as may from time to time be required of him by the Commissioners in connection with their duties. NOTE.-Stats. 1863, p. 413, Sec. 16. Commis sioners and Secretary. 2547. The salary of each Commissioner is two Salaries of hundred and fifty dollars per month, and of the Secre, tary two hundred dollars per month, and is payable monthly out of any moneys collected under this Article. NOTE.-Stats. 1863-4, p. 145, Sec. 12. of officers. 2548. No person is eligible to any office under this Eligibility Article unless he has been a resident and citizen of this State at least two years next preceding the time of his election or appointment. NOTE.-Stats. 1863, p. 413, Sec. 18. wharves. 2549. Should any personal injury or loss of prop- Lessees of erty occur in consequence of the neglect of the lessees to keep the wharves, docks, and landing places in good repair, the party receiving the personal injury or losing the property may proceed against the lessees thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction; and the lessees are responsible on the bonds given to the State Harbor Commissioners for the faithful performance of their contract, and for all judgments obtained against them for losses or injuries sustained in consequence of such neglect. NOTE.-Section 20 of the original Act of 1863-4, p. 145, is omitted. It being a prohibition and penalty, is placed in the Penal Code, Sec. 642. 2550. Whenever in this Article authority is given to dredge docks, repair wharves, or make other improvements, it applies only to such wharves, docks, or other improvements as are not leased as provided for in Section 2526. NOTE.-Stats. 1863, p. 413, Sec. 21. Dredging leased." docks not Commis sioners may .employ counsel. To appoint superin- Appoint 2551. The Board may, with the advice and consent of the Attorney General, employ counsel in the prosecution and defense of all suits and other matters in which it requires legal assistance and advice, and pay the necessary and proper expense thereof, not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum, in the same manner as their other expenses are paid. NOTE.-Stats. 1863-4, p. 260, Sec. 1; see Penal Code, Sec. 642. 2552. The Board may appoint a competent civil engineer to superintend the construction of the seawall along the water front of the City of San Francisco, at a salary not to exceed four thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly in the same manner as is now provided by law for the payment of the salaries of the Commissioners and Secretary, whose appointment continues during the pleasure of the Board. NOTE.-Stats. 1867, p. 217, Sec. 1. 2553. The Board may employ an Assistant SecreSecretary. tary, who must give an official bond in the sum of five Office rooms. thousand dollars, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Board, at a salary not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, payable monthly in the same manner as is provided by law for the payment of the Secretary. NOTE.-Stats. 1867-8, p. 217, Sec. 3. See Sec. 47, et seq., ante, as to bond. 2554. The Board may procure and lease, on behalf of the State, suitable office rooms for their use, together with a good and substantial fire-proof vault for the preservation of the archives of the office, at a rent not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per month. NOTE.-Stats. 1867-8, p. 217, Sec. 4. Stats. 1871-2, p. 728. An Act to authorize the Board of State Harbor Commissioners to set apart a portion of the water front of the City and County of San Francisco for certain purposes. [Approved March 30, 1872.] [Enacting clause.] SECTION 1. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to set apart, for the exclusive use and benefit of the fishermen of the City and County of San Francisco, such portion of the water front of said City and County of San Francisco as said Board of State Harbor Commissioners shall deem proper and adapted and sufficient for the requirements and necessities of said fishermen; provided, that said portion of the water front of said City and County of San Francisco to be set apart by said Board of State Harbor Commissioners shall be used only for the legitimate purposes and business of said fishermen, and no other. SEC. 2. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners shall charge and collect for every fishing boat in the bay and harbor of San Francisco taking advantage of the provisions of this Act such rent or wharfage as they shall deem just and proper; provided, they shall not charge more than the following rates, to wit: for boats thirty-two (32) feet long or over, one dollar per week; for boats twenty-two feet long and under thirtytwo feet, seventy-five cents per week; for smaller boats, fifty cents per week. SEC. 3. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to employ some suitable person to collect the revenue provided in the foregoing section of this Act, and pay a proper compensation therefor, not exceeding one hundred dollars per month; and the person so employed shall be required to file a satisfactory bond with the Commissioners sufficient to cover any amount of revenue which may at any time remain in the hands of such Collector. They shall further require the person so appointed as aforesaid to keep a correct account of all moneys by him collected. SEC. 4. All moneys collected under this Act, after deducting the salary provided to be paid to the Collector mentioned in the preceding section of this Act, shall be paid in to the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, and disposed of in like manner as other moneys 61-VOL. I. collected by the said Board of State Harbor Commissioners. SEC. 5. The owner or owners of any fishing boat which shall be moored to any portion of the water front of the City and County of San Francisco, except such as shall have been set apart for that purpose by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners under the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in a sum not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately. Stats. 1871-2, p. 797. An Act authorizing and directing the Board of State Harbor Commissioners to reduce or abolish the rate of dockage, wharfage, and tolls. [Approved March 30, 1872.] [Enacting clause.] SECTION 1. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to reduce the rates of dockage, wharfage, and tolls, or to abolish the same, or any of them, and shall, on or before the first day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, reduce the same, so that the rates thereafter to be charged and collected shall not exceed fifty per cent of the rates charged at the date of the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. Whenever the Board reduces the rates of dockage, wharfage, or tolls below the present rates, they may make a proportionate reduction on the monthly payments on all leases of the water front leased by said Board. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. See Sec. 2539, ante. ARTICLE X. HARBOR COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PORT OF EUREKA. SECTION 2567. Harbor Commissioners for the port of Eureka. 2570. Board to impose penalties. 2571. Compensation and expenses. 2572. Fees of Harbormaster. Commis sioners for the port of Eureka. 2567. There is a Board of three Commissioners, Harbor known as the "Board of Harbor Commissioners of the port of Eureka." The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, and the President of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Eureka, in the County of Humboldt, are ex officio members thereof, and the third member is appointed by the Governor of the State, and holds his office for the term of two years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified. NOTE.-Stats. 1870, pp. 744, 745, Sec. 1. 2568. The Board must, if the same has not been done, cause to be surveyed the water front of the Town of Eureka, on Humboldt Bay, and the land adjoining the town, one half of a mile to the west and one half of a mile to the east of the corporate limits thereof, and the waters of the bay for a distance of one mile northerly from the water front line, and make or cause to be made a plat of such survey, and file a copy thereof in the County Recorder's office of the county; within and for these limits the Board. of Harbor Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the protection of navigation therein. NOTE.-Stats. 1869-70, p. 745, Sec. 2. Survey and jurisdic tion of the Board. 2569. The Board may: Their duties, 1. Regulate the erection and extension of wharves and piers and prescribe the plans and dimensions rules, and thereof; 2. Regulate the tolls, wharfage, or dockage to be charged thereon; 3. Regulate the manner of constructing booms, and to limit their extent into the waters of the bay; 4. Prescribe and regulate the manner in which rafts, boats, or vessels must lie at anchor or be moored to any wharf or pier; regulations. |