History of California, Volume III, Part 68

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824

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1833. Jan .- Feb. Angeles recognizes and congratulates Gov. Figueroa. Id., 242. Padre Duran's views on the condition and treatment of Ind. in the town. Id., 329-30. Excitement arising from aets of N. Mex. traders and horse-thieves. Id., 393. Botello speaks of a school this year kept by Vicente Moraga at $15 per month.

1834. Controversy about the salt-fields. Id., 374. Ind. troubles of Oct .- Dec., chiefly in S. Bernardino region. Id., 359-60. More details as follows: Oct. 23d, report of Gen. Gutierrez to gov. On 19th the chief Marona reported the advance of 4 chiefs and 200 Ind. on S. Gabriel at the instigation of Hijar and Araujo. P. Estenega and Araujo went to meet them on the 20th. The padre was detained and plundered, but given up to Araujo at La Puente, and the chief testified that the Ind. had risen at A.'s instigation. Lieut J. M. Ramirez was sent against the Ind. on the 21st, and Araujo was ordered to Mont. Dept. St. Pap., MS., iii. 179-83. Oct. 23d, Ramirez's report of his campaign. He attacked 60 Ind. on the 21st, killing 4; and later attacked 200, forcing them to retreat. Id., 177-8. Figueroa's orders of Oct. 31st for precautions, etc. Id., 183-7. Further corresp. It appears that the Ind. had stolen the sacred vessels and other property at S. Bernardino. Id., 190-1. Dec. 16th, Serrano has been warned to leave Temascal by Ind., who say the Angeles district is to be attacked by Colorado River bands. Id., 205. From Gutierrez's report of Feb. G, 1835, it appears that in the last days of Dec. the rancho of S. Bernardino had been attacked, plundered, and burned. Ramirez with a force of 58 men marched on Jan. 5th. Meanwhile 6 or 8 wounded refugees came in, reporting that 13 persons had been killed, that several fami- lies had escaped to other ranchos, and others had been made captives. They said the leaders were ex-neophytes of S. Gabriel and that further hostilities were intended. Id., iv. 1-3. Unfortunately nothing is known of the result of Ramirez's campaign, and nothing more of the massacre. I suppose the number killed may have been exaggerated, and that all were Indians. In St. Pap., Sac., MS., xii. G-8, is a report showing that in Jan .- Feb. 1835, rumors of impending attack were still current in the district, and that most ranche-

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preceding chapters of this volume. There are inter- spersed, however, various other matters of considera- ble local interest, most of which, like the political de-

rías in the mountains were in arms to repel invasion by more distant triles. Nov. 22d, American residents protest against being obliged to do military service except in case of invasion or other great emergency. One of their number has been put in jail for refusal to serve. Dept. St. Pap. Ang., MIS., i. 134 -6.

1835. March, Apalátegui and Torres revolt against Figueroa in the sup- posed interest of Hijar and Padres. This vol., p. 281-6. Charges against Abel Stearns as a smuggler. Id., 375. Angeles made a city and capital by Mex. deerce of May 23d, news not received till late in the year. Id., 292, 416. In Sept. Wm Day bought a barrel of wine of Abel Stearns, and finding it sour wished the seller to take it back. Stearns refused, and a quarrel ensued, during which S. attacked D. with a stick, and was in turn stabbed in four places, one cut nearly severing his tongue. Day was arrested and kept in jail for a year, while complicated and intermittent legal proceedings were carried on against him. Day was not only put in jail but handcuffed, and certain Mexicans under Manuel Arzaga broke into the jail and removed luis irons, for which they are said to have been banished. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., MS., v. 67-74, 93-156; Botello, Anales del Sur, MS., 6-14.

