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The election was held on December 12, and on the 14th the Tribune reports the vote from ten of the thirteen precincts as fol- lows : (the first figure being for Merced, the second for Snelling and the third for Livingstone) : Merced Falls: 0-11-7; Snelling: 21-96-104; Hopeton: 4-17-19; Madison, no report; Turner :
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10-9-20; Cressy: 21-1-21; Merced: 363-9-0; Hailes: 14-4-0; Plainsburg : 92-2-0; Sandy Mush : 22-0-0; Mears'; 12-3-0; Kreyenhagen and Cottonwood, no report. These ten pre- cincts give Merced 559, Snelling 152, and Livingstone 171. Steele, who admits Merced's victory this week, gives the total vote the fol- lowing week as: Merced 566; Livingstone 236; Snelling 181; a total of 983 for all. The Board ordered that on an after December 30, 1872, Merced be the county seat.
In order to build the court house and jail, the board of super- visors had to be authorized by an act of the legislature to issue the necessary bonds. It was on December 22, 1873, that the legislature approved a law authorizing the board to issue not to exceed $75,000 in bonds bearing interest at 10 per cent per year and payable in twenty years. The act is printed in the Statutes of 1873-1874, at page 7 and following.
On December 30 the board met in special session; on the 31st they ordered the clerk to give notice by publication in the Merced Tribune and the San Francisco Examiner that on February 9, 1874, they would receive plans and specifications for said building and that $500 would be awarded for the plan adopted by them. On February 9 they met pursuant to said notice. Eight sets of plans and specifi- cations were submitted. The board adjourned over to February 13 to examine these and on that day selected and adopted the plan sub- mitted by A. A. Bennett. On March 2 it was ordered that the clerk advertise for sealed proposals, to be opened April 2, "for the con- struction of a court house and jail in Merced." The notice was to be published in the Daily Examiner, the Daily Record, and the Weekly Merced Tribune.
On April 1 the board sold forty court house bonds, $20,000, to Woods & Freeborn at $101.3712 per $100.
On the 2nd of April they opened bids. There were six bids as follows: J. C. Weir & Co., $57,888; D. Jordan, $57,692; Jas. H. Sullivan, $58,540; Ellsworth & Washburn, $57,437.34; A. W. Bur- rell, $55,970; Child & Co., $65,000. The board accepted A. W. Burrell's bid, upon his giving bond for $30,000.
On the next day A. A. Bennett, the architect, was appointed com- missioner to furnish plans for and superintend the construction of the building; to receive five per cent on the whole cost of the building and his necessary traveling expenses.
The Merced Tribune of July 11, 1874, gives us these facts : The cornerstone of the new court house was laid Wednesday, July 8, 1874, by the Most Worthy Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California. The procession formed in front of the Ma- sonic Hall at half past ten and "marched to the Court House park
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in the following order : Grand Marshal, A. J. Meany, Merced Brass Band, Irish-American Benevolent Society, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Free and Accepted Masons. Arriving at the park the exer- cises were opened with music by the band, followed by singing by a choir composed of Mrs. Dr. Washington, Mrs. Law, Mrs. Conley, Miss Hicks, Miss Tackett, and Messrs. Barrell, Howell and Geis."
P. D. Wigginton delivered a short address to the Masons, who then proceeded with the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone. Beneath it they placed a casket containing :
"1st. Copies of the law creating Merced County.
"2nd. Copies of the law providing for the erection of a Court House for Merced County.
"3rd. Copies of the Great Register of Merced County for the years 1871 and 1873.
"4th. Court House bonds.
"5th. Statement of the total taxable property, and total tax levied by Merced each year since its organization.
"6th. Copies of the Merced Tribune, San Joaquin Valley Argus, San Francisco Bulletin, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Call, San Francisco Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Mariposa Gazette.
"7th. A complete set of United States coins.
"8th. A pint each of wheat and barley.
"9th. Statistical report of school matters-total numbers of school children, number of school districts, etc."
