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CHAP. DCXXXII.-An Act for the improvement of certain public reservations in the City and County of San Francisco.

[Approved April 1, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco are hereby authorized and directed to levy and collect, annually, for the fiscal year commencing July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for the next fiscal year thereafter, in the same manner and at the same times as other taxes in said city and county are levied and collected, an ad valorem property tax on real and personal property within said city and county of one cent on each one hundred dollars of value, as shown by the assessment of the said county for the current fiscal year; said money so collected shall be placed in said treasury and credited to the Park Improvement Fund.

SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict and inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately.

Grades

CHAP. DCXXXIII.-An Act to change the grades of certain streets in the City and County of San Francisco.

[Approved April 1, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the City and established. County of San Francisco is hereby authorized and empowered, without the petition of property owners therefor, to establish the following grades: The grade of the crossing of Franklin and Green Streets at ninety-four feet above base, instead of seventy-four feet above; the grade of the crossing of Franklin and Lombard Streets at sixty-four feet above base, instead of fifty feet above; the crossing of Van Ness Avenue and Green Streets at one hundred and five feet above base, instead of ninety feet above; the crossing of Van Ness Avenue and Greenwich Street at one hundred feet above base, instead of ninety feet above; the crossing of Van Ness Avenue and Lombard Street at ninety-five feet above base, instead of eighty feet above; the crossing of Polk and Greenwich Streets at one hundred and sixty feet above base, instead of one hundred and forty feet above. SEC. 2. The grades of said several streets intermediate

the main street crossings herein named and contiguous thereto shall conform to the grades as herein established.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

CHAP. DCXXXIV.-[See volume of Amendments to the
Codes.]

CHAP. DCXXXV.-An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the
Park Commissioners over a certain highway in the City and
County of San Francisco.

[Approved April 1, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

trol of Park

sioners.

SECTION 1. Order number one thousand four hundred Road placed and sixteen of the Board of Supervisors of the City and under con County of San Francisco, approved December seventh, one Commisthousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the road therein mentioned, commencing at Central Avenue and extending to the Pacific Ocean, and purchased under said order, together with the personal property purchased with said road, is hereby placed under the control and management of the Park Commissioners having charge of Golden Gate Park, who shall have all the powers, and be subject to the same duties respecting said road, as if the same had been originally part of said park, and all Acts relating to said park, so far as the same may be applicable, are hereby extended to said road.

included in

tax levy.

SEC. 2. The said Board of Supervisors are hereby author- Sum to be ized and directed to include in their tax levy for the coming fiscal year, an amount sufficient to make the payment provided to be made in section one of said order, with interest thereon from the date of the approval of said order, which taxes under said levy shall be levied as other municipal taxes, and paid into the General Fund, and disbursed in discharge of said indebtedness.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. DCXXXVI.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.]

Appropria

tion authorized.

CHAP. DCXXXVII.-An Act for the relief of Richard Dudding and William Johnson.

[Approved April 1, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claims of Richard Dudding and William Johnson, and the Controller of State is hereby authorized to draw his warrants in favor of Richard Dudding for the sum of one hundred dollars, and in favor of William Johnson for the sum of fifty-four dollars, and the Treasurer of the State is directed to pay the same. This Act shall take effect on and after its passage.

CHAP. DCXXXVIII.-[See volume of Amendments to the
Codes.]

CHAP. DCXXXIX.-[See volume of Amendments to the Codes.]

Appropriation authorized.

CHAP. DCXL.-An Act making an appropriation for the benefit of the Southern California Horticultural Society.

[Approved April 1, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars per annum for the present fiscal year and for the next fiscal year, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the benefit of the Southern California Horticultural Society; and the Controller of State is hereby directed and authorized to draw his warrant in favor of said society, upon the requisition of the President and Secretary of the same, for said sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars per annum as herein before provided, and the Treasurer of State is authorized and directed to pay the same.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. DCXLI.—An Act to create the office of Commissioner of 1909-499 Transportation, and to define its powers and duties; to fix the maximum charges for transporting passengers and freights on 1911-13 certain railroads, and to prevent extortion and unjust discrimination thereon.