1836. Jan. 4th, publication of the decree making Angeles the capital, lack of zeal in furnishing public buildings. This vol., p. 416-17. Jan. 28th, drunken Ind. to be arrested and put to work on the city water-works. Los Ang. Ayunt. Rec., MS., 70. March-April, murder of Domingo Felix, and the resulting vigilance committee. This vol., p. 417-19. June, oath to the bases constitucionales. Id., 423, 432. April-June, Gov. Chico's visit and troubles connected with his investigation of the vigilance committee. Id., 430-2. Sept., troops at S. Gabriel decline to serve longer without clothing. Dept. St. Pup., B. M., MS., Ixxxi. 23-4. Nov .- Dec., news of Alvarado's revolution, meetings of ayunt. and citizens, patriotic plans against the plan of Monterey. This vol., p. 481-4. Dec., Angeles with S. Diego and Sta B. to form a district according to Alvarado's plan, not carried out. Id., 475.

1837. Jan., new plan against revolution; correspondence of leading men; seizure of the mission funds; hostile preparations; campaign of S. Fernando; treaties and protests; Alvarado and Castro at Angeles; peace and congratula- tions. Id., 454-503. Arrest of 9 or 10 Angelinos by Castro. Id., 501. April- May, the city again asserts its opposition to the new govt, but finally deems it best to submit. Id., 507-9. May-June, a new pronunciamiento; S. Die. o 1dan; Bandini captures the town; Portilla advances in warlike array, but Castillo arrives with the new constitution, and Alvarado ends the war by sub- mitting to Mexico. Id., 518-21, 526 et seq. Oct .- Nov., news of Carlos Car- rillo's appointment as gov., and great joy of the Angelinos. Id., 534-8. Dec., Don Carlos sworn in before the ayuntamiento. Id., 539-40.

1838. Jan. - Feb., Carrillo at Angeles as the capital. Id., 545 et seq. March, a military force sent north only to be defeated; several prominent citizens made prisoners of war. Id., 549 et seq. April, Castro again in pos- session of the town, but many citizens escape to the south. Id., 556. May, Carrillo returns with Alvarado after the unsuccessful campaign of Las Flores; revolt of citizens in favor of Alvarado; ayunt. and citizens decide against Car- rillo; but after further plots Carrillo and other prominent citizens are sent to the north as prisoners, all is peace again, and Alvarado is entertained by the Angelinos. Id., 564-9. About this year, according to Botello, Janssens, and Mrs Ord, Ignacio Coronel, aided by his daughter and wife, opened a primary school in town.

1939. Jan., the quota of Los Angeles in the call for recruits for the army is 40 men. This vol., p. 583. May, tumult of the flag, or troubles of Pre-

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velopments alluded to, have received elsewhere all the attention they merit. Such matters were the meetings of the diputacion in 1831-2; the depredations of New Mexican 'traders'in 1833; Indian hostilities involving the destruction of San Bernardino in 1834; the Apa- látegui revolt, wounding of Abel Stearns, and the promotion of Angeles to be a city and capital in 1835; vigilance committee's operations in 1836; the prefect's troubles and flag tumult of 1839; arrest of foreigners, acts of the Chaguanosos, Stearns' contraband opera- tions, and the Carrillo conspiracy in 1840.

Both town and district must be regarded as reason- ably prosperous during the decade. The population in 1830 has been given as 1,160, or 770 for the town, and 390 at the ranchos and missions. The chief authori- ties for the following period are a padron of 1836 and a voting list of 1839, as given with a few other details in a note.2 While the statistical basis is not entirely

fect Cosme Peña. Id., 588-9. Sept., news of Alvarado's confirmation in Mex- ico as governor of Cal .; popular rejoicing at Los Angeles. Id., 594-5. June 5th, precautions ordered against the small-pox. Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MIS., v. 21-2, 23. Aug. 16th, 21 citizens send a petition to the ayant. on the state of the town cemetery, which has been used since 1822, and is totally inadequate to present needs, endangering the health of the community. They ask that a suitable site for a new burial place be selected, and that the ayunt. and priest consider the matter of removing all remains from the old campo santo. The ayunt. referred the matter to a committee, and approved its report in Oct. in favor of a new cemetery to be established at the cost of the petition- ers with cooperation of other citizens. Coronel, Doc., MS., 92-4. But nothing was accomplished for 5 years.

