City, relations to state, 118 Civil cases, 286 seq. Civil service, 161, 261 Claims against the state, 203 Class charters, 114 Commission plan, 139 Compromise type of government, 63 Constitutions, state, 173 Contagious diseases, fight against, 150 Conventions of political parties, national, 40 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 suits against, 104 uniformity of government, 75 County clerk, 26, 82 County farms, 79 County government act, 75 County seat, establishment of, 69 Court commissioners, 305, 362 Court reporter, 73, 321 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 Direct primary, 24, 333 District courts of appeal, judges of, 315, 357 printed decisions of, 321 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 county, IOI state, 193 Fire department, city, 147 Fiscal year, 408 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 officers, 184, 264 relations of, to the nation, 168 revenues, 190, 395 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 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 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 |