eject any and all bids and son or persons to whom a ter into a bond, with good ved by the Board, payable rotection district, for double conditioned for the faithful work shall be done under of the Board of Supervisors. rvey and map as adopted ided in section seven hereof, or straighten the course of ls, cut off bends, change the or to turn the water from out now dry channel, then

the straightening of the able stream, and all of the leclared to be applicable to

e opinion of the Board of ney is absolutely necessary 1 district, and there is no ct to make such necessary fund is insufficient to make he Board of Supervisors may eneral Fund of the county, the county as a payment of ty to that extent; or if such he assessments against the sufficient money in the fund ay the excess, the Board of ty Treasurer to transfer to the such protection district, a sum unts.

his Act shall be liberally conereof.

d be in force from and after its

in section fourteen hereof, such notice shall be delivered to the Sheriff or to a Constable, who shall serve the same by posting a copy in a conspicuous place upon the property named in said notice, and indorse a certificate of service upon the original notice, and file the same with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

Whenever the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors or other officer is, by this Act, empowered to serve any notice by mailing, a certificate of such mailing, in conformity to the provisions of this Act and filed with the records of such Supervisors, shall be sufficient proof of such service.

SEC. 24. If any award of damages is not accepted within fifteen days after the mailing or posting of such notice, it shall be deemed as rejected by the property owner, and thereupon the Board of Supervisors may direct proceedings to procure the right of way to be instituted, in the name of the county, by the District Attorney, under and as provided in title seven, part three, of the Code of Civil Procedure, against all non-accepting property owners; and when thereunder the right of way is procured, the work or improvement must be commenced as hereinafter provided. In such suit no informality in the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, or in the proceedings of the Commissioners, shall vitiate said suit, but the said order of the Board of Supervisors, directing the District Attorney to bring suit, shall be conclusive proof of the regularity thereof; and the said suit shall be determined by the Court or jury in accordance with the rights of the respective parties as shown in Court, independent of said proceedings before said Board of Supervisors or before said Commissioners.

SEC. 25. If any right of way, attempted to be acquired by virtue of this Act, shall be found to be defective from any cause, the Board of Supervisors may again institute proceedings to acquire the right of way as in this Act provided, or otherwise, or may purchase the same and include the cost thereof in the expenses of such work or improvement.

SEC. 26. The Board of Supervisors shall determine the amount of work to be done in each year and the place where such work is to be done, and may let a contract for any portion of such work that they may think proper. When the work is let by contract, either as a whole work or for a portion thereof, the Board shall give notice, by publication thereof, not less than ten days, in a newspaper published in such county, calling for bids for the construction of such work, or of any portion thereof; if less than the whole work is advertised, then the portion so advertised must be particularly described in such notice. Said notice shall set forth that plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the Board, and that the Board will receive sealed proposals therefor, and that the contract will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, stating the time and place for opening said proposal, and how such sealed proposals shall be addressed, which, at the time and place appointed, shall be opened, and, as soon thereafter as convenient, the Board shall let said work, either in portions or as a whole, to the lowest

responsible bidder; or they may reject any and all bids and readvertise for proposals. Any person or persons to whom a contract may be awarded shall enter into a bond, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Board, payable to said county for the use of such protection district, for double the amount of the contract price, conditioned for the faithful performance of said contract. The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the Board of Supervisors. SEC. 27. If, according to the survey and map as adopted by the Board of Supervisors, as provided in section seven hereof, it is necessary, in order to shorten or straighten the course of any innavigable stream, to dig canals, cut off bends, change the channel or course of such stream, or to turn the water from its present channel into a former but now dry channel, then such work shall be considered as the straightening of the channel and course of such innavigable stream, and all of the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be applicable to such work.

