THE

STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA,

PASSED AT THE

NINTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.

1858.

BEGUN ON MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, AND ENDED ON MONDAY,
THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF APRIL.

SACRAMENTO:

JOHN O'MEARA, STATE PRINTER.

1858.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA.

1.-An Act to appropriate money for Postage and Express purposes during the

present session of the Legislature...approved January 11, 1858.............................

2.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the erection of a Jail in

the County of Tuolumne, approved April eighteenth, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-six...approved January 18, 1858.......

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3.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to fix

the times for holding the Terms of the District Courts throughout this State,

passed May eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three...approved

January 19, 1858......

4.-An Act to change the Name of James Defenbaugh to James D. Austin...approved

January 27, 1858..

5.-An Act to change the Name of Maria Rebecca Spear to Maria Rebecca Morrill...

approved January 28, 1858 ....

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6.-An Act concerning Evidence in Certain Cases...approved January 28, 1858.......

7.-An Act to authorize the issuance of Duplicates for certain lost War Bonds...ap-
proved January 29, 1858.......

8.-An Act to confirm and legalize the Tax List or Assessment Roll of the City and

County of San Francisco, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June,

in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and to provide for the collection

of delinquent taxes thereon...approved January 30, 1858.......

9.—An Act to incorporate the Town of Union...approved February 2, 1858............

10.-An Act to confirm and legalize the Tax List or Assessment Roll of the County

of Marin, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, A. D. eighteen

hundred and fifty-eight, and to provide for the collection of delinquent taxes

thereon...approved February 1, 1858....

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11.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Napa County to levy a Tax for

special purposes...approved February 1, 1858......

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12.-An Act to change the Name of Elmer A. Clapp to Elmer A. Bennett....approved

February 1, 1858.........

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13.-An Act to regulate the Fees of certain County Officers of Contra Costa County...

approved February 1, 1858...

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14.-An Act to change the Name of William Willson Smith to William Willson

Lawton...approved February 1, 1858.............

15.-An Act to legalize certain Records in the County of Tulare...approved February

2, 1858.....

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16.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Guardian of Minna C.

Buchanan to sell and dispose of her real estate and chattels real, approved

March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six...approved Feb-

ruary 3, 1858......

17.-An Act to extend the provisions of an Act entitled an Act concerning Hogs

found running at large in the counties of Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco,

Alameda, Stanislaus, Yuba, and Santa Clara, approved April twenty-first, one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six...approved February 9, 1858.........................................

18.-An Act to locate the County Seat of San Mateo County...approved February

9, 1858...............

19. An Act to reduce the Salary of the County Judge of Klamath County...approved

February 10, 1858.........

20.-An Act to fix the Compensation of the County Assessor of Alameda County...

approved February 10, 1858 ....

21.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate Fees in office in certain

Counties, passed April twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-

seven...approved February 10, 1858......

22.-An Act to separate the offices of County Recorder, County Auditor, Clerk of the

Board of Supervisors, and Clerk of the Board of Equalization, from the office

of County Clerk, in the County of Placer...approved February 11, 1858........

23.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create the County of Del Norte, to

define its boundaries, and to provide for its organization, passed March second,

one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight...approved February 11, 1858......

24.-An Act to amend the first section of an Act entitled an Act empowering the

Governor to appoint Commissioners of Deeds, and defining the duties of such

officers, passed March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty...ap-

proved February 11, 1858 ......

25.-An Act to amend the sixth section of an Act entitled an Act defining the Rights

of Husband and Wife, passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty...

approved February 11, 1858.........

26.-An Act for the release of John B. Cecil, Sheriff of Klamath County...approved

February 11, 1858..........

27.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County to levy a

Special Tax for building purposes...approved February 11, 1858.........

28.-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to author-

ize the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County to levy a Special Tax for

certain purposes, and to provide for the collection of the same, approved

April eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven...approved Feb-

ruary 11, 1858.....

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29.—An Act to audit the Claim of B. F. Hastings...approved February 12, 1858........

30.-An Act for the relief of B. F. Hastings...approved February 12, 1858...........

31.-An Act for the relief of John M. Murphy and Jacob L. Miller, for the apprehen-

sion of Pancho Daniels and Leonardo Lopez, charged with the murder of the

Sheriff of Los Angeles County, and others...approved February 13, 1858......

32.-An Act to change the Name of Michael Nicholas Diffendaffer to Addison Diffen-

daffer Martin... Became a Law by operation of the Constitution, February

15, 1858...............

33.-An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to author-

ize the issuance of Duplicates for certain lost War Bonds, passed January

twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight...approved February

16, 1858.........

34.-An Act to audit the Claim of H. W. Larkin...approved February 19, 1858.........

35.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County to levy an

Additional Tax for county expenditures...approved February 22, 1858...........

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36.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to Fund the Debt of the County of Sis-

kiyou, approved April twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-

seven...approved February 22, 1858

37.-An Act to legalize and confirm the Assessment Roll, the publication of the same,

and to extend the time for the collection of Revenue in the County of

Sonoma...approved February 23, 1858............

38.-An Act concerning the Official Bonds of Public Administrator and Coroner in

the County of Yolo...approved February 25, 1858.........

39.—An Act concerning the office of County Clerk of Placer County-approved Feb-

ruary 25, 1858....

40.-An Act amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Super-

visors of Nevada County to levy a Special Tax for county purposes, approved

April twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven...approved

February 27, 1858.....

41.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide Revenue for the Support of

the Government of this State, approved April twenty-ninth, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-seven...approved February 27, 1858.....

42.—An Act to appropriate money for Advertising...approved February 27, 1858..............

43. To provide for the temporary government of the State Prison, and to appropriate

money therefor...approved February 26, 1858........

44.-An Act making appropriation for the Salary of Draughtsman in the Surveyor

General's Office, from the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hun-

dred and fifty-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, A. D. one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-eight, inclusive...approved March 1, 1858..........

45.-An Act to audit the Claim of William Ford... Became a Law by operation of the

Constitution, March 3, 1858.........................

46.-An Act to authorize James G. Denniston to construct a Wharf at Half Moon

Bay, in San Mateo County...Became a Law by operation of the Constitution,

March 3, 1858..........

47.-An Act relative to the Board of Supervisors of Yolo County...approved March

3, 1858..........

48.—An Act to authorize Peter Davidson to convey certain Real Estate...approved

March 3, 1858.......

49.-An Act to extend the provisions of an Act entitled an Act to organize the

County of Buena Vista, approved April thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred

and fifty-five...approved March 3, 1858.........

50.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create the County of Del Norte, to

define its Boundaries and provide for its Organization, approved March second,

one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven...approved March 3, 1858........

51.-An Act authorizing the State Treasurer to endorse certain Warrants...approved

March 3, 1858......

52.-An Act supplementary to and explanatory of an Act to appropriate money for

Advertising, approved February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred

and fifty-eight...approved March 3, 1858.........

53.-An Act to extend the time of collecting Taxes in the County of San Bernardino...

approved March 3, 1858.....

54.-An Act to authorize the Executor and Administrator of the estate of John Ellug,
deceased, to sell real estate of said deceased at public or private sale...ap-
proved March 3, 1858..............

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55.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate Fees of Office, approved

April tenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five... Became a Law by ope-

ration of the Constitution, March 5, 1858

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56.—An Act concerning Lawful Fences in the County of Contra Costa... Became a

Law by operation of the Constitution, March 5, 1858........

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