Congressional CHAPTER III. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SECTION 117. Congressional Districts. 117. The State is divided into three Congressional Districts. Districts, arranged as follows: 1. The First Congressional District consists of the Counties of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Monterey, Fresno, Merced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, San Francisco, Inyo, and Kern; 2. The Second, of the Counties of Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Mono, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, Nevada, and Alpine; and, 3. The Third, of the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Solano, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama, Colusa, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou, Klamath, and Del Norte. NOTE.-Stats. 1866, p. 768; 1864, p. 287; 1864, p. 267; see note to Chap. II of this Title. The following Act, from the Stats. 1871-2, p. 714, is now in force: An Act to divide the State into Congressional Districts. [Approved March 30, 1872.] [Enacting clause.] SECTION 1. For the purpose of electing Representatives to the Congress of the United States, the State is hereby divided into districts, as follows: SEC. 2. The First District shall be composed of the City and County of San Francisco. SEC. 3. The Second District shall be composed of the Counties of Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, Nevada, Alpine, and Tuolumne. SEC. 4. The Third District shall be composed of the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Solano, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama, Colusa, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou, Klamath, and Del Norte. SEC. 5. The Fourth District shall be composed of the Counties of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Monterey, Fresno, Kern, Merced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Mono, and Inyo. [The new County of Ventura, territorially, is in the Fourth District, the Act creating it being silent.] SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. From the census given in note to the preceding Chapter, it will be seen that the population represented in each of these Congressional Districts is as follows: First District (the San Francisco), 149,473; Second District (the Sacramento), 148,690; Third District (the Sonoma), 143,722; Fourth District (the Los Angeles), 118,362. CHAPTER IV. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. SECTION 125. Judicial Districts. 126. First District. 127. Second District. 129. Fourth District. 130. Fifth District. 131. Sixth District. 132. Seventh District. 133. Eighth District. 134. Ninth District. 135. Tenth District. 136. Eleventh District. 137. Twelfth District. 138. Thirteenth District. 139. Fourteenth District. 140. Fifteenth District. 141. Sixteenth District. 142. Seventeenth District. Judicial First Second Third Fourth 125. The State is divided into seventeen Judicial Districts, arranged as described in this' Chapter. NOTE.-It will be seen by referring to note at the end of this Chapter that the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Judicial Districts were created at the same session of the Legislature which adopted the Codes; hence the districts from which they were carved have their territorial jurisdiction correspondingly decreased. 126. The First Judicial District consists of the Counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. NOTE.-Stats. 1868, p. 356. The new County of Ventura, authorized to be organized, is placed in the First Judicial District.-Stats. 1872, p. 488, Sec. 10. 127. The Second, of the Counties of Tehama, Butte, Plumas, and Lassen. NOTE.-Stats. 1864, p. 483. 128. The Third, of the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Alameda. NOTE.-Stats. 1866, p. 328. 129. The Fourth, of that portion of the City and County of San Francisco embraced within lines described as follows: Commencing at the western boundary of the city and county, at a point in a line with Ridley street; thence easterly in a line with and through the center of Ridley street to the center of Market street; thence northeasterly along the center of Market street to the center of Kearny street; thence northerly along the center of Kearny street to a point in a line with the northern side of the City Hall or Court House; thence easterly to and along the northern line of the City Hall or Court House to a point sixty-five feet from the eastern line of Kearny street; thence at right angles southerly to the southern line of the City Hall or Court House; thence easterly along the southern side of that building to the eastern side thereof; thence northerly along the eastern line thereof to a point eight inches north of the northern line thereof; thence at right angles westerly to the center of Kearny street; thence northerly along Kearny street to the northern boundary of the city and county; thence along the northern and western boundary of the city and county to the place of beginning. NOTE.-Stats. 1864, p. 497. District. 130. The Fifth, of the Counties of San Joaquin, Fifth Tuolumne, and Stanislaus. NOTE.-Stats. 1868, p. 618. District. 131. The Sixth, of the Counties of Sacramento Sixth and Yolo. District. 132. The Seventh, of the Counties of Marin, So- Seventh noma, Mendocino, Napa, Lake, and Solano. NOTE.-Stats. 1866, p. 13. District. 133. The Eighth, of the Counties of Humboldt, Eighth Klamath, and Del Norte. District. 134. The Ninth, of the Counties of Shasta, Trin- Ninth ity, and Siskiyou. District. 135. The Tenth, of the Counties of Yuba, Sutter, Tenth Colusa, and Sierra. NOTE.-Stats. 1868, p. 95. District. 136. The Eleventh, of the Counties of Calaveras, Eleventh Amador, and El Dorado. District. 137. The Twelfth, of the County of San Mateo Twelfth and all that portion of the City and County of San Francisco lying south of a line described as follows: Commencing at the western boundary of the city and county, at a point in a line with the center of Ridley street; thence running easterly in a line with and through the center of Ridley street to the center of Market street; thence northeasterly along the center of Market street to Kearny street; thence northeasterly along the center of Kearny street to a point in a Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeenth District. line with the northern side of the City Hall or Court House; thence easterly to and along the northern line of the City Hall or Court House to a point sixty-five feet from the eastern line of Kearny street; thence at right angles southerly to the southern line of the City Hall or Court House; thence along the southern line of that building to the eastern line of Kearny street; thence southerly along the eastern line of Kearny street to the center of Market street; thence northeasterly along the center of Market street to the eastern boundary of the city and county. NOTE.-Stats. 1864, p. 497. 138. The Thirteenth, of the Counties of Tulare, Fresno, Merced, and Mariposa. NOTE.-Stats. 1866, p. 18. 139. The Fourteenth, of the Counties of Placer and Nevada. NOTE.-Stats. 1864, p. 7. 140. The Fifteenth, of the County of Contra Costa and all that portion of the City and County of San Francisco not included within the limits of the Fourth and Twelfth Judicial Districts. NOTE.-Stats. 1866, p. 101. 141. The Sixteenth, of the Counties of Alpine, Mono, Inyo, and Kern. NOTE.-Stats. 1868, p. 33. 142. The Seventeenth, of the Counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego. NOTE.-Stats. 1868, p. 198. The following Act, from the Stats. of 1871-2, p. 116, creating the Eighteenth Judicial District, is now in force, Judge Rolfe being the presiding Judge thereof, by appointment: An Act to create the Eighteenth Judicial District, and for other purposes. [Approved February 20, 1872.] [Enacting clause.] SECTION 1. The Seventeenth Judicial District of this |