southern edge of Walker's Plains; thence on said line to the place of beginning. County seat-Quincy. Stats. 1854, p. 129; 1864, p. 264; 1866, p. 605; 1868, NOTE. The attention of the legislative committee is called to the letters of Arthur Keddie, Esq., now on file in the office of the Revision Commission. SIERRA. SEC. 3921. Beginning at the south corner of Plumas, in Sierra. the centre of Slate Creek, as established in Section 3920; thence easterly, on southern line of Plumas, as established in said section, to the southeast corner thereof and southwest corner of Lassen; thence east, to the State line, forming northeast corner; thence south, on said State line, to the northeast corner of Nevada County, a point east of the source of the south fork of the middle Yuba River; thence west, to the source of and down the south fork and middle Yuba River, to a point ten miles above the mouth of the latter; thence in a straight line northerly, to a point . on the north fork of the Yuba River, known as Cuteye Foster's Bar; thence down said river, to the mouth of Big Cañon Creek; thence up said creek, four miles; thence in a straight line to the place of beginning. County seat-Downieville. Stats. 1852, p. 230; 1863, p. 114; 1866, p. 228; 1868, p. NOTE.-The Commission acknowledge their indebted- BUTTE. SEC. 3922. Beginning at northwest corner of Yuba, in Butte. Feather River, at the mouth of Honcut Creek; thence northeasterly, up the Honcut Creek and the north or Natchez branch of the same, to its source, on line established by Surveyor General on survey of Westcoatt and Henning, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; thence to the Butte. summit line of the ridge dividing the waters of the Yuba and Feather Rivers; thence northeasterly, up said ridge, on line of said survey, to the third station tree westerly from the Woodville House; thence in a right line fifty chains, more or less, to a station tree easterly from said house about twenty-six chains, said right line passing about three chains northerly of said house; thence northeasterly on said ridge and survey to a point on line of said survey a little westerly from the village of Strawberry Valley, which point is two thousand feet distant westerly in right line from point of highest altitude on line of said survey east, and within three hundred yards of the village of Strawberry Valley; thence to the common corner of Plumas, Butte, and Yuba, as established in Section 3920; thence northwesterly, on southwesterly line of Plumas, as established in said section, to the most eastern southeast corner of Tehama, as established in Section 3915, forming also the north corner of Butte; thence southwesterly, on the southeasterly line of Tehama, to the southeast corner of Tehama, at point of intersection of Rock Creek and southern line of Township Twenty-four North, Mount Diablo base; thence west on said township line to the Sacramento River; thence down said river to Placer City; thence on line of Colusa southeasterly to Watson's bridge, on Butte Creek; thence on said county line, down Butte creek, to the northwest corner of Sutter County, as established in Section 3926; thence east, on north line of Sutter, to Feather River; thence down Feather River to place of beginning. County seat-Oroville. Stats. 1851, p. 177; 1853, p. 53; 1854, p. 129; 1856, p. 118; 1856, p. 124; 1856, p. 222; 1857, p. 25; 1857, p. 109; 1857, p. 120; 1859, p. 559; 1860, p. 115; 1861, p. 167. NOTE. The description of the calls at "Woodville House" and "Strawberry Valley" are not such as the Commission would have adopted from choice, if there had been sufficient data at their command to have made them otherwise. The Legislature, in breaking into the line of the survey (by Acts of 1860, 1861), in one instance commenced at an undeterminate point on the line, and in both instances ran in opposite direction from the original survey. The two Acts have been NEVADA. SEC. 3923. Beginning at northwest corner, at a point in Nevada. the Main Yuba River at the mouth of Deer Creek; thence up the Main Yuba, to the mouth of the Middle Yuba; thence up the latter, to the mouth of the south fork of the same; thence up the south fork, to its source; thence east, to the eastern line of the State, all on the southeastern and southern lines of Yuba and Sierra; thence south, along the State line, to the northeast corner of Placer, as established in Section 3924; thence westerly, on the northern line of Placer, as established in said section, to the source of Bear River; thence down Bear River, to a point south of the junction of Deer Creek and the Main Yuba, forming southwest corner; thence north, to the place of beginning. County seat-Nevada City. Stats. 1851, p. 177; 1852, p. 190; 1852, p. 191; 1856, PLACER. SEC. 3924. Beginning on southwest corner, at a point Placer. where the west line of Range Five East, Mount Diablo meridian, intersects the northern line of Sacramento County, as established in Section 3928; thence north, to the northwest corner of Township Twelve North, Range Five East; thence east, to the southwest corner of Section Thirty-four, Township Thirteen North, Range Five East; thence north, to Bear River; thence on southern line of Nevada, up said river, to its source; thence east, in a direct line, to the eastern line of the State of California, forming northeast corner; thence southerly, along said line, to the northeast corner of El Dorado, as established in Section 3927; thence westerly, on the northern lines of El Dorado and Sacra mento, as established in Sections 3927 and 3928, to the place of beginning. County seat-Auburn. Stats. 1851, p. 176; 1866, p. 223; 1870, p. 294. YUBA. Yuba. Sutter. SEC. 3925. Beginning at southwest corner, at junction of Feather and Bear Rivers; thence up Bear River, on the line of Sutter and Placer, to southwest corner of Nevada, as established in Section 3923; thence north, on Nevada line, to the junction of Deer Creek and Main Yuba; thence up the main to the Middle Yuba, and up the Middle Yuba ten miles, to the southwest corner of Sierra, as established in Section 3921; thence in direct line northerly, and on line of Sierra, to Cut-eye Foster's Bar, on north Yuba River; thence down the river, to the mouth of Big Cañon Creek; thence up said creek four miles; thence in direct line to south corner of Plumas and northwest corner of Sierra, in Slate Creek, as established in Sections 3920 and 3921; thence northwesterly, in a direct line, to common corner of Plumas, Butte and Yuba, in front of Buckeye House, as established in Section. 3920; thence on southwestern line of Butte, as established in Westcoatt and Henning's survey and map, down the Honcut Creek, to its junction with Feather River; thence down Feather River, to the place of beginning. County seat-Marysville. SEC. 3926. Stats. 1851, p. 176; 1852, p. 230; 1860, p. 115; 1861, p. 167; 1866, p. 228. SUTTER. Beginning at northwest corner of Sacramento County, as established in Section 3928; thence up the Sacramento River, to the mouth of Butte Creek; thence up said creek, to its intersection with the south line of Section Nineteen, Township Seventeen North, Range One East, Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence east, on section lines, to Feather River; thence down Feather River, to the mouth of Bear River; thence up Bear River, to northwest corner of Placer, as established in Section 3924; thence along the western boundary of Placer, to the southwest corner thereof; thence westerly, along the northern boundary of Sacramento County, to the place of beginning. County seat-Yuba City. Stats. 1851, p. 176; 1852, p. 237; 1854, p. 26; 1856, p. 231; 1864, p. 301; 1866, p. 223; 1870, p. 294. EL DORADO. SEC. 3927. Beginning on the west corner, at the junction El Dorado. of the North and South Forks of the American River; thence up the North Fork to the mouth of the Middle Fork; thence up the Middle Fork to the mouth of the South Fork of the Middle Fork at Junction Bar; thence up said last named fork to a point where the same is intersected by the Georgetown and Lake Bigler trail; thence along said trail to Sugar Pine Point, on the western shore of Lake Bigler; thence east to the State line; thence south and southeasterly, on the State line, to the northern corner of Alpine, being the point where the State line crosses the eastern summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence southwesterly along the western line of Alpine, as established in Section 3931, to the common corner of Alpine, Amador, and El Dorado, as established by said section; thence westerly on the northern line of Amador, as established in Section 3930, and down the Cosumnes River and south fork thereof to the eastern line of Sacramento, as established in Section 3928; thence northerly by the eastern line of Sacramento to the South Fork of the American River; thence down the latter to the place of beginning. County seat-Placerville. Stats. 1851, p. 176; 1857, p. 33; 1863, p. 231; 1863, p. SACRAMENTO. mento. SEC. 3928. Beginning on northern line of the county at Sacraa point ten miles north of a point which was, on the thirtieth of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the mouth of the American River; thence easterly to the |