spective assigns, for the sum of one thousand dollars each, for the payment of their respective claims as aforesaid. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCLXX.-An Act to fix the Salary of the District Attorney of the County of Shasta. [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. From and after the expiration of the term of the Salary. present incumbent, the District Attorney of the County of Shasta shall receive for his compensation fifteen hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 2. The first section of an Act entitled an Act to fix the compensation of District Attorneys for the several counties of this State, passed May fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, so far as the provisions of said section applies to the County of Shasta, is hereby repealed. CHAP. CCLXXI.—An Act to authorize the Trustees of Petaluma School [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of Petaluma School Dis- Election. trict may, at any time after the passage of this Act, call an election, and submit to the qualified voters of said district the question: "Shall a tax be levied to pay the debt heretofore contracted and now due for building a school house in said district?" SEC. 2. Before calling said election, the Trustees shall cause Duty of to be made a full and complete statement of the debts and liabili- Trustees. ties then due and owing on account of the building of said school house, and shall, in their notice of said election, state the amount of money required, the rate of tax to be levied, and shall also state where an account of said indebtedness can be seen by the voters of the district, which shall be at some convenient place in said district. SEC. 3. The same notice shall be given, the election shall be Election. held in the same manner, and all the powers conferred upon the Trustees, Assessor, and Tax Collector, shall extend to the election, levying, and collecting of the tax herein provided, in the same manner as provided for calling an election to levy a tax Duty of Trustees. Surplus. for building a school house, approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. SEC. 4. If a majority of the votes polled at such election shall be in favor of such a tax, the Board of Trustees shall, immediately after the collection of the same, discharge the indebtedness herein mentioned, and any surplus funds remaining in the hands of the Trustees, after paying said indebtedness, shall be by them transferred to the account of rate bills in said district. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Franchise. CHAP. CCLXXII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to grant James H. and Charles J. Deering the right to construct and maintain a Bridge or Bridges across the Tuolumne River, approved April eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of said Act is amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The said James H. and Charles J. Deering shall have full power to build, erect, construct, and maintain a public toll bridge or bridges across the Tuolumne River, at a point or points anywhere between a point one fourth of a mile above the place occupied by their former bridge and the lower point of their franchise, near Jacksonville, in Tuolumne County, and have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities thereunto appertaining, and shall have the right of way across said river and the privilege of using the same for the purpose aforesaid between the points designated on said river, which is hereby granted and ceded to the said James H. and Charles J. Deering, Proviso. and their assigns, for the term of twenty years; provided, that within two years from the date of the passage of this Act the said parties shall have completed one principal bridge at or near the place where formerly was erected" Deering's Bridge," near Stevens' Bar, in Tuolumne County, and if said bridge be not so completed within two years, the rights and privileges hereby Conditions. granted shall be forfeited. The said parties and assigns shall, at all times after the completion of the bridge or bridges aforesaid, keep the same in good order and condition, and shall be responsible for all damages arising to persons or property crossing the same, caused by neglect to keep the same in proper repair. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCLXXIII.-An Act to authorize William O'Connell and his assigns to build a Wharf at or near Slaughter House Point, in Contra Costa County, now in the possession of William O'Connell. [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The right to build and erect a suitable wharf at Franchise. or near Slaughter House Point, in Contra Costa County, now in the possession of William O'Connell, and to enlarge the same as the wants of the trade may require, extending out into the water three hundred feet, if desired, is hereby granted to the said William O'Connell, his heirs and assigns, for the term of twentyfive years from the passage of this Act. granted. SEC. 2. The use and occupation of a piece of land, commenc- Use of land ing at high water mark, three hundred feet in width, and extending three hundred feet into the bay, provided, that naviga- Proviso. tion is not interfered with, is hereby granted to the said William O'Connell, his heirs and assigns, for the term of twentyfive years; the said land to be used for the purposes of said wharf, and for the free ingress and egress of water craft to and from the said wharf. SEC. 3. Said wharf shall be commenced and completed, suitable for a steamboat landing, within twelve months from the passage of this Act; and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa are hereby authorized, from time to time, to regulate the rates of toll and wharfage which the grantees herein. named may lawfully charge and collect for the use of said wharf; provided, any toll or wharfage shall, at any time, be charged. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately. Conditions. Proviso. CHAP. CCLXXIV.-An Act to extend the provisions of an Act entitled an Act concerning Lawful Fences in the Counties of San Bernardino, Colusa, Shasta, Tehama, and Placer, approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The provisions of an Act concerning lawful fences in the Counties of San Bernardino, Colusa, Shasta, Tehama, and Placer, are hereby extended to the County of Yuba. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on and after its passage. Exception. CHAP. CCLXXV.—An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Trinity County to levy a Toll on certain Roads in said County, approved February twentyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The provisions of the Act to which this Act is supplemental shall not apply to the road leading from Weaverville to Minersville. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Boundaries. CHAP. CCLXXVI.-An Act to define the Boundary Line between the [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The boundary line between the Counties of Monterey and San Luis Obispo shall be as follows: Beginning at a point on the summit of the Monte Diablo range of mountains (which is the range of mountains between the Salinas and Tulare Valleys) where the sixth standard parallel line south of the Monte Diablo base line (as laid down on the map of United States surveys) crosses said summit, and running thence, due west, along said line to the Pacific Ocean, and three miles therein. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage, and all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Authority. CHAP. CCLXXVII.-An Act authorizing Placer County to appropri ate moneys from its General Fund for the support of an Agricultural Association within the county. [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Supervisors of Placer County are hereby authorized at their first regular meeting to appropriate to the Placer County Agricultural Society, for the objects and purposes thereof, the sum of five thousand dollars, out of any money in the General Fund of said county not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. The said moneys, when so appropriated, shall be Conditions. placed in a Special Fund by the County Treasurer, and shall be paid out by him upon the proper orders of the officers of the society. SEC. 3. The Supervisors may, at any regular meeting, require Powers of of the officers of the society a detailed statement, under oath, Supervisors of the expenditure of said moneys. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCLXXVIII.-An Act to provide for the Retention of the [Approved April 20, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Any person or persons who shall, at any time, in To be the Counties of Santa Clara, San Diego, San Bernardino, San retained in Luis Obispo, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Bar- counties. bara, and Marin, kill or slaughter, or who shall cause to be killed or slaughtered, any cattle, either for his or their own use and consumption, or for sale, shall retain or cause to be retained in their possession, the hides taken off said animal, with the ear marks attached thereto, without any alteration or disfiguration of the brand or marks on said hide or ears, for the period of eight days. tain officers. SEC. 2. Any Justice of the Peace, Constable, owner of cattle, To exhibit or any other person, may, within the period of time mentioned hides to cerin the first section of this Act, demand an exhibit of the hide or hides of any cattle so killed or slaughtered, (as herein provided,) by the person so killing or slaughtering the same, or by any other person for whose use and benefit said animal was killed; and upon such demand being made, he or they shall produce the same for the inspection of said Justice of the Peace, Constable, owner of cattle, or any other person. counter SEC. 3. All persons, owners of cattle, shall, when he or they Brand and sell any hide or hides of his or their own mark or brand, place brand. his or their counter brand upon the same; and it shall not be lawful for any person to purchase any hide or hides without such counter brand thereon. SEC. 4. All persons killing or slaughtering any cattle, or Duties of causing the same to be killed or slaughtered, shall keep at the slaughterers. place of slaughter a book, in which shall be entered, at the time of the killing or slaughtering of any animal, the number and class of cattle killed or slaughtered, the name of the person or persons from whom such cattle were purchased, the marks or brands of such cattle, and whether counter branded or not, and if not counter branded, such person or persons killing or |