state agricultural society that have accrued prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and allow such as may be just and proper, and cause their warrants to be drawn on the treasurer of said society, payable out of the general fund; said warrants shall be signed by the president and secretary of said board of directors, and the treasurer shall pay the same in the order of their presentation, if there be money in said fund; but if not, then he shall indorse on the back of the warrant: Presented, and not paid for want of funds, this day of, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty —; and said warrants shall draw interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, from the date of presentation until paid. 15,012. General fund-Special fund. SEC. 2. All assets, moneys, and debts, due said society, that accrued prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund, for the liquidation of the debts of said society created prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and all moneys received during each fiscal year hereafter, shall be placed to the credit of a fund to be known as a special fund, for the payment of the current expenses, premiums, and awards for the year in which the same was received, and to liquidate the outstanding indebtedness of said society, as hereinafter provided; and all moneys received from appropriations, donations, or from any other source, and all property acquired, shall be exempt from attachment and execution for any debt or liability other than those created during that fiscal year. 15,013. Payment of claims-Surrender of warrants-Acceptance of bids. SEC. 3. The directors shall, each year, pay all claims or demands, and premiums awarded, before the last day of December, from said special fund; and if any money remains in said special fund after the liquidation of all claims and demands of that fiscal year, then the directors shall advertise in some newspaper published in Sacramento, that they will receive proposals for the surrendering of the outstanding warrants against the general fund, naming the time and place when they will be received and opened. Said board shall accept the bids that will surrender said warrants for the lowest per cent. until all the money remaining in said fund is expended; and the board may accept a bid for a part of any warrant, and issue a new warrant for the balance due on such warrant; provided, said directors shall not receive any bid above par, or for any claims or demand that is not presented, allowed, and a warrant drawn as provided in section one of this act, within ninety days from the passage of this act. 15,014. Board to audit claims and approve premiums. SEC. 4. No debt or demand of any kind against said society, shall be paid by the treasurer or any other person until it shall have first been audited by the board of directors, and on a warrant drawn upon the treasurer, signed by the president and secretary; and no premiums that may have been awarded by any committee shall be paid until it has been approved by the board of directors. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. An Act for the encouragement of agriculture and other industries. 15,016. Appropriations. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars for the State agricultural society, the sum three thousand dollars for the Bay district agricultural society, the sum of two thousand dollars for each of the following named societies, viz.: the Los Angeles district agricultural association, the Santa Clara valley agricultural society, the Sonoma and Marin district agricultural society, the San Joaquin valley district agricultural society, the Northern district agricultural, horticultural, and mechanical society, the Upper Sacramento agricultural society, the Siskiyou county agricultural society, and the Bay district horticultural society, and the California vine-growers and wine and brandy manufacturers' association, for each of the years 1872 and 1873. Upon presentation of the requisition of the president and secretary of either of the societies above named to the state controller, the controller shall draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of such society for the amount appropriated to such society, and the treasurer shall pay the same. The money so drawn by each society shall be used for the purpose of paying premiums for the various agricultural, mineral, mechanical, and manufacturing products of this state, and for no other purpose. 