SEC. 2. The Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said Hiram Clock for the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, and the Treasurer of State is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. This bill having remained with the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted), and the Legislature being in session, it has become a law this twenty-seventh day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. THOMAS BECK, Secretary of State. CHAP. CCCLXXVIII.-An Act to authorize the Trustees of the [Became a law by virtue of Section 17, Article IV. of the Constitution, March 27, 1878.] authorized SECTION 1. David Hunter, Philo White, Samuel Brannan, Certain Andrew Himmelman, and A. Block, in whom is vested the persons title of the lot of land situated in the City and County of to lease a San Francisco, State of California, bounded and described certain lot. as follows, viz.: Commencing at a point on the southeasterly line of Mission Street, distant one hundred and seventy-five (175) feet southwesterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southeasterly line of Mission Street with the southwesterly line of Sixth street; thence running southwesterly along said line of Mission Street one hundred (100) feet; thence at right angles southeasterly and parallel with Sixth Street two hundred and seventy-five (275) feet; thence at right angles northeasterly and parallel with Mission Street one hundred (100) feet; and thence at right angles northwesterly and parallel with Sixth Street two hundred and seventy-five (275) feet, and to the point of commencement, being a part of one hundred-vara lot number two hundred and twenty-six (226) of said city and county, as Trustees for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the City of San Francisco, or their successors, or a majority of them, respectively, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease said above described lot of land for a term of fifty years, for the purpose of enabling an Odd Fellows' hall and building to be erected thereon. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. This bill having remained with the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted), and the Legislature being in session, it has become a law this twenty-seventh day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. THOMAS BECK, Secretary of State. Reclamation district declared. Power of district. Trustees elected. First elec held. CHAP. CCCLXXIX.-An Act to create and organize Reclamation District Number Three Hundred and Seventeen, and to define its boundaries, and provide for its government. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That part of Andrus Island, in the County of Sacramento, State of California, bounded north by Reclamation District Number Two Hundred and Fifteen, on the east by the center of Mokelumne River and of Georgiana Slough, on the south by the San Joaquin River, and on the west by the center of Seven-mile Slough and the center of Jackson Slough, is hereby constituted a reclamation district of said State, to be hereafter known as Reclamation District Number Three Hundred and Seventeen. SEC. 2. Said part of Sacramento County, and the owners of the lands therein, shall hereafter, for all the purposes of reclamation and of the protection of said lands from overflow by water, be a body politic and corporate, under the name of Reclamation District Number Three Hundred and Seventeen, under which name they shall hereafter make contracts, and shall sue and be sued, and they shall also possess all the powers that are now possessed or which may hereafter be possessed by any reclamation district formed under the general laws of this State. SEC. 3. On the second Wednesday of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and on the second Wednesday of every April thereafter, the land owners of said district shall elect three Trustees for the management of its business and affairs. The Trustees shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. In all elections, each land owner shall be entitled to one vote for every acre of land owned by him in the district. The first tion; where election under this Act shall be held in the Town of Isleton, and Josiah Pool shall be the Inspector, and Hart Smith and Richard Parker shall be the Judges of such election; and they shall issue to the three persons having the highest number of votes a certificate that such persons have been elected Trustees of said district, and such persons shall thereafter, until their successors are elected and qualified, be the Trustees of said district. All subsequent elections shall be held at such places and under such regulations as the by-laws of the district may prescribe. The duties and powers of the Trustees of said district shall be the same as are from time to time conferred and prescribed by the Political Code of the State on the Trustees of other reclamation districts. SEC. 4. The land owners of said district may, from time to time, adopt and amend by-laws for its government, in the mode prescribed by the Political Code. SEC. 5. Except as herein otherwise provided, said reclamation district and its officers shall be controlled by the Political Code of this State, and shall possess all the powers by that Code given to other reclamation districts and their officers. SEC. 6. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCLXXX.-An Act granting the Board of Supervisors of Colusa County additional powers. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Board. SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Colusa County Power of are hereby empowered and authorized to appoint a Jailer, upon the application of the Sheriff of Colusa County, and to fix the compensation of said Jailer. SEC. 2. Also, the Board of Supervisors of said county are hereby authorized to appoint one Mapper, upon the application of the Assessor of said Colusa County, and to fix the compensation of said Mapper. SEC. 3. The Board of Supervisors shall be the judges of the necessity of such appointments. SEC. 4. The Sheriff shall designate the Jailer, and he shall be under the control of said Sheriff. SEC. 5. The Assessor shall designate the Mapper, and he shall be under the control of said Assessor. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCLXXXI.-An Act to regulate and protect bee keeping in the County of San Bernardino. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: eased bees. SECTION 1. Any person owning any hive or colony of Penalty for honey bees, or any number of the same, in the County of San keeping disBernardino, which are diseased with any infectious or contagious disease, who, for the space of ten days after being informed that the same are so diseased, fails to apply some approved and recognized remedy to cure the same, shall be and is hereby made liable to pay to any person suing therefor in any Court of competent jurisdiction, a penalty of two and one-half dollars for each hive or colony so diseased, and to which such person has failed to apply such remedy. SEC. 2. No person, other than one who is the owner of What pertwenty hives or colonies of bees in said county, shall be enti- sue. sons may tled to sue for or recover any penalty under this Act; and the recovery of such penalty, as to any hive or colony, by any one person, shall be a bar to any other suit for a like penalty as to the same hive or colony for the term of one year from the date of the judgment. SEC. 3. In actions brought under the provisions of this Act, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs of suit. SEC. 4. This Act shall be in force from and after its pas sage. Jury; how obtained. Writ of venire to be issued. Additional jurors; how obtained. CHAP. CCCLXXXII.-An Act in relation to juries in Justices' [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. In any civil or criminal action pending in any Justice's Court in said County of Santa Cruz, where a jury shall have been demanded, it shall be the duty of the Justice of such Court to fairly and impartially write the names of thirty persons on a slip of paper; such persons shall be each competent and qualified to act as jurors, as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure of this State. The Justice shall notify the parties that such list is made, and within such time thereafter as the Court may allow, but such time shall not be less than one day, unless the parties agree to a shorter time, the defendant, his agent or attorney, shall strike off one name from said list, then the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, shall strike off one name from said list, and so on alternately until but twelve names remain on said list; provided, that in civil cases the parties may agree to any number less than twelve, but not less than three, and in such case the parties shall strike off alternately all on said list to the number so agreed upon. If either or both parties fail to appear in person, by agent or attorney, at the time fixed, the Justice shall represent such absent parties in striking names from such list. The twelve names left on such list, or in civil cases such less number as may be agreed upon, not less than three, left on said list, shall be summoned as the jury in said action. SEC. 2. When a jury has been chosen, as provided in section one of this Act, the Justice shall issue a writ of venire, stating the names of the jurors chosen, the time when and place where they are to appear, and shall be directed to the Sheriff or any Constable of said county. The officer receiving such writ shall forthwith proceed to and faithfully summon said jurors by personal service, and duly return his proceedings thereunder. SEC. 3. On the day said jurors are required to appear, if for any cause additional jurors are required, the Justice shall order the Sheriff or Constable to summon a sufficient num ber of special jurors, who are competent and qualified, to complete said jury, and in all respects other than above provided all laws now in force in said county in any way relating to juries in Justices' Courts shall be and remain in full force and effect. witnesses. SEC. 4. Witnesses in criminal cases in the Courts of rec- Mileage of ord of said county, who attend in obedience to a subpoena, shall be allowed the same mileage as witnesses in civil cases, to be paid from the county treasury of said county, upon the order of the Court in which such witnesses appear. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCLXXXIII.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County to issue bonds for road and bridge purposes. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and of bonds authorized. SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Mendocino Issuance County, in the State of California, are hereby authorized and directed to issue the bonds of said county to the amount of six thousand dollars, payable in six years from the date of their issuance, and bearing interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first Monday of July and January of each year. Both principal and interest of said bonds shall be paid only in the coin of the United States. The bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars each, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, attested by the Clerk of said Board, and countersigned by the Treasurer of said Mendocino County; interest coupons shall be attached to said bonds, and shall be signed and attested in a like manner. SEC. 2. The bonds and coupons shall be payable at the Where office of the County Treasurer of Mendocino County, and payable. when any coupons are paid they shall be detached from the bond and canceled by the said Treasurer, as county warrants are required by law to be canceled. SEC. 3. Said bonds shall bear interest from the date of their issuance, and the first coupons shall be for interest from such date up to the first Monday of January next succeeding, and the interest on said bonds shall be paid out of the General Fund of said county. SEC. 4. To provide for the payment of said bonds, the Redemption Board of Supervisors shall, in and for the year eighteen hun- tax. dred and eighty-four, levy and cause to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as State and county taxes are levied and collected, a sufficient tax to pay the whole issue of said bonds when they shall become due. Bonds; used SEC. 5. The bonds authorized by this Act to be issued for what. |