1840. April, arrest of some 14 foreign residents, who were sent to S. Blas with Graham and his companions. Vol. iv., p. 14. May-June, pursuit of tho Chaguanosos and N. Mexican horse-thieves. Id., 77. Oct., more of Stearns' smuggling operations. Id., 95. Conspiracy of José Antonio Carrillo, who was carried to Monterey as a prisoner, an affair which caused much correspond- ence with but little foundation. This vol., p. 606-7.

2 Population of Los Angeles: 1833, John Forster thinks there were about 200 families in the town. Bancroft's Pers. Obs., MS., 90. 1834, 21 Ameri cans sign a petition. Dept. St. Pap., Ang., i. 156. 1836, padron of Angeles jurisdiction showing of gente de razon, 603 men, 421 women, and 651 chil- dren; total, 1,675; Indians, 553. Los Ang., Ayunt. Rec., 13. List of 358 men available for the protection of the city, including S at S. José, 4 at Ala- mitos, 3 at Lugo's, 17 at Sta Ana, 5 at Las Bolsas, 5 at S. Antonio. 48 at Sta Gertrudis, 21 at S. Gabriel, and a few at other ranchos. Id., 5. The census of 1836 is also mentioned as above in Los Ang. Co. Hist., 33-4, and the names of foreigners, 40 in number, are given; also in Los Ang. Arch., i. 121 -4. 1837, from the padron of the preceding year 274 (or 264) men were se- lected as fit for military service. Id., i. 137; iv. 279. 1838, names of about 90 citizens in petitions, etc. Id., v. 8-23. 1839, original list of voters, with

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satisfactory, I think the population of gente de razon in 1840, including 40 or 50 foreigners, some of them with families, may be safely put at 1,800, or 1,100 in the city and suburbs with 700 at the ranchos and missions, a gain of 640 during the decade. The Ind- ian population, exclusive of gentiles and refugees in distant rancherías, may be regarded as about 1,500. I append a list of some 30 ranchos,3 more than half of

age, occupation, and residence. The whole number is 153, living in town 87, on the ranchos 53, at the missions 13. There were 99 laborers, 24 rancheros, 12 merchants, 15 men of different trades, besides a clerk, school-master, and an administrator; 54 could write. Abel Stearns is the only foreigner named. Coronel, Doc., MS., 51-64.

