Fire telegraphs. Pay of Police. Deputy Hospital dollars per month, in lieu of the salaries at present allowed by law to said Clerks. Fifteenth-To appropriate, allow, and order paid out of the General Fund, not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the purchase of a lot in said city and county, and the erection of a bell tower thereon; or at the discretion of said Board of Supervisors, for the establishment of a system of fire telegraphs in said city and county, and the construction of the necessary works therefor. Sixteenth-To increase the salary of each member of the police force of said city and county twenty-five dollars per month, and to diminish the same again at pleasure to the present salary of said police force; which said increase of salary, if made, shall be paid as the salaries of the police force are now paid, and out of the same Fund. Seventeenth-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, as a salary for an additional Deputy in the office of the Recorder of the said city and county. Eighteenth-To improve and enlarge the present City and buildings. County Hospital buildings and property, in said city and county, and if by them deemed expedient, to that end to purchase and receive additional land in said city and county, and to allow and order paid out of the General Fund, and for the purposes mentioned in this section, such sums of money as in the aggregate shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairs of Jail. Grading Counsel fees. Purchase of lot and building. District Attorney. Nineteenth-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, not to exceed six thousand dollars, for repairs to the City and County Hospital; and also, out of said Fund, not to exceed the sum of twelve thousand dollars, to furnish said Hospital. Twentieth-To improve, alter, and enlarge the present Jail building and property of said city and county, and if by them deemed expedient, for that purpose to purchase and receive additional land in said city and county, and to allow and order paid out of the General Fund, sums not to exceed the aggregate sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the purposes mentioned in this section. Twenty-First-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, to such person or persons as in the judgment of said Board of Supervisors may be equitably entitled to the same, a sum not to exceed eight hundred dollars, for work done in grading Union Square. Twenty-Second-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars, for Counsel fees in the case of E. Minturn vs. E. W. Burr, which shall be in full for all legal services rendered in said suit. Twenty-Third-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, for the purchase of a lot and building adjoining the City Hall in said city and county, and for repairs thereon. Twenty-Fourth-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars per annum, to the District Attorney of said city and county, in lieu of the salary now allowed to him by law. Twenty-Fifth-To allow and order paid out of the General Engine Fund, a sum not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, for the houses. completion of the engine house of Knickerbocker Fire Engine Company, Number Five, in said city and county. Twenty-Sixth-To prescribe by order the time and place of sale of Hall sale, and to cause to be sold at public auction, after advertise- of Records. ment twenty days, in two or more daily papers printed in said city and county, the lot and building on the corner of Brenham Place and Washington Street, in said city and county, known as the "Hall of Records;" also, such engine houses and lots in said city and county, not exceeding six in number, as said Board may deem it expedient to sell; and upon such sale or sales, the Mayor of said city and county is hereby empowered to sign, seal, execute, and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, such deed or deeds as may be necessary to perfect such sale or sales; and the money received for such sale or sales as may be made by virtue hereof, shall be paid to the Treasurer of said city and county, and by him placed in the General Fund of said city and county. Purchase of Records. uses, etc. engine Twenty-Seventh-To allow and order paid out of the General Fund, a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, for the pur- Hall of chase of a lot and building for a Hall of Records, and for repairs thereon, or for the purchase of a lot and erection of a building for that purpose. Twenty-Eighth-To purchase lots and erect engine houses for Lots for such fire company or companies as said Board may deem proper and advisable to remove from their present location to other parts of the city and county, and for such purpose to allow and order paid out of the General Fund such sum or sums of money as may be required; provided, that all sums expended under this Proviso. provision shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in addition to such sums as may be received for engine houses and lots sold as in this Act provided; and, provided, further, that no fire company shall be required to remove from their present location until a suitable and proper building shall be provided for such company. funds. Twenty-Ninth-To transfer, by order, from the General Fund to Transfer of the School Fund of said city and county, sixty thousand dollars; provided, the Board of Education of said city and county shall first notify said Board of Supervisors, by resolution, that the amount of taxation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and sixty-three-four, for school purposes, shall not exceed twenty cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of property. Treasurer. SEC. 2. The Auditor of said city and county is hereby direct- Duty of ed and empowered to audit and allow, as aforesaid, and the Treas- Auditor and urer thereof to pay, as aforesaid, all sums of money that may be allowed or ordered to be paid under the provisions hereof. SEC. 3. The amounts which by this Act are authorized to be Restriction. paid shall be the only amounts to be paid for the respective purposes for which they are authorized to be paid under the provisions hereof, except when otherwise expressly provided in this Act, and excepting an allowance of two thousand dollars per annum heretofore provided by law for inclosing, improving, and regulating all public grounds in said city and county. SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Townships named. CHAP. CXXXVIII.