Located at Sacramento. TITLE II. SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. SECTION 145. Located at Sacramento. 145. The seat of Government of this State is at the City of Sacramento. NOTE. All the official acts of Brig. Gen. Riley as Governor, prior to the adoption of the State Constitution, were performed at Monterey as the seat of Government. The Constitutional Convention was held there. The resignation of Gen. Riley of the position of Governor, after the election of Gov. Burnett, was dated at San José, the Pueblo de San José having been fixed as the seat of Government by the Constitution, subject to be made permanent by law. The first Legislature met at San José, An Act to take the sense of the people of California on the subject of a permanent location of the seat of Government was passed April 22, 1850. An Act of February 4, 1851, fixed the seat of Government at Vallejo; an Act of February 4, 1853, fixed it at Benicia; and an Act of May 13, 1853, fixed the seat of Governmer.t at Benicia permanently, as recited in the Act. But on February 25, 1854, the seat of Government was fixed at its present location-SACRAMENTO CITY-and it was so held to be In Re State Capital People vs. Bigler, 5 Cal., p. 23, wherein Judge Murray reviews the entire subject. The Legislature of 1851 was commenced at San José and ended at Vallejo; that of 1852 was held at Vallejo; that of 1853 was held at Vallejo and Benicia, and that of 1854 at Benicia and Sacramento City. Since the Act of 1854, supra, though several attempts were made to remove by legislation the permanent seat of Government, none have proved successful. In consequence of the flood and inundation of Sacramento, the session of the Legislature of 1862 (being the thirteenth session) was commenced at Sacramento City and ended at San Francisco, being a temporary removal. The seat of Government may now, however, be said to be at last permanently located at SACRAMENTO CITY, and is so treated in all the provisions of this Code. TITLE III. LEGAL DISTANCES IN THE STATE. SECTION 150. Legal distances. 151. Alameda County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 152. Alpine County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 153. Amador County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 154. Butte County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 155. Calaveras County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 156. Colusa County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 157. Contra Costa County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 158. Del Norte County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 159. El Dorado County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 160. Fresno County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 161. Humboldt County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 162. Inyo County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 163. Kern County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 164. Klamath County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 165. Lake County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 166. Lassen County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 167. Los Angeles County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 168. Marin County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 169. Mariposa County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 170. Mendocino County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 171. Merced County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. SECTION 172. Mono County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 173. Monterey County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 174. Napa County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 175. Nevada County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 176. Placer County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 177. Plumas County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 178. Sacramento County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 179. San Bernardino County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 180. San Diego County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 181. San Francisco County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, 182. San Joaquin County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 183. San Luis Obispo County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, 184. San Mateo County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 185. Santa Barbara County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, 186. Santa Clara County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 187. Santa Cruz County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 188. Shasta County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 189. Sierra County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San 190. Siskiyou County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 191. Solano County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San 192. Sonoma County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 193. Stanislaus County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 194. Sutter County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 195. Tehama County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and 1 SECTION 196. Trinity County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 197. Tulare County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 198. Tuolumne County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 199. Yolo County Seat to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 200. Yuba County Seat to Sacrrmento, Stockton, and San Quentin. 201. Mileage, how computed. 150. The legal distances in this State are fixed as Legal follows: distances. 151. From the county seat of Alameda County to Alameda. Sacramento, one hundred and thirty-five miles; to Stockton, one hundred and forty-five miles; to San Quentin, twenty miles. 152. From the county seat of Alpine County to Alpine. Sacramento, one hundred and forty miles; to Stockton, one hundred and forty miles; to San Quentin, two hundred and seventy miles. 153. From the county seat of Amador County to Amador. Sacramento, fifty-five miles; to Stockton, fifty-six miles; to San Quentin, one hundred and eighty-seven miles. 154. From the county seat of Butte County to Butte. Sacramento, seventy-five miles; to Stockton, one hundred and twenty miles; to San Quentin, two hundred and five miles. 155. From the county seat of Calaveras County to Calaveras. Sacramento, seventy-five miles; to Stockton, forty-five miles; to San Quentin, one hundred and seventy-five miles. 156. From the county seat of Colusa County to Colusa. Sacramento, seventy-five miles; to Stockton, one hun 8-VOL. I. Contra Del Norte. El Dorado. Fresno. Humboldt. Inyo. Korn. Kalmath. dred and twenty-five miles; to San Quentin, two hundred and five miles. 157. From the county seat of Contra Costa County to Sacramento, ninety miles; to Stockton, ninety miles; to San Quentin, forty-five miles. 158. From the county seat of Del Norte County to Sacramento, four hundred and sixty-five miles; to. Stockton, four hundred and sixty-five miles; to San Quentin, three hundred and sixty-five miles. 159. From the county seat of El Dorado County to Sacramento, fifty miles; to Stockton, ninety-five miles; to San Quentin, one hundred and eighty miles. 160. From the county seat of Fresno County to Sacramento, one hundred and ninety miles; to Stockton, one hundred and forty-five miles; to San Quentin, two hundred and seventy-five miles. 161. From the county seat of Humboldt County to Sacramento, three hundred and ninety miles; to Stockton, three hundred and ninety miles; to San Quentin, two hundred and sixty-five miles. 162. From the county seat of Inyo County to Sacramento, three hundred and seventy miles; to Stockton, three hundred and thirty miles; to San Quentin, three hundred and fifty miles. 163. From the county seat of Kern County to Sacramento, three hundred and sixty miles; to Stockton, three hundred and fifteen miles; to San Quentin, four hundred and forty-five miles. 164. From the county seat of Klamath County to Sacramento, four hundred and fifty miles; to Stockton, four hundred and fifty miles; to San Quentin, three hundred and fifty miles. |