CHAPTER CCLXXXV. An act to amend section 362 of the Civil Code, relating to amendments by corporations of their articles of incorporation. [Approved March 25, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section three hundred and sixty-two of the Civil Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: articles of 362. Any corporation may amend its articles of incor- Amending poration by a majority vote of its board of directors or incorporatrustees, and by a vote or written assent of the stockholders tion. representing at least two thirds of the subscribed capital stock of such corporation; and a copy of the said articles of incorporation, as thus amended, duly certified to be correct by the president and secretary of the board of directors or trustees of such corporation, shall be filed in each office where the original articles of incorporation are, or any copy thereof is, required by this code to be filed; and from the time of so filing such copy of the amended articles of incorporation, such corporation shall have the same powers, and it and the stockholders thereof shall thereafter be subject to the same liabilities, as if such amendment had been embraced in the original articles of incorporation; provided, that the time of the Time of existence of such corporation shall not be by such amendment extended beyond the time fixed in the original articles of incorporation; provided further, that such original and amended articles of incorporation shall together contain all the matters and things required by the laws under which the original articles of incorporation were executed and filed; and, also pro- Assent of vided, that if the assent of two thirds of the said stockholders holders. to such amendment has not been obtained, a notice of the intention to make the amendment shall first be advertised for thirty (30) days in some newspaper published in the town, city, or county, or city and county, in which the principal place of business of the corporation is located before the filing of the proposed amendment; and provided also, that nothing Diminuin this section shall be construed to authorize any corporation stock. to diminish its capital stock. existence. stock tion of Public assembly hall. Resolution of inten tion. Special bond election may be called. Publication. Two-thirds vote prevails. Limit of indebtedness. CHAPTER CCLXXXVI. An act authorizing cities, towns, and municipal corporations to establish and maintain public assembly or convention halls, and to incur indebtedness for such improvements. [Approved March 25, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Any city, town, or municipal corporation in this state may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all necessary land whereon to construct, and may construct and maintain thereon, a public assembly or convention. hall, and may incur indebtedness, as hereinafter provided, to pay the cost of such improvement. SEC. 2. Whenever the legislative body of any city, town, or municipal corporation, shall, by resolution passed by a vote of a majority of its members, determine that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition of the necessary land whereon to construct, and the construction or completion thereon, of a public assembly or convention hall, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the municipality, it may, at any subsequent meeting of such body, by an ordinance, passed by a vote of two thirds of all its members, call a special election, and submit to the qualified voters of said municipality, the proposition of incurring a debt for the purpose set forth in said resolution. The ordinance calling such special election shall recite the object and purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the proposed improvement, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the rate of interest to be paid on said indebtedness; and shall fix the date on which such special election will be held, the manner of holding such election, and of voting for or against such proposition; and in all other particulars not recited in said ordinance, such election shall be held as provided by law for holding municipal elections in such municipality. Such ordinance shall be published once a day for a period of five days in a daily newspaper published in said municipality, or once a week for three successive weeks in a weekly newspaper published in said municipality. No other notice of such election need be given. SEC. 3. It shall require the votes of two thirds of all the voters voting at such special election to authorize the issuance of the bonds herein provided for. SEC. 4. No city, town, or municipal corporation shall incur an indebtedness under the provisions of this act, which together with all other indebtedness of said city, town, or municipal corporation, shall, in the aggregate, exceed fifteen per cent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property in said city, town or municipal corporation. bonds. SEC. 5. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act Issue and shall be issued, sold, and made payable, in the manner and form prescribed for the issue, sale, and payment of municipal bonds, by an act entitled, "An act authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns, and municipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regulating the acquisition, construction, or completion thereof," which became a law, under the provisions of the constitution, without the governor's approval, February 25, 1901. SEC. 6. The proceeds of the sale of bonds issued under the Proceeds. provisions of this act shall be placed in the municipal treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the public hall fund, and shall be applied, exclusively, to the purpose and object mentioned in the ordinance. SEC. 7. The legislative body of said municipality shall, at Tax levy. the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner for such general tax levy provided, levy and collect, annually, each year until said bonds are paid, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest and the part of the principal of such bonds, that shall become due before the time for fixing the next general tax levy, and is not at the time of fixing such annual tax levy, otherwise