3 Ranchos of the Los Angeles district 1831-40. Those marked with a * were rejected by the Land Commission or U. S. courts. Alamitos, 6 leagues, confirmed in 1834 to Juan J. Nieto, heir of Manuel Nieto; Abel Stearns, claimant before L. C. Francisco Figueroa lived here in 1839, it having been bought by Gov. Figueroa for $500 in 1835. Azuza, 4 leagues, granted to Ignacio Palomares and Ricardo Véjar in 1837, 1840, and to Luis Arenas in 1841, including S. José; Henry Dalton cl. Ballona, I league, granted in 1839 to Agustin Machado, who was the claimant. The Talamantes and 5 voters in all lived here in 1839. Boca de Sta Mónica, 1} leagues, granted in 1839 to Fran. Marquez et al., Isidor Reyes et al. claimants. Bolsas, 7 leagues, confirmed in 1834 to widow of Manuel Nieto, José J. Morillo claimant. The Ruiz, 3 voters, lived here in 1839; 5 men in 1836. For half of Las Bolsas, Ramon Yorba et al. were claimants. Brea, I league, granted in 1828 to Ant. J. Rocha, who was claimant; nothing in the records of 1831-40. Cahuenga still ungranted. In Feb. 1833, though occupied by the mission, it was claimed by the ayunt. as ejidos of the town. *Cajon de Muscupiabe, granted in 1839 to Juan Bandini, who was claimant. * Cañada de los Pinacates, ¿ league, granted in 1835 to José and J. M. Cruz; M. Antonio Cruz claimant. Cañada de Sta Ana, 3 leagues, granted in 1831 to Bernardo Yorba, who was claimant. 17 men in 1836; 12 voters in 1839. Cerritos, 5 leagues, granted in 1834 to Manuela Nicto, John Temple claimant. Said by Requena to have been sold for $4,000. Ciénega de las Ranas, see S. Joaquin. Ciénegas, 1 league, granted in 1823 to Fran. Avila; no record in this decade; claimant, Januario Avila. Coyotes, 10 leagues, confirmed in 1834 to J. J. Nicto; A. Pico et al. claimants. 4 voters lived here in 1839. In 1840 this rancho was decided to belong to J. B. Lean- dry, though Tomás Sanchez claimed it, having lived there 8 years as renter of a part. Dept. St. Pup., MS., v. 15-16. Cuati (Huerta), granted in 1830 to Victoria Reid, who was claimant. Cucamonga, 3 1., granted in 1839 to Tiburcio Tapia; L. V. Prudhomme claimant. Habra, 1} 1., granted in 1839 to Mariano Roldan; A. Pico et al. claimants. Jurupa, 7 (or 14) 1., granted in 1838 to Juan Bandini; claimants, Bandini and Louis Robidoux. Nogales, 1 1., granted in 1840 to José de la Cruz Linares; M. de Jesus Garcia et al. claimants. Ojo de Agua, granted to Encarnacion Sepúlveda in 1840. Not before the L. C. Paso de Bartolo Viejo (sometimes called S. Rafael), 2 1., granted in 1835 to Juan Crispin Perez; Pio Pico et al. claimants. Rincon, 1 1., granted in 1839 to Juan Bandini; B. Yorba cl. * Rosa de Castillo, granted in 1831 to Juan Ballesteros; A. Lestrade cl. San Antonio, confirmed in 183S to Ant. M. Lugo, who was claimant. 5 men hero in 1836. San Francisco, granted in 1839 to Antonio del Valle, much against the wishes of the S. Fer- nando Ind .; Jacoba Felix el. San Joaquin, 11 1., granted in 1837, 1842 to José Sepúlveda, who was the cl., including Ciénega de las Ranas. San José, granted in 1837, 1810 to R. Véjar and Ign. Palomares, who were cl. (see

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the number newly granted, which were occupied by private owners during the decade, information being mainly drawn from the later records of the Land Commission. Municipal affairs were managed by an ayuntamiento elected each December for the follow- ing year, until late in 1839, when justices of the peace took the place of alcaldes and regidores. Jueces de campo for the environs of the town and auxiliary alcaldes at the ranchos were subordinate to the ayunta- miento. A full official list is appended,4 with such

