CHAP. CCXXIX.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning the Eighth, Ninth, and Fifteenth Judicial Districts of this State, and the Judges thereof," approved March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and an Act amendatory thereto, approved March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. [Approved April 14, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of an Act entitled "An Act concerning the Eighth, Ninth, and Fifteenth Judicial Districts of this State and the Judges thereof," approved March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and an Act amendatory thereto, approved March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section five-The Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District 15th District. shall hold, in each of the Counties of said District, three terms of his Court in each year, commencing as follows: In the County of Colusa, on the second Monday of January, the first Monday Colusa. of May, and the first Monday of September; in the County of Tehama, on the first Monday of February, the first Monday of Tehama. June, and the first Monday in October; in the County of Butte, Butte. on the first Monday of March, the first Monday of July, and the first Monday of November. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. Take effect. CHAP. CCXXX.-An Act for the Establishment and Erection of a [Approved April 14, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ers. SECTION 1. The Governor of the State is hereby authorized Commissionand empowered to appoint a Board of three Commissioners, who shall have power to select and obtain, by gift, or by location upon lands belonging to this State, a lot of land suitable for the site of a State Reform School, for the employment of juvenile offenders; and in case such suitable site shall be obtained, said Commissioners shall further be directed to procure plans, specifications, and estimates; also, to receive proposals for the erection of the buildings necessary and proper for such an institution-the whole to be done under the general direction and supervision of the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney-General, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, to whom reports shall be made by said Commissioners, from time to time, as may be required. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to prepare and mature a system for the government of said School, and to ascertain what laws would be necessary and proper to put the same into successful operation, and to report the result to the Governor, in time to be communicated to the Legislaturę at the commencement of the next session. The said Commissioners shall present all their accounts to the Board of Examiners, to be by them audited and allowed, as they may deem just. SEC. 3. The sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses incurred in the execution of the objects of said Commission, and the Controller is hereby authorized and required, upon receiving a written order, signed by the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney-General, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or any three of them, to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer, from time to time, as required, for any sums of money necessary, not exceeding, in all, the amount above appropriated. SEC. 4. The Commissioners, created by this Act, shall not contract any debt or liability against the State. Election. Present CHAP. CCXXXI.-An Act fixing the Time at which the County Officers of Amador County shall be Elected. [Approved April 14, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. At the general election, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, at the general election every two years thereafter, there shall be chosen, by the qualified electors of the County of Amador, one Sheriff, one County Clerk, one Assessor, one Treasurer, one District-Attorney, one Superintendent of Common Schools, one Public Administrator, one Surveyor, and one Coroner, who shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election. SEC. 2. The present County officers, mentioned in section first of this Act, who were elected at the last general election, shall hold their respective offices until the first Monday in January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and all laws, or parts of laws, conflicting with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. CHAP. CCXXXII.-An Act appropriating Money for the Payment of Certain Claims. [Approved April 14, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: To Edward Potter, for arresting the murderers of Frank Lane. Lane, in the month of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, one thousand dollars. Hickman. To Gray & Hickman, for balance due for blankets furnished Gray & the Insane Asylum, in the month of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. To M. G. King, for services as Draughtsman in State Land King. Office, in the months of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, four hundred dollars. To Wilson Halsey, for services as Draughtsman in State Land Halsøy. Office, in the months of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, four hundred dollars. To N. A. H. Ball, for services as Clerk to Select Committee of Ball. the Assembly, for investigating the books, accounts, etc., in suits of The People, etc., vs. The Pacific Express Company and Henry Bates, in one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, five hundred dollars. To C. W. Robinson, for conveying insane convict to the State Robinson. Insane Asylum, in the month of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, fifty dollars. To Dr. A. W. Taliaferro, for conveying two insane convicts to Taliaferro. the Insane Asylum in the month of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, sixty-five dollars. To C. T. Meader & Co., for groceries purchased for Insane Asy- Meader. lum in the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred and eight dollars and nine cents. CHAP. CCXXIII.