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provide for the payment of any debt hereafter contracted, or for any claim against said town.

SEC. 21. All advertising required to be done by this Act, Advertising. and any and all printing required for the use of said town, shall be let to the lowest bidder, for the term of one year from the fifteenth day of May of each year; provided, such advertising shall be done only in a newspaper printed and published in said town, and all advertisements shall as condensed as practicable to give the intended notice and comply with the provisions of this Act.

Directors.

how filled.

SEC. 22. There shall be elected six School Directors, who, Election of together with the Superintendent of Schools, shall consti- School tute the Board of Education. The term of a School Director shall be three years, except as hereinafter stated. At the first election six Directors shall be elected, and they shall classify themselves by lot, so that two shall serve for one year, two for two years, and two for three years, and after said first election two shall be elected each year. In case of Vacancy, vacancy in the office of School Director, the Board of Education shall choose a suitable person to serve until the next election, when, if the term of the Director who caused the vacancy shall not then expire, a Director shall be elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term; and, in case of vacancy in the office of Superintendent of Schools, the said. Board may, by a majority of all its members, appoint a suitable person to fill the office until the next election. In case Tie vote. of a tie vote in said Board upon such appointment, the Clerk of said Board may cast his vote, but not otherwise. The said School Directors shall receive no compensation for their services.

tion of

SEC. 23. Said Board of Education shall meet on the third organizaMonday of May in each year, and then, or as soon as conven- Board of ient thereafter, choose one of its members, other than the Education. Superintendent of Schools, as President, and another as President pro tem. Its regular meetings thereafter shall be held on the first, second, and third Monday of every month, but special meetings may be called at any other time, by order of the President, by delivering a written notice thereof personally to each member of said Board. The hour of meeting shall be prescribed by rule. Five members shall constitute a quorum, and no order or resolution shall be passed without the concurrence of five members, but a majority of members present may adjourn from time to time. All meetings shall be public, and full records of all proceedings of the Board shall be kept, which shall be open to the inspection of any taxpayer during the business hours of each day.

moneys.

SEC. 24. All moneys received by the Treasurer of the ApportionCounty of Alameda, on account of the School Fund of the ment of Township of Alameda, or any district therein, and all sums received into the county treasury which may be apportioned to said township, or any district therein, shall be paid to the Treasurer of said town by the Treasurer of said county, as soon as received, or as soon as the apportionment shall be made when apportionment is necessary.

Unlawful for

be interested

tracts.

SEC. 25. It shall be unlawful for any Trustee or officer of any officer to the Town of Alameda, by himself, agent, or partner, to be, in town con- directly or indirectly, interested in any contract made by or with the said town, or in any purchase or expenditure made by or for the said town; nor shall any such Trustee or officer, by himself, agent, or partner, act as the attorney, agent, or adviser of any contractor for street work or other work with or within said town, upon which the Board of Trustees or such officer are required or empowered by law to take any action, or receive from said contractor any fee, gift, or reward; nor shall any Trustee vote upon any order, resolution, or ordinance in which he, his partner, or any member Punishment. of his family may be interested; and any violation of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, in a Court of competent jurisdiction, the offender shall be punished by a fine not less than five hundred dollars and no more than one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the Jail of the County of Alameda not less than six months nor more than two years, and shall also be liable in a civil action to any person who may have been damaged by the malfeasance, and the Board of Trustees shall declare the office of such offender to be forfeited, and shall fill the vacancy in the manner heretofore provided in this Act.

SEC. 26. All Acts or parts of Acts, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 27. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

Appropriations authorized.

CHAP. LXXX.-An Act making appropriations for deficiencies for the twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, and twenty-ninth fiscal years.

[Approved February 21, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. The following moneys are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the State for the objects herein named: For deficiency in appropriation for postage and expressage in office of Secretary of State for the twentyseventh fiscal year, one hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixteen cents; for deficiency in appropriation for postage, expressage, and telegraphing, in office of Secretary of State for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, seven hundred and thirtythree dollars and seventeen cents; for deficiency in appropriation for postage and expressage in office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, eightyseven dollars and five cents; for deficiency in appropriation for postage and expressage in office of Adjutant-General for the twenty-seventh fiscal year, sixty cents; for deficiency in appropriation for stationery, fuel, lights, blank books, etc.,

