Proviso. How expended. vided, that no purchase of grounds, nor contract for buildings, shall be binding, nor shall the Controller draw his warrant in payment thereof, unless such purchase or contract is first approved in writing by the State Board of Examiners, in accordance with the provisions of article eighteen, of chapter three, of the Political Code, defining the duties of said Board of Examiners. But when so approved, the Controller must issue his warrant in payment thereof, and the State Treasurer must pay the same. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Appropria tion. Sala dent and CHAPTER CLXV. An Act to appropriate money for the preservation and improvement of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove. [Approved March 17, 1887.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby ries of Presi. appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the President and Secretary of the Board of Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, for the preservation and improvement of said valley and grove. Secretary. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Appropria of Langhorn & Miller. CHAPTER CLXVI. An Act to provide for the deficiency in the appropriation for the costs and expenses of suits wherein the State is a party in interest, for the thirty-fifth fiscal year. [Approved March 17, 1887.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred dollars is hereby tion. Claim appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for the costs and expenses of suits wherein the State is a party in interest, for the thirty-fifth fiscal year, to pay the claim of Langhorn and Miller. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER CLXVII. An Act to amend section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the future management of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane," approved March 6, 1876, relating to the Resident and Assistant Physicians. [Approved March 17, 1887.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the future management of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane," is amended so as to read as follows: three Assis Term of Section 8. The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Resident Resident and Physician and three Assistant Physicians, each of whom tant Physishall hold office for four years, and until his successor is cians. elected and qualified. The salary of the Resident Physician office. shall be three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and Salaries of. of the Assistant Physicians, such sum as may be fixed by the Board of Trustees, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars each per annum; and each of them, and their families, shall be furnished room, household furniture, provisions, fuel, and lights, at and from the supplies of the asylum. The Resident and Assistant Physicians shall reside at the Reside at asylum; shall be well educated and experienced physicians, asylum. regular graduates in medicine, and shall have practiced at qualificaleast five years from the date of their respective diplomas, and shall not engage in outside practice. Their duties, not Duties. specified in this Act, shall be fixed and prescribed in the bylaws of the Board of Trustees. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. tions. CHAPTER CLXVIII. An Act to pay the officers and men of the Second Brigade, National Guard of California, for guard duty performed by them in obedience to the orders of the Governor and Commander-inChief, from December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eightysix, to January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, both days inclusive. [Approved March 17, 1887.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and tion. Second SECTION 1. The sum of thirty-eight hundred and seventy- Appropriasix eighty-seven one hundredths dollars is hereby appropri- Brigade, ated out of the General Fund of the State Treasury, to pay the N. G. C. officers and men of the Second Brigade of the National Guard How to be expended. of California, for guard duty performed by them, as required by orders from the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, from the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to the thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive. SEC. 2. The Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of William H. Dimond, Brigadier-General, commanding the Second Brigade of the National Guard, for the sum of thirty-eight hundred and seventy-six eighty-seven one hundredths dollars, and the Treasurer of State is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. Governor to fill vacancy. CHAPTER CLXIX. An Act to amend sections seventeen, twenty-five, sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-four, one hundred and sixty-five, one hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-eight, one hundred and seventy-nine, one hundred and eighty, one hundred and eightyone, one hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and ninety, one hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and three, two hundred and eleven, and two hundred and eighteen of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a uniform system of county and township governments," approved March 14, 1883, as amended March 14, 1885, and March 18, 1885, and to insert a new section therein, to be numbered one hundred and ten and one half, relating to the government of counties. [Approved March 17, 1887.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Sections seventeen, twenty-five, sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-four, one hundred and sixty-five, one hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-eight, one hundred and seventy-nine, one hundred and eighty, one hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and ninety, one hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and three, two hundred and eleven, and two hundred and eighteen of said Act are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 17. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the Board of appoint to Supervisors of a county, the Governor may fill the vacancy by appointment, and the appointee shall hold the office until the election and qualification of his successor, as hereinafter provided. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the Board of Su tion; when held. pervisors of a county, the Board shall order a special election Special electo be held in said district, on the fifth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs, for the election of a Supervisor for the unexpired term, unless a general election shall be held within ninety days after the vacancy occurs; and in such case the election of a Supervisor shall be held at the general election, to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Section 25. The Boards of Supervisors in their respective Jurisdiction. counties have jurisdiction and power under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law: official con 1. To supervise the official conduct of all county officers Supervise and officers of all districts and other subdivisions of the duct of councounty charged with the assessing, collecting, safe-keeping, ty officers. management, or disbursement of the public revenues; see that they faithfully perform their duties, direct prosecutions for delinquencies, and, when necessary, require them to renew their official bonds, make reports, and present their books and accounts for inspection. 2. To divide the counties into townships, election, school, Create townroad, sanitary, and other districts required by law, change the ships and same, and create others, as convenience requires. districts. abolish 3. To establish, abolish, and change election precincts, and Establish to appoint Inspectors and Judges of Election, canvass all elec-election tion returns, declare the result, and order the County Clerk precincts. to issue certificates thereof; but no election precinct shall be established or abolished, or the boundaries of any precinct changed within thirty days prior to any election. "lic roads, etc. 4. To lay out, maintain, control, and manage public roads, Manage pubturnpikes, ferries, and bridges within the county. digent sick. 5. To provide for the care and maintenance of the indi- Care for ingent sick, or the otherwise dependent poor of the county; erect, officer, and maintain hospitals and poorhouses, in their discretion, therefor, or otherwise provide for the same; and for such purposes to levy the necessary property or poll tax, or both, therefor; provided, the Board of Supervisors shall Proviso. appoint (not let to the lowest bidder) some suitable person or persons to take care of and maintain such hospitals and poorhouses; and the Board shall also appoint (not let to the lowest bidder) some suitable graduate in medicine to attend such indigent sick, or otherwise dependent poor. farm. 6. To provide a farm in connection with the county hospi- Provide tal or poorhouse, and make regulations for working the same. 7. When there are no necessary county buildings, to pro- Provide vide suitable rooms for county purposes. rooms. erty. notice. 8. To purchase, receive by donation, or lease any real or Manage personal property necessary for the use of the county, pre- county propserve, take care of, manage, and control the same; but no purchase of real property must be made unless a notice of Publish the intention of the Board to make such purchase, describing the property to be purchased, the price to be paid therefor, from whom it is proposed to be purchased, and fixing the time when the Board will meet to consummate such purchase, shall be published for at least three weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county, or if none be published in the county, then by posting such Erect or rebuild Proviso. notice at least three weeks prior to the time when the Board will meet to consummate such purchase, in at least three public places in each Supervisor District. 9. To cause to be erected or rebuilt and furnished a Court Court House. House, jail, hospital, and such other public buildings as may be necessary; provided, that none of the aforesaid buildings shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications shall have been made therefor and adopted by the Board. All such buildings must be erected by contract, let to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice. Sell county property no longer required. Examine accounts every six months. Allow accounts against county. Levy tax. Proviso. Issue bonds. Denominations. Rate of interest. Form of bond. 10. To sell at public auction, at the Court House door, after thirty days' previous notice, given either by publication in a newspaper published in the county, or by posting in five public places in the county, and convey to the highest bidder for cash, any property belonging to the county no longer required for public use, paying the proceeds in to the County Treasury for the use of the county. 11. To examine and audit, at least every six months, the accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection, or disbursement of moneys belonging to the county, or appropriated by law or otherwise for its use and benefit. 12. To examine, settle, and allow all accounts legally chargeable against the county, except salaries of officers, and order warrants to be drawn on the County Treasurer therefor. 13. To levy taxes upon the taxable property of their respective counties for all county purposes, and also upon the taxable property of any district for the construction and repair of roads and highways, and other district purposes; provided, that no tax shall be levied upon any district until the proposition to levy the same has been submitted to the qualified electors of such district, and received a majority of all the legal votes cast upon such proposition. 14. The Board of Supervisors of any county having an outstanding indebtedness on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty, evidenced by bonds or warrants thereof, by a vote of two thirds of all the members thereof, are empowered, if they deem it for the public interest, to fund and refund the same, and issue bonds of the county therefor, in sums not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each, having not more than twenty years to run, and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, which bonds shall be substantially in the following form: No.. The County of , in the State of California, or order, at the on the first day for value received, promises to pay , |