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ton, San José, and Marysville as competitive points, but beyond this the mind of his own, and is not afraid to express it. As far as we are coneastern roads have since refused to go. To ship Mr. McConnell's wool cerned, we are anxions for, and we invoke the criticisms of every memfrom Winnemucca directly to the East, it must go to the end of the Cen-ber on this floor relative to this section, or any other section, which this tral Pacific Railroad, and pay the way freight rate; from there to Omaha committee has reported. But what I wish to say is this: We are now the Union Pacific Railroad will take it at way rates; from there another about to vote, and the friends of these measures must agree upon someroad will take it to Chicago, another to Buffalo, and another to the thing, if we hope to accomplish anything. No member of this ConvenAtlantic. All these way freights aggregate a sum far in excess of the tion can get everything he may want into this section; it is impossible. through rates. So the goods are sent to a competitive point to get a start And while we do not claim that it represents the best ideas that can be in order to secure for them the benefit of through rates. Thus Mr. produced, we do claim that your committee have done all that was in McConnell is actually benefited in his wool shipments by the contract. their power to perform faithfully the duty imposed upon them; they The contract was made for the benefit of the business and shippers of the have agreed upon this section as now reported, without a single dissentPacific Coast, and they all know it. It would have been fairer for ing voice, and I ask you to at least believe that they have handled the McConnell, and in the interest of truth and justice, to have stated the subject with candor and fairness. underlying facts relative to his wool shipments. The passion and prejudice which animates many in their declarations against the railroads, has been fully exhibited by Mr. McConnell in his fiery speech. It was not in the spirit of a judge deciding impartially between man and man. It is not befitting a dignified Constitutional Convention. The gentlemen criticise the railroad companies because they appealed to the Courts to settle their disputes betwen them and the National Government. In the name of God, are men to be trampled on by this Convention because they appealed to the law and the Courts to settle their disputes the very Courts which the people have established for the purpose? For appealing to the Courts they are denounced. I think it is a very strange state of affairs.

SPEECH OF MR. ESTEE.

Now, sir, I am aware that some of the friends-as those who claim to be the friends of these measures-have attempted to criticise this report in a manner that would be far more apt to injure it than the criticisms of those who are openly pronounced against it; far more. An open attack can always be met; but, sir, one of these side hits, one of these flank movements, of those who claim to be the friends of the measures, hurts vastly more than an open, bold, manly stand, by an open and avowed enemy. Now, let us see what our friends argue. Some gentlemen on this floor came to me, and said, first, that there was too much in this section. To-day four gentlemen addressed this body, who are really, heart and soul, friendly, yet they say there is too much in the section. Others again say there is not enough in it. Now, gentlemen, I ask you, you who think there is not enough by half, and you who think there is too much by half, to average up the thing, concede something, and go for the report of the committee, and I think you will not make much of a mistake. The question now is, gentlemen of the Convention, not as to whether every "i" is dotted or every "t" crossed right; not as to whether there is some faulty construction of language, but whether this idea presented here is right and proper. And if the gentlemen who are opposed to these measures criticise our action because we have made these revised reports, I think they are wrong. I think it was our duty, when we found, during the course of this long discussion, that we had made mistakes, to correct them, because my friend from San Francisco, Mr. Wilson, did admit that some regulation was necessary.

MR. ESTEE. Mr. Chairman: This is the section proposed by the Committee on Corporations: "SEC. 20. Three Railroad Commissioners shall be elected by the qualified voters of this State, at the regular gubernatorial election, whose salary shall be fixed by law, and whose term of office shall be four years. They shall be qualified electors of this State, and shall not be interested in any railroad corporation, or other transportation company, as stockholder, creditor, agent, attorney, or employé, and the act of a majority of said Commissioners shall be deemed the act of said Commission. Said Commissioners shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to establish rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight by railroad, or other transportation companies, and publish the same, from time to time, with such changes as they may make; to examine the books, records, and papers of all railroad and other transportation companies, and for this purpose they shall have process of the Courts; to hear complaints against railroad and other transportation companies; to send for persons and papers, administer oaths, take testimony, and report cases of contempt to the Courts for their action, and enforce their decisions and correct abuses through the medium of the Courts, and perforin such other duties as may be prescribed by law; to report to the Governor, annually, their proceedings, and such other facts as may be deemed important. Nothing in this section shall pre-I vent individuals from maintaining actions against any of such companies. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to confer all such further powers on the Board of Railroad Commissioners as shall be necessary to enable them to perform the duties enjoined on them in this and the foregoing sections."