Azuza). The Félix, 4 voters in all 1839; 8 men in 1836. S. José de Buenos Aires, belonged to Alanis and Polanco in 1840. Near Sta Mónica. Ley. Rec., MS., iii. 59, 82-3. * San Pascual, 3 1., granted in 1840 to Enrique Sepúlveda and José Perez; M. M. Lugo de Foster et al. el. San Pedro, 10 1., granted in 1822 to Juan J. Dominguez; M. Dominguez et al. el. 4 voters in 1839. San Rafael, 8 1., granted in 1784, 1798 to J. M. Verdugo, whose heirs were cl. Two Verdugos and another voter in 1839. San Vicente, 41., granted in 1837 to Francisco Sepúlveda, who was cl. Included Sta Monica. Ley. Rec., MS., iii. 59, 82-3; Carrillo ( D. ), Doc., MS., 79-80. Santa Ana, see Cañada de Sta A. and Santiago de Sta A., Santa Catalina Isl., solicited in 1840 by Louis Vignes and J. M. Ramirez for sheep-raising, but not granted. Dept. St. Pup., Pref. y Juzg., MS., vi. 77; Id., Ang., xii. 40-1, 97. Santa Gertrudis, 5 1., conf. in 1834 to widow of Manuel Nieto, S. Carpenter cl. 48 (?) men in IS36; 10 voters in 1839. Report on this rancho in 1833 in Cota, Doc., MS., 1. Santa Mónica, see Boca de Sta M. In 1840 it was decided that neither Marquez nor Reyes had any title to the lands which had been held by Alva- rado and Machado. Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 59, 82-3. Santiago de Santa Ana, 11 1., granted in 1810 to Antonio Yorba, whose heirs were the el. In 1836 three men; in 1839 three Lugos and another voter. Sauzal Redondo, 5 l., conf. in 1837 to Antonio Ign. Avila, who was the el. * Topanga Malibu, 3 1., granted in 1804 to J. B. Tapia; L. V. Prudhomme cl. No record in 1831- 40. Tujunga, 1} 1., granted in 1840 to Pedro Lopez et al .; el., D. W. Alex- ander et al. Vírgenes, 2 l., granted in 1837 to J. M. Dominguez; el., M. Ant. Machado. Two voters in 1839. * Las Vírgenes, gr. in 1834 to Domingo Carrillo, whose heirs were the cl. See record of cases in Hoffman's Reports, also Hayes' Miscell., 29-31; Id., Doc., MS., 12. On pueblo lots, see cases nos 422, 477, 688 before the L. C. In 1836 the matter of titles to town lands was agitated, and it appeared that no one had a written title, grants having been made verbally at first by military comisionados and later by the ayun- tamiento. Owners were ordered to petition for regular titles to stop boun- dary disputes. Los. Ang. Arch., MS., i. 76-S; ii. 72; Id., Ayunt. Rec., 4; Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 3.

Municipal government at Los Angeles, with list of officials. Chief authorities: Los Ang. Arch., MS., i., iv., v .; Id., Ayunt. Rec., MS., Dept. St. Pap., MS., xviii .; Id., Ang., i .- v., xi .; Id., Ben. Pref. y Juzg., iii., v., vi .; Id .. Ben., iv .- v .; Leg. Rec., MS., i., ii .; Valle, Doc., MS., besides hundreds of scattered references.

1831. Alcalde Vicente Sanchez; Ist regidor Juan B. Alvarado; síndico Gil Ibarra. Sanchez was always in trouble. His election was declared void because he was a member of the assembly, and the Ist regidor took his place. He was suspended in April, but reinstated by Victoria, to be again suspended and imprisoned by V.'s opponents in Dec. Tiburcio Tapia is named as al- calde in May. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Prof. y Juzg., MS., iii. 56. The auxiliary

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items as are extant respecting routine happenings in connection with pueblo government. As has been remarked, this versatile town council assumed an in-

alcaldes were Juan Perez at Sta Gertrudis, Manuel Gutierrez at S. Pedro, Julio Verdugo at S. Rafael, Rafael Pico at Simi, and Yorba at Sta Ana.

1832. Alcalde Manuel Dominguez; regidores Juan N. Alvarado, José Man. Cota, Felipe Lugo, Ignacio María Alvarado, Juan Ballesteros; sec. Vincente de la Ossa; alcalde aux. at Sta Ana Tomás A. Yorba. Jan. 27th, pay of sec. raised to $20. Leg. Rec., MS., ii. 352. The election for the ayunt. of the next year in Dec. had to be postponed on account of an epidemic which prostrated all the officers and most of the people.

