Payment of claims.

or from any other source, and all property acquired, shall be exempt from attachment and execution for any debt or liability other than those created during that fiscal year.

SEC. 3. The Directors shall, each year, pay all claims or demands, and premiums awarded, before the last day of December, from said Special Fund; and if any money remains in said Special Fund after the liquidation of all claims and demands of that fiscal year, then the Directors shall advertise in some newspaper published in Sacramento, that they will receive proposals for the surrendering of the outstanding warrants against the General Fund, naming the time and place when they will be Acceptance received and opened. Said Board shall accept the bids that will surrender said warrants for the lowest per cent, until all the money remaining in said Fund is expended; and the Board may accept a bid for a part of any warrant, and issue a new warrant for the balance due on such warrant; provided, said Directors shall not receive any bid above par, or for any claims or demand that is not presented, allowed, and a warrant drawn as provided in section one of this Act, within ninety days from the passage

of bids.

Proviso.

Premiums.

of this Act.

SEC. 4. No debt or demand of any kind against said society, shall be paid by the Treasurer or any other person until it shall have first been audited by the Board of Directors, and on a warrant drawn upon the Treasurer, signed by the President and Secretary; and no premiums that may have been awarded by any committee shall be paid until it has been approved by the Board of Directors.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Indexes to

be kept by County Clerk.

CHAP. CC.-An Act concerning Records of District Courts.

[Approved April 13, 1863.]

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

SECTION 1. Every County Clerk shall keep in separate volumes an index of all suits which may hereafter be commenced in the District Court in and for his county, labelled "General Index-Plaintiffs," each page of which shall be divided into seven columns, under their respective heads, alphabetically arranged, as follows: "Number of Suit," "Plaintiffs," "Defendants," "Date of Judgment," "Number of Judgment," "Page of Entry of Judgment in Judgment Book," "Page of Minute Book of District Court ;" also, an index of all suits commenced in the District Court in which his county is comprised, labelled "General Index-Defendants," each page of which shall be divided into seven columns, under their respective heads, alphabetically arranged, as follows: "Number of Suit," "Defendants," "Plaintiffs," "Date of Judgment," "Number of Judg ment,' "Page of Entry of Judgment in Judgment Book,' "Page in Order Book of District Court."

re-index by

SEC. 2. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of any Clerk may District Judge, that the index of cases commenced in the sev- order of eral counties of his Judicial District are imperfect from age, Judge. wear, or otherwise, he may, in his discretion, direct an order to be entered in the minutes of the District Court directing the County Clerk to conform with the provisions of section one of this Act.

SEC. 3. The County Clerk shall receive as compensation for Fees. his services as aforesaid, fifty cents for each case so indexed, to be taxed and collected as other costs.

SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

CHAP. CCI.—An Act to regulate the Fees of certain Officers in Calaveras County.

[Approved April 13, 1863.]

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

SECTION 1. Such fees are allowed to the officers in Calaveras County, herein named, for their services rendered in discharging the duties imposed on them by law, as herein provided, and such officers may lawfully charge, demand, and receive the same. SEC. 2. The fees of the Clerk of the District Court shall be Clerk of as follows:

For entering each action on the register, and making the necessary entries therein, during the progress of the trial, for each folio, thirty cents.

For issuing every writ, or process, under seal, one dollar.
For issuing a subpoena, for each witness, twenty-five cents.
For filing each paper, twenty-five cents.

For entering every motion, rule, order, or default, fifty cents.
For entering every discontinuance, dismissal, or nonsuit, fifty

cents.

For entering every cause on the calendar, and making a copy for the bar, for each term of the Court, one dollar.

For receiving and entering each verdict of a jury, one dollar. For entering every final judgment, for the first folio, one dollar; for each subsequent folio, thirty cents.

For filing judgment roll, twenty-five cents.

For entering judgment on judgment docket, fifty cents.
For entering satisfaction of judgment, seventy-five cents.
For administering every oath or affirmation, twenty-five cents.
For certifying every oath or affirmation, twenty-five cents.
For copy of any proceeding, record, or paper, for each folio,
thirty cents.

For every certificate under seal, one dollar.

For searching the files of each year in his office, but not to charge suitors or Attorneys, seventy-five cents.

District

Court.

Clerk of
District
Court.

Clerk of
County
Court.

Of Court of
Sessions.

Of Probate Court.

County Recorder.

For issuing every commission to take testimony, seventy-five

cents.

For taking down testimony of witness during trial, for each folio, thirty cents.

For issuing every execution, or other final process, seventyfive cents.

For issuing every decree or order of sale of mortgaged property, one dollar.

For issuing writ of injunction or attachment, one dollar. For entering judgment by confession, the same fees as in other cases for entering judgment.

For receiving and filing every remittitur from Supreme Court, and accompanying papers, fifty cents.

For taking each bond required by law, fifty cents; for justification thereto, fifty cents for each surety.

For acknowledgment of deed, or other instrument, including all writing, and the seal, for each name thereto, seventy-five

cents.

When the Court is sitting as a Court of criminal jurisdiction, he shall receive for the trial of each issue, three dollars. He shall receive no other fee for any service whatever in a criminal action or proceeding, except for copies of papers, for each folio, thirty cents.

