Diputación dysfunction + 1828 municipal finance: the Alta Calif. diputación couldn't organize at Monterey ('falta de capacidad en la mayor parte de los diputados'), never exercised its *arbitrios*; small ayuntamientos 'barely forming'; Baja diputación 'solo por el nombre.' Includes the 1828 Propios-y-Arbitrios table by partido — Monterey 1,716 / Sta Bárbara 469 / Los Ángeles 859 / San Diego 345 ingresos; San José & SF = 0; totals ~3,389. Revenue = taxes on ganaderos, wine/liquor, lumber & foreign ships (begun late 1827); expenses incl. Diputación/ayuntamiento secretaries, schoolteachers & books/primers for poor children
| Date | 1829-11-20 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Echeandía |
| To | Min. de Relaciones |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | Departmental Records |
| Tomo | VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.267–274 |
| Scan leaf | n44–n46 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Echeandía to Min. de Relaciones, San Diego, 1829-11-20, Departmental Records, VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831), p.267–274, Archives of California, C-A 48, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831)]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/ca48/ca48-d66.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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