Supervisors negotiate. tos and power and authority to provide by ordinance for the printing, signing, custody, redemption, and issuance of all bonds under the provisions of this Act, and for their negotiation, sale, or exchange for cash, or for county or city and county indebtedness; provided, that said bonds shall not be sold below par. Sinking Fund created. Calling of election. SEC. 3. Before any election is held to determine the question of the issuance of said bonds, the Board of Supervisors may provide by ordinance for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on any bonds which may be issued under the provisions of this Act, as said interest falls due, and also to constitute a Sinking Fund to pay the principal of said bonds at a time to be fixed by said Board of Supervisors, not more than twenty years from the date of the passage of said ordinance. SEC. 4. Whenever the said Board of Supervisors shall, by resolution, so request, it shall be the duty of all officers, Boards, and Commissioners, to call an election as herein, and by said Board of Supervisors provided for, and at the time (which shall not be less than ten days) provided for by said Board of Supervisors; and at said election the registers used at the last general or special election shall be used without new registration. SEC. 5. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. Railroad cars to be inspected. Detention of train a CHAPTER XC. An Act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the State of California. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Whenever there shall exist, in the opinion of the State Board of Health, imminent danger of the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the State of California, by means of railroad communication with other States, the said State Board of Health are authorized, and it is hereby made their duty, to make or cause to be made, by an accredited agent or inspector, an inspection of all railroad cars coming into the State at such point, or between such points within the State limits as may be selected for the pur pose. SEC. 2. Such inspection shall be made, where practicable, during the ordinary detention of a train at a station, or while in transit between stations, and in all cases shall be so conducted as to occasion the least possible detention or interruption of travel or inconvenience to the railroad companies, so far as consistent with the purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. Should the discovery be made of the existence among the passengers of any case or cases of dangerous to be side contagious or infectious disease, the said Board of Health, or Infected cars their agent or inspector, under rules and conditions prescribed tracked. by them as being applicable to the nature of the disease, shall have power to cause the side-tracking or detention of any car or cars so infected, to isolate the sick or remove them to a suitable place for treatment, to establish a suitable refuge station, to cause the passengers and materials in such infected car to be subjected to disinfection and cleansing before proceeding further into the State, and, in the case of smallpox, to offer free vaccination to all persons exposed in any car or at any station. tion. SEC. 4. The sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appro- Appropriapriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended solely for the purposes of this Act, and all expenditures herein authorized shall be specified in an itemized account to be presented to the State Board of Examiners, and paid as other demands on the treasury are paid; provided, that in no case shall the sum expended exceed that herein specially appropriated for the purpose. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. CHAPTER XCI. An Act to add a new section to the Penal Code, to be known as section thirteen hundred and eighty-eight, to provide for the probationary treatment of juvenile delinquents. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Penal Code, to be known as section thirteen hundred and eightyeight, and to read as follows: ment may be 1388. Final judgment may be suspended on any convic- Final judg tion, charge, or prosecution for misdemeanor, or felony, suspended. wherein the judgment of the Court in which such proceeding is pending there is a reasonable ground to believe that such minor may be reformed, and that a commitment to prison would work manifest injury in the premises. Such suspension may be for as long a period as the circumstances of the case may seem to warrant, and subject to the following further provisions: During the period of such suspension, or of any extension thereof, the Court or Judge may, under such limitations as may seem advisable, commit such minor to the custody of the officers or managers of any strictly non-sectarian charitable corporation. conducted for the purpose of reclaiming criminal minors. Such corporation, by its officers or managers, may accept the custody of such minor for a period of two months (to be further extended by the Court or Judge should it be deemed advisable), and should said minor be found incorrigible and incapable of reformation, he may be returned before the Court for final judgment for his misdemeanor. Such charitable corporation shall accept custody of said minor as aforesaid upon the distinct agreement that it and its officers shall use all reasonable means to effect the reformation of such minor, and provide him with a home and instruction. No application for guardianship of such minor by any person, parent, or friend shall be entertained by any Court during the period of such suspension and custody, save upon recommendation of the Court before which the criminal proceedCourt may ings are pending first obtained. Such Court may further, in its discretion, direct the payment of the expenses of the maintenance of such minor during such period of two months, not to exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of $25 (twenty-five dollars), which sum shall include board, clothing, transportation, and all other expenses, to be paid by the county where such criminal proceeding is pending, or direct action to be instituted for the recovery thereof out of the estate of said minor, or from his parents. Such Court may also revoke such order of suspension at any time. pay main tenance expense. Appropriation. CHAPTER XCII. An Act to pay the claim of Hiram Clock. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of two hundred and forty dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claim of Hiram Clock, and the Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant for the amount, and the Treasurer is authorid to pay the same. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Appropriation. CHAPTER XCIII. An Act making appropriation for a deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the State Prison at San Quentin for the thirty-second fiscal year. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of three thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight dollars and twenty-two cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the State Prison at San Quentin for the thirty-second fiscal year, arising from the expenses of criminal trials, and guarding and keeping convicts, incurred under section one hundred and eleven of the Penal Code. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XCIV. An Act making an appropriation for a deficiency in the appropriation for traveling expenses of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the thirty-second fiscal year. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and tion. SECTION 1. The sum of eighteen dollars and five cents is Appropriahereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for traveling expenses of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the thirty-second fiscal year. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XCV. An Act making appropriation for a deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the State Prison at San Quentin for the thirty-fourth fiscal year. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and tion. SECTION 1. The sum of fourteen hundred and seventy-one Appropriadollars and ninety-three cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the State Prison at San Quentin for the thirtyfourth fiscal year, arising from the expenses of criminal trials, and guarding and keeping convicts, incurred under section one hundred and eleven of the Penal Code. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. Per capita amount. Date. CHAPTER XCVI. An Act to appropriate money for the support of aged persons in indigent circumstances. [Approved March 15, 1883.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each and every institution in this State conducted for the support and maintenance of aged persons in indigent circumstances, and either solely for that purpose or in connection with the support and maintenance of minor orphans, half orphans, and abandoned children, aid as follows: For each aged person in indigent circumstances supported and maintained in any such institution, the sum of one hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 2. The aid hereby granted shall commence on the first Monday in July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and shall be paid in semi-annual installments, commencing on the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Record book. SEC. 3. First-It shall be the duty of every institution entitled to aid under this Act to keep a book in which shall be entered the date of admission, name, age, sex, and place of birth of each and every aged person in indigent circumstances, who is or hereafter may be received or admitted in such institution, and the date of discharge of such person, when such discharge is made, the property or estate, if any, owned by such person, and the insurance, if any, on his or her life, whether married or single; if married and a female, the name and residence of the husband, if living, when they came to California, and habits of sobriety. Account book. Payroll. Board of books. Second-Every such institution shall also keep a book entitled "Monthly Accounts," in which shall be entered on the debtor side all moneys received from any and all sources, for or on behalf of such aged indigent persons, with the date of such receipt segregated under the proper heads. On the credit side shall be entered all disbursements made on account of such aged indigent persons; specifying for what purpose made, and the amounts entered in detail so disbursed, segregated under their proper heads. Third-A payroll shall also be kept of the employés, and the amounts disbursed to each. Fourth-A transcript of such books and payroll, verified to examine under oath by the manager or persons in charge of such institution entitled to or claiming State aid under this Act, shall be made and forwarded to the State Board of Examiners at the time of making demand or presenting claim for State aid, covering the time for which such claim for State aid is made, and a list of all the inmates (other than the employés or officers, minor orphans, half orphans, and aban |