Notice to creditors. CHAP. CCCCLXXXVIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and Protection of Creditors, approved May fourth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and the Act amendatory thereto, approved April twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight is hereby amended so as to read as Penalty. CHAP. CCCCLXXXIX.-An Act to prevent the Fraudulent Conveyance or Encumbrance of Real Estate by Married Women. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Every married woman who shall fraudulently represent herself as a femme sole, and shall, under such representations, wilfully, by any instrument in writing, convey by deed, mortgage, or otherwise, any real estate which by law is required to be conveyed jointly by herself and husband, or shall create or place upon such real estate any lien or encumbrance, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the State Prison for a term not exceeding ten years, or fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars. CHAP. CCCCXC.-An Act to appropriate Money to pay certain Claims. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred and forty-eight dollars Appro($548) is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the General priation. Fund in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of Robert Robinson for five hundred dollars, ($500,) for services and expenses as Agent of the State of California on boundary line, and the claim of Homer King, for copies of Sierra Citizen furnished the Legislature during the session of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, amounting to forty-eight dollars, and the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the claimants named, and the Treasurer of State to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCCXCI.-An Act to authorize the Board of State Prison [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: authorized. SECTION 1. On all claims, not transferred, now outstanding Allowance of against the State for merchandise furnished to the State Prison interest at the regular cash market price during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for the salaries of the officers, Guards, and other employés of the State Prison, now in their possession, and which have not been transferred, the Board of State Prison Directors are hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the time the indebtedness matured to the date of settlement. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCXCII.-An Act to appropriate money for the Geological [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the General Fund in the State tion. Appropria. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the salary of the State Geologist, and other expenses connected with the Geological Survey of the State, and the Controller of State is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State in favor of J. D. Whitney, for the sum of twenty-thousand dollars, and the Treasurer of State to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Business days and CHAP. CCCCXCIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning the Office of State Treasurer, passed January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of the above entitled Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The Treasurer shall reside and keep his office at office hours. the seat of government, which office shall be open for the transaction of business every day in the year, except Sundays, New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, and the days on which the General Election and the Special Judicial Election are held, from the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, to the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon. He shall not absent himself from the State without leave of absence from the Legislature. Duties of SEC. 2. Section four of the above entitled Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. He shall receive and keep all moneys of the State not expressly required by law to be received and kept by some other person, shall disburse the public moneys upon warrants drawn upon the Treasury according to law, and not otherwise, and shall keep a just, true, and comprehensive account of all moneys received and disbursed, and shall deliver to his successor in office all moneys, records, books, papers, and other things belonging to his office, in good order. Franchise CHAP. CCCCXCIV.-An Act to authorize Samuel B. Campbell to construct and maintain a Wharf at Punta Arena, in Mendocino County. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The right to build, use, and maintain a wharf in the bay or main ocean at Punta Arena, Mendocino County, is hereby granted to Samuel B. Campbell, his associates and assigns. SEC. 2. For the purposes of said wharf there is hereby granted to the said Campbell, his associates and assigns, the right to use and occupy a strip of land three hundred feet wide, commencing at low tide, and extending into the bay or ocean until a sufficient depth shall be obtained for the accommodation of commerce. SEC. 3. Said Campbell, his associates and assigns, shall com- Conditions. mence the construction of said wharf in one and complete the same in two years from the passage of this Act. Said wharf shall be firmly and substantially built, of such materials and of such dimensions as to make it sufficient for the requirements of the commerce of the vicinity. SEC. 4. The Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County Rates of shall, from time to time, fix the rates of wharfage to be collected wharfage. at said wharf; and the said Campbell, his associates and assigns, may charge and collect such wharfage as may be fixed by said Board. The rates of wharfage shall be posted in a conspicuous place on said wharf. SEC. 5. If said wharf shall not be commenced within one Conditions. and completed within two years from the passage of this Act, all the rights herein granted shall become forfeited. SEC. 6. The rights and privileges herein granted shall extend Term of and be for the term of twenty years; provided, however, that franchise. this Act shall not be construed so as to affect or diminish the rights of other parties. CHAP. CCCCXCV.-An Act appropriating Money to pay certain Claims. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of forty-four dollars is hereby appro- Appropriated, out of any money in the General Fund in the State priation. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of T. L. Thompson, for papers furnished the Senate, session eighteen hundred and sixty-two, amounting to seven dollars and fifty cents; the claim of H. L. Weston, for papers furnished the Senate in eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, eighteen hundred and sixty, and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, amounting to twenty-six dollars; and the claim of Robert Nixon, Jr., for papers furnished the Senate, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, amounting to ten dollars and fifty cents; and the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants in favor of the above parties and for the amounts named, and the Treasurer of State to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Licenses for stallions, etc CHAP. CCCCXCVI.-An Act to amend Section Eighty of an Act entitled an Act to provide Revenue for the Support of the Government of this State, approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eighty of said Act is amended so as to read as follows: Section 80. Every person who shall keep a stallion, jack, bull, ram, or boar, and who shall permit the same to be used for the purposes of propagation for hire or profit, shall annually obtain a license therefor from the Tax Collector, and pay for the same as herein provided. The license for a stallion shall be obtained upon payment of fifty dollars; for a jack, fifty dollars; for a bull, twenty-five dollars; for a ram, twelve dollars and fifty cents; and for a boar, seven dollars and fifty cents. The Tax Collector shall receive the blank licenses provided for in this section from the Auditor; they shall be charged to him, and he shall account for them in the same manner as for other licenses. The Tax Collector shall be entitled to deduct from the moneys received under this section ten per cent, as fees of collection. All moneys collected under this section shall be paid into the County Treasury, for county purposes. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. Controller to warrants. CHAP. CCCCXCVII.—An Act for the Relief of Matthew Bird. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Controller of State is hereby authorized to draw certain draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of Matthew Bird, for the sum of five hundred and ninety-five dollars, in payment of seventeen coupons for the interest, due the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, on bonds of the State of California, numbered One Hundred and Five, Three Hundred and Sixty-Three, Three Hundred and Sixty-Four, Six Hundred and Ninety-Six, Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Eight Hundred and Thirty-Three, Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven, Fifteen Hundred and Seventy-One, Fifteen Hundred and Seventy-Five, Three Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven, Three Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight, Three Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Three Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty, Two Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-Four, Three Thousand Four Hundred and One, Three Thousand Four Hundred and Two, and Nine Hundred and Ten, each for the sum of |