In April the court house was nearing completion and the board made preparations to accept and dedicate it. From their minutes :
"April 7th, 1875. The Board met in special session pursuant to the call of the chairman. Present full board and clerk.
"On motion of J. B. Cocanour it is ordered that the following named persons are appointed a committee to meet at the Court House on Wednesday, May 5th, 1875, to inspect the building and report the result of said examination to the Board of Supervisors prior to the reception and dedication of the same by the Board on that day.
"District No. One: J. M. Montgomery, J. W. Stewart, Frank Larkin, Henry Nelson, A. B. Anderson, H. F. Buckley, John Ruddle, W. J. Hardwick, Silas March, H. A. Skelton.
"District No. Two: J. F. Goodale, C. H. Huffman, N. B. Stone- road, R. Reynolds, P. Bennett, P. Carroll, James Cunningham, H. J. Ostrander, P. Y. Welch, Thomas Price, John Appling, S. C. Bates.
"District No. Three : A. Stevinson, R. M. Wilson, A. S. Gavin, David Chedister, J. B. Sayres, Henry Ritter, Moses Korn, W. C. Turner, A. L. Cressey, W. P. Scott, W. N. Neill. Master of Cere- monies, P. D. Wigginton. Adjourned."
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On April 8 the board ordered that the county surveyor survey, take levels and set grade stakes at a distance of 150 feet from the court house on all sides, and that bids for the leveling would be received on May 3.
The board began their May term, Monday, May 3. They trans- acted other business Monday and Tuesday and came to the court house matter on Wednesday, as per the order in April. The minutes for May 5 read :
"Board met pursuant to adjournment. The committee heretofore appointed to inspect the Court House prior to its reception by the Board having thoroughly performed the duties of their trust, pre- sented their Report, whereupon the Board ordered that the building, being constructed in strict accordance with the plans and specifications and to the satisfaction of the architect, is hereby received from the hands of the contractor, and the County officers are authorized to remove the archives of each in their respective offices.
"It is further ordered the following Report of the Committee be spread at length on the minutes of the Board and published in the proceedings thereof :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO INSPECT COURT HOUSE
"To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Merced County :
"Gentlemen : We, the undersigned, your Committee appointed by your Hon. Body to examine and report upon the Court House now just completed, have thoroughly examined the building in company with the Architect, and are proud to say that the building is complete in all its details and reflects much credit on the Architect, A. A. Ben- nett, Esq., of Sacramento, its contractor, A. W. Burrell of Oakland, and your Hon. Body which has had supervision of the same; and in fact on everyone connected in the erection and ordering of the same ; and we, as taxpayers of Merced County, congratulate ourselves and the people generally of the County of Merced that we have in our judgment full value received for the money expended.
"We have also examined the furniture in said building, and in our judgement it is complete and durable and of the very best material, and reflects great credit on those who selected the same. We think your Hon. Body has used the most judicious economy in the distri- bution of the money appropriated by the Legislature for the con- struction and furnishing of the said building.
"All of which is most respectfully submitted.
"P. Y. Welch
J. F. Goodale P. Bennett C. H. Huffman David Chedister
H. J. Ostrander
H. Stevinson (Chairman)
James Cunningham (Secretary)
Sam C. Bates
A. B. Anderson
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J. B. Sears
Thomas Price
Frank Larkin
N. B. Stoneroad
J. W. Stewart P. Carroll
R. Reynolds
Wm. N. Neill
W. J. Hardwick
"Board adjourned until 9 A. M., May 7th, 1875."
