[36] Colton case, pp. 948-49, Huntington to Colton, October 8, 1874.

[37] Tinkham, “History of Stockton,” p. 356; San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 1874.

[38] Laws of California, 1852, Ch. 77.

[39] Ibid., 1857, Ch. 243.

[40] Ibid., 1858, Ch. 300.

[41] Ibid., 1859, Ch. 241.

[42] Ibid., 1859, Ch. 263, 264.

[43] Ibid., 1859, Ch. 262.

[44] Laws of California, 1863, Ch. 77

[45] Ibid., 1863, Ch. 125.