
Forsyth proclaimed the adjournment.
        The above proceedings of Budd's court were spread upon the minutes. On 
Tuesday, court met pursuant to adjournment with Holden on the bench. After 
reading and signing the minutes of the day before, Holden ordered the Clerk to 
cut the page containing the minutes made by order of Budd from the record, which 
was done as directed. After disposing of the cases remaining on the calendar, 
the court adjourned until the next regular term.
        The matter was taken before the Supreme Court, and finally, June 5, 
1865, a decision was given in favor of E. R. Budd, and the quo warranto was 
sustained, and the remittitur ordered to issue forthwith. Thus was settled a 
very vexatious question, and one which involved several nice legal 
technicalities. We have no remarks to make upon the merits of the decision, as 
both parties had earnest supporters, and at this remote date it is impossible to 
get statements which are free for all bias.
        In 1874, a matter of some importance came up for the suffrage of the 
people, this was the vote on the "Local Option" law, and the ballots cast that 
day, show that the majority of the people of Mendocino county are in favor of 
right and good government. The election was held June 10th of that year, and the 
vote stood as follows:�
 
      TOWNSHIPS.FOR
      LICENSE.AGAINST
      LICENSE.MAJORITY
      FOR.   AGAINST.
      Anderson         3856....18
      Arena               119168.... 49
      Calpella            11109....98
      Little Lake        4191....50
      Round Valley    4087....47
      Sanel    50446....
      Ukiah   107187....80
      Ten-mile River  21165 
      Totals               42775811342

 
        We will close this chapter by giving a short account of the greatest 
political event which has occurred for many years in California�the adoption of 
the New Constitution. The Constitution which was framed at Monterey, when the 
State was yet in its swaddling clothes, answered every purpose for a number of 
years, but the entire body politic had changed, and the popular voice  became 
clamorous for a change in the organic law of the State. The question had often 
been before mooted, and votes taken upon calling a convention for the purpose of 
framing a new Constitution, but public sentiment did not reach the requisite 
condition until the general election of 1877, at which time "Constitutional 
Convention, Yes," carried with an overwhelming majority. During the session of 
the Legislature, which followed this election, a bill was framed and passed, 
which provided for the election of delegates to the convention, and which was 
approved March 30, 1878. Thirty-two of the delegates were to be elected from the 
State at large, not more than eight of whom should reside in any one 
Congressional district. In accordance with a proclamation issued by the 
Governor, an election for the purpose of choosing delegates to the convention 
was held June 19, 1878. The body comprising the Constitutional Convention, met 
at Sacramento City, September 28th of that year, and continued in session one 
hundred and seventy-five days. The day set for the people of the State to adopt 
or reject the result of the labors of the convention was May 7, 1879, and there 
was a very strong, and in some instances, a bitter fight made over it; those 
opposing it, citing wherein the old Constitution had proved satisfactory, and 
wherein the new organic law would prove disastrous; while those who desired its 
adoption were as ready to show up the weak points of the old, and its inadequacy 
to the demands of the present advanced state of affairs, and wherein the new 
would almost prove a panacea for all our ills, both social, moral, and 
political. Thus the matter continued to be agitated until the day had come on 
which the die should be cast, and greatly to the surprise of everybody, the 
decision of the people of the State was in favor of the new law. The vote in 
Mendocino county was one thousand two hundred and thirty-four for the new 
Constitution, and six hundred and twenty-eight against it, making the majority 
for it almost equal to the opposition. Under its provisions, the offices of both 
the County and District Judges were abolished, and a Superior Judge elected to 
perform the duties of both offices.
 
        Tables showing the State, County and Township Officers from the year 
1859 to 1880, inclusive, with notes showing the appointments made by the Board 
of Supervisors between each General Election.
 
      OFFICES.1859.1860.1861.1862.1863.1864-5.
       Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of 
      Holder.Name of Holder.
      State SenatorJasper O'FarrelJasper O'FarrelJohn H. HillNed McGarryNed 
      McGarryNed McGarry
      AssemblymanJ. S. RobertsonM. BaechtelJ. B. LamarT. M. AmesT. M. AmesL. 
      Wilsey
      County JudgeWilliam HenryWilliam HenryWilliam HenryWilliam HenryR. 
      McGarveyW. Holden
      SheriffJ. B. PriceJ. B. PriceJ. B. PriceW. TainterW. TainterL. M. Warden
      County ClerkG. C. SmithG. C. SmithG. C. SmithG. C. SmithG. C. SmithF. W. 