Again, some of the friends of these measures say that the Commissioners will be in the hands of the railroad companies when they are elected, and in the same argument they say you can trust the Legislature elected by the same people and subject to the same influences. We have no faith in the Legislature. I could not understand my friend from Santa Clara, Mr. Laine, distinctly, a few moments since, but my understanding of his speech, as far as I could hear, was that this matter should be left to the Legislature, because, he says, you can trust the sovereign people-they are always right, but it would be utter folly to trust the Commissioners, who are elected by the same sovereign power. cannot for the life of me comprehend his logic.

Again, Mr. Chairman, some of the friends of this side of the question say that you cannot trust the Commissioners without having some power behind them to regulate them. Don't you trust the Executive of the State? Don't you trust the judicial officers all over the State, elected by the people, and is there any power behind them except the power of responsibility to the people for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon them, and except the other power-the right of trial and conviction by the Legislature, and expulsion from office in case of a failure to perform these duties correctly? For one, sir, I do not think this line of argument is good. I do believe if you can trust the people to elect members of the Legislature, who, our friends say, should control this subject, you can trust the people to elect Commissioners to perform like duties, more especially so, as these Commissioners will have no other duty to perform, and there will be ample time for them to obtain a complete knowledge of the subject, and to become thoroughly familiar with the duties they will have to perform. I wish to say to our friends on this floor that I have never known an instance, and I do not believe any gentleman can point to an instance, where the Legislature, however honest and well meaning, have or could have regulated this matter of freights and fares. It is not a question of honesty, it is a question of ability. I know it has been claimed by one or two members claim any such thing. I never have asserted or thought it. But we do say, and challenge contradiction, that if you leave this great subject to the Legislature it will be an unending source of corruption. We do not want to tempt the great corporations of the country; neither do we want to place temptation in the way of the Legislature.

By the consent of the Convention, this has been substituted for the other section twenty. Now, sir, your committee met last evening, and again this morning, and after careful consideration, in the light of the discussion had here, they unanimously report that section to this Convention. I think it is the first time in the history of that committee that they voted unanimously upon any given proposition. I cannot be positive upon that point, but that is my recollection. This section seemed to unite and combine the average judgment of the committee. It prescribes the duties and powers of the Commission, and it says they shall enforce their decisions through the medium of the Courts. My friend from Marin certainly cannot object to that, because it allows them to go into the Courts of the country and defend against any unreasonable act imposed upon them by these Commissioners. Now I wish to address a few words to the committee in answer to some of the arguments presented by gentlemen on this floor. I wish to say, sir, that so far as I am concerned, and so far as the Committee on Corporations are concerned, we do not claim to be anything but instru-on this floor that the majority of Legislatures are corrupt. We do not ments in the hands of this Convention. That as far as we are concerned, we have endeavored thus far to discuss these questions with fairness, and, I hope, with candor; and I wish to say, also, that we have to thank the most of the members of this Convention who have spoken upon either side, for the calm, deliberate, and statesmanlike manner in which they have discussed this subject. I think my friend from Marin is mistaken when he says this subject has not been discussed in the temper befitting a Constitutional Convention. If we have deviated from the proper course it has been an error of the head and not of the heart. We have in no instance, as far as I am able to recollect, appealed, or attempted to appeal to the passions of any of the members of this Convention. And let me say to this Convention, that whatever we may do to-day, or hereafter, upon this subject, we cannot go as far as the Courts of the country have gone. I appeal to the decisions of the Courts all over the Union to bear me out in that assertion. It is a very grave mistake to suppose, as far as I have been able to observe, that we are taking radical ground; that we are going in advance, in taking the action which we propose here. We are only attempting to mark out a line of policy by which to treat these great questions, and in doing so we are following, or attempting to follow, as far as the matter is appli-enforce its decisions through the Courts of the country. Let us have a cable to this case, the steps taken by others elsewhere.