SEC. 28. If, at any time, in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, the expenditure of money is absolutely necessary to the welfare of such protection district, and there is no money in the fund of such district to make such necessary expenditure, or the money in such fund is insufficient to make such necessary expenditure, then the Board of Supervisors may advance such money out of the General Fund of the county, and the same shall be a credit to the county as a payment of the assessments against the county to that extent; or if such money advanced shall exceed the assessments against the county, then as soon as there is sufficient money in the fund of such protection district to pay the excess, the Board of Supervisors shall direct the County Treasurer to transfer to the General Fund from the fund of such protection district, a sum great enough to balance the accounts.

SEC. 29. The provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed to promote the objects thereof.

This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CCII.

An Act to amend sections six hundred and twenty-six, six hundred and thirty-one, six hundred and thirty-two, six hundred and thirty-three, six hundred and thirty-four, six hundred and thirty-five, and six hundred and thirty-six of, and to add nineteen new sections, to be numbered six hundred and twenty-six a, six hundred and twenty-six b, six hundred and twenty-six c, six hundred and twenty-six d, six hundred and twenty-six e, six hundred and twenty-six f, six hundred and twenty-six g, six hundred and twenty-six h, six hundred and twenty-six i, six hundred and twenty-seven, six hundred and twenty-seven a, six hundred and twenty-seven b, six hundred and twenty-seven c, six hundred and twenty-seven d, six hundred and twenty-eight, six hundred and twenty-eight a, six hundred and twenty-nine, six hundred and thirty-two a, six hundred and thirty-two b, to an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Penal Code," approved February 14, 1872, relating to fish and game.

[Approved March 27, 1895.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section six hundred and twenty-six of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Penal Code," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, is hereby amended to read as follows:

626. Every person who, in the State of California, between the fifteenth day of February and the fifteenth day of October in each year, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession, whether taken in the State of California, or shipped into the State from any other State, Territory, or foreign country, except for purposes of propagation, any valley quail, bob-white, partridge, robin, or any kind of wild duck or rail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that the right to have in possession for the purposes of propagation shall first be obtained, by permit, in writing, from the Game Warden of the county wherein said birds are to be caught.

SEC. 2. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six a, to read as follows:

626a. Every person who, in the State of California, between the fifteenth day of February and the fifteenth day of August in each year, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession, whether taken or killed in the State of California, or shipped into the State from any other State, Territory, or foreign country, except for purposes of propagation, any mountain quail, or grouse, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that the right to have in possession for the purposes of propagation shall first be obtained, by permit, in writing, from the Game Warden of the county wherein said birds are to be caught. Every person who, in the State of California,

shall take, gather, or destroy the eggs of any quail, bob-white, partridge, pheasant, grouse, dove, or robin, or any kind of wild duck, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 3. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six b, to read as follows:

6266. Every person who, in the State of California, between the fifteenth day of February and the first day of July in each year, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession any dove or doves, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. SEC. 4. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six c, to read as follows:

626c. Every person who, in the State of California, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy any male deer, between the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth day of July of the following year, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 5. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six d, to read as follows:

626d. Every person who, in the State of California, shall at any time hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy any female deer, or spotted fawn, or any antelope, elk, or mountain sheep, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 6. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six e, to read as follows:

626e. Every person who, in the State of California, shall at any time buy, sell, or offer for sale the hide or meat of any deer, elk, antelope, or mountain sheep, whether taken or killed. in the State of California, or shipped into the State from any other State or Territory, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that nothing in this section shall be held to apply to the hide of any of said animals taken or killed in Alaska, or any foreign country.

SEC. 7. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six f, to read as follows:

626ƒ. Every person who shall buy, sell, offer, or expose for sale, transport, or carry, or have in his possession the skin, hide, or pelt of any deer from which the evidence of sex has been removed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 8. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six g, to read as follows:

626g. Every person who, in the State of California, shall, within the three years next after the passage of this Act, hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession, except for the purposes of propagation, any pheasant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 9. A new section is hereby added to said Penal Code, to be numbered section six hundred and twenty-six h, to read as follows: