Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-13

N ORDINANCE GRANTING TO WILLIAM
upon the shore of the Pacific nceans at Catalina
island, countv of Los Angeles, state of Cali
furnia and the right to collect and take tolls
thereon.
Whereas, william Banni did, upon the 4th
day of April, 1892, file with this board his
petition, in writing, praying for auth. rty to
construct a wharf on certain lands in the stat e
of Californfs, belonging to said state, ali of
said lands being particularly described In SAID
petition. and being upon the shore of the Pa
cihc ocean, at said Catalina island in said
county and state aud for auI hority to rec. i've
and take tolls on said wharf, I, r the term of
twenty years. wnich said petition contains the
name of said applicant and map OF the waters,
and the name and location thereof, and OF the
adjoining lands, and plan of the wharf pro-
posed to be ,constructed. and of the lands
name of the owner of the land. and the guam
tity thereof sought to be used and whether the
right to u.s. the sa e is or is to be acqui ed by
the applicant, the distance it is proposed to ex-
| tend said wharf into the waters of said ocean,
| the estimated cost of the construc ion of said
| wharf the time when the application will be
| filed for authority to construct said wharf and
| to receive and take tolls thereon, an itappear-
| ting that said wharf will not impede or obstrnct
| the free navigation of taid waters, and that
the. franchises applied for will not interfere
with or Infringe upon any vested rights or
upon any grant heretofore made, and that none
of said land is within the limits of any incor-
And whereas; proof has been made by the
affidavit of =. H. Humphreys, principal clerk
day Of aprl 1897 % that noice specifying @ III ing the
| location of raid proposed wharf and of the
lands sought to be used therefor, and the time
| and place when and where the application
would be made, had been published daily for
four weeks successfully. commencing on the
1st day of March. 1892. in the Los Angeles
| HERALD, q newspaper published in the said
| county of Los Angeles, state aforesaid
And whereas, proof has been made by the af.
| fdavits of Frank G. Carey and Harry M. A.
the 5th day of August, 1892; that four notices
| containing all the matter contained in said
! published notice, was duly posted for four sue
| cessive weeks In four public places in the
| township of Wilmington, in said county and
state, commencing on the 29th day of febru-
And whereas, said petitioner pursuant to
| said notice. applied for authority 10 construct
| said wharf aud to receive and take toll there
/ on, and the hearing of said petition and proofs
! having been from time to time adjourned
| And whereas, this board has this day heard
| the allegations OF said petition and the sworn
testimony OF Frank q. Lowe, in support Of the
| ing duly considered all Of said testimony,
ted ~ s boaaa s t6a nn @ SUD
| convenience would be promoted by the grant.
ing of said petition and the construction and
| maintenance of said wharf,
Now, therefore, the board of supervisors OF
the county Of Los Angeles, state of California,
| do ordain as follows:
| Section 1. There is granted to William Ban
! ming the right and authority to construct and
| maintain a wharf according to the plan men
! toned in his petition referred to in the fore
| going preamble, and to receive and take tolls
! for the use thereof, for the term of twenty
| years, at rates to be fixed by this board accord
| Ing to law, upon the lands bordering and ex-
| tending into the Pacific ocean, upon the shore
| thereof at Catalina island, in said county and
| state, and particularly described as being with
| in the following boundaries. towit:
Beginning at the intersection of the center
| line oil Crescent avenue, which is eighty feet
| wide. with the center line of Catalina avenue,
which is sixty ieet wide, in the town of Avalon,
| as re-establisbed in March, 1890, by C. T. Hea-
ley, civil engineer, according to the plat OF sur
yey of said town made in August. 1887, by
| Pillsbury & Cleveland, surveyors; said map be-
hing recorded in book 81 of Miscellaneous
| Records of the county of Los ngeies, page 81.
| I'd which map and the record thereof reference
| is here made for description.
Said point of beginning being the center line
| of Catalina avenue and Crescent avenue, and
! extending therefrom into the Pacific ocean 26O
feet, 20 feet in width, the center line of Catali-
ma svenue produced, being the center line Of
| Section O. This ordinance shall take effect
! and be in force on and after the 22d day OF
August, 1892, and prior to 'he expiration of IF
| teen days from the passage thereof to be pub
| lished for period of ten days in the Los Ange
| les HERALD, q newspaper printed and published
in the county OF Los Angeles in said state, with
| the names of the members OF said board of Su-
pervisors OF said county voting for or against
~ '' sM. PERRY,
Chsirman OF the Board of Supervisors, Los An
Attest:
SEAL
r. II. WARD,
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors of os Angeles County,
BY HENRY s KNAPP,
Deputy Clerk.