LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.

A28688

CONTENTS.

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STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA.

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

ent session of the Legislature...approved January 17, 1859...

2. An Act to amend "An Act to establish the Pay of Officers and Employés of the

Senate and Assembly, and to repeal existing laws relating thereto," approved

April twenty-sixth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight...ap-
proved January 19, 1859...........

3. An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors in and for the County of Plumas

to levy a Special Tax, for Building Purposes, in said County...approved Janu-

uary 19, 1859............

4.- An Act to legalize an Order of the Court of Sessions of the County of Siskiyou,

and all the Proceedings had thereunder and dependent thereon...approved

January 20, 1859.......

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5.-An Act creating the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Judicial Districts of this State,

and providing for the holding of Courts therein...approved January 27, 1859.

6.-An Act supplemental to the Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Examiners,

to define their Powers and Duties, and to impose certain Duties upon the Con-

troller and Treasurer, approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred

and fifty-eight...approved January 29, 1859...

7.—An Act making an Appropriation for the Transportation of Prisoners to the

State-Prison, for the Tenth Fiscal Year...approved January 29, 1859.....................

8.-An Act for the Relief of Moses Scott, Jr...approved January 29, 1859..............

9.-An Act to legalize and confirm the General and Supplementary Assessment-Rolls,

the publication of the same, and to extend the time for the Collection of Rev-

enue, in the Counties of Sonoma, Mendocino, Colusa, and Sutter...approved

January 29, 1859........

10.-An Act concerning Official Bonds of County Officers in the County of Calaveras

...approved January 29, 1859.....

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11.-An act to extend the Time for Collecting Taxes in the County of Contra Costa

...approved February 2, 1859..........

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12.-An Act for extending the time for the Sheriff of Sacramento County to collect

the Delinquent Taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight

...approved February 2, 1859............

13.-An Act relating to the Coroner of the City and County of San Francisco...ap-

proved February 2, 1859.......

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14.-An Act to regulate the Fees of Certain Officers in the County of Tuolumne...ap-

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15.-An Act amendatory of an Act to fix the Time for holding the Terms of the Dis-

trict Court throughout this State, passed May eighteenth, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-three...approved February 3, 1859.......

16.-An Act for the Relief of Henry L. Davis...approved February 3, 1859.........................................

17.-An Act to authorize the Executors of the last will and testament of Thomas O.

Larkin, deceased, to sell Personal Property of the Testator at private sale

...approved February 3, 1859.........

18. An Act to authorize Henry Hare Hartley to sell certain Real Estate held by him

as Trustee...approved February 3, 1859......

19. An Act supplementary to the Act concerning the Writ of Habeas Corpus...ap-

proved February 2, 1859......

20.-An Act to fix the Terms of the Probate Court in and for the County of Tuol-

umne...approved February 3, 1859.....

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21.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning Roads and Highways in cer-

tain Counties therein named, approved April the twenty-second, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-eight...approved February 3, 1859......

22.-An Act to authorize and require the Board of Supervisors of the County of San

Mateo to levy a Special Tax...approved February 4, 1859........

23.-An Act to extend the Time for completing the Assessment-Roll, and for collecting

the Taxes of San Bernardino County...approved February 4, 1859..

24.-An Act to extend the Time for the collection of Delinquent Taxes in the City and

County of San Francisco...approved February 3, 1859....................

25.-An Act to extend the Time for collecting Taxes in the County of Solano...approved

February 5, 1859

26.-An Act providing for holding a Special Term of the District Court in Del Norte

County...approved February 9, 1859........

27.-An Act Supplementary to an Act to extend the Time for completing the Assess-

ment-Roll, and for Collecting the Taxes of San Bernardino County...approved

February 10, 1859.....................

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28.-An Act to authorize and direct the Board of Supervisors of the City and County

of San Francisco to pay, out of the General Fund, certain claims therein

mentioned...approved February 11, 1859

29.-An Act submitting to the People of the City and County of Sacramento a propo-

sition to appropriate Money for the purchase and construction of suitable

Grounds and Buildings for the use of the State Agricultural Society, and for

other purposes, in the City of Sacramento...approved February 10, 1859.................... 20

30.-An Act amendatory of an Act "to change the Times of holding the Court of Ses-

sions and County Court of the Counties of Los Angeles and Yolo," approved

April eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight...approved February

11, 1859.....

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31.-An Act to provide for the Payment of Volumes Nine and Ten of the Reports of

the Supreme Court of the State of California...approved February 11, 1859...

32.-An Act to amend an Act passed February seventeenth, one thousand eight hun-

dred and fifty-five, entitled “An Act to amend an Act concerning the Courts

of Justice of this State and Judicial Offices, passed May 19th, one thousand

eigt hundred and fifty-three...approved February 11, 1859..

33.-An Act to extend the Time for Collecting Taxes in the County of Napa...approved

February 12, 1859..........

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34.-An Act to amend "An Act concerning the Office of Public Administrator in the

Counties of Nevada, Sacramento, Monterey, and Amador," approved April

fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six...approved February 12, 1859.. 24

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35.-An Act to authorize the Location of the Town-Site of Crescent City...approved

February 12, 1859......

36.-An Act to provide for the Relinquishment to the United States, in certain cases,

to Title in Lands for Sites of Light-houses, and for other purposes, on the

Coasts and Waters of this State...approved February 14, 1859.............................................................

