Joseph Hoffman vs. No. 18945.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 542. Judgment for plaintiff, October 20, 1908.

Edgar M. Wilson vs. No. 19205.-To part of 100 Vara Lot No. 57 of 50 Vara Survey. Judgment for plaintiff, November 6, 1908.

Charels N. Brainard and Caroline H. Brainard vs. No. 19502.-To part of Mission Block No. 104. Judgment for plaintiff, November 7, 1908.

Earl Greenwood and Sarah A. Jones VS. No. 19619. To portion of Western Addition Blocks Nos. 232 and 210. Judgment for plaintiff, November 6, 1908.

Agnes Agmar vs. No. 22341.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 350. Decree for plaintiff, June 15, 1909.

Kate H. Philbrook vs. No. 20008.-To portion of Outside Land Block No. 376. Decree to plaintiff, December 3, 1908.

C. S. Wright vs. No. 20130.-To lot on northeasterly line of Third Street, 137.6 S. E. from Brannan Street, running thence S. E. 137.6 x 275 feet. Petition for restoration of records granted, December 18, 1908. Decree granted December 23, 1908.

A. L. Tubbs Company vs. No. 20083.-To portions of Potrero Nuevo Blocks Nos. 263, 264, 299, 300, 286, 394, 371, 370, 359, 358, 335, 249, 250, 248, 229, 228, and Beach and Water Lots 61 and 62, Block 19. Judgment for plaintiff, January 20, 1909.

93.

Camille M. Prou vs. No. 20611.-To portion of Potrero Nuevo Block No.
Judgment for plaintiff, January 16, 1909.

San Francisco Dry Dock Co. vs. No. 20755.-To part of S. F. Homestead and R. R. Association and part of State Tide Lands. Judgment for plaintiff, February 4, 1909.

James W. Keeney vs. No. 20907.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 241. Decree for plaintiff, March 5, 1909.

Holmes Investment Co. vs. No. 20908.-To portion of Block No. 43, Mission Addition. Judgment for plaintiff, March 30, 1909.

Gianbattista Chiapellous, et al. vs. No. 20909.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 259. Judgment for plaintiff, June 10, 1909.

Tobe Funkenstein vs. No. 20910.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 268. Decree to plaintiff, March 30, 1909.

Frank I. Freitas vs. No. 20911.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 188. Decree to plaintiff, March 30, 1909.

115.

Agusta Mary Webb, et al. vs. No. 21195.-To part of Mission Block No.
Decree to plaintiff, March 11, 1909.

J. J. Butler vs. No. 21903.-To part of Mission Block 118. Judgment for plaintiff, April 29, 1909.

Minnie Toft vs. No. 22337.-To portion of Mission Block No. 53. Decree for plaintiff, June 15, 1909.

William H. Degan VS. No. 22338.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 832. Decree for plaintiff, June 15, 1909.

Nellie F. Bergerou vs. No. 22657.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 342. Decree for plaintiff, June 3, 1909.

Blanche Oulif vs. No. 22653.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 457. Decree for plaintiff, June 3, 1909.

Elizabeth M. Muir Mugan vs. No. 22730.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 267. Judgment for plaintiff, June 10, 1909.

Western Pacific Railway Co. vs. No. 22872.-To part of Golden City Home

stead Association. Decree for plaintiff, May 19, 1909.

Maria Johanna Lighthipe vs. No. 22732.-To portion of Western Addition

Block No. 593. Judgment for plaintiff, June 17, 1909.

Elizabeth Knowlton, et al. vs. No. 22875.-To portion of Mission Block No. 41. Judgment for plaintiff, May 27, 1909.

M. J. Blackman vs. No. 22876.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 453. Judgment for plaintiff, May 27, 1909.

Anna B. Victor, et al. vs. No. 23137.-To portion of Richmond District Block No. 203. Decree as prayed for, June 17, 1909.

Sarah Miller vs. No. 23258.-To portion of Western Addition Block No. 368. Decree as prayed for, June 3, 1909.

Hyman Erichen, et al. vs No. 18207.-To portion Western Addition Block No. 276. Decree granted, October 3, 1908.

ACTIONS TO ESTABLISH TITLE UNDER AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHING AND QUIETING OF TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY IN CASE OF THE LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS

This office has found it of extreme importance to the City to continue the careful examination of actions filed under the "McEnerney Act," in order that there shall be no decree granted against the City involving City property, streets, alleys, parks, school and fire department lots, etc. The practice explained in my last report, of having the Superior Court require, as a condition precedent to the granting of a decree, that this office consent to judgment, has been continued. Since my last report of July 1, 1908, and up to the time of this report, there have been 8,721 actions filed to establish title under the Act. Of these, a great number have included what appeared to be encroachments on City property. Investigation is made in each case where such an apparent encroachment appears, and in many cases it finally develops that the City's rights are not being endangered, because of the closing up of and abandonment of streets by the City, etc. But in many actions, a real encroachment exists, sometimes through the plaintiffs describing their property according to old deeds, which descriptions are no longer correct; soemtimes through mistakes in the printing of the summons, and sometimes by reason of parties claiming interests which the City disputes.

