Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06
Board of subgrsisorz;

The Board met yesterday, all the meiii
| bers present except Mr. Steinman. Min
utes read and approved
The resignation of John L. Scholeield as
| Constable of San joaquin township, wa;
read and accepted.
On motion of Mr. Bates, the sum OF
S24 60 was ordered taken from the general
fund, and the sum of 500 from the fund OF
Road District No. Is, to pay the claim OF
the Friend & Terry Lumber Company.
Upon motion of Mr. Jackson, Mr.. Nc
Mullen was appointed TO have an old bridge
on the Twelfth-streetro road removed and the
lumber piled up, at cost not to exceed 500
Upon motion of Mr. McMullen, the Clerk
of the Board was ordered TO notify Finley
Mcmillan, Oyerseer of Road District No. 3,
to appear before the Board on the first
Tuesday of July, 1885, at 2 o'clock P NJ, TO
respond to the contest OF John Aston for
the office.
The Finance Committee reported large
number of claims, which were thereupOn
allowed.
On motion of Mr. McMullen, the County
Auditor was authorized to purchase tax
computing machine, n a cost to the county
not to exceed 500.
On motion of Mr.. jackson, the Chair
man was directed to call the attention of the
attorneys engaged in prosecuting the min
ing debris suits for Sacramento county. to
the fact that the new Gold Run hydraulic
mine is reported to be again in operation.
On motion of Mr.. Bates, the Board unan-
imouslv Endorsed the resolutions adopted
by the Board of Supervisors of Yuba
county in Nay last relative to the action
Of Supreme Judge Morrison i'll issuing writs
OF habeaS corpus i'll the case of Patrick
Campbell, hydraulic miner.
Adjourned for the term.
The resolutions adopted by the Supervis-
Ors of Yuba. and by them forwarded to the
Sacramento Board. were as follows:
WHEREAS. On the Sd day of March, 1881 Pat
rick Campbell, of Tuba county, principal owner
of the Golden Gate Consolidated Hydraulic
Mining Company Smar1syille, was, on the
testimony of a number of witnesses before the
Superior Court of sasi county. Of which ?. W.
keyScr Is Superior Judge, found guilty by said
Court OF contempt IN having, IN disobedience
and defiance of said Court continuously worked
the said Golden Gate mine, and the Court i'm
posed Il fine on said Campbell of 800, or, in de-
fault, be imprisoned 800 days in the county jail
that Campbell refused to pay said fine and
eyaded arrest in every possible way until Sep
TENDER 18th, last, when he was arrested and
taken into custody BY Henry Morse, of San
Francisco. on n warrant issued from said Key
ser court, anu was lullliSNildttiN Oh
writ of habeaS corpus, granted by Judge 1oohy.
of San Francisco, who, instead of Immediately
deciding the case Kept II under Amusement tor
four months, and then dismissed the writ and
remanded Campbell back TO the custody of the
said officer Morse that said Campbell by his
went before the Supreme Court OF the
State, and was granted another writ by Chief JUS
ticC Morrison the same made returnable before
Judge Hunt of San Francisco, who, after hear
ing the case dismissed the writ and ordered him
back Into the custody of the officer: that Chief
Justice Morrison. then granted Campbell another
writ, returnable before Judges Hamilton and
Green of Alameda, who refused to interfere, and
was then granted another writ by
said Chief Justice Morrison, made returnablc
before Hon. Judge jackson temple, OF Sonoma
county, who, after hearing the case, dismissed
the writ; that Chief Justice Morrison then |
granted Campbell another writ made returnable !
before Judges Green, Hamilton and Gibson of |
Alameda county, in bank, on May 18th. two of
whom, Judges Green and Hamilton, had once |
before dismissed the writ and refused to inter
fere with the decree of Hon. 2. W. keyser's |
Court; that on the 10Th day of April, Campbell, !
on his way from Sacramento to SmartSYille at |
which place he had not before !
been for nearly two years for fear of arrest-was
arrested on bench warrant issued from Judge |
Keyser's Court by Deputy Sheriff T. Z. Beyan, |
who delivered Campbell to the Sheriff of Yuba |
county. who lodged him in the county sjGil, !
where he remained over night; that the next |
day another writ was granted by Chief Justice |
Morrison, rcturnaDle before superior Judge Me !
faraud. of Sacramento, to he heard on May
ilh, and the Sheriff vas Immediately ordered |
10 release Campbell, which was done without |
bonds and on May All Judge Mcfarland post
porcd action until May 18th on said writ There
fore, be it
RCsoIred, BY the Board, that our officers are
pOWeTicss to enforce the DEGREES of the Court, |
when addressed against the owners Of hydraulic
mines; that after we have obtained decisions
through the slow machinery of the Courts and
men like Campbell are arrested for disObeyng
the DEGREES of Court, that the Chief Justice Of
this State has interfered and prevented the law
from being enforced against the hydraulic
mines which GuDa county had obtained decis
ions against; that it was through the disobedi-
ence OF Campbell in refusing to obey the decree
IF the Court that he fined, and it was m act
Of disc0urtesy i'll Judge ToOhy, of san Francisco,
in granting the first writ and not refusing to in
crtere, i'll allowing warrant to be enforced by
4 Court of the same jurisdiction rs his own:
hat il was an outrage on justice to keep the
case before him for four months without render
ing decision when the result could not be
otherwise than return Campbell to the custody
Of the officer.
Resol,ed That the citizens of the valley have
been law abiding, and the DEGREES of the Courts
vlsors OF the different counties Will use every
legal means in their power TO see them en-
forced
Rcs0I,cd That the glanting of six writs of ha-
beas corpus by Chief Justice Morrison made re-
Iurnable before as many Courts in the State, is
without parallel in legal Jurisprudence
ResoLred That, as a remedy for this insane
and farcical proceeding, call on the ;IoYe rnoT
Of the State to bring the militia of the State in
to requlsltlOn, and place enough of them on the
different rivers where the hydraulic mines have
been cnjOincd, and are now running in open
violation Of said DEGREES, to enforce the DEGREES
Of the Courts, and not allow the enormous bur
den OF enforcing them to he placed on the i'm
poyerished counties, which have been nearly
ruined by mining debris.