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salaries shall become due, except the County Clerk's salary, and fees of District Attorney and Justices of the Peace, which shall be audited and allowed by the Board of Supervisors, as other accounts against the county.

SEC. 7. Justices of the Peace of said county shall receive from the County Treasury of said county, for all services in each criminal case, whether on trial or preliminary examination, the sum of two dollars.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

SEC. 9. All Acts or parts of Acts conflicting with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to the County of San Bernardino.

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CHAP. XVI.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of
Trinity County to levy a Toll on certain Roads in said county.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Trinity County are Supervisors hereby authorized to charge and collect toll on the following roads, viz: The road leading from Hay Fork Valley to Trinity River, and the road leading from Weaverville to Minersville. The proceeds of said toll, over and above the payment awarded to the Tollkeepers, shall be applied to no other purpose than the keeping of said roads in as good condition and repair as the amount accruing will admit.

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SEC. 2. Said Board of Supervisors shall appoint some suitable persons to collect and receive the tolls charged on said roads, whose pay shall not exceed eighty dollars per month, and shall require of said Toll-keepers prompt monthly payments or of tener, as may be deemed necessary by said Board, of all moneys so collected; also require of the persons so appointed, to file a bond, payable to the Board of Supervisors of Trinity County, in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, to be approved by the Board of Supervisors. Actions may be maintained on said bond as in other cases of official bonds.

SEC. 3. Said Board of Supervisors may regulate and determine the rates of toll on said roads, not to exceed the following Rates of toll. rates, viz: For each animal attached to any loaded wagon or vehicle, twenty-five cents; for each loaded wagon, fifty cents; for each loaded pack animal, twenty-five cents; for man and horse, fifty cents; for empty teams, and unloaded pack animals, half the above rates; for pleasure carriages and buggies, for each vehicle, one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each animal attached thereto; for loose cattle, horses, and mules, twelve and a half cents each; for sheep, swine, and goats, five cents

each. There shall be kept in some conspicuous place on the roads a bulletin board, which shall contain the scale of tolls.

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SEC. 4. The moneys collected by the Toll-keepers shall be Disposition paid to the Treasurer of Trinity County, and kept by him as collected. other moneys are kept, but shall be distinct funds, to be called the "Hay Fork Road Fund," and the "Weaverville and Minersville Road Fund," and the same shall be paid out on the order of the Supervisors of Trinity County; but in all cases the money so drawn shall be applied on the road from which it was collected.

SEC. 5. This Act to take effect from and after its passage.

CHAP. XVII.-An Act authorizing the Board of Supervisors of
Sierra County to levy certain Taxes for county purposes.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Sierra County are supervisors hereby authorized, if they deem the same expedient, at their authorized regular meeting in February in each year, to levy taxes for county purposes, not to exceed the rates hereinafter mentioned, on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in said county, viz: eighty-five cents to be paid into the General Fund, twentyfive cents to be paid into the Interest Fund, fifteen cents to be paid into the Hospital Fund, ten cents to be paid into the School Fund, ten cents to be paid into the Jail Fund, five cents to be paid into the Road Fund, and fifty cents to be paid into the Contingent Fund.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. XVIII.—An Act to amend Section One of an Act, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled an Act to transcribe certain Records of the County of Shasta.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

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Section 1. The County Recorder of Shasta County is hereby Duty of authorized and required to transcribe, in such manner and into County Resuch books as are prescribed by section twelve of an Act entitled an Act concerning County Recorders, passed March twentysixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, such books of record in

his office as the Board of Supervisors of said county may order and direct. He shall also make indexes to the same, as required by section fourteen of the Act concerning County Recorders, passed March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Said County Recorder shall transcribe such books of record, and index the same, as provided in this section, prior to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and it shall not be lawful for him to transcribe such books of record, or index the same, under the provisions of this Act, after the said first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

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CHAP. XIX.-An Act to amend Section One of an Act, approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled an Act concerning the County Records of the County of Trinity.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Trinity are hereby authorized and empowered, at the regular meeting of said Board, to be held in the month of May, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or at any regular meeting thereafter, to order the transcribing and indexing of the books of record of said county, in the office of the County Recorder thereof, and known as books "D," "E," and "H;" also, of any journals of the District Court, the Probate Court, the County Court, the Court of Sessions, or Board of Supervisors of said county, which said Board may deem necessary; provided, that it shall not be lawful for the County Recorder to transcribe or index such books of record, or any part thereof, under the provisions of this section, after the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

