advertise be paid out of the Street Crossing Fund; and immediately superinafter such order shall have been made, the Superintendent tendent to of Streets must, in manner as in this Act provided, again for bids. advertise for bids for doing the work, reciting in the notice that the same will be paid out of the Street Crossing Fund; and if the owner of such real estate fails to pay to the city fifty per cent. of the cost of such work when completed, such property shall be treated and reported as delinquent, as in other cases of non-payment under this Act, and suit may be brought, and such property sold, as in other cases of delinquency under this Act. And the money realized from the sale, after deducting the costs of the action and delinquency, paid into the city treasury, fifty per cent. for the use of the city, and the balance for the owner of the property; provided, the proceeds of the sale of property so sold shall all be for the use of the city until one-half of the cost and expense of doing the work is realized; and if there be no bidder at the sale, the same shall be struck off and sold to the city; but within one year the original owner may redeem such lot from the sale on complying with the provisions of this Act. CHAP. DXXXIX.-An Act to provide for the construction of a railroad from Ione, in the County of Amador, to a point in or near the Towns of Sutter Creek or Jackson, in said county, and to regulate fares and freights thereon. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and granted to SECTION 1. The right to lay out, construct, maintain, and Right use the same, by running thereon cars propelled by steam, or construct other motive power, for the convenient and profitable use railroad. thereof, and by such route as may be deemed most advantageous, between Ione and a point in or near the Towns of Sutter Creek or Jackson, and the right to extend the same to any point easterly from said point in the County of Amador, is hereby granted to James G. Mhoon, W. S. Cooledge, and Geo. R. Adams, or their associates and assigns, for the term of fifty years; provided, the construction of said road shall be commenced within two years from the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. The parties aforesaid, and their assigns, may, in Rails used. the construction of said road, use rails therefor and thereon of such material, form, and dimensions as in their judgment they may deem proper. SEC. 3. It shall be lawful for the parties aforesaid, and Rate of fare. their assigns, to charge and receive any sum not exceeding fifteen cents per mile for each passenger, and twenty-five cents per ton per mile for freight transported on said road; provided, that upon freight transported on said road for any Rates on freight. Packages, etc. Charges for explosive materials. Discrimination not allowed. Conduct of parties; how governed. distance not exceeding seven miles, twenty-five per cent. may be added to the above rates. SEC. 4. On all articles, dry goods, furniture, machinery, agricultural implements, hardware, leather, liquors, oils, paper, wool, brooms, broom-corn, carriages, manufactured goods in cases, of which two thousand pounds shall measure fifty cubic feet and less than sixty cubic feet, there may be added to the rates allowed by section three of this Act twentyfive per cent. thereof; on all articles two thousand pounds of which shall measure sixty cubic feet and less than seventy cubic feet, there may be added to such rates fifty per cent. thereof; on all articles two thousand pounds of which shall measure seventy cubic feet and less than eighty cubic feet, there may be added to such rates seventy-five per cent. thereof; and on all articles two thousand pounds of which shall measure eighty cubic feet and upwards, there may be added to such rates one hundred per cent. thereof; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to lumber, wood, bolts, fence posts, shingles, shakes, fire-wood, and hay in bale. SEC. 5. On all single packages weighing two thousand pounds and less than three thousand pounds, there may be added to the rates allowed in section three of this Act twenty-five per cent. thereof; and on all single packages weighing three thousand pounds and less than four thousand pounds, there may be added to such rates fifty per cent. thereof; and on all single packages weighing four thousand pounds and less than five thousand pounds, there may be added to such rates seventy-five per cent. thereof; and all single packages weighing five thousand pounds and upwards, there may be added to such rates one hundred per cent. thereof. SEC. 6. On all gunpowder, camphene, acids, or any explosive material of a like nature, also on glass and glassware, there may be added to the rates provided in section three of this Act, one hundred per cent. thereof. SEC. 7. No discrimination shall be made between persons, parties, or localities, as to fares and freights, or the transportation of goods, and no free passes shall be issued or given to any person or party to travel the road, except to those who are actually engaged in the business of the road. Any violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor. SEC. 8. Said parties, their associates and assigns, in the conduct and management of said railroad, shall have all the powers, and be subject to all the liabilities, and conform to all the requirements contained in Chapters Two and Three, of Title Three, of the Civil Code of California, relating to railroad corporations, so far as the same may be consistent with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. DXL.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act entitled an Act to district the City of Oakland into wards," approved February nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventysix. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of the Act entitled "An Act enti- Amended. tled an Act to district the City of Oakland into wards," approved February nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section five. In case of vacancy occurring in any of the Vacancies; offices which are herein provided for, except that of School how filled. Director, the City Council shall, by a vote of the Council, have power to fill the same by appointing a person from the same ward in which the vacancy occurred, to hold office until the next election held under the provisions of this Act. In case of vacancy in the office of Superintendent of Public Schools, or of School Director, the same shall be filled in like manner by vote of the Board of Education of said city. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. DXLI.