eity and county of this state, of their state, county, or city and county, or special or high school fund, the school districts of that county, or city and county shall not have sufficient money to their credit to pay the lawful demands against them, the county or city and county superintendent shall give the treasurer of said county or city and county, an estimate of the amount of school money that will next be paid into the county or eity and county treasury, stating the amount to be apportioned to each district. Upon the receipt of such estimate it shall be the duty of the treasurer of said county, or city and county, to transfer from any fund not immediately needed to pay the claims against it, to the proper school fund an amount not to exceed ninety per cent of the amount estimated by the superintendent, and he shall immediately notify the superintendent of the amount so transferred. The funds so transferred to the school fund shall be retransferred by the treasurer to the fund from which they were taken, from the first money paid into the school fund after the transfer. [Amendment approved May 27, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 1260.].

This section was also amended in 1917. See Stats. 1917, p. 1385.

§ 1877. Printing for school officers by state printer. All printing or binding required by the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education or by any educational institution except the University of California supported entirely out of state funds, and all school registers and blank forms prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction for the use of officers charged with the administration of the laws relating to the public schools, including blank teachers' certificates, and diplomas of graduation from elementary schools in districts not governed by city boards of education, must be executed by the state printer in the form and manner and at the prices of other state printing and be paid for in like manner. [Amendment approved May 2, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 158.]

§ 1878. School year, commencement and end. [Repealed May 18, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 708.]

§1884. Time of issuing bonds approved at election. Limitation of issue. On the seventh day after said election, at one o'clock P. M., the returns having been made to the board of trustees, board of education, or other governing body of such school district, the board must meet and eanvass said returns, and if it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast at said election was in favor of issuing such bonds, then the board shall cause an entry of that fact to be made upon its minutes, and shall certify to the board of supervisors of the county all the proceedings had in the premises, and thereupon said board of supervisors shall be and they are hereby authorized and directed to issue the bonds of such district, to the number and amount provided in such proceedings, payable out of the interest and sinking fund of such district, naming the same, and that the money shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in said district, for the redemption of said bonds and the payment of the interest thereon; provided, that the total amount of bonds so issued shall not exceed five per cent of the taxable property of the district, as shown by the last equalized assessment-book of the county, [Amendment approved May 8, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 400.]

§ 1887. Tax for interest and redemption of bonds. The board of supervisors, at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes, must levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in such district, for the interest and redemption of said bonds, and such tax must not be less than sufficient to pay the interest of said bonds for that year, and such portion of the principal as is to become due during such year, and in any event must be high enough to raise, annually, for the first half of the term said bonds have to run, a sufficient sum to pay the interest thereon; and during the balance of the term high enough to pay such annual interest, and to pay, annually, a proportion of the principal of said bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of said bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years said bonds then have to run; and all moneys so levied when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of such district, and be used for the payment of principal and interest on said bonds, and for no other purpose. The principal and interest on said bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the warrant of the auditor, out of the fund provided therefor; and it shall be the duty of the auditor to cancel such bonds and coupons and retain them when he draws his warrants on the treasurer in favor of the owners thereof. [Amendment approved May 8, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 401.]

§ 1891. School districts in different counties. When any school district is situated partly in two or more counties, all returns, reports, certificates, estimates, petitions and other papers of any kind required to be filed with or presented to the board of supervisors by any provision of this code relating to schools and school districts shall be filed with or presented to the supervisors of every county in which any portion of said district may be situated, and all action required to be taken by the board of supervisors regarding any such matters shall be taken by the concurrent action of the respective boards of supervisors of every county in which any portion of said district may be situated. The assessor of each of such counties shall annually certify to the board of supervisors of each of the counties in which any portion of such school district is situated the assessed value of all taxable property in such county situated in such school district as appears from the last assess. ment roll of his county, such certificate to be made in the same manner and at the same time as is required for school districts located wholly within the boundaries of one county. The board of supervisors of each county shall thereupon determine the rate of taxation necessary to be levied upon the property in said district situated in the county, such rate to be sufficient to meet the proportion of taxes necessary to be raised in the county for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of the bonds of the district and all other expenses of the district as shown by the estimate of the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over such district. Such taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as county taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and the moneys so received shall, on demand of the board of trustees of any such school district, be deposited in the county treasury of the county whose superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over such school district, and said county treasury is hereby declared to be the legal depositary of such school district. The

moneys so deposited shall be placed in the school fund of such school district to be expended in the same manner as moneys of other school districts are expended. [Amendment approved May 18, 1917, Stats. 1917, p. 711.]

§ 1918. Articles of war of United States army adopted. The articles of war governing the United States army so far as such articles are not inconsistent with the rights reserved to the state of California and guaranteed under the constitution of the state of California, are hereby adopted for the government of the national guard of this state. No punishment under such articles of war which shall extend to the taking of life shall in any case be inflicted except in time of actual war, invasion, or insurrection, declared by proclamation of the governor to exist and then only after the approval by the governor of such punishment. Imprisonment other than in the guardhouse shall be executed in jails or in prisons designated by the governor for that purpose. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 303.]

All

§1919. Application of United States laws, rules and regulations. acts of congress and all rules and regulations for the government of the United States army so far as the same are not inconsistent with the rights reserved to the state of California and guaranteed under the constitution of the state of California, constitute the rules and regulations for the government of the national guard. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 303.]

§ 1924. Bond of adjutant-general. The adjutant-general must execute an official bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and the assistant adjutant-general must execute an official bond in the sum of two thousand dollars. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 303.]

