Board of location and organization. Number of officers and privates. CHAP. DXXVII.—An Act to amend section one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, one thousand nine hundred and sixtytwo, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, of the Political Code, and to add a new section thereto, and to amend section thirty-eight of an Act entitled an Act to amend the Political Code of the State of California, and other Acts, concerning the National Guard, approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one thousand nine hundred and thirteen of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 1913. The Commander-in-Chief, Major-General, AdjutantGeneral, and the Brigadier-General of each brigade, constitute a Board for location and organization of the National Guard within such brigade, with power to transfer, attach, consolidate, or disband companies, and to reorganize, at pleasure, regiments and battalions. SEC. 2. Section one thousand nine hundred and sixtytwo of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 1962. The companies of the National Guard are composed of the following officers and privates, viz.: I. Each company of cavalry, of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Senior and one Junior Second Lieutenant, one First Sergeant, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, three Sergeants, four Corporals, one Trumpeter, one Farrier, and not less than thirty nor more than eighty privates. II. Each company of infantry, of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, and one Second Lieutenant, one First Sergeant, five Sergeants, eight Corporals, one Marker, two Drummers, one Fifer, and not less than forty or more than one hundred and twenty privates. III. Light batteries, of oné Captain, two First Lieutenants, two Second Lieutenants, one First Sergeant, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, six Sergeants, twelve Corporals, two Musicians, one Wagoner, and not less than thirty-five nor more than one hundred privates. IV. A Gatling battery of four guns attached to a company of infantry will entitle that company to a Junior First Lieutenant, and a Junior Second Lieutenant, two Sergeants, and four Corporals, in addition to those already provided in paragraph two, and to an allowance for each gun, in addition to the allowance for infantry companies, of twenty-five dollars per month. Claims for this allowance shall be made out the same as provided in section two thousand and ninety-four of the Political Code, which claim must be audited and allowed by the Board of Military Auditors, and paid out of the appropriation for military purposes. SEC. 3. Section one thousand nine hundred and sixty nine of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 1969. If such officer finds any of such property out of Repair of repair, injured, or defective, he must immediately notify the arms, etc. facts to the Commander-in-Chief, through the proper channel, who, if the damages is not repaired and the defects and losses supplied within a reasonable time, must order the same to be done under the direction of some officer, and the vouchers for the expenses thereof, when audited by the State Board of Military Auditors, must be paid, on the on the warrant of the Controller, out of the appropriation for military purposes. SEC. 4. There is added to the Political Code a new section, to read as follows: Commander 1941. The Commander-in-Chief is hereby authorized to Power of establish and prescribe such rules, regulations, forms, and in-Chief. precedents as he may deem proper for the use, government, and instruction of the National Guard, and to carry into full effect the provisions of this Title. SEC. 5. Section thirty-four of an Act entitled an Act to amend the Political Code of the State of California, and other Acts concerning the National Guard, approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, shall take effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 'CHAP. CCCCLXXXIX.-An Act to amend section nineteen hundred and thirty-seven of the Political Code, relative to returns of militia to County Assessors. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ed to be Assessor. SECTION 1. Section nineteen hundred and thirty-seven of List of perthe Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: sons exempt1937. Each commander of a company of the National given to Guard must make out a list, certified under oath before a Notary Public, on or before the first Monday in March of each year, of every officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, and private of the company entitled to exemptions, as provided by law, with the residence of each, which list must be transmitted to the Colonel, or commanding officer, of the regiment or battalion to which such company belongs, who must transmit the same, together with a list of his field and staff, and non-commissioned staff, made out in like manner, and certified by him under oath before a Notary Public, to the Brigadier-General, which list, if correct and approved by the Brigadier-General, must, by him, be served upon the County Assessor of the county in which such regiments, battalion, or companies are located; and the County Assessor must thereupon note opposite the names of all persons such exemptions. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Companies to have certain officers; duties of. CHAP. DCXXXVIII.-An Act to add certain sections to the Political Code, concerning the State Militia, and to be known as sections numbers nineteen hundred and seventy-five and nineteen hundred and seventy-six. [Approved April 1, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1 A new section is hereby added to the Political Code, to be known as section nineteen hundred and seventyfive, and to read as follows: 1975. Each company of the National Guard shall have a Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, and a Finance Committee consisting of three members. They Ishall be elected by a vote of the company, by ballot, and serve for a term of one year, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the company. The Financial Secretary shall receive all moneys, other than State appropriations, coming to the company, receipt for the same, and pass it to the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. He shall draw warrants on the Treasurer for the payment of all bills when authorized to do so by the company, and perform such other duties as may be imposed on him by the Code or company by-laws. The Finance Committee shall audit all bills of the company. They shall examine the Treasurer's, Secretary's, and Quartermaster's books and accounts semi-annually, and report thereon, in writing, at a regular monthly meeting of the company. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the company funds. He shall make a detailed quarterly report of his accounts to the company at a regular monthly meeting of such company, and a detailed semi-annual report, in triplicate, countersigned by the Finance Committee. He shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his duty, in a sum equal to double the amount of the yearly income of the company, said bonds to be approved by a majority vote of the company at a regular meeting. No money shall be disbursed until the bills therefor have been audited by the Finance Committee and approved by the company, and then only on a warrant drawn by the Financial Secretary on the Treasurer for the amount, and countersigned by the company commander. At all inspections of companies the inspecting officers shall inspect the books, papers, reports, statements, and accounts of the company, as well as the men and equipments. SEC. 2. A new section is hereby added to the Political Code, to be known as section nineteen hundred and seventysix, and to read as follows: tions for member 1976. Applications or propositions for membership in Applicaany company of the National Guard shall only be made at a regular weekly meeting or assemblage of such company, and ship; when the names of such applicants shall be posted in a conspicu- made. ous place in the company quarters, or armory, until the next succeeding regular weekly meeting or assemblage of such company, at which time, and not before, such applicants may be balloted for by the company. CHAP. DCXLV.—An Act to amend section two thousand one hundred and forty of the Political Code, in relation to the compensation of Directors of the State Insane Asylum located at Stockton. [Approved April 1, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twenty-one hundred and forty is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Directors. 2140. The Directors shall not be directly or indirectly compensainterested in any contract or contracts for supplies furnished not said Asylum, but shall receive, as their compensation, the sum of ten dollars per day for their services in attending monthly or called meetings of said Board, and such mileage as is provided by law for members of the Legislature of this State, payable out of any moneys set apart by law for the use and benefit of said Asylum, as other bills and accounts against the Asylum are paid; provided, the amount so received as per diem compensation for services shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and forty dollars per year to each Director. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCLVII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a Political Code, approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, in relation to the navigable waters of this State. [Approved March 26, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to said Code, to be numbered section twenty-three hundred and fifty-one: 2351. The streams known as First Napa Creek, Second Waters Napa Creek, and Third Napa Creek, in the County of navigable. declared Sonoma, and between the Napa and Sonoma Rivers, in the Commissions CHAP. CCCCXXX.-An Act to amend certain sections of the Political Code, and to enact and add certain sections thereto, relating to pilots and pilot regulation. [Approved March 29, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two thousand four hundred and thirty of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: 2430. Pilots appointed by Commissioners must be careand license. fully examined as to their qualifications, and, if found to be qualified and worthy, must receive license as pilots for the term of twelve months, which license shall be thereafter annually renewed until the Commissioners have good cause to withhold such renewal; and whenever the Commissioners deem they have such cause, or intend for any reason to withhold such renewal, the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners shall serve notice, in writing, on such pilot, specifying the causes, at least ten days before the expiration of his license; and such pilot shall thereupon be entitled to a full hearing before said Board. To examine pilots. SEC. 2. Section two thousand four hundred and fifty-seven of said Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 2457. The Board of Commissioners must examine and and license license, in the manner prescribed, not less than fifteen nor more than twenty pilots for the Port of San Francisco, and not more than two pilots for the Ports of Mare Island, Vallejo, and Benicia. Pilots to keep boats. Pilots enti and hearing. SEC. 3. Section two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight of said Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 2458. Pilots must at all times keep, for their exclusive use, boats of such description and good condition as directed by the Board. SEC. 4. Section two thousand four hundred and sixty-four of said Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 2464. Whenever any pilot has been notified that his license tled to trial will not be renewed, as provided in section two thousand four hundred and thirty of this Code, he shall be entitled to a trial and hearing thereon, in the same manner that other charges and complaints are tried under the provisions of section two thousand four hundred and sixty-three of this Code, and in all such cases, and in all cases of revocation of license, or suspension of a pilot for any cause, the Board may, in its discretion, upon written application setting forth the grounds thereof, verified by the party aggrieved, grant a rehearing; and in all cases the final decision of the Board shall be sub |