Signed by 12 lawyers, including Finis Ewing Johnston and his two sons, Leslie Ewing Johnston and Harry Lewis Johnston. The judge who
signed off on the petition was Henry C. Gesford, brother of Lillie E. Gesford Johnston, Finis' sister-in-law.
The typewritten text in the document below has faded but the signatures are distinct. Here is a transcription of the document:
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF NAPA COUNTY:
The undersigned workers of the bar of Napa County respectfully petition your honorable body to provide by Ordinance
for the application to Napa County of the provisions of the Act of March 31st, 1891, relative to the establishment of law libraries.
If a library be established, we will contribute toward its maintenance $1.00 for each proceeding or action filed by
us in the clerkâs office.
I hereby approve the foregoing petition.
Henry C. Gesford
Judge, Superior Court
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas B. Hutchinson
John York
Theodore Arlington Bell
Charles Edward Trower
Finis Ewing Johnston
Wallace Rutherford
E. L. Webber
Harry Lewis Johnston
Raymond Benjamin
Percival Simpson King
Leslie Ewing Johnston
Andrew Jackson Hull