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CHAP. XX.-An Act to change the name of John Schlageter.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and.
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the person heretofore bearing the name of John Schlageter to change the said name to John Slater.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. XXI.—An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for Public Administrator in certain counties, passed March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as

to read as follows:

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Section 1. In the Counties of Del Norte, Colusa, Sutter, Men- Coroner to docino, Tehama, Klamath, Shasta, and Trinity, the Coroner act as Public shall be ex-officio Public Administrator. He shall give such trator. bonds as the Probate Court shall from time to time order, for the faithful performance of the duties of Public Administrator. SEC. 2. Section three of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; provided, that as to the Counties of Tehama, Shasta, and Trinity, it shall not take effect until the expiration of the respective terms of the present incumbents.

CHAP. XXII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the Settlement of the Estates of Deceased Persons, passed May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and other Acts amendatory thereto.

[Approved February 21, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section seventy-two of said Act is amended so as to read as follows:

Section 72. Before letters testamentary or of administration Daty of shall be issued to the Executor or Administrator, he shall take Executors. and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before the Probate Judge, Clerk, or other officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will perform, according to law, the duties of Executor or Administrator, and such oath or affirmation shall be attached to the letters. All letters testamentary and of administration issued to and all bonds executed by Executors or Administrators, with the affidavits and certificates thereon, as provided for in this Act, shall be forthwith recorded by the Clerk of the Court having jurisdiction of the estates, respectively, in a book to be kept by him in his office for that purpose; and the said records, and duly certified copies taken therefrom, shall have the same force and effect in all cases whatsoever as the original papers would have.

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CHAP. XXIII.—An Act concerning the office of County Assessor for
Butte County.

[Approved February 27, 1863.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The present incumbent of the office of County Assessor in and for Butte County, shall be permitted to hold said office and discharge the duties thereof, until the first Monday in January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and thereafter until his successor shall have been legally elected and qualified.

SEC. 2. The powers and duties of the County Assessor in and for Butte County, shall be as provided by the general revenue laws of this State, and as herein prescribed.

SEC. 3. The County Assessor in and for Butte County, when he assesses property of any person or persons, company or corporation, liable to taxation, who have no real estate in said county, shall immediately collect the taxes on the personal property so assessed, in the manner prescribed by the general revenue laws of this State. If, in any instance, the said County Assessor shall be unable to find, seize, and sell, sufficient of the property of such person, persons, company, or corporation, to pay such taxes and costs of sale, and such person, persons, company, or corporation, shall, on request of the Assessor, neglect or refuse to pay the same, or neglect and refuse to turn out, to the Assessor, property sufficient to pay such taxes and costs of sale, it shall be the duty of the Assessor, if the sum exceed two hundred dollars, to go before either the District or County Court, or the Judge thereof at Chambers, and in cases of two hundred dollars and less sums, then before a Justice of the Peace of the township wherein such party may reside, and make affidavit of the facts of assessment, the amount of taxes, the inability to find and seize property sufficient to pay such taxes and costs of sale, also the fact of neglect or refusal to pay the same, or turn out property sufficient to pay the same and costs of sale, and on the filing of such affidavit, the Court, or Judge, or Justice of the Peace, as the case may be, shall issue a citation, ordering the party to appear forthwith before such Court, Judge, or Justice of the Peace, to answer under oath concerning his property. Such citation may be served by the Assessor or any Constable or Sheriff of the county, and shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to such party personally. On such examination, if it shall appear that such party or parties have any money, goods, chattels, or effects, the Judge or Justice shall order sufficient thereof to be turned out to the Assessor to satisfy such taxes and costs of sale, and also costs of proceeding on the citation. And in case of a neglect or refusal by such party, either to obey the order of citation, or the order to pay, or to turn out property aforesaid, such party or parties shall be deemed in contempt of such Court, Judge, or Justice, and may be proceeded against as in other cases of contempt in civil cases in the Courts of Justice of this State. For services under the

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