Supervisors to allow at CHAP. CCXCV.-An Act conferring certain powers on the Board of Supervisors of Stanislaus County in employing special counsel in certain cases. [Approved March 22, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Stanislaus County torney's fees, are hereby authorized to allow, and the Auditor of said county shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of said county for the sum so allowed, and the Treasurer of said county shall pay the same out of the General Fund of said county, in the same manner as other county warrants are paid, for the services heretofore rendered, or to be rendered, by Messrs. Hewel and Turner, attorneys-at-law, as special counsel in the prosecution of what are known as the "Fifth Senatorial District election fraud cases," in said county. Further prosecutions. Attorney's fees. SEC. 2. That the said Board of Supervisors of said county is hereby authorized to make any further or other arrangements in regard to the prosecution of any action, criminal or civil, that have grown or may grow out of said election fraud matters, and to employ, and order paid out of the General Fund of said county, special counsel to conduct the same, or assist therein. SEC. 3. That in no case shall the aggregate sum or sums contracted for or allowed for services already rendered in such matters, or to be rendered under the provisions of this Act, exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately. Action of Trustees confirmed. CHAP. CCXCVI.—An Act to legalize and confirm the apportionment and levy of taxes in the City of San Diego. [Approved March 22, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The rates and levy of taxes upon all property, real and personal, in the City of San Diego, for the general revenue and interest funds, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as made and adopted by the Board of Trustees of said city, October fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, are hereby legalized and confirmed, and shall have the same force and effect as though they had been fixed by ordinance regularly published. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCXCVII.-An Act making appropriations for certain deficiencies in the appropriations made for the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh fiscal years. [Approved March 23, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Equaliza SECTION 1. The following moneys are appropriated, out of Salaries of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, nofor the objects herein named: For deficiency in the salaries tion. of the two members of the State Board of Equalization appointed by the Governor, three thousand dollars; for salary of the Clerk of said Board, six hundred dollars. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCXCVIII.-An Act to make applicable to Del Norte [Approved March 23, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. An Act entitled an Act in relation to fence Act made and pound districts in the County of Sonoma, approved applicable. March second, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, is hereby made applicable to the County of Del Norte. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCXCIX.—An Act to define the boundary and provide 1911-657 for the government of Levee District Number Two of Sutter County. [Approved March 23, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: district SECTION 1. The territory embraced within the following Boundary of boundaries, to wit: commencing at a point on the south bank of Bear Creek, where the line dividing section number twenty-nine into east and west halves, township thirteen north, range four east, base and meridian of Mount Diablo, intersects said creek, running thence down said creek, and with the meander of the same, to the point about fifteen chains south of the corner of sections numbers nineteen, Election of Directors, Tax Col lector twenty, twenty-nine, thirty, township thirteen north, range four east-it being the present terminus of the levee; thence southerly following the levee to Feather River, opposite of the Town of Nicolaus; thence down said Feather River and along the levee to the point where the dividing line between the farms of D. H. Radfield and Phil. E. Drescher intersects said levee; thence southeasterly seventy-five (75) chains, following said dividing line; thence southwesterly along the rear line of said Radfield's farm to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section number twenty-four, township twelve north, range three east; thence south one and one-half of a mile to the center of section twenty-five; thence east one and one-half of a mile; thence north one and onehalf of a mile to the corner of sections numbers nineteen, twenty, twenty-nine, and thirty, township twelve north, range four east; thence east forty chains; thence north one and one-half of a mile to the center of section seventeen; thence west twenty chains; thence north two miles; thence northeasterly to the point on township line twenty-five chains west of the southeast corner of section number thirty-two, township thirteen north, range four east; thence northwesterly to the point ten chains east of the center of said section thirtytwo; thence north and northeasterly to the point twenty chains south of the corner of sections numbers twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-two, and thirty-three, township thirteen north, range four east; thence north sixty chains; thence west to the center of section number twenty-nine; and thence north to the place of beginning, containing five thousand two hundred and twenty-six acres (5226). SEC. 2. The Board of Supervisors of Sutter County shall, Assessor, and at their first regular meeting after the passage of this Act, cause an election to be held in the Town of Nicolaus, in Levee District Number Two, for the purpose of electing three Directors, one Assessor, and one Tax Collector for said levee district. Notice of such election must be posted in three public places in the district for ten days before holding the same; said notices shall name the time and place for holding the same, and name the offices to be filled, also the Inspector and Judges of Election. At said election none shall be permitted to vote except the qualified electors of the district. The returns, in accordance with the general election law, shall be made to the Board of Supervisors, and they shall canvass the said returns and declare the result, and the County Clerk shall issue certificate of election to the persons declared to be elected. Directors to organize. SEC. 3. The Directors shall each, within ten days after receiving notice of his election, take the usual oath of office, and file it in the County Clerk's