Acquisition of water. Redemption of property made. CHAPTER II. An Act to amend section twenty-nine of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition of water and other property, and for the distribution of water thereby for irrigation purposes," approved March 7, 1887, relating to redemption of property sold for non-payment of assessments. [Approved January 27, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition of water and other property, and for the distribution of water thereby for irrigation purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 29. A redemption of the property sold may be made by the owner, or any party in interest, within twelve months sold, how from the date of purchase; provided, that all lands heretofore sold at delinquent tax sale under any of the provisions of this Act or the Acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, where deeds have not been made and delivered, may be redeemed at any time within six months from the passage hereof. Redemption must be made in gold or silver coin, as provided for the collection of state and county taxes, and when made to the collector he must credit the amount paid to the person named in the certificate, and pay it, on demand, to the person or his assignees. In each report the collector makes to the board of directors, he must name the person entitled to redemption money, and the amount due each. On receiving the certificate of sale, the County Recorder must file it and make an entry in Recorder's a book similar to that required of the collector. On the presentation of the receipt of the person named in the certificate, or of the collector, for his use, of the total amount of the redemption money, and the Recorder must mark the word "redeemed," the date, and by whom redeemed, on the certificate and on the margin of the book where the entry of the certificate is made. If the property is not redeemed within the If property time herein provided, the collector, or his successor in office, must make to the purchaser, or his assignee, a deed of the property, reciting in the deed substantially the matters contained in the certificate, and that no person redeemed the property during the time allowed by law for its redemption. The collector shall receive from the purchaser, for the use of the district, two dollars for making such deed. County duty. is not redeemed. Fee. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER III. An Act for the appointment of a commissioner to represent the State of California at the Central American exhibition to be held in the City of Guatemala, on March 15, 1897, and to prescribe his powers and duties; and to authorize the appointment of a clerk; and to provide for the expenses of said commissioner, and the compensation of said clerk, and for certain expenses of the California exhibit at said exhibition, and to appropriate money therefor. [Approved February 9, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and sioner to the exhibi SECTION 1. The office of commissioner to represent the commisState of California at the Central American exhibition, to be held in the City of Guatemala, in the Republic of Guatemala, Guatemala on March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and tion. thereafter, is hereby created and established for the purpose of superintending the transportation, installation, decoration, and maintenance of exhibits from the State of California at said exhibition. The term of office of said commissioner shall Tenure of be eight months from the date of his appointment. Said office. commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor within ten days from the passage of this Act. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, a successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be appointed in like manner. The Secretary of State shall, immediately after the Secretary passage of this Act and the appointment of such commissioner, of State notify the appointee thereof, and issue to the appointee a commission, under the great seal of this State, notifying him of the passage of this Act, and of his appointment by the Governor. sioner. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said commissioner to super- Duty of intend and provide for the transportation, installation, deco- commisration, and maintenance of exhibits sent from any part of the State of California, and to arrange at said exhibition the display of said exhibits in the American building, and as far as practical as one collection, and so as to make the display distinctively typical of California products. Said commis- clerk. sioner shall select and appoint a clerk to hold office during the pleasure of said commissioner, and said clerk shall act under the supervision of said commissioner. Said commissioner shall serve without compensation from the State. SEC. 3. The clerk of said commissioner shall receive for his salary of services from the State the sum of fifty dollars per month. clerk. The commissioner is authorized to expend for the traveling expenses of himself and the clerk, and for the transportation to and from the City of San Francisco and the City of Guatemala, and the installation, decoration, and maintenance of said exhibits, such sums as he may deem necessary, but not to Expenses to be itemized. Duty of and exceed, with the sums allowed by this Act for said salary, the total sum of ten thousand dollars. The expenses incurred by said commissioner, exclusive of said salary, shall be set forth in detail in an itemized statement, and thereupon a requisition shall be made by said commissioner upon the State Controller, accompanied by the sworn certificate of said commissioner that the services have been performed, and the material used or the things furnished, or expenses incurred, and that said sums are justly due. SEC. 4. The State Controller is hereby directed to draw his Controller warrant on the State Treasurer for the payment of said salary Treasurer. when due and payable, as herein provided, and also for such sums as are covered by said requisitions, and said Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of any money not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage. Luggage defined. Bicycles. CHAPTER IV. An Act to amend section two thousand one hundred and eightyone of the Civil Code of California, relating to luggage. [Approved February 9, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two thousand one hundred and eightyone of the Civil Code of California is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 2181. Luggage may consist of whatever the passenger takes with him for his personal use and convenience, according to the habits or wants of the particular class to which he belongs, either with reference to the immediate necessities, or to the ultimate purpose of the journey. No crate, cover, or other protection shall be required for any bicycle carried as luggage, but no passenger shall be entitled to carry as luggage more than one bicycle. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER V. An Act to provide for the management and operation of railroads above certain elevations. [Approved February 9, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and above SECTION 1. All railroads operated in this State whose lines Operation of road are wholly constructed at an elevation of five thousand of railroads feet, or more, above the level of the sea, shall only be required certain to maintain and operate their roads, or to run passenger or freight cars thereon, between the fifteenth day of May and the fifteenth day of October in each year. elevations. CHAPTER VI. An Act making an appropriation to pay the expenses of electors of [Approved February 9, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Electoral SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred dollars is hereby ap- Appropripropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ation for appropriated, to pay the per diem and mileage of electors of College President and Vice-President of the United States of America of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. expenses. CHAPTER VII. An Act to require an inventory of state and county property, and directing that a record of the same be kept. [Approved February 9, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and officers SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of all state officers, boards, state and commissions of every kind, having in charge property to make belonging to the State, to make an inventory thereof within inventory ninety days from and after the passage of this Act, and also on property. or before the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred of state County officers to make of county and ninety-eight, and biennially thereafter, of all property purchased with state money, and in their keeping. The report of said inventory shall, under oath, be made to the State Board of Examiners, and said inventory shall be recorded by said Board of Examiners in a book prepared for the purpose. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of all county officers, including supervisors, superintendents of poor farms, hospitals, orphaninventory ages, or almshouses, to make, on or before the first day of July, property. eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, also on or before the thirtyfirst day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and annually thereafter, an inventory showing in detail all county property in their possession or under their charge. In case of county officers and employés, said inventory shall show the sources from which said property was derived, and if possible the cost of each item. Each officer referred to in this section shall, under oath, file his respective inventory with the County Clerk at the times and dates mentioned in this section, and all said inventories shall be kept of record by the County Clerk. Incoming receipt. SEC. 3. All outgoing officers, boards, commissions, and emofficers to ployés mentioned in sections one and two of this Act, shall deliver to their successors in office an inventory of all state or county property in their possession, and the incoming officers shall receipt for the same. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately. Employment of convicts to make roads. CHAPTER VIII. An Act directing the State Prison Directors of the State of California to employ at least twenty prisoners in the construction of roads to the State Prison at San Quentin. [Approved February 16, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The State Prison Directors of the State of California are hereby authorized and directed, during the four years next succeeding the passage of this Act, to employ at least twenty prisoners daily, during fair weather, in the construction and repair of such public roads as have been, or shall hereafter be, laid out or opened by the Board of Supervisors of Marin County, and which extend from the San Quentin State Prison, or the grounds surrounding the same, to Point Tiburon and all railroad stations in Marin County which lie in the neighborhood of the said state prison. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. |