The herald., 1894-01-11
The Hill street sewer bids were post-
poned until next Monday.

poned until next Monday.
THE EMPLOYMENT QUESTION.
Mr.. Robinson, clerk OF Mayor Rowan,
presented message from him with rel
erence to the employment of the unem-
ployed, giving the result oil the confer
ence between him and councilmen on
Tuesday afternoon and which has been
published. II provides for referring the
matter to commission, consisting OF
the mayor and Messrs. Nickel and Mum
son, with full power to employ men and
teams, the heads of families to be first
given the preference.
The recommendations of the message
were adopted by unanimous vote of
the council without discussion.
Mr.. Nickell stated that they would
endeavor to get ready to start some men
at work by Friday.
On the suggestion of Mr.. Gaffey it was
requested tLat men in each ward seek
ing employment make application to
the councilmen from his ward, so tLat
such applications may be presented to
the commission.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The city attorney reported as follows
upon some important matters:
LII IekaIu W bub e&lbt6uC6 Vi JOHNSON
street. between Pennsylvania avenue
and First street, l find that in 1875
| Francisco Lopez was the owner of a
large amount OF property lying between
First and Brooklyn streets and st. Louis
street to the bluff in Boyle Heights;
that on the 10th of May of the same
year plat of these lands or subdivision,
made by Moore & Kelleher and dated
May 8th, was filed in the county re.
corder's Office by John Lazzarevich, who
wac acting as the attorney in fact of
Lopez. This plat shows o subdivision
OF all these lands into lots and blocks OF
uniform size, surrounded by streets,
one of which is johnson street, which
is shown as extending from Brook
lyn street to Also avenue, now First
street. On the 11th OF May, 1875, Lopez
gave power of attorney to John Laz-
zarovich, in which he gave him power
to sell all of lot 2 of block so, Hancock's
survey, north of Pennsylvania avenue,
and aleo lot 3 of block 50, same survey,
reserving block L and the westerly half
of block K in said lot 3. Upon the
Hancock survey Pennsylvania avenue
and blocks K and L do not appear, and
are only shown by the Moore q Kelleher
survey. Consequently. ut the time of
the execution of this power of attorney,
the Moore d Kelleher map must have
been in existence and was recognized by
Lopez by such reservations. In June,
1875, in conveyance to Temple made
by Lazzarevich as attorney in fact for
Lopez of lot of block 63 OF Hancock g
survey lie found a reference to the Moore
& Kelleher map. The same refer
ence is found in June of the
came year in a conveyance to Lewis
Wolfskill. There are also deeds signed
bv Lopez in person which make similar
reference to this map; all of which
think show that it was recognized and
adopted by Lopez as subdivision of his
land. In January, 1876, Lopez sold to
Oxarart a portion of this property by
metes and bounds, which deed would
include all of the property south OF
Pennsylvania and Also street, johnson
street aud all the remaining streets
shown on Moore & Kelleher's map
south of Pennsylvania avenue. No
direct reference is made in this deed to
| the Moore & Kelleher map, but in the
calls we find Lopez street, Lazzarevich
street and Pennsylvania avenue, which
are shown only upon the Moore & Kel-
leher map. This land which was con-
veyed to Oxarart WAS subsequently con.
veyed to W. III. Workman. who resub-
divided the same, adopting all OF the
} streets on the Moore q Kelleher subdi.
vision, except johnson street, which be
( closed up south OF Pennsylvania avenue
[ and | understand that he now claims
the land which would lie in the etie eet
} to be private property, basing his claim
} principally upon the fact that the power
| OF attorney from Lopez to Lazzarevich
limited the power to Lazzerevich to sell
| only the property north of Pennsylvania
avenue.
, While his power of sale was limited
his power to record the map OF the
l whole subdivision was not, and the fac,
that in every deed which he gave to any
property above or below Pennsylvania
averue, referred to this map as to blockt
and streets shown only thereon, and the
3 fact that in the power OF attorney itsel
, he refers to such streets and block
shows conclusively that he recognized
8 and adopted this map OF the subdivision
: OF his lands. Having so done it cannot
: now be said that he intended to adopr
the map only north OF Pennsylvania
avenue. Our supreme court has hello
! that when property owner subdi
| vides lands and records plat of the
3 same, and subsequently makes sales BY
9 reference to such plat, that the streets
] shown upon such plat thereby become
: dedicated to public use without any
formal acceptance on the part of the
9 city. Consequently at the time of the
! execution of the deed to Oxarart, John
i son and other streets shown upon the
8 map had been dedicated to public use
4 and the deed passed no title to the same
0 and they still remain public streets
] Referred to board of public works.
: In the matter of the streets OF the
Jewish cemetery, have received bid
. from the Security Abstract company
9 offering to furnish abstract of the plop
t erty for $65. Referred to the finance
I, committee.
AS instructed by you l present here
9 with an ordinance allowing the stree,
8 superintendent to employ five additional
4 men and two teams for q period of 6(
3 days. Ordinance adopted.
q Since / asked authority to have an
: abstract made of the cemetery grounds
3 lying in the vicinity of Ninth and Figue
: roa streets, l find that the title to this
! property has been settled by two de-
cisions OF the supreme court; the first
: being the case of Wersenberg We. Tru-
: man, So CAL, page So, and the other be-
8 ing Slessinger vs. Mallard, 20 CAL, page
s 1876. While the city was not party tc
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