A copy of the 1861 California State Statutes can be found HERE NAME CHANGES chapter 11, pg 8 An Act to change the name of Elise Clara Audin, stepdaughter of Pierre G. Venard of the County of San Francisco to Elise Clara Venard and it shall be lawful for her to inherit in the estate of Pierre G. Venard. chapter 18, pg 12 An Act to change the name of Nelly H. Peters to