Chairman of
Board.

Proviso.

be Chairman of the Board. Provided, That in no instance shall this provision apply to a member of the Board elected to fill a vacancy, unless each member composing the Board shall have been elected to serve out an unexpired term.

Bond.

CHAPTER CXXX.

AN ACT

Concerning the Official Bonds of Justices of the Peace in the
First Judicial District.

[Approved March 31, 1857.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. In the counties of the First Judicial District of this State, except in the Cities of San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino, each Justice of the Peace shall execute a bond to the people of the State, in such sum as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors, respectively, of said counties, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and file the same with the Clerks of said Board.

CHAPTER CXXXI.

AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning the Office of
County Treasurer," passed March 27th, 1850.

[Approved March 31, 1857.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section thirteen of an Act entitled "An Act concerning the Office of County Treasurer," passed March 27th, 1850, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

tled to prefer

ence.

Section thirteen. Orders or warrants drawn on the County warrants entiTreasury, and properly attested, shall be entitled to preference as to payment out of moneys in the treasury, properly applicable to such order, according to the priority of time in which the same may have been presented. The time of presenting such order shall be noted by the Treasurer; and upon the receipt of moneys into the County Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, it shall be the Moneys set duty of the Treasurer to set apart the same, or so much thereof as apart. may be necessary for the payment of such order or warrant. Should such order or warrant not be re-presented for payment Warrants not within sixty days from the time of the notice required in the elev- presented. enth section of this Act, the fund set aside for the payment of the same, shall be by the Treasurer applied to the redemption of unpaid Fund how warrants next in order of registry. Provided, That the Board of Supervisors may, on application and presentation of warrants Proviso. properly indorsed, which shall once have been advertised, pass an order directing the County Treasurer to redeem and cancel such warrants, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

applied.

CHAPTER CXXXII.

AN ACT

Granting certain Swamp and Overflowed Lands to the City of
Sacramento.

[Approved March 31, 1857.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The title of the State of California in and to all Title relinthe lands described in Section second of this Act, is hereby given, quished. granted and relinquished to the city of Sacramento.

SEC. 2 The lands granted by this Act are described as follows, Boundaries. to wit: Beginning at a point in the city of Sacramento, on the east side of Third street, twenty-five feet north from I street, and running thence in an easterly direction six hundred and forty feet, in a direct line to a point seventy feet west from Fifth street and eighty-five feet north from I street. Thence in a northerly direc tion, parallel with Fifth street, thirty feet. Thence in a westerly direction, one hundred and twenty feet, in a direct line to a point on the south line of an alley which is one hundred and sixty feet north from I street. Thence in a northeasterly direction, four hundred and fifty feet, in a direct line to a point on the east line of Fifth street, one hundred feet north from H street. Thence in an

Boundaries.

Land to be surveyed and divided.

Extension of streets.

easterly direction, and parallel with HI street, eighty feet. Thence at right angles, and in a northerly direction, and parallel with Fifth street, one hundred and forty-five feet. Thence in a northwesterly direction, two hundred and thirty-five feet, in a direct line to a point on the west line of Fifth street, fifteen feet north from G street. Thence in a westerly direction, and parallel with G street, eighty feet. Thence in a northerly direction, and parallel with Fifth street, thirty feet. Thence in a westerly direction, and parallel with G street, two hundred and forty feet, to the east line of Fourth street.. Thence westerly, two hundred and seventy feet, in a direct line to a point on the south line of G street, one hundred and sixty feet west from Fourth street, thence in a westerly direction and along the south line of G street, three hundred and twenty feet. Thence in a southeast direction, five hundred feet, in a direct line to a point on the north line of H street, one hundred feet west from Fourth street. Thence southerly, and parallel with Fourth street, two hundred and forty feet. Thence in a southwesterly direction, two hundred and forty feet, to the east line of Third street, at a point fifty feet north from the place of beginning. Thence south, along the east line of Third street, to the place of beginning.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Common Council of the city of Sacramento to cause the land granted by this Act to be surveyed by the City Surveyor of said city, and divided into lots of convenient size, fronting upon Third, Fourth and Fifth streets, and G and H streets, which streets shall be extended through said property in accordance with the general plan of the streets in said city, and within six months after the passage of this Lots to be sold. Act they shall cause all of said lots to be sold at public auction, in separate parcels, to the highest bidder, after having first adver tised the time, place and terms of said sale, at least twenty days in some daily newspaper published in said city of Sacramento; and the proceeds of the sale of said lots shall be exclusively devoted to constructing and grading Third, Fourth and Fifth streets, and G and H streets, within the boundaries mentioned in Section two of this Act, until said streets shall be finished in a good and substantial manner, and the residue of the proceeds of said sale of lots, if any, shall be paid into the School Fund of said city of Sacramento, to be used for Common School purposes.

