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At a meeting held on the twentieth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board address a communication to the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, requesting them to determine the width of the channel of Islais Creek, under an Act entitled an Act declaring Islais Creek, in the City and County of San Francisco, a navigable stream, approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and ascertain from them in writing the action of said Harbor Commissioners under said Act, at their earliest convenience; and we suggest to the Harbor Commissioners that they have said channel not less than two hundred feet wide from the water front to Texas street, and eighty feet from Texas street to Franconia Landing.

The following preamble and resolution, in regard to the foregoing, as certified to by the Secretary of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, was adopted at a regular meeting of the last named Board, held on the twenty-eighth day of July, eighteen bundred and sixty-eight :

WHEREAS, The Board of Tide Land Commissioners has addressed a

communication to this Board, requesting it to announce its official action in the premises; therefore,

Resolved, That under and by authority of said Act of the Legislature, we, the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, do hereby officially establish and declare the width of the channel of said Islais Creek, from the water front to the westerly line of Texas street, to be two hundred feet, and from the westerly line of Texas street to Franconia Landing, to be eighty feet.

PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS.

Notice to claimants under the fifth section of the Act having been given by publication in the principal San Francisco papers, on the eighteenth of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Tide Land Commissioners:

Resolved, That all parties claiming to have been in the bona fide actual possession, with substantial improvements, as described in section five of the Act entitled an Act to survey and dispose of certain salt marsh and tide lands belonging to the State of California, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, of any lot or lots of said salt marsh and tide lands, and who desire to avail themselves of the rights and privileges awarded to settlers by said Act, are hereby required to present their claims and the grounds of them, in the form of depositions, duly verified before some officer having authority to administer oaths, accompanied with appropriate maps, within fifteen days from the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and that the Secretary of this Board be required to give public notice of the passage of this resolution in three daily newspapers published in the City and County of San Francisco, for the period of fifteen days.

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CLAIMS ALLOWED UNDER THE FIFTH SECTION.

The notice as provided for in the foregoing resolution was published in three San Francisco daily papers, and in response a number of depositions and affidavits, accompanied with appropriate maps, were submitted for the consideration of the Board.

The following is a list of persons and corporations preliminarily allowed by the Commissioners to purchase at appraised value, the appraisements being subject to the approval or disapproval of the State Board:

John F. Swift, J. W. Raymond, H. C. Hanson, Dietrick Dryer, Edmund C. Harford; Flint, Peabody & Co. (Barrel Factory), San Francisco Cordage Company (Tubbs & Co.), L. L. Treadwell, Alfred Barstow (Bridge Company), Griffin & Dwyer, Wright & Matthews, F. P. Sweet, Peter E. Farrell, John Beard, Siebe & Co., Patrick O'Donnell, George Oulton, James Christy, M. V. G. Mahon, Oliver Dale, R. T. Rundle, Lafayette Woodward, Henry J. Erwin, J. F. Penny, Michael Walsh, Ferdinand Rees, Edward Winslow, W. H. Ladd, O. W. Hermann, F. G. Truett et als., J. C. Piercey, C. H. Mead, Rodmond Gibbons, Hazard Powder Company, John G. North, Potrero and Bay View Railroad Company, A. W. Von Schmidt, Vitus Wackenreuder, Patrick Tiernan, Oliver Eldridge et als., Pacific Rolling Mill Company, John C. Bower, John Wieland; Owens, Tyler & Co., Edward Reed, Hans Reed and Vincent Bellman.

RESIGNATION OF THE SURVEYOR.

On the thirtieth of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the resignation of Ralph W. Norris, as Surveyor, was accepted by the Commissioners, to take effect the same day, G. F. Allardt, First Assistant, taking charge of the survey.

The preliminary survey and map having been completed, the Commissioners, in conjunction with the Governor of the State, Mayor of San Francisco and the President of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, who are known and designated in the Act as the "State Board,' met on the nineteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and by a unanimous vote adopted the following resolution:

THE WATER LINE FRONT.

