The herald., 1893-07-28
ARE THERE TOO MANY NOTAR|ES?
The Many Recent Appointments
. to Be Tested.
A Suit Brought Which viii Settle the
Important Question.
Some Points in = Case Prepared by M,
E. X. Biader-The Claims That
VIII Be AdvAncod-Inter-
esting Details.

For the past week or more Mr.. E. *.
Blades, the attorney, has been at work
preparing the papers in what may prove
to be sensational case.
Upon its face the case is just simple,
ordinary action to quiet the title to q
small piece Of property in the Mcdonald
tract, west OF the city.
1t is entered as a quo warranto, but in
reality ia an action brought to test the
title to the Office Of the hundreds OF
newly appointed notaries public.
The case is that of @. H. Holloway vs..
Kate E. Pickett. 1t is alleged that both
parties to the suit obtained q quit-claim
deed to certain property from d. f.
Bridges. Both had the deeds recorded.
The defendant subscribed to her deed
before A. G. Broderson, notary
public.
The question raised by the plaintiff is
whether or not the deed Of Bridges to
the defendant is valid by reason of her
Acknowledgement OF it before Broderson,
the notary public. They regard the &C.
knowledgement as detective under the
law, by reason of Mr.. Broderson having
been illegally appointed as a notary by
Governor Markham.
At ite session the last legislature en-
acted statue to the effect that the gov
ernor could appoint az many notaries
public in the various counties as ne may
see fit, except In counties of the first
class, which by another statue are con.
strued to have 100000 population OF
over and to which there are to be as.
signed but 80 notaries.
1t is stated that this bill was framed
BY Robert N. Bulla, and was pet meas.
ure OF Governor Markham. When Gov.
ernor Markham assumed the guberna-
torial chair there were already 125 no.
taries public in this county. During
his administration he has appointed sc
additional notaries In this city.
MIR. Blades quotes the following Sec.
tion 4OO6 of the political code reads that
''for purposes other than for ways and
highways the counties of this state are
classified as follows: Those containing
20, 900 population or over constitute the
fret class" By this statute he
claims San Francisco and Los Angeles
are the only counties in the state to be
in the above claes.
A law passed in 1891 provided that
there we're to be but 125 notaries in thif
county. This. Governor Markham was
assured by the attorney-general to be
invalid, and ever since has regarded il
10 illegal.
Mr.. Blader claims that by reason o.
statute No. 4006 Los Angeles is properly
county OF the first class and that the
spirit OF the recent law of 1893 for the
appointment of notaries is at varience
with the above statute, and that as Los
Angeles is properly county OF the first
claes it should nave but 80 notaries in.
stead OF the present number.
Az ia clearly seen by the law, San
Francisco has but 60.
The purpose of Mr.. Blades' suit Ia to
prove that notsries public appointed by
Governor Markham were illegally given
| office. -s-7'1 f'R- Z
If such is proved if will, complicate q
vast number Of acknowledgements made
before these notztieb, 9asi they w1lla be
shown to be illegal and without proy-
ince in the eyes OF othebs Law "a large
number of notariesg will. also be out Of
their occupation. and the immortal 81
can divide hereafter all of the notarial
spoils and snaps between them for Los
Angeles county at least n isq 49,. t,'l