method of ascertaining the population of the townships for the pu pose of this act and to provide a cashier in the office of the tax collector, and a file clerk in the office of the county clerk, and repealing all laws in conflict therewith. [Approved March 19, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 217.] This act is probably superseded by § 4239 of the Political Code, relating to the fees and salaries of officers of counties of the tenth class. ACT 3941. An act to provide for the employment of a clerk by certain justices of the peace and to pay the salaries of such clerk. [Approved April 15, 1909. § 1. Clerk to township justice's court. § 2. Salary. Stats. 1909, p. 906.] § 1. Clerk to township justice's court. In cities of this state, where there are two justices of the peace, one of whom is the city justice of said city, and who is paid a salary and who is provided with a clerk and courtroom by said city and the other justice known as the township justice and whose compensation in civil cases is by fee and who is paid a salary by the county, in lieu of fees for all criminal cases that the district attorney may try or examine in said township justice's court, the justice of the peace in and for said township justice's court, is hereby entitled to and may appoint a clerk subject to the approval of the board of supervisors of the county to properly keep the records of his court and to do and perform such other work as the justice of said court may assign to such clerk. § 2. Salary. The clerk of said township justice's court shall be paid an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, to be paid monthly by the county in which said justice's court shall be located; said clerk's salary shall be audited, allowed and paid as the salaries of county officers are audited, allowed and paid. ACT 3951. TITLE 289. Appropriation for the establishment of a permanent fund for the purchase of jute to be manufactured at the state's prison. [Stats. 1885, p. 53.] Amended 1889, p. 228. See 1907, p. 169; 1907, p. 857; 1911, pp. 73, 486; 1915, p. 472. АСТ 3952. An act authorizing the state board of prison directors to fix the price, terms and conditions of sale at which jute bags should be sold for the state, providing for the prosecution and punishment for offenses under the same, and repealing an act entitled, "An act fixing the price, terms and conditions of sale at which jute goods shall be sold by the state, and providing for prosecution and punishment for offenses under the same," approved June 16, 1913, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith. [Approved January 30, 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 13.] Former acts: See Stats. 1893, p. 54. Amended 1905, p. 532. Repealed 1907, p. 858. Stats. 1909, p. 280. Repealed 1913, p. 1012. §1. Sale of jute goods, prices, etc. The state board of prison directors are authorized and empowered to adopt rules and regulations of the sale of jute goods, but such rules and regulations, before they become effective, shall be approved by a majority of the state board of control. The state board of prison directors shall annually, in the month of January of each year fix the price, for the sale of jute bags, and give public notice of the same, for at least ten days in at least four newspapers of general circulation printed and published as follows, to wit: one in the city and county of San Francisco, one in the San Joaquin Valley, one in the Salinas Valley, and one in the Sacramento Valley. Until the first day of April of each year, jute bags shall be sold only to consumers thereof, but after said date, if a surplus of said jute bags remain unsold, they may be sold to anyone in such quantities and at such prices as the board of prison directors in their discretion may deem proper. § 2. Orders accompanied by affidavit. All orders for jute bags filed with the board of prison directors prior to the first day of April of each year, shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the name, residence, postoffice address and occupation of the applicant; that the amount of goods contained in the order are for the applicant's individual and personal use, and that he has not contracted for, nor agreed to contract for the sale of any portion thereof to any person or persons whatsoever. Said affidavit shall be subscribed and sworn to before a notary public, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths. § 3. Penalty for false affidavit. Any person who shall falsely or fraudulently make such affidavit, or who shall falsely or fraudulently procure jute bags under the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars. § 4. Public record. The board of prison directors shall keep at the San Quentin prison a book for public inspection, in which shall be entered the number of jute bags, the amount of jute goods manufactured each year, and also the name of each purchaser, his postoffice address, his occupation, number of jute bags or jute goods purchased by him, and the price paid by him there for and the date of sale and the place to which shipment is made. § 5. Act 1913 repealed. An act entitled, "An act fixing the price, terms and conditions of sale at which jute goods shall be sold by the state, and providing for prosecution and punishment for offense under the same"; approved June 16, 1913, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. § 6. Urgency. This act is hereby declared to be an urgency measure within the meaning of section one of article four of the constitution of the state of California and shall take effect immediately. The following is a statement of facts constituting such urgency: Since the fixing of the present price of jute goods manufactured in the state prison, the market price has fallen on account of financial conditions incident to the European war, and the state has been, now is, and, until the taking effect of this act, will be unable so to change the price of said goods as to be able [to] sell or dispose of any portion thereof. The state now has in stock over two hundred fifty thousand dollars worth of such jute goods, which it is the purpose and effect of this act to enable the state, acting through its board of prison directors, to sell, in order that the moneys now invested in said goods may be rendered available for the use and support of the state prison. АСТ 3953. An act to authorize and empower the state board of prison directors to insure jute and jute goods against either fire or marine loss and to pay the cost of such insurance from the revolving fund for the purchase of jute. [Approved March 10, 1909. Stats. 