Records, &c., required as evidence. Section one. Whenever the public records, books or papers, in the "custody" of any Collector of Customs of the United States, or of the Register or Receiver of any Land Office of the United States, in this State, or in the office of the Surveyor-General of the United States for the State of California, or in the office and in the custody of the Clerk of the Circuit or any District Court of the United States for the State of California, shall be required as evidence in any court of this State, copies of such records, books Certified copies or papers, duly certified by the proper officer, under his hand and official seal, where he has a seal, shall be received in evidence with the same force and effect as the originals. received. Supervisors levy tax. Amount. CHAPTER C. AN ACT To amend Section six of an Act to provide for the erection of a [Approved March 26, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section six of an Act to provide for the erection of a Jail in the County of Tuolumne, passed April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section six. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Tuolumne, are hereby authorized and required, after the passage of this Act, to levy a special tax upon the taxable property in the county, not exceeding one-fourth of one per cent, on the valuation; and all moneys collected under this Act, shall be set apart and held as a "Special Jail Fund," to be used only as herein provided. CHAPTER CI. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to adjust the amount of Indebtedness of the County of Alameda, to the County of Contra Costa, and provide for the payment thereof," passed May 15th, 1854. [Approved March 26, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section first of "An Act to adjust the amount of Indebtedness of the County of Alameda to the County of Contra Costa, and provide for the payment thereof," passed May 15th, 1854, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section one. B. C. Whitman, of Solano County, John H. Liv- Commissioners ingston, of Contra Costa county, and Samuel Bell McKee, of Ala- appointed. meda County, are hereby appointed a Board of Commissioners, to ascertain and adjust the amount of indebtedness of the County of Alameda to the county of Contra Costa. SEC. 2. Section second of said Act, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section second. Said Commissioners shall appoint a time and Clerks notified. enter on the discharge of their duties, under this Act, within ninety days after its passage, at the town of Martinez; and shall notify the County Clerks of Contra Costa and Alameda counties, of such time, by mail, and at the time appointed, or such other time thereafter, as they may designate, they shall proceed to ascertain the amount of indebtedness of the said County of Contra Costa, which Indebtedness. had accrued prior to the twenty-third day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and to award a just and equitable proportion Award. of said indebtedness, with all interest that may have accrued thereon, to be paid to the County of Contra Costa, by the County of Alameda. SEC. 3. Section third of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section third. Said Commissioners shall certify their award to Certified to the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County, and said Board are Supervisors. hereby authorized and required, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to levy a special tax, for the payment in cash, of one- Tax. half of the amount of said award, with ten per cent. per annum interest thereon, into the county treasury of Alameda County, which said amount shall be paid by the Treasurer of Alameda Amount. County to the order of the Treasurer of Contra Costa County, on or before the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. SEC. 4. Section fourth of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section fourth. The Board of Supervisors of Alameda County, Balance of shall, in like manner provide, in the year eighteen hundred and award. fifty-eight, for levying, collecting and paying over in cash, on or When paid. before the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, the balance of said award, with all interest that may have accrued thereon, with ten per cent. per annum interest on the award, uutil paid, to the County of Contra Costa, upon the order of the Treasurer of said county, as aforesaid. Hogs trespassing. Taken up at expense of owners. Notice given. Description. Owners prove property. Pay costs, &c. Owners not appear. CHAPTER CII. AN ACT Concerning Hogs found running at large, in the Counties of Colusi, [Approved March 26, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. All hogs found trespassing, upon the premises of any person or persons, in the counties of Tehama, Colusi, Butte, Napa and Sonoma, between the first day of March, and the first day of September, of each year, the owner or proprietor of such premises, may take up, and safely keep, at the expense of the owner or owners thereof, all such hogs so found trespassing. SEC. 2. All persons taking up hogs trespassing upon their lands, whether enclosed or not, shall, immediately thereafter, post notices in three of the most public places in the township in which such persons reside, containing a description of the ear and other marks, of such hogs, whereby the owners may identify them as their property. SEC. 3. If the owners of such hogs come forward, within five days after the time such notices were posted, and prove them to be their property, the person taking them