Liability. take the oath of office, which shall be indorsed upon their appointments. SEC. 5. The said District Attorneys shall be responsible on their official bonds for all the official acts of their Deputies respectively. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Powers of company. Proviso. CHAP. X.-An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled an Act to grant the right to construct a Turnpike Road between the Town of Jackson and Ione City, in the County of Amador, approved April fifth, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty one. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section second of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The said company shall have full power to build and maintain a public turnpike road from the Town of Jackson to Ione City, on the south side of Sutter creek, in the County of Amador, and have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities thereunto appertaining, and shall have the right of way, which is hereby granted and ceded to the said company for the term of twenty years; and the State enters into these covenants, and grants these rights and privileges, upon the express condition that within one year from the passage of this Act, the said company shall commence, and within two years complete the said turnpike road; provided, that this road shall not interfere with or obstruct the present county road or roads now in use, leading from Jackson to Ione City, in said county. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on and after its passage. Boundaries. CHAP. XI.—An Act defining the Boundary of Humboldt County. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The boundary of the County of Humboldt shall be as follows: Commencing on the north at a point in the ocean three miles due west of the mouth of Mad River; thence due east from the point of beginning to the Trinity River; thence up the Trinity to the mouth of South Fork of said Trinity River; running thence along the eastern side of said South Fork one hundred feet above high water mark to the mouth of Grouse creek; thence in a due south direction to the fortieth degree of north latitude; thence due west to the Pacific Ocean, and three miles therein; and thence northerly, parallel with the coast, to the point of beginning. SEC. 2. The territorial jurisdiction of Humboldt County, Jurisdiction. heretofore, for all purposes whatsoever, shall be deemed and taken to have been co-extensive with the boundaries as defined in section one of this Act. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. XII.-An Act to authorize the Warden of the County Jail of the City and County of Sacramento to appoint Deputies, and to provide for the Payment of the Salaries thereof. [Approved February 11, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Warden of the county jail of the City and Warden to County of Sacramento is hereby authorized to appoint two appoint. Deputies; the appointment shall be in writing, signed by said Warden, and shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Each Deputy, before entering upon his duties, shall take the oath of office, which shall be indorsed upon his appointment, and shall be subscribed by him. The said Warden Bond. shall take from each of his Deputies a bond with sureties for the faithful performance of his duties; but the said Warden, and his sureties on his official bond, shall be liable for all the official acts of each Deputy. SEC. 2. Each Deputy appointed as aforesaid shall receive a Salary. salary of one hundred dollars per month, which shall be audited, allowed and paid at the same time, and in the same manner, and out of the same fund or funds, as the Warden. SEC. 3. The Board of Supervisors are hereby required to Payment. audit and allow one hundred dollars per month for each of such Deputy Wardens as may have been heretofore appointed by the County Judge or otherwise, and who have acted as such since the first Monday in October, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, which shall be paid in the same manner as is provided in section two of this Act. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Section amended. Report of sales. Repealing clause. CHAP. XIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize Thomas Cutler, Administrator of the Estate of Albert Cutler, deceased, to Sell Real Estate at private sale, approved February eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. [Approved February 19, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of an Act passed February eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled an Act to authorize Thomas Cutler, Administrator of the Estate of Albert Cutler, deceased, to sell real estate at private sale, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The said Administrator shall make a full report of any and all such sale or sales as shall be made by him, to the Probate Court of Stanislaus County, and the Judge of said Court shall examine the same, and confirm or set aside the said sale or sales as in other cases of sales of real estate by Executors or Administrators. SEC. