be allowed and approved, or paid by the Treasurer, unless such certificate be attached to said demand. of sick. SEC. 3. The Supervisor of the township in which such indi- Attendance gent sick person may reside may authorize, in writing, any physician in said county to attend such person; and for such services such physician shall be entitled to receive from the Hospital Fund of said county such compensation as may be deemed by the Board of Supervisors proper, under such restrictions and limitations as the said Board may have previously fixed by standing rules. The written authority for attending any indigent sick person shall be attached to his demand for such services, and the demand shall be passed upon in the same manner as other demands against the Hospital Fund of the county. SEC. 4. Whenever any person confined in the County Jail In County shall become sick and shall be destitute, it shall be the duty of the Supervisor of the township to provide medical treatment for such person; and said Supervisor shall also provide for such person such medicines as are required, all of which shall be paid out of the Hospital Fund, in the same manner as other demands. Jail. examina, SEC. 5. Whenever an inquest shall be held on the body of Post mortem any deceased indigent person, and the Coroner shall deem it tions. necessary to have made a post mortem examination of said deceased indigent person, he may require a physician to make such examination, who shall be entitled to receive from the Hospital Fund such compensation as said Coroner may certify to be just and correct, not to exceed twenty-five dollars; and said Coroner, for all services rendered in holding said inquest, shall receive from the Hospital Fund the sum of twelve dollars; provided said deceased shall not have left sufficient estate to pay for the same. SEC. 6. Whenever any indigent person in San Mateo County Burials. shall die and not leave sufficient estate to pay for his burial, it shall be the duty of the Supervisor of the township in which deceased resided at the time of his death to cause such person to be decently buried; and the person so doing shall receive from the Hospital Fund a sum not to exceed thirty dollars. funds. SEC. 7. All moneys now in the several Township Hospital Surplus Funds, after the payment of all legal demands against said funds, shall be transferred to the Road Funds of the several townships respectively. SEC. 8. Sections seventeen and eighteen of an Act entitled Acts rean Act to organize townships in San Mateo County, and to pealed. define the respective powers, duties and compensation of county and township officers in certain cases, approved March twentysecond, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, are hereby repealed; and all other laws or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. diseases. SEC. 9. The Board of Supervisors shall have power to pro- Contagious vide suitable buildings and make special provisions for the care of persons laboring under contagious diseases whenever it shall become necessary. SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Right granted. Location. CHAPTER CCCXXII. An Act granting to certain persons therein named the right to lay a railroad track along certain streets in the City of Sacramento. [Approved March 27, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The right is hereby granted to J. Z. Davis, Alexander Boyd, W. F. Knox and James Carolan, their associates and assigns, to lay down and maintain an iron railroad within the City of Sacramento, along and upon the following route, viz: Commencing at the intersection of K and Front streets, in said City of Sacramento; thence along and upon K street to Second street; thence along and upon Second street to J street; thence along and upon J street to Tenth street; thence along and upon Tenth street to H or G street; thence along and upon H or G street to Twentieth street; thence, from the intersection of K and Second streets, along and upon K street, to Tenth street; thence along and upon Tenth street to the State Capitol ground, on N street, using N street between Tenth and Eleventh streets, if necessary; thence along and upon Tenth or Eleventh street to X street, with the privilege of extending the route, on and upon Second street, from K street to Q street; also along and upon H or I street to Thirty-first, using Twentieth street between G and I streets, if necessary; also the privilege of extending route from the intersection of J and Second streets; thence along and upon J street to Front street; with the right to lay track on and upon Tenth street between K and J streets; with the right to abandon and relinquish track on Use of rails Tenth street between J and K streets; provided, that when any other railroad or company shall be granted the use of the same street, or any part thereof, they shall pay for the use of the rails already laid an equal share of the cost of constructing and maintaining the railroad on the street or part of the street thus occupied jointly, and thereupon shall be entitled to the joint use of such part of said railroad; but no such grant shall be made for more than three blocks in all upon any one street. The said road to have a single or double track, at the option of the said grantees, the rails to be of the most approved patterns used on city railroads, with the proper and necessary switches and turnouts along the entire route. The said grantees, their associates and assigns, to have the right to run cars on said railroad not exceeding twenty-four feet in length, for the transRoute to be portation of passengers and freight. Provided, that wherever, under the provisions of this section, two parallel streets are named, upon either of which the said company are herein granted the right to lay down and maintain their track or tracks, the company shall, on or before the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, file with the Board of Trustees of the City of Sacramento a statement in writing, showing which of such parallel streets have been selected by by other companies. chosen. them, and thereafter they shall only be allowed to lay down SEC. 2. The gauge of said railroad shall not be more than five Gauge. ramento. streets. SEC. 3. The owners of said railroad, after having broken into Repair of any of the foregoing streets for the purpose of laying their tracks, shall repair the said street or streets as neatly as when it was before broken into by said owners, and thereafter keep the same streets in repair inside of each track and between the tracks where there are more than one track; provided