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Book Title: History Of Butte County

THE SACRAMENTO DISTRICT.

    We have seen in the preceding pages what steps were taken to form a
government for California. At the constitutional convention, which met at
Monterey September 1, 1849, in pursuance of the proclamation of Governor Bennett
Riley, but four delegates were allotted to the Sacramento district. The portion
of California thus denominated embraced all of the state lying north of the
Cosumne river, and bounded on the west by the Sacramento river and east by the
Sierra Nevada mountains. During the interval, however, between the issuance of
the proclamation and the meeting of the convention, the population of the
district had been so largely augmented that it was justly entitled to a larger
number of representatives, and as authority to do so was given in the
proclamation, a number of gentlemen were chosen in addition to Jacob R. Snyder,
W. E. Shannon, Winfield S. Sherwood and John A. Sutter, the regularly-elected
delegates.

    When the convention met at Monterey, Saturday, September 1, 1849, there was
not a quorum present, and an adjournment was made until the next Monday, at
which it was organized. Discussion at once commenced on the subject of
representation, other districts also claiming seats for additional delegates,
and the matter was difficult to settle satisfactorily. In the afternoon a report
was made by the committee on privileges and elections, recommending the
admission of eight delegates from the Sacramento district, and naming for the
additional four L. W. Hastings, J. S. Fowler, John Bidwell, and M. M. McCarver.
The report called forth considerable debate, ending in the adoption the next day
of a report by a special committee allowing this district fifteen delegates, and
naming John McDougal, Elisha O. Crosby, W. Blackburn, James Queen, R. M. Jones,
W. Lacy and Charles E. Pickett as the remaining seven. Of the fifteen, but eight
are recorded as having participated in the deliberations of the convention, and
are given in the list of delegates appended to the report of the proceedings, as
follows:—

                                               Of what State   Town or P. O.   How long resi-
Xame.                Age.  Where Born.         last resident.  in Cal.         dent of Cal.    Profession.
Jacob R. Snyder        34  Philadelphia        Penn            Sacramento      4 years         Surveyor.
Winfield S. Sherwood.  32  Sandy Hill          New York.       Mormon Is.      4 months.       Lawyer.
L. W. Hastings         30  Knox County         Ohio            Sutter          6 years         Lawyer.
John A. Sutter         47  Switzerland         Missouri        Sutter          10 years        Farmer.
John McDougal          32  Ohio                Indiana         Sutter          7 months.       Merchant.
Elisha O. Crosby       34  Tompkins Co., N. Y. New York        Vernon          7 months.       Lawyer.
M. M. McCarver         42  Madison Co., Ky.    Oregon          Sacramento      1 year          Farmer.
W. E. Shannon          27  Ireland             New York        Columa          3 years         Lawyer.


    At the time the constitution was ratified and state officers elected,
members of the Legislature were also elected. The senators were Elisha O.
Crosby, John Bidwell and H. C. Robinson, and the representatives Thomas J.
Henly, Elisha W. McKinstry and George B. Tingley.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
IN TWO VOLUMES.

I.
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850.
BY FRANK T. GILBERT.

The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California.
Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. 
The Discovery of Gold in California.
BY HARRY L. WELLS.

II.
HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY,
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. 
BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS.

BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS.
HARRY L. WELLS,
517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
1882.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in
the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers
517 Clay St., San Francisco


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