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Special tax.

CHAP. CXXXIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the Payment of the Debt of Humboldt County that existed upon the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

[Approved March 24, 1859.]

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

SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby so amended as to read as follows:

Section one-The Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County are hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to the ordinary taxes for general County purposes, annually to levy and collect a tax of not less than ten nor more than twenty cents on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property in said County, until all the outstanding Auditor's warrants of said County, dated prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, shall be fully paid, both principal and interest, to be assessed, levied, and collected at the same time and manner, and by the same officers, as the ordinary revenue of the County. Said special tax shall be called the Funding Tax of Humboldt County, and shall be collected and paid into the County treasury in legal currency of the United States. The Fund to be derived from said Funding Tax shall not be loaned, in whole or in part, to any other Fund, nor shall any part thereof be paid out except as hereinafter provided.

Duplicate issued.

CHAP. CXXXIV.-An Act to authorize the State Treasurer to issue to George Campbell Duplicate School-Land Warrants, in lieu of a certain other Warrant given up to be canceled.

[Approved March 24, 1859.]

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

SECTION 1. The Treasurer of State is hereby authorized and required to issue and deliver a school-land warrant, for three hundred and twenty acres, to George Campbell, of Sonoma County, to be numbered "sixty-eight," bearing date the eleventh day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and the word "duplicate" written across the same.

SEC. 2. The said duplicate land warrant shall be of the same Original to be canceled. force and effect, and the location under the same shall be of the same validity, as the original land warrant and the location thereof could be; Provided, the same had been legally transferred and assigned to George Campbell, the present holder and owner

thereof; and said duplicate shall have the same effect, and take the place of, and shall, in all particulars, have the same validity, as would the said original warrant if issued to said George Campbell; Provided, the said George Campbell shall first cause the origiinal warrant, number sixty-eight, to be given up to the Treasurer of State, to be then filed and canceled, together with all the vouchers, showing ownership of said warrant in said George Campbell.

CHAP. CXXXV.-An Act amendatory of, and supplementary to, "An Act to repeal the several Charters of the City of San Francisco, to establish the Boundaries of the City and County of San Francisco, and to consolidate the Government thereof," approved April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, of and to which there is a certain Act amendatory and supplementary, approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of and to which there is a certain other Act amendatory and supplementary, approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

[Became a Law by operation of the Constitution, March 24, 1859.]

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

SECTION 1. The twenty-sixth section of an Act entitled "An Act to repeal the several charters of the City of San Francisco, to establish the boundaries of the City and County of San Francisco, and to consolidate the Government thereof," approved April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section twenty-six-Neither the Chief of Police, Captains, or Police any Officer of Police, shall follow any other profession or call officers. ing, become bail for any person charged with any offence whatever, receive any present or reward for official services rendered, or to be rendered, unless with the knowledge and approbation of a majority of the Police Commissioners, to wit, the Police Judge, President of the Board of Supervisors, and Chief of Police, of the City and County of San Francisco-such approbation to be given in writing; nor be allowed pay for any period during which they shall absent themselves from public duty, unless such absence necessarily result from indisposition or disability occasioned by injuries suffered while in the discharge of official duty. Police Officers in subjection to the orders of the respective Captains, and all under the general direction of the Chief of Police, shall be prompt and vigilant in the detection of crime, the arrest of public offenders, the suppression of all riots, frays, duels, and disturbances of the public peace, the execution of process from the Police Judge's Court in causing the abatement of public nuisances, the removal of unlawful obstructions from the public

streets, and the enforcement of the laws and regulations of Police.

[This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, (Sundays excepted,) and the Senate and Assembly being in session, it has become a law this twenty-fourth day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

FERRIS FORMAN, Secretary of State.]

Office hours.

CHAP. CXXXVI.—An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning the office of Secretary of State, passed May fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

[Approved March 26, 1859.]

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

SECTION 1. Section third of the Act concerning the office of Secretary of State is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section three-The Secretary of State shall keep his office at such place as the other State officers are required by law to reside, and keep the same open in person, or by his Deputy, on all days on which business is usually done, from the hour of ten in the forenoon, until two o'clock in the afternoon.

Special tax.

CHAP. CXXXVII.-An Act levying the Taxes for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine in the County of Sierra, for County purposes.

[Approved March 26, 1859.]

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

SECTION 1. A tax for County purposes in the County of Sierra, is hereby levied for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in said County of Sierra, as follows: a tax of fifty cents, to be paid into the General Fund; twenty-five cents, to be paid into the Hospital Fund; twenty-five cents, to be paid into the Interest Fund; ten cents, to be paid into the School Fund; five cents, to be paid into the Road Fund; and twenty-five cents, to be paid into the Jail Fund of said County; and said tax shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner as now provided by law for the collection of State taxes.