for the Legislature and State officers for the twenty-seventh fiscal year, seven thousand two hundred and fifty-one dollars and eleven cents; for deficiency in appropriation for repairs and furniture for State Normal School for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, twenty-nine dollars and nine cents; for deficiency in appropriation for arresting criminals without the limits of the State for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, one thousand eight hundred and three dollars and thirty cents; for deficiency in appropriation for transportation of prisoners to the State Prison for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, two thousand two hundred and forty-eight dollars and one cent; for deficiency in appropriation for salaries of District Judges for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, one thousand dollars; for deficiency in appropriation for salaries of District Judges for the twentyninth fiscal year, one thousand dollars; for deficiency in appropriation for payment of rewards for arrest and conviction of highway robbers for the twenty-eighth fiscal year, four thousand eight hundred dollars; for deficiency in appropriation for payment of rewards for arrest and conviction of highway robbers for the twenty-ninth fiscal year, twelve hundred dollars; for deficiency in appropriation to carry out the provisions of an Act entitled an Act to provide for the erection and maintenance of a Branch State Prison near the Town of Folsom, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, three hundred dollars; for deficiency in appropriation for contingent expenses of the Board of Transportation Commissioners for the twenty-ninth fiscal year, two hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty cents.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.

CHAP. LXXXI.-An Act legalizing the assessment book and "delinquent list" in Los Angeles County.

[Approved February 21, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

delinquent

ized.

SECTION 1. No irregularity, informality, or error in the Assessment description of the property, or other informality in the book and assessment for State and county taxes, made by the County list legalAssessor, or his deputies, in and for the County of Los Angeles, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, if it can be ascertained by competent evidence what is intended, shall invalidate such assessment, but the assessment book, consisting of three volumes, of said County of Los Angeles for said fiscal year, and the "delinquent list" made therefrom, and the copy of said list. as now being published in a supplement of six pages to the Morning Republican, a newspaper published in Los Angeles County, notwithstanding any informality, irregularity, error, or omission in said "assessment book," "delinquent list," or

in the said copy as appears in said publication of date of February fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, are hereby made good and valid in every respect.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.

County

CHAP. LXXXII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to separate the office of County Auditor from the office of County Recorder, and to regulate official salaries in the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

[Approved February 23, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. That section two of an Act to separate the office of County Auditor from the office of County Recorder, and to regulate official salaries in the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. The County Clerk of each of the Counties of Fresno Clerks to be and Kern shall be ex officio Recorders of his county, shall Recorders. qualify and give bonds as required by law, and the County Clerk of each of the Counties of Tulare, Fresno, and Kern, and the County Recorder of Tulare County are entitled to Compensa charge, collect, and receive, to their own use, for services rendered by them or their deputies, in their several official capacities, the fees allowed by law.

ex officio

tion.

SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts, so far as the same are in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Removal of remains.

Tombstones,

etc.

CHAP. LXXXIII.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Nevada County to remove the bodies of certain deceased persons.

[Approved February 25, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Nevada County are hereby authorized and empowered to disinter and remove, or cause to be disinterred or removed, all human remains interred in the Moore's Flat Cemetery, and cause them to be re-interred in the cemetery near said town known as the Moore's Flat Cemetery.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said Board of Supervisors

to cause said remains to be decently interred, and to cause any and all tombstones, ornaments, and inscriptions on the graves of said remains to be replaced and reërected in as good order on the new as on the original graves.

SEC. 3. The expense necessarily incurred, as authorized Payment of in section one of this Act, shall be a charge upon the General expenses. Fund of said county, and the Board of Supervisors are authorized to direct payment of the same out of said fund. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

CHAP. LXXXIV.-An Act for the relief of Julius Blume. [Approved February 25, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

tion author

SECTION 1. The sum of three hundred dollars is hereby Appropriaappropriated out of the State treasury, payable out of any izd. moneys not otherwise appropriated, to pay Julius Blume for services rendered in arresting Juan Salazar, who, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and seventysix, in the County of Marin, robbed one William Brown, on the highway, while in his private conveyance, and afterwards murdered said Brown, for which crime of murder the said Salazar was convicted and executed.

warrant.

SEC. 2. The Controller of State is directed to draw his Controller warrant on the State Treasurer, payable as aforesaid, in favor to draw. of Julius Blume, for the sum of three hundred dollars, and the State Treasurer is directed to pay the same.. SEC. 3. This Act takes effect immediately.

CHAP. LXXXV.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.]

CHAP. LXXXVI.-An Act relative to certain duties of Con-
stables in the several townships of the County of Alameda.
[Approved February 25, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. Constables elected within the several town- Duties of ships of the County of Alameda must attend Courts of Jus- Constables.

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