SEC. 3. The fees of the Clerk of the County Court shall be as follows:

For filing all papers sent on appeal from Justices' Courts, in each cause, one dollar.

For all other services, the same fees as are allowed in the District Court for similar services.

SEC. 4. The Clerk of the Court of Sessions shall receive the same fees as are allowed the Clerk of the District Court in criminal cases.

SEC. 5. The fees of the Clerk of the Probate Court shall be as follows:

For issuing letters of administration or testamentary, one dollar.

For certificate of appointment of Appraisers or Guardian, seventy-five cents.

For writing and posting notices, when required, for each copy, fifty cents.

For notice given by publication, in addition to the cost of publication, fifty cents.

For recording wills, for each folio, thirty cents.

For all other services, the same fees as are allowed the Clerk of the District Court for similar services.

SEC. 6. The fees of the County Recorder shall be as follows: For recording any instrument, paper, or notice, when required, for each folio, thirty cents.

For copies of any papers or records, per folio, thirty cents. For filing or receiving every instrument for record, and making the necessary entries thereon, thirty cents.

For making in the several indexes required all the entries required of the filing and recording any instrument, paper, or notice, for every such instrument, paper, or notice, twenty-five

cents.

For every certificate, under seal, to copies of records or County papers in his office, when required, seventy-five cents.

For every entry of discharge of mortgage on margin of record, fifty cents.

For searching records and files of each year in his office, when required, twenty-five cents.

For abstract or certificate of title, when required, for each conveyance or incumbrance certified, seventy-five cents.

For recording every town plat, for every course, twenty-five

cents.

For figures, and lettering plats and maps, per folio, seventyfive cents.

For taking and writing acknowledgments, including seal, for each signature, seventy-five cents.

For filing and entering a minute of certificate of tax sale, fifty cents.

For filing and entering a minute of certificate of Sheriff's sale, fifty cents.

For recording marriage certificate, one dollar.

For filing and keeping each paper not required to be recorded, and indorsing same, if required, twenty-five cents.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Recorder.

CHAP. CCII.-An Act to authorize P. S. Palmstream to establish, keep up, and maintain a Public Ferry across Big River, in Mendocino County, near the Big River Mills.

[Approved April 13, 1863.]

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

SECTION 1. P. S. Palmstream is hereby granted the right to Franchise construct, build, keep up, and run a ferry across Big River, in Mendocino County, near Big River Mills, and collect such tolls Tolls. as may be fixed by the Board of Supervisors of said county, entered on the minutes of their proceedings; provided, that said Proviso. ferry shall in no wise interfere with the free navigation of said river; provided, further, that the provisions of this Act shall not be held to prevent the proper authorities from granting the right to construct a bridge at that point at any time hereafter. SEC. 2. The said franchise herein granted shall extend to and be for a term of fifteen years from the passage of this Act; provided, that said Palmstream or his assignees shall file a bond in the same manner as is by law required to be filed in cases where licenses are obtained from the Board of Supervisors. This Act shall take effect immediately after its passage.

Fees of
Justices.

Constables.

CHAP. CCIII.-An Act regulating the Fees of Office of Justices of the
Peace and Constables in the County of San Joaquin.

[Approved April 13, 1863.]

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

SECTION 1. The Justices of the Peace and Constables in the County of San Joaquin are allowed such fees as are herein provided, for their services rendered in the discharge of the duties imposed on them by law, and such officers may lawfully charge, demand, and receive the same.

SEC. 2. The fees of Justice of the Peace in said county shall be as follows:

For filing each paper, twenty-five cents.

For issuing any writ or process by which suit is commenced, fifty cents.

For entering each cause upon his docket, fifty cents.

For subpoena to each witness, twenty-five cents.

For administering an oath or affirmation, twenty-five cents.
For certifying the same, twenty-five cents.

For issuing writ of attachment, or of arrest, or for the delivery of property, one dollar.

For entering any final judgment, per folio, for the first folio, one dollar; for each additional folio, twenty cents.

For taking justification on bond, fifty cents.

For swearing a jury, fifty cents.

For taking depositions, per folio, twenty cents."

For entering satisfaction of a judgment, twenty-five cents.
For copy of judgment, order, docket, proceedings, or paper in

his office, for each folio, twenty cents.

For transcript of judgment, per folio, twenty cents.

For commission to take testimony, one dollar.

For issuing supersedeas to an execution, fifty cents.

For making up and transmitting papers on appeal, two dollars.

For issuing a search warrant, one dollar.

For all services or proceedings before a Justice of the Peace in a criminal action or proceeding, whether on examination or trial, three dollars.

For taking bail after commitment in a criminal case, one dollar.

For entering cause, without process, one dollar.

For entering judgment by confession, and only on affidavit, as required in the District Court, three dollars.

For entering every motion, rule, order, verdict, or default, twenty-five cents.

For solemnizing a marriage, five dollars.

SEC. 3. The fees of Constables in said county shall be as follows:

For serving a summons in a civil suit, for each defendant, one dollar.

For each copy of summons, fifty cents.