Work to be done by contract. shall be used only for the purposes herein provided, to wit: Three thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended for the construction of a wagon bridge across the Guallala River, conjointly with Sonoma County, at a point to be located as near as practicable to the public ferry on said river near its mouth, on the boundary line dividing Mendocino and Sonoma Counties; provided, that said Sonoma County join in the construction of said bridge and pay one-half the cost of construction of said bridge, or an amount equal to the amount expended by Mendocino County; and provided further, that no contract shall be let for the construction of said bridge until an advertisement calling for sealed proposals for said construction has been published at least three weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Mendocino, and for the same length of time in some newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sonoma, and for ten days in some daily newspaper printed and published in the City and County of San Francisco. SEC. 6. Three thousand dollars of said bonds, and any excess over that amount remaining after paying one-half of the cost (or the County of Mendocino's portion thereof) for the construction of the bridge authorized by section five of this Act, shall be expended in making such changes as may be deemed necessary to be made by the Board of Supervisors in the location of the public road leading from the residence of A. C. McDonald, through Anderson Valley, to Navara Ridge, in Mendocino County, and in repairing said road, and in building such bridges as may be by order directed by said. Board of Supervisors to be built. SEC. 7. All work authorized by section six of this Act shall be done by contract, and awarded to the lowest and best responsible bidder, after notice having been given by publication in two newspapers of general circulation, published in the County of Mendocino, for a period of at least three weeks next preceding the awarding of the contracts, and no amount shall be allowed or paid on any contract until such contract is fully completed, and the work approved and accepted by the Board of Supervisors. SEC. 8. In making any and all contracts under the provisions of this Act, the Board of Supervisors shall use and provide for paying out the bonds herein authorized to be issued at their par value. SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. CHAP. CCCLXXXIV.-An Act concerning the office of Sheriff of Butte County, and to fix his compensation in certain cases. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Whenever any Sheriff of the County of Butte Fees of shall retire from office by reason of the election and qualifi- Sheriff. cation of his successor, having in his hands precess which he is required to retain until completed, he shall be entitled to charge and collect such fees for such services as is now allowed to be charged and collected by Sheriffs by the fee bill in force in said county, and shall be allowed to retain and appropriate the same to his own use and benefit. SEC. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. CCCLXXXV.-An Act to confer certain powers on the Board of Supervisors of Colusa County, and fixing the time for the meetings thereof. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. There shall be six regular terms of the Board Terms of of Supervisors of Colusa County each year, as follows: first Board. Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November. duties of SEC. 2. In addition to the duties now prescribed by law, Powers and the Board of Supervisors of Colusa County shall have power, Board. and it shall be their duty, to examine official bonds of county, townships, and district officers, other than Supervisors, and if found sufficient in form and otherwise, to approve the same; and their approval shall be noted thereon. Whenever any bond shall be deemed insufficient from any cause, whether the same shall have been approved or not, the Board shall require a new or a supplemental bond to be given, and shall issue a citation to such officer, requiring him, on a day therein named, not less than ten nor more than twenty days after date of order, to give a new or supplemental bond, which citation must be served, and return thereof made as in other cases. A failure to give and file a new or supplemental bond, as provided in this section, shall work a forfeiture of the office, and the Board shall declare the same vacant, and shall proceed to fill the vacancy according to law. SEC. 3. The County Judge of Colusa County, in Chamber, Powers of County Judge. shall have the same powers over the official bonds of the Supervisors of Colusa County, including the approval of the same, as are conferred in section two of this Act upon the Board of Supervisors respecting other official bonds of the county. SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act, so far as the same relate to Colusa County, are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Payment of claims CHAP. CCCLXXXVI.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Napa County to pay certain claims. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Napa County are authorized. hereby authorized and directed to examine, settle, and allow such claims as they may deem just, existing against the Bounty Fund of said Napa County; provided, no such claim shall be allowed that shall not be found to have been presented and filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. SEC. 2. Said Board of Supervisors are also authorized and directed to settle, examine, and allow all such claims or indebtedness as they may deem just, existing against said county for work and labor performed in the construction and repairs of that certain road commonly known as the Knoxville Road, leading from the Town of Calistoga to Knoxville in said county; provided, that no such claim shall be allowed which has not been presented and filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. SEC. 3. All claims and indebtedness allowed by the provisions of this Act shall, by the Board of Supervisors, be ordered paid out of the Contingent Road Fund of Napa County for the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and seventyeight-nine. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. CHAP. CCCLXXXVII.-An Act fixing the amount of the official bonds of Colusa County. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and tain officers. SECTION 1. The county, district, and township officers Bonds of cerof Colusa County must execute official bonds in the following amounts: Sheriff, ten thousand dollars; Tax Collector, one hundred thousand dollars; Clerk, six thousand dollars; Auditor, ten thousand dollars; Recorder, two thousand dollars; Treasurer, one hundred thousand dollars; Assessor, three thousand dollars; District Attorney, two thousand dollars; Public Administrator, ten thousand dollars; Coroner, one thousand dollars; Surveyor, one thousand dollars; School Superintendent, one thousand dollars; Supervisor, two thousand dollars; Justices of the Peace, one thousand dollars; Constables, one thousand dollars; Road Superintendent, five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCLXXXVIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to encourage the destruction of squirrels, gophers, and other wild animals, in the Counties of Los Angeles, Napa, Merced, San Bernardino, and Santa Cruz," approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as to Napa County. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. An Act entitled an Act to encourage the Repeal. destruction of squirrels, gophers, and other wild animals, in the Counties of Los Angeles, Napa, Merced, San Bernardino, and Santa Cruz, is hereby repealed, so far as the same is made applicable to Napa County. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. CHAP. CCCLXXXIX.-An Act to provide for the building of and furnishing a Court-house, offices, and Jail, in Napa County, and for improving the Court-house grounds. [Approved March 27, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Napa County are Issuance hereby authorized and directed to issue the bonds of the of bonds. Where payable. Interest tax. Aid from Redemption tax. Redemption of bonds. county to an amount not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, payable at any time after the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and within twenty years from the date of their issuance, at the option of said Board, with interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable annually on the first Monday of January in each year, both principal and interest to be made payable in United States gold coin only. The bonds shall be issued in denominations of five hundred dollars each, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and countersigned by the Auditor and Treasurer of said county. Interest coupons shall be attached, signed in like manner. SEC. 2. The bonds and coupons shall be payable at the office of the County Treasurer, and when any coupons are paid they shall be detached from the bonds, and canceled by the Treasurer in the same manner as county warrants are canceled by him, and they shall be deposited by him with the County Auditor, on making his monthly settlement with the County Auditor, and the County Auditor shall give him a receipt therefor. SEC. 3. The bonds shall bear the date of their issuance, and the first coupon shall be for interest from such date up to the first Monday of January next succeeding. SEC. 4. For the purpose of paying the interest on the bonds, the Board of Supervisors shall, at the time of levying the county taxes for each year, levy a special tax on all taxable property in the county, sufficient to pay the interest on all the bonds then outstanding, as the same shall fall due. The special tax thus levied shall be assessed and collected as other county taxes are assessed and collected, and be set apart as a special fund, to be known as the Court-house Bond Interest Fund, and out of this fund the coupons on the bonds shall be paid as they fall due. SEC. 5. If such special tax shall at any time be insufficient to pay the coupons due, the County Treasurer shall make up the deficiency out of the General County Fund of the county. If the amount realized from the special tax exceeds the amount required to pay the coupons, the Board of Supervisors must transfer such surplus to the said General County Fund. SEC. 6. In and for the year eighteen hundred and eightyfour, and each year thereafter until all of said bonds are paid, the Board of Supervisors, at the time of levying the county taxes, shall levy and cause to be collected a tax sufficient to pay one-fifteenth part of the whole issue of said bonds, and the tax thus levied and collected shall be set apart as a special fund, to be known as the "Court-house Bond Redemption Fund." SEC. 7. Whenever there shall be one thousand dollars or more in such Redemption Fund, the Treasurer shall cause a notice to be published once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper printed in the County of Napa, and also in the City and County of San Francisco, which notice shall state that he is prepared to redeem on a day to be stated therein bonds to the amount of the moneys in the said |