To change the Name of Nathan Pricket to that of Nathan Pricket
Rice.

(Approved April 21, 1857.)

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

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the person known as Nathan Name changed. Pricket, to change his name to that of Nathan Pricket Rice.

CHAPTER CXCVII.

AN ACT

To provide for the Incorporation of the City of Yreka.

[Approved April 21, 1857.]

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

SECTION 1. The inhabitants of Yreka City are hereby consti- Powers of tuted a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of Corporation. "The Inhabitants of Yreka City," and by that name and style they, and their successors, shall be known in law, have perpetual succession, and be invested with all the rights and privileges conferred by, and be subject to all the liabilities, restrictions and provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Towns," approved April 19th, 1856, so far as the provisions of said Act may be consistent with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. The limits and boundaries of said Yreka City shall be Boundaries. the same as those set forth and described in the survey and town plat of the County Surveyor of Siskiyou County, now on file, and on record, in the office of the County Clerk of said county; the area not to exceed the limits prescribed by "An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Towns," approved April 19th, 1856.

SEC. 3. As soon as the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County Election. shall have received a copy of this Act, they shall order an election of the officers of said corporation, specifying in said order the time

Officers elected.

Trustees.

Officers, no interest in contracts.

Debts.

and place of election; but the time of said election shall not exceed twenty days from the date of said order.

SEC. 4. The officers elected as provided in section third of this Act, shall hold their office until the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees elected under the provisions of this Act, as well as their successors, shall not receive any compention for their services.

SEC. 6. None of the elective officers of said corporation shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract with said corporation, and any of such officers violating the provisions of this section, shall, on due conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined for each violation in the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid into the Town Treasury.

SEC. 7. The said corporation shall assume, and provide for the payments of the debts contracted by the late supposed corporation of the inhabitants of Yreka City.

Right given.

Proviso.

Term of lease.

CHAPTER CXCVIII.

AN ACT

To authorize Charles J. Collins, his associates and assigns, to build a Wharf at or near Point Collberg, in Solano County.

[Approved April 21, 1857.]

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

SECTION 1. Charles J. Collins, his associates and assigns, are hereby authorized to build a wharf at or near a point designated on Ringold's map of Suisun Bay as Point Collberg, in Solano County, commencing at high water mark and running into said Bay to a point where the water is ten feet deep, at low tide. Provided, said wharf shall be so located as not to obstruct navigation.

SEC. 2. All of the right of the State of California to the overflowed land on which said wharf may be built, and fifty feet in width on each side, is hereby released to the said Charles J. Collins, his associates and assigns, for the term of twenty years. Provided, That said wharf shall be commenced within one year, and completed within two years, from the passage of this Act. And provided, also, That said fifty feet in width, on each side, shall be kept open for a free ingress and egress to and from said wharf.

CHAPTER CXCIX.

AN ACT

To amend "An Act to fix the time of holding the District Court in the Third Judicial District," approved April 5th, 1856.

Approved April 22, 1857.

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

SECTION 1. The first section of said Act is hereby amended, so as to read as follows:

held in Santa Clara

Section one. The District Court of the Third Judicial District, Court, when shall be held as follows: First. In the county of Santa Clara, on the fourth Mondays of March, July, and November. Second. In the county of Alameda, there shall be held a term of the District Court, on the third Monday of April, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, as now provided by law, and thereafter, the District Court shall be held in the county of Alameda, on the first Mondays of In Alameda. July, October, January and April. Third. In the county of Mon

terey, after the passage of this Act, the first term of the District Monterey. Court shall be held on the fourth Monday of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and thereafter, on the fourth Mondays of

December, April, and August. Fourth. In the county of Santa Santa Cruz Cruz, on the third Mondays of March, July, and November.

CHAPTER CC.

AN ACT

Making a grant for a Wharf at Monterey, and providing for the

same.

[Approved April 22, 1857.]

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

SECTION 1. The overflowed and submerged land, at the city of Boundaries.
Monterey, from the foot of Washington street to the foot of Lar-
kin street, extended to the Bay, inclusive, and extending into the
Bay of Monterey, on a line with and between said streets, extended

Term.

Wharf.

