BY-LAWS OF BRADFORD
RECLAMATION
DISTRICT 2059
We,
the undersigned being the holders of
title and owners of a majority of the
acreage within Bradford Reclamation
District No. 2059 formed by order of
the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, State of California,
on the 21st day of November, 1921,
do hereby enact adopt the following
by-laws for the government of said
distract and for the control of the
affairs thereof.
I.
The
name of this district shall be Bradford
Reclamation District No. 2059 and the
number thereof shall be the number
which the Register of the State Land
Office shall give to said district
upon the certificate of the County
Clerk; and all contracts and all of
the business of said district shall
be transacted under said name.
II.
The
officers of this district shall consist
of a board of three trustees, and they
shall elect from their number a President
and Vice President, and shall select
some competent person to act as Secretary
for said district; and in case of the
absence or incapacity of said Secretary,
said trustees may appoint a temporary
secretary; and the trustees may remove
the Secretary at any time.
III.
The
place of meeting of said board of trustees,
for the first meeting thereof, shall
be in the office of W.S. Robenson,
at 707 McDonald Avenue in the City
of Richmond, in the County of Contra
Costa, State of California, and at
such place thereafter as The Board
of Trustees may determine by resolution;
provided however, that the place of
meeting of said board shall always
be in or near said district; and
said Board of Trustees, by resolution,
shall fix from time to time one day
of each week and the time of said day
at which said Board of Trustees shall
hold regular meetings thereof.
IV.
It
shall be the duty of the Secretary
to keep a correct record of all proceedings
relating to the transaction of the
business of said district, and to attend
to such matters as the board of trustees
shall direct.
V.
Special
meetings of the board of trustees may
be called by the President upon written
or telegraphic notice to the other
trustees of the time thereof; and in
case of his incapacity or absence from
the County of Contra Costa, State of
California, such meetings may be called
by the Vice President; provided that
notice in any event must be given insufficient
time to enable the other trustees to
reach the meeting place of the board
of trustees; but no notice of regular
meetings shall be necessary; and any
special meetings of the board of trustees
at which all members thereof shall
be present, shell be valid and sufficient
although no notice thereof shall have
been given as herein provided.
VI.
A
majority of members of the board of
trustees shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of any and all
business, but one member attending
may adjourn the meeting.
We
hereby authorize F. A. Fletcher, one
of the landowners on Bradford Tract
in the County of Contra Costa, State
of California, after the Board of Supervisors
of said County shall have adopted an
order forming said reclamation district,
and after said F.A. Fletcher, as said
landowner, shall have signed and acknowledged
these by-laws, on our behalf to record
these by-laws in the Recorder’s
Office of the County of Contra Costa,
State of California; and the signing,
acknowledging and recording of these
by-laws, by said F.A. Fletcher, shall
constitute and be the adoption hereof
by us as the by-laws of said reclamation
district.
In
witness whereof, we have hereunto signed
our names and caused these presents
to be executed and have set opposite
our names the number of acres owned
by us in said district.
Name Acres
Jose
Pitta 200
acres
A.
Vieira 50
acres
J.A.
Johnson 206
acres
Antonio
Vieira 50
acres
N.
K Foster 120-11
acres
G.
J. Giannini 150
acres
John
J. Pera 61-50
acres
Andrea
Simoni 81-50
acres
Elizabeth
G. Witter 95
acres
Geo
F. McNeil 102-50
acres
F.A.
Fletcher 247-13
acres
1343
74/100
State of California, }
{ss.
City and County of San Francisco }
On
this 16th day of November, in the year
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty
One, before me, Thomas S. Burnes, a
Notary Public in and for the City and
County of San Francisco, personally
appeared G. J. Giannini, John J. Pera
and Andrea Simon known to me to be
the persons whose names are subscribed
to the within instrument and they duly
acknowledged to me that they executed
the same.
In
witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my official seal,
at my office in the City and County
of San Francisco, the day and year
in this certificate first above written.
(Notary Seal) Thomas
S. Burnes
Notary
Public in and for the City
and County Of San Francisco, State
of California.
State of California, }
{ss.
County of Alameda }
On
this 16 day of November, in the year
of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twenty One, before me, J. J. Rose
Jr., a Notary Public in and for the
County of Alameda, State of California,
residing therein, duly commissioned
and sworn, person appeared Jose Pitta,
A. Vieira and Antonio Vieira and J.
A. Johnson, known to be the persons
described in and whose names are subscribed
to the within instrument and they acknowledged
to me that they executed the same.
In
witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my official seal,
the day and year in this certificate
first above written.
(Notary Seal) J.J. Rose
Jr.,
Notary
Pubic in and for said County
of Alameda, State
of California.
State of California }
{ss.
County of Alameda }
On
this 16th day of November, in the year
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty
One, before me, Geo F. Witter, a Notary
Public in and for the County of Alameda,
State of California, residing therein,
duly commissioned and sworn, personally
Elizabeth G. Witter known to me to
be the person described in and whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument,
and she acknowledged to me that she
executed the same.
In
witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my official seal,
the day and year in this certificate
first above written.
(Notary Seal) Geo
F. Witter
Notary
Public in and for said County
of Alameda, State
of California.
State of California }
{ss.
County of Sacramento }
On
this 19th day of November, 1921, before
me, S. Luke Howe, a Notary Public in
and for the County of Sacramento, State
of California, residing therein, duly
commissioned and sworn, personally
appeared Geo F. McNeil, known to me
to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument, and he acknowledged
to me that he executed the same.
(Notary Seal) S.
Luke Howe,
Notary
Public for the County
of Sacramento, State
of California.
State of California }
{ss.
County of Contra Costa }
On
this 21st day of November, in the year
One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One
before me, Gertrude Rice, a Notary
Public in and for Contra Costa County,
residing therein, duly commissioned
and sworn, personally appeared H. E.
Foster, and F. A. Fletcher, known to
me to be the persons whose names are
subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged that they executed
the same.
In
witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my official seal
at my office in the County of Contra
Costa, the day and year in this Certificate
first above written.
On
the 19th day of November, 1921, before
me, S. Luke Howe, a Notary Public in
and for the County of Sacramento, State
of California, residing therein, duly
commissioned and sworn, personally
appeared Geo F. McNeil, known to me
to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument, and he acknowledged
to me that he executed the same.
(Notary Seal) S.
Luke Howe,
Notary
Public in and for the County
of Sacramento, State
of California.
State of California }
{ss.
County of Contra Costa }
On
this 21st day of November, in the year
One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One
before me, Gertrude Rice, a Notary
Public in and for Contra Costa County,
residing therein, duly commissioned
and sworn, personally appear H. K.
Foster, and F. A. Fletcher, known to
me to be the persons whose names are
subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged that they executed
the same.
In
witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my official seal
at my office in the County of Contra
Costa, the day and year in this Certificate
first above written.
(Notary Seal) Gertrude
Rice,
Notary
Public in and for said Contra
Costa County, State
of California.
Recorded at request of County Clerk,
November 21, 1921, at 56 minutes past
11:00 AM. |
