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City, relations to state, 118
relations to the United States, 118
suits against, 120.

Civil cases, 286 seq.

Civil service, 161, 261

Claims against the state, 203

Class charters, 114
Code commission, 259

Commission plan, 139
Complaint, 289

Compromise type of government, 63
Conference committee, 179
Congressional districts, 348, App. B
Congressional townships, 65, 205
Consolidated city and county, 124
Consolidation of offices, 75
Constables, 92, 123

Constitutions, state, 173

Contagious diseases, fight against, 150
Controller, state, 197, 353

Conventions of political parties, national, 40
pre-primary, 38

state, 31

Coroner, 89

Corporations, commissioner of, 222

Corporations, 50, 387

charters of, 51

classification of, 56

formation of, 50

kinds of, 52

licenses of, 191

public, 54

taxes on, 190, 195

Counties, charters of, 108, 372, App. D

classes of, 74

finances of, IOI seq.

formation of, 68

list of, App. C

list of county officers, 72, 73

relations to state, 70
revenues of, IOI

suits against, 104

uniformity of government, 75

County clerk, 26, 82

County farms, 79

County government act, 75
County law libraries, 314

County seat, establishment of, 69
removal of, 370
County taxes, 78, 101

Court commissioners, 305, 362
Court decisions, 321

Court reporter, 73, 321
Courts, list of, 297

purpose of, 285

Courts of record, 321, 362

Criminal cases, 286, 292

Criminal identification, bureau of, 251

Dairy bureau, 239

Declaration of rights, 327

Deficiencies, 204

Delinquent children, 311
Delinquent taxes, 85, 198
Dental examiners, 247
Dependent children, 311
Detention home, 312

Direct primary, 24, 333
District attorney, 93

District courts of appeal, judges of, 315, 357
jurisdiction of, 319, 356

printed decisions of, 321
sessions of, 315

Election expenses, 32

Elections, nonpartisan, 33

primary, 24

regular, 36

Eminent domain, 389

Employment agencies, 241

Engineer, county, 91

state, 223

Engineering, state department of, 223

Equalization, city, 131

county, 78, 397

state, 194, 397

Equity cases, 287

Escheated estates, 192

Examination, preliminary, 293, 307

Execution of judgments, 291, 295

Executor, 94

Ex post facto law, 330

Feeble-minded children, home for, 249

Fees, of city officers, 135

of county officers, 101
of state officers, 192
Felony, 292
Finances, city, 135

county, IOI
school, 279

state, 193

Fire department, city, 147
Fire wardens, 228

Fiscal year, 408

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Immigration and housing, commission of, 256 Local government in sections of the U. S.,

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Terms of office, of county officers, 73

State, act admitting to the Union, App. A Teachers' certificates, 275, 278

claims against, 203

constitutions, 172

fair grounds, 238

greater than a corporation, 53
indebtedness, 404

officers, 184, 264
printing, 259

relations of, to the nation, 168

revenues, 190, 395
subdivisions of, 47

suits against, 408

supplies for, 204

University, 283, 367

Subregistrars, 89

Suffrage, rights of, 332

Superintendent of public instruction, 276

Superintendent of schools, county, 274
Superior court, clerk of, 82

judges of, 301, 359

jurisdiction of, 302, 359

sessions of, 301, 360

Supervisors, election of, 76

general character of their work, 81

powers of, 77 seq.

Supreme court, decisions of, 318

judges of, 316, 354

jurisdiction of, 319, 355

sessions of, 317

of state officers, 185

Tide lands, 206

Town, 61

Town meetings, 62

Township, 62, 64, 65, 67, 297

Township courts, 67, 297

Treason, 331

Treasurer, county, 86

state, 201

Trials, civil, 290

criminal, 295

Trustees, city, 130

Vacancies in office, county, 74

state, 185, 341, 351
Venire, 309

Verification deputies, 26

Veterans' home, 257

Veterinarian, state, 237

Veterinary medicine, board of, 248

Voting, 28

Water commission, 230

Weights and measures, department of,

229

Women's Relief Corps Home, 258

SUTTON'S CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN

CALIFORNIA

SUPPLEMENT

Since this book was published some changes in the public law of California have been made, by legislation and by constitutional amendment. An attempt is made in the following pages to sum up the most important of these changes.

Page 73. · County sealers of weights and measures (§ 149) and the county board of public welfare should be added to the list of county officers.

The county board of public welfare may be appointed by the board of supervisors, and must be upon the petition of one hundred voters in the county. It consists of seven members, both men and women, who serve without pay, each for a term of four years. Its duty is to inspect and inquire into the management of every charitable or correctional institution in the county which is supported either wholly or partly by the county. The county jail, county infirmary, county hospital, county detention home, and similar institutions, come under its supervision. It makes reports and recommendations to the county board of supervisors and to the state board of charities and corrections.

Page 83. The abolition of the poll tax in 1914 modifies somewhat the duties of the county assessor, who formerly collected that tax. Page 88. - In connection with the recorder the Torrens land law, adopted as an initiative measure in 1914, should be mentioned. The law provides for the registration of land titles according to the Torrens system, first devised by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-1884). Any landowner may file with the county clerk, on a blank form

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