guardian under whom he has been placed by the Superintendents of the Whittier State School, or Preston School of Ione, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 5. Any person who shall deliver, or agree to deliver, any literature, letters, or any reading matter whatsoever to any of the pupils of the Whittier State School, or Preston School of Industry at Ione, without the same passing through the hands of the Superintendents of said schools, or other officer designated by him for the purpose of receiving and examining such literature, letters, or reading matter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

This Act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER CIV.

An Act to prevent the sale of imitation or adulterated honey, and to provide a punishment therefor.

[Approved March 26, 1895.]

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

SECTION 1. Any person who, by himself or an agent, sells or offers for sale, or in any way disposes of, any substance or composition of the appearance of honey, or which in color, consistency, and taste resembles honey, but which is not honey-the natural product of the bee, or a pure extract therefrom-upon the representation or claim or pretense that the same is honey, or a pure extract therefrom, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act "pure extract of honey" is honey extracted from the comb without the addition of any other substances.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CV.

An Act authorizing the payment of compensation or commission to persons employed by the State Controller and Attorney-General, or by Boards of Supervisors of the different counties, to collect delinquent State and county taxes, and legalizing all payments made for that purpose.

[Approved March 26, 1895.]

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

SECTION 1.

That all sums heretofore paid by the State to any person for compensation or commission to persons for col

lecting delinquent State and county taxes in pursuance of an agreement by such persons with the State Controller and Attorney-General for such collections, and all sums heretofore paid by any Board of Supervisors out of the County Treasury as compensation or commissions for collecting such delinquent taxes in pursuance of an agreement by such persons with such Boards of Supervisors, are hereby approved and legalized.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CVI.

An Act to promote the protection of cities, towns, and municipal corporations from overflow by water and the drainage of the same, and for such purposes authorizing the incurring of indebtedness and the issuance of bonds therefor by the same, and providing for the disposition of the proceeds of such bonds, and for the supervision of the protective and other works.

[Approved March 26, 1895.]

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

SECTION 1. Any city, town, or municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this State may, by procedure hereinafter prescribed, incur indebtedness and liability, although in excess of the income and revenue by it provided for the current fiscal year, but not so that the aggregate funded indebtedness thereof shall exceed six per cent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property in the municipality, for the purpose of protecting such city, town, or municipal corporation from overflow by water, and for the purpose of draining such city, town, or municipal corporation, and for the purpose of securing an outlet for such overflow water and drainage, or for any part of said purposes, whether by means of canals, ditches, levees, dikes, embankments, dams, and machinery and other like appropriate or ancillary means or works, or any of the same, whether situated within or without the territorial limits of such city, town, or municipal corporation.

SEC. 2. The procedure mentioned in section one aforesaid shall be as follows, to wit: The City Council or legislative body of such city, town, or municipal corporation shall, first, have made by some competent person general plans and estimates of the cost of such canals, ditches, levees, dikes, embankments, dams, machinery, and other means or works as may be contemplated, which general plans and estimates shall, after adoption, be filed in the office of the Clerk of such municipality, and which general plans shall be substantially adhered to thereafter in proceedings under this Act. Said City Council or legislative body shall, secondly, after the filing of such general plans and estimates, and by resolution

or ordinance passed at a regular meeting by a vote of two thirds of all its members and approved by the executive of the municipality, determine; if so advised, that the public good demands the construction, acquisition, and completion, or either, of canals, ditches, levees, dikes, embankments, dams, machinery, and other like appropriate or ancillary means, or works, or any of the same, for any or all of the purposes mentioned in section one aforesaid; and shall further, by the same resolution or ordinance, determine, if so advised, that the cost of the same will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary income or revenue of the municipality; and such resolution or ordinance shall, after its passage and approval, be published as hereinafter prescribed. Said City Council or legislative body shall, within one month after the publication aforesaid, and by resolution or ordinance passed at a regular meeting by a vote of two thirds of all its members, and approved by the executive of the municipality, call a special election, and submit to the qualified voters of such city, town, or municipal corporation the proposition to incur a debt for any or all of the purposes mentioned in section one aforesaid, and which have been as aforesaid determined to be demanded for the public good. The resolution or ordinance calling such special election shall specify the purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the things proposed, that bonds of the municipality will issue in the amount of such estimated cost, the number and character of such bonds, the rate of interest to be paid, and the amount of the tax levy for each year during the outstanding of such bonds to be made for their payment. Such last named resolution or ordinance shall be published as hereinafter prescribed. Such City Council or legislative body shall cause to be published, after the publication last named and prior to the day of holding such special election, a notice of the same, which notice shall set forth substantially all the matters contained in the aforesaid resolution or ordinance calling such special election.