      Watrous
      District AttorneyWm. N. JohnsonWm. N. JohnsonWm. N. JohnsonWm. N. 
      JohnsonWm. N. JohnsonR. McGarvey
      County RecorderThe County Clerk wasEX-OFFICIO CountyRecorder until1874.  
      County TreasurerJno. W. MorrisJno. W. MorrisJno. W. MorrisJno. W. 
      MorrisJno. W. MorrisJno. W. Morris
      County AssessorJno. BurtonJno. BurtonJno. BurtonJno. BurtonJno. BurtonE. 
      L. Reed
      Superintendent of SchoolsA. L. BraytonA. L. BraytonA. L. BraytonE. R. 
      BuddE. R. BuddJ. L. Broaddus
      CoronerD. W. SmithD. W. SmithD. W. SmithJ. D. McGannJ. D. McGannE. M. 
      Pierson
      County SurveyorJ. J. CloudJ. J. CloudJ. J. CloudW. W. SkinnerW. W. 
      SkinnerC. A. Conckling
      SUPERVISORS:      
      1st DistrictO. H. P. BrownO. H. P. BrownO. H. P. BrownJ. GschwindJ. 
      GschwindJ. Gschwind
      2d DistrictDaniel MillerH. WilletH. WilletH. WilletH. WilletW. E. Willis
      3d DistrictJ. F. HillsJ. F. HillsJ. F. HillsM. T. SmithM. T. SmithW. H. 
      Kent
      JUSTICES OF THE PEACE:      
      Anderson Township S. W. HowlandE. P. SawtellA. L. BraytonC. H. CooleyA. 
      Burgess
      Anderson Township  J. McGimseyJ. McGimseyJ. McGimseyJ. McGimsey
      Arena TownshipA. O. MunnM. W. BarneyF. CowanF. CowanC. E. GliddonC. E. 
      Gliddon
      Arena Township J. A. Hamilton G. LinderoosG. LinderoosG. Linderoos
      Big River TownshipW. H. Kelley  A. L. MeansB. F. HatchA. C. Folsom
      Big River Township   W. HeeserW. HeeserH. C. Perry
      Calpella TownshipJ. S. ScottJ. E. PettusJ. M. NielJ. M. NielJ. M. NielJ. 
      M. Niel
      Calpella Township J. S. ScottJ. E. PettusJ. E. PettusJ. E. PettusJ. E. 
      Pettus
      Little Lake TownshipJ. P. SimpsonG. W. WebbJ. L. BroaddusS. GatesJ. L. 
      BroaddusJ. H. Braden
      Little Lake TownshipW. C. JamesW. C. James J. P. SimpsonJ. P. SimpsonT. W. 
      Warren
      Round Valley TownshipP. A. WittJ. W. GrayC. H. EberleW. IrvinS. W. 
      GambrellH. Schnook
      Round Valley Township"Doc" JeffersC. H. Eberle  J. TillotsonR. Rice
      Sanel Township  J. A. KnoxJ. A. KnoxL. AllenL. Allen
      Sanel Township    B. Edsall 
      Ukiah TownshipR. WilliamsW. B. BarnettW. B. BarnettW. S. JarboeW. S. 
      JarboeJ. Anderson
      Ukiah TownshipJ. B. EstesY. Cody E. L. ReedN. D. WittO. H. P. Brown
      CONSTABLES:      
      Anderson Township R. O. DestinelJ. E. HawkinsH. N. Langford--- McNielJ. 
      McAbee
      Anderson Township   J. OrnbaumJ. OrnbaumJ. Ornbaum
      Arena Township J. BrownJ. PoolJ. P. BowenT. GlinninC. W. Reinking
      Arena Township G. W. Beebe M. KetchumM. KetchumJ. McArthur
      Big River Township  S. ClarkThomas YoungThomas YoungJ. A. Severance
      Big River Township   F. HeldtF. HeldtF. Heldt
      Calpella Township G. SweeneyI. C. ReedI. C. ReedJ. A. JamisonM. Biggs
      Calpella Township B. Scott S. WylieS. W. HaskettW. English
      Little Lake Township D. K. Woodman J. GardnerD. K. WoodmanJ. Gardner
      Little Lake Township ---- Tucker J. S. KaubleG. C. BruceJ. G. Burns
      Round Valley Township J. R. ShannonP. A. WittJ. M. WilseyJ. M. Wilsey 
      Round Valley Township B. Burch C. H. BrownD. G. Donovan 
      Sanel Township   H. WillardY. N. Weldon 
      Sanel Township      
      Ukiah Township E. PattonD. BeanM. H. JoseM. H. JoseM. H. Jose
      Ukiah Township M. H. Jose W. McClintockR. M. BarhamW. McClintock

 
Notes, showing appointments made by the Board of Supervisors for the years 
1859-1865, inclusive.