The following is a list of the cases pending and determined, for the past year, in which the City's rights are involved, with a statement of their present status, or final disposition.

ACTIONS PENDING

S. P. Co. vs. No. 8408.-Encroaches on following streets: Chambers, Hooper, Irwin, Hubbell, South, Alameda, Eldorado, Tennessee, Minnesota, Indiana, Hudson, Fifth, George, Noble, Yuma, West Eldorado, Iowa, Seventeenth, Channel and Divison. Answer on file.

Strober vs. No. 4394.-Encroaches on California Avenue. Answer filed. William P. Glynn vs. No. 12243.-Encroaches on Touchard Street, Attorney agrees to recognize street in decree.

Burnett Building & Loan Association vs. No. 6199.-Encroaches on City property, Lot 40, Franklin Homestead Association Tract in Visitacion Valley. Answer filed, July 31, 1908.

Bothin Real Estate Co. vs. No. 6558.-Encroaches on City Property, Western Addition Block No. 111. Negotiating with attorney. Also encroachment

on Parrott Alley. Will dismiss as to Parrott Alley.

Ellen St. Lawrence Muller vs. No. 16969.-Encroachment portion 50 Vara

Block No. 140. Negotiating with attorney.

The Hotaling Estate Co. vs. No. 16993.-Encroachment Richmond Blocks Nos. 332, 332% and 429. Will answer for City.

F. E. Knowles vs. No. 17081.-Negotiating with attorney.

Montgomery Block, etc. VS. No. 17228. Encroachment on Merchant Street. Negotiating with attorney.

Caroline B. Ferguson vs. No. 17317.-Encroaches on Myrtle Avenue. Negotiating with attorney.

Costa vs. No. 15756.-Encroaches on property bought by City. 50 Vara Block No. 82, portion lands purchased by Garfield School. Attorney agrees to recognize City's title, in decree.

Herman vs. No. 15156.-Encroaches on Baker Street. Negotiating with

attorney.

City and County of S. F. vs. All Persons, etc. No. 15873.-Action to quiet title to part of Mission Block No. 136. Complaint and affidavit filed. Summons issued. Order for publication summons filed.

ACTIONS DETERMINED

Hotaling Estate Co. vs. No. 8611.-Encroachment on portion of Great Highway, sometimes known as Outside Lands Blocks Nos. 332, 332% and 429. Dismissed as to parcels 24, 25 and 26.

P. Martin vs. No. 8248.-Encroached on Fern Avenue. Dismissed as to encroachment. Decree, October 8, 1908.

George D. Graybill vs. No. 8062.-Encroached on Magnolia Avenue. Decree, April 21, 1909, recognizes the avenue.

Minnie Cohen vs. No. 8004.-Encroachment on Locust Avenue. Dismissed

as to encroachment. Decree, September 10, 1908.

Ellen A. Mooney vs. No. 6929.-Encroached on Myrtle Avenue. September 25, 1908, recognizes Myrtle Avenue.

Decree,

Lorenzo Marshill vs. No. 8848.-Encroached on Chambers Street.

Decree,

November 19, 1908, recognizes street.

J. A. Miller vs. No. 9024.-Encroached on San Jose Avenue.

Decree,

October 14, 1908, recognizes street.

Vincent P. Buckley vs. No. 10335.-Encroached on Taylor Street.

Decree,

December 4, 1908, recognizes street.

Mary E. O'Day vs. No. 10719.-Encroachment on Lynch Street. December 29, 1908, recognizes street.

Decree,

Margaret H. Lawrence vs. No. 10835.-Encroached on Locust Avenue. Dismissed as to encroachment.

Sarah Rice vs. No. 12336.-Encroached on Pino Alley. Decree, February 18, 1909, recognizes alley.

Higgins, et al. vs. No. 12855.-Encroachment on City property in 50 Vara Block 80. Action dismissed, March 11, 1909.

Gustav Niebaum Co. vs. No. 13990.-Encroached on Troy Alley. Decree, May 24, 1909, recognizes the alley.

Brandenstein Improvement Co. vs. No. 2982.-Encroached on S. E. corner Fifteenth and Harrison, and portion Western Addition Block No. 395. Dismissal as to encroachment filed, August 18, 1908.

Dorothea M. Kempke vs. No. 11603.-Encroached on San Jose Avenue. Decree recognizes street.

City and County of S. F. vs. All Persons, etc. No. 14631.-Action to quiet title to part of Outside Lands Block No. 170. Decree as prayed, June 28, 1909. J. Brandenstein Co. vs. No. 2982.-Involved an irregularly shaped lot in the southeast corner of Fifteenth and Harrison Streets, and Potrero Nuevo Block No. 7. Dismissal filed, August 18, 1908.

RECORDS AND MAPS

As stated in my Report for 1907-08, this office was destitute of means wherewith to investigate the questions constantly arising concerning streets, lands, parks, school lots and other public property of peculiar interest in Mc.. Enerney actions, and in the acquisition of lands for the City, etc. I have, therefore, continued the policy of acquiring the means to assist in the work of inquiry into the questions arising and now have a special equipment for this purpose, as follows:

I. BOOKS

Wheeler's Land Titles in San Francisco, 1852.

Wheeler's Report on the conditions of the real estate within the limits of the City of San Francisco, and in the Mission, 1851.

Ordinances and Resolutions, 1854.

Corporation Manual, 1853.

General Orders, 1866.

Consolidation Act, 1866.

General Orders, 1884.

Consolidation Act, 1887.

General Orders of the Board of Supervisors, 1896.
General Orders of the Board of Supervisors, 1904.

General Orders of the Board of Supervisors, 1906.

General Ordinances, 1907.

San Francisco Ayuntamiento Proceedings, 1849.

Municipal Reports, 1861-1908.

San Francisco Directories, 1852, 1853, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1866.

Land Commission and Archive Exhibits-U. S. vs. Limantour.

Reports of the Surveyor-General of California, 1880-1882.

Ten volumes of miscellaneous briefs and pamphlets on land titles, etc.

II. MAPS

1835-Richardson's Map of Yerba Buena-Photographic copy. 1839-Vioget Survey of Yerba Buena-Photographic copy.

1847--Bartlett Map.

1849-Eddy Map.

1850-Key's Map of Presidio.

1850-Presidio as limited by President's order.

1851-Eddy, Red Line Map.

1852-Eddy Map.

1852-Corporation Manual Map.

1852-Cooke & LeCount's Map.

1852-South Park Map.

1853-Clement Humphrey's Map.

1853-Zakreski's Map.

1853-South Beach Water Property.

1853-LeCount's Map.

1854-South Park.

1854-Map of Ravenswood.

1855-Wheeler's Map.

1856-Van Ness Ordinance Map.

1856-Lewis Potrero Nuevo Survey.

1857-U. S. Coast Survey Map.

1857-Limantour Claim.

1858-City Front Map.

1861-Gift Map No. 4.

1861-Biedeman Tract Map.

1861-Hayes Tract Map.

1862-Map of Outside Lands Claims (Original on tracing cloth made by Wm. P. Humphreys.

1863-Wackenreuder's Map.

1863-West End Map No. 1.

1863-West End Map No. 2.

1863-Central Homestead Union.

1863-Map of University Mound Survey.

1863-Holiday Map "A."

1864-Eureka Homestead Association Map.

1864-Tiffany and Dean Tract.

1864-Plan of Property Adjoining San Francisco Homestead Association. 1864-Cottage Savings and Homestead Association.

1864-San Francisco Homestead Union.

1864-Pacific Savings Association.

1865-Potrero Nuevo Map.

1865-Jonas Barman Map.

1865-Map of Grounds of South San Francisco Homestead and Railroad

Association.

1865-Plan of Haley Tract.

1866-Metropolitan Homestead Association.

1866-Union Homestead Association Tract.

1866-Young Men's Homestead Union.

1866-Mission Homestead Association.

1866-Occidental Homestead Association.

1866-Washington Homestead Association.

1867-Wheaton's Map.

1867-Original Outside Lands Map under Ordinance No.733.

1867-Stratton Survey.

1867-University Homestead Association Map.

1867-Seal Rock Rancho Map.

1867-Pleasant View Tract.

1867-Pleasant View Tract.

1867-Bay View Tract.

1867-Roussett and Touchard Claim.

1867-South San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association.

1867-Plan of O'Neil and Haley Tracts.

1867-Hudson Garden and Orchard Tract.

1867-Pioche and Robinson Tract.

1868 Outside Lands Map Order No. 800.

1868-University Homestead Association, re-survey.

1868-Citizens' Homestead and Railroad Association Map.

1868-North San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association. 1868-Harper Ranch.