PART IV. OF THE GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES, CITIES, AND TOWNS. TITLE I. OF COUNTIES. II. THE GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES. III. THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES. IV. LIABILITY OF COUNTIES AND CITIES FOR IN- TITLE I. OF COUNTIES. CHAPTER I. County Boundaries and County Seats. CHAPTER I. COUNTY BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY SEATS. SECTION 3901. County defined. 3902. Number of counties in the State. 3903. Due courses defined. 3904. Other courses defined. 3905. To, on, along, and with mountain ridge. 3906. To, on, along, with, by, up, or down a creek, defined. 3907. In, to, or from ocean shore. 3908. Mouth of creek defined. 3909. Del Norte. SECTION 3910. Klamath. 3911. Shasta. 3912. Lassen. 3913. Siskiyou. 3914. Humboldt. 3915. Tehama. 3916. Colusa. 3917. Lake. 3918. Mendocino. 3919. Trinity. 3920. Plumas. 3921. Sierra. 3922. Butte. 3923. Nevada. 3924. Placer. 3925. Yuba. 3926. Sutter. 3927. El Dorado. 3928. Sacramento. 3929. Yolo. 3930. Amador. 3931. Alpine. 3932. San Joaquin. 3933. Stanislaus. 3934. Merced. 3935. Mono. 3936. Calaveras. 3937. Tuolumne. 3938. Mariposa. 3939. Fresno. 3940. Tulare. 3941. Kern. 3942. Inyo. 3943. San Bernardino. 3944. San Diego. 3945. Los Angeles. 3946. Santa Barbara. 3947. San Luis Obispo. 3948. Monterey. 3949. Santa Cruz. 3950. San Francisco. 3951. San Francisco [alternate section]. 3952. San Mateo. 3953. Santa Clara. 3954. Alameda. 3955. Alameda [alternate section]. 3956. Contra Costa. 3957. Contra Costa [alternate section]. SECTION 3958. Sonoma. 3959. Solano. 3960. Marin. 3961. Napa. defined. SECTION 3901. A county is the largest political division County of the State having corporate powers. SEC. 3902. This State is divided into counties, named, Number of bounded, and constituted as provided in this Title. counties in the State. defined. SEC. 3903. In describing courses the words "north," Due courses "south," "east," and "west," mean true courses, and refer to the true meridian unless otherwise declared. SEC. 3904. The words "northerly," "southerly," "easterly," and "westerly," mean due north, due south, due east, and due west, unless controlled by other words, or by lines, monuments, or natural objects. SEC. 3905. The words "to," "on," "along," "with," or "by" a mountain or ridge, mean summit point, or summit line, unless otherwise expressed. SEC. 3906. The words "to," "by," "along," "with," "in," "up," or "down" a creek, river, slough, strait, or bay, mean the middle of the main channel thereof, unless otherwise expressed. SEC. 3907. The words "in," "to," or "from" the ocean shore mean a point three miles from shore. The words "along," "with," "by," or "on" the ocean shore mean on a line parallel with and three miles from the shore. Other defined. courses To, on, along, and with moun tain ridge. To, on, along, with, by, up, or down a creek, defined. In, to, or from ocean shore. Mouth of creek SEC. 3908. The mouth of a creek, river, or slough which empties into another creek, river, or slough, is the defined. point where the middle of the channels intersect. DEL NORTE. SEC. 3909. Situated in the northwest corner of the State, Del Norte. beginning at a point in the Pacific Ocean on the fortysecond parallel of north latitude, being southern line of Oregon; thence southerly, by ocean shore, to a point one Klamath. mile south of the mouth of the Klamath River, forming southwest corner; thence easterly, on a line parallel with Klamath River, to a point one mile south of the mouth of Blue Creek; thence northeasterly to Siskiyou Mountains; thence easterly, following the ridge that divides the waters of Clear Creek from the waters of Dillon's Creek, to Klamath River, at a point equidistant from the mouths of said creeks; thence across Klamath River and east to the summit of Salmon Mountains, forming the southeast corner; thence northerly in a direct line to the head of the cañon on said river, about five miles above the mouth of Indian Creek; thence north, crossing Klamath River, to a point on the forty-second parallel of north latitude, forming northeast corner; thence west to the place of beginning. County seat-Crescent City. Stats. 1857, p. 35; 1858, p. 21. KLAMATH. SEC. 3910. Beginning at southwest corner of Del Norte, as established in Section 3909, thence southerly, by ocean shore, to a point west from the mouth of Mad River, forming southwest corner; thence east to a point in Trinity River, which forms common corner of Humboldt, Klamath, and Trinity; thence northeasterly to and along Scott's Mountain to its point of intersection with the ridge dividing the waters which flow into Scott's, Shasta, and Sacramento Rivers on the north from the waters which flow into Salmon and Klamath Rivers on the south, forming the common corner of Siskiyou, Klamath, and Trinity; thence northerly to and along the last mentioned ridge to the southeast corner of Del Norte, as established in Section 3909; thence westerly along the southern line of Del Norte to the place of beginning. County seat-Orleans Bar. Stats. 1851, p. 180; 1855, p. 200; 1856, p. 32; 1857, p. 35. SEC. 3911. SHASTA. Beginning on the northern line of Tehama, at the head of Bloody Island, in Sacramento River; thence to and down the eastern channel to the mouth of Shasta. Battle Creek; thence easterly, up Battle Creek, by the main channel, to the mouth of the middle fork, known as Digger Creek; thence up Digger Creek to its head; thence east to a point south of Black Butte Mountain, forming southeast corner; thence north, on western line of Lassen, to a rock mound, forming northeast corner, on southern line of Siskiyou; thence west, on said southern line, to Castle Rock, forming northwest corner; thence southerly along Trinity Mountain to the head of Bee Gum Creek, forming southwest corner; thence easterly down Bee Gum, Middle Fork, and Cottonwood Creeks to the western channel of Sacramento River; thence, by direct line, to the point of beginning. County seat-Shasta City.. Stats. 1851, p. 177; 1852, p. 228; 1852, p. 235; 1856, p. LASSEN. SEC. 3912. Beginning at southwest corner, on the north- Lassen. ern line of Sierra, as established in Section 3921, at a point on the summit of the ridge which crosses said line, and which divides Long Valley from Sierra Valley; thence northwesterly, following said ridge, to a point due south from the Town of Susanville; thence westerly, along the ridge separating the waters which flow into the east branch of the north fork of Feather River, running through Indian Valley, from those which flow into the north fork of Feather River, running through Mountain Meadows, to a point on said ridge south from the point where the old and present traveled road from the Big Meadows, via Hamilton's ranch, first crosses the said North Fork; thence north, to a point east of the southeast corner of Shasta; thence west, along said extension line, to a point due south of Black Butte Mountain, being southeast corner of Shasta; thence north, to a point on southern line of Siskiyou marked by a rock mound, being northwest corner of Lassen and northeast corner of Shasta; thence east, along said line, to the eastern boun |