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the wording in section ten, Act of April 25th, 1851 (p. 174), viz: “* # to Golden Rock; thence up the middle of the Bay of San Pablo," etc. The party who drew up the original draft of the bill in 1851, was Commodore Selim Woodworth, of San Francisco. See note to Sec. 3953, post.

SAN MATEO.

3951. Beginning at the southwest corner, being west corner of Santa Cruz County, as established in Section 3949; thence on northwestern line of Santa Cruz, as established in said section, to the southwestern line of Santa Clara, being the summit line of the Santa Cruz Mountains; thence northwesterly, by said summit line, to the source of San Francisquito Creek; thence down the south branch thereof, and down said creek to its mouth; thence to a point in the middle of San Francisco Bay, opposite said mouth, forming common corner of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda; thence in a direct line to the southeast corner of San Francisco City and County, as established in Section 3950; thence due west, on southern line of San Francisco City and County, to the southwest corner thereof; thence southerly, along the ocean shore, to the point of beginning..

County seat-Redwood City.

NOTE.-Stats. 1856, p. 176; 1857, p. 222; 1868, p. 174. By referring to statutes 1857, p. 222, it will be observed that the northern boundary of San Mateo runs east along township line to the eastern boundary of the County of San Francisco, as established by an Act entitled "An Act dividing the State into counties, etc.," passed April 25th, 1851 (p. 174). Now, the eastern boundary of San Francisco of 1851 does not coincide at that point with the present boundary. For the sake of uniformity, and in order to avoid a jog in the western boundary of Alameda, the San Mateo boundary line is made to conform to the present San Francisco and Alameda lines, as is shown on a map prepared by G. F. Allardt, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Tide Land Survey, now on file in office of the Surveyor General.-See note to Sec. 3953, post.

SANTA CLARA.

Clara.

3952. Beginning at a point opposite the mouth of Santa San Francisquito Creek, being common corner of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, as established in Section 3951; thence easterly, to a point at the head of a slough, which is an arm of the Bay of San Francisco, at its head, making into the main land in front of the Gegara Ranches; thence easterly, to a lone sycamore tree that stands in a ravine between the dwellings of Fluhencia and Valentine Gegara; thence easterly, up said ravine, to the top of the mountains, and as surveyed by Horace A. Higley, and shown on survey and map of Alameda County, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; thence on a direct line easterly, to the common corner of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Alameda, and Santa Clara, on the summit of the Coast Range, as established in Section 3932; thence southeasterly, following the summit of the Coast Range, to the northeast corner of Monterey County, as established in Section 3948; thence westerly, following the northern boundary of Monterey County to the southeast corner of Santa Cruz County, as established in Section 3949; thence northwesterly, following the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains, to the head of San Francisquito Creek; thence down said creek, to its mouth; thence in a direct line to the place of beginning.

County seat-San José.

NOTE.-Stats. 1851, p. 174; 1853, p. 56; 1854, p. 40; 1855, p. 125.

ALAMEDA.

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3953. Beginning at the southwest corner, being Alameda. common corner of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda, as established in Section 3951; thence easterly on northern line of Santa Clara, as established in Section 3952, to common corner of San Joaquin, Stanis

laus, Santa Clara, and Alameda, as established in Section 3932; thence northwesterly on the west line of San Joaquin County to the slough known as the Pescadora (being the west channel or old San Joaquin River); thence westerly in a straight line until it strikes the dividing ridge in the direction of the house of Joel Harlan, in Amador Valley; thence westerly along said ridge, crossing the gulch one half mile below Prince's Mill; thence to and running upon the dividing ridge between the redwoods known as the San Autonio and Prince's Woods; thence along said ridge to the head of the gulch or creek (Cerrito Creek) that divides the ranches of the Peraltas from the San Pablo Ranches; thence down said gulch to its mouth; thence westerly to the easterly line of San Francisco, as established in Section 3950; thence southeasterly along the eastern line of San Francisco and San Mateo to the place of beginning. Horace A. Higley's survey and map of Alameda County, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, are declared to contain a more particular description of the line out of the Bay of San Francisco.

County seat-San Leandro.

