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CHAPTER XLV.

An Act to amend an Act dividing the State into Counties, and establishing the seats of justice therein, passed April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

[Approved February 10, 1868.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section twenty-four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 24. Sonoma County, beginning at a point in the Pacific Ocean three miles west of the mouth of Gualali River, thence east to the middle of the mouth of said river, and up the middle of the main channel of said river two miles; thence in a direct line to the most northern and highest peak or summit of the Redwood Mountains immediately north of Cloverdale and Oak Valley; thence due east to the western boundary of Napa County, on the summit of the Mayacamas Ridge; thence southerly along the Napa County boundary, in the Mayacamas Mountains, to the westerly branch of Guichica Creek; thence southerly along said Napa County boundary to its initial point in the mouth of Guichica Creek; thence in a direct line to the northwest corner of Contra Costa County, in San Pablo Bay; thence down the middle of said bay to the northeast corner of Marin County; thence, following the boundary of Marin County, to the mouth of Petaluma Creek; thence up the centre of said creek to the mouth of San Antonio Creek; thence up the centre of said creek to its head; thence in a direct line to the head of the Estero Americano, on the line surveyed and established by William Mock under the direction of the Surveyor-General in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six; thence down the middle of said Estero Americano to its mouth; thence due west three miles to a point in the Pacific Ocean; thence northerly and northwesterly, parallel with the coast and with the meanders thereof, to the point of beginning.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

CHAPTER XLVI.

An Act entitled an Act to amend section five of an Act entitled an Act·
concerning the offices of Sheriff, County Clerk, County Recorder,
County Treasurer, County Judge and District Attorney, and fixing
their compensation, for the County of El Dorado, approved Feb-
ruary twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

[Approved February 10, 1868.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section fifth of said Act is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:

or

Section 5. The County Recorder, for all services required of Recorder's him in his office, or by virtue of his office, as County Recorder, salary. ex officio as County Auditor, shall receive a salary at the rate per annum of twenty-four hundred dollars, which salary shall be in full compensation for all services rendered; provided, that for any services rendered the State he shall receive the compensation allowed by law for such service, which he shall pay into and for the use and benefit of the County Treasury. He shall be allowed one deputy, to be paid by the county, at the rate of one Deputy and hundred and twenty-five dollars per month.

his salary.

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CHAPTER XLVII.

An Act to authorize the County of San Joaquin to issue Bonds for the
redemption of the Bonds of said County which become due during
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to provide for the
payment of the same.

[Approved February 5, 1868.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

bonds, not

SECTION 1. For the purpose of redeeming the bonds of the May issue County of San Joaquin, which become due during the year exceeding eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the Board of Supervisors of $30,000. San Joaquin County are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said county to an amount not exceeding thirtyeight thousand dollars. Said bonds shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, attested by the Clerk of the Board, and countersigned by the County Treasurer, and shall be made payable at the office of said County Treasurer on the first day of -, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Such bonds shall be consecutively numbered as issued, and shall bear interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum; interest to be Interest. paid semi-annually at the office of said County Treasurer; and each bond shall have coupons attached for said interest, such Coupons.

Issue new

surrender of old ones.

coupons to be numbered, signed, attested and countersigned as the bonds.

SEC. 2. Whenever any of the holders of the bonds of said bonds upon County of San Joaquin shall surrender to the Board of Supervisors of said county any bond or bonds of said county that may become due during the year eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, then the said Board of Supervisors shall issue and deliver to such holder or holders the bonds of said County of San Joaquin authorized by the first section of this Act, in an amount equal to the sum of money due on the bond or bonds so surrendered; provided, that in no event shall the bonds authorized by the first section of this Act be issued for greater amounts than the sums of money due on the bonds surrendered.

Cancel and

of bonds.

SEC. 3. The Board of Supervisors shall cancel the bonds surkeep record rendered under the provisions of this Act, and shall keep a correct record of the same, giving the number, amount and date of each, and the sum of money due on each, and from whom received; also a correct record of all bonds issued and delivered under the provisions of this Act, giving the number, amount and date of each, and to whom delivered, and when issued.

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Levy special tax.

To be paid into Bond Redemption Fund.

Redemption

of bonds.

SEC. 4. In addition to the taxes authorized by law to be levied in the County of San Joaquin, the Board of Supervisors of said county are hereby authorized and required to levy, in each and every year, a special tax, to be known as the "Bond Redemption Tax, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight," sufficient for the purpose of paying the yearly interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this Act, and also one tenth of the principal. The manner of levying and collecting said tax shall be the same as provided by law for the levying and collecting other taxes, State and county. The Treasurer of said county shall keep said tax, when paid to him, separate and apart from all other moneys in the Treasury, and shall designate the same as the "Bond Redemption Fund, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight;" and said fund shall be used for no other purpose than the payment or redemption of the bonds issued under the provisions of this Act and the payment of the accruing interest thereon.

