SESSION ACTA Heading verbatim: 'o 1834. = Mayo 3 = Mont. / Diputacion = Sesion del dia de la fecha' [= 1834, May 3, Monterey. Diputación. Session of this day's date.] Gefatura Política oficio of 3 del corriente forwards 25 EXPEDIENTES DE TERRENOS for the Diputación's approval under 'la ley de 18 de Agosto de 1824' and the 'disposiciones generales de 21 de Noviembre de 1828'; sent to the comisión de colonización united with terrenos baldíos. Read: a communication from Carlos Antº Carrillo, 'representante del Territorio al Soberano Congreso General' in 1831, dated México 21 July of that year, urging (1) education of youth, replacement of teachers, escuelas de primeras letras with salaries good enough to attract men to the country, (2) the Territory's need for its own ley orgánica, (3) separation of the military from the political command. Figueroa ruled point 3 already settled by the Superioridad, the Gefe Político having been named; points 1 and 2 to gobierno y policía united with enseñanza pública. Monterey ayuntamiento oficio of 11 March with the presupuesto for the Calzada, to obras públicas. The Corporation's Secretary tendered his resignation on grounds of illness. José Antonio Carrillo moved that sessions open at 10 a.m. and run no more than three hours. Carlos Carrillo opened his Santa Bárbara motion: since 1825, when ayuntamientos were created in this Alto Territorio, none is in the condition of that of the Presidio de Santa Bárbara; he asked that judicial faculties be stripped from its Comandante Militar (military and political enjoying distinct fueros) and that 2 regidores be added under the ley de 23 de Marzo de 1821, which gives 2 alcaldes, regidores and a procurador síndico to pueblos of 500 to 1000 vecinos, Santa Bárbara having 940 habitantes 'per the padrón lately formed'. José Antonio Carrillo held the motion merited three readings in different sessions.
| Date | 1834-05-03 (exact) |
|---|---|
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Legislative Records |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | pp 46 = 50 |
| Savage copy page | stamps 56–61 / ink 54–59 |
| Scan leaf | n55–n60 |
| Document type | acta (session minutes) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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