September 20, 1859, J. Pound, Justice for Anderson Township. 
February 11, 1860, H. Willet elected Supervisor for 2d District. 
February 21, 1860, Win. Heeser, Justice for Big River Township. 
February 21, 1860, P. Gray, Constable for Big River Township. 
February 21, 1860, A. E. Sherwood, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
February 21, 1860, Y. Cody, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
February 21, 1860, E. Brayton, Justice for Anderson Township. 
August 21, 1860, J. A. Knox, Justice for Sanel Township. 
February 18, 1861, S. Wylie, Constable for Calpella Township. 
May 21, 1861, M. H. Jose, Constable for Ukiah Township. 
November 18, 1861, E. P. Sawtell, Justice for Anderson Township. 
May 21, 1862, W. E. Connor, Justice for Sanel Township. 
May 21, 1862, J. L. Broaddus, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
November 17, 1862, C. A. Conckling, Surveyor. 
November 17, 1862, J. V. Caldwell, Constable for Ukiah Township. 
November 17, 1862, T. J. Cooley, Constable for Calpella Township. 
November 22, 1862, W. C. James, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
November 22, 1562, J. G. Burns, Justice for Little Lake Township.
1862-1863, W. H. Kelley held the office of Public Administrator. 
February 16, 1863, W. H. Kent, elected Supervisor for the 3d District. 
February 19, 1863, G. C. Bruce, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
February 20, 1863, A. Montgomery, Assessor.
November 30, 1863, W. McClintock, Constable for Ukiah Township. 
November 30, 1863, L. M. Warden, Sheriff.
November 30, 1863, C. H. Veeder, District Attorney.
February 11, 1864, L. M. Warden, elected Sheriff at special election. 
May 7, 1864, J. P. Simpson, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
May19, 1864, S. W. Haskett, Assessor.
August 16, 1804, W. B. Hagans, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
October 13, 1864, S. Niel, Constable for Calpella Township. 
November 21, 1864, E. J. Stevens, Justice for Arena Township. 
November 21, 1864, J. T. Ross, Justice for Sanel Township.
November 22, 1864, C. H. Eberle, Justice for Round Valley Township. 
February 24, 1865, A. Heeser, Justice for Big River Township. 
June 12, 1865, G. C. Smith, Justice for Big River Township.
 
      OFFICES.1866-7.1868-9.1870-1.1872-3.1874-5.1876-7.1878-9.1880-1.
       Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of 
      Holder.Name of Holder.Name of Holder.Name of Holder.
      State SenatorNed McGarryW. W. PendegastW. W. PendegastW. W. PendegastW. W. 
      PendegastR. McGarveyR. McGarveyP. H. Ryan
      AssemblymanWilliam HoldenW. H. CuretonG. W. HenleyG. B. MathersD. W. 
      McCallumJ. M. CovingtonL. F. LongL. G. Morse
      County JudgeE. R. BuddJ. B. LamarJ. B. LamarR. HarrisonR. HarrisonT. B. 
      BondT. B. Bond*R. McGarvey
      SheriffL. M. WardenD. C. CrockettD. C. CrockettS. J. ChalfantS. J. 
      ChalfantJ. R. MooreJ. R. MooreJ. H. Donohoe
      County ClerkJ. FowzerJ. FowzerJ. FowzerH. J. AbbottC. A. IrvineJ. L. 
      WilsonJ. L. WilsonW. L. Bransford
      District AttorneyT. B. BondT. B.  BondM. A. KeltonM. A. KeltonT. L. 
      CarothersJ. S. HaileJ. S. HaileA. Yell
      County Recorder    M. P. DenmanB. W. DayB. W. DayJ. J. Morrow
      County TreasurerS. OrrS. OrrWilliam FordWilliam FordD. M. DormanJas. 
