SEC. 2. If any animals, named in the preceding section, shall Impounding be found running at large within the surveyed limits of Napa City, or within any of the surveyed additions thereto, after this Act takes effect, it shall be lawful, and it is hereby made the duty of the Sheriff or any Constable of said county, upon being notified thereof by any resident of said town, to take up and impound and keep such animal until the owner thereof shall demand the same, or until disposed of as hereinafter provided. SEC. 3. The officer taking up any horse, mule, or horned cat- Fees. tle, shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars each, and one dollar for each day such officer keeps such animal, one dollar for taking up each hog or goat, and fifty cents per day for keeping the same, in each case to date from the time of posting said animals, hogs, or goats, as hereinafter provided for. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the officer taking up any ani- Notices. mals under the provisions of this Act, within twenty-four hours thereafter, unless previously claimed by the owner, to post the same, by posting written or printed notices in at least three public places in said town, describing said animals as accurately as may be, when taken up, and the charges thereon; and if such animal be a horse or mule, he shall also cause a notice thereof to be published in some newspaper, printed in said town, for the period of two weeks, and the cost of such publication, together with the fees for taking up and keeping said animal, shall constitute a lien upon said animal so taken up, as aforesaid, and shall be paid by the owner thereof before he shall be entitled to the possession of the same. SEC. 5. After the expiration of five days after posting the sale. animals, if the same be horned cattle, goats, or hogs, and fifteen days after advertising, if the same be a horse or mule, if no owner appears and claims such animal, or fails to pay the charges thereon, the officer having charge of such animal shall sell the same, at public aution, in front of the Court House in said town, to the highest bidder for cash, (notice of the time and place shall be set out in said notice,) and out of the proceeds of such sale shall retain the fees and charges provided in this Act, and the residue, if any, he shall pay over to the County Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. owner. SEC. 6. At any time within six months after the sale pro- Surplus to vided for in the preceding section, the owner of such animal be paid to sold shall be entitled to receive of the Treasurer the net amount arising from the sale thereof, and if not demanded within the period aforesaid, the amount shall be applied to the County Fund, for road purposes. SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May next. Franchise. Wilful injury. CHAP. CXCIII.-An Act to authorize and empower William H. Kelly to construct and maintain Booms on Gaspar Creek, in Mendocino County. [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for William H. Kelly, who now owns, or his assigns, who may hereafter erect, purchase, or own, or be in possession of, any saw mill or mills, whether propelled by water or steam power, for the manufacture of lumber, on Gaspar creek, in the Township of Big River, County of Mendocino, State of California, to build, erect, hang, or purchase, and maintain, when in his or their estimation the same may be necessary to facilitate the manufacture of lumber, such boom or booms as may be necessary for that purpose. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall wilfully or maliciously destroy or injure said booms, or any of them, shall be deemed guilty of malicious mischief, as in other cases, and shall be liable to the party or parties injured, for all damages sustained by the owners thereof, as in other cases for the destruction of private property. SEC. 3. Said boom shall be so constructed as not to injure or impair the navigation of said creek. Salary. CHAP. CXCIV.-An Act to fix the Compensation of the County [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The County Judge of the County of Nevada shall receive, for his compensation, the sum of three thousand dollars per annum. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the legal term of the present incumbent. Interest. CHAP. CXCV.—An Act concerning the Indebtedness of San Bernardino County. [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for the County Treasurer to pay interest on any warrant drawn by the County Auditor on the Treasurer of the County of San Bernardino, after the first day of June next, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and all provisions of law, inconsistent or conflicting with the letter or spirit of this Act, are hereby repealed. CHAP. CXCVI.-An Act to legalize the Declaration of Roads and [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The public highways in the County of Tuolumne, as declared by the Board of Supervisors, on the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the field notes of which are recorded in the road book of said county, are hereby legalized and confirmed, and declared public highways of Tuolumne County. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CXCVII.-An Act granting to William H. Tillinghast, and his associates and assigns, the Right to construct a Wharf at the place called "New York, on the Pacific," in the County of Contra Costa. [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. William H. Tillinghast, and his associates and Franchise. assigns, who shall be organized under the corporation laws of this State, are hereby authorized to construct and maintain a wharf at the place called "New York, on the Pacific," in the County of Contra Costa. SEC. 2. The right of occupation, for the purposes of this Act, Term. of any lands belonging to this State, from the main land to deep water, and along the shores of the San Joaquin and Suisun bay for a distance of six hundred feet, is hereby granted to the said William H. Tillinghast, his associates and assigns, for the term of twenty-five years. SEC. 3. The spot selected for the purposes of this Act shall Location. be surveyed, and a plat and field notes of such survey shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder of Contra Costa, within six months after the passage of this Act. SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the said William H. Tillinghast, his associates and assigns, to obstruct the navigation of any of the navigable waters of this State. Tolls. SEC. 5. The said William H. Tillinghast, and his associates and assigns, shall have the right to collect tolls and wharfage at such wharf; provided, that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may, from time to time, by an order to that effect, fix the maximum of such tolls and wharfage. Franchise. Conditions. Proviso. Wharfage. CHAP. CXCVIII.-An Act to authorize the parties therein named to construct and maintain a Wharf. [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The right to construct and maintain a wharf, upon the premises hereinafter described, lying in Solano County, is hereby granted to Byron Nickerson, Prentiss Crowell, and their assigns, for the term of twenty-five years. SEC. 2. The said wharf shall be located upon the following premises: Beginning at a point on the eastern line of Suisun City, according to the official map thereof, ninety-five feet due south of the south line of Solano street, and thence running north, two hundred and forty feet, to a ditch, thence easterly, along the line of said ditch, to Suisun slough, thence along the bank of said slough, in a southerly direction, to a point one hundred and forty feet, due east, of the point of beginning, and thence west, to the place of beginning; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to conflict with, or to annul, any franchise which may have been heretofore granted by the Legislature of this State; or to impair, or in any wise affect, the rights of any of the owners or claimants of land on which said proposed wharf is to be constructed. SEC. 3. The rate of wharfage shall be regulated, from time to time, by the Board of Supervisors of Solano County. CHAP. CXCIX.-An Act concerning Hogs running at large in the [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Any hog, or hogs, found trespassing upon the premises of any person or persons, in the County of Solano, between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of August, in each year, may be taken up by the owner or owners of such premises, and safely kept, at the expense of the owner or owners of such hog or hogs, so found trespassing, and be subject to all the provisions of the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth, sections, of an Act of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, concerning hogs running at large in the Counties of Colusa, Tehama, Butte, Sonoma, and Napa. SEC. 2. All Acts, and parts of Acts, in conflict with this Act, so far as they relate to the County of Solano, are hereby repealed. CHAP. CC.—An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Calaveras County to employ a competent person to examine the Records, and ascertain the present existing Debt of said county, and to allow a reasonable compensation for the same; and also to allow a reasona ble compensation for the examination already made of the Tax Rolls of said county, for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and eighteen hundred and sixty. [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and authorized. SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Calaveras County Examination are hereby authorized and empowered to employ some competent person, at their discretion, to examine the records of, and ascertain the present existing debt of, said county, granting a reasonable compensation for the same, but not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. SEC. 2. In consideration of the services rendered by P. W. Cornwell, in examining the tax rolls of said county for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and eighteen hundred and sixty, the said Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make such allowance to the said P. W. Cornwell, for the performance of said services, as they may deem just and reasonable, but not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCI.—An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Klamath County to levy a Special Tax, and create a Redemption Fund, for the payment of County Indebtedness. [Approved April 10, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Klam- Tax. |