Right to purchase land. Purposes specified. Commissioners to value. How chosen. CHAPTER LXXVIII. AN ACT Authorizing the United States to purchase Land for Public [Approved March 10, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That the United States, or such person or persons as may be by them authorized, shall have the right to select and purchase the fee simple of such portion or parcels of land not exceeding fifty acres in any one case, as may be necessary for erecting lighthouses and beacons, and for fortifications. SEC. 2. That if the person or persons whose land may be chosen for the above mentioned purpose, should not be disposed to sell the same, or if the person or persons appointed to make the purchase should not be able to agree upon terms with the owner or owners of said land, the same shall be valued upon oath by three Commissioners, one of whom shall be chosen by the Governor of the State for the time being, one by the Judge of the State District Court of the Judicial District wherein said lands may be located, and one by the person or persons whose lands may have been chosen as above; and the decision of a majority of said Commissioners shall be final, and the right and title in, to, and of said lands, shall be vested in the United States, upon due payment by said United States through their authorized agent of the amount of such valuation to the owner or owners of such land or lands. Office abolished. CHAPTER LXXIX. AN ACT To abolish the Office of Directors of the State Prison. [Approved March 10, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Office of Directors of the State Prison, created by an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Government of the State Prison," approved May seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, is hereby abolished. CHAPTER LXXX. AN ACT To further Extend the Act concerning Corporations, passed April 22d, 1850. [Approved March 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Any nine or more persons who may desire to act in Persons may act concert for the care, protection, relief, or improvement of-First, in concert. Orphans; or, Second, Foundlings; or, Third, Shipwrecked or Des- Objects specified titute Sailors; or, Fourth, Sick and Disabled or Unprotected and Needy Persons; or, Fifth, for the establishment and management of Cemeteries;-and who shall desire to form an incorporated society for the promotion of either of the said benevolent objects, may do so by complying with the provisions of chapter eight of the Act concerning Corporations, passed April 22d, 1850; and such benevolent societies, incorporated under the provisions of said Act as hereby extended, shall possess the same powers, be subject to the like liabilities, and enjoy the like privileges, as therein provided. Provided, That any corporation established for purposes of forming Proviso. or conducting of cemeteries, shall be competent to take, and hold, any quantity of land not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres. Corporations. SEC. 2. The corporations hereinbefore enumerated, shall have Power of power to elect such officers, and such number of directors, managers, or trustees, and fill vacancies, and make such needful rules and regulations to carry their benevolent objects into effect, as they may by their constitution and by laws from time to time provide, and as shall not be inconsistent with any of the laws of the land. Salary of Judge. CHAPTER LXXXI. AN ACT To fix the Compensation of the County Judge of Calaveras County and the District Attorney of Calaveras County. [Approved March 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That the County Judge of Calaveras County, shall receive for his services, annually, the sum of two thousand five hunDist. Attorney. dred dollars, and the District Attorney of Calaveras County, annually, the sum of one thousand dollars. Provided, This section shall not affect the salaries of the present incumbents. Proviso. Water front. To be laid off in lots. To be sold. Price. Proviso. CHAPTER LXXXII. AN ACT To cede certain Property to the Town of Eureka. [Approved March 13, 1857.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The State of California hereby cedes and grants to the town of Eureka, in the County of Humboldt, the entire water front of said town within the corporate limits thereof; and also, all the right, title and interest of the said State, in and to, all the lands within the corporate limits of said town. SEC. 2. The Board of Trustees of said town, are hereby authorized and required to lay off the said water front, in lots of such size, and in such manner, as will accommodate and subserve the interest of the present "mill-owners," and other occupants, and shall proceed to sell such lots as are now in the bona fide possession of such "mill-owners" and other occupants, to said occupants at a price not to exceed one dollar per front foot, and extending from high water mark to a point in the bay, where the water shall not be over six feet deep, at low tide. Provided, That unless the occupants, (within six months after said lots shall be offered for sale,) shall purchase and pay for the same, the Board of Trustees shall, after twenty days notice, offer the same for sale at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder for cash. SEC. 3. The entire nett proceeds of such sale shall be paid over Proceeds of sale. to the Town Treasurer, for the benefit of the town. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. So much of Feather river as lies between the mouth Navigable limits of Yuba river and the northern boundary of the town of Oroville, is hereby declared navigable. SEC. 2. This Act shall not be deemed to affect the right of any and all persons, to keep and maintain, any toll-bridge now established and kept over the waters hereby declared navigable. Pro- Proviso. vided, Such bridge shall, before the first day of October next, be furnished with a draw of sufficient width, to allow the passage of such steamboats as shall navigate said waters. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The people of the town of Oroville, shall be a body Corporate body. politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The Trustees Privileges. Boundaries. Powers. of the Town of Oroville," and by that name they shall have succession, may sue and defend in all courts, and in all actions and proceedings. purchase, receive, and hold property, and sell, or otherwise dispose of the same for their common benefit. SEC. 2. The corporate limits of the town of Oroville shall be as follows: commencing at a point about ten rods, more or less, northeast of Garriott's saw-mill, where the bluff intersects Feather river, and running thence along the summit of said bluff, in a southerly direction to a point where. First avenue, (as represented on the map of the town of Oroville,) intersects said bluff: thence on a line with the center of said avenue to Feather river: thence along Feather river to the place of beginning-the area within said limits not exceeding one square mile. SEC. 3. The corporate powers and duties of the town of OroTrustees elected ville, shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, to consist of five members, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the town, on the first Monday of May in each year, and shall hold their office for the term of one year, and until their successors are chosen and qualified. Term. President and Meetings. Quorum. Powers. Vacancies. Powers defined. SEC. 4. The Board of Trustees shall assemble within ten days after their election, and choose a President from their number, and some person as Clerk; they shall, by ordinance, fix the times and places of holding their stated meetings, and may be convened by the President at any time. SEC. 5. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, and a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as the Board previously, by ordinance, may have prescribed. SEC. 6. The Board of Trustees shall judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of their own members, and determine contested elections of all town officers. They may establish rules for their own proceedings, punish any member, or other person, for disorderly behavior in their presence, and with the concurrence of four of the Trustees, expel any member, but not a second time for the same cause; they shall keep a journal of their proceedings, and at the desire of any member, shall cause the yeas and nays to be taken on any question, and entered on the journals, and their proceedings shall be public. SEC. 7. In case of a vacancy in the Board of Trustees, by resignation or otherwise, the remaining Trustees shall have power, and be required to fill such vacancy at their next regular meeting. SEC. 8. The Board of Trustees shall have power to make such by-laws or ordinances, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, as they may deem necessary to prevent and remove nuisances, to prohibit disorderly conduct, to provide for licensing public shows, lawful games, hawkers and pedlars, and bars at which spirituous liquors are sold, construct pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs or other works necessary for duly supplying the town with water, to keep in repair public wells, to lay out, alter, keep open and repair the streets and alleys of the town, and to establish grades of the same; to provide such means as they may deem necessary to protect the town from injuries by |