Verbatim heading: '1833. Sbre. 20 Los Angeles pp 553. 54. / Jose Figueroa al Alc.de de S. Jose'

Departmental State Papers, San José, tomo IV+ · BANC MSS C-A 45, document 512

Verbatim heading: '1833. Sbre. 20 Los Angeles pp 553. 54. / Jose Figueroa al Alc.de de S. Jose'. Verbatim text: 'Que se lleve a efeto mi orn. y q.e el Ayuntam.to no tiene facultad de sentenciar ni destinar a los vagos a obras publicas.' ('efeto' as written.) [= my order is to be carried into effect, and the ayuntamiento has NO power to sentence vagrants or to assign them to public works.] A governors ruling stripping the municipality of penal jurisdiction over vagrancy, three months after he ordered art. 5 of the ley de vagos enforced (n120, 18 May 1833). Directly on point for the alcalde-jurisdiction question.

Date1833-09-20 (exact)
FromJose Figueroa, Los Angeles, to the Alcalde de San Jose
PlaceLos Angeles
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, San José
TomoIV+
Original tomo pagepp 553. 54.
Savage copy page127 / 125
Scan leafn127
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentJose Figueroa, Los Angeles, to the Alcalde de San Jose, Los Angeles, 1833-09-20, Departmental State Papers, San José, IV+, pp 553. 54., Archives of California, C-A 45, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca45/ca45-d512.html
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