§ 1. Deposit of newspapers in public libraries. The county boards of supervisors of the several counties may authorize the recorders of their several counties to deposit with any free public library maintained at the county seat, or with the California state library, such newspaper files, or portions thereof, as may be in the custody of such recorders by virtue of an act approved April 8, 1862, and entitled "An act for the purchase and preservation of public newspapers, printed and published in the several counties of this state," or by virtue of any other act. [Amendment of May 2, 1919. In effect July 22, 1919. Stats. 1919, p. 278.]

§ 2. Agreement required. Before making such deposit, the said board of supervisors shall obtain from the board of trustees or authorities in charge of such free public library, or the board of trustees of the California state library, an agreement that they will properly preserve and care for such newspaper files, and make them accessible to the public. [Amended May 2, 1919. In effect July 22, 1919. Stats. 1919, p. 278.]

§ 3. Files may be transferred to state library. The county boards of supervisors of the several counties may authorize the boards of trustees or other authorities in charge of any free public library with which newspaper files have been deposited in accordance with section one of this act to deposit such newspaper files with the California state library. [New section added May 2, 1919. In effect July 22, 1919. Stats. 1919, p. 278.]

ACT 2762.

TITLE 212.
FRESNO CITY.

Charter of. [Stats. 1921, p. 1821.]

Former charter: See Stats. 1901, p. 832; amended 1905, p. 1026. ACT 2763.

Fresno, town of, and Merced, city, protection against fire. [Stats. 187778, p. 214.]

Superseded as to that city by the charter of Fresno, 1901, p. 833. ACT 2764.

Preventing certain animals and fowls from running at large within the limits of Fresno City. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 57.]

ACT 2775.

County seat, locating. [Stats. 1873-74, p. 913.]

County auditor and county recorder, separation of offices for, and regu lation of official salaries in.

[Stats. 1875-76, p. 151.]

Amended 1875-76, p. 363; 1877-78, p. 104.

Repealed by County Gov

ernment Act, 1897, p. 535, § 166. See ante, Act 1864.

ACT 2776.

Funds for improvement of courthouse and county hospital grounds. [Stats. 1877-78, p. 174.]

ACT 2777.

Authorizing transfer of funds. [Stats. 1875–76, p. 249.]

Superseded by subd. 18, § 25, County Government Act, 1897, p. 463. See ante, Act 1864.

ACT 2778.

To increase the number of superior judges of. [Stats. 1887, p. 57.] This act increased the number of judges from one to two.

ACT 2779.

For the appointment of an additional judge for. [Stats. 1893, p. 125.] This act increased the number of judges from two to three.

ACT 2780.

To reduce the number of judges of the superior court of from three to two. [Stats. 1895, p. 156.]

ACT 2781.

An act to increase the number of judges of the superior court of the county of Fresno, and to provide for the appointment of an additional judge. [Approved May 5, 1917. Stats. 1917, p. 283. In effect July 27, 1917.]

This act increased the number of judges from two to three. See next act.

ACT 2782.

An act to provide one additional judge of the superior court in the county of Fresno. [Approved June 3, 1921. Stats. 1921, p. 1149. In effect August 2, 1921.]

This act increased the number of judges in Fresno county from three to four.

ACT 2783.

To provide for the maintenance and construction of roads in. [Stats. 1877-78, p. 859.]

Repealed 1883, p. 5, c. X, § 2.

ACT 2784.

Issuance of bonds for the construction of certain roads and bridges. [Stats. 1877-78, p. 395.]

ACT 2785.

To repeal all special laws in and to apply the provisions of the Political Code relating to roads and highways. [Stats. 1873-74, p. 342.]

ACT 2786.

Promoting sanitary conditions in towns and villages. [Stats. 1877-78,

p. 383.]

See subd. 20, § 25, County Government Act, 1897, p. 464.

See ante,

Act 1864.

ACT 2787.

Tax collectors of, bonds of. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 16.] Repealed by County Government Act, 1897, p. 475, § 66. See ante, Act 1864.

ACT 2788.

Treasurer of, salary of. [Stats. 1873-74, p. 236.]

Amended 1877-78, p. 255. Repealed by County Government Act, 1897, p. 452. See ante, Act 1864.

ACT 2789.

Creating board of water commissioners for. [Stats. 1865-66, p. 777.] Amended 1875-76, p. 547.

ACT 2790.

Water ditches and water privileges in. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 547.]

TITLE 214.
FRUIT.

ACT 2800.

An act to establish standards for the packing, marketing and sale of apples, forbidding the sale of certain infected and diseased apples, providing for the inspection and certification thereof, and for its enforcement, fixing penalties for its violation, and repealing an act entitled "The standard apple act of 1917," approved May 7, 1917, as amended.

[Approved June 3, 1921.

Amended 1923, p. 472.

§ 1. Title of act.

Standard grades.

Stats. 1921, p. 1169. In effect August 2, 1921.]

Statement on container.

Apples to conform to standard.

Misleading statements.

Powers of director of agriculture in enforcing act.
Fee for affixing stamp. Disposition of fees.

§ 2.

§ 3.

§ 4.

§ 5.

Sale of infected apples.

Qualifications of inspectors.

Common carrier may refuse to accept shipments.
Guaranty. Form.

Duty of district attorney.

§ 18.

Effect on food and drugs act.

§ 20. Stats. 1917, p. 285; Stats. 1919, p. 258, repealed.