office, and they shall at their first meeting decide by lot, so that one shall go out of office on the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, another to go out on the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and the other on the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. At said first meeting they shall elect a Chairman and a Clerk from their number, and a majority shall be a quorum for the transaction of any business. The Board of Directors are Powers of hereby constituted and declared to be the legal representa- Board. tives and successors of the Board of Supervisors of Sutter County, in all matters appertaining to Levee District Number Two, and they are hereby authorized to take absolute charge, control, and possession of the levee constructed along Bear and Feather Rivers at the expense of said district, and to construct any other levees or works of protection that they may deem necessary, just, and proper, to protect any property in said District Number Two, and to see to the repairing and strengthening the same; to make rules and regulations for keeping them clear from bushes, dry grasses, and other vegetation, to examine them in person at all times, vigilantly guard them against breaks, and to have at all times exclusive control and management of the same, and to perform all duties and to be invested with all the powers appertaining to said levee district, heretofore devolving on or invested in said Board of Supervisors, except as herein provided. All Claims. bills and accounts against said leeve district, either for valid contracts or just claims, shall be presented to the Board of Directors, and by them approved; and upon said approval, the Clerk of the Board of Directors shall draw his warrant upon the County Treasurer for the amount of any account thus allowed by the Directors, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay warrants so drawn out of any money in the fund of Levee District Number Two, Sutter County, not set apart for the payment of other indebtedness of said district; the Clerk of the Board of Directors is hereby required to keep a warrant-book and register all warrants drawn by him in the order of their issue. terms. SEC. 4. The term of office of Directors is three years, and officials' of Assessor and Tax Collector one year. Should a vacancy occur in the Board of Directors, it shall be filled by appointment, by the remaining members, and the person so appointed shall hold the office until the next election, when his successor shall be elected for the remainder of the term. Should a vacancy occur in the office of Assessor or Tax Collector, it shall be filled by a special election, to be conducted in all respects as the election provided for in the next section of this Act. SEC. 5. All elections after the first herein provided for Subsequent the election of Directors, Assessor, and Tax Collector, shall elections. be held on the second Saturday of January, each year, and the term of office for each person elected shall commence on the first Monday of March next ensuing; and the Board of Directors are hereby required to post notices in three public places in said district. Said notices shall name the time and place for holding the same, and naming the offices to be filled; also the Inspector and Judges of Election. Returns, in accordance with the general election law, shall be made immediately to the Board of Supervisors, and shall be by them canvassed [and] disposed of as required in section two of this Act. SEC. 6. The District Assessor and Tax Collector shall Assessor and Collector to each, before commencing the duties of his office, take the qualify. Assessments. Directors to sit as Board tion. usual oath of office and file it in the County Clerk's office, and shall, within thirty days after his election, enter into proper bonds in such amount as the Board of Directors may require, payable to Levee District Number Two, conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties. Said bond shall be approved by the Board of Directors, and filed in the County Clerk's office; and he shall hold his office until the first Monday of March after the next election at which his successor shall have been elected, and until he has qualified, and shall have, while in the discharge of his official duties, all the power and authority given by law to County Assessors and Tax Collectors. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the District Assessor, within the time required by law for County Assessors to perform his duties, to assess all the real and personal property in the district, and place the same in separate columns of the assessment roll to be prepared by him, and shall deliver the same, when completed, to the Board of Directors. SEC. 8. When the Board of Directors shall receive the of Equaliza district assessment roll, they shall at once give notice, posted in three public places in the district, at least ten days before such meeting, that district assessment roll has been completed and is in their possession and open for examination, and that they will sit as a Board of Equalization, commencing upon a day and at a place to be named in the notices, and will continue to sit from day to day until the equalization is completed, and will hear and determine all complaints as regards valuation and assessment thereon. But Powers and said Board shall not sit more than two days. The Board of Equalization shall have power to determine all complaints and objections to valuation and assessment that may come before them, and shall have power to change any valuation or assessment that may to them seem just and proper. The Clerk shall note all alterations made in valuations or assessments, and within three days after the session have the total values, as finally equalized by the Board, extended in columns and added up; and in order to find the per cent. of taxes necessary to be levied, the Board of Directors shall find: duties of Board. First-The amount necessary to pay the interest and any part of the principal that may become due for the then current year on the funded debt of said district. Second-The probable amount that may be needed for repairs and strengthening, but for which amount the tax shall not exceed two per cent., except upon petition of twothirds of the tax-payers of the district. Third-The amount needed for salaries, fees, and delin quences. Fourth-The amount of floating debt which is required to be paid during the then current year. And from these several amounts shall find the rate of per cent. to produce the fund needed for the current year, and as soon as the tax has been determined as provided herein, to each tax-payer, the Directors must place the assessment roll in the hands of the Tax Collector. |