[Rarebooks] FS: Judge Hayes' copy of the legal text for settling Mexican land clains in California. SF: 1852

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(CALIFORNIA) COMMISSION FOR SETTLING PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS IN CALIFORNIA. Treaty Stipulations Between Mexico and the United States, Act of Congress March 3, 1851... Instructions... Regulations... San Francisco: No pub. 1852. 12mo. 20pp. Orig. green plain wrappers with some soiling. Text with occasional light soiling. This copy signed in ink at the top of the title page "Benj. I. Hayes." Housed in a linen folder and 1/2 morocco and marbled board slipcase, reading on spine "Regulations for Land Commissioners. 1852."    $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Judge Benjamin Ignatius Hayes' copy of a key legal text regarding Mexican land claims. Streeter (#2726) calls this "the foundation document under the terms of which all California land claims were first adjudicated." Hayes was a legal pioneer in Southern California. Arriving in Los Angeles in 1850, he was elected the first city attorney in 1851. In 1852 he was elected the first judge of the district court that served Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernadino counties, a position he held for many years. Cowan p. 375. Greenwood California Imprints #362.

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