Proviso. Same. Powers as herein provided, to provide for the future levy and collection of such tax, not to exceed one half of one per cent. per annum, upon the taxable property in said city and county, as may be deemed necessary to pay the interest, and, eventually, the principal, of said bonds, when said interest and principal shall, respectively, become due; which tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and with like remedies, as other taxes are levied and collected in said city and county; provided, that in all cases where the purchase money has been paid for any of said lots, and the purchasers may elect to receive deeds for the same, in lieu of any judgment recovered, or claim for a return of the purchase money, the Mayor of said City and County of San Francisco is hereby authorized to make and execute deeds to such purchasers, or their assigns, without any additional consideration, which deeds shall convey all the title in said lots which the city and county has therein; provided, further, that the Mayor of said city and county is also authorized to make and execute deeds, for certain slip lots, to such purchasers, or their grantees, as paid in full, and receive deeds from the Treas urer of said city and county, under and by virtue of an Act to authorize the Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco to execute certain Deeds and cancel Claims, approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and an Act amendatory of said Act, approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty, without additional compensation, which deeds shall convey all the title in said lots, which the city and county has therein. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in the settlement and adjustment of such indebtedness, the said Board shall have full power to require and take such assurances, indemnities, and satisfactions, as the said Board may deem necessary for the protection of the interests of said city and county. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not be construed to divert, diminish, or impair, any power heretofore possessed by said Board of Supervisors. SEC. 4. All Acts, or parts of Acts, of the Legislature of the State of California, inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCXLV.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide Revenue for the Support of the Government of this State, approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. [Approved April 17, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section seventeen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 17. If any person shall wilfully make, or give, under oath or affirmation, a false list of his, her, or their, taxable prop- False list of erty, or a false list of taxable property under his, her, or their, property. control, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor, as is by law provided for the punishment of perjury; and any property wilfully concealed, removed, transferred, or misrepresented, by the owner or agent thereof, to evade taxation, shall, upon discovery, be assessed at ten times the amount of tax, for that year, which Increased would otherwise have been assessed upon it; and fifty per assessment. cent. of the amount of such additional tax, when collected, shall be paid to the person or persons who shall furnish the information Disposition which reveals the property so concealed, transferred, removed, of tax. or misrepresented, and the remaining fifty per cent., after deducting the usual per centage for collection, shall be paid into the Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School Fund of the State. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply in and to all the counties of this State. to be made CHAP. CCXLVI.-An Act to regulate the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors for the County of San Diego, and to define their Duties. [Approved April 17, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. There shall be, within and for the County of San Board. Diego, a Board of Supervisors, to consist of the Trustees of the City of San Diego, as enacted by an Act, approved January thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and one member from each township of said county, and they shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 2. The qualified electors of each township shall, at each Election. and every annual general election, elect one of their qualified electors, as Supervisor, who shall qualify and take his office on the first Monday of the month following said election, as is provided in the general Election Law of this State. SEC. 3. The County Clerk shall be ex officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; he shall keep a record of the proceedings, and all resolutions, acts, decisions, regarding the auditing of accounts, and the receiving and payment of moneys, and he shall enter on the journal, in full, all and everything relating to the business transacted by said Board, and the vote of each member shall be recorded, "Aye," or "No," in full, on each and every question acted upon, or decided, by said Board. The books, papers, and accounts, of the Board, shall be kept in the office of the County Clerk, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of any citizen of the county. SEC. 4. The Board of Supervisors shall meet at the Court House, in the City of San Diego, on the first Monday of Jan Duties of Clerk of Meetings. Quorum. Duties. Powers of uary, April, July, and October, and on the second Mondays of May and November, for the especial and only purpose of settling with the County Treasurer, of each and every year, and whenever they deem it necessary for the interest of the county; provided, that no special meeting of said Board shall be convened or held for any purpose whatever, unless notice of the same shall have been posted, over the signatures of at least three members of said Board, for five days next preceding said special meeting; said notices shall state fully and particularly what business will be transacted at said special meeting, and no other business shall be in order at any special meeting of said Board. It shall be the duty of the Board, which expires on the first Monday of the month following the general election of each year, to meet on said day, in order to deliver over to the Board the accounts and books, together with an abstract account of the financial condition