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Resolved, That the water line front of the City and County of San Francisco be declared and is hereby established as follows, viz:

Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly line of Second street with the water front line, described in the first section of the Act entitled an Act to provide for the disposition of certain property of the State of California, passed March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of Second street, extended, seven hundred and forty-five feet, more or less, to its intersection with the easterly line of Hooper street, if extended; thence southerly in a direct course towards the intersection of the westerly line of Louisiana street, if extended, with the northerly line of Alameda street, if extended, two thousand eight hundred and forty-seven feet, more or less; thence curving to the left, with a curve of forty feet radius, sixty-one and sixty-seven one-hundredths feet, to a point in the northerly line of Alameda street, if extended; thence curving to the right, with a curve of forty feet radius, sixty-two and eighty-three one-hundredths feet, to a point in the easterly line of Louisiana street, if extended, and forty feet southerly from the northerly line of Alameda street, if extended d; thence southerly and parallel to Louisiana street seven hundred and fifty-two feet; thence curving to the left, with a curve of forty feet radius, two hundred and nineteen and ninety-one one-hundredths feet, to a point in the northerly line of Centre street, if extended; thence curving to the right, with a curve of one hundred and forty-feet radius, two hundred and nineteen and ninety-one one-hundredths feet, to a point in the easterly line of Maryland street, if extended, and sixty feet southerly from the southerly line of Centre street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Louisiana street six hundred and sixty-six feet; thence curving to the left, with a curve of one hundred and forty feet radius, two hundred and nineteen and ninety-one one-hundredths feet, to a point in the northerly line of Mariposa street, if extended; thence curving to the right, with a curve of one hundred and forty feet radius, two hundred and nineteen and ninety-one one-hundredths feet, to a point in the easterly line of Delaware street, if extended, and one hundred and forty feet southerly from the northerly line of Mariposa street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Louisiana street three hundred and ninety-two feet to the southerly line of Solano street, if extended; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in the westerly line of Massachusetts street, if extended, and eighty-four feet northerly from the northerly line of Butte street, if extended; thence

southerly along the westerly line of Massachusetts street, if extended, to the northerly line of Shasta street, if extended; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in the southerly line of Sierra street, if extended, and one hundred and fifty feet easterly from the westerly line of Massachusetts street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Massachusetts street, to a point one hundred and sixty-six feet southerly from the southerly line of Nevada street, if extended; thence curving to the left, with a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius, two hundred and thirty-five and sixty-two one-hundredths feet, to a point; thence curving to the right, with a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius, two hundred and thirty-five and sixty-two onehundredths feet, to a point in the southerly line of Sonoma street, if extended, and four hundred and fifty feet easterly from the westerly line of Massachusetts street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Massachusetts street seven hundred and eighty-two feet; thence curving to the left, with a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius, two hundred and thirty-five and sixty-two one-hundredths feet, to a point in the southerly line of Yuba street, if extended, and six hundred feet easterly from the westerly line of Massachusetts street, if extended; thence easterly along the southerly line of Yuba street, if extended, five hundred and forty feet; thence curving to the right, with a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius, two hundred and thirty-five and sixty-two one-hundredths feet, to a point one hundred and fifty feet southerly from the southerly line of Yuba street, if extended, and one thousand two hundred and ninety feet easterly from the westerly line of Massachusetts street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Massachusetts street one thousand four hundred and forty feet, to a point in the southerly line of Islais Creek Channel, as extended to the water line front, in accordance with the Act entitled an Act declaring Islais Creek, in the City and County of San Francisco, a navigable stream, approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight; thence southeasterly in a straight line seven thousand five hundred and fifty feet, more or less, to the northerly extremity of the curve described in the Act entitled an Act granting certain rights and water privileges to the California Dry Dock Company, approved March twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Also, beginning at a point in the northerly line of Fifth avenue, if extended, said point being five hundred and forty-six and seventy one-hundredths feet northwesterly from the southerly extremity of the last named curve; thence southwesterly and parallel to A street to a point three hundred feet northeasterly from the southerly line of Tenth avenue, if extended, and one thousand four hundred and fourteen feet southeasterly from the easterly line of A street; thence curving to the left, with a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius, two hundred and thirty-five and sixty-two onehundredths feet, to a point one hundred and fifty feet northeasterly from the southerly line of Tenth avenue, if extended, and one thousand five hundred and sixty-four feet southeasterly from the easterly line of A street; thence southeasterly and parallel to Tenth avenue, three hundred and sixty-four feet; thence curving to the right, with a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius, one hundred and seventy-four and twenty-two one-hundredths feet, to a point; thence southwesterly in a straight line four thousand nine hundred feet, more or less, to the intersection of the southerly line of Twenty-sixth avenue, if extended, with the southern boundary line of the City and County of San Francisco, as extended into the Bay of San Francisco

TULARE STREET.

