Proposals for SEC. 11. Whenever, at any time, there shall be, in said Loan redemption. Fund, a sum of money amounting to three thousand dollars, or Cancel redeemed bonds. Accounts. Oath and bond. Without upwards, the said Commissioners shall advertise, in a public newspaper published in said County, and if no newspaper is so published in the County of Sutter, then in some newspaper published in some other County nearest thereto, and also in a newspaper published in each of the Cities of Sacramento and San Francisco, for the space of two weeks, for sealed proposals for the redemption of said bonds; and ten days from the expiration of the time for such publication, the said Commissioners shall open the sealed proposals, and shall pay and liquidate, as far as the Loan Fund then in hand shall extend, such bonds, presented under said proposals, as shall have the lowest value proposed at which they may be liquidated; Provided, the same shall not be for more than the par value thereof; And provided, should there be no proposals made for less than par value, then the payment of said Loan Fund on hand shall be made on said bonds according to the number of their issue, of which the said Commissioners shall give two weeks' notice of the number of the bonds to be so paid, after which time such bonds shall cease to draw interest; And provided, whenever there may be sufficient moneys in such Loan Fund for the extinguishment of the bonds issued under this Act, it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to advertise, in like manner, for the space of four weeks, for the redemption of all the outstanding bonds issued under this Act, af ter which time said bonds shall cease to draw any interest. Any moneys remaining in said Loan Fund, after the redemption of said bonds, shall be, by the said Commissioners, paid over to the County Treasurer, to be by him paid into the General Fund of said County of Sutter. SEC. 12. Whenever any bonds shall have been paid and redeemed by the said Commissioners, they shall mark the same "canceled," over their signatures as Commissioners, and immediately deliver the same to the County Clerk, taking his receipt therefor; and the County Clerk, upon the receipt of such canceled bonds, shall file the same in his office. SEC. 13. The County Clerk shall open, with the said Commissioners, an "Interest-Tax Account,' and a "Loan-Fund Account," and shall balance and settle the same, quarterly, on the first Mondays of April, July, October, and January, of each year. SEC. 14. The said Commissioners shall, before entering upon their duties, take and subscribe an oath, for the faithful performance of their duties as such Commissioners, and shall each, in addition to his official bond, give a good and sufficient bond, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty under this Act; said bond to be approved, and subject to renewal, from time to time, by the Board of Supervisors of said County, and filed in the office of the Clerk thereof. SEC. 15. Each of said Commissioners, in office at the time of compensat❜n. the passage of this Act, and their successors, shall be required to perform the duties hereinafter required of them, as a part of their official duties, as such Chairman, Treasurer, and Auditor, without additional compensation. to cast vote. SEC. 16. The said Board of Supervisors shall have authority Committee to authorize a Committee, of any two of their number, or any other persons, to cast all votes representing the capital stock so subscribed by them; and they shall, by order made for that purpose, have full power to sell, transfer, and assign, the said capital stock, so taken by them, under the provisions of this Act, whenever, upon a submission to the qualified voters of said County, at any County or general election, of a proposition to sell the same, a majority of the votes cast thereat shall approve of such sale. SEC. 17. The Board of Supervisors shall have all the rights Dividends. and powers appertaining to any other subscriber to such capital stock, and shall receive all the dividends, rents, issues, and profits, of such share or shares, acquired by such subscription to said capital stock, and shall apply the same as follows: one-third part thereof to the School Fund of said County, and the remaining two-thirds thereof to the General Fund. SEC. 18. Neither the said Board of Supervisors, nor the County Non-liability of Sutter, nor the inhabitants thereof, shall, in any event, be lia ble for the debts of said Railroad Company, in any amount beyond the subscription made, as herein provided. SEC. 19. This Act shall be in force, and take effect, from and Take effect. after its passage. CHAP. CCXLII.-An Act supplementary to an Act to remedy the loss of a certain Certificate of the Mokelumne Hill Canal and Mining Company, approved on the second day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. [Approved April 15, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The provisions of the Act to which this is a sup- Exemption. plement, shall not apply to any suit or suits which were pending on the second day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, wherein the said Mokelumne Hill Canal Mining Company was a party. Act of Commissioners confirmed. Quorum. Repealing clause. CHAP. CCXLIII.