      FowzerJ. FowzerJ. Fowzer
      County AssessorB. J. McManusJ. A. JamisonJ. A. JamisonJ. H. DonohoeJ. H. 
      DonohoeW. W. CuninghamW. W. CuninghamL. T. Day
      Superintendent of SchoolsC. C. CummingsC. C. CummingsC. C. CummingsJ. M. 
      CovingtonJ. H. SeawellJ. C. RuddockJ. C. RuddockJ. R. Thomas
      CoronerT. J. CooleyJ. W. NielT. P. MontgomeryS. W. HaskettJ. L. BondJ. S. 
      HunterB. DozierG. T. Mason
      County SurveyorJ. S. HeiserT. P. SmytheT. P. SmytheT. P. SmytheH. SavageT. 
      P. SmytheR. B. MarkleT. W. Harrison
      SUPERVISORS:        
      1st DistrictO. H. P. BrownL. F. LongL. F. LongW. J. HildrethL. F. LongJ. 
      P. Smith�C. P. McGimseyB. B. Fox
      2d DistrictD. B. HolmanT. W. DashielT. W. DashielH. WilletH. WilletJ. H. 
      BradenJ. P. SmithC. Luce
      3d DistrictW. H. KentJ. ShoemakeWilliam HandleyW. A. McFarlanB. F. 
      McClureWilliam HeeserJ. H. BradenO. Simonson
      4th District      William HeeserA. Gordon
      5th District      �N. IversonS. R. Wade
      JUSTICES OF THE PEACE:        
      Anderson TownshipJ. R. GibbonsJ. McGimseyJ. McGimseyJ. McGimseyJ. 
      McGimseyJ. McGimseyJ. McGimseyJ. McGimsey
      Anderson TownshipC. Prather E. M. HiattC. PratherE. M. Hiatt T. S. 
      BayleyC. Prather
      Arena TownshipG. LinderoosG. LinderoosJ. H. AdamsG. LinderoosG. 
      LinderoosG. LinderoosG. LinderoosGeorge Hoytt
      Arena TownshipJ. Ramey L. W. BoggsR. D. HandyC. W. ReinkingC. W. 
      ReinkingC. W. ReinkingC. W. Reinking
      Big River TownshipG. C. SmithW. HeeserW. HeeserM. J. C. GalvinM. J. C. 
      GalvinA. HeeserA. HeeserA. Heeser
      Big River TownshipI. StevensJ. HudsonG. C. SmithA. C. SquiresJ. GibersonA. 
      C. SquiresE. P. O'ConnerJ. Agnew
      Calpella TownshipJ. M. NielWilliam DayC. BaileyT. J. CooleyT. J. CooleyT. 
      J. CooleyT. J. CooleyC. B. Hansard
      Calpella TownshipJ. C. AdamsH. BakerH. BakerH. BakerC. T. SilberhornC. T. 
      SilberhornP. R. KleinH. W. Baker
      Little Lake TownshipJ. W. EvansWilliam HenryB. BurnsJ. H. BradenJ. H. 
      BradenJ. J. ThomasJ. J. ThomasJ. H. Braden
      Little Lake TownshipD. B. HolmanJ. S. KaubleJ. H. RiddleB. F. CoatesB. F. 
      CoatesM. BaechtelP. T. MuirR. E. Madden
      Round Valley TownshipF. A. RedwineS. W. GambrellS. W. GambrellB. 
      BlockbergerJ. EvelandF. A. RedwineC. KendrickC. Kendrick
      Round Valley TownshipS. W. FountainJ. T. RoffeJ. M. NielF. A. RedwineJ. M. 
      EllisJ. EvelandJ. EvelandJ. Eveland
      Sanel TownshipJ. A. KnoxJ. A. KnoxG. T. EspeyJ. A. KnoxL. L. GaleE. 
      DooleyE. DooleyE. Dooley
      Sanel TownshipJ. FowzerJ. K. GibbonsJ. K. GibbonsA. C. McDonaldG. D. 
      KimlockB. F. CassidayJ. A. WardJ. T. Fortson
      Ten-mile River Township    G. W. ClaxtonG. W. ClaxtonG. W. ClaxtonG. W. 
      Claxton
      Ten-mile River Township    W. BillingsH. E. WhippleH. T. PowellH. T. 
Powell
      Ukiah TownshipA. MontgomeryW. W. CuninghamW. B. BarnettW. B. BarnettL. S. 
