as follows: District Number One, to consist of the election precincts of San Juan, Santa Ana and San José; District Number Two, of the precincts of Anaheim, Los Nietos and Old Mission; District Number Three, of the precincts of Azusa, San Gabriel Mission and El Monte; District Number Four, of the precincts of Half-Way House and Wilmington; and District Number Five, of the precincts of Los Angeles, San Fernando and La Ballena. SEC. 2. Two of the Supervisors of said county elected at the Terms. last general election shall hold for one year from the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the other three shall hold for two years from the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and at their regular meeting on the first Monday of May, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the said Board of Supervisors. shall determine by lot which members shall hold for one year, and which shall hold for two years; and an election for mem- Elections. bers of said Board, to fill the places of the ones whose terms are then about to expire, shall be held on the first Wednesday of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the members then chosen shall hold for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and, in the same manner, an election shall be held on the first Wednesday of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy, for three members of said Board, whose terms are then about to expire, who shall also hold for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. In like manner elections shall be held for Supervisors, so that two and three shall be chosen in each alternate year, on said day, to hold office for the same term; provided, that during the year when a Presidential election occurs, Supervisors shall be chosen at the same time that said election is held, to fill the places of those whose terms are then about to expire in that year. Each member of said Board shall be a resident of the district for which he is chosen. Vacancies occurring in said Board shall be filled by a special election to be ordered by the Board upon notice of ten days, and the Supervisor thus chosen shall hold for the remainder of the term. duties. SEC. 3. The Supervisors elected, as provided in this Act, Powers and shall enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday of December next succeeding their election. Said Board shall be known as the "Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County." They shall possess all the powers, and perform all the duties now conferred by law, and be subject to the same conditions now imposed upon Boards of Supervisors by the provisions of an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Supervisors in the counties of this State, and to define their duties and powers, approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, except as otherwise herein provided. The provisions of the Act known as the Registry Act shall not apply to elections held under this Act; but the laws regulating elections shall apply to all elections held by virtue of this Act, except where otherwise herein provided. 58 Bonds to be issued. When payable. By whom signed. Coupons. Sale of bonds Proceeds. CHAPTER CCCLXXI. An Act to provide funds to be applied to building a Hospital in the [Approved March 28, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Mayor, Auditor and Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, by and with the consent of the Board of Supervisors of said city and county first obtained by ordinance, are hereby authorized and empowered to issue from time to time, as may be directed by the said Board of Supervisors and as may be necessary for the purposes herein named, bonds not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. Said bonds shall be issued in such manner and at such times not inconsistent with the foregoing section, and made payable in the City and County of San Francisco, at the office of the Treasurer of said city and county, both principal and interest, at such times, not exceeding twenty years from the time of their issuance, as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by ordinance. The interest on said bonds shall not exceed seven per cent. per annum, and shall be paid semi-annually; and both principal and interest shall be payable in United States gold coin. SEC. 3. The said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor, Auditor and Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, and shall be known as the "Hospital Fund Bonds of the City and County of San Francisco." SEC. 4. Said bonds shall have coupons attached to them for the semi-annual interest which may accrue upon them, signed by the Auditor of said city and county; and the faith and credit of the said City and County of San Francisco are hereby pledged for the redemption of the same and for the payment of the principal and interest thereof. SEC. 5. Whenever said bonds or any portion of them are issued, the Treasurer and Auditor of said city and county are hereby authorized and empowered to sell the same to the highest bidder therefor, after having first advertised the same for three successive weeks in three daily papers published in said city and county. All money derived from the issue and sale of said bonds shall be appropriated and used for the sole purpose of building a Hospital in the City and County of San Francisco, the location, style and material thereof, the construction, and all contracts and plans relating thereto, to be determined by said Board of Supervisors, and in all cases to be approved, before the adoption or ratification of the same, by the Mayor, Auditor and Treasurer of said city and county. But no bonds authorized to be issued by this Act shall be sold for a less sum than seventy-five cents in gold coin on the dollar par value. SEC. 6. To secure the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, the Board of Supervisors of the said City and redeem. County of San Francisco shall, when deemed necessary by them, Tax to for the purpose in this section provided, levy an annual tax upon all the taxable property in the said City and County of San Francisco; and a sufficient sum or sums shall be raised by such annual