-An Act concerning the Commissioners of Election, appointed under an Act entitled an Act to define the Boundaries and provide for the Organization of Mendocino County, approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. [Approved April 15, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The acts and orders of Joseph Knox and George Brown, performed and made by virtue of their commission as Commissioners of Election, (for Mendocino County,) on the second Monday of this present month of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and declared to be of the same force and effect in law as if a majority of said Commissioners of Election, (appointed under the Act above recited,) had been personally present and participating in performing said acts, and making said orders. SEC. 2. The said Joseph Knox and George Brown, or any two or more of the Commissioners of Election, appointed under the Act to define the boundaries and provide for the organization of Mendocino County, approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, are hereby declared to be a quorum for the transaction of all business relating to their Commission, and all acts performed, and orders made by said quorum, (as Commissoners of Election as aforesaid,) are and shall be of the same force and effect as though performed and made by three or more of said Commissioners. SEC. 3. The Act recited in section two of this Act, so far as the same conflicts with the provisions of this Act, is hereby repealed. Application of Act to San Francisco. CHAP. CCXLIV.-An Act concerning Roads and Highways in the [Approved April 16, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The provisions of an Act entitled "An Act concerning roads and highways," approved April twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and the provisions of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning roads and highways, passed April twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, approved April nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, are hereby declared to be applicable to the City and County of San Francisco, and all roads and highways in that portion of said City and County that was not included in the City of San Francisco as the boundaries of the same, established by an Act entitled an Act to re-incorporate the City of San Francisco, passed April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall be laid out, opened, constructed, and repaired, as aforesaid in the said Acts; Provided, that all streets within the said former City of San Francisco, as the boundaries thereof were established by an Act entitled "An Act to re-incorporate the City of San Francisco," passed April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall be, and they are hereby, excepted from the operations of this Act. CHAP. CCXLV.-An Act to authorize the Common Council of the [Approved April 15, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Common Council of the City of Los Angeles, 1500 yards. by and with the consent of the Mayor of said City, is hereby authorized and empowered to extend the limits of the City of Los Angeles, one thousand five hundred yards, or less, on any one, or all of its sides, beyond the present boundary-lines of the said City. SEC. 2. All Acts, or parts of Acts, in conflict with the provis- Repealing ions of this Act, are hereby repealed. clause. CHAP. CCXLVI.—An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act to establish an Asylum for the Insane of the State of California," approved May seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. [Approved April 15, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of said Act, amendatory of section fourteen of the Act of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, establishing an Asylum for the Insane, is hereby amended to read as follows: insanity. Section fourteen-The County Judge of any County in this ExaminaState, shall, upon application of any person under oath, setting tion as to forth that any person, by reason of insanity, is unsafe to be at large, or is suffering under mental derangement, cause the said person to be brought before him, at such time and place as he may direct, and the said County Judge shall also cause to appear, at the same time and place, two respectable physicians, who shall proceed to examine the person alleged to be insane; and if said Deposit. physicians, after careful examination, shall certify upon oath that the charge be correct, also to the name of the patient, age, birthplace, length of residence, State last from, previous habits, apparent cause of insanity, length of time affected, class of insanity, and present condition of the person affected, as near as may be ascertained, of every lunatic person so examined, and if such Judge be satisfied that such person is, by reason of insanity, unsafe to be at large, he shall direct the Sheriff of the County to convey to, and place in, the Insane Asylum, such lunatic person, and shall transmit a copy of the physician's certificate to the ResidentPhysician of said Asylum. The County Judge shall also cause inquiry to be made into the ability or inability of such insane person to bear the charge or expense for the time he may remain in the Asylum, and he shall certify the result of the inquiry to the Trustees of the Asylum; and in those cases where the insane person possesses the ability to pay this expense, the Trustees shall require a deposit at the time of admission, and from time. to time, in advance, so long as the insane person remains an inmate of the Asylum. $5000. CHAP. CCXLVII.-An Act to appropriate Money for the Improving of the Mad-houses, and other Improvements of the State Insane Asylum. [Approved April 15, 1859.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of improving certain rooms, in a suitable manner, for the reception of the violent insane patients; also, for the repairing of floors in the old wing of the Asylum; purchase of additional beds, and for other necessary alterations, and repairs to buildings already erected, as the Resident and Visiting-Physicians of said Asylum may deem necessary; Provided, That vouchers of all sums expended shall be retained; Also, provided, that the sums expended shall not exceed, in all, the sum herein appropriated. |