—An Act to provide for the election of two additional Supervisors in the County of Alameda. [Approved April 6, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Townships of Brooklyn and Alameda, in the County of Alameda, shall be entitled to and have power to elect in the manner provided by law, one Supervisor for each township. SEC. 2. Whenever the Board of Supervisors of said county shall have created a new township from adjacent portions of the territory of the Townships of Eden and Washington, including in said new township the village of Alameda, then said new township shall have power to elect one Supervisor in manner provided by law. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Office created. Power. Salary. CHAP. CXXXIX.-An Act creating the Office of Bailiff of the Supreme Court. [Approved April 6, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The office of Bailiff of the Supreme Court is hereby created, and vested with all the powers and authority belonging or appertaining to the office of Sheriff. SEC. 2. The Justices of the Supreme Court are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a Bailiff to serve in said Court and discharge the duties of said office, who shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of the appointing power. SEC. 3. The salary of the office hereby created shall be nine hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CXL.-An Act to exempt from Taxation certain Property of the Society of California Pioneers. [Approved April 6, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That certain lot of land lying in the City of San Property Francisco, State of California, and situate at the northeast cor- exempt. ner of Montgomery and Gold streets, in said city, now occupied by the building known as the " Hall of the Society of California Pioneers," with all the improvements thereupon, is hereby exempted from the payment of any and all taxes, assessed or to be assessed, for State, city, and county purposes; provided, that such exemption shall continue only during such period of time as the said lot and improvements are held for the use and benefit of the said Society of California Pioneers; and that this Act may be at any time repealed. CHAP. CXLI.-An Act for the better protection of the Treasury of the [Approved April 6, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Examiners. SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Pla- Board of cer, together with the County Judge and District Attorney of said county, are hereby constituted a Board of Examiners of the books of the Treasurer of the County of Placer, and of the money in the Treasury of the said county. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the said Board, as often as it Duties. may be deemed proper, to examine the books of the Treasurer, the accounts and vouchers in his office, and to count the moneys in the Treasury belonging to the various Funds of said county of Placer; and for the purpose of discharging the duties imposed upon it by this Act, the said Board is hereby authorized to demand, and the Treasurer is hereby required to furnish the said Board, without delay, such information as it may demand, touching the books, papers, vouchers, or matters pertaining to or cognizable in his office; provided, that the counting of the moneys in the Treasury shall take place at least once in each month of every year without the said Board giving the Treasurer any previous notice of the hour or day of the said counting. Treasurer. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to permit the Duty of said Board of Examiners to examine the books and papers in his office, and to permit the moneys in the Treasury to be counted, whenever the said Board may wish to make said count Powers of Violations of Act. Penalties. Duty of ing or examination, without delaying said counting or examination on any pretence whatever. SEC. 4. A majority of said Board shall be competent to discharge the duties imposed on said Board by this Act; and each member thereof shall be authorized, in matters connected with said examinations or countings, to administer oaths or affirmations; and said Board, once in each month, shall file in the office of the County Recorder of said county a statement, under oath, of the amount of moneys in the Treasury of the said county after actually counting the same, and said statement shall be published in such newspaper as shall be designated by the said Board within the County of Placer. SEC. 5. Any violations of the provisions of this Act by the Treasurer, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a Court of competent jurisdiction, the party convicted shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not exceeding two years, and to a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and whenever any indictment under this Act shall be found against said Treasurer, said indictment shall temporarily suspend the indicted officer from his office until his final acquittal, and said office shall be temporarily filled by appointment from the Board of Supervisors; and any final conviction obtained under this Act, shall ipso facto vacate the office held by the party so convicted, which shall be filled in the manner provided by law. SEC. 6. Should it appear at any time to the Board of Examiners that there is a deficit of moneys in the Treasury, or in any of the Funds thereof, then the District Attorney of the county shall immediately institute proceedings against the Treasurer and the sureties on his official bond, for the recovery of such deficit. SEC. 7. Drafts, checks, certificates of deposit, and other commercial paper, shall not be considered money. SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Pay of Com CHAP. CXLII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Funding of the Unfunded Debt of the City of San José, and provide for the payment of the same, approved April twentyfirst, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. [Approved April 6, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight of an Act entitled an Act to authorize the funding of the unfunded debt of the City of San José, and to provide for the payment of the same, approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. Each member of the Board of Commissioners missioners. shall be entitled to receive the sum of two hundred dollars per |