15,017. Reports. SEC. 2. The directors of each of the above-named societies, except the state agricultural society, shall each year report to the state board of agriculture the name and post-office address of each of the officers of such society on or before the first day of May; and on or before the first day of December of each year they shall report to said board of agriculture the transactions of said society, including the list of articles exhibited and premiums awarded, the amount of receipts and expenditures of the year, and the objects for which the expenditures have been made, the new industries inaugurated, and new products produced, and any and all other facts showing the development of the resources of the district embraced in such society which they may deem worthy of such report. Report of state board of agriculture. SEC. 3. The state board of agriculture shall report annually, on or before the fifteenth day of January, to the governor of the state, the full transactions of the state society, including the facts and statistics collected and information gained on the subjects for which it exists; also including the reports from each of the above-named societies, or so much thereof as said board may deem of value for publication. Printing and distribution of reports. SEC. 4. The governor shall cause five thousand volumes of said report of the state board of agriculture to be printed each year, at the expense of the state, and paid for as other public printing, and delivered to the state agricultural society for general distribution. SEC. 5. All laws or parts of laws conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force after its passage. [There are a number of special acts relating to the California state agricultural society, which may be referred to as follows:] Submitting to people of city and county of Sacramento proposition to appropriate money for purchase and construction of suitable grounds and buildings for use of state agricultural society and for other purposes in city of Sacramento, 1859, 20. To condemn certain streets and alleys (in Sacramento) for use of California state agricultural society, 1861, 228. Providing for permanent improvement of stock grounds belonging to state agricultural society, 1861, 272. Providing for printing report, 1861, 501. For relief of state agricultural society, 1863-4, 313. For the encouragement of agriculture, 1869-70, 820. To aid in improvement of lands of state agricultural society, 1873-4, 619. To appropriate money ($16,141.84) to pay outstanding indebtedness, contracted in erecting the grand stand, etc., 1875-6, 574. II. 15,022. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. The Civil Code, ante, 5286 and 5620, provides for the incorporation of agricultural societies and has superseded the old laws upon the subject. The old laws are in force only in so far as they affect societies organized under them and have no longer any general application. They are therefore omitted. They, as well as references to all the special acts relating to the subject, will be found in the "General Laws," 294 et seq., and "Supplement," 7398 et seq. The two following special acts of 1872, relating to agricultural societies, may be consulted: An Act for the encouragement of agriculture and other industries, approved March 21, 1872; 1871-2, 442. This act is given under the preceding head on account of its application to the state agricultural society; but it also applies to other societies named in it. An Act concerning assessments upon the stock of corporations (relating to the collection of assessments upon the southern district agricultural association) approved March 27, 1872; 1871-2, 626.] III. INFORMATION RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. An Act to provide for the collection of information relating to the agricultural and other industrial pursuits of this state. Approved March 10, 1866; 1865-6, 201. 15,025. Assessors to collect information. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the several county, district, and township assessors of this state, at the time of making their annual assessments, to collect a full and true statement of all the agricultural and industrial pursuits and products of their several counties, districts, and townships, for the preceding year, and such other information as they may be required by the surveyor-general to collect, and to report the same to the office of the surveyorgeneral, between the first day of September and the first day of November of each year, upon blanks to be furnished by him. 15,026. Penalty for failure to collect. SEC. 2. The board of supervisors of the several counties of this state are hereby directed to reserve in their final settlement with their county, district, and township assessors, a sum equal to twenty-five per cent. of the amount allowed by the state for making his annual assessment, until he shall furnish the certificate of the surveyor-general that a satisfactory report, as provided in section one of this act, has been received at his office, which certificate shall in all cases be given when a satisfactory report has been made. 15,027. Duplicate copy of assessor's roll. SEC. 3. The surveyor-general shall furnish to the secretary of the board of agriculture a duplicate copy of each statistical report of the assessors as soon as the same may be received by him. 15,028. Distribution of printed copies. SEC. 4. The surveyor-general shall forward a printed copy of this act to each of the board of supervisors in this state, and to each of the county, township, and district assessors. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. 15,033. Boundaries, 1853, 56. Alameda County. REFERENCES TO SPECIAL AND LOCAL ACTS. Seat of justice, 1853, 56; 1856, 26. Creating Alameda county and providing for organization, 1853, 56, 80; 1854, 219; 1856, 26; 1858, 208. Fixing time of holding courts authorized to be held by county judge, 1854, 42; 1857, 253; 1861, 8. Incorporating town of Alameda, 1854, 76, To adjust indebtedness to Santa Clara county and provide for payment, 1854, 186, 219; 1857, 105. Creating board of supervisors, 1855, 37; 1856, 78. Authorizing board of supervisors to reassess taxable property, etc., 1855, 227. Authorizing sheriff to collect delinquent taxes assessed in 1854, 1855 and 1856, 74. For relief of J. 8. Marston, late treasurer, 1857, 9. Granting sheriff additional time to make annual settlement for collection of taxes for 1856, 1857, 34. Authorizing board of supervisors to levy special tax, 1857, 205. Fixing compensation of assessor and his deputies, 1857, 256; 1858, 19. Fixing compensation of sheriff, 1857, 256; 1858, 112. To adjust amount of indebtedness to Contra Costa county and provide for payment, 1858, 160. Concerning roads and highways, 1858, 297; 1860, 119; 1862, 78; 1863, 576. Authorizing board of supervisors to levy special tax for school purposes, 1859, 37. Fixing salary of county judge, 1859, 244. To improve navigation of San Antonio creek, 1859, 327. Authorizing C. Minturn and others to construct and maintain wharf at Castro's Landing, 1859, 361. Authorizing board of supervisors to make appropriations to agricultural societies, etc., 1860, 19. Providing for opening channel across bar at mouth of San Antonio creek, 1860, 162; 1861, 20. Authorizing and empowering Juana M. Estudillo to sell and convey interest of her infant child in certain real estate, 1861, 169. Granting right of way for railroad from Corral Hollow to San Joaquin river, 1861, 309. Concerning fees of sheriff, clerk, recorder and treasurer, 1861, 477. Authorizing H. Thorne and others to reconstruct and make wagon road, 1862, 240; 1863, 578. Authorizing C. C. Bowman and associates to construct wharf at western end of Encinal of San Antonio, 1862, 334. Providing for equitable adjustment of claims arising from indebtedness of Contra Costa county, etc., 1862, 405. Authorizing and requiring board of supervisors to pay claim of W. M. Gorham, 1862, 446. Providing for election of two additional supervisors, 1863, 172. Authorizing treasurer to collect taxes, 1863, 352; 18634, 44. Authorizing board of supervisors to take and subscribe $220,000 to stock of Alameda Valley Kailroad Com pany, etc., 1863, 365. Authorizing and empowering board of supervisors to improve navigation of San Antonio creek, 1863, 483; 1863-4.274. Authorizing San Francisco and Alameda Railroad Company to construct and maintain wharf at western end of Encinal of San Antonio, 1863, 499. Regulating fees of officers, 1863, 544; 1863-4, 438. Concerning fees of jurors, 1863, 740. For assessing and collecting taxes, 1863-4, 95. Providing for election of township assessors, 1863-4, 243. Providing for erection of jail and repair of court-house, 1863-4, 244. Providing