The Court House was dedicated May 5, 1875. Says the Merced Express of Saturday, May 8, 1875 :
THE NEW COURT HOUSE "The Dedication of Our New and Elegant Court House
"On Wednesday last, in accordance with notice heretofore given in the columns of the Express, the new and magnificent structure designed by A. A. Bennett, Esq., of San Francisco, and built by A. W. Burrell, of Oakland, situated in the center of Court House Square, of our town, and which stands there a monument of our people's industry and enterprise, was received by the Board of Supervisors of Merced County and dedicated to the immaculate purposes of justice with imposing rites and ceremonies becoming the occasion. The cere- monies of receiving and dedicating took place in the District Court room of the building and were as follows :
"At half past three o'clock P. M. the meeting was called to order by Capt. J. K. Mears, Chairman of the Board, who stated the object of the meeting to be the reception and dedication of the building. . . "
Members of press invited up: W. J. Hill, Silver City Idaho Avalanche; C. A. Heaton, Fresno Review; and "ourself" (Frank H. Farrar, editor ).
A. W. Burrell, contractor, submitted his report to A. A. Bennett, architect. Bennett's report to the board was then read by R. H. Ward, Esq.
The chairman then called upon Col A. Stevinson, the chairman of the committee appointed to inspect the building. Mr. Stevinson announced the committee ready and Samuel C. Bates, "the Secretary of the Committee," then read the report. Chairman Mears an- nounced that the board accepted the building on behalf of the people, and the ceremonies closed with an oration by P. D. Wigginton, Esq.
Mears then thanked the architect, the contractor, and the com- mittee.
In the evening H. A. Bloss of the El Captain tendered a social reunion.
On May 7 the board appointed Bart Ahren the first janitor, at a salary of $75 a month, "to take charge of the new Court House, wind mill and tank, coal bin, fuel, etc." On the same day the sheriff
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was ordered to sell the old court house and jail at Snelling, which, since they had been vacated, had been rented to the Masonic Lodge.
The minutes of the Board describe Bennett, the architect, as "of Sacramento"; the news story in the Express as "of San Francisco." W. H. McElroy, who entered the building business in Merced in the late eighties, thinks Bennett had an office in each city.
CHAPTER XVI COUNTY OFFICIALS
We cannot be entirely sure that we have the names of all the early county officials. The first book of the minutes of the board of super- visors-Book A-is not indexed, and moreover the rather sketchy nature of the early minutes leaves us with some lurking doubts, as for example when the board canvassed the votes of one of the very early elections, and the minutes recite that fact and the further fact that they ordered certificates of election issued to those who had received the greatest number of votes, but do not tell us who the successful candidates-or the unsuccessful, either-were. It is probable, how- ever, that the following list is pretty nearly complete for the period prior to February 6, 1867, when Book B begins, and complete after that date.
In the minutes of the first meeting of the board of supervisors, on June 4, 1855, G. H. Murry (so the minutes spell it), William J. Bar- field, and S. L. Kelly were the supervisors. Murray was chairman. E. G. Rector was clerk. "M. Stockard" was appointed justice of the peace in Township One and William Finch and William Wall in Township Two. This meeting of June and another in August were all the board held at the county seat on the Turner and Osborn Ranch, so far as the minutes reveal. On September 17 there was an election, and on October 1. we find by the minutes that A. Stevinson has succeeded Murray as supervisor and chairman of the board. Jack W. Smith is mentioned as district attorney in the minutes of No- vember 5.
We may go back here long enough to quote the following list of officers elected at the election on the second Monday in May, 1855. It is taken from the 1881 Elliott & Moore history: "John W. Fitz- hugh, County Judge; E. G. Rector, County Clerk; Charles F. Blud- worth, Sheriff; Jack W. Smith, District Attorney; George W. Hal- stead, County Treasurer ; James W. Robertson, County Assessor ; Erastus Kelsey, County Surveyor; Gordon H. Murray, W. J. Bar- field, and Samuel D. Kelly, Board of Supervisors ; Samuel H. P. Ross, and J. A. Vance, Associate Justices."
