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shall have coupons for interest attached, and shall be made payable at the office of the Treasurer of said county at or before twenty years from their date. The interest on said bonds shall be paid by said Treasurer semi-annually, at his said office, on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, on presentation of the coupons attached to said bonds therefor. Each bond so issued shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and by the County Clerk of said county, and shall be authenticated by the seal of the County Court of said county. Each of said bonds shall substantially state and purport that the said County of San Diego owes to the holder of said bond the principal sum named in the bond, in gold coin of the United States, payable and bearing the interest as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. There shall be attached to said bonds coupons for Interest interest, which shall be signed by the Treasurer of said coupons. county, and when any interest shall be paid by authority of this Act, the coupons due and paid shall be delivered to the County Treasurer of said county, who shall write the word canceled" across the face thereof and sign his name thereto, and shall deliver the same to the County Auditor, taking his receipt therefor. The said Auditor shall then mark "paid" on the duplicate register of bonds in his office, and the coupons so delivered to him by said Treasurer; and when any of said bonds shall be redeemed by said Treasurer, he shall write the word "redeemed" across the face thereof and sign his name thereto and deliver the same to the County Auditor of said county, taking his receipt therefor, and the same shall be marked "paid" upon the copies of the register of bonds in the office of the said Treasurer and Auditor, with a memorandum of the amount paid for the redemption thereof; and when any coupons or bonds shall be paid or redeemed, the said Auditor shall report the same to the Board of Supervisors at their next meeting thereafter.

SEC. 4. The County Clerk of the County of San Diego Clerk to shall keep a register, showing the date and number of every keep regbond issued, the number of each coupon, when each bond and coupon is payable, the name of the person to whom said bond is issued, and the date of issue. It shall be the duty of the said County Clerk to make and certify two copies of said register, one of which shall be delivered to the Auditor and one to the Treasurer of said county, and the same shall be kept by them in the respective offices for public inspection. SEC. 5. Before the first day of September, eighteen hun- Notice to dred and seventy-eight, the Commissioners shall cause notice fund into be given of their readiness to fund said indebtedness, in some newspaper published in said county, which notice must be published as often as said newspaper is published, for two weeks. All persons holding any warrants drawn on Payment of the said Road Fund must present the same to the Commis- warrants. sioners before the first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and shall receive in exchange said bonds. for the full amount of principal and interest due at the time of the presentation. The Commissioners must give to each person a certificate for any fractional amount less than the

debtedness.

Cancellation.

Compensa

missioners.

smallest denominations of bonds, and such certificate must be received and funded in the same manner as the original warrants, when presented with other certificates or warrants in sufficient amount to make up a bond authorized by this Act. It shall be the duty of said Board to cause all warrants or certificates, for which bonds are issued as herein provided, to be canceled immediately after issuing bonds therefor. All warrants drawn on said Road Fund prior to the first day of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, shall cease to bear interest on said first day of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. The Commissioners shall complete their labors by the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and must, at the next regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of said county, present a full report of their proceedings under this Act, and deliver to said Board all their books, vouchers, et cætera, and their office as Commissioners must cease. Said books, vouchers, et cætera, shall, by said Board of Supervisors, be deposited with the County Auditor for safe keeping,

SEC. 6. The said Commissioners' duties under this Act tion of Com- shall be deemed a part of their official duties respectively, for the performance of which they shall be responsible individually and on their bonds respectively. They shall be allowed for their duties under this Act the sum of fifty dollars each, which, with the expenses of the preparation and issue of said bonds, shall be allowed by the Board of Supervisors and paid out of the Contingent Fund of the county.

Interest and redemption

tax.

Redemption of bonds.

SEC. 7. The Board of Supervisors of said County of San Diego are hereby authorized, empowered, and required to levy annually, on the first Monday of April in each year, a tax, not to exceed seven cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of the assessed property of the county, which will be sufficient to produce a sum that will pay the interest on the outstanding bonds issued under this Act; and in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and annually thereafter, in addition to the tax for the payment of interest as aforesaid, a tax not exceeding ten per cent. of the principal of said outstanding bonds, which tax shall be levied annually until all the bonds issued by authority of this Act shall have been paid or redeemed, principal and interest; and the money arising from said tax shall be set apart by the Treasurer of said county for the purpose of paying the interest and principal of said bonds. This fund shall be known as the "Redemption Road Bond Fund of San Diego County.' The Treasurer shall pay therefrom the interest on said bonds. as the same become due.