provided for by funds then in the treasury and set apart for that purpose. The taxes herein required to be levied and collected shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected, and be used for no other purpose than the payment of said bonds and accruing interest. tion of use of hall. SEC. 8. All moneys derived from the use or hire of such Applicaassembly or convention hall shall be deposited in the treasury moneys deof the municipality to the credit of said public hall fund, and rived from shall be applied, exclusively, to the following purposes, to wit: First For the necessary expenses of conducting, maintaining, and insuring such hall, and of making all improvements and repairs thereof. Second-For the payment of installments of interest or principal becoming due on said bonds until the whole of said bonded indebtedness shall have been paid. Third-Any surplus remaining after providing for the purposes, first and second above specified, may be appropriated and used for general municipal purposes. ment of SEC. 9. The legislative body of any city, town, or municipal Employcorporation wherein bonds have been issued for the construction architects, or completion of a public assembly or convention hall, under etc. the provisions of this act, shall have the power to appoint and employ all needful architects, engineers, superintendents, and agents, to prepare plans for the construction or completion of such public assembly or convention hall, and to superintend such work. All contracts for the construction or completion of Contracts. such public assembly or convention hall, or for the furnishing of labor or materials therefor, shall be let to the lowest responsi posals re construc tion. Rules for conduct of hall. ble bidder. The legislative body of the municipality shall Sealed pro- advertise for at least ten days in one or more newspapers quired for published in such municipality, inviting sealed proposals for the construction or completion of said improvement, or for the furnishing of labor and materials therefor before any contracts shall be made. The said legislative body shall have the right to require from the successful bidder, such bonds as they may deem best to insure the faithful performance of his contract. They shall also have the right to reject any and all bids. Said legislative body shall have power to appoint such officers, or agents, and to make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the management, control, letting, and use of such public assembly or convention hall; provided, however, that in cities, towns, or municipal corporations, operating under a charter, heretofore or hereafter framed under section eight of article eleven of the constitution, and providing for a board of public works, all matters and things required in this section to be done and performed by the legislative body of the municipality, shall be done and performed by said board of public works; provided, further, that in cities, towns, or municHall com ipal corporations not having such board of public works, the legislative body may, by ordinance, appoint a commission to select the site for said hall, to have charge and supervision of its construction, and to manage and control the letting and use thereof, and may, by ordinance, prescribe and regulate the powers and duties of said commission. mission. SEC. 10. This act shall take effect immediately. Act to suppress contagious diseases repealed. CHAPTER CCLXXXVII. An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to prevent the introduction, and provide for the investigation and suppression of contagious or infectious diseases, and appropriating money to be used for such purpose," approved February 19, 1901. [Approved March 25, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. An act entitled "An act to prevent the introduction, and provide for the investigation and suppression of contagious or infectious diseases, and appropriating money to be used for such purpose," approved February 19, 1901, is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER CCLXXXVIII. An act to amend section four hundred and eighty-five of the Political Code and to provide for the appointment of a deputy surveyor-general, and an assistant surveyor-general, and a clerk for the surveyor-general and to fix their compensation. [Approved March 25, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section four hundred and eighty-five of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 485. The surveyor-general may appoint a deputy sur- Deputy. veyor-general, who shall be ex officio deputy of the register of the state land office, and one assistant surveyor-general, Assistant. who shall be ex officio assistant register of the state land office, and one clerk, all of whom shall be civil executive Clerk. officers. The annual salary of the deputy surveyor-general, salary of including his services as ex officio deputy of the register of the deputy. state land office, shall be two thousand four hundred dollars. The annual salary of the assistant surveyor-general, including Salary of his services as ex officio assistant register of the state land office, shall be two thousand dollars. The annual salary of Salary of the clerk to the surveyor-general shall be sixteen hundred dollars. Said salaries shall be payable in the same manner as salaries of other state officers. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. assistant. clerk. CHAPTER CCLXXXIX. An act to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the construction and furnishing of a residence for the governor of the State of California, and appropriating the sum of $50,000 for the erection and furnishing of said residence, and of all expenses connected therewith," which became a law under constitutional provision without the governor's approval on March 7, 1899. [Approved March 25, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section one of an act entitled "An act providing for the construction and furnishing of a residence for the governor of the State of California, and appropriating the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the erection and furnishing of said residence, and of all expenses connected therewith," which became a law under constitutional provision without the |