manner, as though it had been drawn by the Auditor of the county where the indictment was found. counties. of class, SEC. 231. Counties created or organized after the passage New and approval of this Act shall immediately come under and be governed by its provisions, so far as the same are applicable thereto. When the population of any existing county shall Reduction have been reduced, by reason of the creation of any new county duty of Sufrom the territory thereof, below the class and rank first pervisors. assumed hereunder, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of such county to designate by order the class to which such county has been reduced by reason thereof, and such county shall thereafter enter the list of such class; provided, that the salary of county officers shall not be affected by reason of such division of the county or order of the board, for the term for which they were elected and qualified. In any newly created county, for the purpose of fixing the salaries and fees of county and township officers, the board of commissioners appointed to organize said new county, and if no commissioners be appointed, then the Board of Supervisors of said new county, shall classify said new county according to the population classification of this Act. In each case the population shall be numerically fixed, and when so fixed shall be certified to the Secretary of State by the board fixing the same. SEC. 232. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Repeal. Act are hereby repealed. bents not SEC. 233. The provisions of sections one hundred and Incumfifty-eight to two hundred and fourteen, inclusive, of this Act, affected, so far as they change the compensation of any officer therein except." named, heretofore paid a fixed salary, or heretofore paid a fixed salary and commissions, and not fees or per diem, shall not affect incumbents, unless otherwise provided in any of said sections. SEC. 234. This Act, except as otherwise herein provided, In force. shall take effect and be in force sixty days from and after its passage. CHAPTER CCLXXVIII. An Act to provide for certain improvements at the Preston School of Industry, Ione, and to make an appropriation therefor. [Approved April 1, 1897.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of fifty-six thousand dollars is hereby Preston appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not other- School of Industry, wise appropriated, to construct for the Preston School of Indus- appropriatry at Ione, a dining-room, assembly-room, new kitchen, two tion for. double cottages, and to furnish the same. Preston SEC. 2. The sum herein appropriated shall be expended School of under the directions of the Trustees of the Preston School of Industry, appropria- Industry. tfon for. SEC. 3. The Controller is authorized to draw his warrant in favor of the said trustees for the amount herein appropriated, and the Treasurer is directed to pay the same. SEC. 4. The State Board of Examiners are hereby instructed to require the Trustees of the Preston School of Industry to cause to be performed by the inmates thereof as much of the work hereby authorized as can be properly done by them. And for this purpose the trustees of said school are exempted from existing laws directing otherwise than as herein provided, subject, however, to the approval of the State Board of Examiners. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately. CONCURRENT AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. CHAPTER I. Assembly Joint Resolution No. 6 (Substitute for Assembly Joint Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2), relative to the Powers-Gear funding bill. [Adopted January 8, 1897.] Gear bill. WHEREAS, There is now pending in Congress a measure known Powersas the "Powers-Gear" bill, which has for its object the refunding of the debts of certain government-aided railroads; and WHEREAS, Any scheme for refunding the Pacific Railroads' indebtedness to the United States government, or any extension of the time for payment of the same, must result in maintaining an excessive capitalization of these roads, thus requiring high rates of fares and freights to meet the interest payments thereon, to the great burden and disadvantage of the people of the State of California; therefore, be it indebted Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate Opposed to refunding concurring, That we are unalterably opposed to any and all Pacific extensions of the time for payment of said debts, and also to Railroads the Powers-Gear bill, or any other bill of like import, and we ness. hereby instruct our Senators and request our Representatives in Congress to oppose, by all honorable means, the enactment of any such measure; and be it further Resolved, That we favor the immediate collection, on maturity, of said debts, or in the event the same cannot be collected, then we urge the enforcement of existing laws of the United States concerning this question; and be it further Resolved, That we petition, in behalf of the State of California, for a hearing before the respective committees of Congress having jurisdiction of the subject; and the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States are hereby further petitioned to recommit the measure now under consideration and delay final action thereon until such hearing can be had; be it further Resolved, That the Governor be requested to immediately transmit by telegraph a copy of these resolutions to our congressional delegation at Washington. |