the personal expenses incurred by him in the discharge of the duties in this Act specified. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning roads and highways in the County of Tuolumne, approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. [Approved February 29, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eleven of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 11. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of Super- Levy special visors of the County of Tuolumne to levy a special tax of such tax. an amount as, in addition to all other taxes provided by law upon the taxable property in said county, as shall liquidate all outstanding warrants which shall have been drawn on the County Road Fund of said county prior to the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, within the period of five years; such tax to be collected as other assessed taxes are collected in said county, and to be called the County Road Fund. SEC. 2. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER LXXXIX. An Act to amend an Act concerning Ferries and Toll Bridges, approved [Approved February 29, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twenty-five of said Act is hereby amended so as read as follows: terested how Section 25. Whenever it shall appear that any member of When a Suthe Board of Supervisors is interested in the application for or pervisor in against the establishment and continuation of or the revocation to proceed. of the license to keep any public ferry or toll bridge, the Board shall thereupon certify such application or proceeding to the County Clerk, the Sheriff and District Attorney, of the county in which such application is made; such Clerk, Sheriff and District Attorney shall thereupon have full and complete jurisdiction, and exercise, under the same obligation and restrictions, the powers and duties devolved upon the Board of Supervisors by Oath. Pay. the Act to which this is amendatory, and the several Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; provided, that such Clerk, Sheriff and District Attorney shall, upon entering upon their duties as such Board, take an oath before the County Judge to faithfully perform their duties under this Act; and provided further, that such Clerk, Sheriff and District Attorney shall each be allowed five dollars per day for such time as they shall be actually employed in the hearing and determination of such case, to be taxed and paid as other costs in civil cases in Courts of justice of this State. SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, so far as the purposes of this Act are concerned, are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Election, when held. CHAPTER XC. An Act to postpone the next Charter Election of the City of Oakland. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The charter election in the City of Oakland for the present year shall be held on the first Monday of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. SEC. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts, so far as they conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. Divided into CHAPTER XCI. An Act to reorganize the Board of Supervisors in and for the County of Tehama, and to define their powers and duties. [Approved February 29, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The County of Tehama is hereby divided into three Supervisor Districts, to be called District Number One, District Number Two, and District Number Three, as follows: District Number One shall be composed of all that portion of said county situated on the west side of the Sacramento River and north of Red Bank Creek. District Number Two shall be composed of all that portion of said county situated on the west side of the Sacramento River and south of Red Bank Creek. District Number Three shall be composed of all that portion of said county situated on the east side of the Sacramento River. SEC. 2. The Board of Supervisors of said county shall be com- Number of posed of three members, who shall hold their office for three Supervisors. years, except as hereinafter provided. SEC. 3. At the Presidential election in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, there shall be elected one Supervisor for District Number Three, who shall hold his office for three Election for years from the third Monday of September, eighteen hundred No. 3. and sixty-eight, and until his successor is elected and qualified. At the general election for county officers in eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, there shall be elected in District Number Two, No. 2. by the qualified electors thereof, one Supervisor, who shall hold his office for three years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. On the first Wednesday in September, eighteen hundred and seventy, there shall be elected in District Number One, No. 1. by the qualified electors thereof, one Supervisor, who shall hold his office for three years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. And whenever hereafter it shall occur that the term of any one Supervisor shall expire in a year when there is no general election, the Clerk of said county shall issue a call for a special election to be held on the first Wednesday of September Special elecof such year, to be conducted according to law, as in the case of general elections. tion. Supervisors' SEC. 4. For District Number One, Wm. P. Mayhew, present Present Supervisor, shall be a member of said Board, and his term of terms exoffice shall extend until his successor is elected and qualified, as tended. herein before provided. For District Number Two, Loomis Ward, present Supervisor, shall be a member of said Board, and his term of office shall extend until the election and qualification of his successor, as hereinbefore provided. For District Number Three, Andrew Jelly shall be a member of the Board of Supervisors created by this Act, and his term of office shall extend until the election and qualification of his successor, as hereinbefore provided. SEC. 5. Should any vacancy occur in the office of Supervisor, Vacancy. the Clerk of said county shall, upon the receipt of such information, immediately call a special election, to be held after ten days public notice, to fill such vacancy; and said special election shall be conducted in the same manner and under the same regulations as the general election; and the person receiving the highest number of votes for the office of Supervisor at such special election shall be declared elected, and shall hold his office for the unexpired period for which his predecessor was elected. SEC. 6. The Board of Supervisors of said county shall possess Powers and such powers and jurisdiction as are conferred upon other Boards of Supervisors by an Act to create a Board of Supervisors in the counties of this State, and to define their powers and duties, approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. SEC. 7. Wm. P. Mayhew, present Supervisor, shall be the Chairman. Chairman of said Board of Supervisors until the Presidential election in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and thereafter the Supervisor filling the term nearest expiration jurisdict on. Compensa. tion. Repeal. shall be Chairman of said Board; provided, that in no instance shall this provision apply to a member of the Board elected to fill a vacancy, unless each member composing said Board shall have been elected to serve out an unexpired term. SEC. 8. The compensation of each member of the Board of Supervisors hereby created shall be one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and travelling fees at the rate of fifty cents per mile, computed one way only, from their respective places of residence to the county seat of said county, payable out of the County General Fund, in the same manner as other indebtedness is paid. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 9. SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect from and after the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Compensation of Assessor. District CHAPTER XCII. An Act to amend an Act to regulate the salaries and compensation of certain officers in the County of Tehama, approved March thirtyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. [Approved February 29, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. The Assessor of said county, for his services as such Assessor, shall receive the sum of five dollars per day for every day actually engaged in assessing the property of said county, and shall be paid, proportionally, out of the State Fund and General Fund of the county; provided, that said Assessor shall not be allowed for more than one hundred and twenty days. SEC. 2. Section five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. The District Attorney, for his services as such attorney, shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the General Fund of said county, and also ten per cent. on all perfected recognizances, as now fixed by law, and such compensation for criminal convictions as is now provided for by law, unless the same can be recovered from the defendant in such criminal actions. SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts conflicting with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from and after the first day of March, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. CHAPTER XCIII. An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled an Act extending the time for the payment of a debt of ten thousand dollars due from Alpine County to Amador County, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. [Approved February 29, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ment of Section 1. The time for the payment of the two several Time of paycounty warrants issued by the Auditor of Alpine County on the warrants seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, deferred. and payable to the County of Amador, in the sum of five thousand dollars each, and numbered, respectively, three hundred and forty-three, payable on the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and three hundred and fortyfour, payable on the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, is hereby extended for the period of two years from the passage of this bill. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER XCIV. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to fix the compensation of officers in Monterey County and make the County Clerk ex officio Recorder, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. [Approved February 29, 1868.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The following shall be the compensation of officers of the County of Monterey, to be paid out of the County Treas ury: tion. County Judge-One thousand dollars per annum, from and Compensaafter the expiration of the term of the present incumbent. District Attorney-Seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and his fees as now allowed by law. Superintendent of Public School-Three hundred dollars per annum. County Treasurer shall be allowed four per cent. on all moneys disbursed by him, except the School Fund, for which he shall receive no compensation, and his mileage, as now allowed, for |