CHAP. CCCCLXXIX.-An Act to authorize and sanction the Consolidation and Fusion of certain Joint Stock Associations therein named. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and authorized. SECTION 1. The several assignments and transfers hitherto Fusion made by the Glas and Salinas Water Company, and the Crystal Springs Water Company, (two joint stock associations organized under the laws of the State of California for supplying the City of San Francisco with pure fresh water,) unto "The Spring Valley Water Works," a joint stock association organized for the same purpose, of all their respective franchises, immunities, privileges, and other estate and property, and the consolidation and fusion of the said three associations into one, are hereby legalized, sanctioned, and confirmed, and the Trustees or Directors of the said companies or associations are hereby authorized to perfect such assignments, transfers, consolidation, and fusion, by such deed or other instrument as may be deemed necessary; provided, that this Act shall have no force Proviso. or effect until the said Glas and Salinas Water Company and Crystal Springs Water Company shall have paid all their liabil ities. SEC. 2. The company known by the name of the "Spring Valley Water Works," is hereby authorized to increase the number of its Directors, not to exceed seven in all. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXX.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate Elections, passed March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the several Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: party. Section 29. If such person shall insist that he is entitled to oath of vote, and the challenge shall not be withdrawn, he shall not be challenged entitled to vote unless he take the following oath, to be administered by the Inspector or one of the Judges, viz: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you are a citizen of the United States, that you are of the age of twentyone years, according to the best of your knowledge and belief, that you have resided in this State six months next preceding this election, and that you have not voted this day." Upon taking which oath, he shall be entitled to vote for all State officers, and if he offer to vote for any district, county, or township officer, he shall, in addition thereto, make oath that he has resided in such district, county, or township, (as the case may be,) thirty days. Duties of County Clerk. Deputy. Salary. CHAP. CCCCLXXXI.-An Act concerning the Records and Papers in the Office of the County Clerk of Placer County. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The County Clerk of Placer County is hereby authorized and required to arrange, in proper and separate files, all the papers in his office belonging to the different cases of the several Courts held in said county from the organization thereof, and to number the said cases or files of each Court in the order in which they were commenced therein; and he is also required to enter, in the registers of actions of the said several Courts, and the indexes thereof, the number corresponding with the number on the file, and all cases or actions commenced prior to October, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-five, he shall register as is required by law in the register of actions, and in the same manner as such cases should have been registered at the commencement and trial of the said several cases or actions. SEC. 2. The County Clerk is hereby authorized to appoint a Deputy to do the work provided for in the preceding section, whose salary shall be audited and paid as other bills against the county; provided, that such salary shall not exceed one hundred dollars per month, and the whole sum paid shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars; and, provided, further, that after the Deputy is appointed as aforesaid, the Supervisors of the county may contract with him, or may contract with the County Clerk to do the whole work for a specific sum, not to exceed the said sum of one thousand dollars. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXXII.-An Act amendatory of an Act entitled an Act concerning Corporations, passed April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section forty-two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: company. Section 42. The said company may invest its funds by loan Investment thereof, in such manner as the Directors may deem most advan- of funds of tageous, and may take security therefor; but shall not, directly or indirectly, deal or trade in buying and selling any goods, wares, merchandise, property, stocks, or commodities, whatever. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXXIII.-An Act appropriating Money to pay cer- The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and seven dollars and Approsixty-five cents ($107 65) is hereby appropriated, out of priations. any money in the General Fund in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay certain claims allowed by the Board of Military Auditors, and the Controller of State is hereby authorized to draw his warrants in favor of Jesse Hackett for thirtysix dollars, ($36 00); Spirit of the Times, seventeen dollars and fifty cents, ($17 50); Tuolumne Courier, twenty dollars, ($20 00); Sacramento Post Office, thirty-four dollars and fifteen cents, ($34 15); and the Treasurer of State to pay the same. CHAP. CCCCLXXXIV.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning Public Ferries and Toll Bridges, passed April twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section fifteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Recovery of damages against company. Obstructions Damages. Section 15. Any person injured, delayed, or damaged, through any defect, insufficiency, or want of repair in any toll bridge or ferry, shall have a right to sue and recover of the party having a license therefor such damages as he may thereby have sustained, in any Court of competent jurisdiction; and any person or persons who shall wilfully obstruct or damage, or cause to be obstructed or damaged, any lane or road, travelled or used by the public as a highway in going to and from any toll bridge or ferry, so as to render such travel or use of such lane or road impracticable, or more difficult, without first procuring, in the manner now or that may hereafter be provided by law, an order by the Board of Supervisors, or other competent authority, duly vacating such lane or road, shall be liable to pay to any person or persons having a license to keep any toll bridge or ferry, any and all damages he or they may sustain by loss or diminution in the amount of tolls that might have been collected had no such obstruction or damage been created, and all other damages; and any party so aggrieved may sue and recover the same in any Court of competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit. Penalties. CHAP. CCCCLXXXV.-An Act to prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Weapons. [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Every person, not being a peace officer or traveller, who shall wear or carry any dirk, pistol, sword in a cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon, concealed, shall, upon conviction thereof before any Court of competent jurisdiction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned in the County Jail for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or fined in any sum not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars. SEC. 2. Such persons, and no others, shall be deemed travellers within the meaning of this Act, as may be actually engaged in making a journey at the time. CHAP. CCCCLXXXVI.-An Act to authorize the Board of Swamp [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Swamp Land Commissioners are Board hereby authorized to allow and certify to the Board of State authorized. Examiners the claim of George R. More, for fifty dollars, the same being for legal services rendered the Board of Swamp Land Commissioners. Upon the approval of the account by the Board of State Examiners, the Controller shall draw his warrant in payment of the same out of the Swamp Land Fund. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCCLXXXVII. An Act to authorize the Sacramento, [Approved April 27, 1863.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad Company Company, by and through their Board of Directors, are hereby authorized. authorized and empowered to sell and convey, by a proper deed of conveyance, executed by the President and Secretary of said company, and under the corporate seal thereof, to "The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California," a company duly organized under the laws of this State, on the twenty-eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the City of Sacramento, over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the eastern boundary of the State of California, and to their successors and assigns, all or any portion of their railroad, together with all other property, franchises, rights, privileges, and appurtenances, belonging or appertaining to said railroad, or owned or possessed by said company, upon such terms, conditions, and stipulations, as may be mutually Conditions agreed upon by the Boards of Directors of said companies; but of sale. such sale shall not be valid or effectual for any purposes until the same shall have been approved by the holders of at least two thirds of the capital stock of the said Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad Company. SEC. 2. This Act shall be deemed a public Act and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. |