Fees of Clerk and Recorder. filing of the certificate; and the fees due the Clerk and Recorder for the services required by this Act, shall be a charge against the county where the suit is brought, to be recovered like other costs. To receive gold dust. Duty of CHAPTER CXLIX. AN ACT Concerning County Treasurers. [Approved April 3, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Treasurer of State is hereby authorized and directed to receive from the County Treasurers of this State, clean gold dust, at the price at which it was received by said County Treasurers, not exceeding seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents per ounce, collected by them prior to the first day of March, 1857. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State, upon the receipt of said gold dust, to have the same converted into United States currency, at the Branch Mint of the United States at the City of San Francisco, and report the amount thereof to the Affidavit of loss. Controller of State; and in case any loss should be sustained by said conversion, the Treasurer of State shall make affidavit of the same, and file said affidavit in the office of Controller of State, and have credit for the amount of said loss on the books of the Controller, the loss to be charged exclusively to the General Fund. CHAPTER CL. AN ACT To grant the Right to Construct a Bridge across the Sacramento River between the City of Sacramento and the Town of Washington to certain Parties therein named. [Approved April 3, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and designated. SECTION 1. Johnson Price, V. E. Geiger, Geo. P. Gilliss, to- Parties gether with such associates as they may admit, shall take, have, possess and enjoy all the rights, privileges, rights of way, franchises and immunities hereinafter mentioned, upon condition that they and Conditions. their associates shall incorporate themselves under the general laws of the State regulating corporations and providing for the incorporations of bridge companies, and shall adopt the name of Sacramento and Yolo Bridge Company, and shall abide by and fulfill the further conditions hereinafter mentioned. SEC. 2. Said company, when incorporated as aforesaid, shall Powers and have full power to build, erect, construct and maintain a public privileges. toll-bridge across the river Sacramento, at or near the foot of Broad street, in the city of Sacramento, county of Sacramento, to, or near the foot of Ann street, in the town of Washington, Yolo county, and have and enjoy all rights, privileges and immunities thereunto appertaining, and shall have the right of way across said river, and the privilege of using the same for that purpose, which is hereby granted and ceded to said company for the term of twenty (20) years. Provided, Within one year from the date of the passage Term of grant. of this Act the said company shall commence the construction of said bridge, and within two years shall build and fully complete the same; otherwise the right to construct the same shall be forfeited, and this Act become null and void. Said company shall at all times after its completion keep said bridge in passable order and Responsibility of condition, and shall be responsible for any damage arising to persons or property crossing said bridge, caused by neglect to keep said bridge in proper repair and condition. After the expiration of ten years from the completion of said bridge, the counties of Yolo and Sacramento, or either of them, shall have the right to purchase the said bridge, at an appraised value, to be determined by five appraisers, two to be selected by the bridge company, two by the county or counties aforesaid, and one to be selected by the four appraisers herein before provided for; and such value shall be estimated to be the value of the bridge, not including the franchise or right of way. And, provided further, That if the said bridge be purchased by the counties of Yolo and Sacramento, or either of them, then the right to levy and collect tolls shall cease. Company. SEC. 3. The said bridge shall be constructed in the best and Construction of most approved plan, in a substantial manner, and of the most dur bridge. Employees. Rates of toll. Proviso. Speed of travel. Bulletin board. Proviso. able materials, and shall have a draw or opening of sufficient dimensions, not less than sixty feet wide, as will admit the passage of the largest class steamers plying in or upon said river, to any point of travel above the City of Sacramento; and the said company shall at all times keep said draw or opening in good working condition; and shall also employ not less than two persons, one of whom shall be in constant attendance at said draw or opening, for the purpose of allowing an uninterrupted navigation of the river; and any damage that may accrue by reason of his absence or inattention to the duties as prescribed, shall be at the cost and expense of said bridge owners, to be recovered by an action in any court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 4. The said company, upon the erection and completion of said bridge, shall be authorized and empowered to charge and collect such rates of toll, as the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County may fix annually. Provided, That the Legislature may at all times modify or change the rates, so fixed by said Board of Supervisors, and may authorize the erection of other bridges across said river, at any point where public convenience may require. SEC. 5. Said company may regulate and determine the speed of travel, riding or driving, upon said bridge, and may require the speed not to be faster than a walk, and for each violation may recover judgment, before any competent court, for any damage by said company sustained by such travel, riding or driving, exceeding the speed authorized by the company. SEC. 6. Said company shall keep in some conspicuous place, at each end of the bridge, a bulletin board, which shall contain the scale of prices, and notice of speed allowed on said bridge. Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to in any way prevent the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County from granting license to the present Ferry Company, or any other ferry, that the said Board may deem necessary for the convenience of the public. A CHAPTER CLI. AN ACT Concerning certain Fees paid by the County of Placer. [Approved April 4, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The County Clerk of Placer County shall receive, for all services required of him by law, as Clerk, Auditor, Re Clerk. corder, or Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and for all other business required of him by virtue of his office or ex-officio offices, for which the county is chargeable, the sum of three thousand dol- Compensation of lars per annum, to be paid quarterly out of the County Treasury, and in no case whatever shall he be allowed any other fee or compensation for any service rendered for or in behalf of the county by virtue of his office, and the requirements of law, except the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars per quarter, and the Board of Supervisors, on any other authority, are hereby inhibited from auditing any account or allowing any fee or compensation to the Clerk, for any official service, payable out of the County Treasury, further than the sum above specified. conflict. SEC. 2. So much of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate Fees Repeal of Acts in of Office," passed April 10th, 1855, and "An Act to create a Board of Supervisors in the counties of this State, and to define their duties and powers," passed March 20th, 1855, as conflicts with the provisions of this Act, in their application to the County of Placer, are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall be in force from and day of June, 1857. second CHAPTER CLII. AN ACT To authorize the Treasurer of State to issue certain Interest Coupons. [Approved April 4, 1857.| The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION. 1. The Treasurer of State is authorized and required Duplicates, to to issue to Messrs. Mebius, Duissenberg & Co., of the city and whom issued. county of San Francisco, duplicates of the following interest coupons, of the bonds of the State of California: Nos. 294, 339, 342, 395, 535, 689, and 713-seven each, for thirty-five dollars, payable in New York, 1st of January, 1856-whole amount two hundred and forty-five dollars. SEC. 2. The said coupons shall be written across the face thereof, Bond required. "Duplicate," and the said Mebius, Duissenberg & Co., shall execute and deliver to the Treasurer of State, their bond, with good and sufficient security, to the satisfaction of the Treasurer, in a sum double the amount of said coupons, conditioned, that should said original coupons be presented for payment, then, and in that case, the amount of said coupons shall be paid into the State Treasury. Repeal. CHAPTER CLIII. AN ACT To repeal an Act entitled "An Act in addition and explanatory of an Act for securing Liens to Mechanics and Others." [Approved April 4, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Act entitled "An Act in addition and explanatory of an Act for securing Liens to Mechanics and others, approved April 19th, 1856," approved on the 4th of March, 1857, is hereby repealed. Lupaje 58 8-1859 Parties designated. Privilege granted. CHAPTER CLIV. AN ACT To grant to certain parties the right of laying a Railroad Track cisco. This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, (Sundays excepted,) and the The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for Thomas Hayes, Charles H. S. SEC. 2. The parties designated in Section first, shall grade, en |