ence to members of such department, who have served less than ten years.

Act takes effect when.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

PUBLIC HEALTH.

An Act to protect public health from infection caused by exhumation and removal of the remains of deceased persons.

[1. Approved April 1, 1878; Stats. 1877-78, p. 1050. 2. Amended March 13, 1889; Stats. 1889, p. 139.]

Disinterring bodies unlawful without permit.

Contents of permit.

Misdemeanor. Transportation of bodies, etc.

§ 1.

§ 3.

§ 4.

Misdemeanor.

Disinterring bodies unlawful without permit.

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to disinter or exhume from a grave, vault, or other burial-place, the body or remains of any deceased person, unless the person or persons so doing shall first obtain, from the board of health, health-officer, mayor, or other head of the municipal government of the city, town, or city and county where the same are deposited, a permit for said purpose. Nor shall such body or remains disinterred, exhumed, or taken from any grave, vault, or other place of burial or deposit, be removed or transported in or through the streets or highways of any city, town, or city and county, unless the person or persons removing or transporting such body or remains shall first obtain, from the board of health or health-officer (if such board or officer there be), and from the mayor or other head of the municipal government of the city or town, or city and county, a permit, in writing, so to remove or transport such body or remains in and through such streets and highways.

Permits granted upon what. Contents of permit.

Sec. 2. Permits to disinter or exhume the bodies or remains of deceased persons, as in the last section, may be granted, provided the

person applying therefor shall produce a certificate from the coroner, the physician who attended such deceased person, or other physician in good standing cognizant of the facts, which certificate shall state the cause of death or disease of which the person died, and also the age and sex of such deceased; and provided, further, that the body or remains of deceased shall be inclosed in a metallic case or coffin, sealed in such manner as to prevent, as far as practicable, any noxious or offensive odor or effluvia escaping therefrom, and that such case or coffin contains the body or remains of but one person, except where infant children, of the same parent or parents, or parent and children are contained in such case or coffin. And the permit shall contain the above conditions and the words Permit to remove and transport the body of name, age, and sex shall be written therein. The officer of the munici pal government of the city or town, or city and county, granting such permit, shall require to be paid for each permit the sum of ten dollars, to be kept as a separate fund by the treasurer, and which shall be used in defraying expenses of and in respect to such permits, and for the inspection of the metallic cases, coffins, and inclosing boxes herein required; and an account of such moneys shall be embraced in the accounts and statements of the treasurer having the custody thereof.

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Sec. 3. Any person or persons who shall disinter, exhume, or remove, or cause to be disinterred, exhumed, or removed from a grave, vault, or other receptacle or burial-place, the body or remains of a deceased person, without a permit therefor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by fine not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days, nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Nor shall it be lawful to receive such body, bones, or remains on any vehicle, car, barge, boat, ship, steamship, steamboat, or vessel, for transportation in or from this state, unless the permit to transport the same is first received, and is retained in evidence by the owner, driver, agent, superintendent, or master of the vehicle, car, or vessel.

Misdemeanor.

Sec. 4. Any person or persons who shall move or transport, or cause to be moved or transported, on or through the streets or highways of any city or town, or city and county, of this state, the body or remains of a deceased person, which shall have been disinterred or exhumed without a permit, as described in section two of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punishable as provided in section three of this act.

Reward for information.

Sec. 5. Any person who shall give information to secure the conviction of any person or persons for the violation of the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be paid from the fund collected from fines imposed and accruing under this act.

Removal of remains of deceased persons.

Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained shall be taken to apply to the removal of the remains of deceased persons from one place of interment to another cemetery or place of interment within this state; provided, that no permit shall be issued for the disinterment or removal of any body unless such body has been buried for one year or more, without the written consent of the mayor, chairman of the board of supervisors, or city council of any municipality of the state. [Amendment. Approved March 13, 1889; Stats. 1889, p. 139. In effect immediately.]

Act takes effect when.

Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from the thirtieth day after its passage and approval.

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.

Act relating to commitments to school of industry: See post, Appendix, tit. "School of Reform."

§ 10.

An Act to establish a school of industry, to provide for the maintenance and management of the same, and to make an appropriation therefor. [1. Approved March 11, 1889; Stats. 1889, p. 100. 2. Amended February 27, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 39. 3. Amended April 16, 1909; Stats. 1909, p. 964.]

Government vested in three trustees. Term of office.

To procure site.

Adoption of plans for grounds and buildings.

No member to be interested in contracts.

Construction of act.

Military discipline.

Uniform.

Expenses of trustees to be paid. Superintendent's salary. Other salaries.

§ 14.

To investigate workings of similar institutions. [Repealed.]

Section 1. There shall be established at or within a convenient distance from Ione City, in the county of Amador, in said state, an

educational institution to be designated as the Preston School of Industry.

Appropriation.

Sec. 2. The sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of purchasing and preparing grounds for the erection of buildings thereon, for the purchase of the necessary furniture, machinery, and supplies, and for the payment of the current expenses of said school.

Government vested in three trustees. Term of office.

Sec. 3. The general government and supervision of said school shall be vested in a board of trustees, consisting of three citizens of the state of California, who shall be appointed by the governor. The members of said board shall hold their offices for the respective terms of two, three, and four years, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified, said respective terms to be designated in their appointments; and thereafter, upon the expiration of such terms, there shall be one of said board appointed, whose term of office shall be continued four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Said trustees, before entering on the discharge of the duties of their office, shall each take an oath faithfully to discharge the same. [Amendment. Approved February 27, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 39. In effect July 1, 1893.]

To procure site.

Sec. 4. The board shall, with all convenient dispatch, select and establish a site at some suitable place in said county for said institution, and procure the right of way for suitable drainage; said site to contain not less than one hundred acres nor more than three hundred acres of land, to have water facilities sufficient for the uses of said school, and for power in operating machinery; the land to be of a quality suitable for general farming purposes, and adapted to the cultivation of vines and fruit-trees. The land so set apart by said purchase shall hereafter be used exclusively for the occupancy and purposes of said school. It shall be indicated by fixed corners and definite boundaries. A description thereof, together with the deed