§ 1925. Staff departments of national guard. Duty of commander-inchief concerning organization. The national guard of California shall consist of the following staff departments, to wit: An adjutant-general's department, an inspector-general's department, a judge advocategeneral's department, a quartermaster corps, a medical department, a corps of engineers, an ordnance department, a signal corps, an aviation corps, and such other staff departments as may be prescribed and authorized by the national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the various amendments thereto; it shall also consist of the commissioned officers who shall hereafter be placed in the national guard reserve; it shall also consist of all organizations now forming the national guard of this state under the terms of the said national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the amendments thereto; and shall include the naval militia of this state; it shall also consist of such other organizations as may be required by the national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the amendments thereto. The commander-in-chief shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to change the organization of the national guard of this state so as to conform to any organization, system of drill or instruction now or hereafter prescribed by the laws and regulations of the United States for the organization and government of the national guard, and for that purpose the number of officers and noncommissioned officers of any grade may be increased or diminished or the grades may

be altered or created whenever necessary to procure such uniformity. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 303.]

Another section 1925 was adopted at the same session of the legislature, as follows:

§ 1925. National guard organization under national defense act of June 3, 1916. The national guard of California shall consist of the following staff departments, to wit: An adjutant-general's department, an inspector-general's department, a judge advocate-general's department, a quartermaster corps, a medical department, a corps of engineers, an ordnance department, a signal corps, an aviation corps, and such other staff departments as may be prescribed and authorized by the national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the various amendments thereto; it shall also consist of the commissioned officers who shall hereafter be placed in the national guard reserve; it shall also consist of all organizations now forming the national guard of this state under the terms of the said national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the amendments thereto; and shall include the naval militia of this state; it shall also consist of such other organizations as are now formed under or as may be required by the national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the amendments thereto. The commander-in-chief shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to change the organization of the national guard of this state so as to conform to any organization, system of drill or instruction now or hereafter prescribed by the laws and regulations of the United States for the organization and government of the national guard, and for that purpose the number of officers and noncommissioned officers of any grade may be increased or diminished or the grades may be altered or created whenever necessary to procure such uniformity. [Amendment approved March 2, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 10.]

§ 2. Urgency measure. Inasmuch as the present unsettled and threatening condition of international relations makes it essential that the state shall have at its disposal at the earliest possible moment every military organization within its borders, the amendments to section one thousand nine hundred twenty-five of the Political Code hereby made are declared to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace and safety and this act is declared to be an urgency measure within the meaning of section one of article four of the constitution. Another section 1925 was adopted at the same session of the legislature. See prior section.

§ 1926. Rules and regulations not inconsistent with those of United States. The commander-in-chief shall make such rules and regulations for the government, administration and control of the departments, corps and organizations of the national guard not inconsistent with the laws, regulations and customs of the service of the United States army or navy, and the laws of this state, as he may deem necessary to render the departments, corps and organizations efficient. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 304.]

§ 1927. Adjutant-general's department. Appointment. Qualifications. Clerical force. The adjutant-general's department shall consist of one brigadier-general, and one lieutenant-colonel, both of whom shall be

either commissioned in the adjutant-general's department or detailed from officers of other arms of the service or in the national guard reserve and such other officers as may be prescribed by the national defense act of June 3, 1916, and the various amendments thereto. The brigadier-general shall be chief of the department and his designation shall be the adjutant-general, state of California; the lieutenant-colonel shall be designated the assistant adjutant-general, state of California. The adjutant-general will be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the governor or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The assistant adjutant-general will be appointed by the governor, taking into consideration the recommendation of the adjutant-general, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor, or until his successor is appointed and qualifies; provided, that the qualifications for the appointment to the grades of brigadier-general and lieutenant-colonel in the adjutant-general's department shall be the same as prescribed in section one thousand nine hundred thirty-four of this code for a general officer. The officer appointed the assistant adjutant-general shall be on duty in the adjutant-general's office. All officers in the adjutant-general's department shall be appointed by the governor, taking into consideration the recommendation of the adjutant-general, and, with the exception of the adjutant-general and the assistant adjutant-general, shall hold their positions until they shall have reached the age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be determined by a court-martial legally convened for that purpose; provided, that the officers of the adjutant-general's department that are to be assigned to brigades shall be appointed as provided for other staff officers in section one thousand nine hundred fifty-seven of this code. All officers appointed to the grade of major in the adjutantgeneral's department shall have served not less than two years as commissioned officers in the national guard of California. There shall be employed in the adjutant-general's office the following clerical force: one chief clerk; three clerks; and one stenographer and clerk. There shall also be employed in the adjutant-general's office one military storekeeper, and one assistant military storekeeper and porter. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 304.]

§ 1928a. Inspector-general's department. The inspector-general's department shall consist of such officers of the grades and numbers as may be prescribed by the commander-in-chief and the same shall be of the grades and numbers as are authorized and prescribed by the laws and regulations of the war department for the corresponding department of the United States army and as are authorized and prescribed by said laws and regulations of the war department for the national guard. The duties of the officers of the inspector-general's department shall be such as prescribed by the commander-in-chief and shall conform to the duties prescribed by orders and regulations of the war department for like officers of the United States army. [Amendment approved May 10, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 305.]

§ 1928b. Judge advocate-general's department. The judge advocategeneral's department shall consist of such officers of the grades and numbers as may be prescribed by the commander-in-chief and the same shall be of the grades and number as are authorized and prescribed by the