make con reside upon said lot, to be left upon said lot, require the said owner forthwith to cause said improvements to be made; and if the said owner shall neglect, for the space of ten days thereafter, to cause the said improvements to be commenced, and thereafter to be prosecuted [with] reasonable diligence, Superinthe said Superintendent may enter into a contract, in writ-tendent to ing, with any suitable person to make said improvement at tract. the expense of said owner, at a reasonable price, to be determined by said Superintendent, and such owner shall be liable to pay the same; and upon the completion of the said contract to the satisfaction of the said Superintendent, who shall thereupon issue his certificate to that effect, stating therein the amount due upon said contract. The said contractor shall cause the said contract and certificate to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder in and for the City and County of San Francisco, and shall thereafter have a lien upon the said lot of land in front of which he has made the said improvement, for the amount specified in said certificate, until the same shall be paid, which said lien may be enforced in the mode provided by law for the foreclosure of mortgages or other liens. confirmed. SEC. 5. Order number one thousand three hundred and Order thirteen, adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, September thirteenth, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-six, is hereby confirmed and made valid; provided, however, that nothing is hereby intended to prevent the said Board of Supervisors from amending or repealing the said order, and that the said order shall only remain in force during the pleasure of the said Board. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. CHAP. DXXXII.-An Act to further define the judicial districts in the City and County of San Francisco. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. There is hereby added to each judicial district Court-room in the City and County of San Francisco, the Court-room in added. the building known as the New City Hall, now assigned by competent authority, or which may hereafter be so assigned to such judicial district. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Power granted to way and construct CHAP. DXXXIII.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County to open a public highway, and construct and build a bridge across the Salinas River. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. To the County of Monterey is hereby granted open high power to open a public highway between the Town of Castroville and Monterey, and to construct a bridge across the Salinas River, at some point between Martin's crossing and the termination of Cooper's lane, leading from Castroville to the river. bridge. Bridge to have double track. SEC. 2. The said bridge shall have a double track, one of sufficient width and capacity for the accommodation of the public travel, and the other of sufficient width and capacity for the use of the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Co. to cross their trains thereon. Said bridge shall be constructed in a good and substantial manner, of durable Must be kept materials, and when completed shall at all times be kept in passable order; and the said Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Company, and their assigns, shall keep the same in repair for the use thereof, and shall be responsible for any damages arising to persons or property crossing said bridge, caused by reason of any neglect in keeping said bridge in proper repair and condition. in repair. Supervisors to advertise proposals. SEC. 3. Within thirty days after the passage of this Act, for plans and the Board of Supervisors of said county shall advertise in one daily newspaper published in the City and County of San Francisco, and in one newspaper in Monterey County, for twenty days next thereafter, for plans and specifications for the construction of said bridge, and shall, within twenty days after the expiration of said advertisement, adopt some plan for said bridge, and immediately thereafter make public advertisement in one or more newspapers published in Monterey County, and in one daily newspaper published in the City and County of San Francisco, that they will receive proposals for the construction of said bridge in accordance with the plans and specifications adopted, and that they will award the contract to the lowest bidder who will give good and sufficient security for the completion of any contract which he may make respecting the same; provided, the Board of Supervisors may reject any and all bids, and advertise again as before. Auditor to issue bonds; nature of. SEC. 4. After the award of the contract above provided for, the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and directed to order the County Auditor of said county to issue bonds of said Monterey County, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, and said Auditor is hereby authorized and directed, upon the said order of the Board of Supervisors, to issue said bonds. Said bonds shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and the County Auditor, and countersigned by the Treasurer of said county, and shall be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, payable in gold coin of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, in like gold coin, payable semi-annually. Said bonds shall be made payable fifteen years from the date of their issue, and redeemable after ten years from the date of their issue, at the option of the Board of Supervisors of said county. disposed of. SEC. 5. When the Board of Supervisors wish to dispose Bonds; how of said bonds, they shall advertise the fact in one daily paper in the City and County of San Francisco, and one paper in Monterey County, for thirty days, stating where and when they will open sealed proposals, and the conditions, if any, that must accompany the bid, and they shall award the same to the best bidder; provided, however, that they may reject any or all of the bids; provided further, that no bid shall be received or bond sold at a less rate than ninety-five per cent. of the par value thereof. The money arising from Money the sale of these bonds shall be applied exclusively to open- applied. ing said public highway, and constructing and building said bridge across the Salinas River, as provided in section one. The surplus, if any, shall be transferred to the Current Expense Fund of said county. SEC. 6. The said Auditor, upon the order of the said Coupons Board of Supervisors, shall attach coupons to said bonds, attached. and the interest and bonds shall be made payable at the office of the County Treasurer; said coupons shall be duly numbered, and there shall be expressed thereon the amount of interest on coupons, and when and where payable, and they shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and County Auditor, and countersigned by County Treasurer. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the said Auditor to keep a Auditor to record of the number, denomination, and amount of all keep record. bonds issued, showing the date of issue, to whom issued, and the number of each coupon to each particular bond. demption Fund." SEC. 8. In addition to the taxes now authorized by law in "Bridge Rethe County of Monterey, the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized to levy and have collected, by the proper officers, such additional tax as they may deem necessary, which shall be set apart to pay the interest on said bonds, and for no other purpose; provided further, that in the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and eighty-eight and eighteen hundred eighty-nine, the Board of Supervisors shall have power to levy an additional tax, not to exceed the sum of ten cents on the one hundred dollars, to be collected by the proper officers, to be called the "Bridge Redemption Fund," and all money so collected shall be set apart and used for the redemption of said bonds created by this Act, and for no other purpose. The manner of levying and collecting said tax shall be the same as that provided by law for levying and collecting State and county taxes. SEC. 9. Ten years after the issuance of said bonds, if there Bonds be sufficient money in the "Bridge Redemption Fund," after redeemed. paying the interest due on said bonds, the County Treasurer Canceled coupons and bonds. Moneys remaining shall publish notice, in a newspaper published in said county, that he will redeem bond or bonds, the number commencing with the first number, and shall give the name. to whom it was issued, and the amount, and shall publish said notice for four weeks, and after the expiration of said publication, if the owner or owners of said bond or bonds do not present them for payment, or refuse to receive payment thereon, the interest shall cease, and the County Treasurer is hereby prohibited from paying the interest on the same thereafter; said bonds shall express on their face, "Redeemable after ten years, at the option of the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County." SEC. 10. Whenever the County Treasurer shall pay any coupons or bonds, under the provisions of this Act, he shall cancel the same and preserve the said canceled coupons and bonds, and keep a record thereof, giving the number, date, and amount of each, and from whom received, and shall write across said coupons or bonds the words, "canceled by me," and sign his name, as County Treasurer, thereon. SEC. 11. All moneys that may remain in the said "Bridge transferred. Redemption Fund," after payment of the coupons and bonds aforesaid, shall be transferred to the Current Expense Fund of the county. Company to have right of bonds. SEC. 12. The Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Comway; to give pany, and their assigns, shall have the exclusive right of way over that portion of said bridge which shall be devoted to their use and occupancy, and shall lay their narrow gauge track thereon; provided, that said company, or their assigns, give a good and sufficient bond to said Board of Supervisors that they will keep all of said bridge in good repair, during their occupancy thereof, and that they will be responsible for all damages arising to persons or property crossing said bridge, caused by reason of any neglect in keeping said bridge in proper repair and condition; and provided further, that said company, or their assigns, within six months from the completion of said bridge, move the line of their route so as to cross the Salinas River at said Martin's crossing. SEC. 13. This Act shall take effect immediately after its passage. Regents to lations. DXXXIV.-An Act to confer further powers on the Board of [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Regents of the University of the waive stipu- State of California are hereby authorized to waive any and all stipulations of forfeiture contained in the contract heretofore made between them and Florence Crowley, for the erection of the Mechanics' Art College at Berkeley, provided said building is completed to the satisfaction of said Regents, and according to contract in all respects, except as to time for the completion of the same. ated. SEC. 2. The amount heretofore appropriated for the con- Amount restruction of the building, for which the contract has been appropri let to said Crowley, is hereby re-appropriated for said purpose, and shall not lapse into the treasury of State in the event of the non-completion of said building before the first day of July next. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. DXXXV.-An Act relating to advances bona fide made to agents intrusted with goods, and for the better protection of such advances. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: agent to be SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this Act, any Contract by agent who shall thereafter be intrusted with the possession binding. of goods, or of the documents of title to goods, shall be deemed and taken to be the owner of such goods and documents, so far as to give validity to any contract or agreement by way of pledge, lien, or security, bona fide made by any person with such agent so intrusted as aforesaid, as well for any original loan, advance, or payment made upon the security of such goods or documents, as also for any further or continuing advance in respect thereof, and such contract or agreement shall be binding upon, and good against the owner of such goods, and all other persons interested therein, notwithstanding the person claiming such pledge or lien may have had notice that the person with whom such contract or agreement is made is only an agent. SEC. 2. This Act, and every matter and thing herein Bona fide contained, shall be deemed and construed to give validity loans only to to such contracts and agreements only, and to protect only such loans and advances as shall be made bona fide, and without notice that the agent making such contracts or agreements as aforesaid has not authority to make the same, or is acting mala fide in respect thereof against the owner of such goods and merchandise. And nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to, or protect any lien or pledge for or in respect of any antecedent debt owing from any agent to any person with or to whom such lien or pledge shall be given, nor to authorize any agent intrusted as aforesaid in deviating from any express orders or authority received from the owner; but that for the purpose and to the intent of protecting all such bona fide loans and advances as aforesaid (though made with notice of such agent not being the owner, but without any notice of the agents acting without authority), and to no further or other intent or pur |