§ 1. Title of act. This act shall be known and for any and all to as "The California purposes may be designated and referred standard apple act." [Amendment approved May 26, 1923. Stats. 1923, p. 472.]

§ 2. Standard grades. The following standard grades and standard box are hereby established for apples, packed, shipped, delivered for shipment, offered for sale or sold, in the state of California.

(a) "Extra fancy." The "Extra fancy" grade shall consist of wellgrown, properly matured apples of one variety; hand picked, well colored and normally shaped for the locality where produced, uniform in size, well packed, in clean standard boxes, and shall be free from insect pests, diseases, visible rot, visible dry rot, visible Baldwin spot, insect bites, bruises, skin punctures, skin broken at stem and other defects, except such bruises as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing, and virtually free from dirt; provided, however, that russeting confined within the basin of the stem shall be permitted and that a variation from the said standard as to insect pests, diseases, dry rot, Baldwin spot, insect bites, bruises and other defects shall be allowed not to exceed ten per cent total thereof, in any one package, and not to exceed five per cent of any one thereof, in any one package; provided, further, that a variation in the size of the apples shall be allowed, not to exceed three-eighths of one inch when measured through the widest portion of cross-section thereof.

(b) "Fancy." The "Fancy" grade shall consist of well-grown, properly matured apples of one variety, hand picked, normally shaped for the locality where produced, well packed, uniform in size and shall be free from insect pests, diseases, visible rot, visible dry rot, visible Baldwin spots, insect bites, skin punctures, skin broken at stem, bruises and other defects (except such bruises as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing), and virtually free from dirt; provided, that smooth caterpillar bites, which on any one apple and in the aggregate shall not exceed one-half of one inch in diameter, slight limb rubs and not to exceed two healed-over case-bearer or aphid stings on each apple, slight sunspots and slight flyspeck fungus, and scab spots which on any one apple and in the aggregate shall not exceed one-fourth of one inch in diameter, russeting which is not excessively rough, and which does not appear on more than twenty-five per cent of the surface of any one apple in the aggregate shall be permitted in this grade; provided, further, that a variation in size of the apples in each package, shall be allowed not to exceed threeeighths of one inch when measured through the widest portion of the cross-section thereof; and provided, further, that a variation from said standard as to the pests, diseases and defects above mentioned as forbidden, shall be permitted, not to exceed ten per cent total thereof, nor to exceed five per cent of any one thereof, in any one package; and provided, further, that apples slightly soiled, and or slightly dirty shall be permitted in this grade.

(c) "C" grade. The "C" grade shall consist of properly matured apples of one variety, hand picked, well packed, uniform in size, free from insect pests, visible rot, visible dry rot, visible Baldwin spots, and other diseases, and from broken skin, sun scald, and frost bite, more than skin deep; provided, that scab spots on any one apple not larger than one-half of one inch in diameter in the aggregate, and apples showing blossom end cracks, shall be permitted in this grade; provided, further, that a variation from said standard as to such insect pests, dry rot, Baldwin spots, diseases and defects, shall be allowed not to exceed

ten per cent total thereof in any one package, nor to exceed five per cent of any one thereof; and provided, further, that a variation in the size of the apples shall be allowed not to exceed three-eighths of one inch when measured through the widest portion of the crosssection thereof.

(d) Standard container. The standard container shall be a box of the following dimensions, inside measurements, when measured, without distention of parts: Depth of end ten and one-half inches; width of end eleven and one-half inches; length of box eighteen inches, and having a cubical content of as nearly as possible two thousand one hundred seventy-three and one-half cubic inches.

(e) Irregular container. All packed apples, when shipped, offered for sale or sold, shall be placed in the standard box herein described; provided, however, that other size containers may be used (except where the words "Extra fancy" are used as the grade designation) if conspicuously marked in letters not less than one-half inch high "irregular container." [Amendment approved May 26, 1923. Stats. 1923, p. 472.]

§ 3. Statement on container. Every packed container of apples shipped, delivered for shipment, offered for sale or sold, in the state of California, shall bear upon the outside thereof, and on the end, in plain words or figures and in the English language, the following: The grade of the apples therein contained, as herein defined; the designation of grade, when the stamps hereinafter provided for are not used, being stated in letters not smaller than thirty-six point type, that is, not less than onehalf inch in height; the number of apples contained in the package, or the minimum net weight of the apples contained therein; the variety of the apples contained in the package, unless the variety be unknown to the packer, in which case the variety shall be stated as unknown; the name and business address of the person, firm, company, organization or corporation, who first packed or caused the same to be packed, and if repacked, the name and business address of the person, firm, company, organization or corporation who repacked the same or caused same to be repacked; the date when such apples were first packed, or if repacked, the date of repacking, and on each container of apples which have been held in cold storage for more than fifteen days after being packed a statement showing the fact that the contents have been held in cold storage; provided, however, that a variation of five apples, more or less, than the number stated, shall be allowed.

(a) Definitions. The term "packed," whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean the regular, compact arrangement of all or a part of the fruit in any container; the term "well packed," whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean the regular, compact arrangement of all of the fruit in any container, the fruit being compacted with sufficient solidity so that it will not move in the container when lidded, the top and the bottom of the box, when lidded, having a bulge of not less than one-half inch and not more than three-fourths of an inch, and, where wrappers are used, all of the apples in the box being wrapped, with the exception of the bottom layer, which may be "flagged." The term "flagged" shall be