On November 4, 1856, B. F. Howell appears as supervisor for District One, Silas March for District Two, and John Sylvester for District Three. On February 3, 1857, S. H. P. Ross appears as superintendent of schools. We have already noticed in another chapter
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how William Nelson, in February, 1856, presented a petition to the board for the division of the county into school districts, and how the board granted it by creating three districts, and appointed Nelson the first superintendent of schools. We see a reference to S. H. P. Ross in the minutes of August 3, 1857, as a justice of the peace.
At an election on September 2, 1857, Timothy F. Jenkins suc- ceeded B. F. Howell as supervisor for District One. Silas March and John Sylvester were reelected for Districts Two and Three. L. W. Talbott was elected district attorney ; George Turner, sheriff ; George W. Halstead (reelected), treasurer; and E. G. Rector, clerk. Wil- liam C. Hoge was elected assessor; Dr. D. C. McCrosky, public ad- ministrator; R. B. Graham, county surveyor; B. F. Howell, superin- tendent of schools ; O. F. Pouehuy, coroner. S. H. P. Ross and J. W. Webster were elected justices of the peace for Township One; and R. H. Ward, constable. For Township Two, E. Hunter and Hath- away were elected justices and Thomas Welcon and William Joplin, constables.
On February 2, 1858, Erastus Kelsey was appointed county sur- veyor. On May 3, 1858, William M. Stafford was appointed district attorney in place of L. W. Talbott, resigned; and on the same day Charles A. Starr was appointed justice of the peace in Township One to succeed J. W. Webster, resigned.
It is in the minutes of September 1, 1858, that we find the sketchy minute entry already referred to, to the effect that those receiving the highest number of votes were declared elected-without naming them. Timothy Jenkins appears as supervisor for District One, Silas March for District Two, and a new man, James Cunningham, for District Three. Silas March is chairman.
On August 4, 1859, Samuel H. P. Ross was appointed district at- torney to succeed William M. Stafford, resigned, and B. F. Howell appears as assessor.
At the election on September 7, 1859, A. Ingalsbe (spelled in the minutes with a final "y" instead of an "e") was elected supervisor for District One, succeeding Timothy Jenkins; March and Cunningham were reelected. S. H. P. Ross was elected district attorney, E. G. Rec- tor reelected clerk, George Turner reelected sheriff, George W. Hal- stead reelected treasurer, Robert J. Strother elected assessor, James O. McGahey elected coroner, John W. Tucker elected surveyor; S. R. Givens elected superintendent of schools, John W. Fitzhugh re- elected county judge. Charles A. Starr and James W. Robertson were elected justices of the peace in Township One, and William B. Thompson, constable; and P. M. (P. Y .? ) Welch and James C. Bigham, justices, and James Mellina and John Wiswell, constables in Township Two.
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On November 7, 1859, J. Woodard appears as superintendent of schools. On May 7, 1860, Timothy F. Jenkins was appointed justice of the peace in Township One to succeed Charles A. Starr, resigned.
At the election on November 6, 1860, John M. Montgomery was elected supervisor from District One, Silas March reelected from District Two, and Samuel L. Kelly, one of the first board, elected from District Three. Benjamin F. Howell was elected to fill the unexpired term of Assessor Robert F. Strother, resigned. Nicholas Breen was elected justice in Township One, and William B. Thomp- son and Eli Bradford, constables; and in Township Two, Thomas Welcon was elected justice and James McClellan, constable.
There was an election on May 25, 1861, to fill an unexpired term of a justice of the peace.
At the election in September, 1861, George Turner was elected sheriff; S. H. P. Ross, district attorney; R. R. Leak, county clerk ; George W. Halstead, treasurer; Job Wheat, assessor; J. W. Bost, surveyor; Alfred Harrel, coroner; Rev. Burnett, superintendent of schools; C. C. Nelson, public administrator. A. C. McSwain and N. Breen were elected justices and J. P. Luseuring constable in Township One; and in Township Two, R. Hail and J. C. C. Russell were justices and Clinton Hail and William Joplin constables. The three supervisors, Montgomery, March, and Kelly, were reelected at this election.
