out of the law shall be drawn from the sum so appropriated, and the state controller shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the person entitled to the same.

Sec. 18. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 19. This act shall take effect immediately.

For the prior acts on this subject see Stats. 1895, p. 41, and Stats. 1881, p. 14.

Act to prevent sale of oleomargarine as butter: See post, title Oleomargarine.

CONSPIRACY.

An act to limit the meaning of the word "conspiracy," and also the use of "restraining orders" and “injunctions," as applied to disputes between employers and employees in the state of California.

[Approved March 20, 1903. Stats. 1903, 289.]

The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. No agreement, combination, or contract by or between two or more persons to do or procure to be done, or not to do or procure not to be done, any act in contemplation or furtherance of any trade dispute between employers and employees in the state of California shall be deemed criminal, nor shall those engaged therein be indictable or otherwise punishable for the crime of conspiracy, if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime, nor shall such agreement, combination, or contract be considered as in restraint of trade or commerce, nor shall any restraining order or injunction be issued with relation thereto. Nothing in this act shall exempt from punishment, otherwise than as herein excepted, any persons guilty of conspiracy, for which punishment is now provided by any act of the

legislature, but such act of the legislature shall, as to the agreements, combinations, and contracts herein before referred to, be construed as if this act were therein contained; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize force or violence, or threats thereof. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

An act making a conspiracy to commit any crime against the person of, or an attempt to kill or commit any assault upon, the president or vice-president of the United States, the governor of any state or territory, any United States justice or judge, or the secretary of any executive department of the United States, a felony; and providing a penalty therefor.

[Approved February 28, 1903. Stats. 1903, 58.]

The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. If two or more persons conspire to commit any crime against the person of the president or vicepresident of the United States, the governor of any state or territory, any United States justice or judge, or the secretary of any of the executive departments of the United States, they are guilty of felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not less than ten years.

Sec. 2. Every person who attempts to kill, or who commits any assault upon the president or vice-president of the United States, the governor of any state or territory, any United States justice or judge, or the secretary of any of the executive departments of the United States, is guilty of a felony; and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not less than ten years.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CONVICTS.

An act providing for the furnishing to sheriffs and chiefs of police of certain information, descriptions, and

photographs of convicts about to be discharged, by the wardens of state prisons.

Section 1. Within thirty days prior to the expiration of the sentence of any convict confined in any state prison of this state the warden of such state prison shall forward to each sheriff and chief of police of this state a photograph of such convict, together with a minute description of his person and marks of identification, together with a statement of the nature of the crime he is imprisoned for.

Sec. 2. Section one of this act shall be construed so as to apply only to convicts who have served a prior term or terms in a state prison or house of correction.

Sec. 3. Any expenditure incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid for out of the appropriation made for the support of state's prisons.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately and be in force from and after its passage. [Stat. approved

March 27, 1897; Stats. 1897, p. 213.]

CORONERS.

Act relating to costs of coroner's inquest in state prison: See post, title Costs.

An act providing in counties of the first class for the appointment by the coroner of a competent physician for the performance of autopsies upon the bodies of deceased persons when inquests are held, and fixing the compensation therefor.

[Approved March 14, 1895. Stats. 1895, 52.]

Section 1. In counties of the first class, the coroner shall appoint a competent physician, whose duties it shall be to perform autopsies upon the bodies of all deceased

persons when inquests are held. Such physician shall, after the performance of such autopsy, certify in writing his professional opinion as to the cause of death, which certificate shall be filed with said coroner.

Sec. 2. The physician so appointed shall receive as compensation for his said services the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, which shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in monthly installments of two hundred dollars, at the same time and in the same manner as county officers are paid.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

An act to provide an official stenographic reporter to the coroner of each county, or city and county, having one hundred thousand or more inhabitants, and providing the mode in which such reporter shall bę appointed, and establishing the compensation and prescribing the duties of such reporter.

[Approved March 26, 1895. Stats. 1895, 168.] (Superseded as to San Francisco by its charter.) Section 1. It shall be lawful for the coroner of every county, or city and county, of this state, having one hundred thousand or more inhabitants, to select and appoint an official stenographic reporter, such reporter to hold office during the pleasure of the coroner making the appointment.

Sec. 2. The said official reporter shall be allowed and shall receive compensation as follows: One hundred and fifty dollars per month.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said reporter to attend all inquests held by the coroner of the said county, or city and county, and report in shorthand all testimony of witnesses, and all the proceedings of said inquests, and to transcribe the same into legible longhand and furnish two typewritten copies thereof, and shall certify the same, and file one of the copies with the said coroner, and the

other copy with the clerk of the said county, or city and county. He shall also, within a reasonable time after such testimony is taken, file with the said clerk the shorthand notes taken by him at each inquest.

Sec. 4. The said official reporter shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office.

Sec. 5. Any report of the said official reporter duly appointed and sworn, when written out in longhand writing and certified by him as being a correct transcript of the testimony and proceedings in the case, shall be prima facie a correct statement of such testimony and proceedings.

Sec. 6. The salary of said reporter shall be audited and paid monthly out of the general fund of the said county, or city and county.

Sec. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

An act concerning the attendance of physicians and surgeons in certain cases, and to provide payment for making chemical and post-mortem examinations. [Approved February 8, 1872. Stats. 1871-2, 81.] (The code commissioners say as to this act: "As to § 1, superseded by County Government Act, 1897, 490, § 142.") Coroner may summon physician, surgeon, or chemist. Section 1. The coroner or other officer holding an inquest upon the body of a deceased person may summon a physician or surgeon to inspect the body, or a chemist to make an analysis of the contents of the stomach, or the tissues of the body of the deceased, and to give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death.

Compensation.

Sec. 2. Any physician, surgeon, or chemist professionally attending as a witness on an inquest, or upon a trial of any person charged with murder or manslaughter, or