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Under the constitutional provision, on
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Wilmington, Vt. until a year later. In 1855, his wife and daughters Emma and Mary joined him in San
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Tenth. --To allow and order paid out of the
General Fund to O. L. Shafter, James Shafter and Solomon Heydenfeldt, as a law firm, for the defense of suits brought against the Tax Collector of the city and county of San Francisco...a sum not exceeding $
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ticket, and begin his term in
January 1864. The justices drew lots for term length and Shafter was assigned the long, 10-year term as an associate justice. In December 1867, he resigned due to ill health. Governor
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Vermont friend, Trevor Park, Shafter came to California and practiced law in San Francisco with Halleck, Peachy, Billings & Park. His brother,
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