Proceeds.

CHAPTER CXXXIII.

AN ACT

To provide for the Payment of the Indebtedness of the County of Shasta, contracted prior to the first day of March, A. D. 1857.

[Approved March 31, 1857.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors in and for the County of Special tax. Shasta, for the purpose of paying the outstanding indebtedness of the said county, contracted prior to the first day of March, A. D. 1857, are hereby authorized and empowered annually to levy, and cause to be collected, in the same manner, and at the same time, as other State and County revenue; a special tax, in addition to the taxes now authorized by law, to be levied for the current annual expenses of the county, not exceeding one-half of one per cent. on all the taxable property in said county; said tax to be collect

ed in either legal currency of the United States, or county war- Coin or warrants rants of said county, issued for the payment of legal indebtedness to be received. contracted, prior to the first day of March, A. D. 1857, as the tax payer may elect.

SEC. 2. The Board of Supervisors aforesaid, are further author- Tax on jewelry. ized and empowered to levy, and cause to be collected, in the same manner, and for the same purpose, as specified in the preceding section of this Act, an annual tax of not more than one per cent. upon the value of every gold watch, and other article of jewelry, worn habitually or occasionally, upon the person, for ornament or utility. Provided, That the owner or owners of such watch or Proviso. jewelry, shall not be subject to the payment of the tax provided for in this section, unless said watch or jewelry, or both together when owned by the same person, are of the value of fifty dollars or upwards.

SEC. 3. All moneys received by the County Treasurer, arising Fund set apart. out of the taxes annually assessed and collected, under the provisions of this Act, shall be set apart as a fund, to be called the "Sinking Fund of the County of Shasta," and shall be applied exclusively to the payment of the indebtedness of the county aforesaid, contracted prior to the first day of March, A. D. 1857.

SEC. 4. Whenever at any time, there shall be in the Sinking Excess. Fund, created by this Act, a sum of money amounting to one thousand dollars or upwards, the County Treasurer shall give notice of the fact to the holders of county warrants, issued prior to the first day of March, A. D. 1857, by advertisement, for the space of Notice given. two weeks, in some newspaper published in the County of Shasta, which notice shall state the amount of money in the Treasury, applicable to the payment and redemption of said warrants, the dates of the presentation of the warrants first entitled to payment, accord

Time limited.

Interest cease.

Warrants paid to be canceled.

Surplus.

ing to their order of registry, and that unless the same be presented within thirty days from the date of the notice, the fund so reserved for the redemption of the same, will be applied to the payment of unpaid warrants next in order of registry; and the money reserved for the payment of warrants, so advertised, and not represented within thirty days from the date of the notice, shall be applied by the Treasurer to the redemption of such unpaid warrants, next in order of registry, as may be presented; and such warrants so advertised, and not re-presented, within the time above specified, shall cease to bear any interest, from and after the expiration of the thirty days immediately subsequent to the date of the notice aforesaid.

SEC. 5. When any county warrant shall be paid into the treasury, under the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to cancel the same, in the presence of the County Judge, and County Auditor, and said Auditor shall make a certificate thereof, and record the same, which shall be signed by said County Judge, Auditor, and Treasurer.

SEC. 6. Whatever surplus monies arising under the provisions of this Act, may remain in the treasury of the County of Shasta, after the indebtedness of said county, contracted prior to the first day of March, A. D. 1857, shall have been liquidated, shall be paid into, and become part of, the building fund of said county.

Duty of Judge of the Plains.

CHAPTER CXXXIV.

AN ACT

To amend "An Act concerning Judges of the Plains (Jueces del
Campo,) and defining their duties," approved April 25th, 1851.

[Approved March 31, 1857.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section seventh of An Act concerning Judges of the Plains (Jueces del Campo,) and defining their duties, approved April 25th, 1851, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section seven. The Judge of the Plains shall arrest and take before any Magistrate any person who may be accused to him or whom he has reasonable ground to suspect of killing, hiding, or otherwise taking away cattle, horses, or other animals belonging to others, and shall execute any warrant delivered to him by any Magistrate for larceny or other offense concerning said described property; he shall execute any warrant delivered to him by any : Justice of the Peace, for the purposes herein named, and otherwise