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PENDING LEGISLATION, 1915
A Summary, by Subjects and Synopsis, of All
Bills Introduced During First Half of
Forty-first Session, California
Legislature.
SAN FRANCISCO:
The Recorder Printing and Publishing Company
689 Stevenson Street
PENDING LEGISLATION, 1915
A Summary, by Subjects and Synopsis, of All
Bills Introduced During First Half of
Forty-first Session, California
Legislature.
SAN FRANCISCO:
The Recorder Printing and Publishing Company
689 Stevenson Street
FOREWORD
When the people of California, in 1912, adopted the double legislative session with a mid-session recess for the examina- tion and discussion of measures introduced, "The Recorder' conceived and issued "Pending Legislation, 1913," as a guid< to the measures pending, and in order that the public migh have some handy reference book on this important subject.
Although the demand for this work was in no way in pro- portion to its value, it has been thought advisable, in th( absence of any adequate official compendium, to issue th( work again, which accounts for its appearance at this time.
In its preparation it was necessary to examine 2,686 bills*— 1,484 Assembly and 1,202 Senate — and 78 Constitutional Amend- ments— 41 Assembly and 37 Senate — a total of 2,764 measures
In view of the expense and labor in compiling this publica- tion, the publishers* "bespeak^ or* jjt a larger measure of public S'upport than was "accorded ttievlirijtjal issue. In fact, sue! support is eAsekhfia] to* insure a continuance of its preparatior and publication. '"The laborer i^' Worthy" of his hire."
THE EDITOR. San Francisco, February 20, 1915.
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INDEX
Amendments to Codes — Page
Civil Code 14-34
Code of Civil Procedure 35-68
Penal Code 69-89
Political Code 90-129
Amendments to Constitution 1-13
Appropriations —
Agricultural Park 130
Armories 130
Claims, County 131
Claims, Private 132
Expositions 137
Educational —
California Polytechnic School 137
State Normal School, Chico 138
Fresno 138
Humboldt 138
Los Angeles 138
San Diego 139
San Francisco 140
San Jose 140
Santa Barbara (Manual Arts) 140
University of California 141
Free Text Books 143
Highways 143
Historic Landmarks 146
Monuments 146
Miscellaneous 146
National Guard 149
River and Harbor Improvements 150
State Institutions —
Adult Blind, Industrial Home for 151
Deaf and Blind, California School for 151
Feeble Minded, Sonoma State Home for 155
Girls, California School for 153
State Hospital, Agnews 151
State Hospital, Folsom 151
State Hospital, Mendocino 152
State Hospital, Norwalk 152
State Hospital, Napa 153
State Hospital, Southern California 155
State Hospital, Stockton 155
Preston School of Industry 154
State Prison, Folsom 152
State Prison, San Quentin T54
Veterans' Home 156
Women's Relief Corps Home 156
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Whittier State School 156
State Offices and Depa rtments 157
General Laws —
Advertising 159
Agriculture 159
Animals, Diseases of (see Cattle, Horses and Live- stock) 170
Animals, Trespassing of 162
Anti-Alien Land Law 162
Architecture 163
Asexualization 163
Assessment 163
Banking 163
Barbers 164
"Blue Sky" Law (see Investment Companies, Regu- lation of) 227
Board of Health, State 164
Bonds 165
Bonds, Official, Premium on 165
Brokers 165
Building and Loan Law 167
Capital and Labor 168
Cattle, Horses and Livestock 170
Cemeteries 173
Charities and Correction 177
Child Labor 177
Children 178
Civil Service 178
Coal 179
Collection Agencies 181
Commission Merchants 181
Common Carriers 182
Conservation Commission 182
Containers 183
Contracts, State 183
Corporation License Tax 183
County Offices and Officers 184
Day of Rest 184
Dairies and Dairy Products 185
Deaf and Blind 188
Defender, Public 189
Dentists 191
Department of Engineering 204
Detectives 196
Educational 197
Electricity 198
Elections . . 198
Elevators 201
Embalmers 201
Employment Bureau, State 202
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Employment Agencies, private 203 .
Engineering, Department of 204
Estrays 207
Firearms 207
Food Products, Destruction of 208
Fish and Game, Protection of 208
Flood Control Districts 211
Forests and Forestry 211
Franchises 213
Fraternal Benefit Societies 213
Gambling 213
Harbor Commissioners of San Francisco 214
Harbor Districts 214
Highways 214
Horticulture 217
Hospitals and Nurses 219
Hotels and Lodging Houses 219
Immigration and Housing 220
Indigent Persons, Orphans and 273
Industrial Commission and Investigation 221
Inferior Courts 221
Inheritance Tax 222
Initiative and Referendum 222
Interest Rate 222
Insurance 223
Investment Companies, Regulation of 227
Irrigation 229
Juvenile Court Law 233
Labor, Capital and 168
Legal Aid 235
Legislative Counsel Bureau 237
Libraries 237
Liens of Material Men, Mechanics, etc 237
Lighting Districts 238
Liquors, Sale of 238
Local Option 239
Los Angeles State Building 240
Maps, Recording of 241
Markets and Marketing 241
Marriage and Divorce 242
Material Men, Mechanics, etc., Liens of 237
' McEnerney Act 242
Medical Practice Act 242
Meetings' of Unincorporated Societies, How Called 246
Mines and Mining 247
Miscellaneous —
Animals, Use of Live for Experimental Purposes, In
vestigation of 250
Art Commission, Creating State 252
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Bonded Fiduciaries, Deposit of Moneys and Assets
Held By 254-255
Cigarettes or Cigarette Papers, Prohibiting Sale or
Giving Away of 254
Citizens, to Secure Exclusive Employment of, by State,
County and Municipal Governments . 251
Codes, Providing for Printing and Binding and Dis- tribution of, by State 251
Company Store, Relating to Conducting of 255
Compensation for Persons Arrested But Not Convicted. 257 Constitutional Convention of 1879, Recognizing and
Establishing Unpaid Expenses of, etc 253
Contracts for Exchange of Indemnity, Denning Cer- tain Classes of 254
Contracts for Instalment Payments 251
County Boundaries, Alteration of 253
County Government Act, Amending Section 38 of 253
County Government Act, Amending Section 15 of 254
Deformed or Diseased Human Beings or Parts There- of, Prohibiting Exposure or Exhibition of 256
Delinquents, Care and Confinement of 251
Dining Cars, Use of as Sleeping Quarters, Prohibited.. 256 Fences and Structures Erected to Annoy, Amending
Section 1 of Act in Relation to 255
Financial Transactions of Counties, Report of 251
Fraternities, Oath-Bound, Prohibiting 253
Hedges, Declaring, to be Private Nuisance 253
Highway, Permitting Adjoining Counties to Appro- priate Money for Survey for 256
Historical Material, Local, Creating Commission to
Make Survey of 256
Jails, County, etc., Regulation of 251
Kelp Beds, Declaring to be Property of State of Cali- fornia 253
Land Information Bureau, State, Creating 255
Libel and Slander, Concerning 257
Music Teaching, to Promote Better Condition of 252
Natural Resources, Creating Department of 251
Packing Houses and Other Places Where Labor is
Employed, Requiring to be Comfortably Heated 254
Peace Officers, to Prevent Person Against Whom Un- paid Judgment Pending for False Imprisonment,
from Holding Office of 256
Pilot Commissioners, San Diego, Amending Section 14
of Act Creating 252
Planning Commission, State Capitol, Creating 255
"PortS'mouth," U. £>. Ship, Providing for Acceptance of and Repairs Thereto, etc 256
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Prices, to Prevent Discrimination in 253
Public Work, Requiring to be Done Under Superin- tendent 252
Purchasing Department, State, Creating 254
Railroad, State, on The Embarcadero, San Francisco,
Providing Passenger Service on 253
Receiver, Providing for Return of Money Deposited by. 256 Reformatories, State, Relating to Arrests by Officers
and Employees of 253
San Diego Bay Fund, Transferring Money from Dis- puted Title to Lands on, to General Fund, 257
Shingles, Regulating Sale of 255
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, Relief of 253
Song, State, Designating "I Dive You California" as. . 251 Stockton State Hospital, Providing for Sale of Prop- erty of 253
Submerged Lands on San Francisco Water Front, to
Provide for Appropriation of for Aquatic Sports 252
Supervisors, Boards of, Requiring Publication of Pro- ceedings of 255
Transportation Districts, Creating 253
Trees, Requiring Owner of to Prevent Injury to Prop- erty of Adjoining Owner 254
University of California, Transferring to Land
Acquired as Site for State Reformatory 252
Vacations for State Employees 253
Whittier State School, Empowering Board of Trustees
of to Transfer Water Rights 255
Motor Vehicles, Regulation of 257
Municipal Corporations 26 1
Municipal Corporations Act 269
National Guard 271
Nurses and Nursing 272
Officers, Public 272
Official Bonds, Premium on 165
Oil and Gas 273
Orphans and Indigent Persons 272
Parks and Parkways 274
Parole and Pardon 275
Pawnbrokers (see Brokers) 165
Pensions 275
Personal Loan Brokers (see Brokers) 165
Pharmacy 277
Poisons 277
Prisons and Prisoners 278
Premium on Official Bonds 165
Protection Districts 278
Produce Exchange Commission 279
Public Buildings 280
Public Defender 189
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Public Health and Sanitation 280
Public Improvements 283
Public Lands 284
Public Money 285
Public Officers 286
Public Utilities, Acquisition of 287
Public Utility Districts 287
Pure Food and Drug Act 287
Pure Products 288
Racing 289
Railroad Commission 290
Railroads 292
Real Estate Brokers, Regulation of (see Brokers) 292
Reclamation and Drainage 293
Recreation 296
River Improvement 296
. Rural Credits 297
Salt Marsh and Tide Lands, Cession and Recession of.. 301
Sanitary Districts 302
Schools 302
Sewer Districts 304
Ship Subsidy 304
State Board of Health 164
Steam Boilers and Engineering 304
Street Improvement 305
Suits Against State 310
Superior Courts 311
Taxation 311
Teachers 313
Tenement Houses 314
Theater Tickets, to Prevent Fraud in Sale of 314
Trade Marks 314
Tuberculosis 315
Unemployment 316
Unincorporated Societies, Meetings of, How Called .. . 246
Usury 315
Vaccination 316
Veterans, War 317
Vital Statistics 317
Vocational Schools (see Educational) 197
Voters and Voting 317
Wage Brokers (see Brokers) 166
Wages and Hours • 318
Water Districts 320
Water and Water Rights 322
Weeds, Noxious, Propagation of 323
Weights and Measures 323
Women and Children 324
Workmen's Compensation Act 325
PENDING LEGISLATION, 1915
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights.
A. C. A. 29. Canepa. Adding Section liy2 to Article I of the Constitution, providing that the value, use or earning capacity of property assessed and taxed shall not be destroyed or impaired by operation of any law without just compensa- tion; and exacting a bond for the protection of property from damages by litigation affecting property, and providing for the indemnifying of those who lose lawful employment by or through a law, or the operation of any law.