for time of holding county court and probate court, 1863-4, 295. Authorizing A. B. Forbes and associates to construct wharf at Green Point, 1863-4, 315. To give mileage to grand and trial jurors, 1865–6, 167. Appointment of notaries public, 1865-6, 234; 1869–70, 802. Hogs running at large, 1865-6, 323. Public schools in, 1865-6, 659. To legalize the location of the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad, 1867-8, 5, 427. For the relief of Henry N. Morse, sheriff, 1867-8, 40; 1869-70, 121. To authorize Z. B. Heywood and others to construct wharf, 1867-8, 87. To provide for the election of township assessors, 18678, 139. Election of additional supervisors, 1867-8, 147. To provide for the erection of a jail and county recorder's office, 1867-8, 308. To provide for the payment of the state's portion of the salaries of the county auditor, 1867-8, 370. Regulating bond of recorder, 1869-70, 59. Franchise to Gideon Aughinbaugh and others for wharf at Encinal, 1867-8, 485. Navigable streams in, 1867-8, 486, 680. To separate the office of county recorder from county clerk, and for the election of county recorder, 1867-8, 554; 1869-70, 76. Franchise to board of supervisors for bridge and roadway, 1869-70, 296. To legalize conveyances made by G. C. Thomson, 186970, 280. Destruction of squirrels, 1869–70, 316. Act in relation to herding sheep, 1869-70, 304. To prevent hunting on private grounds, 1869-70, 343. Delinquent taxes, collection of, 1869-70, 722; 1875-6, 484. Superintendent of common schools to be a member of the state board of education, 1869-70, 824. To authorize the sale of property of minor children, 1869-70, 634. Repealing act for destruction of squirrels and gophers, 1871-2, 18, 432. Regulating collection of delinquent taxes, 1871-2, 38. Amending act for drawbridge across San Antonio creek, 1871-2, 83. For construction of bridge across Alameda creek, 18712. 206. To prevent propagation of Scotch or Canada thistle, 18/1-2, 214. Concerning roads and highways, 1871-2, 247, 534, 895. Incorporating town of Alameda, 1871-2, 276; 1873-4, 448; 1875-6, 367. To prevent hunting and shooting on private grounds, 1871-2, 304. To declare Warm Springs creek navigable, 1871-2, 307. Authorizing treasurer to pay certain claims against the county, 1871-2, 419. To encourage destruction of squirrels and gophers,18712, 432. For relief of H. N. Morse, sheriff, 1871-2, 437. Incorporating town of San Leandro, 1871-2, 458; 18784. 63. Supervisors to audit certain claims against road fund of Washington township, 1871-2, 559. Empowering trustees of Mountain View cemetery to make mortgage, 1871-2, 582. Salary of district attorney, 1871–2, 653. In second congressional district, 1871-2, 714. Exempted from act concerning wharves on overflowed lands, 1871-2, 909. Enabling supervisors to erect public buildings in Oakland, 1873-4, 58. Charter of San Leandro, 1873-4, 63. Abolishing office of county assessor and creating township assessors, 1873-4, 90. Salaries of certain officers, 1873-4, 185; 1875-6, 166. Authorizing Mountain View Cemetery Association to issue bonds, 1873-4, 240. Stallions running at large, 1865-6, 327; 1867-8, 70; 1869- Declaring Alameda creek a navigable stream, 1873-4, 305. To abate squirrel nuisance, 1873-4, 321; 1875-6, 338. To provide funds for school department of town of To fix compensation of deputy sheriff, 1873-4, 601. 1 Providing for erection of county buildings, 1873-4, 594. Exempting firemen from poll tax, 1873-4, 731; 1875-6, 287. Collection of school taxes in Murray township, 1873-4, 774. To pay claim of George W. Babcock, 1873-4, 778. Legalizing assessment in town of Brooklyn, 1873-4, 788. To prevent hunting and shooting on private grounds, 1873-4, 792. In relation to certain streets in town of Alameda, 18734, 795. To be credited with amount of old balances, 1873-4, 802. To regulate fees, 1875-6, 127. To pay for painting Webster street bridge, 1875-6, 207. 