Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-09
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Bill to Create 1t Passes
the Senate.
ALL THE BOUNDARY LINES.
Assessed Valuation, Population,
Towns and Resources of the New
County in Detail.

Orange out of the southeastern portion of
Los Angeles county has passed the SEN
ate, and now needs only the signature of
the Governor to make it law. The new
county is bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Pacific
ocean three miles southwest OF the center
of the mouth of Coyote creek, proceeding
up said creek in northeasterly direction
until it intersects the township line be-
tween township three, south OF ranges
ten and eleven west; thence north on
said township line to the northwest
corner of section six, township three
south, range ten west; thence east on
said township line until it intersects the
boundary line between San Bernardino
and Los Angeles counties; thence along
said boundary southeasterly until it inter-
sects the boundary line of San Diego
county; thence along said line southwest
until it reaches the Pacific coast; thence
in the same direction to point three
miles in said Pacific Ocean; thence in
northwesterly line parallel to said coast
to the point of beginning.
The bill provides that upon the first
Monday OF the second month next sue
ceeding the passage OF the act, the Board
of Supervisors shall call an
election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday OF
the month following. The election will
thus fall upon June 4th. If at this elec-
ton two-thirds OF more Of the qualified
electors vote in favor of the establish
ment of the county, the same shall go
into effect and the county be established.
If less than two-thirds of the electors
vote in favor of the proposition, the same
shall not come into existence. u pro-
vides that when the act takes eff ct he
Governor shall appoint five persons,
residents and electors of the county
of Orange, who shall constitute a
Board of Commissioners to perfect
the organization of the new county,
and are authorized to discharge the
same duties as are now required of the
Board of Supervisors, SO far as the same
applies to holding elections, canvassing
returns, etc. The Commissioners meet
at Santa Ana within twenty days after
their appointment, their duty being to
divide the county into convenient num-
ber of judicial townships, road and school
districts, define their boundaries and
designate the name of each; ; also to form
Supervisoral districts, to contain as nearly
as practicable an equal number of in
habitants. They shall give thirty days
notice OF the precincts established, and
their duties cease upon the qualifying of
the County Clerk.
Within period not exceeding six
months from the time of the first meet
ing of the Commissioners, they shall
order an election to be held in said
County of Orange. All officers are to be
voted for except all Supervisors,
Notaries Public, Justices, Constables,
School Trustees and Road Overseers,
who shall be in Office at the time of the
passage of the bill. At such election the
question of location of the county-seat
shall be determined, the place receiving
the highest number of votes therefor to
be declared the county.seat.
The Board of Supervisors of the new
county, on the first Monday of the month
succeeding their election, shall appoint
two freeholders, residents of Orange
county, who shall act as Board of Com
missioners, to meet like number of
commissioners appointed by the Super
visors of Los Angeles county, and shall
proceed to determine the Indebtedness
and the amount of assets of the county
at the time OF the passage of this act.
They shall ascertain the assessed vslue
of all property in both counties, and
shall then find balance of the total as
sets and Indebtedness of Los An
geles county, and if there exists
balance of Indebtedness against that
county, the same is to be divided
pro rata between the two. In
case the commissioners find balance of
assets over and above liabilities in favor
OF Los Angeles county the same shall be
divided as above. All actions pending
trial in the Superior Courts of the Los
Angeles, in which the defendants are
residents OF Orange County, are to be
transferred for trial and final determine
tion to the Superior Court of the latter
county. The new county is to be at
tached to the Thirty-ninth. Senatorial
District and the Seventy. eighth Assem-
bly, District, and until the new apportion-
ment shall join Los Angeles County in
electing Senator and Assemblyman
from this district.
THE BOUNDARIES
OF the new county as outlined above, are
more particularly as follows: The line
follows Coyote Greek from its point of
debouchment on the ocean, to where the
three lines of townships 10 and IL,
ranges west and three south all intersect
the line of said creek. This point is a
mile and half east and a mile and
half north of the flowing we'll on the
mesa at Savanna, west of the old Coyote
house. Thence it runs straight north
almost past the point where the Coyote,
Santa Gertrudes, and La Habra
ranches all corner, and thence
continues north along the township lines
still to the northeast corner of section
six, township three south, range ten west,
or about half way through La Habra
ranch. Thence it runs due east along
the line between townships two and three
south to the San Bernardino line.
Thence it follows the line between Los
Angeles and San Bernardino counties,
and that between Los Angeles and San
Diego counties around to the ocean
and thence the ocean shore to
the point of beginning. This area
embraces the following ranches:
The east half of Los Alamitos, say a.
900 acres; the east half of Los Coyotes,
about 10000 acres; the south corner OF
La Habra, 1000 acres La Bolsa Chica,
$500 acres; Las Bolsas, $4,000 acres;
San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, $4,000
acres; small part of Rincon de la Brea,
1000; about 5000 acres of ranch north
of Canon de Santa Ana; Canon de Santa
Ana, 20, 900; Olinda and Richfeld, 5000; ;
Santiago de Santa Ana, 10000; Lomas
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