ment, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars. Architects' After the expiration of six months the person whose certificate was revoked may have a new certificate issued to him by the secretary of state upon the certificate of the district board by which the certificate was revoked. Every certificated architect shall have a seal, the impres sion of which must contain the name of the architect, his place of business, and the words "Certificated architect," with which he may stamp all plans prepared by him. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Sec. 7. Each regularly certificated architect shall pay an annual license fee of five dollars, said fee to be paid to the secretary of the board of the district of which he shall be a resident, and shall be payable in advance on January 1, and shall become delinquent the first day of April, of each year, after which date it shall be delinquent, and the certificate of such architects who shall fail to pay their license fees by April 1 of each year, shall be subject to cancellation by said district board, and notice of such cancellation shall be sent to each county recorder of the state of California and to the secretary of state, as provided in section 5 of the act to regulate the practice of architecture, approved March 23, 1901, for cancellation of certificates. And the secretary of the said district shall issue a receipt signed by the prest dent and secretary of the district, and under the seal of the district board, to each architect paying said license fee, showing that said certificated architect has paid his annual license fee, which license receipt shall be displayed in a The fees so prominent place in the office of said architect. collected shall be used to meet the expenses of the state board of architecture. [New section approved March 26, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 522; in effect immediately.] TITLE 29. АСТ 229. To provide for the issuing arms and accoutrements to colleges and academies. [Stats. 1862, 483.] АСТ 230. Military academies, act to furnish arms to. [Stats. 1871-2, p. 121.] TITLE 30. For the relief of persons imprisoned on civil process. [Stats. 1850, p. 407; amended 1863, 93.] Superseded by Code of Civil Procedure, secs. 1143-1164. TITLE 31. ARROYO DEL MEDO. To declare the Arroyo del Medo in Santa Clara County navigable. [Stats. 1852, 223.] Incorporated in Political Code, sec. 2349. ACT 245. TITLE 32. ARTESIAN WELLS. An act to regulate the use of artesian wells and to prevent the waste of subterranean waters in this state. [Approved March 9, 1878; 1877-8, 195; amended 1901, 284.] What artesian wells declared nuisances-Misdemeanor. Section 1. Any artesian well which is not capped, or furnished with such mechanical appliance as will readily and effectively arrest and prevent the flow of water from such well, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which such well is situated, who causes, permits, or suffers such public nuisance, or suffers or permits it to remain or continue, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Same. Sec. 2. Any person owning, possessing, or occupying any land upon which is situated an artesian well, who causes, suffers, or permits the water to unnecessarily flow from such well, or go to waste, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Artesian well defined. Sec. 3. An artesian well is defined, for the purposes of this act, to be any artificial well, the waters of which will flow continuously over the natural surface of the ground adjacent to such well at any season of the year. Waste defined. Sec. 4. Waste is defined, for the purpose of this act, to be the causing, suffering or permitting the waters flowing from such well to run into any river, creek, or other natural watercourse or channel, or into any bay, lake, or pond, or into any street, road, highway, or upon the land of any person other than that of the owner of such well, or upon public lands of the United States or of the state of California, unless it be used thereon for the purposes and in the manner that it may be lawfully used upon the land of the owner of such well; provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the use of such waters for the proper irrigation of trees standing along or upon any street, road, or highway, or for ornamental ponds or fountains, or the propagation of fish. Proceedings for misdemeanor. Sec. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act may be proceeded against for a misdemeanor in any justice's court of the county in which such well is located, and shall, upon conviction, be fined for each offense not less than ten or more than fifty dollars. There shall also, upon conviction had, in addition to such fine, be taxed against such party the cost of prosecution. Such fine and costs may be collected as in other criminal cases, and the justice may also issue an execution upon the judgment therein rendered, and the same may be enforced and collected as in civil cases. Duty of supervisors. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the supervisors or roadmasters, on complaint of any citizen within their respective districts, and for that purpose may at all proper times enter upon the premises where such well is situated; and it shall be his duty to institute or cause to be instituted, criminal action for all violations of the provisions of this act, or for all public offenses defined in this act committed within such district. Repeal. Sec. 7. An act entitled "An act to regulate the use of artesian wells and to prevent the waste of subterranean waters in Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties,' "' approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. Repealed. [Stats. 1901, 284.] Amendment became a law under constitutional provision without governor's approval, March 14, 1901, Stats. 1901, 284; in effect immediately. Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. TITLE 33. ACT 250. To punish assaults with caustic or corrosive liquids and substances. [Stats. 1867-8, 194] County treasuries, protection of. [Stats. 1873-4, p. 393.] Probably repealed by County Government Acts, 1897, 452. This act required the assessors of Siskiyou, Calaveras, Amador, and Alpine counties appointing deputies, in pursuance of power given by the board of equalization, to pay such deputies. Relative to bonds, due bills and other instruments in writing and making them assignable. [Stats. 1850, p. 332.] This act has not been in terms repealed, and in the absence of positive legislation, it is difficult to tell what, if any, part of it is in force. ACT 263. TITLE 36. An act making an appropriation for the contingent expenses of the office of the attorney-general. [Approved June 14, 1906.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the contingent expenses of the attorney general's office. Sec. 2. The controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the amount hereby appropriated, and the treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. ACT 264. An act making an appropriation for the purchase of law books for the attorney-general. [Approved June 14, 1906.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of law books for the office of the attorney-general. Sec. 2. The controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the state treasury for the amount hereby appropriated, and the treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. |