Now, Mr. Chairman, we find that in this Convention, as in all bodies of this character, almost every gentleman entertains a different view upon almost every question that arises. And that, sir, is right. It shows personality; it shows thoughtfulness; it shows that he has some

My friend from San Francisco, Colonel Barnes, said to-day that there was no doubt in the world but that we should regulate this matter; that the question was not even a debatable one. That the only objection he made to the report, after saying that there was not power enough, that the manner of electing the Commissioners was wrong. The gentleman from San Francisco, Mr. Wilson, says the Commission is all right, but they have too much power; that their duties should be merely to observe what is going on; I suppose he would have them stand at the outside door of the railroad offices, and there they would be told that there was no occasion for them to come in, and having no authority to go in, that is all their investigations would amount to. If we are to have Commissions at all let us have a Commission with sufficient powers to accomplish something in the interests of the people. Let us have a Commission with sufficient power to place it in a position where it can Commission with sufficient powers as will place these great corporations under the control of the people. Every one admits that they should be regulated by some power. I believe this is the best mode of regulation we can get. This Convention is expected to perform the great duty with which it has been charged fearlessly and conscientiously. I know

of no reason, sir, nor have I heard any reason given, why these corporations should not be placed in the same position in their relations with the community as toll roads, bridges, ferries, in accordance with the decisions of the highest Courts in the country. These Commissioners will perform no greater duty for the State than are performed by the Board of Supervisors of a county when they fix the rates of toll upon toll roads in the county. Why, sir, for years and years the Canal Commissioners of New York and Pennsylvania performed annually greater duties than those imposed upon these Commissioners.

Now, let me say, that so far as this committee is concerned, and as far, I believe, as the friends of railroad regulation are concerned, this section represents their best judgment. That if it does not meet the views of the gentlemen who oppose it, they ought to present something for our consideration that seems to be more effectual, for nothing less effectual will meet the wishes of the people of this State. If we attempt to regulate at all, let us regulate in such a manner as, when we shall have accomplished it, we shall have accomplished something that will do some good. The gentlemen on the other side seem to think that because we favor this style of regulation, through Commissioners, we have no confidence in any regulation which may be made by the Legislature, or by any other power in the State. I claim, Mr. Chairman, that it can be best done through a Commission, because its past experience of people who have given thought to this subject, has shown that a Commission is the only power, the only body, that can give the time and attention which are necessary to qualify them to handle the subject as it ought to be handled.

The arguments made by the gentlemen who are opposed to this report seem to be, that regulation is all right; that we ought to regulate, but there ought not to be anybody to do it. That it is all right to have Commissioners; but the Commissioners should not be endowed with any power. That it is all right to have something in the Constitution on this subject; but that something should not mean anything. That it is all right for us to express our opinions in the Convention; but those opinions should be clothed in such language as that it will have no beneficial effect upon the interests of the country. For one, I am in favor of this section just as it is. I believe it ought to be adopted, and I know and feel that if it is adopted, it will meet the average judgment of the people of this State. I know it is experimental in some respects; 1 understand that; but, sir, not so much so as it would to leave it to the Legislature of the State, which meets but once in two years, to pass bills regulating freights and fares. The Legislature would meet once in two years, pass a bill regulating freights and fares, and adjourn. They do not meet again for two years. These Commissioners are in session all the time, and it must be assumed that these Commissioners will endeavor to treat the companies and the people with the same fairness-being elected by the same people-that the Legislature would, for, when they see that any regulation or rule which they have made, is wrong, they have power, under this section, to correct it at once; while, if the Legislature makes a mistake, it would be two years before it could be corrected. Again, if it shall be found from experience, that the Commission is not what we want, an amendment to the Constitution can be made in two years. So I do not see why we cannot trust this question to the Commission. I believe it is the safest for the people, and the best for all concerned. Let those who are in favor of regulating freights and fares come to the support of this section.

THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.

MR. HUESTIS. Mr. Chairman: I most respectfully move the vious question.

MR. LARKIN. I second the call for the previous question.
MR. STEDMAN. I second it.

MR. CROSS. I second it.

MR. SWING. So do I.

Lost.

THE CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman from Alameda, Mr. McCallum.

REMARKS OF MR. MCCALLUM.

In

MR. MCCALLUM. Mr. Chairman: I wish to state, in explanation: the first three lines of section twenty, which my amendment proposes to strike out-my amendment proposes only as to the question of the election of two Commissioners for two years, while one shall be elected for four years. The mode proposed by Mr. Larue will not meet the difficulty desired to be met by this Convention. I do not think any considerable number here desire to elect any one of the Commissioners for over four years. That is long enough for any one of them. order to get at this idea of dividing them by lot, it would be necessary that one of them should hold for six years; and it was for that reason, and to avoid that difficulty, so as to prevent a division of them by lotwhich requires six years, four years, and two years. Now, Mr. President, I wish to say one word on this point. I am not satisfied to elect for four years these Commissioners--to hold the office for four years-so that, in case the railroad companies should get control of a majority of them, we will not have to wait for four years to get rid of them. I think it would be a very great mistake to elect all three of these Commissioners for four years. The idea that presented itself to my mind was this: we elect our United States Senators for six years, our Congressmen for two years, our members of the Assembly for two years, and our Senators for four years. In that case these Commissioners will not all go out of office together; some one of them will hold over.

REMARKS OF MR. HAGER.

MR. HAGER. Mr. Chairman: I believe we have been debating this proposition for about three weeks, and we have had various propositions before the Convention; we have debated them quite fully, adopted amendinents, and lopped off various objectionable things. But I understand all our work has been swept away, and that the committee having charge of this subject have brought in to-day a new proposition, which has been read over once at the desk, and now we are compelled instantly to pass on that proposition. I venture to say that not one third of the members on this floor can tell what the proposition is. I could not, and I have read it over. I would not undertake to explain it. I see it is, to some extent, substantially what we had before. But it is not, according to my notion, sufficient to meet the emergencies of the occasion. It does not, according to my notion, embody the sentiments of this Convention. It will not-and I say it with the utmost respect to the gentlemen proposing it-it will not, in my opinion, operate. It gives them power to establish freights and fares, but I cannot find where they are given any power to enforce their decrees after they have made them. If it is in there, I would like to have it pointed out. I had an amendment which I proposed to offer, but I have had no opportunity to do so. I would like to have any gentleman inform me in what single respect this is binding upon any railroad company, or any other corporation in the State of California. It gives the Commission the right to do these things, but who is to obey them. Why not insert some clause, that when these rates are established they shall be binding upon railroads. It gives them power to establish rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights, and to publish the same from time to time, with such changes as they may make; to examine the books, records, and papers of railroad and other transportation companies, and they shall have the pre-process of the Courts. Process to enforce the rates of freights and fares? Process to examine the books, records, and papers?

MR. WATERS. Mr. Chairman: Does the previous question cut off all

amendments.

THE CHAIRMAN. No, sir, it brings us to a vote on the pending amendments. The question is, Shall the main question be now put? Division being called for, the committee divided, and the main question was ordered-ayes, 97; noes, not taken.

THE CHAIRMAN. The first question is on the amendment of the gentleman from San Francisco, Mr. Wilson. Lost.

