Not to be deprived of school moneys. CHAP. Act to provide for the relief of schools in the flooded districts. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. No school district that shall have been prevented by the flood of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight from complying with the provisions of section one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine of the Political Code shall be deprived of the apportionments of State or county school moneys for the school year commencing July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Pay of Supervisors. CHAP. CCCCLXXIII.-An Act fixing the pay of Supervisors in the County of Alameda. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The pay of the members of the Board of Supervisors in the County of Alameda is as follows: For each day's service on the Board of Supervisors, six dollars, and the necessary expenses in traveling to and from the county seat of the county; and for each day's service on committee duty, in connection with and by order of the Board, six dollars, and the necessary expenses incurred in traveling back and forth in the performance of the duties thereof; and the same shal! be paid monthly; provided, on the day of its sessions said Board shall not perform any committee duty. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Records CHAP. CCCCLXXIV.-An Act entitled an Act to legalize and make valid copies of certain records of the County of Monterey. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The duplicate or copy of Book G of Deeds of made valid. the records of the County of Monterey, made, compared, and certified to as correct, by Jacob R. Lees, County Recorder of said county, under the order of the Board of Supervisors of said county, which duplicate or copy is now deposited in the County Recorder's office of the said county, shall, on and after the passage of this Act, be deemed, considered, and received in evidence, with the same force and effect as if the same was the original Book G of the records of said county, and all the instruments therein copied and recorded, and all copies thereof duly certified or proved, shall have the same force and effect as other copies of the records of the office of said County Recorder. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXV.-An Act making an appropriation for deficiencies in the support of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of thirteen thousand four hundred Amount apand twenty dollars, payable out of the General Fund of the propriated. State treasury, is hereby appropriated to pay the deficiencies in the support and maintenance of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. to draw SEC. 2. The Controller of State is hereby directed to draw Controller his warrant in favor of the Board of Trustees of said Asylum for said sum. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. warrant. CHAP. CCCCLXXVI.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.] CHAP. CCCCLXXVII.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.] Section repealed. Fees of Justices of the Peace CHAP. CCCCLXXVIII.-An Act concerning the fees of Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Yuba. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section seventy-three of an Act entitled an Act to regulate fees of office and salaries of certain officers, and to repeal certain other Acts in relation thereto, approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. The provisions of section twenty-six of said Act are hereby made applicable to the fees of Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Yuba, except so far as the provisions of said section twenty-six prescribe specific fees for Justices of the Peace in certain counties therein named. SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, in so far as they relate to fees of Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Yuba. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Controller to allow County Treasurer to retain money. CHAP. CCCCLXXIX.--An Act for the relief of Colusa County. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Controller is hereby directed, in his adjustment of the next settlement with the Treasurer of Colusa County with the State, to allow the said County Treasurer, for and on behalf of the said county, to retain the sum of one thousand and thirty-one and thirty-six one-hundredths dollars, out of the State portion of the property tax, report at such settlement to reimburse Colusa County for moneys paid to the State of California as the State's portion of taxes erroneously collected from the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and subsequently, under the decision of the Supreme Court of this State, returned to said railroad company by said Colusa County, and for moneys expended by said Colusa County in defending on behalf of this State a certain action. entitled the Central Pacific Railroad "vs." J. L. Howard, Tax Collector, in relation to said taxes. SEC. 2. This Act will be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXX.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a Political Code, in relation to elections. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twelve hundred and twenty-five of Manner of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: Section voting. twelve hundred and twenty-five. The person offering to vote must hand his ballot to the Inspector, or to one of the Judges acting as Inspector, and announce his name and the number affixed to it on the register in use at the precinct where he offers his vote; provided, that in incorporated cities and towns the said person shall also give the name of the street, avenue, or location of his residence, and the number thereof, if it be numbered, or such clear and definite description of the place of such residence as shall definitely fix the same. SEC. 2. Section twelve hundred and twenty-six of said Duty of Code is amended so as to read as follows: Section twelve Inspector. hundred and twenty-six. The Inspector, or Judge acting as such, must receive the ballot, and before depositing it in the ballot-box, must, in an audible tone of voice, announce the name and register number; provided, that in incorporated towns and cities the said Inspector, or Judge acting as such, shall also announce the residence of the person voting, and the same shall be recorded on the poll list by the Poll Clerk. SEC. 3. Section twelve hundred and twenty-seven of said Ballot Code is amended so as to read as follows: Section twelve received. hundred and twenty-seven. If the name be found on the register in use at the precinct where the vote is offered, and the vote is not rejected upon a challenge taken, the Inspector, or Judge acting as such, must, in the presence of the Board of Election, place the ballot, without opening or examining the same, in the ballot-box; and no person shall be allowed to vote whose name is not on said register in use at the precinct. SEC. 4. Section twelve hundred and twenty-eight of said Voted. Code is amended so as to read as follows: Section twelve hundred and twenty-eight. When the ballot has been placed in the box, one of the Judges must write the word "voted " opposite the number of the person on the register. keep Great SEC. 5. Section ten hundred and ninety-four of said Code County is amended so as to read as follows: Section ten hundred Clerk to and ninety-four. There must be kept in the office of the Register. County Clerk of each county a Great Register. Whenever deemed necessary, the Board of Supervisors of any county Re-registramay, by order, require a re-registration of the voters of said tion. county; which said order shall be published in at least one newspaper published in said county for not less than six months preceding the next ensuing general election. Such re-registration shall conform, in all respects, to the provisions of this Code concerning original registration, except Copy un- of registers. that any person applying for re-registration shall be entitled thereto upon showing that his name was enrolled and uncanceled on the former Great Register. SEC. 6. Section eleven hundred and thirteen of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: Section eleven hundred and thirteen. Before the fifth day of August, in each year in which there shall be a general or Presidential election, each County Clerk must make a copy of the uncanceled entries existing on the Great Register on the preceding first Distribution day of August. The Board of Supervisors of any county may, by order, provide for the preparation and distribution of township or precinct registers for each township, instead of copies of the Great Register. For the purposes of registration and preparation of a new Great Register, or of township or precinct registers, and copies thereof, if ordered by the Board of Supervisors, the County Clerk must employ such assistants, and for such times and at such compensation, as shall, from time to time, be authorized by said Board, which shall be paid out of the county treasury. Such order may be repealed and reënacted as often as the Board of Supervisors may deem expedient. Act; how SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal, by implication, any special election or registration law applicable to the City and County of San Francisco alone, but this Act shall be so construed as if passed prior thereto. Am. 18878.90 740.554 798.442. Commis- who quali fied. CHAP. CCCCLXXXI.-An Act creating a Board of Bank Commissioners, and prescribing their duties and powers. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. On or before the fifteenth day of May, A. D. appointed; eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, the Governor shall appoint three competent persons, one of whom shall be an expert of accounts, to be styled Bank Commissioners, who shall hold office for the period of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; and no two Commissioners to be appointed under this Act shall be residents of the same county. The persons who are so appointed shall have no official connection with, nor be in the employ of any saving bank, or bank, or banking company, or banking society, nor shall they, during their term of office, own or be interested in the stock or other property thereof. Said Commissioners shall have their office in the City of San Francisco. Must give SEC. 2. The Bank Commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office, must each execute an official bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and take the oath of office, all as prescribed by the Political Code for State officers in general. |