SEC. 5. On the first Monday of February, eighteen hundred of one tenth and sixty-nine, and annually thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the County of San Joaquin, from the money in his hands in the fund mentioned in the last preceding section, to redeem the one tenth of the first principal of the bonds that may be issued under the provisions of this Act, or such an amount of said bonds as the money in his hands in said fund will redeem at the lowest value at which they may be proposed to be liquidated, after advertising for two weeks immediately preceding said first Monday of February, by publication in some newspaper in his county for sealed proposals for the redemption of said bonds at the time and place specified in the publication. The Treasurer shall, in the presence of such persons as choose to be present, open all proposals, and accept the lowest bids for the surrender of said bonds; provided, that no bonds shall be redeemed at a greater sum than par value. The bids being equal, the preference shall be given to the smallest amount of bonds; the bids and amount of bonds being equal, each shall be

accompanied

accepted pro rata, or as nearly as possible. No bid, unless Bids to be accompanied by the bonds proposed to be surrendered, shall be by bonds. accepted by the Treasurer.

to draw

SEC. 6. Should there be no proposals made for less than par When cease value, as provided in the preceding section, then the payment interest. of said Loan Fund on hand shall be made on said bonds according to the number of their issue, of which the said Treasurer shall give four weeks notice of the number of the bonds to be paid, after which time such bonds shall cease to draw interest; and provided, whenever there may be sufficient moneys in such Loan Fund for the extinguishment of the bonds issued under this Act, it shall be the duty of the said Treasurer to advertise in like manner for a space of four weeks, for the redemption of all of the outstanding bonds issued under this Act; after which time said bonds shall cease to draw interest. Any money's Funds re remaining in said Loan Fund after the redemption of the whole maining to of said bonds shall be by the said Treasurer transferred to the General General Fund of said county, and to be by him held subject to the order of said Board of Supervisors.

be paid into

Fund.

Preservation

SEC. 7. Whenever the County Treasurer shall pay, or cause to be paid, any bond or coupon under the provisions of this Act, he shall indorse on said bond or coupon so paid, the date of redemption, and from whom redeemed, and the amount paid to redeem the same. He shall preserve in his office all bonds and coupons of bonds and redeemed, and shall keep a record of the same, giving the num- coupons paid ber, date and amount of each, and from whom received; and across each of the bonds and coupons so redeemed he shall write the words "Cancelled by me," and sign his name thereto as Treasurer.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

An Act to authorize Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus
D. Brundige to construct and maintain a turnpike road from Niley's
Rancho to Nillows Springs, in the County of Los Angeles.

[Became a law by operation of Constitution, February 8, 1868.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige, of the City and County of Los Angeles, shall have, take and enjoy all the rights, privileges, right of way, franchises and immunities hereinafter mentioned, upon condition that they shall abide by and fulfill the conditions hereinafter set forth.

SEC. 2. The said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Franchise for turnpike Marcus D. Brundige shall have a right of way and full power to road. build and construct a turnpike road from a point at or near Niley's Rancho, in the County of Los Angeles; running thence over the dividing ridge to the cañon known as the Cañon of

Twenty years.

Time

allowed.

Tolls.

Tollgate.

Sign-board.

San Francisco, and running thence down through said cañon in, on and upon such parts of the public highway therein, as the said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige, or their assigns, may select and appropriate for the said turnpike road, to a point at or near a place known as Nillows Springs or Rancho in the said County of Los Angeles; and the said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities thereto appertaining, and shall have the right of way which is hereby and herein before ceded and granted to the said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige, or their assigns, for the term of twenty years; and the State enters into these covenants, and makes these grants and guarantees, and confers these rights and privileges, upon the express conditions that the grade of said turnpike road shall not exceed eight feet to the hundred feet, and that said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige shall build all bridges and culverts that may be necessary on said turnpike road, and they shall, within six months after the passage of this Act, commence, and within twelve months from same date shall complete, said turnpike road and bridges.

SEC. 3. The said turnpike road shall be constructed of sufficient width, and the said bridges of sufficient strength to admit of the passage of the largest and heaviest sized teams; and said road and bridges shall be kept in good condition for travel of the largest or heaviest lumber and other teams.

SEC. 4. The said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige, or their assigns, upon the completion of said turnpike road and the bridges thereon, shall be authorized to charge and collect such rates of fare or toll on said turnpike as the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County may annually fix; provided, such rates shall not be so reduced during the first ten years after the completion of said turnpike road as to prɔduce an income of less than fifteen per cent. per annum upon the cost of constructing said turnpike road and bridges, over and above the expenses of collection and keeping said turnpike road and bridges in repair; and provided further, that there shall be but one tollgate erected on said road, and that may be at any point on said road that the said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige may select; provided further, that no toll shall be required of any person residing within eight miles of said tollgate.

SEC. 5. Said Charles M. Benbrook, Samuel Maben and Marcus D. Brundige shall keep at each end of said turnpike road a "sign-board," which shall show the scale of prices and the regu lations of the road.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

This bill having remained with the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted), and the Senate and Assembly being in session, it has become a law this eighth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

H. L. NICHOLS,
Secretary of State.

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