S. C. A. 29. Finn. Identical with A. C. A. 29. Canepa.
A. C. A. 40. Bruck. Adding Section UV2 to Article I of the Constitution, providing that no law or constitutional amendment which shall damage, injure, destroy the value of or prevent the use of any vineyard, wine cellar, hop field, brewery, distillery or other property used in manufacturing, producing or shipping wine, beer, malt or distilled liquors, shall take effect until just compensation shall have been first made to or paid into court for the owner.
A. C. A. 3. Downing. Adding Section 26 to Article I of the Constitution, relating to human rights and providing that the State shall engage in certain industries to give employment to citizens.
Provides that the State, in order that its citizens may ob- tain steady employment, shall engage in such work of internal improvement, and shall establish, own and control such farms, factories, workshops and such other industries or means of employment as the Legislature or people may designate and shall distribute, sell or supply the product to the people, the profits to be employed in the extension, betterment and mainte- nance thereof; the State may also buy or condemn land, im- prove it and lease it to actual farmers on easy terms, but such lands shall never be sold absolutely.
A. C. A. 28. Hayes. Adding Section 26 to Article I of the Constitution, declaring the right of the State of California and each municipal corporation therein to engage in industrial pursuits.
S. C. A. 24. Scott. Identical with A. C. A. 28. Hayes.
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ARTICLE II. Right of Suffrage.
A. C. A. 6. Downing. Amending- Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution, extending* the right of suffrage.
Provides that an elector may vote in this State who has been in the State 90 days and in the county 60 days next pre- ceding the election, instead of one year and 90 days as at pres- ent; and adds a provision that any duly qualified elector shall be deemed for purposes of voting to be a resident of the precinct in which registered for 30 days after removal therefrom if removal was within the county.
A. C. A. 39. Browne. Amending Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution, relating to the right of suffrage.
Reduces the age limit for voting purposes from 21 to 18 years.
S. C. A. 5. Ballard. Adding Section 7 to Article II of the Constitution, in relation to the qualification of electors to vote on any question of incurring any bonded indebtedness of this State or of any county, city and county, municipality or other political subdivision of this State.
Provides that no elector shall vote at any bond election unless he be owner of property liable to be taxed for payment of indebtedness created by such bonds and assessed to him on last assessment roll.
ARTICLE IV. Legislative Department.
S. C. A. 3. Duncan. Amending Section 1 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to legislative powers, and reserving to the people of the State of California the power to propose laws, statutes and amendments to the Constitution and to enact the same at the polls, independent of the Legislature, and also reserving to the people of the State of California the power to approve or reject at the polls any Act or section or part of any Act of the Legislature.
Provides for submission of initiative petitions to the electors at the next general election occurring 200 days subsequent to presentation of petition instead of 90 days as at present.
S. C. A. 22. Chandler. Amending Section 1 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to legislative powers, and reserving to the people of the State of California the power to propose laws, statutes and amendments to the Constitution and to enact the same at the polls, independent of the Legislature, and also reserving to the people of the State of California the power to approve or reject at the polls any Act or section or part of any Act of the Legislature.
A. C. A. 32. Ashley. Amending Section 1 of Article IV of
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the Constitution, relating to the legislative power reserved to the people known as the initiative and referendum.
The proposed amendments not only safeguard the initiative, referendum and recall, but it would be possible for a single elector to have an initiative petition made available for signa- tures in each county in the State without cost to him.
Soliciting signatures is eliminated, only qualified electors being permitted to sign petitions, which are to be filed with county clerks or registrars of voters and kept available for examination and signature during regular office hours. It is also provided that petitions shall be kept available for signa- tures' at all branch offices of clerks, and also that itinerant registration deputies shall carry with them copies of any petition. All clerks and deputies are forbidden to express any opinion favoring or opposing any proposed act, statute or amendment to the constitution when informing an elector that a certain petition is available for signature.
The changes proposed would allow any elector or group of electors to propose any act or statute merely by filing the proposition with any county clerk or registrar. Automatically it becomes the duty of the Secretary of State to initiate the identical measure in all other counties of the State, and the electorate is notified by means of advertisements in news- papers that such a petition is available for signature.
The percentages required to invoke the initiative, referen- dum and recall are left the same as< at present — 8 per cent for initiative petitions, 5 per cent for referendum petitions, and 12 per cent for recall petitions, or 20 per cent for the recall of a State officer.
S. C. A. 16. Campbell. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 23 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to the legislative department.
Provides for a single chamber Legislature of 40 members, to be elected for a term of four years, half every two years, to remain in session for one year. Most of the changes are verbal for the purpose of making the sections conform to the plan for a single chamber.
A. C. A. 38. Rigdon. Identical with S. C. A. 16. Campbell, x A. C. A. 8. Rodgers. Amending Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to sessions of the Legislature.
Retains the "bifurcated" session, but reduces the period of the first session to 20 days and of the recess to 10 days.
S. C. A. 14. Owens. Amending Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to sessions of the Legislature.
Restores this section to the same language as prior to the amendment of 1911, creating the so-called "bifurcated" ses- sion, which is sought to be abolished.
A. C. A. 7. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 16 of Article
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IV of the Constitution, relative to approval of bills by the Governor and the veto power.
Provides, in case of measures before the Governor during the 30 day period following the adjournment of the Legislature and which, unless signed, are of no effect, that the Governor shall deposit and file such bills as he disapproves, with his objections thereto, with the Secretary of State, who shall return them to the house in which they originated at the next session of the Legislature, where they shall be reconsidered as if returned by the Governor at the previous session; but no bill shall be presented to the Governor within two days next previous to final adjournment of Legislature.
A. C. A. 17. Chamberlin. Amending Section 20 of Article IV of the Constitution, relative to eligibility to hold office.
Adds a provision that "no person holding any lucrative office under State, county or municipal jurisdiction shall be eligible to a seat in the Senate or Assembly of this State, nor shall any member elected to either branch of the Legislature be appointed to any lucrative office in the State during the term for which he was elected."
A. C. A. 41. Avey. Amending Section 22 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to how money may be appropriated and drawn from the State Treasury.
Omits all that portion relating to the Panama-Pacific Inter- national Exposition fund.
S. C. A. 8. Purkitt. Amending Section 23 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to officers, employees and attaches of the Legislature.
Increases the amount now allowed for attaches from $500 to $650 for regular sessions, and from $200 to $300 for extra sessions, on the basis of $250 per day for the Senate and $400 per day for the Assembly for regular, and $100 per day for the Senate and $200 per day for the Assembly for extra ses- sions. An amendment similar to this was defeated at the 1913 general election.
S. C. A. 17. Brown. Amending Section 31 of Article IV of the Constitution, relating to the loan by the State of its credit to public or private corporations.
Adds a provision that nothing in this or any section of the Constitution shall prevent the Legislature from establishing a trust fund for giving and creating credit in aid of agriculture, authorizing the trustees to issue bonds on collateral securities of this fund, and guaranteeing on behalf of the State the principal and interest of such bonds; and validating any Acts of the Legislature passed within the contemplation of this proviso; and validating the "Land Settlement Act."
A. C. A. 36. Schmitt. Adding Section 37 to Article IV of the Constitution, relating to limiting the powers of the Legis-
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lature to enact police regulations for the State as a whole by restricting- the rights of the people of the State as a whole from initiating such police regulations, and placing the power for the enactment of such police regulations in the several counties of the State.
ARTICLE V. Executive Department.
S. C. A. IS. Benedict. Amending Section 17 of Article V of the Constitution, relating to the election and term of office of a Secretary of State, a Controller, a Treasurer, an Attorney-General and a Surveyor-General and also amending Section 19 of Article V of the said Constitution, relating to the compensation of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Sec- retary of S'tate, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney-General and Surveyor-General.
Provides (Sec. 17, Art. V) for the appointment of the Secre- tary of State, Treasurer and Surveyor-General by the Gov- ernor, to hold office at his pleasure; and (Sec. 19, Art. V) in- cludes the words "or appointed."
ARTICLE VI. Judicial Department.
A. C. A. 5. Downing. Amending Section 1 of Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the judicial powers.
Adds a provision that no court shall have power to declare unconstitutional any law enacted by the Legislature or by the people directly, the power to determine the constitutionality of laws being hereby vested in the lawmakers.
A. C. A. 26. Fish. Adding Section 1 to Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the method of selection of court com- missioners, of the Justices of the Supreme Court, Justices of the District Courts of Appeal, Judges of the Superior Courts, and Justices of the Peace.
Creates a court commission for the appointment of all judges (including justices of the peace) with the advice and consent of the Senate; and to hear and determine all charges and complaints of misconduct of any judicial officer, with power of removal.
A. C. A. 9. Spengler. Amending Section 3 of Article VI of the Constitution, relative to terms of Supereme Court Justices.
Reduces the term to six years, but provides that any justice in office when the amendment takes effect shall serve out the term for which he was elected.
S. C. A. 10. Benedict. Amending Section 4 of Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal.
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Adds a provision to the paragraph relating to the appoint- ment of justices pro tempore of the District Courts of Appeal to the effect that "whenever a justice pro tempore is selected, such justice may act in all causes and matters that may come before the court during the time designated in the minute order providing for his selection. In the event the presiding justice of the court shall be disqualified or unable to act, the justice of the court who is the senior in point of the length of his service shall act as presiding justice."
A. C. A. 21. Gebhart. Adding Section 4^4 to Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the powers of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
Provides that no Act of the Legislature approved by the Governor and not vetoed by the people by referendum, and no initiative measure, and no act, law or ordinance of any political subdivision of the State adopted pursuant to its organic law and to this Constitution, shall be declared void in whole or in part as contravening the Constitution of the State unless all but one of the judges of the Supreme Court concur; the judge before whom a case is pending involving constitutionality shall, upon probable cause, certify same to the Supreme Court, which shall give it a speedy hearing and render a decision thereon within 90 days.
S. C. A. 20. Flaherty. Identical with A. C. A. 21. Gebhart.
A. C. A. 18. Mouser. Adding Section 4a to Article VI of the Constitution, in relation to the judicial department.
Provides that if serious error of law has occurred at any stage of proceedings in any civil or criminal case in the Superior Court, manifestly prejudicial to the rights of a party thereto, that party may have a writ of error to court having appellate jurisdiction; such writs shall be made returnable within 30 days and receive speedy hearing; petition for writ of error shall be bar to appeal; it must be filed within 10 days after verdict or written notice of judgment, and time within which to file petition shall not be extended. Refusal to grant new trial or motion in arrest of judgment shall not constitute ground for writ of error.
S. C. A. 23. Flaherty. Identical with A. C. A. 18. Mouser.
A. C. A. 25. Chamberlin. Amending Section 6 of Article VI of the Constitution, relating to Superior Courts.
Provides for the appointment of judges of the Superior Court by the Governor, subject to confirmation by a committee on appointments, to consist of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and of the District Court of Appeal of the district in which such Superior Court is located.
S. C. A. 2. Finn. Adding Section 6% to Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the term of Judges of the Superior Court.