On August 5, 1862, B. F. Holton was appointed constable in Township One. On the same day, William G. Collier was appointed county surveyor to succeed J. W. Bost, resigned.
At the regular election early in September of this year the minutes show elected: R. B. Huey, superintendent of schools; William G. Collier, surveyor; N. Breen and E. Eagleson, justices in Township One, and Alfred Harrel and Reuben Hail in Township Two; R. H. Crozier and William S. Gibson, constables in Township One, and Henry Wiswell, constable in Township Two. Also that James W. Robertson received 241 votes and A. Ingalsbe 105 in Merced County for assemblyman, one district embracing Merced and Stanislaus.
On September 15, John W. Bost was appointed county clerk in place of R. R. Leak, resigned. On the same date R. B. Huey was appointed superintendend of schools in place of F. J. Woodard, resigned. On November 3 Reuben Hail was appointed justice of the peace in Township Two. Both Huey and Hail appear as having been elected at the September election; apparently the appointments were to the unexpired terms of thir predecessors.
On February 3, 1863, P. Y. Welch and I. N. Ward appear as supervisors. In the same month Samuel J. Benton was appointed justice of the peace to succeed E. Eagleson, resigned, in Township
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One. On May 4 of the same year R. R. Leak was appointed consta- ble in Township One in place of R. H. Crozier, who had left the county. The Merced Banner appears as the official paper.
In October, 1863, R. V. Woodcock appears as supervisor from District One, P. Y. Welch from District Two, and Silas March from District Three. There had been an election the previous month. on September 2. The county cast 295 votes for W. S. Montgomery and 100 for A. Ingalsbe, for State Senator, and 300 for W. S. Dickenson and 94 for J. C. Breen for assemblyman. P. D. Wigginton was elected district attorney; E. G. Rector, sheriff; J. W. Bost, clerk; L. P. Wilson, assessor; D. A. Jamison, treasurer; W. G. Collier, surveyor; S. M. Brown, coroner; R. B. Huey, superintendent of schools; J. M. Strong, public administrator. The county gave J. M. Baudurant 212 votes and E. Burke 39 for district judge in the Thirteenth Judicial District. J. W. Robertson was elected county judge. R. R. Leak and A. C. McSwain were elected justices of the peace and J. B. Sensabaugh and J. M. Hicks constables, in Township One ; and J. C. C. Russell and A. J. W. Albeck, justices in Township Two.
On November 2, 1863, appears an appointment of A. C. McSwain as justice of the peace of Township One, to succeed Samuel J. Benton, resigned, apparently to fill the unexpired term.
Silas March, I. N. Ward, and P. Y. Welch appear as supervisors in the minutes on February 3, 1864, apparently elected the preceding year. Early in 1864 there appears to have been an election of super- visors ; R. V. Woodcock, Silas March, and James Cunningham appear in the minutes, February 20, 1864, as supervisors for Districts One, Two, and Three respectively.
On May 2, 1864, R. R. Leak was appointed county clerk in place of J. W. Bost, resigned; and S. H. P. Ross, justice of the peace in Township One in place of R. R. Leak, resigned. At this date there is a minute to the effect that the Democratic Record is the official paper of the county.
There was an election on November 8, 1864. Nicholas Breen, Silas March, and E. Russell were elected supervisors. On February 7, 1865, T. O. Ellis was appointed superintendent of schools in place of R. B. Huey, resigned.
During this year the Merced Herald is made the county paper.
At the election of September 6, 1865, R. H. Ward received 151 votes in the county for assemblyman, and A. Ingalsbe 141. C. M. Blair was elected clerk; D. A. Jamison, treasurer ; J. B. Sensabaugh, sheriff ; P. D. Wigginton, district attorney; W. G. Collier, surveyor; S. M. Brown, coroner ; James E. Hicks, assessor ; J. M. Strong, public administrator; T. O. Ellis, superintendent of schools; C. F. Blud-
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worth and W. B. Thompson, constables of Township One; and C. Helmer and A. Douth, constables of Township Two. On October 18, 1865, R. R. Leak and Samuel H. P. Ross appear as justices of the peace in Township One, and E. Hunter and A. Albeck in Town- ship Two.