1833. Alcalde José Ant. Carrillo; regidores Felipe Lugo, Ignacio M. Al- varado, Antonio Machado, José Sepúlveda; síndico Tiburcio Tapia; sec. Ossa, and Vicente Moraga temporarily in Feb. and May; jueces de campo Antonio M. Lugo and Ricardo Véjar; aux. alcaldes Perez at Sta Gertrudis, Ver- dugo at S. Rafael, Bernardino Yorba at Sta Ana, and Man. Dominguez at S. Pedro; A. M. Osio receptor. Jan. 4th, the aux. alcaldes chosen. Jan. 5th, sessions of the ayunt. to be Tuesday and Wed. at 10 A. M. Jan. 9th, Macha- do's offer to repair the priest's house gratuitously accepted. Feb. 7th, sec. removed for neglect of duty, subject to action of dip. Feb. 28th, com. ap- pointed for state election. April, ayunt. refuses to remit fine of T. A. Yorba, who in 1832 had failed to attend election on excuse of ill health. The dip. in 1834 approved the refusal. July, the election of a second alcalde recom- mended to gov. Aug. 29th, ayunt. refuses to obey gov.'s requisition for 20 men to fill the ranks of the S. Diego comp. Carrillo being chosen member of the dip., the Ist reg. was to take his place as alcalde, either permanently or temp., as the gov. should decide, and the decision was in favor of the former. Sept. 7th, the gov. wants inore reasons, etc., respecting a 2d alcalde. Sept. 20th, complaints of Carrillo's absence, but ayunt. could not excuse him from attendance at Monterey. Munic. receipts. Jan .- Sept., $977, including $417 tax on wines and liquors, $448 fines, expend. $928.

IS3 :. Alcalde José Perez, regidores José Sepúlveda, Vicente de la Ossa, Januario Ávila, síndico Vicente Moraga, sec. Moraga till May, Manuel Ar- zaga from June. Perhaps also Moraga ceased to be sindico in the middle of the year, for his resignation seems to have been accepted in July, though he seems to have acted in Nov. Botello, Anales, MIS., 10, says M. was removed for carelessness and inability. Jueces de campo Lugo and Ignacio Palomares. Munic. receipts, $919, includ. liquors $321, fines 8130, gambling licenses 8214, dry goods shops $39, expend. $986, includ. ayunt., school, and constable $465, church $6, sec. $96. In Sept. $24.50 sent to dip. at Mont. for powder and flints. Dec., munic. treasurer to have S per cent. May 30th, síndico can- not act as secretary. There were complaints that Perez was a tool of J. A. Carrillo, through whom judicial decisions could be bought. It was charged that an assassin was let off for $200. Not too much credit should be given to these charges as they may have originated from personal and political con- troversies, the merits of which cannot be known.

IS35. Ist alcalde Francisco Javier Alvarado, 2d alcalde Domingo Romero; regidores Januario Avila, Vicente de la Ossa, Ignacio Palomares, Rafael Guirado, Juan N. Alvarado, Juan de Dios Bravo; sindico Narciso Botello, sec. Manuel Arzaga; jueces de campo Antonio I. Avila, José Serrano, Ignacio M. Alvarado; aux. alcaldes Perez at Sta Gertrudis, Tomás Yorba at Sta Ana, Do- mingo Carrillo at Los Berros (?), encargado de indios Tib. Tapia. Munic. re- ceipts $580, expend. $583. Botello, Anales, MIS., 12, says Arzaga was removed about June and he, B., acted as sec. Jan., business hours at the alcalde's office fixed at 10 A. M. to noon, and 3 to 5 P. M. Feb., gov. orders alcalde to follow implicitly the orders of the district judge, his superior. March 30th, meeting presided by the gov. April, gov. urges the speedy installation of the

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teresting variety of attitudes in the political contro- versies growing out of the struggle between north and south, and as a consequence town officials had

tribunal de vagos acc. to law of March 3, 1828. Aug. 28th, com. gen. sends alcalde 4 men to force the Sonorans and citizens to respect his authority.

