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UNITED STATES : — CALIFORNIA

Orleans, cotton and lumber transported down the Mississippi being the chief exports. In 1919 there were in the State 5,219 miles of railway and (in 1919) 131 miles of electric railway.

Books of Reference.

The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.

CALIFORNIA.

Constitution and Government. — California, though unexplored and practically unknown to Europeans, was from its discovery down to 1846 politically associated with Mexico. On July 5, 1846, the American flag was hoisted at Monterey, and a proclamation was issued declaring California to be a portion of the United "States, and on February 2, 1849, by the treaty of Guadalupe, the territory was formally ceded by Mexico to the United States, and was admitted to the Union September 9, 1850.

The State Legislature is composed of the Senate of forty members, elected for terms of four years — half the number being elected each two years — and the Assembly, eighty members, elected for two years. Regular sessions are held once in two years.

The qualifications f.r eligibility to the Senate or Assembly are citizenship of the State for three years and residence in the district for one year.

California is represented in Congress by 2 Senators and 11 Representatives.

Governor. - William D. Stephens, 1919-23 (10,000 dollars). Secretary of State. — F. C. Jordan.

California is divided into fifty-eight counties, one of which — San Francisco — has a combined county and city government. In each county government the legislative authority is vested in a board of five members elected from districts. The seat of the State Government is at Sacramento.

Area and Population. — Area 158,297 square miles (2,645 square miles being water). Population on Jan. 1, 1920, 3,426,861.

The population at the date of each of the Federal censuses was as follows :

Years

White i

Coloured

Total

Per Sq. Mile

1870 1890 1900 1910

555,975 1,202,076 1,474,008 2,355,904

4,272 11,322 11,045 21,645

560,247 1,213,398 1,485,053 2,377,549

36

7-8

9-5

15-3

1 Including Indians and Asiatics. In 1910 the population by sex and race was :^-

White

Negro

Chinese

Japanese

Indian

Male Female

1,282,990 1,026,682

11,303 10,342

33,003 3,245

35,116 6,240

41,356

8,356 8,015

Total

2,259,672

21,645

36,248

16,371