THE CHAIRMAN. The next question is on the amendment of the gentleman from Placer, Judge Hale.

Division was called for, and the amendment was adopted by a vote of 78 ayes to 50 noes.

MR. MCCALLUM. I offer an amendment to the section.
THE SECRETARY read:

MR. ESTEE. Does the gentleman want an answer? Lines eight and nine provide that they shall have power to establish rates of charges for passengers and freights. They can enforce these decrees through the medium of the Courts. They enforce everything they do in that respect

through the medium of the Courts.

MR. HAGER. They have the right to establish rates of freights and fares, examine books, records, and papers, and for this purpose they shall transportation companies; to send for persons and papers; administer have process of Court; to hear complaints against railroad and other oaths; take testimony, and report cases of contempt to the Courts for their action. Now, suppose their mandates are disobeyed, what action will the Courts take? Are they to pronounce judgment? If a man comes and refuses to take an oath, they have no power to enforce it, and report it to the Court. The Court says: fine this man five dollars, and let him go back. I don't see that there is any substantial power given to them here. Now, in my amendment, I have put in a provision that it shall be binding upon the corporations, and if they do not obey the Commissioners any party aggrieved may go into Court and see that these "Strike out the first three lines of section twenty and insert as follows: orders are enforced. That means something. I agree with the gentleman from Santa Clara, that this provision, as it stands, amounts to noth'Section 20. A First Railroad Commissioner, a Second Railroad Coming. I say it is a delusion and a snare. It is worse. It takes away missioner, and a Third Railroad Commissioner shall be elected by the from the Legislature all power over these corporations, and fails to confer qualified voters of this State at the next general election. The term of that power upon any other body. You go to the Legislature, and you office of the First Railroad Commissioner shall be four years, and his find that the power has been taken away from that body by the Constisuccessor shall be elected every four years after such first election. The tution. You go to the Commission, and you find that they have not the debating this proposition, and we should not rush it through at the last. power to remedy the evils complained of. We had better make haste slowly. I do not desire to be forced to a vote upon this matter to-night, and I therefore move that the committee rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Carried.

term of office of the Second and Third Railroad Commissioner shall be

two years, and their successors shall be elected every two years after

such first election.'"

MR. LARUE. I offer an amendment to the substitute.
THE SECRETARY read:

"Strike out the word four and insert six. in line three. And insert
after line three, 'provided, that the Commissioners elected at the first
election shall at their first meeting so classify themselves by lot that
one of them shall go out of office at the end of two years, one of them
at the end of four years, and one of them at the end of six years.'"
MR. SCHELL. Mr. Chairman: I move that the committee rise,
report progress, and ask leave to sit again.

We have been three weeks

IN CONVENTION.

THE PRESIDENT. Gentlemen: The Committee of the Whole have instructed me to report that they have had under consideration the report of the Committee on Corporations other than Municipal, have made progress, and ask leave to sit again.

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MR. MARTIN, of Santa Cruz. I rise to a question of privilege. Last night my right as a member of this Convention was infringed upon. As a member of the Committee on Education, I was unable to reach the committee rooms without special permission from some parties who appeared to have charge of one of the passage ways leading to the committee rooms. Another passage way was barricaded. On the adjournment of the committee, wishing to retire, I was stopped on the staircase by some one, and informed that I could not go that way, that I must go some other way if I wished to retire. Some parties, other than proper authorities, seemed to have control of the building. I do not wish to be captious, but I do not wish to be ordered about like a dog, when I am attending to my legitimate business as a delegate of this Convention. I offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms be requested to inform this Convention by what authority portions of this building appropriated for the use of this body are used by other parties for illegal purposes.

MR. FREUD. I second the motion.

The resolution was adopted.

