T. R. Bard received for the office of Supervisor seventy-three (73) votes. C. W. Thacker received for the office of Supervisor thirty-seven (37) In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this first day of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Judges. Clerks. I, F. A. Thompson, County Clerk of the County of Santa Barbara, do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and correct copies of the original poll list, list of voters and certificate attached to poll list and list of voters, as the same appear on file in my office. SEAL. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the sixteenth day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. EXHIBIT B. Certified copy of Record, Board of Supervisors, Santa Barbara County. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, } Monday, September 6th, A. D. 1869, at 2 o'clock P. M. Present-Supervisors De la Guerra, Bard and Dibblee, sitting as a Board of Canvassers. The Board then proceeded to canvass the vote cast at the general election held on the first instant, for State Senator, member of Assembly and county officers; and on demand being made by Thomas, Hope, a resident and voter of this county, the Board proceeded to recount the ballots for State Senator and District Attorney. On opening the package of election returns from San Buenaventura Precinct, it was found that no ballots were returned. The canvassing of the returns thereof was thereupon postponed. On opening the returns from Santa Paula Precinct, it was found that no list of voters and no ballots were returned. The canvassing of such returns was also postponed. The Board thereupon ordered a messenger sent to the Clerks and Judges of Election of San Buenaventura and Santa Paula Precincts, to cause the ballots cast at their respective precincts, and the list of voters at the Santa Paula Precinct, to be returned to the County Clerk forthwith. The Board then adjourned until the seventh instant, at nine and a half o'clock A. M. F. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. ANTO. MA. DE LA GUERRA, President of the Board. Per C. A. THомPSON, Deputy. F. A. THOMPSON, County Clerk. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Tuesday, September 7th, A. D. 1869, at 9:30 o'clock a. M. The Board proceeded with the canvassing of the votes cast at the general election held on the first instant, for State Senator, member of Assembly and county officers, and with the recount of ballots for Senator and District Attorney, until twelve o'clock M., when the Board adjourned until the eighth instant, at ten o'clock a. M. F. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. ANTO. MA. DE LA GUERRA, President of the Board. 32 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Wednesday, September 9th, A. D. 1869, at 10 o'clock A. M. Present-A full Board, sitting as a Board of Canvassers. The minutes of the Board were read and approved.. In response to the message of the Board, Mr. R. G. Surdam, Judge of Election of Santa Paula Precinct, appeared before the Board, having, on the day previous, deposited with the County Clerk a box, accompa nied by the certificate of L. C. McKeeby, Clerk, and William Ayers, Judge of Election of San Buenaventura Precinct, that said box contained the original ballots of said precinct; also, a package, certified by him to contain the list of voters of Santa Paula Precinct, and one package certified by him to contain the ballots of the Santa Paula Precinct. H. H. Linville, Chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, presented to said Board, on behalf of P. W. Murphy, a candidate for the office of Senator, a protest against receiving any more election returns, other than those that were returned on Monday, September sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, which protest the Board ordered filed. The Board then proceeded with the canvassing of the election returns, and with the recount of ballots for Senator and District Attorney, from the Precinct of San Buenaventura. R. G. Surdam was then sworn and examined touching returns from Santa Paula Precinct, and his examination continued until two o'clock P. M., to which time the Board took a recess. Present-A full Board. Two O'CLOCK P. M. The taking of the testimony of R. G. Surdam was proceeded with, finished, and ordered filed. The Board thereupon proceeded to consider the question of receiving the package of ballots from Santa Paula Precinct, whereupon a vote was taken. Supervisors De la Guerra and Dibblee voted "nay," and Supervisor Bard "yea," the majority of the Board being of the opinion that the same are not properly identified as the ballots cast at the elec tion held on the first instant at the Santa Paula Precinct. Said package is therefore rejected, and remains unopened. Supervisor Bard voted "yea," believing that the ballots are sufficiently. identified by the sworn affidavit of one of the Judges of Santa Paula Precinct, and ought to be taken as prima facie evidence. The majority of the Board, considering that there are no ballots before them from which to make the count, as demanded, of votes for Senator and District Attorney, cast at Santa Paula Precinct, proceeded to count the entire vote cast thereat from the certificate of the Judges of Election attached, to the poll list and list of voters of said precinct, such list being the same contained in the package brought by Mr. Surdam on the seventh instant. H. H. Linville objected to the Board proceeding to canvass the returns of Santa Paula Precinct, on the ground that said returns are defective. The Board then proceeded with the canvassing, and declared the fol lowing result, viz: And that the above statement of the number of votes cast in the several precincts, for the several officers åbove named, is correct. SANTA BARBARA, September 8th, A. D. 1869. ANTO. MA. DE LA GUERRA, President of the Board of Supervisors. THOMAS B. DIBBLEE, Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County. The Board then adjourned until the ninth instant, at nine and a half o'clock A. M., for the purpose of approving the minutes. F. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. ANTO. MA. DE LA GUERRA, President Board Supervisors. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Thursday, September 9th, A. D. 1869, at 9:30 o'clock a. M. Present-A full Board, sitting as a Board of Canvassers. ANTO. MA. DE LA GUERRA, President. } F. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. STATE OF CAlifornia, County of Santa Barbara. } I, F. A. Thompson, County Clerk of the County of Santa Barbara, and ex officio Clerk of the Board of Canvassers thereof, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of the minutes of said Board, from September sixth to September ninth, inclusive, regarding the vote cast in said county, at the general election held on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for State Senator, as approved and declared by said Board, and as the same appear of record in my office. SEAL. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, on this twenty-first day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Fer C. A. THOMPSON, Deruty. F. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. EXHIBIT C. CERTIFICATE of REGISTRATION OF ROMUALDO PACHECO, IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. Great Register-Sacramento County. TATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Sacramento. } 88. W. B. C. BROWN, Clerk. This is to certify that the above and foregoing is a full and correct transcript of the entries of the registration of [SEAL.] By B. F. PEABODY, Deputy Clerk. PETITION FOR WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. D. W. GELWICKS, STATE PRINTER To the Honorable the Senators and Representatives of the State of California, in Legislature assembled: The undersigned, residents of this State of California, of full lawful age, ☛ respectfully and earnestly pray your honorable body to take such immediate action for an amendment of Section First, Article Second, of the Constitution of this State, as shall secure to the women of this commonwealth the right of suffrage. And to this end your petitioners will ever pray. M. A. McLaughlin, C. A. Genney, M. Hurst, Bertha Deneher, A. Lamarche, R. B. Roberts, SAN FRANCISCO. Mrs. J. N. Moulton, Mrs. M. D. La Febre, J. D. Minor, Mrs. Katharina A. Metcalf, Mrs. L. Boutelle, Mrs. Fanny W. Baird, Sarah K. Campbell, Lizzie A. Roche, |