Cattle, when not to enter state.

Sec. 10. No cattle shall enter this state from Texas, New Mexico, or Mexico, for grazing_purposes during the months. of March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November in each year.

Shipment for slaughter.

Sec. 11. All cattle from those parts mentioned in section ten entering this state during the months mentioned in section ten, and intended for butchering purposes, shall pass from the point of entry into the slaughter-house yard, which yard shall be specially constructed and isolated for the purpose of receiving such stock. The stock shall be unshipped in said yard direct from the cars running into the yards for that purpose.

Character of cars.

Sec. 12. Said cattle shall moreover be shipped ir specially constructed cars, which will prevent the dropping of manure and urine on the track during transit, and in unshipping such cattle the cars shall be thoroughly disinfected with carbolized whitewash.

When may be unshipped.

Sec. 13. All cattle entering this state for the purposes mentioned in section eleven shall only be unshipped between the point of entry and destination at places set apart by the state board of health in its proclamation; and no native stock shall be allowed at any time to enter said places; said places shall be moreover thoroughly disinfected in such manner as the state board of health may direct.

Violation of act.

Sec. 14. Any person or persons, corporations, or firms, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable for all damages sustained, and a fine of one thousand dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, on account of any contagious or infectious disease being communicated from any diseased animal to any other animal in the neighborhood, or along the line of such transportation of such diseased animals into or through this state, or from one part thereof to another; and the existence or presence of such contagious or infectious disease Gen. Laws.-86

among the native cattle of this state on the same ranch with or in the vicinity of any such diseased animals, or along the line or route over which they were transported, shall be prima facie evidence that the same were affected with such disease at the time of being so removed or transported, and communicated it to such native

Gomestic animals so affected therewith.

Definition.

Sec. 15. The words "domestic animals" whenever used in this act shall be construed to mean and include horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, goats, and swine.

inspectors to be appointed.

Sec. 16. The state board of health are hereby authorized to appoint one inspector for each of the po'nts of entry by railroad communication into this state, who shall reside at such point as may be designated by the state board of health, and shall receive such compensation for actual serv ices as may be determined by said board, not to exceed one hundred dollars per month; such compensation to be paid out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the warrants of the controller of state drawn upon the certificate of the state board of health allowing the same.

Sec. 17. This act shall take effect immediately.

TITLE 225.

RAILROADS.

A reference to acts bearing on this subject is contained in Deering's Annotated Penal Code, pp. 652, 653.

An act granting the right of way and station grounds to the Southern California Railway Company over a portion of the asylum grounds in the county of San Bernardino. [Approved March 9, 1893; Stats. 1893, 121.] The purpose of the act is sufficiently indicated In the title.

An act to authorize cities and towns to grant franchises for the construction and maintenance of railroads beyond the limits of such cities or towns leading to public parks owned thereby.

The people of the state of California, represented in the senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for the council, trustes, or other governing body of any city or town owning public parks situated outside of said city or town, to grant franchises for the building and operation of railroads from any point in, or at the exterior boundary of such city or town, to, in, or through such park, in the same manner and to the same extent as it now has power to grant the same for street railroads within the limits of such city or town; provided, that in addition to all other conditions, it shall be made a condition of such franchise that the fare of passengers on such road or roads shall never exceed five cents for a single trip.

Sec. 2. All railroads, except as otherwise provided in this act, authorized by this act to be so chartered shall be governed by the provisions of part four, title four, of the Civil Code of California, concerning street railroads and corporations, go far as the same shall be applicable thereto, and of all acts amendatory thereof. Also by the provisions of "An act providing for the sale of railroad and other franchises in municipalities and relative to granting of francises," approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Became a law, under constitutional

provision, without governor's approval, March 1, 1897; Stats. 1897, chap. 1.]

An Act to promote the safety of employés and passengers upon street railroads, by compelling equipment of cars and dummies with fenders and brakes, and to prescribe penalties. [Approved March 22, 1899; Stats. 1899, ch. 150.1

An act to encourage the cultivation of ramie in the state of California. to provide a bounty for ramie fiber, and to make an appropriation therefor; to appoint a state superintendent of ramie culture, and make an appropriation for his salary.

[Approved March 31, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 283.] The act appropriated $5,000 for the purpose indicated.

TITLE 227.

RECLAMATION DISTRICTS.

An act to provide for the issuing of bonds by reclamation districts, and the disposal thereof for reclamation and other purposes, and their pay ment by taxation upon the property situated in such reclamation districts.

[Stat. approved March 27, 1895; Stats. 1895, chap. clxxiv.]

The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Whenever in the opinion of the board of trustees of any reclamation district now formed, or hereafter to be formed, under any law of this state, the cost of the works of reclamation according to the plans thereof will be too great to be raised by assessments as provided in the Political Code, said board of trustees shall or der a special election to be held at some place in said district to be designated by said board of trustees, at which said special election shall be submitted to the owners of land in said district the question whether or not the bonds of said district shall be issued in an amount necessary to construct said works of reclamation, which said amount shall be estimated by said board of trus tees, and stated in the order for such special elec

Sec. 2. Notice of such special election must be given by the board of trustees by posting notices thereof in at least three public places in the district, at least twenty days prior thereto, and also by publication for the same time in some newspaper published in each county in which any portion of said district may be situated, if there be a newspaper published in each of such counties, and if there is no newspaper so published, then by such publication in each county in which there is a newspaper published, and such notice must specify the time and place of holding such election, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, and the names of three land-holders of the district to act as a board of election.

Sec. 3. At such election each holder of lands in the district shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy, and shall have the right to cast one vote for each dollar's worth of real estate owned by him in the district, the value thereof to be determined from the next preceding assessment roll of the county where the same is situated; and the board of trustees of the district shall, prior to the election, procure from the assessor of each county where any portion of the district is situated, a list, certified by such assessor, containing a description of all the land of the district situated in such county, the name of the person to whom each tract is assessed, and the value thereof as appears from the assessment roll of said county, which said list shall be furnished to and be used by the said board of election in determining the number of votes each voter is entitled to cast. No person shall vote by proxy at such election, unless authority to cast such vote shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing, duly knowledged and certified as grants of real property, and filed with the board of election. The ballots cast at such election shall contain the words "Bonds-Yes," or the words "Bonds-No," and also the name of the person casting the ballot, with the number of votes cast by him; and a list of the ballots cast shall be made by the board of election, containing the name of the voter, and if the ballot be cast by proxy, the name of the person casting it, the number of votes cast, and whether the same be cast for or against the issuing of the bonds.

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