The Delegates elected to the Convention to prepare a Constitution, to be submitted for adoption by the people of California, convened at Monterey, September 1st, 1849, and adjourned over until the fourth, when that body organized by the election of Dr. Robert Semple, President, and William G. Marcy, Secretary.

The representation for each district in the Convention, was apportioned as follows: San Diego, 2; Los Angeles, 7; Santa Barbara, 5; San Luis Obispo, 2; Monterey, 5; San José, 7; San Francisco, 9; Sonoma, 6; Sacramento, 15; San Joaquin, 15. Total, 73. Of this number but forty-eight were present during the sitting of the Convention. The following are the names of the absentees elected and entitled to seats in the Convention:

Los Angeles: Luis Rubideaux, Manuel Requerra. Santa Barbara: Amitasio Carillo, Manuel Imeno. Sonoma: R. Maupin, J. Clyman, L. W. Boggs. Sacramento: John Bidwell, John S. Fowler, James Queen, W. Blackburn, R. M. Jones, W. Lacy, Charles E. Pickett. San Joaquin : S. Haley, C. L. Peck, M. Fallon, B. Ogden, George A. Pendleton, Col. Jackson, Jeremiah Ford, B. L. Morgan, Walter Chipman. San Francisco: W. D. M. Howard.

The Convention adjourned sine die, October 13th, 1849, after a session of forty-three days, during which time a work was consummated of great importance and responsibility, in a manner alike honorable to themselves and their constituents. The result of their labors was presented to the people to be acted upon, on the 13th day of November, 1849, and was almost unanimously adopted by them as the Constitution of the State.

Exhibiting the Names of the Members of the Convention which formed the Constitution of California, the Districts represented by them, their Nativity,

XXVIII. STATE OFFICERS,

From the Organization of the State Government, Dec. 1849, to 1857.

Peter H. Burnett (a) John Bigler.

Term 1854-55.

Governor..
John Bigler.
Lieut. Gov'r... John McDougal (b). Samuel Purdy. Samuel Purdy.
Sec'y of State.. W. Van Voorhies... W. Van Voorhies (g) Jas. W. Denver (1).
Jas. W. Denver.... C. H. Hempstead..
Controller John S. Houston... Winslow S. Pierce. Samuel Bell..

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Term 1856-'57.

J. Neely Johnson..
R. M. Anderson...
David F. Douglass.

Geo. W. Whitman.
E. F. Burton (k).....
Henry Bates...
Jas. L. English ().

Attorney-Gen'l. E. J. C. Kewen (c), S. C. Hastings.......... J. R. McConnell... Wm. T. Wallace...
Jas. A. McDougali.

Surveyor-Gen'l. Charles J. Whiting W. M. Eddy.
Sup. Pub. Ins'n John G. Marvin... John G. Marvin.

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Sup. Pub. Bdg's J. S. Graham.

S. H. Marlette. John H. Brewster..
Paul K. Hubbs.... Paul K. Hubbs....
A. J. Moulder (m)..]

J. S. Graham (h)........

Q'r Mast. Gen'l J. C. Moorhead (d). W. H. Richardson.. Wm. C. Kibbe..... Wm. C. Kibbe.....
Wm. H. Richardson Wm. C. Kibbe (i)..
Adj't-Gen'l J. R. Per Lee (e)...

E. W. McKinstry..

....

State Printer... H. H. Robinson (). Eugene Casserly (Geo. Kerr & Co. James Allen.............
J. Winchester SG. K. Fitch & B. B. Redding....
Eugene Casserly...V. E. Geiger...)
State Translator J. H. Schull... W. E. P. Hartnell.. W. E. P. Hartnell.. Agustin Ainsa....

(f) H. H. Robinson resigned May 4th, 1850. J.
Winchester appointed same date, who also
resigned March 28th, 1851. Eugene Cas-
serly was elected by the Legislature, May)
1st, 1851, and continued in office until
the contract system of 1852 was carried into
effect. Contract awarded to G. K. Fitch
and V. E. Geiger June, 1852, who trans-
ferred the same, by consent of the Legisla-
ture, to George Kerr & Co., February 3d, (m)
1853. Contract system repealed May 1st,

Secretary of
State made ex officio Superintendent of Pub-
lic Buildings May 12th, 1853.
William C. Kibbe appointed Quartermaster-
General June, 1852, under Militia Law of
1852, which provides that the Quartermas-
ter-General shall be ex officio Adjutant-
General.

Resigned November 1st, 1856. Charles H.
Hempstead appointed to vacancy.
Appointed February, 1857, vice George W.
Whitman suspended.

() Appointed February, 1857, vice Henry Bates
resigned.

Term commenced January 1st, 1857. Term of office, three years.

XXIX.—JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,*

From the Organization of the State Government in 1850 to 1857.

P. H. Burnett (c). C. S. Fairfax.... B. C. Whitman... B. C. Whitman...

Judge Wells died Oct. 31, 1854. Chas. H. Bryan appointed to vacancy, and continued until Sept. 1855, when David S. Terry was elected for the unexpired term.

Elected Sept. 1851, as successor of Judge Hastings, for term of six years from Jan. 1, '52. Resigned Jan. 13, 1857. Peter H. Burnett appointed to vacancy.

*For te ms and salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court see page 83.

XXX.-LEGISLATURE OF CALIFORNIA.*

[Seat of Government, Sacramento.]

MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.-The Constitution of California provides that the number of Members of the Assembly shall not exceed eighty, and that of the Senators shall not be less than one-third nor more than onehalf of the Assembly. The Apportionment Act of 1853 fixes the number of Senators at thirty-three, and the Members of the Assembly at eighty; total, one hundred and thirteen. The term of the Senators is two years, one-half of which expire each year; of the Members of Assembly, one year.

FIRST SESSION.-Organized December 15, 1849, at San José, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-nine days, on the 22d of April, 1850. Number of members: Senate, 16; Assembly, 36; total, 52.

SECOND SESSION.-Organized at San José, January 6, 1851, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and sixteen days, on the 1st of May, 1851. Number of members: Senate, 16; Assembly, 36; total, 52.

THIRD SESSION.-Organized at Vallejo, January 5, 1852; removed to Sacramento, January 12, 1852, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-one days, on the 4th of May, 1852. Number of members: Senate, 27; Assembly, 62; total, 89.

FOURTH SESSION.-Organized at Vallejo, January 3, 1853; removed to Benicia, February 4, 1853, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-seven days, on the 19th of May, 1853. Number of members: Senate, 27; Assembly, 63; total, 90.

FIFTH SESSION.-Organized at Benicia, January 2, 1854; removed to Sacramento February 25th, 1854, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-four days, on the 15th of May, 1854. Number of members: Senate, 34;† Assembly, 80; total, 114.

SIXTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 1, 1855, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-seven days, on the 7th of May, 1855. Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113.

SEVENTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 7, 1856, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and six days, on the 21st of April, 1856. Number of members: Senate 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113.

EIGHTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 5, 1857; (in session). Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113.

* For Officers of the State, Legislature, etc., see pp. 75-81. See Constitution of the State, Art. IV. page 63.

+ The first Senatorial District was represented in the Senate of 1854 by two members: making the number of Senators of that session one more than is provided for by the apportionment of 1853.