Resolved, That Tulare street be declared and established sixty-six feet in width, and be extended easterly to the water line front, and southerly along the northerly side of said Islais Creek channel to the westerly line of Texas street, if extended; thence southerly, with a width of sixty-six feet, to the said Islais Creek channel, where the same is eighty feet in width; thence westerly, with a width of twenty-six feet, alongside said channel to Arkansas street, if extended.

ISLAIS STREET.

Resolved, That a street be declared and established along the south side of said Islais Creek channel, extending from the water line front to Arkansas street, if extended, and of the same width and extent, as said Tulare street, and to be known as Islais street.

FIRST AVENUE.

Resolved, That so much of First avenue as is embraced between I street and Islais street be declared and established one hundred and fifty feet in width.

CHINA BASIN.

Resolved, That the following described area of tide lands be dedicated to and reserved for docks, piers, slips, basins and other purposes of commerce, viz: Beginning on the water line front, on the southwesterly line of Second street, distant one hundred and fifty feet southeasterly of the northerly line of Berry street; thence southwesterly and parallel to Berry street seven hundred and fifty-eight and fifty one-hundredths feet; thence southeasterly at right angles to a point in a line parallel to and one hundred and fifty feet easterly from the westerly line of Kentucky street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Kentucky street to a point in a line parallel to and one hundred and fifty feet northeasterly of the southwesterly line of Fourth street, if extended; thence southeasterly and parallel to Fourth street to the water line front; thence northerly and westerly along the water line front to the point of beginning, containing forty-nine and fifty-six one-hundredths acres, more or less. Said area shall be known as the China Basin.

CENTRAL BASIN.

Resolved, That the following described area of tide lands be dedicated to and reserved for docks, piers, slips, basins, and other purposes of commerce, viz: Beginning at a point one hundred and fifty feet southerly from the northerly line of El Dorado street, if extended, and one hundred and fifty feet easterly from the westerly line of Illinois street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Illinois street three hundred and ninety-six feet; thence easterly at right angles four hundred and ten feet; thence southerly at right angles four hundred feet; thence westerly at right angles four hundred and ten feet; thence southerly and parallel to Illinois street eight hundred and forty-eight feet; thence easterly at right angles, to the water line front; thence northerly and westerly along the water line front to a point one hundred and fifty feet southerly from the northerly line of El Dorado street, if extended;

thence westerly and parallel to El Dorado street, to the point of begin. ning, containing thirty-four and five one-hundredths acres; provided, that the northerly and southerly boundary line of said area be joined tangentially with the water line front by curves of one hundred and fifty feet radius. Said area shall be known as the Central Basin.

INDIA BASIN.

Resolved, That the following described area of tide lands be dedicated to and reserved for docks, piers, slips, basins and other purposes of commerce, viz: Beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of First avenue, as this day established, with the easterly line of I street, if extended; thence southerly and parallel to Massachusetts street to the northerly line of Fourth avenue, if extended; thence southeasterly along the northerly line of Fourth avenue, if extended, five hundred and ten feet; thence easterly and parallel to Tulare street to the water line front; thence northwesterly along the water line front to a point where a line passing through said point of beginning, and parallel to Tulare street, intersects the water line front; thence westerly along the last described line (being at right angles to Massachusetts street, if extended), to the point of beginning, containing seventy-seven and sixty-eight onehundredths acres, more or less; provided, that the northerly and southerly boundary line of said area be joined tangentially with the water line front with curves of one hundred and fifty feet radius. Said area shall be known as the India Basin.

DRY DOCK BASIN.