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts conflicting with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. To levy tax. Collection. Disposition CHAP. XIV. An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Special Tax in said County, creating a [Approved February 19, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Colusi County are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and assess, in addition to taxes now authorized by law, annually, upon the taxable property in said county, a tax not exceeding ten cents upon each one hundred dollars of property, and the money arising from such tax shall be set apart by the County Treasurer of said county, and shall constitute a Contingent Fund, and be held subject to the order of said Board of Supervisors to pay the current contingent expenses of said county. SEC. 2. The tax to be levied and assessed under the provisions of this Act, shall be collected and paid over to the County Treasurer at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes for State and county purposes are collected and paid over. SEC. 3. The moneys arising under the provisions of this Act, of moneys. shall be applied solely to payment of current contingent expenses of said county. SEC. 4. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. XV.-An Act supplementary to an Act to incorporate the [Approved February 19, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and the Peace. SECTION 1. In case of the absence or inability of the Mayor Duties of of the City of Los Angeles, any Justice of the Peace within Justices of said city is hereby authorized to hear, and try, and determine, all cases of violations of the ordinances of said city, excepting those of water ordinances. abolished. SEC. 2. The office of City Assessor for the City of Los An- office geles is hereby abolished; and it shall be lawful for the Clerk of the Common Council, and is hereby made his duty, to make out the assessment roll for said city, by copying from the assessment roll, as made out by the County Assessor of Los Angeles County, and equalized by the Board of Supervisors of said county, so much of said county assessment as includes the real and personal property subject to taxation, within the corporate limits of the City of Los Angeles, which said assessment roll, so made out by the Clerk of the Common Council, is hereby de- Duties of clared to be legal to all intents and purposes; and the laws of Common the State of California, for the enforcement of the collection of revenue, so far as practicable, are hereby made applicable to the collection of the said assessment roll for the City of Los Angeles. Clerk of Council. County SEC. 3. The County Assessor of Los Angeles County, or any Duties of other custodian of the county assessment roll of the County of Assessor. Los Angeles, is hereby required to permit the Clerk of the Common Council, at the City of Los Angeles, at all reasonable times in each year, to copy the assessment roll of the county, as provided in section two of this Act. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. XVI.-An Act to authorize the Benicia Cemetery Association to close certain streets and alleys. [Approved February 19, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the Benicia Cemetery AsSO- May close ciation to close and shut up from public travel and use, the streets. following streets and alleys within the corporate limits of the late City of Benicia, to wit: Q street, from First to West Third street; West Second street, from P to R street; two alleys, from First to West Third street, between P and R streets; in blocks numbers one hundred and fourteen, and one hundred and fifteen, as the same are laid down upon the official map of the late city. SEC. 2. Said streets and alleys shall be forever closed from public travel and use, except upon due provision made for the proper removal of all remains interred within the limits of the possessions of said Association. May borrow money. Rate of interest. Bonds. Payment of interest and principal. Duties of CHAP. XVII.-An Act to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Los Angeles to borrow Money for Municipal Improve ments. [Approved February 19, 1862.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Los Angeles are hereby authorized to borrow money for the purpose of municipal improvements, either of irrigation or for furnishing water for domestic purposes, to the amount and in the manner hereinafter set forth. SEC. 2. The amount borrowed under the provisions of this Act shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars; the rate of interest shall not exceed ten per cent. per annum; the time for the payment of the loan shall not exceed fifteen years, nor be less than five years; and for the payment of the same the faith of the city is hereby pledged. SEC. 3. The bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in amounts of one hundred, two hundred and fifty, and five hundred dollars. SEC. 4. The said amount of twenty-five thousand dollars may be borrowed at different times, and in such amounts as the corporation may see fit. SEC. 5. For the purpose of paying the interest on any debt or debts that may be contracted by the aforesaid corporation, under this Act, and to provide for the payment of the principal of the same, when due, said corporation shall continue to levy and collect the tax of one fourth of one per cent., already provided to be levied by said corporation upon the assessed value of all the real and personal property within said city, three fifths of the fund derived from which said tax shall be set aside and applied exclusively to the payment of the interest and the final redemption of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued in pursuance of this Act, and shall be known by the name of the "Interest and Loan Fund of eighteen hundred and sixtytwo." SEC. 6. The City Treasurer shall pay out of said Fund, Treasurer. annually, the interest accruing on the said loan or loans, respectively, and the surplus of the said Fund, after such payment of interest, shall be applied as follows: The said Treasurer, annually, immediately on ascertaining the amount of the surplus in said Fund, shall advertise for two weeks in some newspaper published in said city, for proposals to the holders of the debt or |