Leyes de California Aprobadas en la Quinta Sesi¢n de la Lejislatura
Rare Spanish-Language Printing of the 1856 California Session Laws, OCLC Locates 4 Copies in Law Libraries [California]. Eldredge, Thomas R., Translator. Leyes de California Aprobadas en la Septima Sesion de la Legislatura que Comenzo en la Ciudad de Sacramento el dia Siete de Enero, En el Ano de Mil Ocho Cientos Cincuenta y Seis, Y Concluyo el Dia Veinte y Ano de Abril del Mismo Ano. Traducidas del Ingles por Thomas R. Eldredge, Traductor del Estado. Sacramento: Impresas por James Allen, Impresor del Estado, 1856. 158 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22.22 x 13.97 cm). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, red and white lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, fading to head of front board, moderate rubbing to extremities, joints starting at ends, twentieth-century bookplate (with blank name space) to front pastedown. Light toning to interior, light foxing in places, offsetting to margins of endleaves. A very good copy. $500. * First printing. Spanish-language edition of laws passed at the seventh legislative session. Early California statutes were issued in English and Spanish, as required by a provision in the state constitution. When it was drafted, in 1849, Spanish was the native language of around 13,000 of California's nearly 100,000 residents, many of them recent arrivals due to the gold rush (1848-1855). Several statutes concern the incorporation of settlements. There are a few statutes reflecting the gold rush; one of these was an act regulating the activities of miners from foreign countries. Reflecting the growth of the state, there are also several acts establishing state and local officials. OCLC locates 14 copies, 4 in law libraries (University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Washington State Law Library, Yale). Babbitt, Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 22.
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