CHAP. CXXXVIII.-An Act to grant the right to construct a Bridge across the Upper Sacramento River, at the Town of Red Bluff, to certain parties therein named.

[Approved March 26, 1859.]

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

Company

SECTION 1. Joseph Combs and J. G. Doll, together with such Bridge associates as they may admit, shall take, have, possess, and en- incorporated joy all the rights, privileges, rights of way, franchises, and immunities, hereinafter mentioned, upon condition that they and their associates shall incorporate themselves under the general laws of the State regulating corporations, and providing for the incorporation of bridge companies, and shall adopt the name of Red Bluff Bridge Company, and shall abide by and fulfill the further conditions hereinafter mentioned.

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SEC. 2. Said company, when incorporated as aforesaid, shall Power to have full power to build, erect, construct, and maintain a public toll-bridge. toll-bridge across the Upper Sacramento River, at or near the foot of Pine Street, in the Town of Red Bluff, County of Tehama, to or near a point on the east bank of said River, opposite the foot of Pine Street, in the said Town of Red Bluff, and have and enjoy all rights, privileges, and immunities, thereunto appertaining, and shall have the right of way across said River, and the privilege of using the same for that purpose, which is hereby granted and ceded to said Company for the term of twenty years; Provided, within one year from the date of the passage of this Act, the said Company shall commence the construction of said bridge, and within two years shall build and fully complete the same-otherwise, the right to construct the same shall be forfeited, and this Act become null and void. Said Company shall, at all times after its completion, keep said bridge in passable order and condition, and shall be responsible for any damage arising to persons or property crossing said bridge, caused by neglect to keep said bridge in proper repair and condition. After the expiration of ten years from the completion of said bridge, the County of Tehama shall have the right to purchase the said bridge, together with the franchise and right of way, at an appraised value, to be determined by five appraisers, two to be selected by the Bridge Company, two by the County of Tehama, and one to be selected by the four appraisers herein before provided for, and such value shall be estimated to be the value of the bridge, not including the franchise or right of way; And provided, further, that if the said bridge be purchased by the County of Tehama, then the right to levy and collect tolls shall

cease.

SEC. 3. The said bridge shall be constructed on the best and Draw-bridge. most approved plan, in a substantial manner, and of the most durable materials, and shall have a draw or opening of sufficient dimensions, so as to admit the passage of the largest class

Collect tolls.

Regulations.

Scale of prices.

steamers plying in or apon the Upper Sacramento River, to any point of travel above the Town of Red Bluff; and the said Company shall at all times keep said draw or opening in good working condition, so that the free navigation of said river shall not be interfered with thereby, or by reason thereof, and said Company shall keep said draw open at any and all times required for the purpose of navigation of the river, and any damages that shall accrue by reason of any inattention to the duties, as prescribed, shall be at the cost of said bridge-owners, to be recovered by an action in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 4. The said Bridge Company, upon the erection and completion of said bridge, shall be authorized and empowered to charge and collect such rates of toll as the Board of Supervisors of Tehama County may fix, annually; Provided, that the Legislature may, at all times, modify or change the rates so fixed by said Board of Supervisors, and may authorize the erection of other bridges across said river, at any point where the public convenience may require.

SEC. 5. Said Company may regulate and determine the speed of travel, riding, or driving, upon said bridge, and may require the speed not to be faster than a walk, and for each violation may recover judgment before any competent Court for any damages by said Company sustained by such travel, riding, or driving, exceeding the speed authorized by the Company.

SEC. 6. Said Company shall keep, in some conspicuous place at each end of the bridge, a bulletin-board, which shall contain the scale of prices, and notice of speed allowed on said bridge; Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to in any way prevent the Board of Supervisors of Tehama County from granting license to the present owner of the ferry at the Town of Red Bluff, or any other ferry that the said Board may deem necessary for the convenience of the public.

Corcoran.

Luchsinger and Hubbard

Van Allen.

CHAP. CXXXIX.-An Act to Audit Certain Claims.

[Approved March 26, 1859.]

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

SEC. 1. The claim of F. E. Corcoran, for services rendered as Superintendent and Architect of the new wing of the Insane Asylum in the months of August, September, October, November, and December, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, the sum of one thousand dollars, is hereby audited and allowed.

And the claim of Luchsinger and Hubbard, for furniture, mattresses, etc., supplied Insane Asylum in the months of October, and November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, the sum of two hundred and seven dollars and seventy-five cents, is hereby audited and allowed.

And the claim of L. C. Van Allen, for books, stationery, etc.,

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