1836. Ist alcalde Manuel Requena, 2d alcalde Tiburcio Tapia; regidores Rafael Guirado, Juan M. Alvarado (3d not named, but probably Bravo), Ba- silio Valdés, Felipe Lugo, José María Herrera; síndico Abel Stearns to June, Antonio M. Osio from July; sec. Narciso Botello; jueces de campo Ant. I. Ávila, José M. Lugo, Juan Ramirez; encargados de justicia, or aux. alcaldes, Perez at Sta Gertrudis, Julio Verdugo at S. Rafael, Manuel Dominguez at S. Pedro, José Ant. Yorba at Sta Ana Abajo or S. José (Jesus Félix also at S. José), Teodosio Yorba at Sta Ana, Bernardo Yorba at Cajon de Sta Ana, Ma- riano R. Roldan at Alamitos. Munic. receipts, $664, expend. $518. Botello as collector and treasurer claimed S per cent, but was allowed only three per cent for commission. Jan., ayunt. resolves that troops which had been asked for and arrived, as there was no food for them, should go to S. Gabriel, and the com. gen. should be requested to send troops to be supported on their pay. Gov. orders a plan to be made of lands for fondo legal y ejidos. Also cost of a govt building to be estimated. Feb. 4th, tribunal de vagos estab- lished consisting of Requena and the Ist and 2d regidores Guirado and Alva- rado. March, the diputacion to occupy two rooms offered by Sanchez and Stearns. May, gov. approves alcalde's proposal to permit certain persons to carry arms. Dec. 13th, appeal of comandante at S. Gabriel, that he has no means of supporting his troops, who wish leave to earn a living for themselves. Ayunt. decides that the admin. of S. Fernando must be asked for aid.

1837. 1st alcalde Gil Ibarra, 2d alcalde José Sepúlveda; regidores Val- dés, Lugo, Herrera, Francisco Pantoja, Bernardino Lopez; síndico Ignacio M Alvarado, sec. Narciso Botelo, aux. alcalde Manuel Duarte at Sta Gertrudis. No record of the others. Munic. receipts $381, expend. $460. Feb., the two permanent committees on police and on lands not yet chosen on account of political convulsions. Sept. 21st, order of gov. received to suspend Ist al- calde, who is to report for trial to the Sta Bárbara alcalde. Ayunt. resolves to petition gov. for a suspension of the order until the accusations against Ibarra can be investigated. Dec. 22d, Gov. Carrillo gives order for election of substitutes for those members of the ayunt. whose resignation has been ac- cepted.

1838. Ist alcalde Luis Arenas, 2d alcalde José Perez; regidores Ignacio Palomares, Bernardino Lopez, Juan Ballesteros, Antonio Machado, Januario Ávila, José del Cármen Lugo; síndico Vicente de la Ossa, sec. Narciso Botello; jueces de campo José M. Lugo, Agustin Machado, Emigdio Véjar, Máximo Valenzuela; comisarios de policía, or aux. alcaldes, Antonio M. Lugo, Tib. Tapia, Raf. Guirado, Fran. M. Alvarado, id. suplentes Julian Chavez, Cristó- bal Aguilar, Isidro Alvarado, Isidro Reyes. The services of the ayunt. were more or less interrupted by the arrest and enforced absence of its members, especially Alcalde Arenas and Sec. Botello. Munic. receipts $837, expend. $334. Aug. Perez and Ballesteros appointed to revise the policía de los campos.

1839. Ist alcalde Tiburcio Tapia (until May), 2d alcalde Manuel Domin- guez; regidores Antonio Machado (acting síndico and acting Ist alcalde after May), Januario Avila, José del C. Lugo, Fran. M. Alvarado, José Sepulveda, Juan Crisóstomo Véjar; síndico Vicente Sanchez (elected but not sworn in), sec. Botello, and later Ignacio Coronel. At the election of this ayunt. in Dec. 1838, the law of July 12, 1830, was followed, the new law not having been received. In Nov. the ayunt. was abolished, and the two alcaldes, Do- minguez and Machado, were ordered to act as jueces de paz pending the regu- lar appointment. It is notable that on the Ist alcalde becoming prefect it

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History of California, Volume III, Part 68

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885-1890 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 824

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824