oners, and such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed in civil cases excepting constables in townships having a population of less than five thousand inhabitants who shall not receive any fees. visors. 16. Each supervisor, one thousand two hundred dollars per Superannum, and mileage at ten cents per mile for each mile actually traveled in going to and from their residence to the county seat, or in performance of the duties required of them by law or by virtue of their office; provided, that in attending sessions of the board only four mileages shall be allowed for each month, and that the total mileage allowed shall not exceed one hundred dollars in any one month; and in counties of this class the members of the board of supervisors shall be ex officio road commissioners, and as such road commissioner shall be paid the sum of five hundred dollars per annum each. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER CLV. An act to provide for the joint investigation with the federal government of the water resources of the state, and of the best methods of preserving the forests thereof; and making an appropriation for the expenses of such investigations. [Approved March 16, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: sources and con of water. SECTION 1. The state board of examiners are hereby em- General study of powered to enter into contracts with the director of the United forest reStates geological survey for the purpose of making topographic maps, to the extent of twenty thousand dollars; also servation for the purpose of gauging streams, surveying reservoir sites and canal focations, for the conservation and utilization of the flood or storm waters of the state, to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars; provided, no work of the nature heretofore stated shall be done where the same will interfere with water already appropriated or in reservoirs or now in use for irrigation or domestic purposes under the laws of this state; also with the chief of the bureau of forestry of the department of agriculture for the purpose of studying the forest resources of the state and their proper conservation, and especially with a view of formulating a proper state forestry policy, to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars; also with the director of the office of experiment stations of the department of agriculture for the purpose of ascertaining the best methods of distributing and using the water, to the extent of ten thousand dollars; provided, however, that these expenditures for such purposes shall not be in excess of the amounts to be expended by the various departments of the federal government in collaboration with the spe Appropriation. Surveyorgeneral cific work named above; and provided further, that in case any of the departments of the federal government above mentioned do not contribute these funds for said coöperation, that the state board of examiners shall have power to enter into such contracts as may seem best to them with the lawfully authorized representatives of any of the departments of the federal government for the expenditure of said remaining balance; and provided further, that said last mentioned expenditure for such purpose shall not be in excess of the amount to be expended by that department of the federal government in collaboration with the state. SEC. 2. In order to carry out the purposes of this act, any person or persons employed hereunder are authorized to enter and cross all lands within this state; provided, in so doing no damage is done to private property; it shall be a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in such cases, for any person or persons to willfully and maliciously remove or destroy any permanent marks or monuments made or erected by any of such persons. SEC. 3. The sum of sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purposes specified in this act, and the controller of state is hereby authorized and directed to draw warrants upon such fund from time to time, upon the requisition of the state board of examiners and the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay such warrants; provided, one half of the appropriation herein shall be available in the fiftyfifth fiscal year, and the remaining one half of said appropriation shall be available in the fifty-sixth fiscal year. SEC. 4. It is hereby made the duty of the surveyor-general and board and the engineer of the board of public works to render any assistance desired by the state board of examiners in furtherance of the aims of this act. of public works shall assist. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be enforced on and after July 1, 1903. Rates of fare on street cars. CHAPTER CLVI. An act to amend section 501 of the Civil Code of the State of rations. [Approved March 16, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section five hundred and one of the Civil Code of the State of California, is hereby amended to read as follows: 501. The rates of fare on the cars must not exceed ten cents for one fare for any distance under three miles, and in municipal corporations of the first class must not exceed five cents for each passenger per trip of any distance in one direction either going or coming, along any part of the whole length of the road or its connections. The cars must be of the most approved construction for the comfort and convenience of passengers, and provided with brakes to stop the same, when required. A violation of the provisions of this section sub- Penalty. jects the corporation to a fine of one hundred dollars for each offense. CHAPTER CLVII. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a uniform system of county and township governments,' approved April 1st, 1897, by amending certain sections thereof, repealing certain other sections, and adding certain sections thereto," approved March 23, 1901, by amending section 28 thereof. [Approved March 16, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 23 of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a uniform system of county and township governments,' approved April 1st, 1897, by amending certain sections thereof, repealing certain other sections, and adding certain sections thereto," approved March 23, 1901, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 23. Section one hundred and seventy-six (176) of an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of county and township governments," approved April first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: nineteenth Section 176. In counties of the nineteenth class the county Counties of officers shall receive, as compensation for the services required class. of them by law or by virtue of their office, the following salaries, to wit: county 1. The county clerk, thirty-two hundred and fifty dollars Salaries of per annum; provided, that in counties of this class there shall officers. be one deputy county clerk, who shall be appointed by the