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at Monterey and passed these resolutions as the basis of a pro¬ 
visional government. 
1st. Upper California is declared to be independent of Mex¬ 
ico during the non-re-establishment of the Federal system, 
which was adopted.in 1824. 
2d. The said California shall be erected into a free and 
governing state, establishing a congress which shall dictate all 
the particular laws of the country, and elect the other supreme 
powers necessary, declaring the “ Actual Most Excellent De- 
nutation Constituent. 55 
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3d. The Religion shall be the Roman Catholic Apostolic, 
without admitting the exercise of any other ; but the govern¬ 
ment will not molest any persons for their particular religious 
opinions. 
4th. A Constitution shall regulate all the branches of the 
Administration “ provisionally, 55 in conformity as much as 
possible with the expressed declaration. 
5th. Until what is contained in the foregoing articles be 
put in execution, Senor Don Guadalupe Vallejo shall be 
called to act as Commandante General. 
6th. The President of the “Most Excellent Deputation 55 
shall pass the necessary communications to the municipalities 
of the Territory. 
These proceedings were followed by the banishment of the 
Mexican Governor, officers and soldiers from the country; 
the proclamation of Juan Baptiste Alvarado, Civil Governor, 
and his uncle, Senor Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Military 
Governor, or Commandante of the “Republic of Upper Cali¬ 
fornia. 55 
Meantime this new Government had placed the seal of final 
ruin upon the missions. The official corps which had formerly 
drawn salaries from the Central Government at Mexico 
was now dependent upon the resources of the country. The 
Revolutionists and Lawgivers owned large plantations, many 
of which grazed ten or fifteen thousand head of cattle, besides 
horses, mules, sheep, &c. But these were private property. 
