The Nevada journal., 1852-01-03

Picayune that n meeting Of the members
elect to the next Legislature, was held
on Tuesday morning, December 30th
at the District Court room, in the Cali
forna Exchange, for the pur cse of con-
sulting together, as to the place where
the third session of the Legislature of
California which is to commence on the
5th inst should be held,
Gen. Anderson, Of Tuolumne county
was appointed chairman, and Messrs.
Coffreth and Wood secretaries.
The chairman stated that the object
of the meeting was to decide as to the
place where the Legislature should
meet, whether at Vallejo or San Jose.
The counties were then called over
and the following gentlemen answered
to their names:
SENATORS, Messrs Roach, Tingley,
Soule, Anderson, McKibben, Cooke, Es-
tell, Lyle, Keene, Denvir, Snyder, Bro
derrick, Watson--l3.
MEMBERS OF Assembly -Messrs Morse,
Merritt, Ridley, Wall, Ellis, Nevada J
Lyons, Kinney, lngersoll, Cameron, Cof-
iroth, McConaha, Thompson, Hinch-
man, Orrick, Wood, Peachy, Wohler,
Crabb, Hammond, Graham, Parrish,
Paxton, Cooke, Stevenson, Chauncey,
McCaudlet Coates, Fowler, Cutter, FL
lis, (San Franciseo) Gardner-3l.
Mr.. Parrish, of Yolo, introduced the
following resolution.
Whereas, by an Act approved the 4th
of February, the people Of the State of
California, represented in the Senate
and Assembly, did enact that, from and
after the close of that session of the Le-
gislature, the city of Vallejo, situated
upon the Bay of Napa and Straits of
Carqulnez, should be the permanent seat
of government for California,
Therefore, Resolved, That we, q por-
tion of the delegates elect to the next
Legislature, will assemble at Vallejo on
the first Monday in January next; and
we hereby request all other members
to assemble with US at Vallejo, on that
day.
Mr.. Tingley offered the following sub.
stitute:
Resolved, That as Senators and AS
semblymen elect to the General Assem-
bly, of the State of California, we will
not assemble in Legislative capacity at
Vallejo until it shall be proved to us
that Gen. Vallejo has fully and fairly
fulfilled the provisions of the law in re-
ference to the change of the seat of 60
vernment, and complied with his con.
tract with the State; and until that
fact is clearly manifest we will con-
vene at the point designated by the
Constitution as the Capital of the State.
After some discussion, the substitute
was lost by the following vote
Messrs. Tingley, and Soule, of the
Senate, and Messrs. Wall, Ellis (of Me-
vada Ingersoll, Thompson, Hinchman,
Wood, Hammond, Stevenson and Ellis,
of San Francisco of the Assembly
total II, voted in the affirmative.
Messrs. Roach, Anderson, McKibben,
Cooke, Estell, Ksene, Snyder, Brode-
rick and Walton-9, of the Senate, and
Messrs. Morse, Merritt, Ridley, Lyons,
Kinney, Dameron, Coffroth, McConaha,
Orrick, Peachy, Wohler, Crabbe, Gra-
ham, Parrish, Paxton, Cooke, Coates,
Fowler, Cutter and Gardner--2O, of the
Assembly; total 20, voted in the mega
tive.
The original resolu tion was then adopt
ed as follows, SO that Vallejo is the seat
of government without doubt, as this de-
cision indicates the views of the ma
jority:
Ayes-Messrs, Roach, Anderson, Nc
Kibben, Cooke, Estell, Keene, Denver,
Frederick, Walton, Morse, Merritt, Rid
ley, Lyons, Kinney, Dameron, McCona-
ha, Oirick, Peachy Wohler, Crabbe,
Graham, Parrish, Paxton, McCandless
Coates, Fowler Cutter, and Gardner-2S
Nays Messrs. Tingley, Soule, Lyle,
Snyder, Wall, Ellis, (of Nevada) Inger-
soil, Thompson Hinchman, Wood, Ham,
mcnd, Stevenson, and Ellis, (of Saa
Francisco) l3.