the Incorporation of Railroad Companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto, passed May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. SEC. 3. Every company organized as aforesaid shall have Powers. power, and the same is hereby granted, to make rules and regulations for the management and preservation of their works, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and for the use and distribution of the waters and the navigation of the canals, and to establish, collect, and receive rates, water rents, or tolls, Tolls. which shall be subject to regulation by the Board of Supervisors of the county or counties in which the work is situated, but which shall not be reduced by the Supervisors so low as to yield to the stockholders less than one and one half per cent. per month upon the capital actually invested. in repair. SEC. 4. Every company organized under the authority of To build and this Act, shall construct, and keep in good repair at all times, keep bridges for public use, across their canal, all of the bridges that the Board of Supervisors of the county or counties in which such canal is situated shall require; said bridges being on the lines. of public highways, and necessary for public use in connection with such highways. ble to certain SEC. 5. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the Not applicaCounties of Nevada, Placer, Amador, Sierra, Klamath, Del counties. Norte, Trinity, Butte, Plumas, Calaveras, and Tuolumne. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCXVIII.-An Act amendatory of an Act passed May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled an Act concerning Roads and Highways in the County of Sacramento. [Approved May 14, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight of the Act, the title of which is recited in the title of this Act, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. On or before the first Monday in March, in each Road taxes, year, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento shall levy a road tax on each able-bodied man, between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, residing outside the limits of the City of Sacramento, which tax shall not exceed four dollars per annum. And said Board shall also, at the same time, levy upon all taxable property in the county, outside the limits of the city, a road tax, which, together with all other road tax authorized to be levied, shall equal ten cents on each one hundred dollars of such taxable property; provided, however, that in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the tax authorized by this section to be levied, shall be levied on the first Monday in June, so far as the same has not heretofore been levied; and, provided, further, that all property tax levied under SEC. 2. Section amended. Board of Number of members of fire company CHAP. CCCCXIX.-An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an [Approved May 14, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section fourth of an Act entitled an Act to regulate the Fire Department of the City and County of San Francisco, passed March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. At its stated meetings in October, each and every engine and hook and ladder company shall elect two of its members, and each and every hose company, one of its members, to the Board of Delegates, which Board shall consist of two representatives from each hook and ladder company, and one representative from each hose company, who, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to be administered by the President of the Fire Department, to well and truly perform the duties of Delegates, as prescribed in the laws governing the Department. They shall assemble on the second Wednesday of November, at seven and a half o'clock, P. M., in the room of the Board, and then and there organize, by the election of a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, whose term of office shall be for one year, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. They shall make laws for the government of the Fire Department, and all laws made by them shall be binding on any company, officer, or member, of the Department, and any company, officer, or member, of the Department, who shall violate any of the said laws, or any of the provisions of this Act, or who shall refuse to obey the lawful orders of the Chief, or Assistant, Engineer, shall, upon complaint, be tried by the Board, and, if found guilty, be censured, suspended, removed from office, or expelled from the Fire Department, as a majority of the Board, in its judgment, may direct. They shall examine the returns, and declare the result of all Engineers' elections, and give them their certificate of office. SEC. 2. Section six of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 6. An engine company, or a hook and ladder company, shall be composed of not more than sixty-five, nor less than twenty-five, and a hose company of not more than twentyfive, nor less than fifteen, males, of the full age of twenty-one years, all of whom must be duly registered members of the De A New partment. The officers of a company shall be a Foreman, at least one Assistant Foreman, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. company, desiring admission into the Department, must make companies. application to the Board of Delegates, accompanying such application with a copy of their constitution, signed by at least twenty-five males of the age of twenty-one years, the names of their officers, the residence of their members, and the location they desire; and should the Board, by a vote of a majority of all its members, decide to recommend the admission of such company, the Secretary of the Department shall forward to the Board of Supervisors a certificate of such recommendation, together with the petition of the company, the constitution of the same, the names of the officers and men, their residences, and the location desired. If such