SEC. 3. Every publication herein before mentioned or required shall be in some newspaper published in such city, town, or municipal corporation; if in a daily paper, in at least ten issues thereof, and if in a weekly paper in at least two issues thereof; and no publication shall be deemed to have begun until any one required preceding the same shall have been completed.

SEC. 4. Such special elections shall be held in the manner provided by law for holding elections in such city, town, or municipal corporation.

SEC. 5. It shall require the votes of two thirds of all the voters voting at such special election to authorize the incurring of any indebtedness or the issuance of any bonds under this Act. If two thirds of all the votes cast at such special election be in favor of the proposition submitted, the City Council or legislative body may, by ordinance reciting the result of said election, provide for the issuance of the proposed bonds and any matter incidental thereto.

SEC. 6. All municipal bonds issued under this Act shall be of the kind known as serials, and of such denominations as the City Council or legislative body may determine; provided, that no bond shall be for less than one hundred dollars nor for more than one thousand dollars, and that not less than one fortieth part of the whole indebtedness evidenced by the whole of the issue of such bonds shall be, by the terms of such bonds, made payable each and every year. Each bond shall be made payable either in gold coin or other lawful money of the United States as may be expressed in such bond, on a day and at a place designated therein, with interest at the rate specified therein, which rate shall not exceed seven per cent per annum, to be fixed by such City Council or legislative body. Said place of payment shall be either at the office of the Treasurer of the municipality, or at some designated bank in San Francisco, Chicago, or New York. Said bonds shall be executed on the part of such municipality by the Mayor or other executive thereof, and by the Treasurer thereof, and countersigned by the Clerk of the municipality. The interest coupons shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the Treasurer.

SEC. 7. Any of such bonds may be issued by the City Council or legislative body of such city, town, or municipal corporation, and by the same sold, at not less than their face value; and the proceeds of such sale shall be deposited in the municipal treasury to the credit of a designated fund and be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects for which, as aforesaid, the electors have voted to incur indebtedness or liability, until such purposes and objects shall have been accomplished, after which, the surplus, if any, may be transferred to the General Fund of the municipality.

SEC. 8. Such City Council or legislative body shall, at the time of fixing the general tax lexy, and in the manner for such general tax levy provided, levy and collect annually, each year, for the term of forty years, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on such bonds and also one fortieth part of the aggregate amount of such indebtedness so incurred. The taxes herein required to be levied and collected shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected.

SEC. 9. The City Council or legislative body of every city, town, or municipal corporation wherein or for which any public works or improvements are being had or constructed for the purposes herein before specified, and for which indebtedness has been incurred under the provisions of this Act, shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations for acquisition, construction, and completion of such works and improvements; to appoint all needful agents, superintendents, and engineers to supervise and construct the same, and shall have power in all lawful ways to protect and preserve the rights and interests of the municipality in respect thereof.

SEC. 10. All contracts as to said works and improvements shall be let, in such parcels as the City Council or legislative body may determine, to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice given for at least ten days by publication in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, inviting sealed proposals. Security or bonds may be required in order to guarantee good faith in bidding and in the performance of contracts, or either, in such amount as such Council or legislative body may determine, and such Council or legislative body may reject any or all bids.

SEC. 11. The City Council or legislative body of the municipality may, by resolution, if it deem the same necessary, require the Treasurer of the municipality to give additional bonds for the safe custody and care of public funds derived under this Act.

SEC. 12. The provisions of this Act are intended to be paramount and controlling as to all matters provided for therein and as to all questions arising in or out of procedure thereunder. SEC. 13. This Act shall take effect from and after the time of its passage.

CHAPTER CVII.

An Act authorizing the Judges of the Superior Court in all counties, and cities and counties, having a population of two hundred thousand inhabitants and over, to appoint a Secretary.

[Approved March 26, 1895.]

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

SECTION 1. In all counties, and cities and counties, having a population of two hundred thousand inhabitants and over, the Judges of the Superior Court in such counties, and cities and counties, may appoint a Secretary, who shall receive a salary of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per month, and hold office at their pleasure, and shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the Court or the Judges thereof. Said salary shall be audited, allowed, and paid out of the General Fund of such counties, and cities and counties.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.