      SullivanA. W. ThompsonA. P. CorderT. L. Barnes
      Ukiah TownshipC. ZieglerW. J. HildrethW. B. HagansJas. FowzerJas. FowzerC. 
      ZieglerC. ZieglerW. W. Cuningham
      CONSTABLES:        
      Anderson TownshipH. FrancisJ. A. McGimseyJ. J. SmalleyJ. J. SmalleyJ. J. 
      SmalleyF. M. HuntT. McReynoldsM. L. Tescher
      Anderson TownshipM. O. KingW. P. OwensG. C. CumminsM. L. KeithR. H. YorkJ. 
      McAbeeC. A. LedfordF. M. Looney
      Arena  TownshipJ. M. CarrollJ. DodsonJ. SlaterR. DarrJ. DodsonD. SpencerJ. 
      A. ReynoldsA. S. Bowen
      Arena TownshipJ. HuntR. DarrH. WhiteL. GerlockW. R. McKennonJ. A. 
      ReynoldsA. S. BowenR. D. Handy
      Big River TownshipJ. HudsonG. NolanD. FoleyJ. BellJ. MyringA. Nelson, 
      Jr.A. Nelson, Jr.S. J. Chalfant
      Big River TownshipF. HeldtJ. Greeenwood T. BoileA. Nelson, Jr.J. 
      MyringWilliam HostA. Nelson, Jr.
      Calpella TownshipW. BurrisE. J. StephensJ. NeeceF. W. GreenA. J. SeawardB. 
      B. BrownC. V. StreetL. Niel
      Calpella TownshipJ. M. SmithB. H. PendegastT. DayT. DayS. BlakeC. GrimesA. 
      J. SewardA. J. Seward
      Little Lake TownshipJ. TaylorWilliam HenryA. O. CameronP. MuirH. M. 
      JonesJ. H. GardnerW. J. LairdG. N. Grubb
      Little Lake TownshipJ. E. BurnsC. F. PeckJ. D. WardJ. M. DillJ. M. DillJ. 
      M. DillG. N. GrubbN. P. Rodgers
      Round Valley Township J. G. McWilliamsP. K. O'FarrellP. K. O'FarrellH. S. 
      LovellH. S. LovellA. C. PerryL. D. Montague
      Round Valley Township R. C. RingoldT. AtkinsonJ. O'NielJ. N. WilseyJ. N. 
      WilseyH. S. LovellJ. L. Dunlap
      Sanel TownshipP. RoachP. RoachP. RoachP. RoachP. RoachJ. CorderG. H. 
      McDonaldC. S. Edwards
      Sanel Township E. DooleyH. StandleyA. McNab, Jr.J. A. Ward L. HarbarsO. R. 
      Myers
      Ten-mile Township    D. WalkerWilliam FosterJ. H. BankerJ. H. Banker
      Ten-mile Township    J. A. Davidson H. W. DevilbissG. A. Devilbiss
      Ukiah TownshipS. HaskettA. A. WhiteJ. H. HughesJ. H. HughesJ. H. HughesJ. 
      H. HughesJ. A. JamisonJ. F. Perkins
      Ukiah TownshipW. McClintockJ. P. CuninghamW. McClintockW. J. GossJ. L. 
      Wilson R. M. HildrethF. Albertson

 


Notes, showing appointments made by the Board of Supervisors for the years 
1866-7 to 1876-7, inclusive.
September 13, 1865, Andrew Montgomery, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
October 25, 1865, T. B. Bond, District Attorney.
February 20, 1866, H. C. Baird, Justice for Big River Township. 
August 22, 1866, William Boyce, Justice for Calpella Township. 
August 23, 1866, John S. Heiser, Surveyor.
September 5, 1866, D. B. Holman, Supervisor 2d District, Special Election. 
November 21, 1866, D. A. James, Constable for Calpella Township. 
November 21, 1866, J. D. Murray, Justice for Big River Township. 
February 20, 1867, W. H. Cureton, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
February 22, 1867, E. H. Wood, Justice for Arena Township. 
February 23, 1867, W. Henry, Sr., Justice for Little Lake Township. 
February 25, 1867, M. Husenberry, Constable for Calpella. Township. 
August 20, 1867, W. W. Cuningham, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
February 18, 1868, W. H. Crowell, Justice for Ukiah Township.
February 24, 1868, W. R. Boyce, Constable for Calpella Township. 
