1st Session.

No. 53.

RESOLUTIONS

OF

THE LEGISLATURE OF CALIFORNIA,

ASKING

The passage of a law for the establishment of certain post routes in said State.

MAY 10, 1854.-Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS RELATIVE TO MAIL ROUTES IN THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA.

Resolved, That our senators in Congress be instructed, and our representatives be requested, to urge upon Congress the passage of laws establishing mail routes in the State of California, as follows:

A daily mail between the city of Marysville, in the county of Yuba, and the city of Nevada, in the county of Nevada.

From Sacramento City to Sonora, via Ione Valley, Jackson, Mokelumna Hill, &c., in Calaveras county.

From Sacramento City to Mud and Diamond Springs, via Deer Creek and Buckeye Flat, in El Dorado county.

From Sacramento City to Colusa.

From San Francisco, via Martinez, to Sacramento City.

From Sacramento to Georgetown, in El Dorado county, via Salmon Falls and Louisville, in said county.

From Sacramento, via Fremont, to Knight's Landing, Yolo county. A tri-weekly mail from Benicia, via Vacaville, Puta Creek, Enos, Cache Creek, Yolo, Knight's Landing, and Fremont, to Washington, and back.

From Sacramento City, via Beale's, Condemned, and Dotan's bars, to Rattlesnake Bar, in Placer county.

From Placerville, via Logtown, Nashville, and Saratoga, to Drytown, in Calaveras county.

From San Jose, via the Mission of San Jose, San Remone, Alamo, to Martinez.

From San Jose, via San Juan, to Monterey.

From Marysville, via Keystone Ranch, Foster's Bar, Camptonville, in Yuba county, and Goodyear's Bar, to Downieville, in Sierra county. For a semi-weekly mail from the city of Nevada to the city of Downieville, in the county of Sierra, by the way of Robertson's Bridge, on the South, and Emory's Crossings, on the Middle Yuba river.

For a weekly mail from the Round Tent, in the county of Yuba, by the way of the lower crossing of Deer Creek, Point Defiance, French

Corral, Sweetland's, Cherokee, and Moore's Flat, in the county of Nevada, to Minnesota, in the county of Sierra.

From Marysville, by Park's Bar, Rough and Ready, and Grass Valley, to Nevada City, in the county of Nevada.

From Marysville, via Spanish Flat, Chandlerville, St. Louis, and Pine Grove, to Gibsonville, in Sierra county.

For a weekly mail route from Crescent City, in Klamath county, California, via Jacksonville, in Oregon Territory, to Yreka, in Siskiyon county, California.

From Uniontown, in Humboldt county, via South Fork, Big Bar, and North Fork of Trinity, to Weaverville, in Trinity county.

For a weekly mail from Shasta City, in Shasta county, direct to Yreka City.

For a weekly mail from Yreka City, to Kenyonville, in Oregon Territory.

From Stockton City, in San Joaquin county, by Snelling's Ranch, Millerstown, to Woodville, Tulare county.

From Stockton City, to Mokelumne Hill, in Calaveras county; also, between the said city of Stockton, and Murphey's, of said Calaveras county, via Double Springs, Lakie's Store, San Andreas, Kentucky House, Forman's Ranch, Angel's, and Vallecito; and between the city of Sonora, of Tuolumne county, and the city of Sacramento, Sacramento county, via Carson's Creek, Angel's, Forman's Ranch, San Andreas, and Ione Valley; and between the said city of Sacramento and Jackson, of said Calaveras county, via Drytown, Lower Rancheria, Amadore, and Sutter Creek.

For a semi-weekly mail from Jackson, in Calaveras county, to Fiddletown, in El Dorado county, via Butte City, Clinton, Volcano, and Upper Rancheria.

From Mokelumne Hill to Ione Valley, via Campo Seco, Winter's Bar, and Lancha Plana.

From San Juan, Monterey county, via Watsonville, to Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz county.

From Oakland, in Alameda county, by San Lorenzo, Alvarado, Mission of San Jose, to San Jose, Santa Clara county.

From Petaluma, by Santa Rosa, to Russian river, Mendicino county. From Sacramento City, via Auburn, Yankee Jim's, to Michigan Bluffs, and from Yankee Jim's, via Elizabethtown, to Iowa Hill, Placer county.

From Auburn, via Illinoistown, to Mountain Springs and Green Valley, in said Placer county.

From Marysville, semi-weekly, via Johnson's Ranch, Virginia, Gold Hill, Ophirville, to Auburn; and also from Drytown, via Fiddletown, to Indian Diggins, in El Dorado county; and of a semi-monthly mail from the town of San Diego to Fort Yuma, Rio Colorado, via Santa Isabel; also, a semi-weekly mail from Marysville, via Linda, Owsley's Bar, and Kennebec Bar, to Empire Ranch.

From Foster's Bar, in Yuba county, to Minnesota, Sierra county, via Forest City and Moscow.

From Mokelumne Hill, via McKinney's and Humbug, to Murphy's, Calaveras county; and a weekly mail from Quartzburg, Mariposa

county, via Millertown, Campbell's Ferry, on King's river, and Visalie, to Woodville, Tulare county.

From Los Angeles, via Tejon Pass, to Woodville, Tulare county. From San Pedro, via Los Angeles, Monte, and John Reed's Rancho, to San Bernardino.

From San Francisco, (per steamer,) via Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and San Pedro, to San Diego.

From San Francisco, (per steamer,) via Trinidad and Crescent City, to Humboldt bay.

From Petaluma, Sonoma county, via Smith's Ranch, in Bodega township, to Fort Ross and Big River, in Mendocino county.

From Diamond Springs, via Newtown and Wisconsin Bar, to Grizzly Flat, in El Dorado county.

Resolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to forward a copy of the above resolution to our senators and representatives in Congress.

Signed, April 10, 1854:

CHARLES S. FAIRFAX,
Speaker of the Assembly.

Signed, April 11, 1854:

B. T. KEENE,

Approved, April 12, 1854:

Pres't pro tem. of the Senate.

JOHN BIGLER.

1st Session.

No. 55.

MEMORIAL

ОР

ALEXANDER S. TAYLOR,

REPRESENTING

That he is in possession of manuscript papers and documents of great value in elucidating the early settlement and history of California, and praying an appropriation to insure their early publication as part of the archives of the government.

MAY 17, 1854.-Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.

The memorial and representation of Alexander S. Taylor, of Monterey, respectfully showeth :

That he is in possession of certain manuscript papers and documents of great value in elucidating the early settlement and history of the State of California;

That the aforesaid papers and documents are written in the Spanish language, with the exception of certain portions of comments and statistics gathered by himself, from old settlers and officers serving under the government of California, prior to the 7th of July, A. D. 1846, and copies from scarce Spanish, French, English, and American books; That these documents and papers are of a public character, consisting of letters from the authorities, religious, civil, and military in Mexico and California, to and from the Catholic missionaries and military and civil officers, who established the missions, the presidios, and the colonies prior to 1846;

That the aforesaid papers include copies of documents of the viceroyalty and republic of Mexico; proclamations from governors, and replies from priests and officers concerning the condition of the Indians ; the establishment of the missions; expeditions into distant Indian territories; the disputes with the governors and officers, and different missions; of the boundaries of private lands of ranches and town lots; of disputes between mission and mission concerning mission boundaries; of the granting of lands by governors; of the property of the "pious fund of California," in Mexico, said to be of the value of several millions of dollars; and a large number of other papers relating to the granting of land claims, now held for adjudication by the Board of United States Land Commissioners, the United States district and State courts of California, and by the supreme courts of the United States and the State of California;