STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA, PASSED AT THE THIRTEENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. CHAPTER I.-An Act to transfer Certain Funds. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Controller of State is hereby authorized and Transfer. required to order the Treasurer of State to transfer one hundred thousand dollars of the money known as the Swamp Land Fund into the General Fund, the same to be used and applied by said Treasurer of State solely for the payment of warrants drawn upon the same by the Controller of State for mileage, per diem, and salaries of the various State officers and their attachés, members and attachés of the Senate and Assembly. SEC. 2. The Controller of State is hereby authorized and Repayment. required to repay to said Swamp Land Fund the one hundred thousand dollars drawn from it by this Act, out of the first money received into the General Fund of the State on or after the second Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and To take after its passage, and all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict effect. with this Act are hereby repealed in so far as they conflict with this Act. 1 Appropria'n Amount allowed to each. Duties of Duties of Sergeantsat-Armis. Sergeantsat-Arms to report monthly. CHAP. II.—An Act to appropriate Money for Postage and Express [Approved January 16, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of thirty-one hundred and twenty-five dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the General Fund, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the purchase of postage stamps, envelopes and wrappers, and express envelopes, for the use of the Lieutenant-Governor, Senators, and Members of the Assembly, Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, Clerk of the Assembly, and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly. SEC. 2. Each of the persons mentioned in section one of this Act, shall be entitled to receive, during the present session of the Legislature, such an amount of postage stamps, envelopes and wrappers, and express envelopes, as he may require, not exceeding twenty-five dollars in value. SEC. 3. The Controller of State is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrants, from time to time, in favor of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, for such sums as they may respectively require under the provisions of this Act, not exceeding, in the aggregate, the amount mentioned in the first section of this Act. SEC. 4. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeantat-Arms of the Assembly, shall, respectively, open a postage and express account with each of the persons mentioned in the first section of this Act, who are members or officers of their respective Houses, and shall furnish to each of said persons during the present session, such postage stamps, envelopes and wrappers, and express envelopes, as he may require, not exceeding in value twenty-five dollars. SEC. 5. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeantat-Arms of the Assembly, shall make to their respective Houses, at the expiration of each month, and at the close of the present session, an exhibit of the postage and express account of each person entitled to the benefits of this Act. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Appropria'n CHAP. III.-An Act for the relief of Pablo De la Guerra. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of two hundred and thirty-six dollars is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund, for payment of mileage due the Hon. Pablo De la Guerra as late President of the Senate at the thirteenth session of the Legislature, and the Controller of State is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State for said sum, in favor of said De la Guerra, and the Treasurer of State is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. IV.---An Act granting the right to construct and maintain a [Approved February 3, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The right to erect, and construct, and to have, Franchise enjoy, and maintain, for twenty-five years, a public toll bridge granted. across the American River, near Folsom, in the County of Sacramento, is hereby granted unto A. G. Kinsey, together with such associates as he may admit, and their assigns, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned. SEC. 2. Said bridge shall be a wire suspension bridge, and Conditions. shall be constructed of the best and most durable materials, and shall be completed within six months after the passage of this Act. SEC. 3. The said A. G. Kinsey and his associates are author- Tolls. ized and empowered to charge and collect such rates of toll as the Board of Supervisors of said county may fix annually; prorided, that the Legislature may at all times regulate, modify, or change the rates so fixed by said Board of Supervisors. SEC. 4. Said A. G. Kinsey and his associates may regulate Rate of and determine the speed of travel, riding or driving, upon said speed. bridge, and may require the speed not to be faster than a walk. Notice of such regulation shall be kept posted upon some conspicuous part of each end of said bridge, and for each violation of said regulation the party offending may be fined in any Court of competent jurisdiction, in any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars; provided, also, that parties violating such regulations shall be liable for any actual damages sustained by reason of such violation. franchise. SEC. 5. No ferry or toll bridge shall be established within Extent of one mile immediately above or below said bridge, unless it be required by public convenience, and the right to establish it be granted by the Legislature. SEC. 6. It is also further provided, that nothing in this Act Proviso. contained shall in anywise diminish the rights and privileges which said A. G. Kinsey and his associates now possess and enjoy under the laws concerning ferries and toll bridges. Powers of Supervisors. CHAP. V.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to procure Chambers for the Judges of certain Courts, passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. [Approved February 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby authorized to procure, outside of the City Hall, for the use of each of the Judges of the District Courts of the Fourth and Twelfth Judicial Districts, and the County Judge, separate rooms, to be used by each of said Judges in performing such duties as may be attended to at chambers in said city and county, and the expense thereof shall be paid out of the General Fund. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from its passage. Special term CHAP. VI.-An Act providing for the holding of a Special Term of the District Court of the First Judicial District, in and for the County of San Diego. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The District Judge of the First Judicial District authorized. of this State is hereby authorized and requested to hold a special term of the Court, for the transaction of civil and criminal business in San Diego County, commencing on the first Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. SEC. 2. This Act to take effect immediately on and after its passage. Drawing of warrants restricted. CHAP. VII.-An Act to direct the Controller of State in relation to drawing his Warrants on the State Treasury. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Controller of State shall not draw his warrants, for the payment of any money out of any appropriation made by law, until the money for the same is in the State Treas ury; and all appropriations hereafter made shall be held subject to the provisions of this Act, unless expressly exempted therefrom. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. VIII-An Act relating to the Payment of the Salary of the Assistant or Deputy Clerk of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Sacramento. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Assistant or Deputy Clerk of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Sacramento shall receive a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, Salary. which shall be paid, one half out of the City Salary Fund, and one half out of the County Salary Fund; said claims to be presented and audited as other claims against the Salary Fund. SEC. 2. The Auditor is hereby required to audit, and the Payment. Treasurer to pay, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month to said Assistant or Deputy Clerk, for services rendered said City and County of Sacramento from the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. IX.—An Act authorizing the District Attorneys of the Counties of Mariposa and Sutter to appoint Deputies. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and ment of SECTION 1. The Districts Attorneys of the Counties of Mari- Appointposa and Sutter shall have power to appoint Deputies, who may Deputies. perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the District Attorneys for said counties respectively. SEC. 2. Said appointments shall be made in writing, signed Form of. by the District Attorney, and filed in the office of the County Clerk. SEC. 3. Said appointments may be revoked at any time by a May be writing to that effect, signed by the District Attorney and filed revoked. in the office of the County Clerk. SEC. 4. The said District Attorneys may require their Depu- Bonds. ties to give them bonds for their own security in such sums and with such sureties as they may deem sufficient; and before entering upon the duties of their offices the said Deputies shall |