-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and penditures. SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Tax for Yolo is hereby empowered and authorized to levy and col- county exlect, annually, in the manner provided by law for levying and collecting State taxes, a tax for county expenditures as follows: For the Contingent Fund, not exceeding forty (40) cents; for the Salary Fund, not exceeding twenty (20) cents; for the General Fund, not exceeding thirty (30) cents; for the Hospital Fund, not exceeding fifteen (15) cents, on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in said county. SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Repealed. Act, so far as they are applicable to the County of Yolo, are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Trustees to debtedness. CHAP. DXLII.-An Act to provide for the payment of the indebtedness of Snelling School District, County of Merced, in the State of California. [Approved March 30, 1878.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of the Snelling School ascertain in District, in the County of Merced, in the State of California, shall, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, at any regular or special meeting of said Board, ascertain and estimate, as near as practicable, the amount of the indebtedness of said district, on account of the building of the school house in said district, and the amount of such estimate shall be entered in full by the Clerk of said Board in his record book, and the amount of such estimate, when so entered, shall be deemed to be the sum legally owing by said district on account of the building of said school house. Board to issue bonds. Bonds; how issued, etc. SEC. 2. For the purpose of obtaining money to pay said indebtedness, the Board of Trustees of said district shall immediately thereafter issue, and cause to be issued, bonds. of said district, for a sum not exceeding the amount of such indebtedness, so estimated and ascertained as aforesaid, payable in annual installments of not exceeding two thousand dollars of the principal, on the first Monday of May of each and every year thereafter, until said bonds are fully paid and redeemed; and the same shall bear interest from the date of their issuance, at the rate of not less than eight nor more than twelve per cent. per annum, payable annually thereafter, as in this Act provided, until said principal and interest are fully paid. SEC. 3. Said bonds shall be issued upon the order of the amount of, Board of Trustees of said district, and shall be signed by the Chairman of said Board, and attested by the Clerk of said Board, and shall be countersigned by the County Treasurer. The bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and in all shall not exceed the amount of the said indebtedness. Said bonds shall be consecutively numbered as issued, and shall bear interest at the rate of not less than eight nor more than twelve per cent. per annum, each having coupons attached for said interest. Such coupons shall be consecutively numbered, signed, and attested, in the same manner as the bonds. Said bonds and the interest coupons thereon shall be payable at the office of the County Treasurer of said County of Merced, as hereinafter provided; coupon number one shall be for the amount of interest due upon the bond from its date to the first Monday of May, A. D. 1879, and shall be payable on that day, and the balance of the coupons shall be for twelve months interest each, being payable successively, on the first Monday of May thereafter, until said bonds shall mature and be fully liquidated. Coupons attached. SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for the said Board of Trustees to money. of said district to convert said bonds into money, by selling Bonds may the same, after at least twenty days' advertising for sealed be converted proposals to purchase the same, in two or more newspapers published in this State, to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, at such place as the said Board of Trustees may designate, for the purpose of raising funds to pay said indebtedness; provided, that no bond shall be disposed of at a discount of more than five per cent. The proceeds of all the bonds Proceeds; issued under the provisions of this Act shall be used and how used, applied exclusively to the payment of said indebtedness. For the payment of the bonds so issued, said Snelling School District shall become liable for both principal and interest. In case the owner or owners of any of said bonds shall neglect or fail to present the same to the County Treasurer for payment, when the same shall become due and payable, said bonds shall thereafter cease to bear interest. kept. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees, Record of and of the County Treasurer of said county, to keep a correct bonds to be record of all bonds issued under the provisions of this Act, showing the number, date, and amount of each, and to whom issued, when payable, and when paid. bond; also to SEC. 6. Whenever the County Treasurer shall pay any Treasurer bond or coupon, under the provisions of this Act, he shall to indorse indorse on the said bond or coupon so paid the date of the keep record. redemption, and from whom redeemed, and the amount paid to redeem the same. He shall preserve in his office all bonds or coupons redeemed, and shall keep a record of the same, giving number, date, and amount of each, and from whom received, and across each of the bonds and coupons so redeemed he shall write the words "canceled by me," and sign the same in his official capacity; and on or before the first Monday of January of each year the said County Treasurer shall return to said Board of Trustees a verified statement, showing the number and amount of bonds redeemed and paid by him, on or before the first Monday of May of the preceding year. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of Trustees to said district, between the first day of January and the first levy tax. day of April of each year, and for the purpose of paying and redeeming said bonds and coupons, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and cause to be collected a tax from the real and personal property of said district, each year, of such an amount as will pay not less than onefifth part of the whole amounts of said bonds, and one year's interest then due, or next to become due, on said bonds, which said tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as special school district taxes are now levied and collected by law, except that the question as to whether said tax shall be levied or not shall not be submitted to a vote of the electors of said district, and said electors shall only be Assessor and required to elect an Assessor and Tax Collector, for the pur- Tctor to be pose of assessing the property of said district and collecting elected. said assessment. Such Assessors and Tax Collectors shall be elected in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law, and they shall each, when so elected, Tax Col |