levies to pay the principal of said bonds when the same shall become due. And it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said city and county to set apart annually, out of the moneys coming into the Treasury to the credit of the Hospital Fund, raised by said annual tax, a sum sufficient to pay the semi-annual interest on said bonds, and also to provide a Sinking Fund sufficient for the redemption of the same at maturity. SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER CCCLXXII. An Act supplementary to an Act to provide for the formation of corporations for the accumulation and investment of funds and savings, approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. [Approved March 28, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and certificates SECTION 1. Corporations formed under the Act of which this May issue is supplementary may by their by-laws provide for the issue of transferable general certificates of deposit, which shall be transferable, as in of deposit. other cases, by indorsement and delivery; and also for the issue, when requested by the depositor, of special certificates acknowl edging the deposit by the person therein named, of a specific Special sum of money, and expressly providing on the face of such cer- certificates, tificate that the sum so deposited and therein named shall be transferred only on the books of the corporation; and payment thereafter made by the corporation to the depositor named in such certificate, or to his assignee, upon the books of the corporation, or, in case of death, to the legal representative of such person, of the sum for which such special certificate was issued, shall be valid, and shall discharge the corporation from all further liability on account of the money so paid. SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be inoperative, so far as they do conflict herewith. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Lawful fishing. Unlawful. In certain counties only hook be used. CHAPTER CCCLXXIII. An Act for the preservation of trout in the Counties of Santa Clara, [Approved March 28, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to take or catch trout with hook and line between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of October of each year; but it shall not be lawful, and it is hereby made a misdemeanor, for any person or persons to cast, draw, or make use of any seine or net, hook and line, or other appliance or implement, for the purpose of catching or killing trout, at any other time or season of the year than between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of October, as above provided, in the Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Monterey, Alameda, Marin, Placer and Nevada. SEC. 2. It shall not be lawful, and it is hereby made a misdemeanor, for any person or persons to catch or kill trout in any and line to of the streams, rivers, lakes or waters lying within the Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Monterey, Alameda, Marin, Placer and Nevada, with any seine or other net, or any spear, weir, fence, basket, trap, gill net, set net, or any poisonous, deleterious or stupefying drug, or other substance, or other implement or appliance, at any time and during any season; provided, that any person or persons may angle or catch trout with hook and line between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of October, as provided in section one of this Act. Penalty. Officers to SEC. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars and not more than fifty dollars, with costs in addition. One half of the fine, in each case, shall be paid to the informer, should he demand the same, and the other half shall be paid into the Common School Fund of the county; and in case the one half shall not be demanded by the informer, the whole amount shall be paid into said fund; and in case default be made in the payment of such fine, the person or persons so convicted shall be imprisoned not less than five nor more than twenty-five days. SEC. 4. It is hereby made the duty of the Justices of the enforce law. Peace and Constables of their respective townships or counties. to see to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Indians excepted. SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to prohibit or prevent Indians from taking trout in any of the streams, rivers, lakes or waters in any of the counties herein before named, at any time, in the manner or by the means heretofore usually employed by such Indians. SEC. 6. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER CCCLXXIV. An Act to increase the number of Notaries Public for Mendocino County. [Approved March 28, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Governor is authorized and empowered by Governor this Act to forthwith appoint five Notaries Public for the may appoint County of Mendocino, in addition to the number now allowed by law. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER CCCLXXV. An Act to appropriate money for contingent expenses of the Legislature. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appro- Appropria. priated, out of any money in the General Fund in the State tion. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes, namely: Four thousand dollars for the payment of the contingent expenses of the Senate, and six thousand dollars for the payment of the contingent expenses of the Assembly, for the seventeenth session of the Legislature. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from its passage. CHAPTER CCCLXXVI. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act concerning crimes and punishments, passed April sixteenth, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. [Approved March 28, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and mals. SECTION 1. Every person who shall feloniously steal, take, Penalty for and carry away, lead or drive away any horse, mare, gelding, stealing anicolt, cow, steer, bull, calf, mule, jack or jenny, the property of another, shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison for any term not less than one year nor more than fourteen years. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. |