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Provides that term shall be twelve years from and after the first Monday of January next succeeding their election; term of all judges holding office on second Monday of January, 1917, shall be twelve years from and after first Monday of January next succeeding the date on which they were elected except in case of judge elected for remainder of unexpired term, in which case judge shall hold office until expiration of a term of twelve years from and after first Monday of January next succeeding date on which judge was elected to hold office for full term of which such remainder of unexpired term is part.
A. C. A. 2. Ryan. Identical with S. C. A. 2. Finn.
S. C. A. 11. Benedict. Adding Section 10^ to Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the length of time a person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice of the District Court of Appeal or Judge of a Superior Court shall hold office.
Provides that a person appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, or of the District Court of Appeal, or judge of the Superior Court, where the term fixed by law of the person whose place is so filled expires on the first Monday in January after the next succeeding general election, shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
A. C. A. 14. Kennedy. Adding Section 11 y2 to Article VI of the Constitution, relating to the election, appointment, duties, salaries, responsibilities, fees and perquisites of office, tenure and term of office of judges of such inferior courts as the Legislature may establish, or has established in any town- ship, district, incorporated city, or town, county or city and county, in pursuance of Sections 1 and 11 of said Article VI, except police judges and judges of municipal courts.
Fixes the term of such judges at eight years; compensation to be such salary as may be fixed by the Legislature, which shall also fix fees to be charged; no judge shall draw any salary unless he make affidavit that no case remains pending and undecided before him that has been submitted for a period of 30 days, or such shorter time as may be fixed by the Legislature.
S. C. A. 9. Beban. Identical with A. C. A. 14. Kennedy.
S. C. A. 26. Slater. Amending Section 17 of Article VI of the Constitution, relating to salaries of justices of the Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal, and of judges of the Superior Court.
Change proposed is merely verbal.
A. C. A. 16. Chamberlin. Amending Section 23 of Article VI of the Constitution, relative to the eligibility of justices and judges.
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Adds: "And shall have been engaged in the active practice of law within the State of California for a period of not less than 10 years."
S. C. A. 1. Chandler. Adding Section 26 to Article VI of the Constitution, relative to the method of selecting the Jus- tices of the Supreme Court, Justices of the District Courts of Appeal and Judges of the Superior Courts.
Briefly this amendment provides:
1. Appointment of all Superior Judges and Justices of the Appellate and Supreme Courts by the Governor.
2. Confirmation by the people of all appointments made by the Governor at general elections following the appointment.
3. The term of office of Superior Judges to be for six years, and that of Justices of Appellate and Supreme Courts for twelve years.
4. The Governor to announce his appointments of judges and justices in July preceding the general election prior to the expiration of the judicial terms on December 31.
5. , Vacancies occurring through death, resignation or recall, to be filled by the Governor in much the same manner as vacancies are now filled, but appointments to be made follow- ing completion of unexpired terms filled in this manner, to be subject to the confirmation of the people.
ARTICLE IX. Education
S. C. A. 12. Jones. Amending Section 2 of Article IX of the Constitution, relating to the election and salary of a Superintendent of Public Instruction and repealing Section 10 of Article XXII of said Constitution, relating to the term of officers first elected under the Constitution and also to the election and term of office of the successors of such officers and also to the election of judicial officers and the Superin- tendent of Public Instruction.
Provides (Sec. 2, Art. IX) that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be appointed by the State Board of Educa- tion, to hold office at its pleasure, and receive such salary as may be fixed by the Legislature.
S. C. A. 15. Hans. Amending Section 7 of Article IX of the Constitution, relating to free text books in the elementary and secondary schools of the State.
Provides that the Legislature shall provide for the election of a State Eoard of Education which shall compile or cause to be compiled text books for free distribution to all pupils in day and evening elementary and secondary schools through- out the State.
A. C. A. 23. Sisson. Amending Section 8 of Article IX of the Constitution, relating to the prohibition of the use of
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public money for sectarian or denominational schools and pro- hibiting the teaching of denominational or sectarian doctrines in public schools.
Adds a provision authorizing the Governor to appoint a com- mission of three members, one Protestant, one Roman Catholic and one Jew, to compile from the Bible and New Testament such selections as they may unanimously agree upon to be incorporated into a text book for use in the public schools, and to designate the manner in which said selections shall be taught.
A. C. A. 24. Dennett. Adding Section SV2 to Article IX of the Constitution, relating to the Bible in public schools.
Provides that the Bible shall not be deemed a sectarian book, and shall not be excluded from the public schools, and authorizing the board of trustees or other governing body of any school to require it to be read in school without sectarian comment. No pupil shall be required to read it or to be present during the reading thereof contrary to wish of parent, guardian or other person having him in charge.
S. C A. 33. Purkitt. Amending Section 16% of Article IX of the Constitution, relating to deposit of public funds in banks.
Provides that no deposit shall at any one time exceed 85 per cent of the paid up capital stock of such depository bank or banks, instead of 50 per cent as at present.
ARTICLE X. State Institutions and Public Buildings.
S. C. A. 35. Thompson. Amending Section 1 of Article X of the Constitution, so as to provide for State institutions and the maintenance of prisoners, insane, delinquents, depend- ents and other wards of the State, and to repeal Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Article X of the Constitution relating to the powers and duties of the State Board of Prison Directors and officers of the prisons.
A. C. A. 4. Mouser. Adding Sections 7 and 8 to Article X of the Constitution, relating to indeterminate sentence.
Provides (Sec. 7) that the Legislature shall by law provide for indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for persons con- victed of crime and shall (Sec. 8) provide for custody, control, care, parole, release and discharge of all prisoners committed under indeterminate sentences.
ARTICLE XI. Counties, Cities and Towns. A. C. A. 27. Prendergast. Adding Section 6% to Article XI of the Constitution, relating to the imposition of licenses and license fees.
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Prohibits any political subdivision of the State from impos- ing- a higher, different or other license fee upon non-residents doing business within their limits than is imposed upon resi- dents. Licenses shall be issued for such period as parties desiring them shall request and fees shall be proportionate to length of time for which license given, provided no license need be issued for less than five days.
•S. C. A. 28. Finn. Identical with A. C. A. 27. Prendergast.
g. C. A. 25- Breed. Amending Section 7% of Article XI of the Constitution, relating to charters of counties and amend- ments to such charters and to the surrender thereof.
A. C. A. 34. Sisson. Identical with S. C. A. 25. Breed.
A. C. A. 1. Cary. Adding Section UV2 to Article XI of the Constitution, relating to the creation, organization, duties and powers of a commission to be known as the fruit commis- sion of the State of California.
Creates a commission of three members, to be appointed by the Governor for term of four years, this commission to hold public hearings and after such hearings to "fix or change standards of quality, of size, of color, of percentage of sugar, and of package, of all fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the said State and said commission shall prescribe the proper labels for designating standards. The commission is also empowered to inspect or provide for inspection of all fruits, nuts and vegetables and may forbid sale thereof if not up to standard.
S. C. A. 19. Tyrrell. Amending Section 16% of Article XI of the Constitution, relating to the deposit of moneys belonging to the State or to any county or municipality within the State in any bank or banks.
Provides that money shall be so deposited pursuant to any law adopted by the people under the initiative or by a two- thirds vote of each house of the Legislature and approved by the Governor and subject to referendum; laws now governing deposit of money shall continue in force until such laws shall be amended, changed or repealed as in this section authorized. S. C. A. 37. Butler. Amending Section 19 of Article XI of the Constitution, relating to the operation of public utilities by municipal corporations.
Adds provision that whenever a franchise is granted by a municipal corporation to any person to establish, equip, main- tain or operate any public utility, the rates thereof shall at all times be subject to be fixed and regulated in the manner provided by law.
S. C. A. 27. Benedict. Adding Section 20 to Article XI of the Constitution, relating to the taking of property for public use and additional property in excess thereof, and for the pay- ment therefor.
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This is the so-called "excess condemnation" amendment de- feated at the last general election.
ARTICLE XII. Corporations.
S. C. A. 6. Ballard. Amending Section 3 of Article XII of the Constitution, relating to the liability of stockholders in corporations and joint stock companies and to the liability of directors and trustees thereof.
Provides that stockholders shall be liable to the amount of the par value of the stock or shares owned by them in the corporation; and omits the last paragraph exempting exposi- tion stockholders.
A. C. A. 10. Bartlett. Identical with S. C. A. 6. Ballard.
A. C. A. 37. S"chmitt. Adding Section 23b to Article XII of the Constitution, relating to public utilities, their super- vision and regulation.
Declares all public utilities operated by any political sub- division of the State to be subject to the provisions of the Public Utilities Act, and within the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the Railroad Commission.
ARTICLE XIII. Revenue and Taxation.
A. C. A. 19. Chamberlin. Adding Section lb to Article XIII of the Constitution, exempting all motor vehicles upon which a motor vehicle tax is paid from personal property taxation.
A. C. A. 15. Rominger. Amending Section 1% of Article XIII of the Constitution, relating to the exemption of churches from taxation.
Includes buildings and property "for social activities con- ducted by the association using said property for such wor- ship."
S. C. A. 4. Duncan. Adding Section 5 to Article XIII of the Constitution, relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain vehicles when the same shall pay certain license or registration fees.
A. C. A. 22. Rodgers. Adding Section 5 to Article XIII of the Constitution, exempting automobiles, motor vehicles and motorcycles from taxation, except for the State purposes enumerated in the Motor Vehicle Act.
A. C. A. 20. Gelder. Adding Section 8% to Article XIII of the Constitution, relating to revenue and taxation.
This is the "Home Rule in Taxation" amendment defeated at the last general election.
S. C. A. 18. Duncan. Identical with A. C. A. 20. Gelder.
S.-C. A. 31. Thompson. Amending Section 9 of Article XIII
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of the Constitution, relating to State and county boards of equalization and to the assessment of taxable property in the State, and creating a State tax commission and denning its powers and duties, and the powers of the Legislature relative to assessment and taxation.
A. C. A. 31. Gelder. Amending Section 10 of Article XIII, adding Section 10 to Article XI and repealing Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution, all relating to revenue and taxation.
Provides (Sec. 10, Art. XIII) that franchise, roadway, road- bed, rails and rolling stock of all railroads operated in more than one county shall be assessed by State Board of Equaliza- tion at actual value and apportioned to counties, cities and counties, cities, townships or districts in which located in pro- portion to mileage; and (Sec. 10, Art. XI) that no political subdivision or its inhabitants or property therein shall be released or discharged from its or their proportionate share of taxes to be levied for State purposes nor shall commutation of 'taxes be authorized in any form whatsoever.
A. C. A. 12. Sisson. Amending Section lO1^ of Article XIII of the Constitution, relative to the exemption of personal property.
Increases the exemption to $500.
A. C. A. 11. McDonald, W. A. Adding Section 12 to Article XIII of the Constitution, providing for the assessment, levy and collection of a tax for the care and support of orphans and half-orphans and dependent children.