NOTE.-Stats. 1851, p. 174; 1852, p. 178; 1853, p. 56; 1856, p. 145; 1857, p. 222. Sections 3950, 3953, and 3954, define in the best possible manner the boundaries of the counties therein named. No changes in the former laws were attempted by these sections, beyond bringing the boundary lines of adjoining counties together, and making perfect inclosures. G. F. Allardt, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Tide Land Survey, rendered great assistance in the matter of county boundaries. The following letter from that gentleman explains itself, and his suggestions have all been given place in the sections above mentioned:

OFFICE OF TIDE LAND COMMISSIONERS,
San Francisco, September 14th, 1870.
To the Honorable Revision Commissioners, Sac.:
GENTLEMEN: A proof sheet of your Chapter on
County Boundaries was handed to me by Tide Land
Commissioner Bullock, who requested me to examine

those sections relating more particularly to the counties
bounding upon San Franci-co Bay, and to report the
result of my examination to your honorable Board.

I have made the examination, and send you here-
with a brief report, accompanied by a map exhibiting
more clearly the boundaries in question. I also inclose
your proof sheet, with corrections and marginal notes.
My connection with the work of the tide land survey
has given me facilities-in fact, made it one of my
official duties-to ascertain and lay down, with all pos-
sible certainty, the county lines in and around San
Francisco Bay; hence I have spent much time in
examining and comparing all statutes and maps bear-
ing on the subject.

Trusting, therefore, that my suggestions will be of assistance in your complicated and arduous labors, I have the honor to remain,

Yours, very respectfully,

G. F. ALLARDT,

Chief Engineer Tide Land Survey.

CONTRA COSTA.

Costa.

3954. Beginning in Bay of San Francisco, at the Contra northwest point of Red Rock, being the common corner of Marin, Contra Costa, and San Francisco, as established in Section 3950; thence up the Straits and Bay of San Pablo, on eastern boundary of Marin, to point of intersection with line bearing south twenty-six and one half degrees east, and about six and one quarter miles distant from southwest corner of Napa County, as established in Section 3958, forming common corner of Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Contra Costa, as established in Section 3955; thence to the Straits of Carquinez; thence up said straits and Suisun Bay, to the mouth of the San Joaquin River; thence up said river, to the confluence of the west and main channels thereof, as laid down on Gibbe's map; thence up the said west channel, to a point about ten miles below Moore and Rhodes' ranch, at a bend where the said west channel, running downward, takes a general course north, the point being on the westerly line of San Joaquin County, and forming the northeast corner of Alameda and south

Sonoma.

east corner of Contra Costa; thence on the northern line
of Alameda, as laid down on Horace A. Higley's map,
and as established in Section 3953, to the easterly line
of San Francisco City and County, as established in
Section 3950; thence due northwest, along said east-
erly line of San Francisco, four and one half miles,
more or less, to the place of beginning.
County seat-Martinez.

NOTE.-Stats. 1851, p. 174; 1852, p. 178; 1853, p. 56; see note to Sec. 3953, ante.

SONOMA.

3955. Beginning at northwest corner, at a point in the Pacific Ocean west of the mouth of Walhalla River; thence east to the mouth of said river, and up the main channel two miles; thence easterly in a direct line to the most northern and highest peak or summit of the Redwood Mountains, immediately north of Cloverdale and Oat Valley; thence east to the western boundary of Lake County, on the summit of the Mayacmas Ridge, forming northeast corner; thence southerly along the Mayacmas Mountains, and on the western lines of Lake and Napa Counties, to the westerly branch of headwaters of Huichica Creek; thence westerly on the line of Napa County to the top of the main ridge that divides the the Huichica Valley from the Sonoma Valley; thence southerly along the said dividing ridge to the tule bordering on San Pablo Bay; thence southerly to the center of Huichica Creek; thence down said creek to its mouth, which is the southwest corner of Napa; thence on the line of Solano south, twenty-six and one half degrees east, about six and one quarter miles distant from the mouth of Huichica Creek, to the point of intersection with the westerly line of Contra Costa County, forming common corner of Marin, Solano, Contra Costa, and Sonoma, as described in Section 3954; thence fol

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