and all moneys heretofore paid to the state of California on such purchase shall be deemed and taken to be forfeited to the state. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be deemed or taken to give to or confer upon the holder or holders of such prior certificates, or any of them, as against the state of California, or any subsequent purchasers therefrom, or against the holders of subsequent certificates of purchase, any other or greater right to the lands herein referred to than is now held by the holder or holders of such prior certificates, or to confer upon such holder or holders any new right, or to affect or impair the rights of such subsequent purchasers or their assigns. Previous part payment confers no special rightsDoes not apply.

Sec. 2. The mere fact or previous part payment shall not of itself confer on such prior purchaser or his assigns any right to complete the purchase, if he or they be not otherwise entitled so to do, as against the state, and a subsequent purchaser or his assigns; provided, that this act shall not apply to any action now pending commenced within five years.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.

In addition consult the following acts:

An act ceding to the United States of America jurisdiction over all lands within this state which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States for military purposes. [Stats. approved March 2, 1897; Stats. 1897, chap. Ivi.]

An act ceding to the United States of America jurisdiction over lands in this state ceded to the United States. [Approved March 31, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 262.]

An act relinquishing to the United States of America the title of this state to certain lands. [Stat. approved March 9, 1897; Stats. 1897, chap. lxxxi.]

An act to authorize the governor and suveryor. general to sell and convey the state's interest in certain lands. [Approved March 31, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 251.]

An act to legalize applications heretofore made for the purchase of lands belonging to this state, and to confirm the title of the purchasers under such applications.

[Approved March 27, 1872; 1871-2, 622.]

An act for the relief of purchasers of state lands. [Approved March 27, 1872; 1871-2, 587; Amended April 1, 1875; 1877-8, 914.]

An act entitled "An act to enable purchasers of state lands to redeem the same, where their ti tles have been or may hereafter be foreclosed for non-payment of interest."

[Approved March 7, 1881; Stats. 1881, 65.]

An act to provide for an examination into the sale and disposal of state lands.

[Approved April 1, 1876; 1875-6, 798.]

An act to protect bona fide settlers upon public lands.

[Approved March 23, 1874; 1873-4, 543.]

An act to reserve from sale the north half of section sixteen in township seven south and range three east, Monte Diablo meridian,

[Approved April 1, 1876; 1875-6, 679.]

An act for the protection of settlers on public lands claimed by the state.

[Approved March 10, 1874; 1873-4, 327.]

TITLE 267.

STATE PRINTER.

Acts relating to: See Political Code, Appendix, title, State Printer, p. 1064.

TITLE 268.

STATE PRISONS.

Acts relating to: See Penal Code, Appendix, title, State Prisons, p. 654.

TITLE 269.

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

Acts relating to: See Code of Civil Procedure, Appendix, title, Statute of Limitations, p. 874 et seq.

TITLE 270.

STEVENSON, ACT FOR RELIEF OF.

An act for the relief of Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson, and to appropriate money therefor. [Approved March 31, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 260.] The act appropriated $125 a month for twentyone months for the purpose indicated.

TITLE 271.

STOCKTON.

An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of an open canal from and along North street, in the city of Stockton, county of San Joaquin, state of California, to the San Joaquin river, for sanitary and drainage purposes, and to appropriate money therefor. [Approved March 12, 1887; 1887, 109.]

The act authorized the directors of the Insane Asylum to construct the above canal. Gen. Laws-92.

TITLE 272.

STREETS.

An act to provide for the planting, maintenance, and care of shade trees upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, and places within municipalities, and of hedges upon the lines thereof; also, for the eradication of certain weeds within city limits.

[Approved March 11, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 153.]

Section 1. All streets, lanes, alleys, places, or courts in the municipalities of this state now open or dedicated, or which may hereafter be opened or dedicated, to public use, whose grade has been officially established, and which have been actually graded in conformity therewith, may be planted with shade trees, along the edges of the sidewalks thereof, by order of the city council, which shall have power, also, to provide for the maintenance and care of the same; and the city council shall have power to prescribe the height, thickness, and manner of trimming of all hedges set out, or that shall be hereafter set out, along the line of any street, lane, alley, place, or court dedicated to public use, whether graded or not, and to compel compliance with its ordinances in the premises by the owners or occupants of the lots fronting thereon. The powers hereby conferred upon city councils shall be exercised in the manner and under the proceedings hereinafter described.

Sec. 2. The city council of any municipality in the state may, at its discretion, pass a resolution of intention to plant, or cause to be planted, with shade trees, any graded street, lane, alley, place. or court within the limits of such municipality. Such resolution of intention may embrace the entire length of any street, lane, alley, place, or court, or any portion thereof, but must specify the kind of trees to be planted, their size, age and their distance apart. The street superintendent shall thereupon cause to be conspicuously posted along both sides of the street mentioned in the resolution at not more than three hundred feet

in distance apart, notices of the passage of said resolution. Said notice shall be headed "Notice to Plant Shade Trees," in letters not less than one inch in length, and shall, in legible characters, set forth the language of the resolution and the date of its passage. The city clerk shall also cause a copy of the resolution to be published for six days in one or more daily newspapers published and circulated in said city, and designated by said city council.

Sec. 3. The owners of a majority of the frontage of the property on both sides of the street proposed to be planted as aforesaid may, within ten days after the expiration of the time of publica tion of said resolution, file their written statement of objections to the proposed work with the city clerk, which must be signed by the objectors, each one writing after his or her name the number of feet frontage owned by him or her. Such objection must show wherein the parties making them will be injured or aggrieved by the proposed work, and if the objection be to the kind of trees proposed to be planted, they must name some other kind of tree to be substituted therefor. The city council shall, at its next meeting after the filing of said objections, fix a time for hearing the same, not less than one week thereafter. The city clerk shall thereupon notify each objector, or his agent, who has signed his or her name to the statement, by depositing, in the postoffice of said city, a notice addressed to him or her, postage prepaid, notifying the objectors of the time and place of hearing. At the time specified, the council shall hear the objections urged, and pass upon the same, and its decision shall be final and conclusive, except that in the choice of trees to be planted, it shall be governed by the written request of the owners of a majority of the frontage on both sides of the street which it is proposed to plant. If the objections be sustained, no further proceedings shall be taken under the resolution of intention for six months after the date of its passage. If it be again proposed to plant the street, the council shall commence proceedings de novo as if no action had been previously taken.

Sec. 4. At the expiration of ten days after the expiration of the time of publication of said resolution of intention, if no written objections to the