Preamble, CHAP. XLI.- Assembly Joint Resolution No. 66. [Adopted March 14, 1878.] WHEREAS, An order has been made by Major-General Mc Dowell, commanding the Department of the Pacific Coast, requiring the white settlers on the old, defunct Klamath Reservation, in California, to leave their homes and families on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and abandon their claims-mining and agricultural-on the said reservation; and, whereas, the enforcement of such an order would be a gross injustice and outrage on the rights of such settlers; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our ats Reserva- Senators in ('ongress be instructed, and our Representatives tion to actual requested, to take immediate action in the matter in order that the said reservation be thrown open to actual settlers; or, in a failure to accomplish that, to procure an extension of time in the enforcement of the aforesaid order. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the aforesaid preamble and resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Throwing open Preamble concerning deserters from army. CHAP. XLII.- Assembly Joint Resolution No. 45. [Adopted March 12, 1878.) WHEREAS, At the tiine gold was discovered in California a majority of the troops then in the territory were enlisted as New York Volunteers, who were really an armed emigration ; and, whereas, when gold was discovered the war with Mexico was actually ended, and the said troops were entitled to be honorably discharged from the service of the United States, in accordance with the stipulation made and agreed to by the said volunteers and the United States Government; and, whereas, under the excitement then existing as to the discovery of gold, a few of the said volunteers did leave their commands; and, whereas, Congressman Luttrell has introduced a bill in Congress relieving all persons from any liability or penalty inflicted by any laws of the United States relative to deserters who absented themselves from their commands in California between the time of the discovery of gold and the thirty-first day of December, eighteeri hundred and forty-eight; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives in Congress be requested, to vote for and use all legitimate means to secure the passage of the bill referred to as introduced by the Hon. J. K. Luttrell, July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, allowing the persons alluded to the desired relief. Be it further Resolved, That the Governor is requested to send certified copies of this preamble and resolution to each of the Senators and Representatives of the State of California in Congress. veyors-Gen CHAP. XLIII.–Senate Joint Resolution No. 42, relating to the office of the U. S. Surveyor-General of California. [Adopted March 22, 1878.] WHEREAS, On January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred Preamblo and seventy-eight, there was introduced in Congress and concerning referred to the Committee on Public Lands of the House tion Surof Representatives, House bill number two thousand seven cal's offices. hundred and forty-two, entitled an Act to provide for a more economic and accurate survey of the public lands; and, whereas, said bill has for its object, and provides for the consolidation of all the offices of Surveyors-General of the United States into one office to be established and located in the City of Washington; and, whereas, said bill provides for the removal to the City of Washington of all the public records, maps, and archives of all said offices, including that of California; and, whereas, if such action is had by Congress at this time it will prove detrimental to the public interests of the people of California, and should not be enacted into a law in so far as it relates to California; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use every endeavor to have said bill resisted, and to defeat the passage by Congress of the aforesaid bill, or of any measure similar thereto. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be and is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the preamble hereto, a and these resolutions, to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. CHAP. XLIV.-Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 45. [Adopted March 20, 1878.] Yosemite WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, in Senate and 'reamble House of Representatives, passed an Act entitled "An Act concerning authorizing a grant to the State of California of the Valley. Yosemite Valley and the land embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove," which Act, approved June 30th, 1864, contains the following provisions: That there shall be and is hereby granted to the State of California the clift or gorge in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated in the County of Mariposa, in the State aforesaid, and the headwaters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its branches and spurs, in estimated length fifteen miles, and in average width one mile back from the main edge of the precipice on each side of the valley, with the stipulation, nevertheless, that the said State shall accept this grant upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation, and shall be inalienable for all time, but leases not extending ten years may be granted for portions of said premises; and, whereas, the leases named in said quoted provision of the law aforesaid are yet in existence; therefore, be it Lease of land Removal of fences. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Commissioners of Yosemite Valley be requested, and it is the sense of the Legislature, that in future no leases be made for any lands located in said valley for more than ten (10) acres, in which leases it is stipulated that fences can be erected. Be it further Resolved, That the Commissioners of Yosemite Valley are requested, and it is the sense of the Legislature, that they so modify, as far as possible, the present leases under which fences have been erected on more than ten (10) acres of land in said valley, thereby removing such obstructions. Be it further Resolved, That in any future leases, granted by said Commissioners, it is requested, and it is the sense of the Legislature, there should be incorporated a provision, that when fences are allowed on lands of ten acres or less, the property so leased and fenced shall only be used for hotel and other purposes for the accominodation of visitors to the valley, and for no other purposes whatever. Fences ; where allowed. CHAP. XLV.-Senate Joint Resolution No. 46. Mail service between Kingsburg and Grungerville. [Adopted March 20, 1878.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their influence to procure the establishment of a daily instead of a tri-weekly mail service from the Town of Kingsburg, in Fresno County, by the way of Duke's School House and Kingston, to Grangerville, in Tulare County, California. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. between Visalia CHAP. XLVI.-Senate Joint Resolution No. 47. [Adopted March 20, 1878.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Mail service Senators in Congress are instructed, and our Representatives Wildlia and are requested, to use their influence to procure the establish- Fairview. ment of a mail route, with semi-weekly services thereon, from the City of Visalia, by way of Townsend's, to Fairview, in Tulare County, [State) of California. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. between Alturas. CHAP. XLVII.-Senate Joint Resolution No. 48. [Adopted March 20, 1878.) Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Mail service Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives keink and Reading requested, to use all honorable means in their power to procure an increase of the mail service on mail route forty-six thousand two hundred and forty-seven, from Reading, in Shasta County, State of California, to Alturas, in Modoc County, State of California, by changing said service to six times a week to and from said points, and reducing the time to seventy-two hours. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the above resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. CHAP. XLVIII.-- Assembly Joint Resolution No.59; Joint Res olution relative to the production and manufacture of sugar from beets and melons in the State of California, and the appointment of a suitable person to investigate the subject and to report thereon. [Adopted March 22, 1878.) WHEREAS, In view of the wide-spread anxiety of agricultur- Preamble ists, of the mercantile fraternity, and the public generally concerning throughout the country, to obtain accurate and reliable et suzur information in relation to the production and manufacture of indigenous sugars from beets and melons, the growing importance and desirable benefit of having the industry more generally understood and introduced; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That we earnestly request the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury manufacture from beets. Appoint of the United States to appoint M. G. Marsilliot, First Assiston to exatant Engineer, United States Revenue Marine, as the most ine and give suitable person (he having given the subject most careful information. attention) to collect and compile statistics, conduct experiments, and report all information that can be obtained on the subject to the Honorable Secretary of the United States Treasury, through the Collector of Customs of the Port of San Francisco; to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, for publication in the Report of the Department of Agriculture; to the Governor of the State of California; to the State University and College of Agriculture at Berkeley; and to the California Agricultural Society at Sacramento, for the benefit of the public. Resolved, That the Governor of this state shall transmit a certified copy of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and earnestly request them to take immediate action in this important matter. Preamble concerning construction of seawall in Bay of Santa Barbara. CHAP. XLIX.- Assembly Joint Resolution No. 65; Joint Res olution relative to constructing a breakwater or sea-wall in the Harbor of Santa Barbara. [Adopted March 22, 1878.] United States : sailing vessels or steamers, during the winter, between San |
