San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, December 31, 1859, Vol. 1 No.39 HOW THEY STAND Stome's Stock Reporter and Bankers' Advertiser, for December, a Sacramento paper, is before us. In it we find a report of the "Financial condition of the Counties of this State, Nov. 1st, 1859." Only fifteen counties are reported, but we believe this is sufficient to show about the average condition of most of the counties in the State. San Mateo is the smallest county in the State, she owes no debt - pays no interest, her public property is worth about fifteen thousand dollars, estimating it at about what it cost, and is of a better and more substantial character than that which in many other counties has cost three times the amount. Her personal property is assessed at six hundred and thirty thousand, eight hundred and ninety-six dollars; her real estate at six hundred and eighteen thousand, eight hundred and forty-five dollars. The tax she pays is only one dollar and fifty-five cents on the hundred dollar, sixty cents of which is State tax - an amount which is uniform throughout the State - fifty cents, county tax, twenty-five cents court house tax - an item which will be left out of next year's assessment - ten cents school tax, five cents toad tax, and five cents indigent sick tax. CIRCUIT COURT FOR CALIFORNIA M.C. McALISTER, of San Francisco, Judge, Terms of holding court in San Francisco, first Monday of January and July. In Los Angeles, first Monday of March and September. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS Southern District of California Isaac S.K. Ogier, of Los Angeles, Judge Joseph R. Gitchel, U.S. District Attorney J.C. Pennie, Marshall Columbus Sims, Clerk W.W. Stetson, deputy clerk Wm. H. Wallace, United State Commissioner at Santa Barbara Alex S. Taylor, Deputy clerk and United States Commissioner at Monterey Northern District of California Ogden Hoffman, of San Francisco, Judge Wm. H. Cheevers, Clerk P.L. Solomon, Marshal P. de la Torre, District Attorney W. Pen Johnson, United States Commissioner at San Francisco The place of holding court in the Northern District is in San Francisco. California State Government The present is the fifth Executive term of the State Government, and began on the first Monday of January, 1858. John B. Weller, of Sacramento, Governor Joseph Walkup of Placer, Lieut. Governor A.R. Meloney, of San Joaquin, Controller Thomas Findlay of Nevada, Treasurer Ferris Forman of Sacramento, Secretary of State Horace A. Higley, of Alameda, Surveyor General T.H. Williams, of El Dorado, Attorney General A.J. Moulder, of San Francisco, Superintendent of Public Instruction John O'Meara of San Francisco, State Printer Manuel T. Brocklebank, Private Secretary to the Governor JUDICIARY S.F. Field, of Marysville, Chief Justice W.W. Cope, of Amador, Associate Justice J.G. Baldwin, of San Francisco B.C. Whitman, of Benicia, Reporter Charles S. Fairfax, of Yuba, clerk To see other old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php