15,034. To incorporate town of Hayward, 1875-6, 215. To prevent catching of fish with seines, nets or weirs in San Antonio creek, 1875-6, 362. To authorize county clerk to employ two additional deputies, 1875-6, 365. Providing for opening of streets in town of Alameda, 1875-6, 424. Providing for first election in town of Haywards, 18756, 624. To create West Side irrigation district, 1875-6, 731, 885. To provide a supply of water for university and deaf, dumb and blind asylum, 1875-6, 816. To facilitate construction of canal for improvement of Oakland harbor, 1875-6, 862. To incorporate town of Livermore, 1875-6, 913. CITY OF OAKLAND. Incorporating town of Oakland and providing for construction of wharves, 1852, 180; 1854, 52. Incorporating city of Oakland, 1854, 46; 1857, 181; 1860, 67; 1861, 867, 384; 1862, 337; 1863, 471, 773; 1863-4, 393; 1873-4, 804; 1875-6, 567. To provide for funding outstanding debt and prevent creation of new debts, 1855, 218; 1858, 308; 1861, 99. To provide for collection of delinquent taxes, 1861, 285. Granting to R. Gibbons and others right to construct and maintain railroad through certain streets, 1861, 656. Legalizing assessment and levy of city taxes and authorizing collection of same, 1862, 485. Ratifying and confirming ordinance passed by common council (concerning San Francisco and Oakland Railroad), 1863, 691. Authorizing city council to improve streets, lanes, alleys, courts, and places, 1863-4, 333; 1875-6, 340. Oakland Railroad Company granted the right of way for track, 1865-6, 164; 1867-8, 31. To establish a police court, 1865-6, 193. Franchise to R. J. Vandewater for railroad in streets of. 1865-6, 605. To postpone the next charter election, 1867-8, 148. City council to purchase land and erect a city hall, and provide for the payment of same, 1867-8, 196, 493. To enable the city to settle its controversies, 1867-8, 222. Franchise granted to E. Tompkins and others to lay railroad track in streets, 1867-8, 475. Empowering the city council to remove obstructions at San Antonio creek, 1867-8, 501. Corporate name of First Congregational Church changed, 1867-8, 708. To authorize city council to lay out, open, or improve streets, 1869-70, 38, 443; 1871-2, 20. Ratifying and confirming action for relief of John Scott, 1869-70, 89. Ordinance to light streets confirmed, 1869–70, 302. To provide for paying certain claims against the city, and to contract a funded debt, 1869-70, 372. To provide funds for school department, 1869–70, 370. Construction of swing and drawbridge across San Antonio creek, 1869–70, 693. Exempted from provisions of act concerning wharves, 1869-70, 698. Regulating collection of delinquent taxes, 1869-70, 722. To change name of Oakland Cotton Manufacturing Company. 1871-2, 45. Legalizing ordinances of Oakland in reference to penal. ties, 1871-2, 75. To provide funds for school department, 1871-2, 420. For relief of Perry Johnson, 1873-4, 104. Authorizing construction of main sewer, 1873-4, 530. For obtaining supply of water, 1873-4, 892. Resolution concerning harbor improvement, 1873-4, 992. To district city into wards, 1875-6, 62. Fixing time for holding municipal elections, 1875-6, 64. To pay N. W. Spaulding for painting Webster street bridge, 1875-6, 207. Regulating laying of gas and water pipes, 1875–6, 312. Providing for opening of streets, 1875-6, 468. Authorizing city council to grant certain privileges to Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont Railroad Company, 1875-6, 499. For construction of bridge across San Antonio estuary between Eighth and East Ninth streets, 1875–6, 633. To facilitate construction of canal for improvement of harbor, 1875-6, 862. Authorizing city to construct main sewers, 1875–6, 898. 15,036. Alpine County. REFERENCES TO SPECIAL AND LOCAL ACTS. The act creating Alpine county, defining its boundaries and providing for its organization, will be found, 1863-4, 178. An act defining legal distances from county seat to capital, lunatic asylum and state prison, 1863-4, 306. Incorporation of town of Markleeville, 1863-4, 441. Legalizing assessment for taxes, 1865-6, 30. Hospital fund abolished and contingent expenses provided for, 1865-6, 121; 1873-4, 101. Salaries of county judge and district attorney, 1865-6, 123. Meetings of board of supervisors, 1865-6, 154. Toll for transportation of wood and logs down Carson river, 1865-6, 350. Sheriff Me Beth to execute certain deeds, 1865-6, 512. Payment of debt due to Amador county, 1865-6, 629; 1867-8, 81: 1869-70, 385; 1873-4, 276. Terms of district court in, 1865-6, 863; 1867-8, 33. For the relief of Anna Lee, 1867-8, 664. To prevent stallions from running at large, 1869-70, 68. Leave of absence to J. B. Scott, sheriff, 1873-4, 46. To extend time for selling property for delinquent taxes, 1873-4, 475. Fixing penal sum of bond of treasurer, 1875-6, 140. To extend time for selling property for delinquent taxes, 1875-6, 389. |