-An Act to appropriate Money to pay Francis [Approved April 14, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Controller of State is hereby authorized and $2500. required to draw his warrant on the General Fund, for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, in favor of Francis Crussell, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to pay the same. Land granted. Conditions. Aqueducts. Description of grant. CHAP. CCXXXIV.-An Act to encourage the supply of Fresh [Approved April 15, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and · SECTION 1. All the right, title, and interest, of the State of California, which the State now has, or which she may hereafter acquire, in and to the land hereinafter described in the third section of this Act, is hereby ceded, granted, and conveyed, to Oliver M. Wozencraft, and his associates, upon the following terms and conditions, which are hereby understood and declared to be conditions precedent to the vesting of any right or title under this Act-that is to say: The said Oliver M. Wozencraft and his associates, shall, within the term of three years from the passage of an Act by the United States, ceding said lands to this State, introduce and furnish a permanent supply of wholesome fresh water along the line of travel between the San Gorgona Pass and Fort Yuma, and between Cariso Creek and Fort Yuma, so that there shall be a constant and permanent supply, at all needful and convenient stages and points on the two routes above named; Provided, however, that if the United States shall not, within three years from the passage of this Act, cede said land to this State, then this Act shall be null and void. SEC. 2. Such supplies of water shall be produced by constructing aqueducts, dykes, dams, flumes, ditches, or cauals, to cause the water to flow to said points from the Colorado River; and such needful works are hereby authorized for the purposes aforesaid; and the amount of water furnished shall be sufficient for the purposes of travel and emigration over said routes, and may be used for the purposes of irrigation. The aqueducts, dykes, dams, flumes, ditches, or canals, shall be of a permanent and lasting character and quality; Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize any person or persons to appropriate the water of the Colorado River in sufficient quantity to obstruct or interfere with the navigation of said river, as it at present exists. SEC. 3. The land herein conveyed is bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the initial point of the San Bernardino base-line, as established by the general survey of the State of California, by the authority of the United States Government, and running east, on said line, to the Colorado River; thence down said river, along the boundary of the State-line, to its junction with the southern boundary of this State; thence west, along said southern boundary, to the eastern base of the main range of mountains; thence northerly, along the base of said range of mountains, to the place of beginning: excepting and reserving, from the tract above described, the part or portion thereof which the United States may, at any time, reserve for the use of the military post at Fort Yuma, or at any other point; Provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to interfere with any person or persons holding possessory claim or claims under the laws of this State, or holding pre-emption claim or claims under the laws of the United States. Commission ers. SEC. 4. At the expiration of three years from the passage of Board of said Act by the Government of the United States, or sooner, if the said work shall be sooner completed, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a competent Civil Engineer, on behalf of the State, and the Board of Supervisors of the Counties of San Diego and San Bernardino shall each appoint another Civil Engineer, which three, so appointed, shall compose a Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to inspect and examine the work when complete, to see if the same is, or is not, completed, in all respects, according to the terms and conditions of this Act; and their report shall be made to the Governor within three calendar months from the expiration of the three years aforesaid, and the said report shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and be open to public inspection ; and when so made, the same shall be final and conclusive as to the point whether or not the said grantees have fulfilled all the terms and conditions required by this Act. SEC. 5. Said Commissioners, before entering upon or perform- sworn. ing any of the duties herein prescribed, shall be severally sworn, before some officer competent to administer oaths, that they will well and faithfully perform the duties herein specified, to the best of their knowledge, judgment, and ability, and also, that they have no personal interest in the matter, except as citizens of this State, which oath shall be indorsed upon, or attached to, their commission, and said commission and oath shall be attached to, and accompany, their report made to the Governor. SEC. 6. The Board of Supervisors in said Counties, respect- Appointm'nt ively, shall appoint said Commissioners, by an order, ordinance, or resolution, to that effect, spread upon the records of their proceedings, naming the Commissioner; and a copy of the same, duly certified by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, or other custodian of said records, and delivered to such Commissioner, shall be his authority, under this Act, after being sworn, and the oath indorsed, as aforesaid. The concurrent report of any two of said Commissioners shall be sufficient. SEC. 7. Upon the filing of said report by said Commissioners, Ceding title. within the time, and in the manner, prescribed herein, showing that all the terms and conditions of this Act, required of the grantees, have been well and faithfully complied with, and ful filled, the said Act of Congress, ceding said lands to this State, having been passed, then, and not till then, this Act shall become, and be taken and considered to be, a grant, absolute, of all the right, title, and interest of the State, in and to the land above de |