county clerk, and paid a salary of seventy-five dollars per month, said salary to be paid by the said county in monthly installments, at the same time and in the same manner and out of the same fund as the salary of the county clerk is paid. 14. A registration clerk to be appointed by the county clerk and hold office during the pleasure of the county clerk, at a salary of seventy-five dollars per month, payable out of the same fund and in the same manner as the salary of other county officers is paid. 2. The sheriff, five thousand dollars per annum, and such mileage as is now allowed by law; all expenses incurred in criminal cases, and also all fees for services of papers in actions arising outside of his county, and the sum of thirty-seven and one half cents per day for feeding each prisoner committed to nineteenth Salaries of Counties of his custody; and one deputy sheriff, to act as jailer, who shall class. be appointed by the sheriff, and be paid a salary of fifty dollars per month, said salary to be paid by the said county in monthly installments, at the same time and in the same manner and out of the same fund as the salary of the sheriff is paid. County officers. the peace. 3. The recorder, thirty-two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and ten cents per name for inserting each name (as grantor or grantee), in the general index; the cost thereof shall be a charge against the county and payable out of the general fund. 4. The auditor, two thousand dollars per annum. 5. The treasurer, eighteen hundred dollars per annum; provided, however, that the bond of the treasurer shall be executed with a reliable bond and security company, and that the cost of said bond, when duly approved, shall be a charge against the county and payable out of the general fund. 6. The tax collector, eighteen hundred dollars per annum; and as license collector, ten per cent on all licenses collected. 7. The assessor, thirty-two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; provided, that in counties of this class there shall be one deputy assessor, who shall be appointed by the assessor, to hold office during the months of March, April, May and June in each year, and to be paid a salary of seventy-five dollars per month, during said four months, said salary to be paid by the said county in monthly installments, at the same time and in the same manner and out of the same fund as the salary of the ascessor is paid. 8. The district attorney, twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. 9. The coroner, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 10. The public administrator, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 11. The superintendent of schools, eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and actual traveling expenses when visiting the schools of his county. 12. The surveyor, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. Justices of 13. Justices of the peace shall receive the following monthly salaries, to be paid each month as the salaries of county officers are paid, which shall be in full for all services rendered by them in criminal cases: In townships having a population of three thousand or more, one hundred dollars a month; in townships having a population of twenty-five hundred and less than three thousand, fifty dollars per month; in townships having a population of two thousand and less than twenty-five hundred, fortyfive dollars per month; in townships having a population of twelve hundred and less than two thousand, forty dollars per month; in townships having a population of one thousand and less than twelve hundred, twenty dollars a month; in townships having a population of four hundred and fifty and less than one thousand, fifteen dollars a month; in townships hav nineteenth ing a population of less than four hundred and fifty, five dol- Counties of lars a month. Each justice must pay into the county, once a class. month, all fines collected by him in criminal cases, and the auditor withhold warrant for salary until a sworn statement has been filed with him of all criminal cases tried and fines collected and paid into the county treasury. In addition to the monthly salary allowed herein, each justice may receive for his own use in civil cases the fees allowed by law. For all services appertaining to the coroner's office which the coroner is unable to attend to, the justice of the peace shall receive the same fees as allowed the coroner in similar cases. stables. 14. Constables shall receive the following salaries to be paid Con each month as the salaries of county officers are paid, which shall be in full for all services rendered by them in criminal cases: In townships having a population of three thousand or more, one hundred dollars a month; in townships having a population of twenty-five hundred and less than three thousand, eighty dollars a month; in townships having a population of two thousand and less than twenty-five hundred, seventyseven and one half dollars a month; in townships having a population of twelve hundred and less than two thousand, seventy-five dollars a month; in townships having a population of one thousand and less than twelve hundred, thirty-five dollars a month; in townships having a population of four hundred and fifty and less than one thousand, twenty-five dollars a month; in townships having a population of less than four hundred and fifty, five dollars a month; provided, further, that in addition to the salary herein allowed, each constable shall be paid out of the treasury of the county for traveling expenses outside of his township for service of a warrant of arrest or any other paper in a criminal case, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. For transporting prisoners to the county jail, the actual expense of such transportation. In addition to the monthly salary allowed him herein, each constable may receive for his own use in civil cases the fees allowed by law. 15. The population of the several judicial townships for the Township purpose of fixing the compensation of township officers shall census. be ascertained and declared by the board of supervisors on the first Monday after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and three, and on the first Monday after the first day of January every succeeding two years thereafter. 16. Each member of the board of supervisors, nine hundred superdollars per annum; and as road commissioner, three hundred visors. dollars per annum. 17. Grand jurors or trial jurors in criminal cases in the Jurors. superior court shall receive, as compensation for each day's attendance, per day, three dollars; and for each mile actually traveled, in attending court as a grand juror or juror in a criminal case, in the superior court, in going only, per mile, fifteen cents. The county clerk shall certify to the auditor the number of days' attendance and the number of miles traveled by each juror, and the auditor shall draw his warrant for the |