The Sierra citizen., 1854-02-11
EVENING SESSION.


The committee reported the following
petition, which was received and adopted
by the Convention:
To the Honorable, the Legislature of the
State of California, GREETING:
We, your petitioners. residents in portions
of Sierra, Butte, and Yuba counties, in said
State, would humbly represent to your
Honorable body: That under the present
organization and local position of the above
named counties, that we your petitioners.
inhabiting portions of each, find it verv
inconvenient, owing to the distance to the
shire towns or county seats of the above
named counties, and also to the natural
ruggedness and unevenness of the roads,
to attend for the discharge of our civil du-
ties at the county seats of the above named
counties: We your petitioners would fur
ther represent to your Honorable body that,
owing to the great increase in population,
the developments in mineral and other
sources of wealth, therefore, we hum
bly, ask your Honorable body to grant the
formation Of new county to be known and
designated as Summit county, out of por-
tiOns of the above named counties, the lines
to be established and run as follows: Com
mencing at point two miles south from
Poker Flat in Sierra county, and running
due east to the present boundary line be-
tween the State of California and Utah Ter
ritOry; thence along said line to the inter-
section OF the present boundary line be-
tween Butte and Shasta counties then
following said line to the intersection OF
meridian one hundred and twenty one west
longitude; then following said meridian
south to the intersection of the present
boundary line of Sierra and Yuba countless;
thence nOrthward or southwark (as the
case may be) with the last mentioned boun-
Diary until by running due east it will inter-
sect or strike the point of beginning.
And as in duty bound your petitioners
will ever pray &c, &c.
P. O. lIundley Esq, then offered the
following resolutions, which after some
discussion were separately adopted:
Resolred, That this Convention now pro-
ceed to ballot for two persons to whom shall
be entrusted the presentation of the memo
rials, and to whom shall be furnished funds
sufficient to defray the expenses incurred
thereby.
Resolued, That if on the first ballot there
Shall Dc uO CuOiCc tuc COlNcutlOu proceed
to second ballot, first dropping all names
except the four highest; if no choice on the
second ballot, they proceed to third, first
dropping all names except the three highest
Resolued, That no candidate be declared
elected unless he shall have received ma
jority of all the votes cast
Resolued, That each precinct shall cast
their vote according as the majority of dele
gates from each precinct shall determine
Chas. A. Keyser, of Gibsonville, and
John FL. Marshall, of ST. Louis, were then
duly elected as delegates to attend the ses-
sion of the Legislature and present the
memorials.
N. G. Cunningham Esq, then offered
the following resolution, which was
,adopted.
Resolued, That financial Committee be
elected, consisting of one member from each
district, whose duty it shall be to collect
the funds for defraying the expenses of the
delegates to attend the session of the Leg
islature, and direct the disbursement of
such funds in such manner as shall best, in
the Judgment of said committee, attain the
establishment of new county-said com.
mittee to raise said funds on or before the