recommendation shall receive the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the company shall be declared admitted into the Department, and shall be furnished, by the city and county, with fire apparatus, and a house for receiving the same; and no petition for the admission of any company shall be entertained by the Board of Supervisors until it shall have received the recommendation of the Board of Delegates. SEC. 3. Section eight of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. Whenever, by reason of deaths, resignations, or Disbanding expulsions, an engine or hook and ladder company shall have companies. reduced its roll to less than thirty-five, or a hose company to less than fifteen, active registered members, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Department to forthwith notify the Chief Engineer, and the Foreman of the company, of the fact, and it shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer to suspend such company until the next stated meeting of the Board of Delegates, when, unless a majority of the members composing said Board decide to reinstate the company, it shall be disbanded. SEC. 4. Section fourteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 14. Any member of any fire company belonging to Exempt said Department, who shall have served as an active fireman firemen. for the period of five years, and shall produce a certificate of the same, signed by the Chief Engineer, President, and Secretary of the Fire Department, and sealed with the seal of said Department, which said seal is hereby made evidence in any Court of Justice within this State-shall be forever released, after the date thereof, from jury duty, or militia service, within this State; provided, that the service which shall entitle such person to the exemption herein provided, shall not date prior to the date of the original certificate of membership of such person of the fire company or companies belonging to the said Department, in which such service shall have heretofore, or may hereafter be rendered; and further, that the date from which said period of five years shall begin shall be the time when such person becomes a member of said Department, and shall be proven by the production, by such person, of a properly authenticated certificate of his membership of some fire company or companies belonging to said Department. Badges. Seal. SEC. 5. The Board of Delegates shall have power to prescribe a badge, to be worn by duly registered members of the Department, when on duty at a fire or daring an alarm of fire, and after said Board of Delegates has prescribed such badge, the Board of Supervisors shall, within sixty days thereafter, provide a sufficient number of such badges for the use of duly registered members of the Department; and any person, other than a duly registered member of the Department, who shall wear one of said badges with intent to represent or pass himself off as a member of the Department, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 6. The Seal of the Fire Department shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Fire Department, and a copy or impression thereof shall, on or before the first day of May next, be filed in the office of the County Clerk of the City and County of San Francisco, and in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 7. All laws, or parts of laws, in any way conflicting with this Act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCCXX.-An Act to fix the Times of holding the Terms of the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, in Solano County. [Approved May 14, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The terms of the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, in the County of Solano, hereafter shall commence on the third Mondays in the months of April, August, and December, of each year. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of August next after its passage. All Acts, and parts of Acts, repugnant to or inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed. CHAP. CCCCXXI.-An Act to create a Contingent Fund for the [Approved May 14, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County Tax. are authorized, by the first Monday of June of the present year, and thereafter annually, in their discretion, to provide for the levy and collection of not more than ten cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said county, to be collected and paid into the County Treasury, as other county Fund. taxes, and to be set apart as a County Contingent Fund. SEC. 2. Said fund shall only be used for the necessary repairs and fitting up of the county buildings, and for the furnishing of the Court rooms and county offices with the necessary stationery, record books, fuel, and lights, and for expenses incurred for the board and clothing of the prisoners confined in the county jail. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from its passage. Contingent CHAP. CCCCXXII. - An Act to appropriate Moneys to pay the The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Appropri SECTION 1. The sum of fifty-three dollars and sixty cents is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the State Treasury ation. not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of R. C. Chambers, Sheriff of Plumas County; also, the sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents, to pay the claim of John D. Goodwin, Clerk of Plumas County, for services rendered in the case of The State of California against T. J. Miner, et al.; also, the sum of one hundred and twenty-one dollars, to pay the claim of F. F. Fargo, Clerk of the Supreme Court, for services in cases in which the State was a party; and the Controller of State is hereby directed and authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer, in favor of the said persons, for the sum above appropriated to each, and the Treasurer of State is authorized to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. 69 |