of said county. Three qualified Supervisors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business legally coming before them. Their proceedings shall be in public. They shall, at their first meeting, elect one of their number as Chairman, who shall, by virtue of this Act, have power to administer oaths in all matters touching the business of said Board. Each Supervisor shall be allowed the sum of three dollars per day for each day's attendance on the stated meetings of said Board, but no pay shall be allowed to any member of said Board for attendance on special meetings, or while sitting as the Board of Equalization. SEC. 5. The Board of Supervisors shall have power to make such orders, concerning the property of said county, as they may deem expedient, and to sell, or otherwise dispose of, the same, appropriating the proceeds thereof to the use of the county; they shall examine and audit the accounts of all officers having the management, collection, or disbursing, of any moneys, or funds, belonging to the county; to examine, settle, and allow, all accounts legally chargeable against the county, and to raise such sums, in manner as herein provided, as may be necessary to pay the same; to establish townships and election districts, and to alter the same; to have the management and control of public ferries, roads, and bridges, and to make all necessary orders concerning the same; to impose and enforce a tax upon roads, bridges, and ferries, such as they may deem just and equitable; and shall have power to examine all books, accounts, and vouchers, of all and every county and township officer of said county, and audit and settle the same, according and pursuant to law, which examination of auditing, and settlement, shall take place at such and every stated meeting of the Board, and shall have power to take and approve all bonds executed by county officers, for the faithful discharge of their official duties; provided, that for the disposal of any of the property of the county, it shall require a majority of all the members of the Board of Supervisors, at a regular quarterly meeting of the Board, to adopt any resolution, or order, for such disposal, which order, or resolution, shall be published by posting in one or more public places in each township of the county, at least sixty days previous to the next quarterly meeting of the Board, when said resolution, or order, shall be again considered by the Board, and, if it shall be approved by a majority of all the Supervisors of said county at said meeting, then they may proceed and dispose of said property at public auction, and not otherwise, giving at least fifteen days public notice. not to be in SEC. 6. No member of the Board shall in any manner be in- Supervisors terested in any contract or undertaking with said county; they terested in shall not be permitted to allow any interest, or any claim, against contracts. the county, or to audit or allow any claim for damages, or nonperformance of any contract, on the part of the county. SEC. 7. All Acts, or parts of Acts, either of a general or local nature, contrary to the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCXLVII.-An Act for the Payment of Oliver and Lewis. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars Appropriis hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not ation." otherwise appropriated, for the purpose, of paying Oliver and Lewis for supplies furnished "Kibbe Rangers," in the Pitt River expedition against the Indians, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. SEC. 2. The Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant, on the Treasurer of State, in favor of the said Oliver and Lewis, for the sum mentioned in section first of this bill. CHAP. CCXLVIII.—An Act to authorize the Reissue of a certain [Approved April 17, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and State to issue. SECTION 1. The Treasurer of State is hereby authorized and directed to issue, in the name of Thomas Mooney and Mi- Treasurer chael Riley, in the County of Yuba, or in the name of their assigns, (duly proved before a Notary Public to be such,) the following described California School Land Warrant, viz.: Number Fifty-Three, for three hundred and twenty acres of land, and formerly issued to Henry H. Watson, August twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. SEC. 2. Before said land warrant is delivered to said Mooney and Riley, or their assigns, the Treasurer shall demand and re Bond of ceive from the said Thomas Mooney and Michael Riley, a bond indemnity. of indemnity, in the sum of six hundred and forty dollars; said bond shall be payable to the State of California, conditioned against the appearance, or presentment for location, of the orig inal school land warrant herein before mentioned, and said bond shall be executed by at least two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Treasurer of State. Election of officers. CHAP. CCXLIX.—An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Placerville, approved March seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. [Approved April 17, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. The Mayor, Assessor and ex officio Clerk, shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, and the Marshal Officers to be and the ex officio Collector, and Superintendent of Streets, shall appointed. be appointed by the Board of Aldermen, and shall hold their office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected, or appointed, and qualified, as provided for in this section. SEC. 2. Section two of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Placerville, approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty, is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the expiration of office of the present incumbents. CHAP. CCL.-An Act for the Relief of E. B. Ryan, Assessor for the [Approved April 17, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Whereas, Norman S. Leslie, a resident of Sacramento City and County, was, on the ninth day of October, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, duly appointed Deputy Assessor, by and under E. B. Ryan, Assessor for the City and County of Sacramento; and whereas, the said Norman S. Leslie, acting as such Deputy Assessor, for the collection of poll taxes, did, on the tenth day of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, lose, or have stolen, from his pos |