here,
and the said Martha being of tender years is entrusted to the
said Ann, her sister, to be brought before the Judge here at the
time and place aforesaid to be dealt with according to law of
which the said Ann and the said Robert Smith here have notice and
the said Hannah and Ann are appointed Special Guardians
respectively of the children so hereby entrusted to them, and
notified that it is their duty to obey all lawful orders of the
Judge here or of some competent Court touching the premises. And
the further hearing of this case as to the said Hannah and infant
boy and her child, Lawrence and her children Charles and Mary and
Martha is adjourned until said last mentioned time at the Court
House of the City of Los Angeles, and it is further ordered that
the said Nathaniel (aged from ten to twelve years) Jane (aged
eight years) Marion (aged four years) all children of said
Hannah, and said child Ann (aged from twelve to thirteen years)
and Harriet (aged eight years) are committed to the custody of
the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, David W. Alexander, Esq., as
especial Guardian until the further order of the Judge here or of
other Judge or Court of competent Jurisdiction to appoint General
Guardians of aforesaid Children last mentioned, and the said
Sheriff will leave in full liberty and discharge the said Biddy
and her child Ellen (aged Seventeen years) and the said Ann only
being required to obey the said order herinbefore made to appear
before the Judge here in manner and form as aforesaid. And it
further appearing that the said Charles is absent in San
Bernardino County, within said Judicial District. It is ordered
that Robert Clift, Esq. Sheriff of said County be and he is
hereby appointed Special Guardian of said Charles and as such
duly authorized and required to take said Charles in his custody
and him safely keep in such manner that said Charles shall not be
removed out of the State of California, but shall abide the
further order of the Judge here or other Judge or Court of
competent Jurisdiction touching his Guardianship. And it is
further ordered and adjudged that all the costs accrued in the
case up to the present date and in executing the present order of
the Judge here as to the production of the said Hannah and her
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