Resolved, That the following described area of tide lands be dedicated to and reserved for docks, piers, slips, basins and other purposes of commerce, viz: Beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of Third avenue, if extended, with the westerly boundary line of the tide lands granted to the California Dry Dock Company; thence northwesterly along said northerly line of Third avenue, five hundred feet; thence northeasterly at right angles, to the water line front; thence southeasterly along the water line front, to the northerly extremity of the curve described in the Act entitled an Act granting certain rights and water privileges to the California Dry Dock Company, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; thence southwesterly along said westerly boundary line (and at right angles to Third avenue, if extended), to the point of beginning, containing eight and seven one-hundredths acres, more or less; provided, that the northwesterly boundary line of said area be joined tangentially with the water line front by a curve of one hundred and fifty feet radius. Said area shall be known as the Dry Dock Basin.

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SOUTH BASIN.

Resolved, That the following described area of tide lands be dedicated to and reserved for docks, piers, slips, basins and other purposes of commerce, viz: Being the area bounded on the north by the southerly line of Nineteenth avenue, if extended; on the south by the northerly line of Twenty-fourth avenue, if extended; on the east by the water line

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front, and on the west by the easterly line of Dock street, if extended, and that the said northerly and southerly boundary lines be joined tangentially with the water line front by curves of one hundred and fifty feet radius, containing sixty-four and eighty one-hundredth acres, more or less. Said area shall be known as the South Basin.

OPEN CANAL.

Resolved, That the following described area of tide lands be dedicated to and reserved for an open canal for the purpose of navigation and drainage, viz: Being the area bounded on the north by the southerly line of Twenty-third avenue, if extended; on the south by the northerly line of Twenty-fourth avenue, if extended; on the east by the westerly line of South Basin, and on the west by the shore line of San Francisco Bay; and that said northerly boundary line be joined tangentially with the west line of South Basin by a curve of eighty feet radius, containing twenty-eight and ninety-three one-hundredths acres, more or less; also, that the portion of said canal lying westerly of E street be reserved for the purpose of drainage only.

WATER FRONT STREET.

Resolved, That a street be declared and established along and inside the entire water line front, excepting where said water line front is intercepted by China Basin, part of Louisiana street, Central Basin, tide lands grand to Alvord and associates, Islais Creek channel, India Basin, Dry Dock Basin and South Basin. Said street shall be one hundred and fifty feet in width and shall be known as Water Front street.

EXTENSION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER STREETS.

Resolved, That Kentucky street be extended northerly to Channel street and be declared one hundred and fifty feet in width in front of China street.

That Fourth street be extended southeasterly to the water line front, and be declared one hundred and fifty feet in width in front of China street.

That Fifth street be extended southeasterly to Central Basin. That Sixth street be extended southeasterly to Tennessee street. That Seventh street be extended southeasterly to Santa Clara street. That Hooper, Irwin, Hubbell and South streets be extended northeasterly to Kentucky street.

That Tennessee, Minnesota, Indiana and Iowa streets be extended northerly to South street, excepting the area intercepted by the the "red line" of Mission Bay.

That Pennsylvania avenue and Mississippi, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, Arkansas, Wisconsin and Carolina streets be extended northerly to said "red line."

That De Haro, Rhode Island, Kansas, Vermont, Nebraska and Utah streets and Potrero avenue be extended northerly to Channel street.

That Illinois, Michigan, Georgia and Louisiana streets be extended northerly to Central Basin and to Fourth street, and Maryland and Delaware streets be extended northerly to Central Basin.

That Napa, Butte, Solano, El Dorado and Alameda streets be extended

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easterly to the water line front, excepting the area intercepted by said. "red line."

That Mariposa, Santa Clara and Centre streets be extended easterly to Central Basin.

That Illinois street, El Dorado street and Solano street be increased to a width of one hundred and fifty feet in front of Central Basin. That Louisiana street, between Central Basin and China Basin, be increased to a width of one hundred and fifty feet.

That a street be declared and established parallel to Alameda street, and three hundred and sixty feet northerly therefrom, extending from Tennessee street easterly to Fourth Street, to be sixty-six feet in width, and to be known as Merrimac street.

That a street be declared and established midway between Fourth and Fifth streets, extending from Channel street to South street, to be sixty feet in width, and to be known as Hudson street.

That the street running from Hooper street to Hubbell street, parallel to and between Fifth street and Sixth street, be named Neptune street, and be declared one hundred feet in width.

That the street running from Hubbell street to South street, parallel to and between Fifth street and Sixth street, be named Farragut street, and be declared one hundred feet in width.

