visors of legislative functions and impaired. the uniform operation of what should be a general law. Dougherty v. Austin, 94 Cal. 601, 626; McFarland and Paterson, JJ. dissenting.

The act of March 24, 1876 [Stats. 1875-6, p. 461], is not subject to the objection that it is an attempt by special legislation, to deprive the supervisors of all discretion with respect to a local improvement. People v. Bartlett, 67 Cal. 156. [There was no constitutional inhibition of special legislation when the act of 1876 was passed.]

The act of March 28, 1878 [Stats. p. 442], requiring an applicant for saloon license in San Francisco to first obtain consent of a majority of the police commissioners is unconstitutional. Purdy v. Sinton, 56 Cal. 133.

The amendment of 1889 [Stats. p. 232], to the county government act requiring license taxes collected in any incorporated city or town, under ordinances of supervisors, or under Political Code, part 3, title 7, chapter 15, being applicable to only counties of a certain class, is local and special legislation, and violates section 11, article I of constitution and paragraphs 9-33 of article IV. County of San Luis Obispo v. Graves, 84 Cal. 71.

PARAGRAPH 10. Referred to in People v. C. P. R. R. Co., 83 Cal, 393.

The statute requiring assessors to collect taxes on personal property at the time of assessing, where the tax is not secured by lien

upon real property violates no provision of the constitution. Rode v. Siebe, 119 Cal. 521.

Sections 162 and 216 of the county government act of 1895 [Stats. pp. 1-11], by which the county assessor of counties of the second class were required to pay into the county treasury the percentage received on poll taxes, personal property taxes and the amounts allowed for returning names of persons subject to military duty is not unconstitutional, but is a legitimate provision regulating the compensation of officers under a general classification of counties made for that purpose. Summerland v. Bicknell, 111 Cal. 568.

PARAGRAPH 11. The legislature may provide by special act for the organization and fixing boundaries of new counties, and by such act provide for submitting the question to the electors of the territory to be embraced in the proposed new county at election to be held for that purpose. People v. McFadden, 81 Cal. 489.

PARAGRAPH 13. Referred to in People v. C. P. R. R. Co., 83 Cal. 393.

PARAGRAPH 19. The act of March 30, 1878, and amendment [Stats. 1887, p. 90], known as "Bank Commissioners Act," is not in contravention of article IV, section 25, subdivision 19, forbidding local or special laws granting to any corporation special or exclusive rights, privileges or immunities. People v. Superior Court, 100 Cal. 105.

The act of April 3, 1876 [Stats. p. 792], to regulate the practice of medicine and confer

ring certain powers upon the commission to be selected by the medical societies, is not unconstitutional. Ex parte Johnson, 62 Cal. 263, decided upon authority of Ex parte Frazer, 54 Cal. 94.

The sections of the Political Code relating to state harbor commissioners including sections 2521-2522, as amended in 1876 and 1883, in delegating to the board power to appoint secretaries, attorney, engineer and wharfinger, fixing the term of office of such appointees and providing that they may be removed by the board at any time, after due investigation for cause, are not unconstitutional as special legislation nor as a delegation to the board of legislative functions. Ford v. Harbor Commissioners, 81 Cal. 19; Beatty, C. J. and Works J., dissenting.

Section 2853 of the Political Code, providing that "No toll-bridge or ferry must be established within one mile immediately above or below any regularly established ferry or tollbridge," is not in conflict with the constitutional provisions prohibiting the passage of special laws or the granting of special privileges or immunities. Fortain v. Smith, 114 Cal. 494.

PARAGRAPH 20. Referred to in People v. C. P. R. R. Co., 83 Cal. 393, and Fortain v. Smith, 114 Cal. 494.

PARAGRAPH 27. The act of April 2, 1880 [Stats. p. 105], commonly known as the "Traylor Act," and purporting to add a new section-1618-to the Political Code, relating

to salaries of teachers in cities of one hundred thousand inhabitants or more, is local and unconstitutional. The fixing of salaries of teachers is a part of the management of public schools. And said act is not an amendment of the code. Earle v. Board of Education, 55 Cal. 489.

PARAGRAPH 28. An act of the legislature of March, 1889 [Stats. p. 148], amending former act incorporating the city of Sacramento, and ̧ authorizing the police commissioners to appoint policemen for said city not exceeding in number thirty, was a special act referring to that city alone and operative nowhere else. Fifteen policemen were provided for the city under its former incorporation acts passed prior to the new constitution. Held, that the authorization for thirty policemen was the creation of new offices to the extent of fifteen, and that the act is to this extent void. Farrell v. Board of Trustees, 85 Cal. 408.

The act of March 15, 1889 [Stats. p. 62], creating police court in city and county of San Francisco, is not unconstitutional, its interest and purpose being to add another judge to the courts already existing. Ex parte Lloyd, 78 Cal. 421.

Referred to in Ford v. Harbor Commissioners, 81 Cal. 19, and Ex parte Jordan, 62 Cal. 464.

PARAGRAPH 29. The provision of the county government act [Sec. 235, Stats. 1893, p. 512], authorizing supervisors to ascertain the number of people in the old county after a new

county has been created therefrom, for the purpose of ascertaining to what class said old county then belongs, is not a grant of legislative power to the supervisors, and the ascertainment of such fact is not legislation, hence does not contravene the provision prohibiting special legislation concerning fees of officers. Kumler v. Supervisors, 103 Cal. 395.

Where an act affecting salary or compensation of an officer is not void on its face, the ⚫ court will not look into evidence aliunde to determine its invalidity. Rankin v. Colgan, 92 Cal. 606, citing Stevenson v. Colgan, 91 Cal. 649.

The act of March 14, 1891 [Stats. p. 106], readjusting and reducing salaries of officers in counties of thirty-fifth class is not a special or local law; it is applicable to all counties of a class as made or authorized by the constitution. Cody v. Murphy, 89 Cal. 522, distinguishing Miller v. Kister, 68 Cal. 142, and citing People v. Henshaw, 76 Cal. 444; Longan v. County of Solano, 65 Cal. 125; Thomason . Ashworth, 73 Cal. 73.

There being no act in force providing for salary of Supreme Court reporter for the period from January 1 to July 1, 1888, it was competent for the legislature in 1883 to pass an act providing compensation for that officer during said period. Smith v. Dunn, 64 Cal. 164.

A municipal charter, approved by the legislature, could not provide for increase of the salary of the justice of the peace of the city of Stockton by adding to that office the duties