Provides for the annual levy and collection of a special tax of not to exceed one mill on the dollar as an "orphan fund," to be expended under the exclusive control of the State for the care and support of orphans, half -orphans and dependent children.
S. C. A. 36. Campbell. Amending Section 12 of Article XIII of the Constitution, relative to poll tax.
Restores the section to the same form as before amendment abolishing the poll tax.
A. C. A. 35. Phelps. Amending Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution, relating to revenue and taxation.
S. C. A. 30. Thompson. Adding Section 15 to Article XIII of the Constitution, authorizing and empowering the Legis- lature, at its forty-second session, to revise, amend or annul the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Con- stitution, relative to the separation of State and local taxation of public service and other corporations.
ARTICLE XIV. Water and Water Rights. A. C. A. 30. Sisson. Adding Section 3 to Article XIV of the
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Constitution, creating a river control commission, providing for its appointment, defining its powers and duties and con- ferring jurisdiction upon such commission to hear and deter- mine controversies.
S. C. A. 34. Mott. Identical with A. C. A. 30. Sisson.
ARTICLE XVI.
State Indebtedness.
S'. C. A. 32. Benson. Adding Section 2 to Article XVI
of the Constitution, relating to the issuance and sale of State
bonds and purchasing with the proceeds thereof bonds of
irrigation, drainage, flood control and reclamation districts.
ARTICLE XX. Miscellaneous Subjects. S. C. A. 7. Scott. Amending Section 16 of Article XX of the Constitution, relating to term of officers when not fixed by the Constitution.
Provides that term of office of officers of the militia shall not be limited by this section.
ARTICLE XXIII. Recall of Public Officials. S. C. A. 21. Chandler. Amending Section 1 of Article XXIII of the Constitution, providing for the recall by the electors of public officials.
A. C. A. 33. Ashley. Amending Section 1 of Article XXIII of the Constitution, relating to the recall of public officials.
ARTICLE XXIV (New). Athletics.
A. C. A. 13. Marron. Adding Article XXIV to the Consti- tution, establishing a State athletic commission and regulat- ing boxing and sparring in the State.
Creates a commission of three persons, to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years, without compensation, to have sole direction, management, control and jurisdiction of all boxing and sparring matches and exhibitions limited to 10 rounds, conducted by clubs, corporations or associations, to be licensed by the commission.
The proposed amendment goes into great detail over the powers of the commission.
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AMENDMENTS TO THE CODES
CIVIL CODE.
S. B. 87. Slater. Amending Section 7, Civil Code, relating to holidays. Declares February 12, "Lincoln Day," a legal holiday.
S. B. 36. Butler. Amending Section 59, Civil Code, relating to marriages that are incestuous and void. Adds "cousins of the first degree" to the prohibited degrees.
S. B. 516. Irwin. Repealing Section 79, Civil Code, relating to marriage without license.
A. B. 1079. Sisson. Amending Section 92, Civil Code, relating to grounds of divorce.
Adds a seventh ground, permanent and incurable insanity, where spouse has been by court order committed to some hos- pital for the insane and has been an inmate thereof for as much as three years next prior to bringing action for divorce.
A. B. 1480. Chenoweth (by reque&'t). Amending Section 92, Civil Code, relating to causes for divorce.
Adds a seventh ground, "incurable insanity", and provides that no divorce shall be granted on that ground unless defend- ant shall have been regularly adjudged insane by legally con- stituted authorities of this or any other State, and shall have been confined to an asylum for at least 10 years prior to commencement of action and unless* by testimony of competent witness it shall appear to the court that the insanity is in- curable; nor shall granting of divorce on such ground relieve plaintiff of obligation to provide for, care, support and main- tenance of defendant, and decree shall so provide; nor shall any decree be granted on ground of incurable insanity if same was caused by some act of plaintiff subsequent to mar- riage, or isi the result of childbirth.
S. B. 230. Anderson. Adding Section 128a (new), to the Civil Code, providing for the service of summons and complaint on the district attorney in actions for divorce or annulment of marriage, and conditioning the courts' jurisdiction thereon.
S. B. 562. Benedict. Amending Section 131, Civil Code, relating to actions for divorce, so as to make the time allowed for appeal in such actions correspond with the other amend- ments.
A. B. 809. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 562. Benedict.
A. B. 43. Schmitt. Amending Section 137, Civil Code, relating to alimony pending suit for divorce.
Provides that wife may maintain action for maintenance when husband wilfully fails to provide for her for sixty days.
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A. B. 648. Wright. Adding Section 146a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to husband and wife, and providing that all property conveyed to either spouse after interlocutory decree in divorce and before final decree is presumptively separate property of spouse to whom conveyed, and presumption shall be conclusive against purchaser or incumbrancer in good faith, and for valuable consideration.
A. B. 647. Wright. Adding Section 149 (new) to the Civil Code, providing that where an interlocutory decree in divorce is granted, all property not disposed of thereby or in final decree shall be presumptively separate property of spouse in whose name title stands of record, notwithstanding it may be community property, and this presumption shall be conclusive in favor of purchaser or incumbrancer in good faith and for valuable consideration.
S. B. 258. Luce. Amending Section 162, Civil Code, defining the separate property of the wife.
Adds provision that earnings and accumulations of the wife, whether living with or apart from her husband, and the earn- ings and accumulations of the minor children living with her, or in her custody while living apart from her husband, are the separate property of the wife.
A. B. 1122. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 164, Civil Code, relating to community property and conveyances to and by married women.
A. B. 1354. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 164, Civil Code, relating to community property and conveyances to and by married women.
S. B. £59. Luce. Repealing Section 169, Civil Code, relating to the separate property of the wife.
S. B. 221. Scott. Amending Section 171, Civil Code, relating to the liability of the wife's separate property for debts in- curred in certain cases.
Eliminates the provision excepting the separate property of the wife held by her at time of her marriage or acquired by her by devise or succession after marriage.
A. B. 227. Prendergast. Identical with S. B. 221. Scott.
S. B. 178. Luce. Amending Section 172, Civil Code, relating to the management and control of community property.
Adds provision that husband cannot convey or encumber the real or personal property that is part of the community prop- erty unless the wife sign and acknowledge the deed or instru- ment conveying or encumbering it.
A. B. 824. Chamberlin. Amending Sections 172 and 1401, Civil Code, and repealing Section 1402 of said code, relating to the management, control and disposition of community property.
Provides (Sec. 172) for joint management of community
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property, and prohibits sale, conveyance, encumbrance or dis- posal without consent in writing of each spouse; also (Sec 140) upon death of either spouse, survivor takes half of com- munity property, and balance being subject to testamentary disposition of deceased; if no testamentary disposition, then all goes to survivor subject to community debts, family al- lowance and expenses of administration.
S. B. 26. Purkitt. Adding Section 172*4 to the Civil Code, relating to community property.
Requires a full and complete inventory of community prop- erty to be made out, signed and acknowledged by husband and wife and hied with county recorder in county where parties reside and in every county where they own real property described therein; upon the death of either, property described in inventory vests absolutely in survivor.
A. B. 878. Pettis. Amending Section 174, Civil Code, relat- ing to the liability of the husband for necessaries furnished to the wife.
Includes minor children, and adds a provision that the wife shall be deemed the agent of the husband in contracting for such articles or services.
S. B. 922. Butler. Amending Section 196a, Civil Code, re- lating to the support of illegitimate children.
S. B. 140. S'tuckenbruck. Amending Section 207, Civil Code, relating to the neglect of a parent to provide articles neces-sary for his minor child or minor children.
Provides that if a parent neglects to provide "the necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical attendance for his minor child or minor children," third person may in good faith supply such necessaries, and recover reasonable value from parent.
A. B. 1049. Harris. Amending Section 223, Civil Code, re- lating to the adoption of minor children.
Adds provision "unless consent cannot be obtained, by reason of his or her having absconded or concealed their place of residence".
S. B. 990. Irwin (by request). Identical with A. B. 1049. Harris.
A. B. 751. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 224, Civil Code, relating to persons whose consent is necessary to the adoption of a minor child.
Language but not substance is changed.
A. B. 752. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 226, Civil Code, relating to proceedings on adoption.
Provides for investigation by probation officer.
S. B. 474. Breed. Amending Lection 290, Civil Code, relat- ing to articles of incorporation and what they must set forth.
Changes the words "social purposes" in Subdivision 5 to f'for purposes other than profit."
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A. B. 1438. Encell. Amending Section 290, Civil Code, re- lating to the contents of articles of incorporation of corpo- rations'.
Adds a further provision to Subdivision 6 "that the preferred and common stock shall be of the same par value".
S. B. 670. Hans. Amending Section 290a, Civil Code, relating to corporations authorized to act as executor, administrator, guardian, assignee, receiver, depositary or trustee or to engage in the business of banking.
Adds provision requiring approval of Superintendent of Banks before Secretary of State shall issue any certificate of incor- poration or files any amended articles of incorporation, cer- tificate increasing or decreasing capital stock, extending or shortening corporate existence or increasing or decreasing num- ber of directors of any corporation specified in this section.
A. B. 1437. Encell. Amending Section 296, Civil Code, re- lating to filing of articles of incorporation.
Adds a provision that the Secretary of State shall issue and file in his office a duplicate of the certificate and copies thereof duly certified shall have the same force and effect as the original.
S. B. 421. King. Adding Section 302a (new) to the Civil Code, providing for the sending of a financial statement to the stockholders of every corporation prior to the annual meeting.
S. B. 646. Thompson (by request). Adding Section 306 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to attendance at directors' meetings.
S. B. 647. Thompson (by request). Adding Section 306a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to duties of directors of corporations.
Provides that if a director of a corporation is at place where directors' meeting is lawfully convened and fails or refuses to vote on any question, he shall be considered as favoring it and counted as voting in the affirmative.
S. B. 279. Thompson. Amending Section 312, Civil Code, relating to meeting of stockholders of corporations.
Adds a provision "except in cases specified in Section 313, Civil Code, no person shall be eligible to act as a proxy or representative of a stockholder of a corporation formed for profit, who is not, at the time he acts as its proxy or repre- sentative, a bona fide stockholder in said corporation".
A. B. 1436. Encell. Adding Section 316 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to increasing or decreasing the number of directors or trustees of corporations or associations.
Number of directors* or trustees may be increased or dimin- ished by vote or written assent of stockholders representing inajority of subscribed capital stock, or if it have no capital stock, by vote or written assent of majority of members. Certificate over corporate seal setting forth action taken and stating new number of directors shall be signed by president
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and secretary and filed with County Clerk of county where original articles were filed and copy, certified by County Clerk, filed with Secretary of State.
S. B. 429. Jones. Adding Section 318a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to the calling of stockholders' meetings.
S. B. 917. Campbell. Amending Section 319, Civil Code, relating to the meetings of stockholders and boards of directors of corporations.
Provides that meetings must be held at either principal place of business or at such other place in California as shall be designated by board of directors or fixed by by-laws.
S. B. 642. Thompson. Adding Section 320a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to waiver of notice of meeting by directors of corporations.