1919, p. 281.] Amended 1919, p. 175. The title of the act was amended in 1919 to read as follows: "An act to authorize and empower the state board of prison directors to insure jute, jute goods, and other prison made goods and materials for the manufacture of the same, against either fire or marine loss and to pay the cost of such insurance from the revolving fund for the purchase of jute and from the manufacturing revolving fund." The body of the act was amended as follows: § 1. Insurance of jute goods. § 2. Insurance of other prison made goods. § 1. Insurance of jute goods. The state board of prison directors is hereby authorized and empowered to insure from time to time against fire or marine loss, all jute and jute goods owned by the state, in such amounts as it may deem proper. The cost of such insurance shall be paid from the revolving fund for the purchase of jute. [Amendment approved April 30, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 175.] § 2. Insurance of other prison made goods. The state board of prison directors is hereby authorized to insure from time to time against fire or marine loss, all furniture, shoes, clothing or other articles manufactured at San Quentin prison and the materials from which the same are made, in such amounts as it may deem proper. The cost of such insurance shall be paid from the manufacturing revolving fund. [Amendment approved April 30, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 175.] ACT 3954. An act fixing the price, terms and conditions of sale at which jute goods shall be sold by the state and providing for prosecution of and punishment for offenses under the same. [Approved March 22, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 857.] Repealed 1909, p. 281. TITLE 290. JUVENILE COURT. ACT 3964. Defining and providing for the control, protection, and treatment of dependent and delinquent children; prescribing the powers and duties of courts with respect thereto; providing for the appointment of probation officers, and prescribing their duties and powers; providing for the separation of children from adults when confined in jails or other institutions; providing for the appointment of boards to investigate the qualifications of organizations receiving children under this act, and prescribing the duties of such boards; and providing when proceedings under this act shall be admissible in evidence. [Approved February 26, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 44.] Amended 1905, p. 806; 1907, p. 777. Repealed 1909, pp. 213, 226; 1911, pp. 673, 674; 1913, p. 1305. See post, Act 3965. ACT 3965. An act concerning dependent and delinquent minor children, providing for their care, custody and maintenance until twenty-one years of age; providing for their commitment to the Whittier State School and the Preston State School of Industry, and the manner of such commitment and release therefrom, establishing a probation committee and probation officers to deal with such children, and fixing the salaries of probation officers; providing for detention homes for said children; providing for the punishment of persons responsible for, or contributing to, the dependency or delinquency of children; and giving to the superior court jurisdiction of such offenses, and repealing inconsistent acts. [Approved March 8, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 213.] Amended 1911, pp. 63, 658; 1913, p. 1285. Repealed 1915, p. 1226. See next act. The juvenile court law is not a special act and is unconstitutional: Sing, In re, 13 Cal. App. 736, 110 Pac. 693. It is an exercise of the police powers of the state and concerns the whole state, and is not a "municipal affair": Nicholl v. Koster, 157 Cal. 416, 108 Pac. 302. It is not unconstitutional because of a defect in its title within § 24, art. IV, of the constitution: Maginnis, In re, 162 Cal. 200, 202, 121 Pac. 723. The subject of the act is sufficiently expressed in the title: Moore v. Williams, 19 Cal. App. 600, 127 Pac. 509. ACT 3966. An act to be known as the juvenile court law, and concerning persons under the age of twenty-one years; and in certain cases providing for their care, custody and maintenance; providing for the probationary treatment of such persons, and for the commitment of such persons to the Whittier State School and the Preston School of Industry, the California School for Girls, and other institutions; establishing probation officers and a probation committee to deal with such persons and fixing the salary thereof; providing for the establishment of detention homes for such persons; fixing the method of procedure and treatment or commitment where crimes have been committed by such persons; providing for the punishment of those guilty of offenses with reference to such persons, and defining such crimes; and repealing the juvenile court law approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by an act approved April fifth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and as amended by an act approved June sixteenth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and all amendments thereof and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith. Stats. 1915, p. 1225.] [Approved June 5, 1915. Amended 1917, pp. 1002, 1022; 1919, pp. 476, 756, 1298; 1921, pp. 773, 798, 812, 823, 843, 858, 862, 866, 885, 891, 941, 942, 997, 1001, 1060, 1063, 1064, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1084, 1093, 1096, 1106, 1126, 1229, 1324, 1329, 1428, 1430, 1432, 1437, 1446, 1453, 1454, 1461, 1463, 1464, 1466, 1467, 1478, 1479, 1494, 1627; 1923, pp. 164, 274, 639, 781, 888. § 1. "Juvenile court law." Persons affected. § 2. Persons judged wards of court. § 3. Any person may file petition. § 3a. No filing fee. § 3b. Probation officer notified. § 4. Citation to appear. § 4a. Failure to appear. § 4b. When citation cannot be served. § 4c. Prosecution under general law. § 4d. Persons under eighteen. § 5. Order is not conviction. § 6. Person under eighteen years of age taken before juvenile § 7. § 8. § 9. § 9a. Notice to probation officer. § 9b. Taking ward from parent. § 10. Incorrigible person returned to court. Judge to sit as committing magistrate. § 11. § 12. § 13. § 14. § 15. Jurisdiction retained until ward is twenty-one years. Support of ward. Reimbursement of county. Accounts of offi- § 15a. Citation to issue upon filing of petition. § 15b. When parents reside outside of state. |