On November 7, 1865, appears a new Township Three, and Abner Phelps as justice of the peace for it. On the same date Charles M. Blair, clerk-elect, was appointed clerk to fill out the unexpired few weeks of R. R. Leak, resigned.
On February 8, 1866, Hill was appointed justice of the peace in Township Three.
At an election on March 28, 1866, John B. Cocanour was elected supervisor in District One.
There appear through the minutes several appointments of "Judges of the Plains." On May 5, 1856, John Sylvester, John Rud- dle, Jr., S. R. De Hart and Bates De Hart appear. On May 4, 1858, the board appointed Arthur Tooms, John Ruddle, George G. Belt, ยท and Ezekiel No further appointment seems to have been made through the whole period from then on until after the close of the Civil War; but on February 4, 1866, the board appointed P. W. Vaughn and Archibald Rice. This institution of "Judge of the Plains," or Juaz de Campo, was one (it has been said to have been the only one ) of the institutions of the Mexicans taken over by their American successors. It was the function of the judges of the plains to attend rodeos and decide questions of the ownership of cattle; and from some items in the papers in the sixties, it seems to have been their duty also to check over for ownership any cattle being driven through-or out of-the county. There is a newspaper story in the Herald in the sixties, quoted elsewhere, about three men, apparently judges of the plains, stopping three citizens of Maximilian's Empire who were driving some forty cattle across the Merced towards Sonora, and the Mexicans paid for the only animal which seemed to belong to a Merced County owner.
On February 6, 1867, N. Breen was appointed constable to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of William S. Thompson in Township Number One, and William S. Weed was appointed justice of the peace to succeed R. R. Leak, deceased.
At the general election held Wednesday, September 9, 1867, James B. Sensabaugh was elected sheriff; Charles M. Blair, county clerk; D. A. Jamison, county treasurer ; R. H. Ward, district attor- ney ; James H. Cox, assessors ; F. J. Hardwick, public administrator ; M. C. Monroe, superintendent of common schools; William G. Col- lier, county surveyor ; Thomas H. Patterson, coroner ; J. B. Cocanour, supervisor in District One, A. Harrel in District Two, and John K.
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Mears in District Three ; S. M. Brown and Samuel Shears, constables in Township One; and Arch Rice and Charles Helmer, constables in Township Two. The board of supervisors organized by electing J. B. Cocanour chairman, succeeding Silas March, who had been first elected a supervisor ten years earlier.
At the special judicial election on October 16, 1867, James W. Robertson was elected county judge ; Erastus Eagleson and William S. Weed, justices of the peace for Township One; E. Hunter and Reuben Hail, justices of the peace for Township Two; and Joseph De Hart and Joseph Bittick justices of the peace for Township Three. On November 6, 1868, H. B. Jolley was appointed a justice of the peace for Township Three.
At the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 1868, John B. Cocanour was elected supervisor for District One for the three-year term beginning the first Monday in March, 1869. On August 4, 1869, Erastus Eagleson resigned as a justice of the peace in Town- ship One, and A. Boyce was appointed to succeed him.
At the general election on Wednesday, September 6, 1869, S. M. Brown was elected sheriff; James E. Hicks, clerk; James H. Cox, assessor ; R. H. Ward, district attorney; George Turner, treasurer ; William G. Collier, surveyor; M. C. Monroe, superintendent of schools; V. H. Cox, coroner; T. J. Hardwick, public administrator ; John K. Mears, supervisor from District Three (and he became chairman on organization of the board) ; R. H. Northfield and Wil- liam L. Silman, constables for Township One; William C. Wilson and Joseph L. Turner, for Township Two; and J. Stubbs and W. R. Wiggs, for Township Three.
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