37.-To change the Time of holding the County Court in the County of Marin...ap-

proved February 14, 1859

38.-An Act to legalize the Assessment of Real and Personal Property made by John

H. Lillard, in the County of Butte, during the Years A. D. eighteen hundred

and fifty-six, and A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-seven...approved February

14, 1859....

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39.-An Act appropriating Money for the Pay of Copying done for the Legislature...

approved February 14, 1859

40.—An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Trinity County to levy a Special

Tax, aud create a Redemption Fund, for the payment of County Indebtedness...

approved February 14, 1859.......

41.-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act concerning Roads and Highways in and

for the Counties of Alameda and Tuolumne, passed April twenty-sixth, eigh-

teen hundred and fifty-eight, so far as the same relates to the County of Tuo-

lumne...became a law by operation of the Constitution, February 14, 1858...

42.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the issuance of Duplicates

for certain lost School-Land Warrants "...approved February 16, 1859..........

43.-An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to extend the Time for making the

Assessment and Collection of Taxes in the County of Siskiyou, approved April

twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight "...approved February 16, 1859......

44.-An Act fixing the Time of holding the Court of Sessions and the County Court,

in the County of Contra Costa...approved February 16, 1859.........

45.-An Act to fix the Time of holding the County Court, and Court of Sessions, in

Amador County...approved February 16, 1859......

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46.-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Oroville, and

an Act amendatory of, and supplementary to, an Act to Incorporate the Town

of Oroville...approved February 18, 1859....

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47.-An Act for the Relief of Elisha Packwood...approved February 18, 1859,......... 33

48.-An Act amendatory of, and supplemental to, an Act entitled an Act to provide

for the Location and Sale of the Unsold Portion of the Five Hundred Thousand

Acres of Land granted to this State for School Purposes, and the Seventy-Two

Sections donated to this State for the use of a Seminary of Learning, approved

April twenty-third, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight...approved

February 18, 1859..

49.-An Act to authorize the construction of certain Wharves...approved February

21, 1859.....

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50.-An Act allowing Compensation to the Coroner of the City and County of San

Francisco, for certain services...approved February 19, 1859......

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51.-An Act to provide for the Erection of Public Buildings in the County of Solano

...approved February 19, 1859...........................

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52.-An Act to provide for holding the January Term of the District Court of the

Seventeenth Judicial District, in the County of Plumas...approved February

19, 1859.........

53. To authorize the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County to levy a Special

Tax, for School Purposes...approved February 19, 1859......

54.-An Act to authorize the Sale of the Real Estate of the late Joaquin Soto, de-

ceased...approved February 19, 1859......

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55.-An Act to amend "An Act to amend an Act to regulate proceedings in Civil

Cases," passed April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one...approved

February 21, 1859..

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56.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County to audit and

allow the Claims of D. R. Dale...approved February 23, 1859....

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57. To attach certain Territory to the City of Sacramento for School Purposes...ap-

proved February 23, 1859.........

58.-An Act to amend an Act concerning the office of County Judge of San Joaquin

County...became a Law by operation of the Constitution, February 23, 1858...

59.-An Act to authorize the Auditor and Treasurer of the City and County of Sacra-

mento, to Transfer certain Funds, and for other Purposes...approved February

23, 1859.........

60.—An Act providing for holding a Special Term of the District Court of the Thir-

teentli Judicial District...approved February 24, 1859................................................................

61.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Marin County to levy a Special

Tax...approved February 26, 1859......

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62.-An Act to Fund the Debt of the County of San Bernardino...approved February

26, 1859.........

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63.-An Act concerning the Officers of Calaveras County and the collection of Poll-

taxes, License-taxes, and Foreign Miners' License-taxes, in said County...ap-

proved February 26, 1859........

64.-An Act authorizing the Commissioners of the Funded Debt of the County of

Contra Costa to re-issue certain Bonds to Erastus Bartlett...approved Feb-

ruary 26, 1859.........

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65.-An Act concerning Jurors in the County of Humboldt...approved February 26,

1859.........

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66.-An Act concerning the County Judge of the County of Solano...approved Feb-

ruary 26, 1859...

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67.-An Act to fix the Compensation of the County Judge of Tuolumne County...ap-

proved February 26, 1859.........

68.-An Act fixing the time of holding the Court of Sessions and County Court, in

the County of Nevada...approved February 26, 1859.............................

69.-An Act Legalizing the Acts of D. W. Davis...approved February 26, 1859.........

70.-An Act to Confirm and Legalize the Tax-Lists or Assessment-Rolls of the County

of Marin, for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and eighteen hundred

and fifty-eight, and to authorize the Collection of unpaid Taxes in said County

...approved February 26, 1859.......

71.-An Act to authorize John McDougal, Administrator of the Estate of George

McDougal, deceased, to sell and convey Real Property at Private Sale...ap-

proved February 26, 1859.......

72.-An Act to provide for Funding the Debt of Tulare County, for the Payment of

the Interest thereon, and for the gradual Liquidation of the Debt...approved

February 26, 1859.........

73.-An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act amendatory of, and supplementary to,

an Act to provide for Funding of the Debt of San Joaquin County, for the

Payment of the Interest thereon, and for the gradual Liquidation of the Debt,

approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six...approved Feb-

ruary 28, 1859....

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74.-An Act cencerning the County Auditor of San Joaquin County...approved Feb-

ruary 28, 1859......

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75.-An Act to provide for a Police Contingent Fund in and for the City and County

of San Francisco...approved February 28, 1859..........

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