Book excerpt: Excerpt from Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly, of the Twentieth Session of the Legislature of the State of California, 1874, Vol. 1 Sir: In compliance with law, I have the honor to submit herewith a biennial report of the transactions of' this department during my term of Office. From December fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, up to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.