up, shall deliver them to such owners upon their paying all costs, charges, and damages sustained, by reason of their trespassing. SEC. 4. If, however, the owners do not come forward within the five days, then the person taking up such hogs, shall immediately notify a constable of the township, wherein the trespass has been committed, and said constable shall proceed to sell at public Sold at auction. auction, after giving five days' notice of such sale, by posting notices in three public places, in said township, all such hogs so taken up. Provided, however, That the owners may prove their property, and receive the same, by paying all costs, charges, and damages, at any time before such sale takes place. Proviso. Parties disagree SEC. 5. If the parties cannot agree as to the amount of charges and damages, then each party may choose one disinterested person, and they may choose a third person, who shall determine the amount thereof; should the owners not come forward, then the Arbitrators. constable shall appoint three disinterested persons to determine the amount. SEC. 6. The fees of the constable for making sales under the Fees. provisions of this Act, shall be the same as are allowed by law for sale under execution. SEC. 7. If there should be any surplus money arising from such surplus paid sales, after paying all costs, charges, and damages, the constable owner. shall pay the same to the owners of such hogs sold. Provided, Proviso. They prove they are entitled to it, within fifteen days after sale, if not, then he shall pay it to the County Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same. SEC. 8. All moneys paid into the County Treasury, under the School Fund. provisions of this Act, shall become a part of the "School Fund." SEC. 9. Any constable refusing or neglecting to pay to the Misdemeanor. owners, or County Treasurer, the surplus derived from such sale, shall be liable for the same, on his official bond, and shall be deem ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be Punishment. punished by fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars. SEC. 10. All Acts, or parts of Acts, inconsistent with the pro- Repeal. visions of this Act, so far as regards the within named counties, be, and the same are hereby repealed. This Act to take effect and be in force, from and after its passage. CHAPTER CIII. AN ACT Amendatory of An Act entitled "An Act amendatory of An Act to fund the Debt of Contra Costa County, and to provide for the payment of the same, approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, (approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.") [Approved March 26, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section ten of "An Act to fund the Debt of Contra Costa County, and to provide for the payment of the same," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section ten. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors supervisors' of Contra Costa County to make certain arrangements for the duty. payment of the interest on said Bonds when the same shall fall due, Payment of at least sixty days before the time of payment, and in the event interest Fund insuffi cient, draw on General Fund. Supervisors have power. that the said interest fund is insufficient, the said Board of Supervisors shall draw a warrant on the County Treasurer of Contra Costa County, on the general fund of said County, for such purpose, and said County Treasurer shall forthwith pay such warrant; and in the event that those funds prove inadequate, the said Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make such contracts and arrangements in the name, behalf and for said County, as may be necessary to pay said interest, and for the protection of the faith of the County of Contra Costa. Provided, That in the Loan necessary, event it shall become necessary to procure a loan of any money to meet any deficiency in the "interest fund" of said County, in no case whatever shall a higher rate of interest be paid on such loan than ten per cent. per annum. And it is further provided, That the said Board of Supervisors shall have first drawn from the County Treasury such sums as may be in said Treasury, subject to, and provided for the payment of said interest, by the provisions of this Act. Interest on loan. Boundaries. Repeal. To define the Lines of Yolo County, and to establish its Boundaries. [Approved March 26, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : SECTION 1. The boundary line of Yolo County shall commence at a point in the middle of Sacramento River, near the head of Merritt's, or Steamboat Slough, at a point where the township line between township number five and township number six, north of the Monte Diablo base line, intersects said river; thence running due west with said township line to the range line between range number two and range number three, east of the meridian of Monte Diablo; thence due north with said range line to the south branch, or old bed of Putah Creek; thence westerly up the middle of the old bed, as well as the main Putah Creek, to a point in the cañon where the highest ridge of mountains, dividing the valleys of Sacramento and Berryessa; thence along the highest ridge of said mountains, north to the outlet of Clear Lake, or until it intersects a line dividing the counties of Yolo and Colusi, established by an Act of the Legislature approved April 19th, 1856; thence east, with said line, to the middle of the Sacramento River; thence south along the middle of said river to the place of beginning. SEO. 2. All Acts, and parts of Acts, in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. |