[Approved April 1, 1878.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

CHAPTER ONE.

Transporta

SECTION 1. On or before the first Monday of May, A. D. Commis eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, the Governor shall one of appoint a competent person, to be styled the Commissioner tion. of Transportation, who shall be the legal successor of the present Board of Commissioners of Transportation, and who shall hold office for the period of four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified.

take oath.."

SEC. 2. Before entering upon the duties of his office, said commisCommissioner shall take an oath or affirmation that he will sioner to faithfully discharge his duties as such Commissioner, that he is not an officer or employé of any railroad corporation or company, or in any way interested therein, that he is not a stockholder, officer, or employé of, or in any way interested in any express or freight company doing business on any railroad in the United States. He shall execute and file in the office of the Secretary of State an official bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties under this Act.

SEC. 3. Said Commissioner shall keep his office in the office. State Capitol. He shall be allowed a contingent fund, not exceeding fifty dollars per month, for the contingent expenses of his office, and may appoint a Secretary, who shall receive a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said Commissioner, when- Duty of Com ever he shall deem it necessary, to inspect all railroads oper- missioner. ated by steam power (except street railroads) within this State, and to examine the same with reference to the security and accommodation of the public, and if, on such examination, in his opinion any of the tracks, bridges, or other structures or works thereof are unfit for the transportation of passengers with reasonable safety, it shall be his duty to give the Superintendent or other executive officer of the corporation or company working or operating such defective track, bridge, structure, or work, notice of the condition thereof, and of the repairs necessary to place the same in a safe condition; and if any such Superintendent or other executive officer receiving such notice shall willfully neglect to commence repairing the same for the period of two days after receiving such notice, such Superintendent or other executive officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. SEC. 5. Whenever a petition, signed in good faith by fifty Petition. or more property holders residing within ten miles of any

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on railroad

proposed station, switch, or side track upon any railroad included within the provisions of this Act, shall be presented to said Commissioner, praying for the establishment of a new station, switch, or side track, the Commissioner shall notify the managers of such railroad of such petition, and appoint a time and place of hearing the same. If, upon such hearing, it shall appear that such station, switch, or side track ought to be established the Commissioner shall so determine, and at the same time designate a reasonable time within which the same shall be done, and give due notice thereof, in writing, to said managers; provided, that said Commissioner shall not require such new station, switch, or side track to be established within less than five miles of one already established.

SEC. 6. Within thirty days after the passage of this Act to be served said Commissioner shall cause a copy of the same to be corporations. served upon every such railroad corporation engaged in the business of transportation within this State, and within ten days after such service it shall be the duty of such corporation to file in the office of said Commissioner, and in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the County Clerk of each county in which the road is located, a copy, verified by the oath or affirmation of the President or other chief executive officer, of all and singular the tariffs and rates of freight, passage money, commutation rates, and charges lawfully in force, together with copies of all their rules, regulations, and instructions to employés concerning the carriage of persons and merchandise under which the road was being operated on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and it shall not be lawful for any of said corporations to increase any rates of freight or passage, or to raise the classification of any species of goods, or to change any rule or instruction to employés in such manner as to increase the cost of transportation over and above the rates charged in such tariff, or in use on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; provided, that any such railroad company may issue excursion tickets at reduced rates for special trains, or between certain places, and for a fixed time.

Annual

reports to be made.

Contents of report.

SEC. 7. It is hereby made the duty of the President, or other executive officer, of each and every railroad company having a line of railroad in this State (except street railroads), to make an annual report, verified by his oath, on or before the first day of July of each year, to said Commissioner, for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December preceding, and said report shall supersede all other annual reports now required by law to be made by any railroad. company to any officer of the State, and which report shall

state:

1. Capital stock authorized by charter, $

2. Capital stock authorized by votes of company,
3. Capital stock issued (number of shares

paid in.

amount

4. Capital stock paid in on shares not issued (number of shares).

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