CHAPTER CCCLXXIV. An act making an appropriation to pay the claim of the county of Marin against the State of California. [Approved March 26, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tion to pay Marin SECTION 1. The sum of three thousand forty-six and Appropriaseventy-five one-hundredth dollars ($3046.75) or so much claim of thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any county. money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of the county of Marin against the State of California. controller. SEC. 2. The controller of state is hereby directed to draw Duty of his warrant in favor of the county of Marin in the sum of three thousand forty-six and seventy-five one-hundredths dollars ($3046.75), or for so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the claim of said county which the state board of examiners may determine to be a just and legal charge against the State of California, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force July first, In effect. nineteen hundred and four. CHAPTER CCCLXXV. An act appropriating money, to pay the claim of W. H. Murray, state superintendent of ramie culture. [Approved March 26, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tion to pay SECTION 1. The sum of one thousand three hundred dollars Appropriais hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury claim of W. not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of W. H. Murray, H. Murray. state superintendent of ramie culture, as shown in the report of the state board of examiners for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. SEC. 2. The controller of state is hereby directed to draw his warrant for the sum in this act appropriated as herein specified, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same, as herein ordered. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect July 5th, 1904. In effect. Annual license fee of CHAPTER CCCLXXVI. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of architecture, approved March 23, 1901," adding a new section thereto to be numbered section 7, relating to an annual license fee. [Approved March 26, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. An act to regulate the practice of architecture, approved March 23, 1901, is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to be numbered section 7. Section 7. Each regularly certificated architect shall pay architects. an annual license fee of five dollars, said fee to be paid to the secretary of the board of the district of which he shall be a resident, and shall be payable in advance on January 1, and shall become delinquent the 1st day of April, of each year, after which date it shall be delinquent, and the certificate of such architects who shall fail to pay their license fees by April 1 of each year, shall be subject to cancellation by said district board, and notice of such cancellation shall be sent to each county recorder of the State of California and to the secretary of state, as provided in section 5 of the act to regulate the practice of architecture, approved March 23, 1901, for cancellation of certificates. And the secretary of the said district shall issue a Receipt for receipt signed by the president and secretary of the district, and under the seal of the district board, to each architect paying said license fee, showing that said certificated architect has paid his annual license fee, which license receipt shall be displayed in a prominent place in the office of said architect. The fees so collected shall be used to meet the expenses of the state board of architecture. fees. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Experi. mental work in viticul ture. CHAPTER CCCLXXVII. An act for the protection of the viticultural interests of the state, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 26, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The regents and the president of the University of California are hereby directed to cause to be prosecuted with all possible diligence, in connection with and in addition to the work heretofore carried on by the agricultural experiment station, experimental and research work in the field of viticulture, including both cultural and industrial processes. They are directed to ascertain the adaptation of the various kinds of vines to the several climatic and soil conditions of the state, with the special reference to those stocks for propagating purposes, resistant to the phylloxera, and to further their adaptability and utility as grafting stocks for producing wine, raisin and table grapes. They are directed to ascertain the best methods of grafting and propagating said stocks and vines, together with the most important methods of vinification and the preparation, manufacture and application of yeasts in vinification and distillation. They are further directed to Utilization report upon the utilization of the by-products of the vineyard products of and winery, the study and treatment of the vine diseases and vineyards. all matters appertaining to the viticultural industry, pertinent to the successful conduct of the business and that may be of general public interest, use and profit. They are further Publish directed to publish the result of said experiments and investi- results. gations in form of bulletins from time to time, as may seem advisable and not less than two bulletins showing the progress and result of the work, shall be issued in any fiscal year. of by tion. SEC. 2. The sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) is Appropriahereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act; said money to be paid to the regents of the University of California, to be expended by them through the agricultural department of the university during the two years beginning July 1, 1903. The comptroller of the state is hereby directed to draw his warrant for such payments as requested by said regents of the State University of California, and the treasurer of the state is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER CCCLXXVIII. An act to provide for the construction of the unfinished part of the free wagon road from Mono Lake Basin to connect with a road called the "Tioga road" at or near the " Tioga mine," and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 26, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tion for SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money Appropriain the state treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of constructwenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), for the purpose of con- tion of free structing the unfinished part of the free wagon road from Mono road. wagon Duty of department of Lake Basin to and connecting with a wagon road called "Tioga road" at or near the "Tioga mine." SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the department of highways to begin such work of construction as soon as the money approhighways. priated is available therefor. In effect. SEC. 3. The money appropriated under the provisions of this act shall be paid by the state treasurer upon the warrant drawn by the controller in favor of the state highway commis sioner. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January first, 1904. Commissioner of horticulture. tions. CHAPTER CCCLXXIX. An act to create a state commission of horticulture, to provide for a state commissioner of horticulture, and prescribe his powers, duties and compensation, and to provide methods, means and penalties for the enforcement of such powers and duties, and appropriating money for the use and support and to pay the expenses thereof, and to repeal chapter sixty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, chapter seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, chapter eighty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and chapter one hundred and ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one. [Approved March 26, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The office of state commissioner of horticulture of California is hereby created. It shall be the duty of the governor, within forty days after the passage of this act, to appoint a citizen and resident of this state to hold said office Qualifica of state commissioner of horticulture, who must at the date of his appointment be a skilled horticulturist and entomologist. The term of office shall be for four years, and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The governor may remove such commissioner from office at any time, upon filing with the secretary of state a certificate of removal signed by the governor. In case of a vacancy in said office by death, resignation, removal from office, or other cause, the governor shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The salary of said commissioner shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per month, and he shall be allowed in addition a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars yearly for traveling and incidental expenses necessary in the discharge of his duties herein provided for. Such commissioner may appoint a clerk at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per year, who shall perform the duties required of him by such commissioner. In appointing such commissioner and his successor or successors, it shall be the duty of the governor Salary. Expenses. Clerk. Duty of governor. to disregard political affiliations, and be guided in his selection entirely by the professional and moral qualifications of the person so selected for the performance of the duties of said office. The office of said commissioner shall be kept open every day except holidays, and shall be in charge of the clerk during the absence of such commissioner. office rooms. commis The main office of such com- Main office. missioner shall be at the city of Sacramento. The secretary of state shall furnish and set aside in the capitol a room or rooms suitable for offices for said commissioner, and if the secretary of state shall make and file an affidavit with the said commissioner stating that it is not possible for him, as such secretary of state, to provide and set aside an office for said. commissioner in the capitol, or in any state building under his control, because there is no such office room or rooms available, then, and after the making and delivery of such affidavit to such commissioner, the said commissioner may rent rooms con- May rent venient and suitable for his offices under this act, at a rental not to exceed five hundred dollars per year. Said commissioner may also keep and maintain an office in the city and county of San Francisco at a yearly rental not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, and may appoint a deputy commissioner Deputy who shall be an expert entomologist and horticulturist, to have sioner. charge of said office under said commissioner, and to perform any and all duties which said commissioner may require of him under this act, and shall fix the monthly compensation Salary. of such deputy at $200 per month. Such deputy shall hold his position during the pleasure of such commissioner, and may be removed from his office or position at any time by said commissioner filing with the secretary of state a certificate signed by said commissioner so removing such deputy. Said Temporary commissioner may also appoint, by and with the approval of the governor, such temporary deputies from time to time as may be required for quarantine purposes under this act, and such temporary deputies shall receive such compensation per diem as may be specified in the writing so approving such appointment. If there be not sufficient furniture and office Purchase appliances turned over to such commissioner by the state board of horticulture heretofore existing, to furnish and equip properly the office or offices for such commissioner at Sacramento and San Francisco aforesaid, the said commissioner may, by and with the approval of the governor, purchase for the use of his said office or offices such furniture and appliances as may be necessary therefor, and from time to time, at an expense not to exceed a sum to be mentioned in such approval, which expense, together with all other expenses authorized by this act, is hereby allowed for the purposes specified. deputies. of office furniture. SEC. 2. Upon taking office under this act such commissioner Books, etc., shall be entitled to receive and have turned over to him as board. of prior such commissioner all the books, records, and property in the possession, charge, custody or control of the state board of horticulture heretofore existing, and all such property shall be delivered to such commissioner upon demand. Such commissioner shall be deemed for such purposes the successor of said board. |