Excerpt from Digest of the Laws of California: Containing All Laws of a General Character Which Will Be in Force on the First Day of January, 1858

In the introductory portion will be found: the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Proclamation calling a Constitutional Convention for California, the Proclamation resigning the powers of the Military Governor and declaring the new State Government installed, the act of Congress admitting California into the Union, the act of the Legislature of California, authorizing the publication of this compilation, and legalizing the same and, finally, Abbreviations.

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