Act extended. Lien. Supplementary to "An Act for securing Liens to Mechanics and others," passed April 19th, 1856. [Approved March 18, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. An Act entitled "An Act for securing Liens to Mechanics and others, passed April 19th, 1856," shall be and is hereby extended, so as to include in its provisions, bridges, ditches, flumes or aqueducts, to create hydraulic power, or for mining purposes; and all master builders, mechanics, lumber merchants, contractors, journeymen or laborers, and all other persons performing labor, or furnishing materials for, or employed in the construction or repair of any bridge, ditch, flume or aqueduct aforesaid, shall have the same lien, subject to the same provisions and regulations, as in and by said Act are provided for liens upon buildings, wharves, and other superstructures. Special tax. Moneys set aside. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Supervisors of Calaveras County to levy a Special Tax to redeem County Warrants. [Approved March 18, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors for the County of Calaveras shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty, to levy a special tax, annually, in addition to the other taxes provided for by law, upon the taxable property in the county, of not more than one per cent., and said tax shall be collected at the same time, and in like manner, as other taxes are collected in suid county. SEC. 2. The tax provided for in the first section of this Act, together with one-third of all moneys received into the County Treasury from the sale of Foreign Miners' Licenses for county purposes, shall be set aside and kept as a special fund, to be called the Redemption Fund," and shall be held and disbursed as is herein- Redemption after provided. Fund. Treasurer. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to give Duty of thirty days' notice, by publication in some newspaper published in the said county, that sealed proposals, directed to him, for the surrender of county warrants, will be received by him up to the last day of the session of each quarterly meeting of the Board of Supervisors. SEC. 4. On the last day of each quarterly meeting of the Open proposals. Board of Supervisors, they, together with the County Auditor and Treasurer, shall attend at the office of the latter, and then and there open all proposals, and accept the lowest bids for the surrender of county warrants. Provided, That no bid for more than Proviso. the par value of said warrants, or any bid unless accompanied by the warrants proposed to be surrendered, shall be accepted. Purchase of. SEC. 5. When any bids are accepted, the County Auditor and Description of County Treasurer shall each take a description of the number and warrants. amount of warrants to be redeemed, specifying the amount to be paid for each warrant, and make a several record thereof in their respective offices, and thereupon the Board of Supervisors shall make an order directing the County Treasurer to purchase the warrants designated in the accepted bids, and pay for the same out of the "Redemption Fund," and the warrants so redeemed shall be canceled, as other redeemed warrants, except that the County Treasurer shall write on the face of said warrants, "purchased," and the amount paid for the same, and shall sign his name thereto. Treasurer sign. The order of the Board of Supervisors directing the County Treas. urer to purchase said warrants, together with the record made by the County Auditor, shall be sufficient vouchers for the County Treasurer in the settlement of his accounts; the bids being equal, the preference shall be given to the smallest amount of warrants; Preference. the bids and amounts of warrants being equal, each shall be accepted pro rata, or as nearly so as possible. The County Treasurer Vouchers. shall return all unaccepted bids, together with the warrants therein Unaccepted bids contained, to the owners, on demand. SEC. 6. The County Treasurer shall keep a separate account, Separate accts. under the head of "Redemption Fund," of all moneys received from the sources specified in the first and second sections of this Act, and the said moneys shall never be used or mixed with other funds. SEC. 7. The County Treasurer of said county shall not redeem Warrants not to any of the warrants of said county drawn prior to the passage of be redeemed. this Act, except as herein provided for. For any violation of the provisions of this Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished for the same in such manner as is prescribed by law for the punishment of such crimes. Misdemeanor. Transfer of moneys. Funds specified. How paid out. Civil expenses. CHAPTER LXXXIX. AN ACT Concerning the Moneys in the State Treasury, and to appropriate from the same for the Civil Expenses of the State, from the first day of February, A. D. 1857, inclusive. [Approved March 18, 1857. | The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Controller and Treasurer of State are hereby required to transfer to the credit of the General Fund, all moneys standing to the credit of, or which may hereafter be received, belonging to the following funds, to wit: Interest Tax Fund of 1851; Interest Tax Fund of 1852; State Prison Interest Fund; Interest Tax Fund of 1855; Interest Tax Fund of 1856; Sinking Fund of 1851; State Property Fund; and Insane Asylum Fund. And the moneys by this section transferred to the General Fund, shall be held and paid out exclusively for the appropriations made by this Act, until such appropriations are paid SEC. 2. For the purpose of defraying the Civil Expenses of the State, from the first day of February, A. D. 1857, inclusive, the following sums of money, for the objects herein designated, are Appropriation. hereby appropriated out of any moneys belonging to the General Fund in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and from the moneys by this Act transferred to the General Fund, which are hereby specifically set apart for the purpose. Governor, salary of. Lieut. Governor. Treasurer. Controller. Sec'ry of State. Surveyor Gen❜l. For the salary of the Governor of the State, eight hundred and thirty-three dollars; and for contingent expenses of his office and office rent, one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation and mileage of the Lieutenant-Governor, as a member of Board of State Prison Commissioners, fifty dollars. For the salary of the Treasurer of State, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; and for contingent expenses of his office, and extra clerk hire, two hundred dollars. For the salary of the Controller of State, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; and for contingent expenses of his office, one hundred and fifty dollars. For the salary of the Secretary of State, two hundred and ninety-two dollars; and for the contingent expenses of his office, one hundred dollars. For the salary of the Surveyor-General of the State, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars; and for contingent expenses of his office, one hundred dollars. For Draughtsman of the SurveyorGeneral, two hundred and fifty dollars. For the salary of Superintendent of Public Instruction, two Superintendent hundred and ninety-two dollars, and for contingent expenses, for office rent and for furniture, three hundred and fifty dollars. of Public Instruction. General. For the salary of Quartermaster-General, two hundred and fifty Quartermaster dollars; and for office rent, transportation of arms, and contingent expenses of his office, one hundred dollars. For the salary of the Attorney-General, one hundred and sixty- Attorney Gen❜l. seven dollars, and for office rent, traveling expenses, and for contingent expenses of his office, one hundred and fifty dollars. For the salary of the Governor's Private Secretary, two hundred Private Secr'y and eight dollars. of Governor. For the Special Contingent Fund of the Executive Department Conting'nt Fund of State, to be used and drawn for, and at the discretion of the Governor, four hundred and seventeen dollars. For compensation of Clerks in the Controller's office, one Clerks of Conthousand and eighty dollars. troller. For compensation of Clerks in the Treasurer's office, five hun- of Treasurer. dred and forty dollars. State. For compensation of Clerks in the office of Secretary of State, of Secretary of eight hundred and ten dollars. For the pay and mileage of the Lieutenant-Governor and mem- Lieut. Governor bers of the Senate, sixteen thousand and forty-four dollars. and Senators. For pay of members of the Assembly, thirty-three thousand six Assemblymen. hundred and eighty-four dollars. For the contingent expenses of the Senate, fourteen hundred Contingents of dollars. Senate. For the contingent expenses of the Assembly, sixteen hundred Of Assembly. dollars For the salary of the Clerk of the Board of Examiners, fifty Clerk Examin'rs dollars; and for the contingent expenses of the Board of Examiners, fifty dollars. Court. For the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, eighteen Judges Supreme hundred and thirty-three dollars; and for the contingent expenses of said Court, and for pay of porter and bailiff, two hundred dollars. For the salaries of the District Judges of the State, six thou- District Judges. sand six hundred and twenty-seven dollars. For the support of the Asylum for the Insane, twenty-nine hun- Insane Asylum. dred and seventeen dollars. For the salaries of the Physicians of the Insane Asylum, six Physicians of. hundred and sixty seven dollars. For the payment of costs and expenses (other than counsel fees) Costs of suits of in suits where the State is a party, two hundred and fifty dollars. State. For State Printing and Binding, and for printing paper, ten State Printing. thousand dollars. Advertising. For official advertising, one thousand dollars. For lights and fuel for the Senate and Assembly Chambers and Lights and fuel. for Committee Rooms, four hundred and eighty dollars. For rent of the State House, one thousand dollars. Rent of State For rent of the Supreme Court Rooms, four hundred and seven- Supreme Court teen dollars. rooms. For rent of State Library Rooms, one hundred and fifty dollars, Library rooms. and for contingent expenses of State Library, fifty dollars. For Private Secretary of Supreme Court, one hundred and fifty Private Sec'ry of dollars. Supreme Court. For the transportation of prisoners to the State Prison, three Transportation thousand dollars. of prisoners. Officers Senate. Of Assembly. Copying for Controller not unless money in For compensation of officers and attaches of the Senate, seven thousand six hundred and two dollars. For compensation of officers and attaches of the Assembly, five thousand eight hundred and forty-four dollars. For payment of copying for the Assembly, twelve hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The Controller of State shall not draw his warrants draw warrants for the payment of any money out of the appropriations made by this Act, until money for the payment of the same is in the State Treasury, nor for the payment of any service done, or debt accrued, prior to the first day of February, A. D. 1857. Treasury. Fire Departm❜nt Election. of election. CHAPTER XC. AN ACT To regulate the Fire Department of the City and County of San [Approved March 25, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Fire Department shall consist of a Chief Engineer, three Assistant Engineers, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Board of Delegates, and such companies as now compose the same, or as hereafter may be admitted thereto, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 2. There shall be an election held on the first Monday of December, A. D. 1857, and thereafter according to their terms of Place and time office, for a Chief and three Assistant Engineers. The President of the Department shall call said election, giving ten days' notice thereof in at least two of the daily papers of the city and county. The Board of Delegates shall appoint, to conduct said election, three judges, each from a different company, who, together with their clerks, shall subscribe an oath or affirmation to faithfully discharge their duties. Said judges shall, for the purposes of said election, have power to administer oaths and affirmations; said election shall be held at such place as the Board of Delegates may appoint, from 9 o'clock, A. M., until 5 o'clock, P. M. The returns of said election, duly certified, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Department within five days thereafter, and be by him transmitted to the Board of Delegates, who shall convene within ten days thereafter, and declare the result. The person having the Chief Engineer. highest number of votes for the office of Chief Engineer, shall be declared elected for the term of three years, or until his successor Returns. Delegates to declare result. |