was dissolved here as elsewhere, and Dolores Pacheco served as juez de paz in 1839-40. The jurisdiction of the ayuntamiento extended after 1834 from the
Yerba Buena ejidos without prejudice to the common use of wood, water, etc. Id., S. J., iv. 137; Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., i. 412.
1834. Alcalde Pedro Chabolla; regidores Máximo and Ignacio Martinez (the election of Tomás Pacheco being declared null), sec. Salvio Pacheco, and José Fernandez from July. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., ix. 142, 146, 148, 155. Alcalde permitted by gov. to go to S. Rafael for 6 days; a regidor must be punished like any other man, and cannot leave town without permission. Id., 148, 151. May 15th, municipal regulations issued by the alcalde. Dept. St. Pap., MS., iii. 163-6. Citizens not to go in pursuit of horse thieves, except in company with troops. Id., S. J., iv. 143. June 12th, Sec. Zamorano reports that the civil and political jurisdiction of (por parte del) the pueblo of S. José has always been understood to extend 'from the Laguna rancho to Sta Clara, and on the other side comprising all the ranchos as far as the strait of Carquines, toward the villa de Branciforte as far as the summit of the sierra which divides them.' St. Pap., M. & C., MS., ii. 218. And on June 28th the gov. fixes the limits, not very clearly, as follows: 'The demarcation toward the pueblo of S. José Guadalupe will begin from the line fixed for that of S. F. at the rancho of the Castros' (S. Lorenzo and S. Leandro? but these ranchos not included) 'from the missions of Sta Clara and S. José and the said rancho and settlements (congregaciones) of the centre as far as la gentilidad toward the tulares, following the cordillera and the valley to the Laguna rancho, near the sierra of Sta Cruz, the summit of which will serve as dividing line between S. José and Branciforte.' Id., 220.
1835. Alcalde Antonio María Pico; regidores (Ignacio Martinez) and Leandro Rochin, síndico Luis Chabolla, sec. José Berreyesa, depositario José Noriega. Jan. 15th, municipal and police regulations in 21 articles. St. Pap. Sac., MS., xi. 23-9. Petition of inhab. of Contra Costa to be transferred from S. F. jurisdiction to that of S. José. This vol., p. 291.
1836. Alcalde José Maria Alviso; regiilores (Leandro Rochin) and Nicolás Berreyesa, síndico Francisco Archuleta, sec. José Berreyesa. Record of elections Dec. 13, 21, 1835, in Castro, Doc., MS., i. 23-5. March, padre complains that men at S. Ignacio rancho sell liquor to the Ind. S. José, Arch., MS., i. 11. Sept. 10th, meeting of ayunt. to complain of the padres of S. José and Sta Clara who put obstacles in the way of justice and assumed authority not belonging to them; it was voted to call on the gov. to oblige the padres to give up to the court two Ind. offenders, Mateo and Estanislao. St. Pap., M. & C., MS., ii. 367-8. Only one prisoner in June. In Feb. the alcalde was excused from serving by the gov., but no successor is named. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., iv. 113; v. 9.
1837. Alcalde Juan Alvires; regidores (Nicolás Berreyesa) and John Burton. Antonio Rodriguez is also mentioned in Nov. as alcalde (?). Sta Cruz Arch., MS., 44. Burton acted as juez much of the year. Jan. 19th, municipal regulations published by the ayunt. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 68. Dec. 21st, nine citizens for all petitioned that no grants of land should be made until the pueblo lands could be marked out. A petition for the assigning of these lands was sent to the gov. on the 23d by the alcalde; and on the 24th the gov. authorized the ayunt. to appoint a commission to make a map. Hall's Hist. S. J., 125 et seq.
1838. Alcalde Dolores Pacheco. No other member of the ayunt. named. In March the ayunt. appointed Guillermo Castro, Wm Gulnac, and Salvio Pacheco as comisionados to survey the pueblo lands, which they did with all due formalities, and the map and report were sent to the gov.; but there is no evidence of any subsequent confirmation. According to this survey, some of the original landmarks had been incorrectly placed. Full account of the
