Yolo.

junction of the north and south forks of said river; thence up the principal channel of the South Fork to a point one mile above the head of Mormon Island, so as to include said island in Sacramento County, forming northeast corner; thence southerly to a point on the Cosumnes River eight miles above the house of William Daylor; thence south to Dry Creek, forming southeast corner; thence down said creek to its entrance into the Mokelumne River; thence down the Mokelumne River to a point where said river divides into east and west branches; thence down the cast branch to its junction with the west branch; thence down said river to its junction with the San Joaquin River; thence down the San Joaquin River to the mouth of the Sacramento River, at the head of Suisun Bay, forming southwest corner; thence up the Sacramento River to the mouth of Merritt's Slough; thence up said slough to the mouth of Sutter Slough; thence up said Sutter Slough to the Sacramento River; thence up the Sacramento River to a point west of the place of beginning, forming northwest corner of Sacramento County; thence east to the place of beginning.

County seat-Sacramento City.

Stats. 1851, p. 174; 1857, p. 132; 1861, p. 221; 1866, p. 223; 1870, p. 294.

YOLO.

SEC. 3929. Beginning on southeast corner, at the most easterly northeast corner of Solano, in Sutter Slough, at its intersection with the First Standard North; thence west on said standard line to west line of Range Three East, Mount Diablo meridian; thence north on said range line to the northeast corner of Township Seven North, Two East; thence west nine and seventy-two one hundredths chains to southeast corner of Township Eight, Two East; thence north on easterly line of said township to the old bed of Putah Creek; thence westerly up the old bed and main Putah Creek to a point on eastern line of Napa, in the cañon called Devil's Gate, where the highest ridge of mountains divides the waters of the Sacramento from Berryessa Valley, forming the most westerly of the

southwest corners of Yolo and northwest corner of Solano;
thence northerly along the highest ridge of said moun-
tains west of the California and Occidental Quicksilver
Mines, being on easterly line of Napa and Lake, to the
southwest corner of Colusa, as established in Section 3916;
thence easterly on southern line of Colusa, as estab-
lished in said section, to Sacramento River, forming
the northeast corner at the point of intersection of the
southern line of Township Thirteen North, Mount Diablo
base; thence down said river to Sutter Slough; thence
down said slough to the place of beginning.
County seat-Woodland.

Stats. 1851, p. 179; 1857, p. 108; 1866, p. 162; 1870, p.

294.

AMADOR.

SEC. 3930. Beginning at southwest corner, in the Mokel- Amador. umne River, on the eastern boundary of San Joaquin, as established in Section 3932; thence up said river to its junction with the north fork of the same; thence up the said north fork to the line of Alpine, being at a point south of common corner of Amador, Alpine, and El Dorado, which is in the centre of the Amador and Nevada road, in front of Z. Kirkwood's house, as established in Section 3931; thence north by the line of Alpine to said common corner; thence westerly along said road to a point east of the source of the south fork of the South Fork of the Cosumnes River; thence west to said source; thence down the south fork of the South Fork and the South Fork and the main Cosumnes River to the eastern line of Sacramento, as established in Section 3928; thence by eastern lines of Sacramento and San Joaquin to the place of beginning.

County seat-Jackson.

Stats. 1854, p. 46; 1855, p. 113; 1855, p. 134; 1857, p.

251; 1863, p. 231; 1864, p. 178.

ALPINE.

SEC. 3931. Beginning at north corner, at a point where Alpine. the State line crosses the east summit of the Sierra

Alpine.

San
Joaquin.

Nevada Mountains, being the most easterly corner of El Dorado; thence southwesterly along said summit to a point two miles west of James Green's house, in Hope Valley, called Thompson's Peak; thence southwesterly in a direct line to a point on the Amador and Nevada turnpike road in front of Z. Kirkwood's house, being common corner of Amador, Alpine, and El Dorado; thence south across the North Fork of the Mokelumne River to the road leading from West Point, in Calaveras, to the Big Tree road, near the Big Meadows; thence easterly along said West Point road to the Big Tree road; thence easterly in a direct line to where the Sonora trail strikes the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River; thence easterly along said trail to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence northerly along said summit to the dividing ridge between West Walker and Carson Rivers; thence northeasterly along said dividing ridge to the State line, forming easterly corner of Alpine and northerly corner of Mono; thence northwest along said State line to the place of beginning. County seat-Silver Mountain.

