stated in such advertisement, and after thirty (30) days from the expiration of such advertisement said bonds so advertised shall cease to bear interest. tion. SEC. 8. Whenever any bond shall have been paid, the CancellaTreasurer shall mark the same canceled over his signature, and shall punch the signatures on each bond and coupon, and shall file such bonds in his office. SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCCXI.-An Act to prevent the destruction of fish in [Approved March 28, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The proprietors of all water. ditches and Passage of flumes, drawing their supply from the waters of King's fish through River, shall place and keep in good repair at the heads of vented; how. their respective ditches or flumes, through which all the water from the river entering the ditch or flume shall pass, strips of wood or other material, the meshes between which shall not exceed one inch in width, for the prevention of the passage of fish from the river into the flumes or ditches. Any person taking water from King's River in violation of the provisions of this Act is guilty of a misdemeanor. CHAP. CCCCXII.-An Act for the protection of the public roads on Sherman Island. [Approved March 28, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to use on Unlawful act any public road or highway on Sherman Island, in Sacra- declared. mento County, any wagon drawn by two or more animals, the tire and felloes of which wagon is less than four and onehalf inches in width. The road wagon, as used in this Act, shall not be construed to include any vehicle used wholly for the carriage of persons. SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this Act Misdeshall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- meanor. tion shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. SEC. 3. This Act shall be in force from and after November 1st, 1878. 76 CHAP. CCCCXIII.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.] Disposal of lots. Notice to claimants. Applications made; how. Invalid certificates. CHAP. CCCCXIV.-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to authorize the County Judge of Tehama County to distribute town lots, held by him in trust for the citizens of the Town of Red Bluff, and to issue certificates of title to the inhabitants of said town in accordance with their respective interests, approved March 6th, 1868. [Approved March 28, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. All lots embraced within the town site of Red Bluff, now remaining undisposed of under and pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the County Judge of Tehama County to distribute town lots, held by him in trust for the citizens of the Town of Red Bluff, and to issue certificate of titles to the inhabitants of said town in accordance with their respective interests, approved March 6th, 1868, shall be disposed of and distributed as follows: SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the County Judge of said Tehama County shall cause notice to be given in some newspaper published in said county, in at least three successive issues thereof, notifying all persons claiming one or more of said lots, or fractional parts thereof, to present their respective claims thereto, at his Chambers, within a given time, to be specified in said notice, not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, together with the evidence on which such claim is based. SEC. 3. Claimants shall be required to make their application in writing, setting forth the facts in a brief and concise form, showing that the claimant is in the possession, or entitled to the possession, of the premises embraced in his application, and the act or acts, and circumstances, constituting such possession or right of possession. The application must be verified by the oath of the claimant, and must contain sufficient facts, prima facie, to prove that the applicant is in, or is entitled to, the possession of the premises claimed. SEC. 4. In any case where a certificate of title heretofore issued by the County Judge of said county to any portion of said town site is invalid for any reason, the holder of such certificate, his grantee or successor, may make application for a new certificate of title for the land embraced in said invalid certificate, in the same manner and subject to the same rules and conditions as prescribed for other applicants by this Act. SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Red Bluff made. are hereby authorized and directed to procure and cause to Survey and SEC. 6. The provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to Act made lots; how SEC. 7. After the expiration of the time specified in the Disposal of notice given by the County Judge, provided for by section made." two of this Act, the lots for which no valid application has been presented to said County Judge within the time speci-1923-5-84 fied in said notice shall be disposed of as follows: Any party or parties desiring to obtain title to one or more thereof shall cause to be published in the Sentinel, a newspaper published in said Tehama County, at least once a week for two successive weeks, a notice stating that such party or parties intend to apply to the said County Judge for such certificate of title. Said notice shall contain a definite description of the premises intended to be applied for. The said application may be made at any time after the first publication of said notice and previous to the issuance of a certificate, and must in all respects conform to and comply with the provisions of section three of this Act. If within sixty days after the first publication of said notice, no other notice and application has been given and made by any other party or parties, as prescribed in this section, and if the applicant is entitled thereto, the County Judge shall, upon the expiration of sixty days, issue a certificate of said title to said applicant for the premises described in said notice and application. If within sixty days after the first publication of notice of the party or parties who first give notice of intention as aforesaid, there shall be more than one application for the same lot or lots, which notice as aforesaid has been given on the expiration of said sixty days, the County Judge shall issue a certificate of title to the applicant deemed by him entitled thereto, and any applicant aggrieved thereby shall proceed according to the provisions of section six of the said Act of March 6th, 1868, and sections six and seven of said last named Act shall apply to such proceedings. of certain SEC. 8. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Red Bluff Dedication may, in their discretion, and to the extent that the interest lots to pubof the town require it, designate from any of the lands or lic use." lots which have not been previously disposed of and which Repeal. Provisions of Act not a plicable to minor heirs. are not occupied and claimed in good faith by any person, and set forth and dedicate the same to public uses in such mode and manner as the said Board may adopt; and upon an order to that effect being made, the County Judge of said county shall, if the proceedings upon which such order is based appear to be regular, issue a certificate to that effect, and file the same with the Recorder of said county, and said Recorder shall thereupon record it in the proper record of deeds of conveyance of real estate for said county, and thereafter the lands and lots so embraced shall be deemed to be forever dedicated to such public use. SEC. 9. Sections eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve of said Act of March 6th, 1868, are hereby repealed. SEC. 10. The limitation of one year mentioned in section six of an Act to authorize the County Judge of Tehama County to distribute town lots held by him in trust for the citizens of the Town of Red Bluff, and to issue certificates of title to the inhabitants of said town in accordance with their respective interests, approved March 6th, 1868, in respect to aggrieved parties bringing suits in the District Court to litigate their rights, shall not apply to minor heirs who have attained their majority subsequent to the issuance of title by said County Judge, but in all such cases parties may bring their actions within five years after such minor shall have arrived at their majority. SEC. 11. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. One stand CHAP. CCCCXV.-An Act to establish a scale for the measurement of logs. [Approved March 28, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. There shall be but one standard for the measard of measurement of logs throughout this State. urement. SEC. 2. The following table, known as Spaulding's Table for the Measurement of Logs, is hereby made the standard |