that, north, south and east of the high grade of the streets already graded to the high grade, they shall not be required to pave or macadamize any portion thereof, but they shall keep the said road as even as possible to the uniform grade of such streets outside of the high grade, so as to give vehicles an easy passage over the rails at the intersection of each street crossing. SEC. 4. The rates of fare for each passenger upon said rail- Fare. road shall not exceed fifty cents for five tickets from any point on said railroad; provided, that after the period of ten years from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be competent for the Legislature to diminish the rates of fare allowed to be charged under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 5. The cars upon said railroad shall be of the most Cars. approved construction for the comfort and convenience of passengers, and shall be provided with sufficient brakes and other means of stopping the same when required. They shall be moved by horses or mules, and not otherwise. SEC. 6. Any person wilfully obstructing said railroad shall be obstructions deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished accordingly. franchise. SEC. 7. The franchise and privileges hereby granted shall Duration of continue for the period of twenty-five years, to date from the completion of said railroad; provided, that the grantees shall complete at least one track from the foregoing named point of commencing, to Tenth and J streets, on or before the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and to the State Agricultural Park in two years from the first day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the balance of the route in two years thereafter. served. SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any wise Rights reto prevent the proper authorities of the said City of Sacramento sewering, grading, paving, planking, repairing or altering any of the streets herein before specified; but all such work shall be done, if possible, so as not to obstruct the free passage of the cars upon the said railroad; and when the same shall be pos Additional privileges. sible, the said authorities, before the commencement of said work, shall allow to the owners of said railroad time sufficient to enable them to shift the rails, or take other means so as to avoid said obstruction during the continuance thereof, which the said owners are hereby authorized to do. SEC. 9. The Trustees of the City of Sacramento, or their legal successors, are hereby authorized and empowered to grant to the said parties named in the first section of this Act, their associates and assigns, such additional rights, privileges and grants as said parties, their associates and assigns, may desire or deem necessary for the full and complete enjoyment of the franchises and privileges created and granted by this Act. Appropriation. To Yuba Sutter Trinity. Alameda. CHAPTER CCCXXIII. An Act to provide for the payment of the State's portion of the salaries of the County Auditors in the Counties of Yuba, Sutter, Trinity, Tulare and Alameda. [Approved March 27, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sums of money hereinafter named are hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the State's portion of the salaries of the County Auditors of the counties of Yuba, Sutter, Trinity, Tulare and Alameda, for the years hereinafter specified, in accordance with the provisions of sections fifty-two and one hundred and four of the Revenue Act of the State of California: To the County of Yuba, for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, for the sum of one thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and seven cents. To the County of Sutter, for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and prior to August first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the sum of one thousand and fifteen dollars and seventy-four cents. To the County of Trinity, for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the sum of two thousand and ninety dollars and twenty-four cents. To the County of Alameda, for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and up to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the sum of two thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars and ninety-five cents. To the County of Tulare, for the year eighteen hundred and Tulare. fifty-four, and each and every year thereafter, to and inclusive of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the sum of eighteen hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents; and the Board of Supervisors of said County of Tulare are hereby authorized and required to appropriate the same to the improvement of public roads and highways in said county. draw war The Controller of State is hereby authorized and required to Controller to draw his warrants in favor of the Counties of Yuba, Sutter, rants. Trinity, Tulare and Alameda, respectively, for the sums hereinbefore mentioned, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER CCCXXIV. An Act to provide for the collection of delinquent school taxes, and legalizing assessments and school elections held in school districts in the County of Marin. [Approved March 27, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The assessment of taxes upon all property, both Legalized. real and personal, in the County of Marin, levied by the Trustees of school districts for the erection of public school buildings or other purposes in said County of Marin, in the years A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty seven, is hereby legalized and confirmed, and rendered valid and binding, both in law and equity, against the property assessed; and no defect or informality in the election of the Trustees, Assessors and Collectors of the several school districts for failure to comply with the Act known as the Registry Act, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall constitute a defense to any action brought to enforce the payment of such taxes. SEC. 2. The taxes referred to in section one of this Act shall Collection be enforced in the same manner as provided for the collection of taxes in the Act to provide for a system of common schools, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. SEC. 3. All elections held in school districts in the County of Elections. Marin for the election of officers in school districts, or for voting for a tax for buildings, or other purposes, shall be held in conformity with the provisions of the Revised School Law, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, |