THE POLITICAL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AMENDMENTS OF 1917. § 10. Holidays. Saturday holiday. Public school holidays. “Admission day." Holidays within the meaning of this code, are every Sunday, the first day of January, twelfth day of February, to be known as Lincoln day, twenty-second day of February, thirtieth day of May, fourth day of July, ninth day of September, first Monday in September, twelfth day of October, to be known as "Columbus day," twentyfifth day of December, every day on which an election is held throughout the state, and every day appointed by the President of the United States or by the governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving or holiday. If the first day of January, twelfth day of February, twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the ninth day of September, the twelfth day of October or the twentyfifth day of December falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. Every Saturday from twelve o'clock noon until twelve o'clock midnight is a holiday as regards the transaction of business in the public offices of this state, and also in political divisions thereof where laws, ordinances or charters provide that public offices shall be closed on holidays; this shall not be construed to prevent or invalidate the issuance, filing, service, execution or recording of any legal process or written instrument whatever on such Saturday afternoon; and provided, further, that the public schools of this state shall close on Saturday, Sunday, the first day of January, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the ninth day of September, the twenty-fifth day of December and on every day appointed by the President of the United States or the governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving or holiday. Said public schools shall continue in session on all other legal holidays and shall hold proper exercises commemorating the day. Boards of school trustees and city boards of education shall have power to declare a holiday in the public schools under their jurisdiction when good reason exists therefor. All public offices of the state and all state institutions, including the state university and all public schools in the state shall be closed on the ninth day of September of each year, known as "Admission day." [Amendment approved March 20, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 12.] § 410. Distribution of laws, etc., by secretary of state. Decisions of courts. The laws, resolutions and journals of the legislature shall be delivered by the state printer to the secretary of state, who shall immediately distribute them as follows: 1. To the library of congress, three copies. 2. To the state library or other library or department in each state, authorized to receive them, two copies. 3. To the librarians of the University of California and the Leland Stanford Junior University, two copies each, 4. To each United States senator and each member of congress from California, to each of the United States district judges in this state, to each of the judges of the supreme court, the district courts of appeal, and the superior courts of this state, one copy. 5. To the chief of each administrative department of the state government, and to each of his deputies, one copy. 6. To the lieutenant-governor, each member of the legislature, the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the assembly, one copy each. 7. To each public library, and each library connected with an incorporated college or other educational, scientific, literary or art institution in this state, which may apply to be put on the, mailing list for all or a portion of the state publications, one copy. 8. To the state library, fifty copies, or so many more as the state librarian may require for exchange purposes. 9. Of the laws alone, to the county clerk of each county, in the cheapest and most expeditious manner, to be by the sheriff distributed under the direction of the clerks, one copy for the board of supervisors, one copy for the registrar of voters, one copy to each county officer and each justice of the peace and police judge; and of the journals, three copies of each house, to each county clerk, for the use of the county. The secretary of state must also distribute of the bound volumes of the decisions of the supreme court, and of the district courts of appeal, as soon as he receives them: 1. To each state, two copies. 2. To the library of congress, the supreme court library and the district courts of appeal libraries, two copies each. 3. To each department of this state, and to each of the United States district judges of this state, supreme, district courts of appeal and superior judges of this state, one copy. 4. To each district attorney and county clerk, one copy. 5. To the reporter of the decisions, ten copies. 6. To the state library, ten copies. [Amendment approved May 5, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 278.] § 439. Employees of controller. The controller may appoint one deputy controller, one bookkeeper, one expert, one statistician, one warrant registrar, two franchise clerks, and seven clerks, who shall be civil executive officers; and one stenographer-clerk, and one stenographer. [Amendment approved May 31, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 1890.] § 440. Salaries. The annual salary of the deputy controller is three thousand dollars; of the bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; of the expert, two thousand dollars; of the statistician, two thousand four hundred dollars; of the warrant registrar, two thousand four hundred dollars; of two franchise clerks, one thousand eight hundred dollars each; of two clerks, one thousand eight hundred dollars each; of five clerks, one thousand six hundred dollars each; of the stenog. rapher-clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars, and of the stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars. All such salaries shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of other state officers. [Amendment approved May 31, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 1390.] § 445. Inheritance tax department established. Inheritance tax attorney and assistants. Duties. Salaries. Salaries, employees of inheritance tax department. Expenses. The controller shall maintain under his authority and direction a department, to be known as the inheritance tax department, which is hereby established, for the purpose of supervising and assisting in the administration of the inheritance or transfer tax laws of this state. Said department shall gather, record, compile, publish and distribute such information and data as the controller may direct relative to the inheritance or transfer tax laws of this or other states or relative to the administration, enforcement or evasion of such laws. Said department shall co-operate with, advise and assist inheritance tax appraisers, county treasurers, district attorneys and other officers and persons in the administration and enforcement of the inheritance or transfer tax laws of this state, and shall prepare, publish and distribute such blank forms for use of inheritance tax appraisers or other use as the controller may direct. In conection with said inheritance tax department, the controller may appoint, in addition to other employees provided for by statute, an inheritance tax attorney, whose office shall be in the city of Sacramento, five assistant inheritance tax attorneys, two of whom shall have their offices in the city of Los Angeles, two of whom shall have their offices in the city and county of San Francisco, and one of whom shall have his office in the city of Sacramento. Said attorneys shall be civil executive officers and shall be admitted and licensed to practice before the supreme court of this state. The inheritance tax attorney