county his salary, as prescribed by law, as County Judge, for the CHAPTER XXVII. AN ACT To amend the Forty-fifth Section of an Act concerning Officers. [Approved February 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section forty-five of the Act concerning Officers, passed April 28, 1851, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section forty-five. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office Vacancies in of Attorney General, Surveyor General, Treasurer, or Controller, the Governor shall fill such office by appointment, by and with the Gov'r appoint. advice and consent of the Senate when in session; and the person certain offices. so appointed, having given bond, and qualified as required by law, Bond given. may continue in office until the next succeeding general election, Continuance in and until his successor is elected and qualified. office. CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ACT To fix the Salary of the County Judge of Placer County. [Approved February 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The salary of the County Judge of Placer county, Salary. SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws conflicting with the provi- Repeal. sions of this Act, are hereby repealed. CHAPTER XXIX. AN ACT Concerning the Office of County Recorder in the County of Sonoma. [Approved February 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The provisions of an Act entitled "An Act concerning County Records," passed March 26th, 1851, shall not apply to the County of Sonoma, so far as said Act unites the two offices of County Clerk and County Recorder; but in said county, said offices shall be separate and distinct. SEC. 2. All the provisions of the Act concerning County Recorders, defining their duties and responsibilities, and continuance in office, shall apply, in all respects, to said County of Sonoma. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on and after the next general election. Judge Stanislaus CHAPTER XXX. AN ACT To fix the Compensation of the County Judge and District Attorney of Stanislaus County, and the District Attorney of Napa County. [Approved February 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The County Judge of Stanislaus County, shall Co.-Salary. receive for his salary, annually, twelve hundred dollars. The DisDist. Attorney's trict Attorney of Stanislaus County, shall receive for his salary, annually, the sum of eight hundred dollars. The District Attorney Napa Co. of Napa County, shall receive for his salary, annually, the sum of Dist. Attorney's six hundred dollars. salary. salary. CHAPTER XXXI. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to fund the Debt of the County of Napa, and provide for the Payment of the same," approved April 19th, 1856. [Approved February 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of said Act, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: warrants. bonds. Section five. Any person holding true and lawful warrants Privilege of. against the County of Napa, as provided in the third section of persons holding this Act, shall have the privilege of receiving, in exchange therefor, ten per cent. bonds, as provided for in the first section of this Act; and the Treasurer is hereby directed and authorized to issue said Treasurer issue bonds to the persons holding said warrants, at the rate of dollar Rate. for dollar, including the interest which may have accrued on the said warrants on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Provided, Said warrants be presented at Proviso. any time between the first day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and the first day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to the Treasurer of said county. CHAPTER XXXII. AN ACT To fix the Compensation of the District Attorney for the County of Siskiyou, and to repeal in part the First Section of an Act entitled "An Act to fix the Compensation of District Attorneys for the several Counties in this State," passed May 4th, 1855. [Approved February 14, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The District Attorney for the County of Siskiyou, shall receive for his services, annually, the sum of two thousand Salary. five hundred dollars, which shall, quarterly, be audited and paid quarterly Audited Manner of payment. Repeal. in the same manner as salaries of County Judges are, by law, audited and paid. SEC. 2. The first section of an Act entitled "An Act to fix the Compensation of District Attorneys for the several Counties of this State," passed May 4th, 1855, is hereby repealed, so far as the provisions of said section extend to the County of Siskiyou. Electors and returns, how regulated. CHAPTER XXXIII. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Town of Eureka," approved April eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. [Approved February 14, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section tenth of an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Town of Eureka," approved April eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section ten. The election and returns of such town officers shall be regulated, and all vacancies filled, in the same manner as preVacancies, how scribed by an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Towns," approved April nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. filled. CHAPTER XXXIV. AN ACT Ta legalize and confirm the Election of the Board of Trustees of the [Approved February 14, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The election of the Board of Trustees of the town of Eureka, in the County of Humboldt, at an election held on the The election. third Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, is hereby legalized and confirmed, and the said election, and all sub- Have full force. sequent proceedings in relation thereto, shall have full force and effect. CHAPTER XXXV. AN ACT To provide for taking the sense of the People of Tehama County upon the question of Removal of the County Seat thereof from the Town of Tehama to the Town of Red Bluff. [Approved February 14, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Whereas, it appears that a portion of the people of Diversity of the County of Tehama desire the County Seat thereof may be opinion. removed from the Town of Tehama, and located at the Town of Red Bluff; and another portion desire that the County Seat aforesaid may remain, as now fixed by law, at the Town of Tehama; therefore, that the qualified electors of said County of Tehama may be afforded the opportunity of expressing their wishes upon this question, it is hereby provided, that, within twenty days after the Election ordered passage of this Act, an election shall be held in the County of Tehama for the purpose aforesaid. SEC. 2. The Board of Supervisors of said county shall fix a Supervisors fix certain day, within the period of twenty days after the passage of the time of this Act as aforesaid, on which said special election, for the purpose expressed in the first section of this Act, shall be held. SEC. 3. The ballots used at said election shall be written or The ballots. printed, and shall read thus: "For County Seat, Tehama;" or, "For County Seat, Red Bluff." establish pre SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of said Supervisors county, immediately after the passage of this Act, to establish elec- cincts, and tion precincts in said county, and appoint Inspectors and Judges of appoint judges. each. Clerk. SEC. 5. The Clerk of said county shall cause printed notices of Duty of County the day of said election, and the purpose for which said election is to be held, and also a correct list of the election precincts in said county, with the names of the Inspectors and Judges of each, to be Duty of Judges. posted in each of the election precincts, at least ten days previous to the day of holding said election; and the Inspectors and Judges shall conduct said election, and count and make return of the votes |