County Superintendent's Report. Report of the County Superintendent of Public Schools, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the County Total Children of all ages born in California. Number of Deaf and Dumb. Number of Pupils attending School. | Daily average attendance. Names of Teachers employed. Salaries per month paid to each Teacher. Amount raised in the School Boundary, and Amount expended in the erection, rents, or Amount expended for School Libraries and Total amount of expenditure for School pur- vember. intendent of public instruction, on or before the 20th of Noevery column in the above report, and transmit it to the superNOTE. It is indispensable that the county superintendent fill signed to collect various items of valuable information connected furnished with a note-book, containing appropriate heads, deIn addition to the above, the county superintendent will be with the school department. his report, to be transmitted at the same time, to the state suThis note-book he will fill up, and consider an appendix to perintendent. upon which to distribute the state and county school fund. report, when filled, in order that he may have the requisite data N. B.-The county superintendent should keep a copy of his CHAPTER XXXVI. SHERIFF. THE sheriff is a conservator of the peace in his county. It is his duty within his county: 1. To arrest and take before the nearest magistrate for examination, all persons who commit, or attempt to commit, a public offence in his presence, or who have committed a public offence. 2. To prevent and suppress all affrays, breaches of the peace, riots and insurrections, which may come to his knowledge. 3. To execute the process, writs, warrants and order of the courts of justice, or of judicial officers, when delivered to him for that purpose. 4. To attend in person, or by deputy, all courts except justices', probate and recorders' courts, at their respective terms, held within his county, and to obey their lawful orders and directions. 5. To serve at the request of a party to an action or proceeding, notices and papers therein. 6. In the execution of these duties, to command the aid of as many male inhabitants of his county as he may think proper and necessary.' He is the keeper of the county jail, and is responsible for the management thereof, and the safe-keeping of the prisoners. He is required to appoint an under-sheriff, to perform the duties of his office, in case the sheriff is absent from the county, or from sickness or other cause, is unable to perform them himself. He may also appoint as many deputies as he thinks proper. In San Francisco the number is limited.' He is required to keep an office at the county seat, open on all days except Sundays, from nine to twelve in the forenoon, and from two to five in the afternoon. In San Francisco the hours are from nine to five in the summer months, and from ten to four in the winter months.* The sheriff or his deputy is required to attend the sessions of court, to act as the crier thereof, to call the parties and witnesses 1 Wood's Dig. art. 8236. 2 id. 3245-3260. id. 8243, 8244; Laws 1859, p. 90. and all other persons bound to appear at the court, and make proclamation of the opening and adjournment of the court and of any other matter under its direction, also to serve the processes and execute the orders of the court, as lawfully directed. Except in certain counties, the sheriff is by statute constituted the tax-collector. A sheriff or other ministerial officer shall be justified in the execution of all process and orders regular on their face, and issued by competent authority, whatever may be the defect in the proceedings upon which they were issued.' No direction or authority by a party or his attorney to a sheriff, or to an under or deputy sheriff, in respect to the execution of process or return thereof, or to any act or omission relating thereto, shall be available to discharge or excuse the sheriff from a liability for neglect or misconduct, unless it be contained in a writing signed by the party to be charged or affected thereby, or his attorney." When the office of the sheriff is vacant, or when the sheriff is a party to the action or proceeding, the coroner shall act in his place when the sheriff and coroner are both parties, or the action is against either of these parties for disobedience of orders, the powers or orders in the action may be executed by a person designated by a judge, denominated an elisor." Notwithstanding the election and qualification of a new sheriff, the former sheriff is required to return all process an orders before and after judgment, which he has fully executed, and to complete the execution of all final process which he has begun to execute, and the collection of all taxes put into the hands of the sheriff for collection previous to the expiration of his term of office.' FORMS. Form of Sheriff's Return as to Garnishments. On the 1st day of January, 1858, I served on, and delivered to John Mack, a copy of the within execution with a notice in |