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said summit and line of Monterey and Santa Clara, to the

place of beginning.

County seat-Snelling.

Stats. 1855, p. 125; 1856, p. 183; 1866, p. 172; 1868, p. 56.

MONO.

SEC. 3935. Beginning at north corner on State line, being Mono. east corner of Alpine, as established in Section 3931; thence southwesterly, on the easterly line of Alpine, as established in Section 3931, to the main summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence southerly, along said summit, on easterly line of Alpine, Tuolumne, and Fresno, to a point where the northern line of Township Six South, Mount Diablo base, intersects said summit line, forming southwest corner; thence east, on said township. line, being the northern line of Inyo, to the eastern line of the State, forming southeast corner; thence northwest, on the State line, to the place of beginning.

County seat-Bridgeport.

Stats. 1861, p. 235; 1864, pp. 30, 178; 1866, pp. 144,
335; 1870, pp. 20, 421.

CALAVERAS.

SEC. 3936. Beginning at southern corner, at a point in the Calaveras. Stanislaus River where it intersects the eastern line of Stanislaus County, as established in Section 3933, being a point one mile north of Knight's Ferry, and being the western corner of Tuolumne County; thence up said river and north fork thereof, to the easterly line of Alpine, as established in Section 3931; thence northerly, on the line of Alpine, to the southeast corner of Amador, as established in Sections 3930 and 3931; thence southwesterly, on the southern line of Amador, down the Mokelumne River, to the southwest corner of Amador, on eastern line of San Joaquin County; thence southerly and southeasterly, on line of San Joaquin and Stanislaus, as established in Sections 3932 and 3933, to the place of beginning.

Tuolumne.

Mariposa.

County seat-San Andreas.

Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1854, p. 46; 1855, p. 134; 1861, p. 235; 1864, p. 178.

TUOLUMNE.

SEC. 3937. Beginning at the most western corner, being the southern corner of Calaveras, as established in Section 3936, in Stanislaus River; thence southeasterly to common corner of Merced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne, as established in Section 3933; thence easterly on northern line of Mariposa, following summit line of the dividing ridge between Tuolumne and Merced Rivers, to Mount Lyell, as marked on Warren Holt's map, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being on the western line of Mono and common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Fresno; thence northerly by the line of Mono, being the summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the southern corner of Alpine, as established in Section 3931; thence northwesterly by the line of Alpine to the southeastern corner of Calaveras; thence westerly on the line of Calaveras and down the Stanislaus River to the place of beginning.

County seat-Sonora.

Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1855, p. 245; 1859, p. 213; 1864, p. 178; 1866, p. 144; 1870, p. 20.

MARIPOSA.

SEC. 3938. Beginning at the initial point of Fresno County, being where the Stockton road to Millerton crosses the Chowchilla Creek, known as Newton's Crossing; thence north, forty-five degrees east, to the southocest corner of Section Eleven, Township Six South, Range Twenty East, Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence east, following section lines to main ridge between waters of Big Creek and Fresno River; thence easterly on the main ridge which divides the waters of the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers, to the intersection of the same with the summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and western line of Mono, the same point forming common

corner of Tuolumne, Fresno, and Mariposa, as described in Section 3937; thence westerly, by the southern boundary of Tuolumne, to the southwest corner thereof, being common corner of Stanislaus, Merced, Tuolumne, and Mariposa; thence southeasterly, on western line of Merced, as established in Section 3934, to the place of beginning.

County seat-Mariposa.

SEC. 3939.

Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1852, p. 240; 1855, p. 125; 1856,
p. 183; 1861, p. 235; 1870, p. 20; 1870, p. 449.

NOTE. The particular attention of the legislative
committee is called to documents from the Board of
Supervisors of Mariposa County, now on file in the
office of the Revision Commission.

FRESNO.

