year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and for property destroyed by the Indians in said County since that year; Provided, the same do not exceed the sum of ten thousand dol lars. Also, for services rendered, and supplies and animals furnished, Napa and the expedition against the Indians in the Counties of Napa and Yolo. Yolo, in the years one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one; Provided, the same do not exceed the sum of eleven thousand dollars. Also, for services rendered, and supplies furnished, in the ex- El Dorado. pedition against the Indians in the County of El Dorado, since the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty; Provided, the same do not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. Also, for services rendered, and supplies furnished, in the expe- Trinity. ditions against the Indians in the County of Trinity, since the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and for property destroyed, and losses sustained, by Indian depredations in said County since that year; Provided, the same do not exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars. Board. A. J. F. Phelan is hereby appointed Clerk of said Board of Clerk of Examiners, whose salary shall be seventy-five dollars per month. SEC. 3. Section one of an Act entitled "An Act amendatory' Repealing of an Act entitled an Act authorizing the Treasurer of State to clause. issue bonds for the payment of expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities in certain Counties in this State, approved April twenty-fifth, one thousand eight, hundred and fiftyseven, approved March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight," is hereby repealed. CHAP. CLXIX.-An Act authorizing Solon S. Simonds to construct a Canal in Santa Clara County. [Approved April 7, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and canal. SECTION 1. Solon S. Simonds, and such others as he may Authorized choose to associate with him, are hereby authorized to construct to construct a canal in the Town of Alviso, in Santa Clara County. Said canal to commence at the head of Steamboat Slough, and extend thence in a direct line, as near as may be, to the nearest point on the Guadalupe river, and intersect the same. Said canal may be of the length of one hundred and fifty yards, more or less, and may be of the width of ten feet. SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to grant Rights. to said Simonds, or his associates, any exclusive rights or privi leges pertaining to the navigation of the waters of said slough, nor to grant any right, title, or interest, in the lands adjacent to said canal. SEC. 3. Said Simonds shall be held liable for all damages Liability. sustained by reason of the construction of said canal. Authorized to sell real estate. CHAP. CLXX.-An Act authorizing the Guardian or Guardians of of certain Minors, to sell and dispose of their Real Estate, and Chattels Real. [Approved April 8, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The guardian of Memecio Berreyessa, a minorand the guardian or guardians of the minor heirs of Francisco Berreyessa, deceased-of Ignacio Berreyessa, deceased-of Encarnacion Berreyessa, deceased-and of Lorenzo Pinedo, deceased -are hereby authorized and empowered, and any guardian or guardians of said minors, appointed by the Probate Judge of the proper County, shall be authorized and empowered, to sell at pri vate sale, and to transfer, release, quit-claim, grant, and convey, any and all interest which the said minors respectively may have, in and to any lands, tenements, and hereditaments, within the State of California, or any part or parcel thereof; Provided, that said guardian or guardians shall, before making such sale, or sales, enter into such bond as may be required by the Probate Court of the proper County, conditioned that he will faithfully account for the proceeds of such sale, or sales, which said bond shall be in an amount equal to double the appraised value of the estate sought to be sold, with two or more sureties, who shall justify, as in all cases of bonds under the Civil Practice Act of this State; And provided, further, that any and all sales made under the provisions of this Act, shall be approved by the Probate Judge of the proper County, and his approval shall be entered in writing on the deed; Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorize the sale, except in regular course of administration, of the interests of any of the aforesaid minors, of, in, and to those lands, whereupon the mine of New Almaden, in the County of Santa Clara, is, or is supposed to be situated, or of any of the rights of said minors in the said mine, or their rights of action against any person or persons, company, or companies, for, or on account of the working of said mine. CHAP. CLXXI.-An Act to extend "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 April 8, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. An Act concerning hogs found running at large in the Counties of Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco, Alameda, Act Stanislaus, Yuba, and Santa Clara, approved April twenty-first, extended. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, is hereby extended to, and made applicable to, the Counties of Trinity, Sonoma, Monterey, and Solano. CHAP. CLXXII.-An Act supplementary to, and amendatory of, an [Approved April 8, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of the Act to which this Act is supplementary and amendatory, is hereby altered and amended so as to read as follows: Section two-There shall be an election held for County Election. officers, and the location of the Seat of Justice of Mendocino County, on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, at which election the qualified voters of said County shall choose one County Judge, one District-Attorney, one County Clerk who shall be ex officio County Recorder and Auditor, one Sheriff, one County Surveyor, one County Assessor, one Coroner, one County Treasurer, and three Supervisors; also, one County Superintendent of Common Schools. CHAP. CLXXIII.