Resolved, That a street be declared and established along and inside the northern, southern, southwestern and western boundary line of India Basin, to be one hundred and fifty feet in width, and to be known as India street.

Resolved, That a street be declared and established along and inside the northwesterly boundary line of Dry Dock Basin, to be one hundred and fifty feet in width, and to be known as China street.

Resolved, That the system of streets and blocks adopted on the Potrero Nevero survey, made by William J. Lewis, in eighteen hundred and fiftysix, a map of which is on file in the Recorder's office of the City and County of San Francisco, be and hereby is extended southerly to First avenue and India street, and easterly to Water Line Front street.

Resolved, That the system of streets and blocks adopted on the property of the South San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association, as shown on the map of said association, on file in the Recorder's office of the City and County of San Francisco, be and hereby is extended. northerly to India and Water Front streets, easterly to Water Front street, and southerly to the southern boundary line of the City and County of San Francisco. Also, that said system be extended over the triangular area bounded on the east by Kentucky street and Railroad. avenue, on the north by Islais street, and on the south and west by the shore of San Francisco Bay and Islais Creek.

SUBDIVISION INTO BLOCKS AND LOTS.

Resolved, That all fractional blocks resulting from the extension of said system of streets, the area of which fractional block is less than half the area of a fifty vara lot, be thrown into the adjacent streets and constitute a part of such streets.

Resolved, That all blocks be divided as near as may be into rectangular lots of fifty feet front and one hundred depth, and that no fractional or rectangular lot shall contain more than six thousand two hundred and sixty-one and one-sixth square feet of area.

Resolved, That the streets parallel to and easterly of Massachusetts street

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Third-The block bounded by Massachusetts, Mendocino, Delaware and Calaveras streets.

Fourth-The block bounded by Massachuseetts street, First avenue, Delaware and Mendocino streets.

Fifth-The block bounded by Ship street, Twenty-first avenue, Dock street and Twenty-second avenue.

Sixth-The block bounded by Ship street, Twenty-second avenue, Dock street and Twenty-third avenue.

Seventh-The block bounded by C street, Twenty-eighth avenue, B street and Twenty-ninth avenue.

Eighth-The block bounded by C street, Twenty-ninth avenue, B street and Thirtieth avenue.

Resolved, That the following described block be dedicated to and reserved for a Produce Exchange or other public uses, viz: Block bounded by Minnesota, El Dorado, Tennessee and Alameda streets.

Resolved, That any resolution heretofore passed by this Board that may conflict or be inconsistent with the provisions of the foregoing resolution be and the same is hereby rescinded.

OFFICIAL MAP.

Resolved, That the map made in conformity with the provisions of the foregoing resolutions be and the same is hereby adopted as the official map, contemplated and described in section four of the Act entitled an Act to survey and dispose of certain salt marsh and tide lands belonging to the State of California, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and that said map be duly authenticated by the inscription upon its face of the following certificates, signed by the members of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners and the Secretary, and also by the Surveyor, respectively :

OFFICE OF THE TIDE LAND COMMISSIONERS,
San Francisco, California.

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We hereby certify that this is the map of the salt marsh and tide lands, and lands lying under water, situate in the City and County of San Francisco, south of Second street, as prepared by the Board of Tide

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We hereby certify that this map correctly exhibits the water line front of the City and County of San Francisco, together with the reservations for streets, docks, piers, slips, canals, basins, and other use necessary for the public convenience and the purposes of commerce, as established and adopted by the State Board under the Act entitled an Act to survey and dispose of certain salt marsh and tide lands belonging to the State of California, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

At the same meeting it was unanimously ordered that G. F. Allardt. be declared Surveyor and Chief Engineer of the tide land survey.

RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT.

At a regular meeting of the Commissioners, held April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the resignation of James Gauley, as one of the auctioneers appointed by the Board, was accepted, and Samuel T. Leet, of the firm of Talbert & Leet, was appointed in his stead.

SALE OF TIDE LANDS ORDERED.

At the same meeting it was ordered that the tide lands bounded on the north by the open canal, on the south by the southern boundary line of the City and County of San Francisco, on the east by the water line front, and on the west by the property of the Bay View Homestead Association, be offered for sale at public auction, subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the State Board, and that the same be advertised as prescribed by law.

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