Acknowl edgments legalized. Proviso. CHAP. DVII.-An Act to legalize certain Acknowledgments. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. All acknowledgments of deeds, and other instrument of writing, whereby real estate, or any interest therein, is conveyed or may be affected, heretofore taken before Justices of the Peace of a county other than that in which such land was situated at the time of the taking of such acknowledgments, and by them certified in the usual legal form, shall, from and after the passage of this Act, have the same force and effect for all purposes as though such acknowledgments had been taken before and certified by an officer authorized by law to take and certify such acknowledgments; and the records of such deeds or instruments, if the same shall have been admitted to record. shall hereafter impart notice to the same extent as though such acknowledgments had been taken before and certified by such legally authorized officer; provided, nothing in this Act shall be so construed as in any manner to affect the rights of any subsequent purchaser in good faith. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Warrants receivable. Proviso. CHAP. DVIII.-An Act making County Warrants drawn on the Taxes. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person to pay all taxes. or any portion thereof, charged to him on the tax duplicates of Tulare County for county purposes, in any warrant or warrants drawn on and payable out of the General Fund of said county; provided, that no warrant or warrants shall be received from any person or persons except such as are drawn in favor of the person or persons offering the same in payment for taxes, and received by him or them for services rendered said county. SEC. 2. The Sheriff or Tax Collector of said county shall receive said warrant or warrants in payment of such tax, and on his settlement with the county, he shall be credited for the amount of warrants received by him as aforesaid, the same as for cash; provided, that at the time of such settlement he shall make oath that the identical warrants, as aforesaid, were received by him in payment for county taxes, and from no other source. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. DIX.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the construction of a Wagon Road from Sonora, Tuolumne County, to Aurora, Mono County, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twelve of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Treasurer Section 12. It shall be the duty of the County Treasurer and Duties of the Board of Supervisors of each of the counties in which bonds and may be issued under the provisions of this Act, to keep a correct Supervisors record of all bonds so issued, showing the number, date, amount of each, and to whom issued; and all duties required to be performed by the County Treasurers and Clerks under this Act, shall be deemed a part of their official duties, and each of such officers shall be allowed such compensation for their services as the Board of Supervisors of their respective counties may determine; provided, that in the Counties of Mono and Tuolumne no compensation shall be allowed to such officers for services rendered under the provisions of this Act, CHAP. DX.—An Act respecting the Fees of Court Commissioners. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Said Court Commissioners shall be entitled to Fees. charge and receive for their services the following fees, viz: For hearing and determining every ex parte motion for any order or writ, three dollars. For hearing and determining such contested motions or issues of law or fact as may be referred to them, or for taking proof upon or determining any matter of fact upon which information may be required by the Court, five dollars. For every day spent in the business of the reference in such case, for examining into the qualifications of sureties on bonds or undertakings, when an exception has been taken to their sufficiency, five dollars. For taking and certifying every affidavit, and for the approval of every bond or undertaking, fifty cents. And for taking and certifying depositions, twenty-five cents per folio. Said fees to be paid by the party by whom or at whose instance Payment of. the matter may be brought before said Commissioner, or if referred by the Court without motion from either party, or if by consent of parties, then by the plaintiff, and the fees so paid to be taxed, with the costs, against the losing party. Such Court Commissioners shall have the right to demand their fees as aforesaid at the time the services are performed, and may retain any and all papers, in cases where such fees have not been paid, until the same are paid. Appropriation. CHAP. DXI.—An Act to pay certain Claims. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of sixty-two dollars and thirteen cents ($62 13) is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the General Fund in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claims of II. J. Bidleman, for papers furnished the Senate, thirteenth session, amounting to twenty dollars and seventy-five cents ($20 75;) of Brooks & Lawrence, for papers furnished Senate, same session, amounting to thirty dollars ($30;) of George I. Lytle, for papers furnished the Senate, same session, amounting to three dollars and thirty-eight cents ($3 38;) and of A. M. Weiman, eight dollars, for newspapers furnished, fourteenth session; and the Controller of State is hereby directed to draw his warrants in favor of said claimants, and the Treasurer of State to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in effect from and after its passage. Authority to sell and convey. CHAP. DXII.-An Act to authorize Antonio Suñol to sell certain [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Antonio Suñol, father and natural Guardian of Dolores Suñol, a minor, is hereby authorized to sell the real estate of said minor, or any right, title, or interest in any real estate in the State of California belonging to or claimed by said minor, on such terms and in such manner, at public or private sale, as may be deemed best for the interest of said minor. SEC. 2. The said Guardian shall make a report of any and all such sales as shall be made by him, to the Probate Court of the County of Santa Clara, and the Judge of said Court shall, either in term time or vacation, in open Court or at Chambers, examine the report, and confirm or set aside said sale, as in other cases of sales of real estate by Guardians, Executors, or Administrators. SEC. 3. The said Guardian is hereby authorized, upon the confirmation of any such sale as hereinbefore provided, to execute, acknowledge, and deliver to said purchaser or purchasers, a legal conveyance of the real estate and premises sold, which shall be a good and valid title. CHAP. DXIII.-An Act to authorize Juan La Coste to sell certain [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and convey. SECTION 1. Juan La Coste, father and natural Guardian of Authority José Francisco La Coste, a minor, is hereby authorized to sell to sell and the real estate of said minor, or any right, title, or interest in any real estate in the State of California belonging to or claimed by said minor, on such terms and in such manner, at public or private sale, as may be deemed best for the interest of said minor. SEC. 2. The said Guardian shall make a full report of any and all such sales as shall be made by him, to the Probate Court of the County of Santa Clara, and the Judge of said Court shall, either in term time or vacation, in open Court or at Chambers, examine the report, and confirm or set aside said sale, as in other cases of sales of real estate by Guardians, Executors, or Administrators. SEC. 3. The said Guardian is hereby authorized, upon the confirmation of any such sale as hereinbefore provided, to execute, acknowledge, and deliver to said purchaser or purchasers, a legal conveyance of the real estate and premises sold, which shall be a good and valid title. CHAP. DXIV.-An Act to confer additional Powers upon the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and upon the Auditor and Treasurer thereof, and to authorize the appropriation of Moneys by said Board. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco have hereby conferred upon them further powers, as follows: Powers. First-To allow and order paid to Jesse D. Carr, out of the General Fund, such sum, not exceeding six thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars, as they may find due to him for city scrip owned by him and burned in the fire of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Second-To allow and order paid, out of the General Fund, the sum of twenty-five dollars per month to each of the Criminal Court Interpreters, in addition to one hundred dollars per month now allowed by law to each of said Interpreters. Third-To allow and order paid, out of the General Fund, two hundred and fifty dollars for Counsel fees in the suit of Minturn vs. Burr, for services rendered in said suit by Hoge & Wilson. SEC. 2. The Auditor of said city and county is hereby authorized to audit and allow the sums, and the City Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the sums so audited, as specified in the first section of this Act. SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Appropriation. CHAP. DXV.-An Act to appropriate money to pay a Claim, arising under a Commission authorized by the Assembly at the Thirteenth Session of the Legislature, to take Testimony in the Contested Election of Gordon vs. McAllister. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of two hundred and ninety-one dollars and five cents is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claims audited and allowed by the Assembly of the thirteenth session of the Legislature, for services under the commission authorized to take testimony in the contested election of Gordon vs. McAllister, and the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of Valentine B. Doub, for two hundred and ninety-one dollars and five cents, and the Treasurer of State is required to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. |