MR. ESTEE. I move that the Convention resolve itself into

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

THE PRESIDENT. The gentleman will please wait one moment.
The Chair desires to present a communication from the Transportation
Commissioner, in answer to a resolution adopted by this Convention.
THE SECRETARY read:

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION,
SACRAMENTO, California, December 3, 1878.}

To the honorable the Members of the Constitutional Convention:
GENTLEMEN: In pursuance of a resolution of your honorable body, passed on the
twenty-second of November, ultimo, requesting the "Commissioner of Transporta-
tion to furnish to this Convention, at as early a date as practicable, a compilation of
all the general and special laws hitherto passed under which railroad corporations
have been formed, or franchises granted, together with an abstract of subsidies
granted, and subscriptions made to corporations by the State and the several coun-
ties thereof, provided the expenses of the printing thereof be not charged to the
funds provided for the expenses of this Convention," I herewith transmit a com-
pilation, by title only, of all the Acts relating to railroads and railroad corporations
(other than street railroads), from the year A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty down
to the year A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, with marginal indices show-
ing the year when enacted, date of passage, chapter, and page of statutes containing
them.

It was not deemed essential to the attainment of the objects of the Convention to compile more than the titles of the Acts, with an abstract of the State, county, and municipal liability incurred and outstanding.

I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

B. F. TUTTLE, Commissioner of Transportation. Following are the documents accompanying the report:

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An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies.
[Repeals Acts approved April 28, 1851, and March 22, 1852.

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approved May 15, 1854, April 10, 1855, and April 14, 1856. Supplemented by Act approved April 11, 1857. Supplemented and amended by Act approved April 26, 1858. Amended by Act approved April 26, 1858. Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.]

An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," approved April 22, 1853

[Supplemented by Act approved April 11, 1857. Supplemented and amended by Act approved April 26, 1858. Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.]

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An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," passed April 22, 1853.

[Supplemented by Act approved April 11, 1857. Supplemented and amended by Act approved April 26, 1858. Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.] An Act to extend the time of commencing the construction of certain railroads herein mentioned

An Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of the City of San Diego to convey to the President and Board of Directors of the San Diego and Gila Southern Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company, two leagues of the pueblo lands to aid in the construction thereof

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," passed April 22, 1853, and amended May 15, 1854, and amended April 10, 1855.

[Supplemented by Act approved April 11, 1857. Supplemented and amended by Act approved April 26, 1858. Amended by Act approved April 26, 1858. Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.]

An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," passed April 22, 1853, and to the several Acts ainendatory thereto

[Supplemented by Act approved April 26, 1858. Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.]

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yuba to take and subscribe $200,000 to the capital stock of a railroad company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto.. [Amended by Act approved March 21, 1862.]

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors in and for Butte County to issue the bonds of said county for an amount not to exceed $230,000, to be expended in constructing a railroad and wagon roads in said county, and to provide for the payment of said bonds__ An Act to confer upon the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company, incorporated under the laws of this State, certain rights and privileges.. [Amended by Acts approved April 21, 1860; April 23, 1861, and April 25, 1852. Modified by Act approved April 8, 1863.]

An Act supplementary and amendatory to an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," passed April 22, 1853, and to the several Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto.. [Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.]

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," passed April 22, 1853, and an Act amendatory thereof, passed April 14, 1856

[Repealed by Act approved May 20, 1861.]

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sutter to take and subscribe $50,000 to the capital stock of the "San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company," and to provide for the payment of the same and other matters relating thereto.. An Act to authorize the "San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company" to construct and maintain a railroad bridge across Feather River, and for other purposes. An Act to authorize the counties of the State of California to become stockholders in railroad companies...

[Amended by Act approved April 18, 1860.]

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Solano to take and subscribe $200,000 to the capital stock of the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto..

[Amended by Act approved January 31, 1866. Amended and supplemented by Act approved March 26, 1868.]

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo to take and subscribe $50,000 to the capital stock of the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto

An Act for the payment of the current and necessary expenses of the Pacific Railroad Convention..

