THE

GENERAL LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

FROM 1850 TO 1864, INCLUSIVE:

BEING A COMPILATION OF

ALL ACTS OF A GENERAL NATURE NOW IN FORCE,

WITH FULL REFERENCES TO REPEALED ACTS, SPECIAL AND LOCAL LEGISLATION, AND
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,
TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, PROCLAMATIONS TO THE PEOPLE

OF CALIFORNIA, CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALI-
FORNIA, ACT OF ADMISSION,

AND

UNITED STATES NATURALIZATION LAWS,

WITH NOTES OF CALIFORNIA DECISIONS THEREON.

BY

THEODORE H. HITTELL,

OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAR.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

SAN FRANCISCO:

H. H. BANCROFT AND COMPANY.