Provides that by consent in writing, a waiver of notice of meeting may be made.
S. B. 197. Ballard. Amending Section 322, Civil Code, relating to liability of stockholders in corporations.
Provides that each stockholder is, "to the amount of the par value of the stock or shares owned by him", individually liable; and any creditor "after first proceeding against, and exhausting, the assets of the corporation" may institute an action against such stockholders.
A. B. 371. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 197. Ballard.
S. B. 316. Tyrrell. Amending Section 329, Civil Code, relat- ing to lost, destroyed or stolen bonds of a corporation.
Permits remedy to be invoked in case of loss of bonds "by robbery, burglary or other crime".
A. B. 492. Encell. Identical with S. B. 316. Tyrrell.
S. B. 1072. Ballard (by request). Adding Section 330 to the Civil Code, relating to debts owing to and stock standing in the name of decedents.
Provides that foreign executor or administrator may dis- charge debts owing by persons, firms and corporations doing business in this State, including dividends on stock, and may secure transfer to his name of shares of stock standing in name of decedent upon presenting stock certificate, duly en- dorsed with transcript of record of appointment and certificate from clerk of court having jurisdiction in place of residence of decedent that he is entitled thereto, together with affidavit that there is no person in this State that is or claims to be a creditor, or, if there be such, naming him, but no such pay- ment or transfer shall be made prior to three months after death of decedent, or if administration has been applied for in this State; after such payment or transfer there shall be no administration thereon in this State. The vendee, assignee or transferee of any such executor or administrator may secure transfer to his name in similar manner.
A. B. 1131. Bartlett. Adding Section 530 (new) to the Civil
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Code, relating to debts owing to and stock standing in the name of decedents.
A. B. 1440. Encell. Amending Section 359, Civil Code, re- lating to the issuance of stocks or bonds of corporations, to the increase or diminution of their capital stock, and to the creation or increase of bonded indebtedness of corporations*, including the creation or increase of a consolidated bonded in- debtedness by two or more corporations.
A. B. 1439. Encell. Amending Section 362, Civil Code, re- lating to amendment of articles of incorporation.
S. B. 134. Duncan. Amending Section 405, Civil Code, by providing that each corporation, joint stock company or asso- ciation doing business in this State must within 40 days from time it commences business in this State or if an existing corporation, etc., within 60 days after taking effect of this section, designate some person upon whom service of process may be made and providing for method of service upon cor- porations, joint stock companies or associations.
S. B. 124. Thompson. Amending Section 421, Civil Code, relating to investments by insurance companies.
S. B. 802. Luce. Adding Sections 423, 423a, 423b, 423c, 423d, 423e and 423f, Civil Code, all relating to insurance and the investment of the funds of life insurance companies.
A. B. 860. Prendergast. Amending Section 452a, Civil Code, relating to the formation of mutual benefit and life associa- tions.
Forbids the issuance of contracts of insurance until 5000 persons have applied in writing therefor, and have paid $200,- 000 into . the treasury, which sum shall be invested in bonds or securities approved by Insurance Commissioner in trust. No corporation formed hereunder has legal existence after one year from date of articles unless organization completed and business commenced; nor shall such concern solicit any business until Section 633, Political Code, has been complied with.
S. B. 1153. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 860. Prendergast.
S. B. 324. Thompson. Amending Sections 453t and 453y, Civil Code, relating to title insurance companies.
S. B. 415. Slater. Amending Section 465, Civil Code, relat- ing to the powers of railroad corporations.
Adds to Subdivision 4 provision that where railroad crosses or intersects any farm or private road, the railroad corporation shall restore such farm or private road so that it may be used without inconvenience or delay to the owner thereof.
S. B. 715. Stuckenbruck. Amending Section 485, Civil Code, relating to liability of railroad for damages for killing or maiming animals or stock.
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Strikes out the words "which passes through or along the property of the owner thereof".
A. B. 1387. Wishard (by request). Identical with S. B. 715. Stuckenbruck1.
S. B. 344. Slater. Adding Section 485a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to crossings of railroads.
S. B. 32. Hans. Adding S'ection 550a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to the furnishing of water for family use. Requires water corporation to make service connections from main to curb or property line, and make necessary meter installation, as governing board of town or city may require, such pipe and meter installations to be under jurisdiction of Railroad Commission. Failure for more than 10 days after demand to furnish water subjects company to penalty of $50 damages for each day thereafter.
A. B. 1167. Edwards, L. Amending Section 595, Civil Code, relating to the amount of real estate that may be owned by non-profit corporations.
S. B. 458. Carr. Amending SectxOn 598, Civil Code, relating to mortgages, sales and conveyances of real property, by religious, social and benevolent corporations.
Provides that "corporations of the character mentioned in Section 593, may mortgage, sell or convey any or all real prop- erty held by them, in like manner as ordinary corporations formed for profit, without obtaining any order of court author- izing such sale, mortgage or conveyance.
A. B. 941. Fish (by request). Amending Section 598, Civil Code, relating to mortgages, sales and conveyances of real property, by religious, social and benevolent corporations.
Provides that this may be done without order of court.
S. B. 475. Breed. Amending Section 599, Civil Code, relat- ing to what may be provided for in the by-laws, ordinances, constitutions or articles of incorporation of corporations now organized or that may hereafter be organized for purposes other than profit.
Permits by-laws to provide any manner of selection or elec- tion of directors or officers; and adds a new subdivision (4« providing that the manner of voting may be by ballot or any other method provided in the by-laws.
S. B. 868. Scott. Amending Section 610, Civil Code, relating to property of cemetery corporations.
Provides that cemetery corporations may take and hold as much personal property as may be necessary to fulfil the purposes of the corporations. All funds must be disposed of in the improvement of the cemetery and paying incidental expenses and in no other manner, but where further burial of human remains shall have been prohibited in any cemetery any funds of the corporation may be used in building or
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otherwise providing a suitable place within such cemetery for deposit of any human remains removed from any other por- tion thereof and for such historical, biographical, scientific, religious, or other public purposes as shall not conflict with primary use thereof as place of deposit for such remains, and for maintenance and perpetual care thereof, etc.
A. B. 1280. McDonald, J. J. (by request). Identical with S. B. 868. Scott.
S. B. 869. Scott. Amending Section 613, Civil Code, relating to the title to cemetery lots.
Provides when all bodies buried in any lot shall have been removed, or the cemetery or portion thereof shall have been abandoned, the entire title thereto shall be and remain in the cemetery corporation that originally transferred it; but the owners of the lot shall retain the right to share in the surplus assets of the corporation on the basis held by them prior to the removal of the last body therefrom or the abandonment or abolishment of the cemetery.
A. B. 1281. McDonald, J. J. (by request). Identical with S. B. 869. Scott.
S. B. 870. Scott. Adding Section 618 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to membership in cemetery corporations and the rights of members to the assets thereof.
Provides lot owners are members of cemetery corporation, assets of which shall belong to members in such proportion as the number of square feet of land owned by each member shall bear to the whole number of square feet of land sold, but where any lot is sold on agreement that it shall be paid for only as interments are made, only such part of the lot actually in use shall constitute the interest of such member in the assets of the corporation. Whenever a cemetery shall have been abandoned or abolished and all human remains removed lot owners or their heirs at law shall retain their rights of membership so long as the land shall remain un- disposed of and the surplus assets undivided. No member of such corporation shall have any right in or to the assets thereof while he claims title to the land adversely to the corporation nor until he shall have released and conveyed to said corporation any portion of land so claimed adversely to the corporation. Nor shall any member have a right to de- mand or receive any share of the assets until all human remains shall have been removed, the land disposed of and the care of remains removed provided for, and there shall remain in the treasury surplus moneys not needed for any other purpose.
A. B. 1282. McDonald, J. J. (by request). Identical with S. B. 870. Scott.
A. B. 570. Canepa. Adding Section 629a (new) to the
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Civil Code, relating to certain requirements of gas or electric corporations before supplying gas or electricity.
S. B. 3. Birdsall. Amending Section 632, Civil Code, relating to the right to shut off supply of gas or electricity.
Includes telephone corporations and service, but provides that the right to enter premises to remove property "shall not extend to and no charge shall be made for readiness to serve, or for rental of any meter, pipes, wires, fittings, instruments or appliances."
A. B. 591. Rigdon. Amending Sections 633, 634, 635, 636, €37, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, Civil Code, and repealing Section 648a thereof, all relating to land and building Corporations.
Strikes out (Sec. 633) the right to receive money and to execute certificates therefor, and to borrow money for making of loans and of paying withdrawals and maturities; restores the first three paragraphs of Section 634 to practically the same form as before amendment in 1913, but strikes out of paragraph 3 the right to charge a withdrawal fee; paragraph 5 provides that capital stock may be issued on which member or holder must pay, on each share, dues in such amounts and at such times as by-laws may provide and on which payments must continue until, with profits, it reaches matured value, or is withdrawn or cancelled. Such stock may be issued in series, and when so issued payment of dues in each series shall begin with issue of shares therein. No share of prior series shall be issued after issue of shares of new series, except by way of transfer; omits from Section 635 "other than guarantee stock"; provides (Sec. 636) that matured value shall be paid, with interest from time board of directors shall declare shares to have matured until notified that payment is ready to be made by the association; the present Section 637, as amended in 1913, is superseded by a provision that "Loans may be made on such terms and conditions as may be pre- scribed by the board of directors or the by-laws"; restores Section 638 to condition before amendment in 1913, except that provision that there need be no such pledge [of shares] in loans made to others than members; strikes out of Section 639 the words "or loan instalments"; no change in Section 640; strikes out all of Section 641 except the first sentence; strikes out (Sec. 642) reference to investors and investment certificates and omits the last sentence; no change in Section 643; omits the word "investors" from Section 644; no change in Section 645 or Section 646; the name "building and loan association" (Sec. 647), as used in this title, shall include only corporations formed for purpose of receiving moneys from _ and loaning money to their members only; strikes out of former Section 648a reference to guarantee stock and renumbers it Section 648.
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S. B. 676. Campbell. Amending Sections 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, Civil Code, and repealing Section 648a, Civil Code, all relating to land and building corporations.
S. B. 683. Cohn. Amending Section 634, Civil Code, relating to building and loan associations, and to their installment or full paid investment certificates and security for investment certificate liabilities of the same.
Adds a provision to subdivision e, that the aggregate of guarantee capital stock or permanent non-withdrawable capi- tal stock, or both, or reserve fund, of every building and loan association issuing installment or full-paid investment cer- tificates must equal the following percentages of its invest- ment certificate liabilities: 10 per cent of any amount up to and including $1,000,000; iy2 per cent of any amount in excess of $1,000,000 up to and including $2,000,000; 5 per cent of any amount in excess of $2,000,000 up to and including $5,000,000.
A. B. 724. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 683, Cohn.
S. B. 84. Benson. Adding Section 642a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to building and loan associations. Provides that where applications for withdrawal of free shares or certificates or demand for payment of matured shares shall have been unpaid for one year, all receipts and proceeds after payment of expenses and general indebtedness shall be applied toward payment of such withdrawals and maturities upon a ratable and proportionate basis; failure to pay within two years vests power in supervising officer to forthwith take possession of and liquidate business.
