River, in Humboldt County, approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Seventeenth. An act for the better protection of stockraisers in the counties of Fresno, Tulare, Monterey and Mariposa, approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Eighteenth. An act concerning oysters, approved April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Nineteenth. An act concerning oyster-beds, approved April second, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Twentieth. An act concerning gas companies, approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy. En. February 14, 1872. See further acts in force: Pol. Code, secs. 19, 4442. Subds. 1-6. References to the acts referred to in the first six subdivisions will be found in the General Laws under the various titles. Subd. 7. Branch prisons: See acts in Appendix, title State Prisons. Subds. 8-20. The act referred to in subd. 8 will be found in Stats. 1868, 604; but see Stats. 1874, 499. In subd. 9, see Stats. 1866, 641; but see amendment, Stats. 1874, 84. In subd. 10, see Stats. 1870, 585; Stats. 1875-6, 325. [Repealed 1895, 76, 201.] In subd. 11, see Stats. 1866, 332. In subd. 12, see Stats. 1866, 637. In subd. 13, see Stats. 1866, 857. In subd. 14, see Stats. 1868, 13; but see amendment, Stats. 1871, 441. In subd. 15, see Stats. 1870, 325. In subd. 16, see Stats. 1859, 298. In subd. 17, see Stats. 1866, 322. In subd. 18, see Stats. 1851, 432; but see repealing clause, Stats. 1874, 940. In subd. 19, see Stats. 1866, 848; also see Stats. 1874, 940. Many amendments and new sections to the Penal Code are taken from "An act to amend the Penal Code," approved March 30, 1874; Amendments 1873-4, 419. The amendatory act contained two other sections, in reference to the effect of the new provisions, as follows: Sec. 88. All provisions of law inconsistent with the provisions of this act are repealed, except as to offenses committed before this act takes effect, and as to such offenses, and for the punishment of parties guilty thereof, the repealed provisions shall continue in force. Sec. 89. This act shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. §24. This act, how cited. This act, whenever cited, enumerated, referred to, or amended, may be designated simply as the Penal Code, adding, when necessary, the number of the section. En. February 14, 1872. This act, how cited. The constitution nowhere uses the word "code," but speaks of the way in which an "aet" may be revised or amended: Art. IV, sec. 24. Title of the act: See ante, sec. 1. |