Beginning at southeast corner of Merced and Fresno. southwest corner of Mariposa, being a point where the Stockton road to Millerton crosses the Chowchilla Creek, known as Newton's Crossing; thence westerly, down said stream, on the north side, on line of high water mark, being on southeastern line of Merced, to the lower clump of cottonwood timber at the sink of said creek; thence south, forty-five degrees west, and on line of Merced, to the eastern boundary line of Monterey, as described in Section 3948, being on summit of Coast Range; thence following said boundary line, on said summit, in a southeasterly direction, to a point in the same, which point is south forty-five degrees west from the point on King's River where northern line of Township Sixteen South crosses the same; thence north, forty-five degrees east, to said point on King's River; thence east, along northern line of Township Sixteen South, to the dividing ridge. between the waters of King's River and Kawdah River; thence easterly, on the said dividing ridge, to the summit of the Sierra Nevada, being the western line of Inyo; thence northwesterly, on the summit line and lines of Inyo and Mono, to Mount Lyell, the common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Fresno; thence westerly and southwesterly, on southeasterly line of Mariposa, as established in Section 3938, to the place of beginning.

Tulare.

Kern.

County seat-Millerton.

Stats. 1856, p. 183; 1861, p. 235; 1866, p. 144; 1866, p. 355; 1870, p. 20; 1870, p. 421; 1870, p. 449. NOTE.-See note to Section 3938.

TULARE.

SEC. 3940. Beginning at southwest corner, being common corner of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Kern, and Tulare, and being the point where the line of the Sixth Standard South crosses the summit line of the Mount Diable Range of mountains; thence east, on said standard, to the point of intersection with summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, forming the southeast corner of Tulare and southwest corner of Inyo; thence northwesterly, on said summit, being on the western line of Inyo, to the east corner of Fresno, as established in Section 3939; thence on the southern line of Fresno to the eastern line of Monterey; thence southerly, on the line of Monterey, as established in Section 3948, to the place of beginning. County seat-Visalia.

Stats. 1851, p. 173; 1852, p. 240; 1856, p. 183; 1864,

p. 528; 1866, p. 355; 1866, p. 796.

KERN.

SEC. 3941. Beginning at northwest corner, being common corner of San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Tulare, and Kern, as established in Section 3940; thence east, on Sixth Standard South, Mount Diablo base, to the northwest corner of San Bernardino, as established in Section 3943; thence south, on the westerly line of San Bernardino, to southern line of Township Nine North, San Bernardino base, forming southeast corner; thence west, along said line and extension thereof, to the summit of the Coast Range, being on the line of Santa Barbara, forming southwest corner; thence northwesterly, on said summit line, being eastern line of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, to the place of beginning.

County seat-Havilah.

Stats. 1866, p. 796.

INYO.

SEC. 3942. Beginning at the southeast corner of Tulare, Inyo. as established in Section 3940, being the point of intersection of Sixth Standard South, Mount Diable base, with summit line of Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence east, by said standard and extension thereof to the eastern line of the State, forming southeast corner; thence northwesterly, on State line, to the southeast corner of Mono, as established in Section 3935; thence west on the southern line of Mono to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being on the eastern line of Fresno, and forming the southwest corner of Mono and northwest corner of Inyo; thence southeasterly on said summit line to the place of beginning.

County seat-Independence.

Stats. 1866, p. 355; 1870, p. 20; 1870, p. 421.

SAN BERNARDINO.

Bernardino

Src. 3943. Beginning at the southwest corner, a little San northwesterly of Laguna Temecula, at a point on the northern line of San Diego, as established in Section 3944, where a south line drawn from the highest peak of the Sierra de Santiago intersects the said boundary line; thence northwesterly on the summit of said Sierra to the Santa Ana River, between the ranch of Sierra and the residence of Bernardo Yerba; thence across the Santa Ana River along the summit of the range of hills that lie between the Cayotes and Chino (leaving the ranchos of Outiveras and Ybana to the west of this line) to the southwest corner of the ranch San José; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of said ranch and of San Antonio, and the western and northern boundaries of Cucamonga ranch to the ravine of Cucaimonga; thence northerly up said ravine to its source in the Coast Range; thence north, on the easterly line of Los Angeles and Kern, to the Sixth Standard South, Mount Diablo base, being the northeast corner of Kern and northwest corner of San Bernardino; thence east by said standard line and extension thereof to the State line; thence southeasterly

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