the number newly granted, which were occupied by private owners during the decade, information being mainly drawn from the later records of the Land Commission. Municipal affairs were managed by an ayuntamiento elected each December for the following year, until late in 1839, when justices of the peace took the place of alcaldes and regidores. Jueces de campo for the environs of the town and auxiliary alcaldes at the ranchos were subordinate to the ayuntamiento. A full official list is appended,[1] with such
- ↑ Municipal government at Los Angeles, with list of officials. Chief authorities: Los Ang. Arch., MS., i., iv., v.; Id., Ayunt. Rec., MS., Dept. St. Pap., MS., xviii.; Id., Ang., i.-v., xi.; Id., Ben. Pref. y Juzg., iii., v., vi.; Id., Ben., iv.-v.; Leg. Rec., MS., i., ii.; Valle, Doc., MS., besides hundreds of scattered references.
1831. Alcalde Vicente Sanchez; 1st regidor Juan B. Alvarado; síndico Gil Ibarra. Sanchez was always in trouble. His election was declared void because he was a member of the assembly, and the 1st regidor took his place, He was suspended in April, but reinstated by Victoria, to be again suspended and imprisoned by V.'s opponents in Dec. Tiburcio Tapia is named as alcalde in May. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Pref. y Juzg., MS., iii. 56. The auxiliary
Azuza). The Félix, 4 voters in all 1839; 8 men in 1836. S. José de Buenos Aires, belonged to Alanis and Polanco in 1840. Near Sta Mónica. Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 59, 82-3. *San Pascual, 3 l., granted in 1840 to Enrique Sepúlveda and José Perez; M. M. Lugo de Foster et al. cl. San Pedro, 10 l., granted in 1822 to Juan J. Dominguez; M. Dominguez et al. cl. 4 voters in 1839. San Rafael, 8 l., granted in 1784, 1798 to J. M. Verdugo, whose heirs were cl. Two Verdugos and another voter in 1839. San Vicente, 4 l., granted in 1839 to Francisco Sepúlveda, who was cl. Included Sta Mónica. Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 59, 82-3; Carrillo (D.), Doc., MS., 79-80. Santa Ana, see Cañada de Sta A. and Santiago de Sta A., Santa Catalina Isl., solicited in 1840 by Louis Vignes and J. M. Ramirez for sheep-raising, but not granted. Dept. St. Pap., Pref. y Juzg., MS., vi. 77; Id., Ang., xii. 40-1, 97. Santa Gertrudis, 5 l., conf. in 1834 to widow of Manuel Nieto, S. Carpenter cl. 48 (?) men in 1836; 10 voters in 1839. Report on this rancho in 1833 in Cota, Doc., MS., 1. Santa Mónica, see Boca de Sta M. In 1840 it was decided that neither Marquez nor Reyes had any title to the lands which had been held by Alvarado and Machado. Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 59, 82-3. Santiago de Santa Ana, 11 l., granted in 1810 to Antonio Yorba, whose heirs were the cl. In 1836 three men; in 1839 three Lugos and another voter. Sauzal Redondo, 5 l., conf. in 1837 to Antonio Ign. Ávila, who was the cl. *Topanga Malibu, 3 l., granted in 1804 to J. B. Tapia; L. V. Prudhomme cl. No record in 1831-40. Tujunga, 1½ l., granted in 1840 to Pedro Lopez et al.; cl., D. W. Alexander et al. Vírgenes, 2 l., granted in 1837 to J. M. Dominguez; cl., M. Ant. Machado. Two voters in 1839. *Las Vírgenes, gr. in 1834 to Domingo Carrillo, whose heirs were the cl. See record of cases in Hoffman's Reports, also Hayes' Miscell., 29-31; Id., Doc., MS., 12. On pueblo lots, see cases nos 422, 477, 688 before the L. C. In 1836 the matter of titles to town lands was agitated, and it appeared that no one had a written title, grants having been made verbally at first by military comisionados and later by the ayuntamiento. Owners were ordered to petition for regular titles to stop boundary disputes. Los. Ang. Arch., MS., i. 76-8; ii. 72; Id., Ayunt. Rec., 4; Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 3.
