Exhibit No. 1—J. W. G.
State of
California,
City and County of
San Francisco, ss:
I, P. E. Mulligan, secretary of the Roman Catholic archbishop of San
Francisco, Patrick W. Riordan, incumbent, hereby certify that as said
secretary I have in my possession and am the custodian of all the books,
records, files, papers, and documents of the said Roman Catholic archbishop
of San Francisco, and that the annexed document is a full, true, correct,
and verbatim copy of the pontifical decree directing the distribution of the
monies of the Pious Fund, which said pontifical decree is among the files,
papers, and documents of the said Roman Catholic archbishop of San
Francisco.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the Roman Catholie archbishop of San Francisco
at the city and county of San Francisco, State of
California, this
twenty-ninth day of August, A. D. 1902.
P. E. Mulligan.
State of
California,
City and County of
San Francisco, ss:
P. E. Mulligan, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the
secretary of the Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, Patrick W.
Riordan, incumbent, and that the facts stated in the foregoing
certificate are true and correct.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of August,
1902.
John P.
Cashin,
Notary Public in and for the
City and County of
San Francisco,
State of California.
State of
California,
City and County of
San Francisco, ss:
I, Albert B. Mahony, county clerk of the city and county of San
Francisco, State of California, and ex officio clerk of the superior
court thereof (which court is a court of record, having a seal), do
hereby certify that John P. Cashin, whose name is subscribed to the
annexed instrument and thereon written, and before whom the annexed oath
or affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such oath or affidavit
a notary public in and for the city and county of San Francisco,
residing in said city and county, duly authorized to take the same, and
an officer duly authorized by the laws of said State to take and certify
the acknowledgment and proof of deeds to be recorded in said State. And
further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such officer,
and verily believe that the signature to such jurat or certificate is
genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said superior court at my office in
said city and county this, 29th day of August, A. D.
1902.
Albert B. Mahony, Clerk.
