Public debt, amount not to exceed. and collect taxes for municipal purposes, not to exceed one hundred cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property of said City of Visalia; and to collect all road polltaxes authorized by law to be collected of residents of said city; provided, that all bridges to be built, and highways or streets to be repaired, within the city limits, shall be done at the expense, and be under the control, of said City of Visalia. And may levy and collect thirty-five cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property, for the payment of school teachers for any one year; and may, also, upon the written application of three-fifths of the Board of Education, levy and collect a special tax, not to exceed sixty-five cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said city, for the special purpose of building additional school-rooms. SEC. 2. Section eight of said Act is amended to read as follows: Section 8. The public debt of the City of Visalia, for municipal purposes, shall at no time exceed the sum of six thousand dollars; and the debt for school purposes shall not exceed the sum of four thousand dollars; and the total debt of the City of Visalia shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to the City of Visalia, are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Franchise extended. CHAP. CXXI.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to grant the right to convey water in pipes to supply the inhab itants of the Town of Red Bluff," approved February twentyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty. [Approved March 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The right granted hereby shall extend for the period of thirty-five years, from and after the date of the passage of this Act; provided, that after the expiration of the franchise referred to in the Act of which this is amendatory, the right hereby granted shall not be exclusive, and the extension of the franchise hereby granted shall be subject to the same limitations and conditions as are provided in the Act of which this Act is amendatory. CHAP. CXXII.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.] CHAP. CXXIII.-An Act in relation to the offices of Coroner and [Approved March 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and confirmed. SECTION 1. The official oath and bond of the Coroner and oath and of the Public Administrator, elected at the general election bond of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in and for the County of Santa Cruz, are hereby legalized and made as valid and binding as if the same had been filed within the time required by law; provided, said oaths and bonds are in all other respects conformable to law. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CXXIV.-An Act to grant further powers to the Trustees of the City of Benicia. [Approved March 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: to improve square, etc. SECTION 1. The Trustees of the City of Benicia are hereby City Trustees authorized to improve the north half of block number empowered forty-two, in said city, as a public square, and to pay for the public fence around the same at a total cost of not exceeding four hundred dollars, and to expend hereafter, annually, in keeping said square and fence in repair, a sum not exceeding seventy-five dollars; and the said Trustees are also authorized to purchase land adjoining the City Cemetery, at a price not exceeding four hundred dollars. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CXXV.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.] CHAP. CXXVI.-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to establish and define the powers and duties of the Board of Education of the City of Petaluma," approved January sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. [Approved March 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Board of SECTION 1. Section five of said Act is amended to read Education to as follows: Section 5. The said Board are hereby author- Secretary. appoint Duties of ized to elect a Secretary, who may be a member thereof, subject to removal at the pleasure of the Board. The Secretary shall report to the Board annually, and at such other times as they may require, all matters pertaining to the expense, income, condition, and progress of the public schools of said city during the preceding year, with such recommendations as he may deem proper. He shall observe, and cause to be observed, such general rules and regulations for the government of, and instruction in, the schools, not inconsistent with the laws of the State, as may be established by the Board of Education. He shall attend the sessions of the Board, and inform them at each session of the condition of the public schools, school-houses, School Funds, and other matters connected therewith, and recommend such measures as he may deem necessary for the advancement of education in the city, and shall perform such other duties as may be Board to fix required of him by the Board. He shall receive as compensation for his services, payable out of the School Fund, such sum as the Board of Education from time to time may allow. SEC. 2. Section fifteen of said Act is amended to read as City Board of follows: Section 15. The Board of Education of the City of Petaluma shall have the power to appoint a City Board of Examination, which shall consist of not less than two nor more than five persons, two of whom shall be teachers and holders of first-grade certificates. Said Board of Examination are authorized to grant certificates of the third grade, without examination, to teachers who have taught successfully for one full term in the public schools of said city. compensa tion. Examina tion. Same to grant certificates. Debts and contracts not affected. SEC. 3. Sections sixteen and seventeen of said Act are hereby repealed; but said repeal shall not affect any debts already created, contracts entered into, or liabilities incurred under and by virtue of said Act. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Qualifications of teachers. CHAP. CXXVII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning the employment of teachers in the public schools, in the Counties of Trinity and Shasta, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. [Approved March 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. The Board of Trustees of any of the public schools in the Counties of Trinity and Shasta, where there are less than twenty-one school children in the school district, are hereby authorized to employ any suitable person to teach in their districts, not having the legal certificate of a teacher, whenever a majority of the parents or guardians of children in their districts shall so petition. SEC. 2. Section two of said Act is hereby amended to official read as follows: Section 2. The employment of such teach-dis not to ers in any district in said counties shall not operate to pre- dated." vent the apportionment thereto of any State or county moneys which would otherwise be so apportioned; and the Superintendents of Public Schools, and the County Treasurers of said counties, are hereby directed, in their respective duties, to apportion moneys, draw warrants, pay the same, and do all other acts that they, in their official capacities, would be required to do if said schools had teachers holding legal certificates. [SEC. 3.] Section three of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3. All Acts or parts of Acts, so far as they conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CXXVIII.-An Act to change the name of Tule River [Approved March 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and district. SECTION 1. The name of Tule River School District, in change of the County of Tulare, is hereby changed to that of Porter- name of ville School District, and shall hereafter be known in law by that name; and said Porterville School District shall succeed to all the rights, titles, property, liabilities, debts, and obligations, in law and in equity, that pertain to the Tule River School District, subject only to the school law of this State and the provisions of this Act. SEC. 2. The Trustees of Porterville School District are Trustees to hereby authorized and directed to levy a tax on all the pro- for school levy tax perty in the district of such number of cents on each one purposes. hundred dollars' worth of taxable property as will in three years pay off the outstanding indebtedness of said district and complete or build and furnish sufficient school-rooms to accommodate the school children of said district; provided, that the total amount of money to be raised under this Act during the three years shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. Collector to SEC. 3. Within sixty days after the passage of this Act, Assessor and and on the first Monday in April in each year thereafter for be elected. three years, the Trustees of said district must order an election for a District Assessor and Collector (but one person may fill both offices), for the purposes of this Act, who must qualify according to law. SEC. 4. The Assessor and Collector, in assessing and collecting the tax herein provided for, must be governed by the law governing County Assessors and County Tax Collectors. Collector to pay over moneys. SEC. 5. The Tax Collector must pay over all money collected by him under the provisions of this Act to the County Treasurer of Tulare County, to be held by said County Treasurer subject to the order of the Trustees of Porterville School District, for the purposes mentioned in this Act. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. CXXIX.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.] Number of supervisor districts. Board to consist of five members. Terms of office. Same. CHAP. CXXX.-An Act fixing the terms of the members of the The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Monterey County shall consist of four supervisorial districts, the same as were established by the Board of Supervisors thereof on the third day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and designated respectively as follows: District Number One, Monterey Supervisorial District; Number Two, Pajaro Supervisorial District; Number Three, Alisal Supervisorial District; Number Four, San Antonio [Supervisorial District]. SEC. 2. The Board of Supervisors of Monterey County shall consist of five members. Each supervisorial district shall be represented by one member, who shall be an elector of the district he represents; and the county at large, by one member, who shall be Chairman of the Board. SEC. 3. The present Supervisor of District Number One. (Monterey) shall hold office until the fifth Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. The present Supervisor of District Number Two (Pajaro) shall hold office until the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. The present Supervisor of District Number Three (Alisal) shall hold office until the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. The present Supervisor of District Number Four (San Antonio) shall hold office until the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. The present Supervisor at large shall hold office until the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. SEC. 4. After the expiration of the terms as provided in section three of this Act, the term of each Supervisor shall be three years; said terms to commence on the first Monday of January, in which the respective terms provided for in said section three shall expire, and every three years there |