Stats. 1864, p. 178; 1866, p. 144; 1870, p. 20.

SAN JOAQUIN.

SEC. 3932. Beginning at the junction of the San Joaquin and Mokelumne Rivers, on the line of Sacramento County; thence up the latter to the mouth of Dry Creek; thence up Dry Creek to the southeast corner of Sacramento, as established in Section 3928; thence southeasterly, to a point on Mokelumne River, being the point of beginning of survey of Boucher and Wallace of line between San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; thence southeasterly, line of said survey, to the extreme northern corner of Stanislaus County, on north side of and near to Calaveras River, at a point on western line of Range Ten East, Mount Diablo meridian, as established by survey of George E. Drew, approved May, eighteen hundred and sixty, shown on map of said survey; thence south, on said range line, to Stanislaus River; thence down said river to

Joaquin.

its confluence with the San Joaquin; thence southwest, San
to the summit of the Coast Range, as shown on sur-
vey and map of Wallace and Stakes, May, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-eight, and forming the common corner of
San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, and Alameda, as
shown also on map of Boardman and Stakes, July, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-eight; thence northwesterly, follow-
ing the summit of the said Coast Range to a post near
the middle of Section Thirty-two, Township Four South,
Range Four East; thence north to the southeast corner of
Contra Costa, being a point on the west channel of the
San Joaquin River, as laid down on Gibbe's map, at a
bend where the said west channel, running downward,
takes a general course north, which point is shown on
map of Boardman and Stakes, July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight; thence down the said west channel to its
confluence with the main river; thence down said river
to the place of beginning.

County seat-Stockton.

Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1852, p. 178; 1852, p. 180; 1860,
p. 34.

NOTE.-The Commission are indebted to John Wallace, Civil Engineer of San Joaquin County, for an elegant map of that county, and for much valuable information in relation to county boundaries, and the Legislative committee are referred to his letters on file in our office.

STANISLAUS.

SEC. 3933. Beginning at common corner of Stanislaus, Stanislaus. Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Joaquin, on the summit of Mount Boardman, of the Mount Diablo Range, as shown on survey and map of Wallace and Stakes, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence southeasterly, on the summit line of said range, being eastern line of Santa Clara, to the northwest corner of Merced, forming the southwest corner of Stanislaus, as established by survey and map of A. J. Stakes, July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence northeasterly, on line as established by said last named survey, to the junction of the Merced and

Stanislaus. San Joaquin Rivers; thence down the San Joaquin seven miles; thence in a direct line a little north of east, to a monument established by survey of A. J. Stakes, being on the summit of the ridge between Merced and Stanislaus, and marking common corner of Tuolumne, Merced, Mariposa, and Stanislaus; thence northwesterly, in a direct line, and crossing the Stanislaus River, to monument established by survey and map of George E. Drew, May, eighteen hundred and sixty, on the north bank of said last named river; thence northwesterly, on line of said survey, to its intersection with western line of Range Ten East, Mount Diablo meridian, which point is marked by a monument establishing the north corner of Stanislaus County; thence south, on said range line, to Stanislaus River; thence down the latter to its mouth in San Joaquin River; thence southwesterly, on line as surveyed and mapped by Wallace and Stakes, May, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, to the place of beginning.

County seat-Modesto.

Stats. 1854, p. 40; 1855, p. 245; 1860, p. 34; 1870, p.

776.

MERCED.

Merced.

SEC. 3934. Beginning at northwest corner, being southwest corner of Stanislaus, as shown on survey and map of A. J. Stakes, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence northeasterly, on southern line of Stanislaus, as described in Section 3933 to common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced, and Stanislaus, as established in said section; thence southeasterly, by direct line, being western line of Mariposa, to Phillip's Ferry, on Merced River; thence southeasterly, on line of Mariposa, being line shown on "Map of Mariposa County," to Newton's Crossing, on Chowchilla Creek, forming southeast corner; thence down the northern side and on high water mark, being on line of Fresno, to the lower clump of cottonwood timber at the sink of said creek; thence south, forty-five degrees west, to the eastern line of Monterey, on summit of Coast Range, forming southwest corner; thence northwesterly, by