CHAPTER LI. An Act to extend the jurisdiction and authority of cities and towns over parks owned by them situated beyond the limits of such cities and towns, and over streets and avenues leading to the same. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and tion of parks city limits. SECTION 1. The municipal authority of the several cities and Jurisdictowns in this State, which now own or shall hereafter own any cities and parks situated outside of the limits of such city or town, shall towns over have the same power, authority, and jurisdiction over such beyond parks, and over streets and avenues leading therefrom to said parks, and over persons and property therein, as they now or hereafter may have over said cities and towns and over persons and property therein; and the local courts of said cities and towns shall have the same jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over said parks, streets, and avenues, and over persons and property therein, as they may have over the parks, streets, and avenues within such cities or towns respectively. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. [Became a law, under constitutional provision, without Governor's approval, March 1, 1897.] CHAPTER LII. An Act to provide for the appointment by the Supreme Court of fire commissioners, to be known as Commissioners of the Supreme Court, to appoint a secretary, and to appropriate money therefor. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Commis SECTION 1. The Supreme Court of the State of California Supreme shall, immediately upon the expiration of the term of office of Court the present Supreme Court Commissioners, appoint five persons sioners. of legal learning and personal worth as commissioners of said court. It shall be the duty of said commissioners, under such Duty. rules and regulations as said court may adopt, to assist in the performance of its duties, and in the disposition of the numerous causes now pending in said court undetermined. The said commissioners shall hold office for the term of two years from and after their appointment, during which time they shall not engage in the practice of the law. They shall each receive a salary. salary equal to the salary of a judge of said court, payable at the same time and in the same manner. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, they shall each take an oath to Oath. support the Constitution of the United States and the Consti Secretary. Appropriation. tution of the State of California, and to faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Commissioner of the Supreme Court to the best of their ability. The said court shall have power to remove any and all members of said commission at any time, by an order entered on the minutes of said court, and all vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner. SEC. 2. Upon the appointment of said commissioners, as in this Act provided, said court is hereby authorized to appoint a secretary for such commission, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the court, not to exceed the term of said commission, and who shall have a salary of two hundred dollars per month, payable at the same time and in the same manner as said commission. SEC. 3. The sum of sixty-seven thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money that is, or may be, in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the salary of said commission and secretary for the remainder of the forty-eighth fiscal year, and for the forty-ninth and fiftieth fiscal years; and the Controller is hereby authorized to draw monthly warrants upon the state treasury in favor of said commissioners and secretary in the sum of five hundred dollars for each of said commissioners, and in the sum of two hundred dollars for said secretary. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. [Became a law, under constitutional provision, without Governor's approval, March 2, 1897.] Superior CHAPTER LIII. An Act providing for the election or appointment of a separate Judge of the Superior Court for each of the Counties of Yuba and Sutter, and fixing and providing for the payment of the salary of each of such judges. [Approved March 2, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. At the general election to be held in the year Judges of nineteen hundred and two, and at the general election every and Sutter six years thereafter, there shall be elected in the County of Counties. Vacancy. Yuba one Judge of the Superior Court of the said County of Yuba, and in the County of Sutter one Judge of the Superior Court of the said County of Sutter; each of such judges shall hold such office in and for his respective county for the term prescribed by the Constitution and by law. SEC. 2. Should a vacancy occur from any cause in the office of Judge of the Superior Courts of the Counties of Yuba and Sutter at any time before the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred and two, the Governor of this State shall immediately appoint one Judge of the Superior Court of the County of Yuba, and one Judge of the Superior Court of the County of Sutter, who shall each hold office until the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding the first general election held after his appointment, and at such general election his successor shall be elected to hold office for the term prescribed by the Constitution and by law. SEC. 3. The judge so elected for the County of Yuba shall Salary. receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars, and the judge so elected or appointed for the County of Sutter shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars, and such salary shall be paid in each case, one half by the State, and the other half by the county in which such court is situated, respectively, and at the times and in the manner now provided for the payment of such salary in other counties. SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER LIV. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate and control the sale, rental, and distribution of appropriated water in this State, other than in any city, city and county, or town therein, and to secure the rights of way for the conveyance of such water to the place of use," approved March 12, 1885, by inserting a new section therein, relating to contracts for the sale, rental, and distribution of water, and the sale or rental of easements and servitudes of the right to the flow and use of water. [Approved March 2, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Act entitled "An Act to regulate and control sale of the sale, rental, and distribution of appropriated water in this water. State, other than in any city, city and county, or town therein, and to secure the rights of way for the conveyance of such water to the place of use," approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section, to be numbered section eleven and one half thereof, as follows: Section 11. Nothing in this Act contained shall be con- Not retrostrued to prohibit or invalidate any contract already made, or active. which shall hereafter be made, by or with any of the persons, companies, associations, or corporations described in section two of this Act, relating to the sale, rental, or distribution of water, or to the sale or rental of easements and servitudes of the right to the flow and use of water; nor to prohibit or interfere with the vesting of rights under any such contract. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately and be in force from and after its passage. Municipal CHAPTER LV. An Act to amend section five of an Act conferring power upon the Common Council, Board of Supervisors, or other governing body of cities, or cities and counties, of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, to acquire or condemn land for a suitable site, and erect thereon a suitable building or buildings for municipal purposes, approved March 27, 1895. [Approved March 2, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of "An Act conferring power upon buildings. the Common Council, Board of Supervisors, or other governing body of cities, or cities and counties, of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, to acquire or condemn land for a suitable site, and erect thereon a suitable building or buildings for municipal purposes," approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: Common to adver- ment to Section 5. When work is to be done upon said building or buildings or materials to be furnished, it shall be the duty of the Common Council, Board of Supervisors, or other governing body of such city, or city and county, to advertise for at least ten days in a daily newspaper published and circulated in such city, or city and county, for sealed proposals for doing both said work and furnishing said material. The said work and material shall be of the best quality. The advertisement shall contain Advertise a general description of the work to be done and the materials state what. to be furnished, the time within which the same is to be done or furnished, and may refer to plans and specifications for such other details as may be necessary to give a correct understanding regarding the work or materials. The advertisement shall also state the day and an hour of said day within which bids will be received. At the hour and day stated in the advertisement, the said board or body shall proceed to open the bids in the presence of the bidders, and an abstract of each shall be recorded in the minutes by the clerk. A day and hour shall then be fixed for considering the bids and awarding the contract. Abstract of An abstract of said bids, showing the name of each bidder, the published. price at which work, labor, and materials are offered to be bids to be considered, done or furnished by each, and such other things as may be necessary to show or explain the offer, shall be made by the clerk and published for five days in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in such city, or city and county. At the Bids to be expiration of five days after the first publication of the abstract, on the day and at the hour fixed by said board or body, said board or body shall proceed to consider the several bids and award the contract for doing the work and supplying the material for which proposals are invited, and for none other, to the lowest bidder who shall furnish sufficient sureties to guarantee the performance of the contract; provided, the advertisement herein before when. of contract. provided for, shall invite proposals and bids, in one total sum or amount, for the performance of all the work and the furnishing of all the materials called for in the said advertisement for the erection of the entire building or buildings. Said board or body shall have the right to reject any or all bids, when in their judgment the public interests may be thereby promoted. Such contract shall be executed on behalf of such Execution city, or city and county, by the Mayor, or President of the Common Council, Board of Supervisors, or other governing body of such city, or city and county. No change in the plans Changes in or specifications shall be made after proposals for doing work plans, etc. and furnishing materials have been called for, nor shall any contractor be allowed a claim for work done or materials furnished in excess of his contract, except on the approval of said Common Council, Board of Supervisors, or other governing body of cities, or cities and counties; provided, that the aggregate cost of any change, or changes, shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars. All contracts shall be in writing, who shall and shall be carefully drawn by the City Attorney, City and tract. County Attorney, or other law officer of such city, or city and county, and shall contain detailed specifications of the work to be done, the manner in which the same shall be executed, the quality of the material, and the time within which the same shall be completed; and such penalty for the non-performance of such contract as said board or body may deem just and reasonable. All contracts shall be signed in triplicate- Plans, specificaone copy of which, with the plans and specifications of the tons, etc., work to be done, shall be filed with the clerk or secretary of to be in said board or body, and shall at all times, in office hours, be open to the inspection of the public; one, with the plans and specifications, shall be kept in the office of said board or body, and the other copy, with plans and specifications, shall be delivered to the contractor. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. draw con triplicate. CHAPTER LVI. An Act ceding to the United States of America jurisdiction over all lands within this State which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States for military purposes. [Approved March 2, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: certain SECTION 1. The State of California hereby cedes to the JurisdicUnited States of America exclusive jurisdiction over all lands tion over within this State now held, occupied, or reserved by the Gov- lands, ernment of the United States for military purposes or defense, the United or which may hereafter be ceded or conveyed to said United States. States for such purposes; provided, that a sufficient description ceded to |