Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit: the document lay inside the declared span of a grouped entry covering n61-n72, which had passed every completeness check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: 'o 1840 Feb. 20 / Sala de Comisiones de la Junta Dep.l de las Calif.s Adiciones al Reglam.to' [= 1840, 20 February. Committee Room of the Junta Departamental of the Californias. Additions to the Regulation.] The Adiciones al Reglamento of the Junta Departamental, copied by Savage as selected articles under their títulos, running from the lower third of n71 across n72 and n73 to the top of n74. This is the document that record d70's summary actually describes, but it has no record of its own and lies almost entirely outside d70's span. Art. 1o: the Junta shall assemble in ordinary sessions on the 1st of each year and the new vocales shall swear in the Governor's hands, or before the Junta if it is already installed. Art. 2o: on 30 June each year it shall suspend its ordinary sessions and dissolve if it has no grave business, remaining in recess the rest of the year but meeting in extraordinary session whenever convoked by the Governor. Art. 3o gives the oath formula, ending 'Sí juro = Si así lo hiciereis, Dios os premie, y sino os lo demande'. Tit.o 2.o de la Presid.a: A. 6o parte 3a, to give course to communications from the Supreme Government, the Government, and the authorities and corporations of the department; parte 8a, the Governor may convoke extraordinary sessions whenever a grave motive arises, of himself or prompted by a vocal. Tit.o 3.o del Secretario: A. 9o, the Junta shall have a secretaría of a secretary and two subalterns named by itself, the secretary for now at 800 pesos a year and the others as 1st and 2nd escribientes at 300 and 200 pesos; A. 10, the first secretary's duties, to frame a reglamento for the office's internal governance with the Junta's approval and answer for missing expedientes, to extend the actas 'haciendo una relacion lacónica y clara de lo que se haya tratado y resuelto en aquellas sin calificar los discursos y esposiciones que se hagan', initialling them once the president verifies, and to extend and sign the Junta's communications to authorities within and outside the department. Tit. 4o de las Sesiones: A. 12, sessions every Tuesday and Friday while the Junta is in session, except feast days and días de tabla. Tit. 6o de las Comisiones: A. 24, the standing committees shall be those on impuestos, educacion pública, industria, comercio, administracion municipal and variaciones constitucionales; A. 26, the president names them once the Junta is installed. Tit. 8o de las Votaciones: A. 57, as in the Reglamento, adding that lot decides if the Governor is absent. Tit. 9o de los Acuerdos: A. 59, the Junta's determinations go to the Governor for compliance. Tit. 12 de la Tesoreria de la Junta: A. 67, the surplus of the propios y arbitrios of the pueblos and of such ramos as the Junta designates shall form the fund for the department's public-beneficence expenses; A. 68, the Junta shall organise the office to administer it; A. 69, distribution to be on the objects indicated and by that office under the arrangement ordered. Tit. 14 de la Observancia del Reglamento: A. 74, the reglamento shall be observed by the Junta for its interior governance; A. 75, observance begins once the Junta's approval falls; A. 76, the Junta itself may resolve doubts on any article and add to or reform them if it thinks fit. Savage closes with 'Los artículos que se omiten son iguales á los del Reglamento.'
| Date | 1840-02-20 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Sala de Comisiones of the Junta Departamental de las Californias to the Junta (no individual signer given on the leaf) |
| Place | not stated on the heading; the surrounding Junta business is at Monterey, so Monterey is my inference and not something the leaf says |
| Series | Legislative Records |
| Tomo | III–IV (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 414-20 |
| Savage copy page | leaf corners 67/66 (lower n71) through 70/69 (top of n74) |
| Scan leaf | n71 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Sala de Comisiones of the Junta Departamental de las Californias to the Junta (no individual signer given on the leaf), not stated on the heading; the surrounding Junta business is at Monterey, so Monterey is my inference and not something the leaf says, 1840-02-20, Legislative Records, III–IV, p. 414-20, Archives of California, C-A 61, 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 III–IV]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/ca61/ca61-d76.html