Year: 1865

tween Townships VI and II north. and range
! and east thence north along said range line to
Bear river, thence up said river to the line be-
tween Congressional ranges and east, thence
south to he line between Congressional Town
ships II and l3 north, thence east to the first
ton line east Of said range line; thence south
along said section line to Dutch ravine; thence
down said ravne to the turnpike road leading
from. Auburn to Sacramento, thence down the rtl-
vino one halt mile, and thence due south to the
center Of the ridge dividing the waters of Ante
lope and Dutch ravines, and thence along said
ridge TO the place OF beginning


No. 3,


Com encing at Kelly's Bar on the North Fork
Of the American River, running thence to a low
gap (Clipper Gap0 east OF Predmore's house
about twenty rods from said house, thence to u
point on Bear River, about eighty rods above the
Magnolia Mill, on Bear River, so as 10 include
Joseph Perkins. the Empire Mill and Dunning's
Ranch in Township No. B.


No. A.,


Is bounded as follows: Commencing at Kel1y's
Bar on the North Fork Of the American river,
thence up the middle of said stream to Euchre
Bar, thence up the middle of the South Fork OF
said stream to its source, thence due east to the
summit OF the Sierra Nevada mountains to the
western line OF Township No. l. thence in
north westerly direction alonG said line to the
northern line OF Placer county thence along said
county line to point Bear river. leading





easterly direction to he place OF beginning.
No S,


Is bounded as follows: Commencing at the
mouth of Volcano Canon, thence up the mountain
side on the west side OF said Canon extending on
the east side of Pine Flat through the gap on
Duel Point. crossing the road leading to Michi-
gan Bluff, between the Forest Shade Hotel and
the town Of Bath about 200 rods east of the For
est Shade Hotel, thence across the top of said
mountain ridge to a point 35 rods east of the
Mayfower Mill. thence to point 40 rods east OF
Brushy Saw Mill thence line North 13O
(magnctic variation l5o 23' East,) to Shirt Tail
Canon, along which line the trees are blazed,
thence down Shirt Tail Canon to the North Fork,
thence down the North ork to its junction with
the NJ ddc Fork thence up the Middle Fork to
the place Of beginning.


No. 6,


| Is bounded as follows: Commencing at the
| mouth OF Ell Dorado Canon on the Middle Fork
including 80 feet in width of the East bank oc
said Canon. thence up it to the Forks. thence up
the North Fork Of said Canon to point about a
half mile east of the Forks House. thence in a
northerly direction TO point on Humbug Canon
between the Pioneer Quartz Mill and Damascus,
nearly opposite the Quartz Mill, thence across
the Divide to the branch OF Shirt Tail Canon on
which Vckers Ranch is situated, thence down
aid branch to main Shirt Tail Canon, thence
down said Canon to the corner Of Township No.
| 5, as surveyed by ThomasA Young, thence along
the line Of Township No. 5. to the mouth OF Vol
cano Canon. thence up the Middle Fork to the
| mouth Of Ell Dorado Canon, being the place of be-
| ginniRg.*


No


Is bounded as follows: Commencing at the
mouth of Shirt Tail Canon at its junction with
the North Fork OF the American river, thence up
! the middle OF Shirt Tail Canon to the Forks
thereof thence up its North Fork. and branch on
which Vcker's branch is situated, to its head
| Al. t1n hi,+i,i E,ct ni,,t
! Humbug Canon, above the Pioneer Quartz Mill
thence down The center OF said point TO Humbug
| Cannon, thence down the bed Of said Canon to its
junction with the South Fork Of the North Fork
of he American river thence down said South
Fork to its junction with the main North Fork at
Euchre Bar, thence down said main North Fork
to place OF beginning.


Nos,


Is bounded as follows: Commencing at the
junction of Humbug Canon and the South Fork of
| the n orth Fork OF the American river thence up
said South Fork to its source, thence to the
tern line of Township | l, thence southery along
said line to the line between Placer and Ell Do
RADIO counties. thence down said line to the juno
ton of the North and Middle Forks. thence up
said North Fork to the mouth of Ell Dorado Canon
thence following the line of Township &, to he
point at which Townships No. 6 and corner near
the Pioneer Quartz Mill Humbug Canon,
thence down said Canon to the place Of begin
ming


No. 9,


Is bounded as follows: Commencing at Whisky
Bar Bridge on the North Fork of the American
river, thence west about a hall mile to the first
section line East OF the line between CongressiOn-
al ranges and East thence north along said
line to Dutch ravine. thence down said ravine to
a point where the turnpike road leading from Au-
burn 10 Sacramento, thence again down said ra-
vine one half mile. and thence due south to the
center of the ridge dividing the waters of Ante
lope and Dutch ravines to the corner formed by
the intersection Of the Congressional lines be-
tween Townships l and II North, and Ranges 6
and East. thence Sou h along said range line to
the second section line North OF the line, between
Congressional Townships 10 and Il North, thence
east along said line to the American river and
thence up said river to the place of beginning.


No. 10.


Is bounded as follows: Commencing at the
point where the western boundary line of Placer
county inersects Bear river, thence up said river
to the line between Congressional ranges and 7
East, thence South along the said line to the sec
ond section line north of the line between Con-
gressional Townships 10 and II North. thence
West along said section line to the Western boun-
dary Of Placer county. and thence along said
county line to the place of beginning.


No. IL.


Commencing at the summit of the Sierra Neva
da where the Placer and Ell Dorado county lines
cross said summit thence in nOrth-westerly di-
recton along the summit Of the Sierra Nevada
mountains to the line dividing the counties of
Placer and Nevada, thence due east to the State
line, thence south on said State line to the line
dividing the counties of Placer and Ell Dorado,
thence on said line to the place of beginning


*ALTERATIoN.-O On the Sth of November, 1856 [,
the Board OF Supervisors, Ordered, that the lines
between Townships g., and s, are altered as
follows: Commencing at the point where the
main road leading from Iowa Hill to the Fork s
House, crosses the branch OF Shirt Tail Canon, on
which Vicker's ranch is situated, thence up the
center of said road to the Forks House, thence
up the main divide road to Indian Springs thence
in a nOrtherly direction to Italian Bar on the
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