CHAP. CCCCLXVIII.-An Act supplemental to and explanatory of an Act entitled an Act to establish the Lines and Grades of Streets in the City and County of San Francisco, approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The words "the owners or the lawfully authorized Agents of more than one half of the property," as used in the Act to which this Act is supplemental, shall be deemed and held to mean the owners or the lawfully authorized Agents of more than one half in value of the property, according to the assessment roll then last completed. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after is passage. Terms. CHAP. CCCCLXIX.-An Act to fix the time of holding the Court of Sessions in the County of Napa for the year A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-three. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The terms of the Court of Sessions in and for the County of Napa for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, shall be held at the county seat of said county on the third Monday of May, and on the first Monday of September and December, and the terms shall continue until all the business of the Court is disposed of. SEC. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to the Court of Sessions of the County of Napa, are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Fees. CHAP. CCCCLXX.—An Act concerning the Fees of Jurors in Alameda County. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. For each day to be paid, in civil cases, to be paid by the party in whose favor verdict is rendered, before the same shall be entered, but the same may be recovered as cost from the party losing the case, in the Court of Justices of the Peace, two dollars; in the County or District Court, three dollars; provided, that in the District Court, County Court, and Court of Sessions, the Clerk shall keep an account of all moneys received for trials by each juror during the term, and if the amount so received by such juror shall not amount to three dollars per day, he shall deliver to such juror a certificate of the time for which he is still entitled to receive pay, which shall be paid out of the County Treasury, as other County dues. If, in any trial in a civil case, before any Court, the jury be, from any cause, discharged without finding a verdict, the fees of the jury shall be paid by the plaintiff, but may be recovered back as cost if he afterwards obtain judgment; until they are paid, no further proceedings shall be allowed in the action. No person shall receive fees for serving on a Coroner's jury. SEC. 2. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXI.-An Act fixing the Mileage of the several [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The County Treasurers of the respective counties Mileage. of this State shall be allowed twenty cents per mile for travelling to and from the seat of government to make their quarterly or semi-annual settlements with the Controller and Treasurer of State; provided, that in the Counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Klamath, Del Norte, and Humboldt, the mileage shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars at any one settlement; and, provided, further, that in no other county in this State shall the mileage exceed the sum of one hundred dollars at any one settlement. SEC. 2. An Act entitled an Act concerning the duties of County Treasurers, approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and all other Acts or parts of Acts, so far as the same may conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed." Per diem. CHAP. CCCCLXXII-An Act to fix the Compensation of the Tax cases. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado are hereby authorized and directed to allow the Tax Collector of said county, and his Deputies, a per diem, not exceeding the sum of ten dollars nor less than the sum of seven dollars, for each and every day in which he and they are engaged in collecting taxes on personal property whilst accompanying the Assessor of said county, or his Deputies, as required by law, and said per diem shall be in full compensation for the services of said Collector and his Deputies while engaged in the collection of said taxes. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Privileges extended. CHAP. CCCCLXXIII.-An Act to organize the Fire Department of the Town of Santa Rosa. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Santa Rosa Engine Company Number One, of the Town of Santa Rosa, and County of Sonoma, is hereby allowed and entitled to the same privileges as firemen in other portions of the State, under the provisions of an Act to exempt firemen from militia service and jury duty, approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Section repealed. CHAP. CCCCLXXIV.—An Act to repeal Section Eleven of an Act entitled an Act to provide Revenue for the Support of the Government of this State, approved May ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty one. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eleven of an Act entitled an Act to provide revenue for the support of the government of this State, approved May ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCCLXXV.-An Act for the repeal of Section Three of an Act for the Protection and Government of Indians, passed May twentysecond, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and Section One of an Act amendatory thereof, passed April eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. [Approved April 27, 1863:] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section three of an Act entitled an Act for the Sections repealed. protection and government of Indians, passed May twentysecond, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and section one of an Act amendatory thereof, passed April eighteenth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXVI.-An Act to repeal an Act to provide for the appointment of a Measurer of Wood in and for the City and County of San Francisco, approved April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Act entitled an Act to provide for the ap- Act repealed pointment of a Measurer of Wood in and for the City and County of San Francisco, approved April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred sixty-two, is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Time extended. CHAP. CCCCLXXVII.—An Act extending the time for J. R. Vineyard, and his assigns, to construct a Toll Bridge across the Yuba River, at or near Parks' Bar, in Yuba County. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That the time for the commencement and completion of the toll bridge mentioned in an Act granting to J. R. Vineyard, and his assigns, the right to construct and maintain a toll bridge across the Yuba River, near Parks' Bar, in Yuba County, approved April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, is hereby extended for the term of one year from and after the passage of this Act, on condition that the said J. R. Vineyard, and his assigns, shall pay the same licenses as other toll bridges do in said Yuba County. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. Appropriation. CHAP. CCCCLXXVIII.-An Act to appropriate money to pay Contingent Expenses of the Legislature at its Fourteenth Session. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, two thousand dollars of which is for contingent expenses of the Senate, and three thousand dollars for contingent expenses of the Assembly, at the fourteenth session of the Legislature. SEC. 2. The sum herein appropriated shall not be subject to any of the provisions of an Act to create a Board of Examiners, &c., approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fiftyeight, or of the Acts amendatory thereof. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. |