A. B. 50. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 84. Benson.
S. B. 83. Benson. Amending Section 646, Civil Code, relating to building and loan associations. Provides that every foreign building and loan association or similar con- cern shall not do business in California or sell its stock, bonds or other securities in this State without first depositing $50,000 in money or acceptable bonds or other security satisfactory to the superintendent as a guarantee fund; it must procure the license required by law, pay the statutory fee and annually renew same; substitution of securities is permitted with the consent of the supervising officer, and the fund shall not be withdrawn except upon satisfactory proof of liquidation of all liabilities to residents of California.
A. B. 54. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 83. Benson.
S. B. 80. Jones. Amending Section 647, Civil Code, relat- ing to building and loan associations. Includes "bonds of any public utility corporation" among those that may be invested in or taken as security, subject to approval by the officer vested with powers of supervision and license.
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A. B. 82. Wright, T. M. Identical with -g. B. 80. Jones.
A. B. 1406. Ryan. Adding Section 653h a (new) to the Civil Code, providing for the manner of calling meetings of an un- incorporated society, organization or association, when the manner of calling the same is unprovided for in the constitu- tion or by-laws of such unincorporated society, organization or association, or the officer whose duty it is to call such meeting fails or refuses so to do.
Identical in subject-matter with A. B. 65. Ryan.
S. B. 129. Thompson. Amending Section 715 of the Civil Code, relating to restraints upon alienation.
Provides that except in the single case mentioned in Section 772, Civil Code, the absolute power of alienation cannot be suspended for a longer period than during continuance of lives in being at creation of limitation or condition, or for period not to exceed 20 years from time of creation of suspension.
A. B. 1418. Sharkey. Amending Section 718, Civil Code, relating to limits to certain leases.
Provides that the property of any municipality shall not be leased for a longer period than 25 years.
A. B. 935. Rutherford. Amending Section 933, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to proceedings in police courts.
A. B 929. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 955, Civil Code, relating to the assignment of wages or salary.
Strikes out the provision making any power of attorney to assign or collect wages shall be revocable at any time by the maker.
S. B. 522. Luce. Amending Section 1006, Civil Code, relating to "occupancy".
S. B. 1043. Thompson. Amending Section 1006, Civil Code, relating to occupancy of real property.
Adds provision that neither this section nor occupancy alone shall in any case be construed to confer any right upon a mere trespasser upon real property against one making or having a bona fide claim or ownership under color of title.
A. B. 993. Burke. Adding Section 1109a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to transfer of property for highway purposes.
Provides that whenever land is granted or condemned for highway purposes, reservations of right to cross or otherwise use such land may be made and exercised, subject to regulation by competent authority.
S. B. 959. Ballard (by request). Identical with A. B. 993. Burke.
S. B. 273. Jones. Amending Section 1207, Civil Code, relating to defectively acknowledged instruments of record in the office of the county recorder prior to the first day of January, 1915.
Changes the date at end of second line of such section (Deering's Civil Code, p! 351) from 1913 to 1915.
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S. B. 238. Strobridge. Amending Section 1313, Civil Code, relating to restrictions on devises or bequests for charitable uses.
Adds a further provision exempting bequests and devises to the State or to any State institution, or for the use and benefit thereof, from the restrictions of this section.
A. B. 314. Encell. Identical with S. B. 238. Strobridge.
A. B. 27. Prendergast. Amending Section 1401 of the Civil Code, relating to community property.
Provides that upon death of either husband or wife, the entire community property, without administration, belongs to the survivor.
A. B. 42. Ashley. Amending Sections 1401 and 1402, Civil Code, relating to the succession to, and the disposition of, the common property.
Provides (Sec. 1401) that upon the death of "either the husband or wife" the entire community property, without administration, belongs to the surviving spouse; and (Sec. 1402) upon dissolution of community by death of either spouse, the entire community property is equally subject to their debts, subject to provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to succession to or disposition of homesteads selected during life of either spouse.
S. B. 5. Eutler. Amending Section 1402, Civil Code, relating to community property. Provides that upon the death of either spouse the entire property goes to the survivor with- out administration, "subject to debts contracted by either during coverture, the family allowance and expenses of the last illness".
A. B. 26. Prendergast. Amending Section 1402, Civil Code, relating to community property.
Provides that upon death of either spouse all community property goes to survivor without administration.
A. B. 870. Shartel. Amending Sections 1410 and 1415, Civil Code, and other sections with reference to the acquiring and appropriation of water.
S. B. 889. Breed. Adding Section 1410b (new) to the Civil Code, relating to acts to be done to maintain the flow of water in a natural stream to the intake of any canal diverting water for sale, rental or distribution to the public.
Provides that flow of water in any natural stream to intake of any canal diverting water for sale, rental or distribution to public may be maintained by repairing any break in bank of stream, by maintaining banks of stream, and by preventing by physical structure and other means any increased flow of water through natural byways of water that carry or threaten to carry such increase of water away from intake.
A. B. 1094. Satterwhite. Identical with S. B. 889. Breed.
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A. B. 426. Dennett. Amending Section 1416, Civil Code, relating to the work required to be done in the appropriation of the waters of the State.
Includes "irrigation districts."
A. B. 1306. Shartel. Amending Section 1426n, Civil Code, relating to fees for recording affidavits of labor or improve- ments of mining claims.
Pees fixed at 10 cents per folio, 20 cents for endorsement and 10 cents for indexing name of each claim and each owner.
S. B. 1193. Benedict. Amending Section 1624 of the Civil Code, and repealing Article II of Chapter III of Title IV of Division II of the Civil Code, and repealing Sections 3308, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3312, 3313, 3314, 3353, 3354, 3355, 1739 and 1740 of the Civil Code, Chapter II of Title I of Part IV of Division III of the Civil Code, Chapter III of Title I of Part IV of Division III of the Civil Code, Chapter IV of Title I of Part IV of Divi- sion III of the Civil Code, and to add Chapters II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of Title I of Part IV of Division III of said Civil Code in place thereof, relating to the sale of personal property.
This is the Uniform Sales of Goods Act, drafted by the Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, endorsed by the Ameri- can Bar Association and the California Bar Association, adopted by the Federal Government and most of the states.
S. B. 840. Scott. Adding Section 1624a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to contracts in foreign languages, and actions thereon.
Provides that all contracts involving $50 or more, to which any alien of less than two years' residence in the United States is a party, must be in writing in English language and also in the language of the alien party to the contract, and must be subscribed by the party to be charged or by his agent; such contract shall be invalid as to such alien if not in conformity herewith, In actions arising out of such con- tracts, both copies shall be considered and neither shall be binding over the other.
A. B. 910. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 840. Scott.
S. B. 965. Stuckenbruck. Adding Section 1657a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to the time for completion of real estate improvement work under a contract silent as to the time for such completion.
Provides that where no definite time is fixed in instrument for completion of work, then the "reasonable time" for com- pletion shall be considered to mean not more than 2 years from date of instrument.
A. B. 1165. Ashley. Identical with S. B. 965. Stuckenbruck.
A. B. 855. Hayes. Amending Section 1674, Civil Code, in relation to contracts in restraint of trade.
Adds provision that section shall not be construed to vali-
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date any contract or terms of employment whereby an em- ployee, soliciting trade for his employer, shall upon discharge or resignation be prevented from soliciting trade or receiv- ing orders from former customers of such employer.
S. B. 734. Flaherty. Amending Section 1674, Civil Code, in relation to contracts in restraint of trade.
A. B. 207. Hawson. Adding Section 1677 (new) to the Civil Code, prohibiting secret liens on personal property.
Declares contracts creating secret liens void. Every con- tract whereby seller of personal property reserves or retains title after delivery until purchase price is paid is deemed to create secret lien and is to that extent void; every contract of hire or rental of personal property where the sums paid for hire or rental are ultimately to be taken as purchase money for any personal property delivered thereunder shall be deemed a contract of sale and title to said property shall pass with delivery thereof. Every shift, artifice, or device, whereby any of the provisions of this section is sought or intended to be evaded, shall be null and void.
S. B. 70. Scott. Adding Section 1716 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to negligence and the enforcement of claims against municipal corporations because of negligence in cer- tain cases.
Provides that where a contract has been entered into for street work the cost of which will be a lien on private prop- erty if all steps required by law have been legally taken and the contract contains a clause exempting the municipality from liability, all courts shall construe the contract as an undertaking on the part of the municipality that it and its officers, boards and departments have and will legally per- form every act required by law to make the contract price a valid lien against the specific private property affected; and where the contractor is unable to collect the contract price because of any error, defect, or omission by the municipality, or the unconstitutionality of any statute, or the non-owner- ship by the municipality, necessary to constitute a valid lien, the person so unable to collect shall have a cause of action against the municipality for negligence, entitling him to dam- ages in the amount of the expense, value or contract price for the work. The provisions of Title II, Part II, Code of Civil Procedure, shall not apply, and the person having such claim shall have the right to present same for allowance to the proper officers of the municipality at any time within 20 days after the passage of this Act, any other statute, regu- lation or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.
A. B. 330. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 70. Scott.
S. B. 1178. Brown. Adding Section 1739a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to permanent records of conditional sales.
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Declares all such agreements void as to all subsequent pur- chasers in good faith and creditors, unless conditions shall be evidenced in writing, executed, acknowledged and recorded as provided in cases of mortgages of personal property.
S. B. 882. Luce. Adding Section 1742 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to conditional sales.
Provides that no sale, contract or lease wherein transfer of title or ownership of personal property depends on any condi- tion shall be valid against any purchaser or judgment creditor of vendee or lessee in actual possession, unless same be in writing, signed by vendee or lessee, and copy recorded in county recorder's office, together with an affidavit showing the interest of vendor or lessor therein. All such sales shall cease to be valid against purchasers in good faith or judgment or attaching creditors without notice at expiration of five years unless vendor or lessor shall within 30 days prior to expiration of five years from date of sale or transfer, file verified copy thereof in county recorder's office and validity of sale may be preserved by annual refiling. Does not apply to chattel mortgages.
A. B. 1027. Gebhart. Adding Section 1742 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to contracts of conditional sale.
Provides that every contract of sale of personal property, other than a thing in action, wherein title is reserved until whole or part of purchase price shall be paid, or wherein trans- fer of title is dependent upon any condition, shall in respect to such reservation and condition be void as to creditors of vendee or intended vendee and as to all subsequent purchasers and incumbrancers of such property in good faith and for value, unless contract be in writing and signed by vendee or intended vendee.
S. B. 1127. Kehoe. Adding Section 1771a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to the sale of live stock.
Provides that any person selling- live stock thereby warrants it sound and merchantable and free from contagious or in- fectious diseases when so sold.
A. B. 298. Avey. Amending Section 1861, Civil Code, relat- ing to the lien of hotel, inn, boarding-house and lodging-house keepers upon the baggage and other property of value of their guests, or boarders, or lodgers, by including therein a lien for apartment house keepers upon the property of their tenants.