SEC. 8. On the first day of March, in eighteen hundred and ninety, and annually thereafter, the Treasurer shall give notice by advertisement in some newspaper printed and published in San Diego County, for at least two weeks, for sealed proposals, to be opened within ten days after the expiration of said publication, by the County Treasurer, in presence of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of said county, for the surrender of bonds issued under this Act; which advertisement shall state the amount of money he has on

hand for the purposes of redemption, and they shall accept the lowest proposal, at rates not exceeding the par value of said bonds, as will redeem the greatest amount of bonds, until the amount of cash on hand is exhausted; provided, however, that in case sufficient amount of said bonds shall not be offered as aforesaid to exhaust the fund on hand for said redemption, then it is hereby made the duty of said Treasurer to give notice in some newspaper printed and published in said San Diego County, that he is prepared to redeem certain of said bonds, which shall be designated in said notice by number and date in the order of the issuance thereof, which said notice shall be published not less than ten days; and if such bonds so numbered in such advertisement shall not be presented for payment and cancellation within ten days after the expiration of the publication of said notice, then the money in said fund shall remain in said treasury to redeem said bonds whenever presented; but said bonds shall not draw interest after such publication as last aforesaid.

not be

incurred

SEC. 9. From and after the first day of December, eight- Debt shall een hundred and seventy-eight, no debt or obligation shall re be incurred by the County of San Diego for the making or when. repairing of roads in said county unless there is sufficient money in the Road Fund of said county, at the time of incurring said obligation, to pay off and discharge the same, and no warrant shall be ordered or drawn on said fund unless there is sufficient money in the fund to pay it. Any Misde officer violating the foregoing provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars; and any debt or obligation of indebtedness, incurred contrary to this Act, shall be void as against the County of San Diego, but recoverable against the officer or officers contracting the same.

SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

meanor.

CHAP. CCCLX.-An Act to pay the claim of P. K. Stockton, due for services as short-hand reporting on the State Land Commission.

[Approved March 26, 1878.]

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

ized.

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated the sum of Appropriatwo hundred and eighty-five dollars, out of any money in tin authorthe State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of Philip K. Stockton, for services in taking and transcribing evidence for the State Land Commission; and the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the State treasury in favor of said P. K.

Stockton for the sum above appropriated, and the Treasurer is authorized to pay the same.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

When repairs are urgent

how made.

CHAP. CCCLXI.-An Act to authorize and facilitate the repairing of streets and sewers in the City and County of San Francisco, in case of urgent necessity.

[Approved March 27, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. In case of urgent necessity, the Superintendent of Public Streets, Highways, and Squares is hereby necessity; authorized and required to repair any of the public streets, sewers, or crossings cornering thereon, either by contract or otherwise; and the expense of the same shall be paid out of the Street Department Fund, in the same manner as provided by law for the improvement of streets that have been finally accepted; provided, however, that all repairs shall be made to be in uniformity with the work to be repaired, and that the repairs between two main streets shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and the repairs of any crossing shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars; provided, the sum so expended shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in any one month.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, except the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act" to regulate and limit the payment of money out of the treasury of the City and County of San Francisco, approved February twenty-sixth, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight;" and also of an Act supplementary and amendatory thereto, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately.

Election

of Road Overseer.

CHAP. CCCLXII.-An Act to provide for the election of Road
Overseers in Marin County.

[Approved March 26, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. At the next general election held after passage of this Act, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected, in each road district of Marin County, a Road Overseer, to hold office from the first day of January next follow

ing his election, and to continue in office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified.

SEC. 2. Subdivision one of section two thousand six hun- Repeal. dred and forty-seven of the Political Code, so far as it relates to the County of Marin, is hereby repealed.

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

CHAP. CCCLXIII.-An Act to provide for the improvement and
maintenance of the public roads in the County of El Dorado.
[Approved March 26, 1878.]

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

SECTION 1. Each of the Auditor Districts of the County Road of El Dorado is hereby declared to be a road district.

districts.

SEC. 2. A Road Overseer shall be appointed by the Board Road of Auditors for each of the several road districts, who shall Overseer. hold his office during the pleasure of the said Board, but in no case to exceed the term of four years. Said Road Overseer must be an elector of the district for which he is appointed.

SEC. 3. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties Bond. of their office, the Road Overseers shall take and file with the County Clerk the usual oath of office, together with an official bond in the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars, to be approved by the County Judge.

SEC. 4. The said Road Overseer, under the direction of Duty of the Board of Auditors, shall:

One-Have charge of the public highways and roads within their respective districts.

Two-To keep them free from all obstruction, and in good repair.

Three-Receive and present to the Board of Auditors petitions for changes and alterations in roads, and for laying out new roads.

Four-Make quarterly reports, verified by his oath, to the Board of Auditors, of all labor performed, giving names of laborers, date of service, where performed, and amount due; if for materials, giving the kind and value thereof, and where used, accompanied with proper vouchers; shall also, at the same time, make a written report of the general condition of the roads of his district, with such recommendations for their improvement as he may deem necessary. All accounts shall be audited and allowed, modified or rejected, as in case of bills for other purposes, and payment shall be made out of the Road Fund of the district in which the debts were contracted.

Overseer.

SEC. 5. No Road Overseer shall, without written author- Expenditure ity from the Board of Auditors, expend to exceed two thou- limited. sand (2,000) dollars in any three consecutive months in his district.

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