porate seal of the said corporation, and attesting the same by his signature. The said George Montgomery also then and there acknowledged that he had so executed said warrant of attorney in the presence of John J. Clifford and Clement Molony, the two witnesses whose names are subscribed thereto as such. And I further certify that at the time of making such acknowledgment I read and fully explained said warrant of attorney to the said George Montgomery. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of my office in said county of Los Angeles the day and year in this certificate above written. J. WISEMAN MACDONALD, Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County, Cal. PROOF OF SUCCESSION OF THE MOST REVEREND PATRICK WILLIAM RIORDAN, ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO. [In the matter of "the Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco," a religious corporation soie.] STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and County of San Francisco, ss: DECLARATION AND NOTICE OF CORPORATE SUCCESSION. Whereas the Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco did heretofore, under and by virtue of the act of the legislature of the State of California entitled "An act concerning corporations," passed April 22, 1850, and of the act amendatory thereof, approved May 4, 1852, become a religious corporation sole by the title of "The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco," for the purpose of the administration of the temporalities of the Roman Catholic Church in the said archdiocese of San Francisco, and the management of the estate and property of said church; And whereas the proper certificate or declaration of such incorporation was heretofore duly made by Most Rev. Joseph S. Alemany, who at the time was the duly appointed Roman Catholic archbishop of the said archdiocese; And whereas the said declaration, together with the bull or com mission of his appointment as such archbishop, was, on the twenty-fourth day of February, A. D. 1854, duly recorded with the county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, the said city and county being the see and place of residence of the said archbishop: And whereas the said Most Rev. Joseph S. Alemany has resigned his said see and office of archbishop of said archdiocese; And whereas the Most Rev. Patrick William Riordan is the present incumbent of said see and of said corporation; Now therefore we, the undersigned, the said Joseph S. Alemany, the said former incumbent, and the said Patrick William Riordan, the said present incumbent, do hereby certify and declare: That the said Most Rev. Patrick William Riordan was, by the constituted authorities of said church, viz, His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, on the seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, duly appointed archbishop coadjutor of said archdiocese with the right of succession to said see and to said office of archbishop of said archdiocese on the occurrence of a vacancy therein; That the said Most Rev. Joseph S. Alemany thereafter duly resigned his said appointment, and his resignation was duly accepted on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, by the constituted authorities of said church, viz, His Holiness Pope Leo XIII; That the said Most Rev. Patrick William Riordan thereupon became the successor of said Most Rev. Joseph Alemany as such archbishop; and as such has become and is now entitled to hold, manage, and administer the temporalities, property, and estate of said Roman Catholic Church in said archdiocese; That a copy of the bull or letter of commission, in the Latin language, appointing said Patrick William Riordan such archbishop coadjutor with said right of succession, duly attested, together with a true and sworn translation thereof, has been recorded with the said county clerk, together with a copy, duly attested, of the letter of acceptance of the said resignation of said Joseph S. Alemany, in the Latin language, and a true and sworn translation thereof; And we, the undersigned, the said Joseph S. Alemany, the former incumbent, and said Patrick William Riordan, the present incumbent, do hereby certify to all and singular the premises, and give notice thereof to all persons whom it concern; and we further give notice and declare that all the property heretofore held by said Joseph S. Alemany, as such corporation, is now held by said Patrick William Riordan, as his successor and as such corporation, in trust for the use, purpose, and behoof of said Roman Catholic Church, and that the said Joseph S. Alemany, the former incumbent of said office and corporation, has delivered and surrendered to his successor, the said Patrick William Riordan, the present incumbent of said office and corporation, all property and all archives, books, papers, and the corporate seal of said corporation. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 25th day of March, A. D. 1885, and have acknowledged these presents before a notary public; and I, the said Patrick William Riordan, as present incumbent, have also signed hereto the corporate name of said corporation, and affixed hereto its corporate seal, and have also acknowledged these presents as the act of said corporation. [SEAL.] JOSEPH S. ALEMANY. PATRICK WILLIAM RIORDAN. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and county of San Francisco, ss: On this 25th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, before me, John E. Hamill, a notary public of the State of California, in and for said city and county of San Francisco, duly commissioned, personally appeared Joseph S. Alemany and Patrick William Riordan, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and each of them for himself, respectively, acknowledged to me that he executed the same; and at the same time personally appeared the said Patrick William Riordan, the present incumbent of the corporation described in said instrument, viz, "The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco," and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature and name of office, and also my official seal, at my office in said city and county, the day and year in this certificate above written. [SEAL.] JOHN E. HAMILL, Notary Public. I, Albert B. Mahony, county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and ex-officio clerk of the superior court in and for said city and county, hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of the original declaration and notice of corporate succession in the above-entitled cause, filed in my office on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1885. Attest my hand and seal of said court this 13th day of June, 1902. (Endorsed:) 9639. In the matter of "The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco," a religious corporation sole. Declaration and notice of corporate succession. Filed March 25, 1885. Jas. J. Flynn, clerk. By Jno. J. Mott, deputy clerk. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO CONTINUE THE. EXISTENCE OF THE CORPORATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE THERETO. Whereas the Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco did heretofore, under and by virtue of the act of the legis lature of the State of California entitled "An act concerning corporations," passed April 22nd, 1850, and of the act amendatory thereof, approved May 4th, 1852, become a religious corporation sole, under the title of "The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco," for the purposes of the administration of the temporalities of the Roman Catholic Church in the said archdiocese of San Francisco and the management of the estate and property of said church; and Whereas a proper certificate or declaration of such incorporation was heretofore duly made by the Most Reverend Joseph S. Alemany, who at the time of the making of such certificate or declaration was the duly appointed and acting Roman Catholic archbishop of the said archdiocese; and Whereas the said declaration, together with the bull or commission of his appointment as such archbishop, was on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1854, duly recorded with the county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, the said city and county being the see and place of residence of the said archbishop; and Whereas the Most Reverend Patrick William Riordan was, by the constituted authorities of said Roman Catholic Church, namely, His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, on the 17th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, duly appointed archbishop coadjutor of said archdiocese with the right of succession in said see and to said office of said archbishop of said archdiocese on the occurrence of a vacancy therein; and Whereas the said Most Reverend Joseph S. Alemany duly resigned his said position and office as Roman Catholic archbishop of the said archdiocese, and his resignation was duly accepted on the 21st day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, by the duly constituted authorities of said church, namely, His Holiness Pope Leo XIII; and Whereas a copy of the bull or letter of commission in the Latin language appointing said Patrick William Riordan such archbishop coadjutor with such right of succession duly attested, together with a true and sworn translation thereof, was on the 25th of March, 1885, recorded with the county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, together with a copy duly attested of the letter of acceptance of the said resignation of said Joseph S. Alemany in the Latin language, and a true and sworn translation thereof, and thereupon and in pursuance of his said appointment as archbishop coadjutor of said archdiocese the said Most Reverend Patrick William Riordan became the successor of said Most Reverend Joseph S. Alemany as such archbishop, and as such became, ever since has been, and now is entitled to hold, manage, and administer the temporalities, property, and estate of said Roman Catholic Church in said archdiocese, and also the successor of said Most Reverend Joseph S. Alemany in his corporate capacity as a religious corporation sole under the title of The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco; and Whereas a certificate of such succession by said Patrick W. Riordan to said Joseph S. Alemany in the position and office of the Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco, and of his corporate capacity as a religious corporation sole under the name and designation of The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, was duly executed and acknowledged by the said Joseph S. Alemany, the former incumbent, and the said Patrick William Riordan, the present incumbent, and by said Patrick William Riordan, archbishop as aforesaid, as the corporation sole herein before mentioned on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1885, and which certificate was thereafter and on the 25th day of March, 1885, duly filed at the office of the county clerk in and for the city and county of San Francisco, Now, therefore, the said religious corporation sole, "The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco," the Most Reverend Patrick William Riordan incumbent thereof, does hereby elect to continue its existence under the provisions of the civil code of the State of California, applicable thereto, and especially under the provisions of section 602 of said civil code, and the undersigned Patrick William Riordan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco, and the incumbent and possessor of the corporate franchise of said religious corporation sole known as and called "The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco," do hereby certify that such election was duly made by said corporation and by said Patrick William Riordan, the incumbent and possessor of said corporate franchise. In witness whereof the said Patrick William Riordan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco, has hereunto signed his name and official title and has also signed hereto the corporate name of said corporation, and affixed hereto its corporate seal, and has also acknowledged these presents as the act of said corporation. PATRICK WILLIAM RIORDAN, The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and County of San Francisco, ss: On this seventeenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, before me, Donzel Stoney, a notary public in and for the said city and county of San Francisco, State of California, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Patrick William Riordan, who is personally known to me to be the incumbent of the office of the Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, and as such the only member of the corporation sole known as and called The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, the corporation sole that executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that such corporation sole executed the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in said city and county of San Francisco, the day and year in this certificate first above written. [NOTARIAL SEAL.] DONZEL STONEY. Notary Public in and for the City and County STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and County of San Francisco, ss: On this seventeenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, before me, Donzel Stoney, a notary public in and for the said city and county of San Francisco, State of California, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Patrick William Riordan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to, and who executed the within instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in the said city and county of San Francisco, the day and year in this certificate first above written. [NOTARIAL SEAL.] DONZEL STONEY, Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. I, Albert B. Mahony, county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and ex-officio clerk of the superior court in and for said city and county, hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of the original notice of election to continue existence of corporation under the codes of the State of California, in the above entitled cause, filed in my office on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1896. Attest my hand and seal of said court this 13th day of June, 1902. (Endorsed:) No. 9639. In the matter of The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, a religious corporation sole. Notice of election to continue existence of corporation under the codes of the State of California. Filed Feb. 18, 1896. C. F. Curry, clerk. By Wm. R. A. Johnson, deputy clerk. |