S. B. 543. Cogswell. Identical with A. B. 298. Avey.
A. B. 434. Chamberlin. Amending Section 1861, Civil Code, relating to lien of hotel keepers on property of guests for charges.
A. B. 653. Encell. Amending Section 1861, Civil Code, re- lating to lien of hotel keepers on property of guests for charges.
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Gives a lien on baggage and other property "belonging to or legally under the control" of guests "which may be in" the hotel, etc., "for the proper charges due from" such guests for "their accommodation," etc., "and for all money paid for or advanced to such guests, or boarders or lodgers, and for the costs of enforcing such lien"; unless charges are paid within 60 days, property may be sold at public auction, after giving notice of sale by publication once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper and by mailing at least 15 days before date of sale a copy of such notice addressed to such guest at his postoffice address; if there be any residue from said sale, and no demand is made for it within six months, it shall be paid into treasury of county, and if not demanded within one year thereafter, shall be transferred into general fund.
A. B. 1410. Lostutter. Amending Sections 1917 and 1918, Civil Code, relating to rate of interest.
Fixes (Sec. 1917) the legal rate of interest at 6 per cent, and limits (Sec. 1918) the maximum amount that may be agreed upon at 12 per cent, but excepts contracts of building and loan associations.
A. B. 3. Brown. Amending Sections 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920, Civil Code, and adding Section 1921 (new) thereto, relating to the loan of money, and the rate of interest to be allowed and charged therefor.
The legal rate of interest (Sec. 1917) on all moneys after same become due is fixed at 7 per cent; but on contracts interest up to 9 per cent per annum, and no more, may be charged by express agreement in writing. In computing in- terest for a period less than a year, 360 days are deemed to constitute a year.
No person shall (Sec. 1918) directly or indirectly in money or in any other manner receive greater interest than provided in this chapter. Interest must not be compounded in any manner.
If it shall be ascertained (Sec. 1919) in any action on con- tract that a greater rate of interest has been contracted for than provided in Section 1917, the same shall be deemed usurious and shall forfeit the entire interest so contracted for, and the court shall enter judgment for the original sum loaned without interest.
The interest rate on judgments (Sec. 1920) is reduced from 7 to 6 per cent.
The bona fide assignee (Sec. 1921 [new]) of any usurious contract may by proper action recover against his original assignor or original usurer the full amount paid by him for the contract, provided it is proven that assignee had no notice of the usury.
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This act not to be construed as affecting any rate of in- terest to be received by virtue of any contract entered into before it shall take effect. (A. B. 881. Brown. "Pending Legislation, 1913," p. 61.)
S. B. 914. Flint. Identical with A. B. 3. Brown.
S. B. 138. Luce. Amending Section 1920. Civil Code, relating to interest on judgments.
Fixes interest rate at 12 per cent, provided that party against whom judgment is rendered may within 30 days after rendition thereof file with Clerk of Court a waiver of right of appeal in which event interest rate shall be 7 per cent, but must not be compounded in any manner.
A. B. 60S. Johnson. Amending Section 1955, Civil Code, relating to the letting and hiring of personal property.
Provides that letter of personal property must deliver it to hirer in condition fit for purpose for which let and from time to time repair all deteriorations not caused by fault of hirer or natural result of use; secure hirer against all lawful claimants, subject to terms of any agreement between them. When any personal property has been delivered by owner to hirer under written agreement that hirer may purchase same after payment of full rental thereof, such agreement shall be conclusively presumed to be a lease thereof only with option in to purchase for additional sum stated therein. Hirer shall have no right to said property except according to terms of agreement until he shall have exercised option to purchase and paid additional sum stated therein for purchase of title according to terms of agreement.
S. B. 697. Ballard. Identical with A. B. 608. Johnson.
A. B. 1000. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 697, Ballard, and A. B. 608, Johnson.
S. B. 9S5. Lyon. Amending Sections 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, Civil Code, relating to employees.
S. B. 1071. Crowley. Amending Section 2181 of the Civil Code, relating to personal and sample baggage or luggage and to place rules, regulations and liability relative thereto under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of the State of Cali- fornia, and to limit the operations of this section to common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of said Railroad Commis- sion and to the handling of baggage originating and terminate ing within the State of California.
A. B. 1370. Beck (by request). Identical with S. B. 1071. Crowley.
A. B. 1028. Gebhart. Adding Section 2264 (new) to the Civil Code, relating to sales by trustees under express trusts.
Provides that no sale of trust property shall be made by trustee under terms of any instrument creating express trust as security for performance Of any obligation until at least 10
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days after trustee or beneficiary shall have sent by registered mail or delivered personally to trustor or his successor in interest and to beneficiary under any subsequent trust affecting- trust property and to holder of any subsequent incumbrance appearing of record, a notice of time and place of sale; failure to give such notice shall not affect title of property sold, but beneficiary under trust shall be liable in damages to any per- son who shall suffer detriment.
A. B. 921. Ryan. Amending Section 2268, Civil Code, relat- ing to the power of trustees.
Permits action by majority of trustees, unless declaration of trust provides otherwise.
S. B. 60. Finn. Amending Section 2286, Civil Code, relat- ing to the power of trustees. Provides that a majority of the trustees may act and bind the trust property, etc.
S. B. 751. Maddux. Amending Section 2287, Civil Code, relating to appointment of trustees.
S. B. 59. Finn. Amending Section 2289, Civil Code, relat- ing to the appointment of trustees, by adding "or with a less number of trustees than were originally appointed, or with one or more trustees."
A. B. 922. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 59. Finn.
S. B. 57. Finn. Adding Section 2301 (new) to the Civil Code defining agencies. Declares any person who while in lawful possession of an article of personal property causes alterations or repairs to be made or labor to be employed thereon for its protection, improvement, safe-keeping or car- riage, to be the agent of the owner of such automobile or motor vehicle for the purposes of Part IV, Title XIV, Chap- ter VII, Art. Ill, Civil Code.
A. B. 377. Chamberlain. Identical with S. B. 57. Finn.
S. B. 506. Campbell. Amending Section 2453, Civil Code, relating to the notice necessary for termination of liability of a general partner for the acts of his copartners.
S. B. 568. Benedict. Repealing Section 2633a, Civil Code, relating to the time for notice of loss in casualty or accident insurance policies.
A. B. 1229. Fish. Identical with S. B. 568. Benedict.
A. B. 996. Chamberlin. Adding Section 2903a (new) to the Civil Code, relating to the foreclosure of deeds of trust and redemption.
Provides that deeds of trust in nature of mortgages may at option of cestuis que trust, etc., be foreclosed and property sold in same manner as mortgages, and all real estate which may be sold by trustees, according- to terms of deed, without deed of trust having been foreclosed, and which shall be bought In by cestui que trust, his assignee or any other person for them, shall be subject to redemption by grantor any time within
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three months from date of sale, on payment of debt and inter- est secured by deed of trust and all legal charges and costs of sale, and at such sale purchaser shall receive certificate of purchase setting forth property sold and amount of purchase money received, which certificate shall be delivered to trustee on application for deed at expiration of three months.
S. B. 649. Thompson. Amending Section 2924, Civil Code, relating to mortgages and deeds of trust.
Provides that deeds of trust made as security for debt shall be foreclosed by sale of property by the trustee; notice of such case shall be given by publication as in the deed of trust provided, but not less than once a week for at least three weeks, in a newspaper in the county in which the property to be sold is situated, by posting at least three weeks before date fixed for sale in conspicuous place on premises to be sold; and by delivering to the person in possession of the premises, if occupied, a notice in writing not less than three weeks before the sale. Upon sale, trustee shall record cer- tificate showing time and place of sale, name of purchaser, and price for which sold, and stating that if not redeemed within four months after date of recording trustee will execute deed; if owner or successor in interest shall redeem within four months by paying trustee amount of purchase price, together within interest thereon at 1 per cent a month from date of sale, effect of sale shall terminate and owner be restored to his estate; upon redemption trustee shall pay redemption money, less fees and costs of trustee, to purchaser at sale, or his successor in interest, and shall issue certificate of redemp- tion, which shall be recorded, said recording to clear the title of lien created by deed of trust and sale; if not redeemed, trustee shall execute deed and pass title thereto.
Fixes maximum fees of trustee, including attorney's fees, as follows: For any sum not exceeding $500, $75; over $500 and not exceeding $1000, $100; over $1000 and not exceeding $2000, $150; over $2000 and not exceeding $3500, $200; over $3500 and not exceeding $5000, $235; over $5000 and not ex- ceeding $7500, $285; over $7500 and not exceeding $10,000, $320; over $10,000 and not exceeding $15,000, $350; $25 for each $5000 or fraction thereof over $15,000, and any provision in any trust deed for any greater compensation shall be void as to excess over such amounts.
A. B. 853. Manning. Amending Section 2924, Civil Code, relating to mortgages and deeds of trust.
Similar to S. B. 649 — Thompson, but contains no. schedule of fees.
A. B. 717. McDonald, J. J. Amending Section 2924, Civil Code, relating to transfer of interest, when a mortgage and when a pledge in property.
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Strikes out the words "other than in trust."
S. B. 72. Duncan. Adding Section 2940% (new) to the Civil Code relating to presumption payment of mortgages. Provides that if no suit in foreclosure has been instituted for a period of ten years after maturity of the obligations mentioned therein, it is to be conclusively presumed that the mortgage has been fully paid and discharged and is no longer a lien on the property.
A. B. 200. Rodgers. Amending Section 2967, Civil Code, relating to the foreclosure of mortgages on personal property.
Provides foreclosure may be made as prescribed by Sections 726 to 729, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure.
S. B. 428. Jones. Amending Section 2969, Civil Code, relat- ing to limitation of rights of officers to levy on mortgaged personal property.
S. B. 56. Finn. Amending Section 3051, Civil Code, re- lating to liens upon personal property. Includes "other motor propelled vehicles" and extends the lien to "gasoline, distil- late, oils, grease, supplies and accessories furnished the owner or legal possessor of such automobiles or other motor pro- pelled vehicles."
A. B. 376. Chamberlain. Identical with S. B. 56. Finn.
S. B. 302. Breed. Amending Section 3088, Civil Code, re- lating to negotiable instruments.
Adds provision that "bonds payable to bearer shall be negotiable, notwithstanding any condition contained therein or in the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument secur- ing the same".
A. B. 3^7. Satterwhite. Identical with S. B. 302. Breed.
S. B. 661. Rush. Amending Section 3423, Civil Code, relating to injunctions to prevent the Reclamation Board, or any reclama- tion district, levee district, swamp land district, drainage dis- trict, municipal corporation or public agency from constructing or maintaining on land which it owns or over which it has a right of way, and by-pass, weir, levee, dam, dike, embank- ment, canal, ditch, or other work, approved by the Reclama- tion Board, and which carry out, or aid in carrying out, or are designed to carry out the plans of the California Debris Commission transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives of the United States by the Secretary of War on the 27th day of June, 1911, with such amendments and modi- fications as may be adopted by the Reclamation Board.