An Act to authorize the County of Butte to purchase and hold $200,000 of the first mortgage bonds of the California Northern Railroad Company, and to issue the bonds of the county for the payment of the same, and for other purposes connected therewith

[Compare Acts approved April 8, 1863, and March 20, 1866, amended and supplemented by Act passed March 29, 1860.]

An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the County of Butte to purchase and hold $200,000 of the first mortgage bonds of the California Northern Railroad Company, and to issue the bonds of the county for the payment of the same, and for other purposes connected therewith.". [Amendatory and supplementary of Act approved March 14, 1860.]

An Act to amend "An Act to authorize the counties of the State of California to become stockholders in railroad companies," approved April 16, 1859.

An Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to confer upon the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company, incorporated under the laws of this State, certain rights and privileges," approved April 24, 1858.

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo to subscribe to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company. An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to subscribe to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company

An Act to authorize the Town of Auburn to take and subscribe $50,000 to the capital stock of the Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same.

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara to subscribe to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company--An Act to provide for the construction of a railroad from a point on Petaluma Creek into the City of Petaluma, and for the right of way for the same.. [Amended by Act approved May 17, 1861.]

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An Act to enable the County of Placer to subscribe for stock to the Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad Company, to the Eastern Extension Railroad Company, and to assist in constructing certain wagon roads therein mentioned. An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara to take and subscribe $200,000 to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto.

[Amended by Act approved May 6, 1862.]

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo to take and subscribe $100,000 to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto..

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to take and subscribe $300,000 to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto.

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to confer upon the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company, incorporated under the laws of this State, certain rights and privileges," approved April 24, 1858.

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An Act granting to Wm. Fitzpatrick and his associates, the right to construct a railroad in Contra Costa County -

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An Act supplementary to an Act granting to Wm. Fitzpatrick and his associates, the
right to construct a railroad in Contra Costa County, approved April 29, 1861
An Act granting the right of way over certain lands in this State in the Counties of
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An Act to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Los Angeles to take and subscribe $50,000 to the capital stock of a railroad in the County of Los Angeles, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto...

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to take ¦ and subscribe $100,000 for the construction of a railroad in said county, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto.. An Act amendatory of "An Act to provide for the construction of a railroad from a point on Petaluma Creek into the City of Petaluma, and for a right of way for the same.".

[This Act amends Acts approved April 25, 1860.]

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An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto..

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[Repeals Act approved April 22, 1853, and all Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto. Amended by Acts approved May 6, 1862, May 14, 1862, April 27, 1863, March 20, 1866, March 30, 1868, and April 1, 1870.]

An Act granting to certain persons the right to construct and maintain a railroad through certain streets in the City of Oakland..

An Act amendatory of an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yuba to take and subscribe $200,000 to the capital stock of a railroad company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto, approved April 28, 1857.

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An Act to authorize the construction of a wharf at a point designated upon the south bank of the San Joaquin River...

April 8, 1862.

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An Act to authorize the County of Placer to loan its credit to the Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad Company, to the amount of $100,000 [Amended by Act approved May 14, 1862.]

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An Act in relation to liens of mechanics and others..

April 8, 1862. April 26, 1862

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An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to confer upon the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company, incorporated under the laws of this State, certain rights and privileges," passed April 24, 1858

An Act to authorize the Board of Managers of the Industrial School Department of the City and County of San Francisco to grant and convey to the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company the right of way for the construction of said road on and through the land belonging to the said Industrial School Department.. An Act to extend the time for the completion of the California Northern Railroad Company's road.......

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara to take and subscribe $200,000 to the capital stock of the San Francisco and San José Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto," approved April 9, 1861

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto," approved May 20, 1861.

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yuba to issue bonds of said county to the California Central Railroad Company, to the amount of $100,000.

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto," approved May 20, 1861...

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the County of Placer to loan its credit to the Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad Company, to the amount of $100,000," approved April 8, 1862

An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Joaquin to take and subscribe $250,000 to the capital stock of the Western Pacific Railroad Company, and to provide for the payment of the same, and other matters relating thereto

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