The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-20
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cOxsssFED ELvcfioN CAss. Tho contested
slsc,I6a case Of Reibsam vs.. Davis, was tried
.bsGosV Jadgs johnson, on the 18th instant,
wilhOat the ihierve nticn of jury. For the
lnlOFmallOn Of the reader and proper under
standing of the subject, We give the following
fading and decision Of the Court: Estate of
California, County If FL DOrado.-In Special
Term Of The County Court of said County
william E. Reibs m rs. L. II. Davis. On Sat
urday the 18th day Of December, A. d. 1852,
the above entitled cause was tried by the Court
without the Intervention of jury. Finding Of
fetS:-The Board of Supervisors of said
County, at their term next succeeding the last
general election, declared said L. n. Davis
duly slscted Is Supervisor for the Second Su-
perVisor District of said County. Said Viii
Ism 4 Dsib%s-'i1 ,'''A ~ tho NApaU'''c''''e'
a iHIS sun had been TOT more Ghan year,
citiEsn and resident Of said Second Supervisor
District Of said County Of Ell Dorado and that
said Riehsam Is aud during the time aforesaid
w1s 5xuIy3rd elector of said Cou1:y a. y.
triet. Previous to the last general election
vacancy was about to occur in the office OF
Supervisor for said Sccoud District by the ex-
piFatioa of the term Of the then incumbent of
oaid olics, and due proclamation and notice
was made aud given of that fact as required by
lAw. Said William E. Reibsam and said l.. NJ.
Davis we're candidates to III said Office. Al th,.
lAst general election votes were cast for the par
ties respectively at all places at which polls
were opened 10 said Second Supervisor District
that returns of said votes were made and fled
witn the Clerk of said County as required BY
laW, and were canvassed by the Board Of Su-
pervisors Of said County who declared said l..
n. Davis duly elected Supervisor for said Sec
ODd Supervisor District. The said Second SUI
pervisOr District, prior to the last general cleo
ton, was legally composed Of tue Townships
Of Mud Springs, Diamond Springs, Mountain,
COsamnes and Lake Valley, excepting what
purpOrted to be Lake Bigler Precinct at Deans,
In the last mentioned Township. The source
Of the Middle Fork Of the American River is ut
Q small lake near Pyramid Peak. A due East
line run thence to the State line, leaves said
Lake Bigler Precinct at Deans, from seven to
nine miles North. Said Precinct at Deans is
rot In said County Of FL Dorado, but is in the
County Of Placer by distance OF f. m seven
"a nine miles. At said Precinct at Deans said
Reibsam received three and said Davis niue-
teen votes, oil of which were Illegal. Exclu-
ding said Precinct at Deans, said Reibsam re-
eeived nine hundred and one and said Davis
eight hundred and ninety six legal votes. The
majority Of legal votes in favor Of said Reih-
sam in said Second Supervisor District as cast
at the election aforesaid is tive. Conclusions of
law: It appearing from tie foregoing facts that
said William L. ReIbsam has received MAORI
~ Of legal votes over the said L. N. Davis in
said Second Supervisor District my concu-
sions of W are that said L. NJ. Davis was not
elected, but that said William +. Rcibsam was
elected Supervisor for said Second Supervisor
District at said last general election. II is,
therefore, considered, ordered, adrised and |
decreed that said election in said Second SIT
peFvisOr District, SO far as said l.. NJ Davis. the +,
respondent, is concerned, be annulled, set aside
and held for nought, and that any and every
certificate that said l.. N. Davis may have to
and for said Second Supervisor District, be
annulled and declared void ; aud said William
E. Riebsam having received the highest num-
Der Of legal votes for Supervisor in and for said
Second Supervisor Dstrict,he is declared duly
elected Supervisor for said District and it is
said Riebsam have judgment against said DA-
Wis for costs
RIGHr.-On Tuesday evening the Common
Council passed an ordinance giving the Chief
Seventy-6ve dollars per month. Ii Was a
righteous act, and. will meet the hearty appro-
val Of our citizens. The office Of Chief Eng-
neer is no sinecure, but ON the contrary, it is
one Of much labor and 6 eat responsibility
and when properly filed requires almost the
entire attention of It's incumbent. The Chief
Engineer, besides being good fireman, should
possess at least respectable clerical quulilica-
lions, Tor he has reports to make and books to
keep, and no one possessing such qualifications
would think OF demanding for his services to
au individual SO small q compensation as the
Council propose TO pay this important City
funehOnary, yet we thiak it is enough for the
present hard times, and congratulate them
for their wise act Of tardy justice. When the
city shall have made some provision for
- relieving The fire companies Of the load Of
debt they have been compelled to contract
ell Tor the public good-we will begin to think
she appreciates her noble Fire Department
- H. nf
and comfort made by its members. The ord-
nance here alluded TO is move in the right
direction, and we trust it W i'll prove the
" svant courier" of other acts for the good Of
the Department.
. CHRISrMAS.-We can scarcely realize, go
warm, bright and beautiful has the weather
been, that Christmas is upon us. We have
had NO "chill NOvembcr's sully blasts" nor
"dark DEFENDERS days; no heavy rains
6erce winds, murky clouds, nor nippiug frOsts.
Our winter, TINS far, has been bright and cheer
ful, with 4 fair prospect ofcontinuing so. There
u something so congenial TO human nature, so
absolutely necessary to the health of mind and
body, in the relaxation which festivals afford,
that We do not wonder that their coming is al
ways gladly welcomed by all, but more espe-
eially by the young, gay and happy. In this
season Of gayety and enjoyment, let us not for
get the poor uufortunates, who may be suffer
ing for the necessarics of life, but give freely
and unsel6shly, and thus perhaps brighten
some deSolate hearths. To IFS friends and pa
irons, the publishers of the DgNocRAr wish a
Merry Christmas, may health, happiness and
prosperity be theirs.
CAPTURED. knows that the Ma
sons and Odd Fellows cause initiates to ride
upon . goat, before branding them with
gridirOn! Well, Palmyra Lodge Of Masons,
located in Upper Placervile, through the care
lessness Of their Tyler, lost their goat short
time ago, and, of course, had to stop making
Masons for the want Of him. On Tuesday eve
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