shall, under the authority and direction of the controller, have general supervision of said department. He shall have particular charge of the legal work connected with said department and shall perform such other duties as the controller may direct. Said assistant inheritance tax attorneys shall perform such legal and other services relative to the administration and enforcement of said inheritance or transfer tax laws in the respective counties in which their offices may be situated or in any neighboring county, as the controller may direct. The salary of said inheritance tax attorney shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum. The salary of one assistant inheritance tax attorney whose office shall be in the city of Los Angeles shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum. The salary of the second assistant inheritance tax attorney whose office shall be in the city of Los Angeles shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per anThe salary of one assistant inheritance tax attorney whose office num. shall be in the city and county of San Francisco shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum. The salary of the second assistant inheritance tax attorney, whose office shall be in the city and county of San Francisco shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per annum. The salary of said assistant inheritance tax attorney whose office shall be in the city of Sacramento shall be two thousand seven hundred dollars per annum. The salaries of said inheritance tax attorney and of said assistant inheritance tax attorneys shall be paid at the same times and in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers. Said attorneys shall also receive their necessary traveling and incidental expenses. Said expenses and any other and further and additional expenses for attorneys, clerks, experts, agencies or persons or for any other purpose which said controller may find necessary or proper in the conduct of said inheritance tax department shall be paid out of such moneys as may be appropriated from time to time to the controller for use of said inheritance tax department. [Amendment approved May 31, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 1389.] § 456. Employees in office of state treasurer. The state treasurer may appoint one deputy state treasurer, one cashier, one bond officer, one deposit officer, one bookeeper and one secretary-stenographer, all of whom shall be civil executive officers. The annual salary of the deputy state treasurer is three thousand two hundred dollars; of the cashier, two thousand seven hundred dollars; of the bond officer, two thousand five hundred dollars; of the deposit officer, two thousand five hundred dollars; of the bookeeper, two thousand two hundred dollars; and of the secretary-stenographer, one thousand five hundred dollars. All such salaries shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of other state officers. [Amendment approved May 15, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 540.] cers. § 472. Appointees of attorney general. To have charge of state's legal matters. The attorney general may appoint one assistant, one chief deputy and seven additional deputies, who shall be civil executive offiThe annual salary of the assistant shall be four thousand dollars; the annual salary of the chief deputy shall be four thousand dollars; the annual salary of two of such additional deputies shall be three thousand three hundred dollars each, and the annual salary of five of such additional deputies shall be three thousand dollars each. Said salaries shall be paid at the time and in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers. The attorney general shall not employ special counsel in any case except those provided in section four hundred seventy-four of the Political Code. The attorney general shall have charge, as attorney, of all legal matters in which the state is in any wise interested, except the business of the regents of the University of California and of the state harbor commissioners, and such other boards or officers as are now by law authorized to employ attorneys, and no board, officer or officers, or employee of the state, except said regents and said harbor commissioners and such other boards and officers as are now by law authorized to employ attorneys, shall employ any attorney other than the attorney general, or one of his assistants or deputies, in any matter in which the state is interested; nor shall any money be drawn out of the treasury, or out of any moneys appropriated out of the treasury, or out of any special or contingent fund under the control of any board, officer or officers, or employee for the pay of any legal services rendered after the passage of this act, the provisions of any existing statute to the contrary notwithstanding, excepting as above provided; provided, that whenever a district attorney in any county of this state shall, 'for any reason, become disqualified from conducting any criminal prosecution within such county, the attorney general may employ special counsel to conduct such prosecution, and the attorney's fee in such case shall be a legal charge against the state; provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or deny the right of any board, officer, or officers or employee of the state to employ or engage counsel in any matter of the state, after first having obtained the written consent so to do of the attorney general. [Amendment approved May 14, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 529.] § 475. Clerks, etc., of attorney general. The attorney general may appoint two clerks, one phonographic reporter, one service agent, and six stenographers for his office. The annual salary of each of said clerks and of the phonographic reporter and of the service agent shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars; the annual salary of five of said stenographers shall be one thousand five hundred dollars; the annual salary of one of said stenographers shall be one thousand two hundred dollars. Said salaries shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries of state officers are paid. The clerks, the phonographic reporter, the service agent, and the stenographers shall be civil executive officers. The service agent and two of said stenographers, to be designated by the attorney general, shall be exempted from the provisions of the civil service act and shall hold their positions during the pleasure of the attorney general. [Amendment approved May 14, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 515.] § 589. Salary of insurance commissioner. The annual salary of the insurance commissioner is six thousand dollars and the annual salary of the deputy of the insurance commissioner is two thousand seven hundred dollars. [Amendment approved June 1, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 1667.] § 591. Office of insurance commissioner. The commissioner may procure suitable offices in the city of San Francisco for conducting the business of the insurance department. The commissioner shall, from time to time, furnish the necessary furniture, stationery, fuel, lights, printing and other conveniences and incur traveling and such other expenses and employ such assistance as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of his office. To defray the expenses of conducting the business of the insurance department there shall be set aside and reserved each and every year out of the funds paid into the state treasury by the insurance commissioner sixty thousand dollars as a special fund to be called the insurance commissioner's special fund. All expenditures authorized in this section must be audited by the board of control or other proper authorities who must allow the same and direct payment thereof to be made and the controller shall draw warrants therefor on |