—An Act to change the Time of holding the Terms of the District Court, Courts of Sessions, County Courts, and Probate Courts, within the Second Judicial District. [Approved April 8, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Court. SECTION 1. The terms of the District Court, within and for District the Second Judicial District, shall hereafter commence as follows: In the County of Santa Barbara, on the first Monday of March, June, September, and December; in the County of San Luis Obispo, on the second Monday of January, April, July, and October, in each year. Sessions. SEC. 2. The terms of the Courts of Sessions, within and for Court of the Counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, shall hereafter commence as follows: In the County of Santa Barbara, on the second Monday of February, May, August, and November; in the County of San Luis Obispo, on the fourth Monday of County Probate Court. Repealing clause. Take effect. March, June, September, and December, in each year; Provided, that special terms of the Courts embraced in this section may also be held whenever, in the opinion of the County Judge, the public interest may require the same. SEC. 3. The terms of the County Courts, in and for the Counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, shall hereafter commence as follows: In the County of Santa Barbara, on the first Monday of February, May, August, and November; in the County of San Luis Obispo, on the third Monday of March, June, September, and December, in each year. SEC. 4. The terms of the Probate Courts, in and for the County of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, shall hereafter commence as follows, to wit, on the third Wednesday of each month in the year. SEC. 5. An Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to fix the time for holding the terms of the District Courts throughout this State, passed May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and to repeal an Act to fix the time for holding the terms of the District Court of the Second Judicial District, approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, and an Act entitled an Act to change the time of holding the Courts of Sessions, County Courts, and Probate Courts, of the Counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect from and after the first day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Authorized to sell real estate. Report. onveyance. CHAP. CLXXIV.-An Act to authorize H. W. Bragg, Guardian of the minor Heirs of David Martin and Anne Martin, deceased, to sell Real Estate of said minor Heirs at public or private sale. [Approved April 8, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. H. W. Bragg, guardian of the minor heirs of David Martin and Anne Martin, deceased, is hereby authorized to sell the real estate of said minor heirs, on such terms and in such manner, at public or private sale, as may be most advantageous to said estate. SEC. 2. The said guardian shall make a full report, of any and all such sales as shall be made by him, to the Probate Court of the County of Sacramento; and the Judge of said Court shall examine the same, and confirm or set aside the said sale, or sales, as in other cases of sales of real estate by executors and administrators. SEC. 3. After the approval of the sale, or sales, by the Probate Court, said guardian shall make to the purchasers a conveyance of the lands, rights, titles, or interests, sold, which conveyance shall be valid and binding. SEC. 4. Before making any sale under the power by this Act Bonds. conferred, said guardian shall execute a good and sufficient bond, in a sum double the appraised value of the real estate about to be sold, conditioned that he will faithfully account for all moneys coming to his hands from such sale, with two or more sufficient sureties, who shall justify as all sureties to bonds under the Civil Practice Act of this State are now required to justify. CHAP. CLXXV.—An Act supplementary to an Act to regulate Fees The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The fees of office, as prescribed in an Act to regulate Tehama fees of office, approved April tenth, one thousand eight hundred exempted. and fifty-five, from section fourth to section twenty-second, inclusive, for the officers named in such parts of said Act, and all provisions contained in such parts of said Act, shall apply to said officers in the County of Tehama. CHAP. CLXXVI.-An Act Supplemental to an Act entitled an Act to provide Revenue for the Support of the Government, passed April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. [Approved April 8, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Santa Cruz. Cruz is hereby authorized, and it shall be at their discretion, to direct and cause the Tax-Collector of said County to make publication of the delinquent tax-list of the said County, by posting a written or printed copy of the same in at least three conspicuous places in each township of said County, or by publishing the said delinquent tax-list in a newspaper of said County, should there be one published therein; Provided, that such publication shall be made in all other respects as required by section fifteen of the Act of which this Act is a supplement. SEC. 2. All Acts, and parts of Acts, in conflict herewith, are Repealing hereby repealed. clause. |