May 18, 1868, W. B. Barnett, Justice for Ukiah Township.  
February 18, 1869, W. O. Scott, Justice for Big River Township. 
February 25, 1870, R. M. Hildreth, Coroner.
February 25, 1870, J. H. Braden, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
February 25, 1870, J. G. Edwards, Justice for Little Take Township. 
February 25, 1870, J. Bell, Constable for Big River Township. 
February 25, 1870, W. S. Townsend, Constable for Sanel Township. 
February 25, 1870, W. F. Holiday, Justice for Sanel Township. 
April 17, 1870, F. S. Dashiel, Superintendent of Schools. 
April 30, 1870, T. B. Bond, Superintendent of Schools.
May 16, 1870, G. S. Spaulding, Justice for Arena Township.
May 16, 1870, S. W. Gambrell, Justice for Round Valley Township. 
May 16, 1870, J. Slater, Constable for Arena Township.
November 21, 1870, J. W. Powell, Constable for Arena Township. 
November 24, 1870, D. Thompson, Justice for Round Valley Township.
November 24, 1870, B. Blockberger, Justice for Round Valley Township. 
November 24, 1870, P. Roach, Constable for Sandi Township. 
February 28, 1871, D. T. LeValley, Constable for Arena Township. 
March 13, 1871, G. Linderoos, Justice for Arena Township. 
October 21, 1871, S. W. Haskett, Coroner.
February 23, 1872, A. O. Cameron, Constable for Little Lake Township. 
March 20, 1872, James Fowzer, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
May 21, 1872, S. Blake, Constable for Calpella Township. 
August 19, 1872, J. Eveland, Justice for Round Valley Township. 
August 19, 1872, W. J. Rose, Constable for Round Valley Township. 
February 11, 1873, J. Dodson, Constable for Arena Township. 
May 7, 1873, Ten-mile River Township established.
May 8, 1873, W. H. Myring, Constable for Big River Township. 
February 3, 1874, W. Billings, Justice for Ten-mile River Township.
February 3, 1874, H. T. Powell, Constable for Ten-mile River Township 
February 8, 1875, W. J. Goss, Constable for Little Lake Township. 
February 8, 1875, B. Dashiel, Constable for Ten-mile River Township. 
February 8, 1875, H. J. Abbott, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
February 8, 1875, A. J. Lowell, Justice for Ten-mile River Township. 
May 3, 1875, S. S. Stephens, Constable for Arena Township. 
July 6, 1875, J. P. Smith, Supervisor 1st District. 
November 4, 1875, E. Dooley, Justice for Sanel Township. 
November 4, 1875, L. R. Standley, Constable for Sanel Township. 
May 5 1876, G. W. Carter, Coroner.
May 8, 1876, W. H. Hofman, Constable for Round Valley Township. 
May 8, 1876, H. Chadbourne, Constable for Ten-mile River Township. 
July 15, 1876, A. P. Corder, Justice for Ukiah Township. 
February 8, 1877, C. Kendrick, Justice for Round Valley Township. 
July 3, 1877, W. H. Cureton, Justice for Big River Township. 
July 14. 1877, J. Gow, Constable for Big River Township.
 
Notes, showing appointments made by the Board of Supervisors for the years 
1878-9-1880, inclusive.
*Superior Judge.
�Appointed by the County Judge in accordance with an Act of the Legislature 
approved April 1, 1878, providing for five Supervisorial Districts in Mendocino 
County.
 
February 21, 1878, W. H. Cureton, Justice for Big River Township. 
February 21, 1878, G. C. Smith, Justice for Big River Township. 
May 9, 1878, L. D. Montague, Constable for Round Valley Township. 
July 3, 1878. M. O. King, Constable for Anderson Township. 
July 15, 1878, C. A. Irvine, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
July 20, 1878, F. W. Welle, Justice for Big River Township. 
August 8, 1878, O. W. Scott, Justice for Big River Township.
April 10, 1879, M. L. Tescher, Constable for Anderson Township. 
November 3, 1879, J. H. Braden, Justice for Little Lake Township. 
February 4, 1880, G. Linderoos, Justice for Arena Township. 
May 6, 1880, A. A. Williford, Justice for Calpella Township.
May 11, 1880, H. W. Devilbiss, Justice for Ten-mile River Township. 
May 11, 1880, R. Caughey, Supervisor for the 5th District. 
November 2, 1880, William Holden, elected to the Assembly.