STATE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, Mont-rey, August 30, 1849. MAJOR: In compliance with the directions of Governor Riley, I enclose 1 herewith, for your information, a copy of his letter of this date to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Hooker respecting the "civil fund" of California. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Major R. ALLEN, H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of Stale. Civil Treasurer, Benicia, California. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, SIR: I am directed by the governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th instant, and to inform you, in reply, that the resolutions of the ayuntamiento which you communicated are fully approved. This approval, however, will not be construed as yielding to the town any rights or titles which the government of California or the United States may possess to lands within the limits of the proposed survey. The governor would respectfully call the attention of the ayuntamiento to the law requiring that the communications of the subordinate authorities of the district pass through the hands of the prefect.. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Don IGNACIO ESQUER, H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of State. Alcalde, &c., Monterey, California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of au thority in me vested, do hereby appoint and commission Pacificus Ord judge or minister of the superior tribunal of California, to date from the first day of August, 1849. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and commission Ignacio Esquer judge of first instance of the district of Monterey, to date from the first day of August, 1849. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and constitute Henry M. Naglee captain in the first California Guards. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this 8th day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., and Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and constitute William O. H. Howard first lieutenant in the first California Guards. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this 8th day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., and Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of au-. thority in me vested, do hereby appoint and constitute Myrin Norton first lieutenant in the first California Guards. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this 8th day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., and Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and constitute Hall McAllister second lieutenant in the first California Guards. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this 8th day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., and Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and commission Lewis Dent judge or minister of the superior tribunal of California, to date from the first day of August, 1849. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this third day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., and Governor of California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and commission W. E. Shannon judge of first instance, in and for the district of Sacramento, to date from the first day of August, 1849. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this third day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A., and Governor of California. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, Monterey, September 3, 1849. SIR: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, by the direction of the governor, all the returns, &c., which have been received up to this date, of the election of delegates in the several districts, for the general convention. These papers are numbered from 1 to 51, inclusive: as they are originals, and contain the votes for district and town officers, as well as for delegates to the convention, it is hoped that they will be preserved with care, and returned to this office as soon as your honorable body shall have completed its organization. It appears from these returns that the following regular delegates are elected from the several districts, viz: From San Diego.-Miguel Pedrorena, and Henry Hill. From Los Angeles.-S. C. Foster, J. A. Carrillo, M. Dominguez, and A. Stearnes. From Santa Barbara.-De Laguerra, and J. M. Covarubias. From San Luis Obispo.-H. A. Tefft, and J. M. Covarubias. From Monterey.-H. W. Halleck, T. O. Larkin, C. T. Botts, P. Ord, and L. Dent. From San José.-J. Aram, K. H. Dimmick, J. D. Hoppé, and E. Brown. From San Francisco.-E. Gilbert, M. Norton, W. M. Gwinn, J. Hobson, and W. M. Stewart. From Sonoma.-J. Walker, R. Semple, L. W. Boggs, and M. G. Vallejo. From Sacramento.-J. R. Snyder, W. E. Shannon, W. S. Sherwood, and J. A. Sutter. From San Joaquin.-It appears, from the returns from this district, that in the town of Stockton the election (for reasons stated in the report of the judges and inspectors of election) was held on the 16th instead of the 1st of August. Counting all the votes polled in the district, including the town of Stockton, it appears that the four delegates elected are, J. M. Hollingsworth, S. Haley, B. S. Lippincott, and C. L. Peck; but if only the votes polled on the 1st of August are to be counted, i. e. if the vote of Stockton is excluded, the four delegates elected are, J. M. Hollingsworth, T. L. Vermule, M. Fallon, and B. F. Moore. This question is left for the decision of your honorable body, which is deemed the proper judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members. As the relative population of the several districts have materially changed since the issuing of the proclamation of June 3, calling for the election of delegates to this convention, the governor would respectfully recommend that additional delegates be received from some of the larger and more populous districts. It should, however, be recommended, that at the time of holding the election, (on the 1st August last,) many of the legal voters were absent from the middle and southern portions of the country, so that the number of votes actually polled will not serve as a perfect criterion by which to judge of the true relative population of the different districts. It is hoped that, by mutual concessions, all these questions may be amicably arranged, and that a spirit of harmony and good will may prevail in your councils. You have an important work before you-the laying of the corner-stone of the State structure; and the stability of the edifice will depend upon the character of the foundation which you may establish. Your materials are good: let it never be said that the builders lacked skill in putting them together. By order of the governor: H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of State. Hon. K. H. DIMMICK, Chairman of the Convention. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, Monterey, Sptember 4, 1849. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 1st instant, and to inform you that the military storekeeper has been directed to furnish you with the arms and ammunition asked for. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of State. Don IGNACIO ESQUER, Alcalde, &c., Monterey, California. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, SIR: I am directed by the governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of August 28. The governor is not certain that he has any power to make, or authorize the making of, new political districts in California, but the people in any town or district are deemed to be authorized by law to form a municipal organization whenever their population is such as to require it. The prefect of the district is the proper authority to determine upon the election of municipal officers of the several towns of this district, subject to an appeal to the governor; but where no such appeal has been made, and no question raised, no action of the governor is required. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of State. GILBERT A. GRANT, Esq., EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, COLONEL: Instructions have this day been sent to Major R. Allen, treasurer of the "civil fund," to loan to Major H. Leonard, for the use of the pay department, the sum of $30,000. This transfer will be made from the civil fund now in the hands of Major Allen, as it cannot be spared from the civil fund south of San Francisco, without embarrassing the payments of the expenses of the civil government in the middle and southern districts. The substance of your letter of August 29 has already been replied to in my communication of the 30th ultimo. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Lieut. Col. J. HOOKER, H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of State. Assist. Adjutant General, San Francisco, California. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and commission Joaquin Carrillo prefect of the district of Santa Barbara, to date from the first of August, 1849. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this 6th day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. B. RILEY, Official: Brevet Brigadier General United States Army, H. W. HALLECK, Brevet Captain, and Secretary of State. Know all men by these presents, that I, Bennet Riley, brevet brigadier general United States army, and governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint and commission Manuel Abrita judge of the first instance in and for the district of San Luis Obispo, to date from the 1st day of August, 1849. Given under my hand and seal at Monterey, California, this 6th day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine. |