El Dorado; thence southwesterly along said summit to a point two miles west of James Green's house, in Hope Valley, called Thompson's Peak; thence southwesterly in a direct line to a point on the Amador and Nevada turnpike road in front of Z. Kirkwood's house, being common corner of Amador, Alpine, and El Dorado; thence south across the north fork of the Mokelumne River to the road leading from West Point, in Calaveras, to Big Tree road, near the Big Meadows; thence easterly along said West Point road to the Big Tree road; thence easterly in a direct line to where the Sonora trail strikes the middle fork of the Stanislaus River; thence easterly along said trail to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence northerly along said summit to the dividing ridge between West Walker and Carson Rivers; thence northeasterly along said dividing ridge to the State line, forming easterly corner of Alpine and northerly corner of Mono; thence northwest along said State line to the place of beginning. County seat-Silver Mountain. NOTE.-Stats. 1864, p. 178; 1866, p. 144; 1870, p. 20. SAN JOAQUIN. Joaquin. 3932. Beginning at the junction of the San Joa- Şan quin and Mokelumne Rivers, on the line of Sacramento County; thence up the latter to the mouth of Dry Creek; thence up Dry Creek to the southeast corner of Sacramento, as established in Section 3928; thence southeasterly, to a point on Mokelumne River, being the point of beginning of survey of Boucher and Wallace of line between San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; thence southeasterly, on the line of said survey, to the extreme northern corner of Stanislaus County, on north side of and near to Calaveras River, at a point on western line of Range Ten East, Mount Diablo Stanislaus. meridian, as established by survey of George E. Drew, approved May, eighteen hundred and sixty, shown on map of said survey; thence south, on said range line, to Stanislaus River; thence down said river to its confluence with the San Joaquin; thence southwest, to the summit of the Coast Range, as shown on survey and map of Wallace and Stakes, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and forming the common corner of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, and Alameda, as shown also on map of Boardman and Stakes, July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence northwesterly, following the summit of the said Coast Range to a post near the middle of Section Thirtytwo, Township Four South, Range Four East; thence no.th to the southeast corner of Contra Costa, being a point on the west channel of the San Joaquin River, as laid down on Gibbe's map, at a bend where the said west channel, running downward, takes a general course north, which point is shown on map of Boardman and Stakes, July, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight; thence down the said west channel to its confluence with the main river; thence down said river to the place of beginning. County seat-Stockton. NOTE.-Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1852, p. 178; 1852, p. 180; 1860, p. 34. John Wallace, Civil Engineer of San Joaquin County, furnished an elegant map of that county, and much valuable information in relation to county boundaries, which were used in framing this and other sections. STANISLAUS. 3933. Beginning at common corner of Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Joaquin, on the summit of Mount Boardman, of the Mount Diablo Range, as shown on survey and map of Wallace and Stakes, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence southeasterly, on the summit line of said range, being east ern line of Santa Clara, to the northwest corner of Merced, forming the southwest corner of Stanislaus, as established by survey and map of A. J. Stakes, July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence northeasterly, on line as established by said last named survey, to the junction of the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers; thence down the San Joaquin seven miles; thence in a direct line a little north of east to a monument established by survey of A. J. Stakes, being on the summit of the ridge between Merced and Stanislaus, and marking common corner of Tuolumne, Merced, Mariposa, and Stanislaus; thence northwesterly, in a direct line, and crossing the Stanislaus River, to monument established by survey and map of George E. Drew, May, eighteen hundred and sixty, on the north bank of said last named river; thence northwesterly, on line of said survey, to its intersection with western line of Range Ten East, Mount Diablo meridian, which point is marked by a monument establishing the north corner of Stanislaus County; thence south, on said range line, to Stanislaus River; thence down the latter to its mouth in San Joaquin River; thence southwesterly on line as surveyed and mapped by Wallace and Stakes, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to the place of beginning. County seat-Modesto. NOTE.-Stats. 1854, p. 40; 1855, p. 245; 1860, p. 34; 1870, p. 776. MERCED. 3934. Beginning at northwest corner, being south- Merced. west corner of Stanislaus, as shown on survey and map of A. J. Stakes, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight; thence northeasterly, on southern line of Stanislaus, as described in Section 3933, to common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced, and Stanislaus, as established in said section; thence southeasterly, by Mono. Calaveras. direct line, being western line of Mariposa, to Phillips' Ferry, on Merced River; thence southeasterly, on line of Mariposa, being line shown on "Map of Mariposa County," to Newton's Crossing on Chowchilla Creek, forming southeast corner; thence down the northern side and on high water mark, being on line of Fresno, to the lower clump of cottonwood timber at the sink of said creek; thence south, forty-five degrees west, to the eastern line of Monterey, on summit of Coast Range, forming southwest corner; thence northwesterly, by said summit and line of Monterey and Santa Clara, to the place of beginning. County seat-Snelling. NOTE.-Stats. 1855, p. 125; 1856, p. 183; 1866, p. 172; 1868, p. 56. MONO. 3935. Beginning at north corner on State line, being east corner of Alpine, as established in Section 3931; thence southwesterly, on the easterly line of Alpine, as established in Section 3931, to the main summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence southerly, along said summit, on easterly line of Alpine, Tuolumne, and Fresno, to a point where the northern line of Township Six South, Mount Diablo base, intersects said summit line, forming southwest corner; thence east, on said township line, being the northern line of Inyo, to the eastern line of the State, forming southeast corner; thence northwest, on the State line, to the place of beginning. County seat-Bridgeport. NOTE.-Stats. 1861, p. 235; 1864, pp. 30, 178; 1866, pp. 144, 335; 1870, pp. 20, 421. CALAVERAS. 3936. Beginning at southern corner, at a point in the Stanislaus River where it intersects the eastern line of Stanislaus County, as established in Section 3933, being a point one mile north of Knight's Ferry, NOTE.-Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1854, p. 46; 1855, p. 134; TUOLUMNE. 3937. Beginning at the most western corner, being Tuolumne. the southern corner of Calaveras, as established in Section 3936, in Stanislaus River; thence southeasterly to common corner of Merced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne, as established in Section 3933; thence easterly on northern line of Mariposa, following summit line of the dividing ridge between Tuolumne and Merced Rivers, to Mount Lyell, as marked on Warren Holt's map, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being on the western line of Mono and common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Fresno; thence northerly by the line of Mono, being the summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the southern corner of Alpine, as established in Section 3931; thence northwesterly by the line of Alpine to the southeastern corner of Calaveras; thence westerly on the line of Calaveras and down the Stanislaus River, to the place of beginning. County seat-Sonora. NOTE.-Stats. 1851, p. 175; 1855, p. 245; 1859, p. 213; 1864, p. 178; 1866, p. 144; 1870, p. 20. |