The Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53 ...

California, F. A. Snyder, Selucius Garfielde

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Concerning the office of Comptroller	72

Concerning the office of State Treasurer	75

Concerning the office of Secretary of State	79

Prescribing the mode of receiving keeping and paying out the Public Funds	80

Concerning the office of Attorney General	84

Concerning the Revenue Funds Expenditure and Property of the State and Management thereof 8888	86

To establish Pilots and Pilot Regulations for the Port of San Francisco	88

195	313

Treasurer passed March twentyseventh one thousand eight hundred	328

To designate the Holidays to be observed in the Acceptance and Payment	334

To prevent certain Public Nuisances	340

Giving the consent of the Legislature of the State of California to the Purchase	347

To exempt Firemen from Militia Service and Jury Duty	357

Creating the Office of Clerk of the Recorders Court of the City of Sacramento	359

Concerning Toll Bridges	368

In relation to the appointment of Pilots for the different Ports and Harbors of California	95

Relating to San Diego Pilots	96

Concerning the Official Bonds of Officers	97

To provide for the Incorporation of Cities	101

To regulate the Interest of Money	109

Concerning the office of County Treasurer	110

To provide for the Incorporation of Towns	114

To establish a Standard of Weights and Measures	119

To authorize the formation of Limited Partnerships	122

Concerning Water Craft found adrift and Lost Money and Property	124

Prescribing the Duties and fixing the Compensation of County Surveyors	130

Defining the Duties of the State Librarian and prescribing Rules for the Gov ernment of the State Library	132

Concerning Wrecks and Wrecked Property	134

To provide for the Erection of Court Houses	139

Concerning Wills	140

To prevent Obstructions in Navigable Streams	144

To provide for the Permanent Location of Seats of Justice of the several Counties	145

Relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes	146

Concerning Volunteer or Independent Companies	149

To provide for the Appointment and Prescribe the Duties of Guardians	154

To provide for the Incorporation of Colleges	162

Relative to Bonds Due Bills and other Instruments in writing and making them Assignable	164

Concerning the Writ of Habeas Corpus	167

To abolish all Laws now in force in this State except such as have been passed by the present Session of the Legislature	173

Concerning Persons in Custody under Sentence of Imprisonment	174

Regulating Marriages	175

Concerning Forcible Entries and Unlawful Detainers	177

In relation to Money of Accounts of this State	182

To exempt Vessels coasting within the Limits of this State from paying Pilot Dues 39 To prevent the Importation of Convicts into this State	183

Concerning the office of Reporter	184

Adopting the Common Law 42 To regulate Descents and Distributions	186

Concerning the office of Surveyor General	189

To define the Duties of County Clerk	192

To prescribe the Duty of Constables	194

Concerning Coroners	195

Concerning Fraudulent Conveyances and Contracts	199

For the Relief of Persons imprisoned on Civil Process	203

Concerning Attorneys and Counsellors at Law	205

To limit the Terms of Leases 51 To authorize the Keepers of Warehouses to sell Goods on Storage after a certain Period	208

To regulate the Coining of Money by Individuals	210

To fix the Times of holding Court in the Eleventh Judicial District in this State	211

To authorize certain Officers and other persons to administer Oaths 55 Explanatory of the Duties of Sheriffs and Rights of Redemptioners under the t...	212

To attach Signor or Mare Island to Solano County 57 To prevent the Establishment of Pest Houses within the Limits of any Town or City in this State	213

Concerning Repealed Statutes 59 To prevent Extortion in Office and to enforce Official Duty	214

Relative to Port Wardens in San Francisco and Sacramento and other Ports of	215

California 61 To provide for the Protection of Foreigners and to define their Liabilities and Privileges	218

C2To provide for the Redemption of Comptrollers Warrants drawn payable out of the General Fund	222

To enforce the Payment of Licenses in this State 64 Concerning Passengers arriving in Ports of the State of California	224

C5 Respecting Fugitives from Labor and Slaves brought to this State prior to her Admission into the Union	231

To prohibit Lotteries	234

To create a Board of Supervisors for the County of San Francisco and define their Duties	235

173	307

175	308

182	309

184	310

186	311

192	312

Providing for the Disposition of certain Property	375

199	405

205	406

213	407

214	408

224	409

231	410

239	411

247	413

To regulate Proceedings in Criminal Cases	423

337	465

Concerning Conveyances	513

To regulate Proceedings in Civil Cases in the Courts of Justice of this State	519

Concerning the Courts of Justice of this State and Judicial Officers	738

Creating and regulating Public Ferries	763

Concerning Sureties on Official Bonds	772

Supplemental to An Act to regulate Elections passed March twentythird	792

Concerning the Organization of the Militia	793

Concerning the Organization of the Militia	804

To provide for the Lien of Mechanics and others	808

Supplementary to An Act to provide for the Lien of Mechanics and others passed April 12 1850	811

Defining the Rights of Husband and Wife	812

Defining the Time for commencing Civil Actions	815

Defining the Time of commencing Civil Actions in certain cases	821

For the Government and Protection of Indians	822

To license Gaming	826

Dividing the State into Counties and establishing the Seats of Justice therein	827

Concerning County Recorders	838

Supplementary to An Act entitled An Act concerning County Recorders passed March 1851	846

Concerning the office of Public Administrator for the County of San Francisco and making it elective	848

Requiring County Treasurers and Public Administrators to settle their Accounts	849

To exempt the Homestead and other Property from Forced Sale in certain cases	850

To license Hawkers and Peddlers in this State	852

Concerning Estray Animals	854

To fund the Debt of the State	856

162Supplementary to An Act to fund the Debt of the State passed April 29 1851	859

To fund the Indebtedness of the State which has accrued or may accrue from April 29 1851 to Dec 31 1852 inclusive and to provide for the Paymen...	860

Supplementary to An Act to fund the Indebtedness of the State which has accrued or may accrue from April 29 1851 to Dec 31 1852 inclusive and t...	865

To prevent the City of San Francico from selling or in any other wise disposing of Lots within its Corporate Limits	866

To provide for the Disposal of the Five Hundred Thousand acres of Land granted to this State by Act of Congress	868

Providing a Fund for the Use of a State Library	871

Supplemental to an Act entitled An Act providing a Fund for the Use of a State Library passed May 1 1852	873

Prescribing the Time of Payment of the Salaries of the Officers of State	875

To create a Board of Supervisors for the Counties of this State and to define their Duties and Powers	876

To abolish the Board of Supervisors in the Counties of Calaveras Sacramento and Colusi	879

To abolish the Board of Supervisors in the County of El Dorado	880

To limit the Compensation of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Francisco	881

To authorize a Transfer of Causes from the Superior Court of the City of	901

To provide for the better Publication of Official and Legal Notices	908

To fix the Compensation of County Judges and Associate Justices of the Court	915

To establish an Asylum for the Insane of the State of California	921

To apportion the Senatorial and Assembly Districts of this State	927

To protect the Archives of State and prevent their Removal from Benicia	934

Amendatory of an Act entitled An Act to provide for the Inspection of Flour	936

773	995

774	1028

793	1037

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Title	The Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53 ...
Authors	California, F. A. Snyder, Selucius Garfielde
Publisher	S. Garfielde, 1853
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	18 Sep 2006
Length	1071 pages

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