Proviso.

from the line of high tide water to the line of four fathoms depth of water, at low tide, is hereby granted for the term of twenty years, to Jacob P. Leese, his heirs and assigns, that a wharf may be built in the Bay at said city. A wharf, on the land herein granted, shall be commenced within one year, and shall be made sufficient for the purposes of commerce, and the convenience of vessels, at the port of Monterey. Provided, That portion of the space and land herein granted, not used for wharf purposes, shall be open, and used for the mooring of vessels, and for free ingress Tolls, wharfage, and egress to and from said wharf. During said term, the grantee, his heirs and assigns, may receive and collect tolls, dockage and wharfage, upon merchandise and vessels using the wharf and the conveniences for shipping and landing herein provided. Said grantees, in consideration of the grant herein made, shall pay into the State Treasury one dollar per year, for said term; and upon Rights revert to the expiration of twenty years from the completion of the wharf, the rights and privileges herein granted shall revert to the State of California.

&c.

State.

tax.

Property tax.

CHAPTER CCI.

AN ACT

To authorize the Board of Supervisors of Nevada County to levy a
Special Tax for County purposes.

[Approved April 22, 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 Nevada is hereby authorized to levy, annually, in addition to other taxes levied for general purposes, a special tax, as follows: A sum Amount of Poll not exceeding two dollars upon each male inhabitant of the county, not by law exempt from poll-tax, and a sum not to exceed onefourth of one per cent. on all the taxable property in said county; and such poll and property taxes as may be assessed under this Act, shall be assessed and collected as are other poll and property taxes for State and county uses, and shall be paid in the legal currency of the United States; one half of the money collected under the provisions of this Act shall be held and used for the payment of the current expenses of the county, other than the salaries and fees of county officers, and the other half shall be paid into the general fund for the payment of the existing county debt.

Blank receipts,

for Poll taxes.

SEC. 2. Said Board of Supervisors may cause to be prepared so many proper blank receipts for poll-taxes as may be equal to

the probable number of the inhabitants of Nevada County liable to
poll-tax, and the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall sign the
same and make an entry thereof in a book to be by him kept for
that purpose; and shall deliver to the Treasurer of said county so
many of such executed receipts as may be required, and said Treas-
urer shall sign the same and make an entry thereof in a book to be
by him kept for that purpose, and on or before the first Monday of
March in each year, issue to the officers authorized to collect poll-
taxes so many of such executed receipts for poll-taxes as may be
needed, and such officer shall give a receipt to the Treasurer for
the same, and shall be charged with the same and held accountable
therefor. Provided, That the receipts so authorized to be issued Proviso.
by this section may be issued to the officer authorized to collect
the poll-tax for the present year at any time prior to the first day
of July next.

SEC. 3. Whenever any officer shall collect any poll-tax under Manner of colthis Act, he shall deliver such receipt so received from the Treas- lecting Poll tax. urer to the party paying such tax, and for any willful neglect so to Neglect and do shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof, penalty. shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment.

manner of settlements.

SEC. 4. The officer authorized to collect poll-taxes shall make Time and settlements for such receipts received by him, and pay over any money collected by him under this Act, at the same time and in the same manner as required by law in relation to other poll-taxes for State and county purposes; and his powers and compensation under this Act shall be the same as by law provided in relation to other poll-taxes for State and county purposes.

SEC. 5. The money collected and paid into the "Fund for Cur- Money, how rent Expenses" arising under the provisions of this Act, shall be expended. paid out exclusively for the necessary county expenses accruing during the year commencing the first day of July next, and annually thereafter; and all orders drawn on the said fund shall distinctly specify the liability for which they are drawn, when it accrued, and shall be paid in the order of presentation to the County Treasurer; and if there be not sufficient money in the "Fund for Current Expenses to pay all such orders drawn during the year, then the balance shall be paid in the same manner as the present outstand. ing county orders. If there remain at the end of the year any surplus of the money so raised by taxation for current expenses," it shall be paid into the general fund of the county, and be applied to the payment of outstanding county orders, in the manner required by law.

SEC. 6.

The County Treasurer of Nevada county shall pay, in Warrants, how order of their presentation and registration, all warrants heretofore paid. issued by the Board of Supervisors of said county for the payment of the debt incurred for the re-building of the Court House and Jail of the county, and refitting and furnishing the same.

bonds.

SEC. 7. Said Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized to Additional require of the officers having the collection and disbursement of the fund arising under this Act such additional bonds, with sufficient sureties, as said Board may deem expedient.