A. B. 764. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 661. Rush.
S. B. 651. Thompson. To revise and amend Chapter VIII of Title II of Part IV of Division I of the Civil Code, relating to mortgage insurance.
S. B. 1192. Benedict. To repeal Article 3 of Chapter III of Title VII of Part IV of the Civil Code of the State of Cali-
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fornia, and to enact a new Article III of Chapter III of Title VII of Part IV of the Civil Code of the State of California, relat- ing to bills of lading.
This is the Uniform Bills of Lading Act, drafted by the Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, endorsed by the Ameri- can Bar Association and the California Bar Association, adopted by the Federal Government and most of the states.
S. B. 1194. Benedict. Repealing Title XV of Part IV of Division III of the Civil Code of the State of California, and to add a new Title XV of Part IV of Division III of said Code in place thereof, relating to negotiable instruments, and to make the law of negotiable instruments in the State of Cali- fornia uniform with the laws of other states.
This is the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Act, drafted by the Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, endorsed by the American Bar Association and the California Bar Association, adopted by the Federal Government and most of the states.
A. B. 1434. Gebhart. Identical with S. B. 1194. Benedict.
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CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
S. B. 85. Slater. Amending Section 10, Code of Civil Procedure, relating- to holidays. Declares the 12th of February, "Lincoln Day," a legal holiday.
A. B. 1143. Chamberlin. Amending Section 67a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
S. B. 1082. Benedict. Amending Section 67a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the number of Superior Court judges, and providing for the appointment of two additional Superior Court judges in counties of the first class, and providing for their compensation,
Increases the number of judges in Los Angeles county from eighteen to twenty.
A. B. 270. Ryan. Amending Sections 85 and 97, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices' courts and justices of the peace in cities and counties of over 400,000 inhabitants.
Adds a provision (Sec. 85) that each justice of the peace must, at the time of his election, be an elector of such city and county and qualified to practice in all courts of this State; and (Sec. 97) increases the salary of such justices of the peace to $4200 per year.
S. B. 306. Crowley. Identical with A. B. 270. Ryan.
A. B. 269. Ryan. Amending Section 86, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to clerks of justices' courts in cities and coun- ties, and repealing all Acts inconsistent herewith.
Provides for the appointment by the clerk of a chief deputy and a cashier, at $1800 per year each, and three deputy clerks and one messenger at $1500 per year each.
S. B. 308. Finn. Identical with A. B. 269. Ryan.
A. B. 83. Bartlett. Amending Section 99, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices' courts and justices in town- ships having population between 250,000 and 400,000, by in- creasing the number of justices from four to six. This ap- plies particularly to Los Angeles.
A. B. 689. Phillips. Amending Section 101, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to Justices' courts and justices in town- ships having a population of 250,000 or over.
Provides for appointment by each justice of a courtroom clerk and by the justices of six deputy clerks.
A. B. 688. Phillips. Amending Section 102b, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices' courts and justices in town- ihips having a population of 250,000 or over.
Increases the salary of the clerk to $2100, that of the as- sistant clerk to $1800, and that of deputy clerks and court- room clerks to $1500.
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A. B. 1142. Chamberlin. Amending Section 102b, Code of Civil Procedure, relating- to salaries of justices and clerks.
Increases the salary of justices from $3000 to $3600, and of deputy clerks from $1200 to $1500 per annum.
A. B. 202. Hawson. Amending Section 103, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices of the peace.
Adds provision that whenever provided by law that salary of city justice of the peace be paid by county clerk shall make report and pay over all money collected as fines, for- feitures and fees to the county auditor and county treasurer respectively.
A. B. 253. Bartlett. Amending Section 103, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices' court and justices and the number of justices in cities and towns of various classes.
Increases the number of justices of the peace in cities of the first and one-half class to seven.
A. B. 1330. Widenmann. Amending Section 103, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices of the peace.
S. B. 969. Benson. Adding Section 103a to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the duties of clerks of certain Justices of the Peace.
A. B. 1210. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 969. Benson.
S. B. 881. Luce. Adding Section 103b (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to justices' court clerk and fixing the powers and duties.
A. B. 203. Hawson. Amending Section 103%, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to clerks of justices' courts in cities or towns of the second and one-half class and third class, and appointments, salaries and duties of same.
A. B. 945. Phillips. Adding Section 104% (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the holding of court by Justices of the Peace.
Requires every Justice of the Peace having no clerk to be in his office for dispatch of official business at least two hours daily.
A. B. 69. Gelder. Amending Section 110, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to the term of office of Justices of the Peace; increases the term of office to six years from and after 12 m. on the first Monday after the first day of January next suc- ceeding their election.
A. B. 706. Gebhart. Amending Section 125, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the private trial of issues of fact in certain cases.
Strikes out the word "divorce."
A. B. 1458. Arnerich. Amending Section 125, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to private sittings of Courts of Justice.
Strikes out actions of divorce and breach of promise of marriage, and extends provisions* of section to "all other cases
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where the question of sex is involved, and in hearings of all juvenile cases", and in such cases makes a private hearing mandatory.
A. B. 705. Gebhart. Adding Section 126 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing that all hearings and trials in actions for divorce shall in all cases be open to the public.
A. B. 1088. Ellis. Amending Section 130, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to rules of courts of record.
Adds provision that rules adopted by County Inferior Courts shall take effect fifteen days after their publication.
A. B. 432. Chamberlin. Amending Section 156, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to qualification of Justices of Supreme Court.
Adds qualification "and shall have been engaged in active practice of law within the State of California for a period of not less than 10 years next preceding his election or appoint- ment."
A. B. 433. Chamberlin. Amending Section 157, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to qualification of Superior Judges.
A. B. 893.- Byrnes. Adding Section 188 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the disposition of funds paid by order of court.
Provides that money paid into court shall be immediately deposited with the Treasurer and a duplicate receipt of the Treasurer filed with the Auditor. Certificate of Auditor that receipt is filed necessary to discharge of obligation imposed on County Clerk or person required to make such deposit. Money so deposited may be withdrawn only on order of court directing Auditor to draw warrant therefor.
S. B. 597. Butler. Amending Sections 190, 192, 193, 194 and 195, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to jurors, and providing for service by women on grand and trial juries.
S. B. 899. Birdsall. Identical with (A- B. 893. Byrnes.
A. B. 1076. Downing. Amending Sections 190, 192, 193, 194 and 195, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to jurors.
A. B. 29. McPherson. Adding Section 192a to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the service of retiring grand jurors on the succeeding grand jury in the same court.
Provides that three members of each retiring grand jury, to be chosen by vote of retiring grand jury, shall serve on succeeding grand jury; no grand juror shall serve for more than two years in succession; if any member so elected fails to qualify then the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall qualify.
A. B. 38. Ferguson. Amending Section 198, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to qualifications of jurors. Eliminates property qualifications. A. B. 59. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 198, Code of
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Civil Procedure, by substituting in lieu of the property qual- ification, a provision that the names of the persons selected shall be on the Great Register.
A. B. 789. Gebhart. Amending Section 198, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to persons competent to act as jurors.
A. B. 1449. Downing. Amending Section 198, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to qualifications of jurors.
Includes both sexes, strikes out property qualification and provides that any person whose name appears in the great register is eligible.
A. B. 115. McPherson. Amending Sections 199 and 200, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the classification of per- sons incompetent to act as jurors, and to exemptions from jury duty.
Rearranges without changing effect of Section 199, and makes change in verbiage in Section 200, Subdivision 13, with- out altering effect.
S. B. 196. Ballard. Amending Section 200, Code of Civil Procedure, designating persons who are exempt from jury duty.
Adds to Subdivision 12 "a superintendent or zanjero in the employ of a water company", and provides also for the ex- emption for one year of any person on the regular trial jury panel of any court of record after he has remained thereon for three months, this exemption not to apply in counties of less than 100,000 population.
A. B. 245. Chamberlin. Identical with S. B. 196. Ballard.
S. B. 659. Benson. Amending Section 200, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to exemptions from liability to act as a juror.
Includes railroad firemen in subdivision 12.
A. B. 1130. Mouser. Amending Section 200, Code of Civil Procedure, designating persons who are exempt from jury duty.
Includes in subdivision 10, superintendents, employees or operators of electric light and gas companies; and provides, in subdivision 12, that a person on a regular jury panel, after serving three months thereon, shall be exempt for one year from the time he was placed on the panel.
A. B. 1075. Downing. Amending Section 201, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the excusing of jurors from the duty of serving.
A. B. 1384. Dennett. Amending Sections 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, adding thereto Sections 212 and 213, and repeal- ing Section 208, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the selec- tion and return of jurors for courts of record.
Provides (Sec. 204) that in January of each year County Clerk in each city and county or county shall prepare list of all persons eligible, suitable and competent to serve as jurors, who are on last preceding assessment roll, and file same at his office, writing the names on separate pieces of paper of
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same size and appearance and folding all alike so as to con- ceal name thereon, and deposit slips in trial jury box. Such persons (Sec. 205) shall serve for one year and until new list is compiled, except that when any persons are drawn to serve in any trial they shall be eligible to serve for 30 days only. Persons selected (Sec. 206) shall be such as are suitable and competent, on last preceding assessment roll, not exempt from serving, and who are in possession of natural faculties, not infirm or decrepit, of fair character and approved integrity, and of sound judgment. Persons drawn (Sec. 207) as trial jurors shall serve for one period only of 30 days, except where entire list is exhausted in trial of cases, in which event entire list of jurors shall be replaced in trial jury box and used again. Section 209 is in practically the same language as present Section 204, except that it relates to grand jurors only. List of grand jurors (Sec. 210) shall contain only number of persons designated in court's order, and shall be selected from different wards or townships in proportion to number of in- habitants as nearly as same can be estimated, said lists to be kept separate one from the other. Certified list (Sec. 211) of persons selected to serve as grand jurors shall at once be placed in possession of and filed with County Clerk. On receiving list (Sec. 212) County Clerk shall write names on slips and place in grand jury box. Names of persons drawn for grand jurors (Sec. 213) shall be drawn from grand jury box, and those who have not been drawn to serve as grand jurors may be placed on list of grand jurors for succeeding year.
A. B. 58. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 205, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the selection and listing of jurors, by omitting the requirement that persons- selected for jury service shall be on the assessment roll.
S. B. 75. Duncan. Adding Section 205a (new), Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the verification of the qualifier tions of jurors. Provides that prior to filing lists of jurors the names shall be submitted to the Tax Collector for a report as to whether or not they are on the assessment roll. Other names shall be substituted for those not on assess- ment roll.
A. B. 1074. Downing. Amending Section 206, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the number of names which lists of jurors shall contain.
Adds provision that lists shall contain names of men and women in equal numbers.
A. B. 1385. Dennett. Amending Sections 214 and 215, Code of Civil Procedure, relative to the drawing of jurors for courts of records.
Adds to Section 214 provision that where business of court
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requires attendance of trial jurors for more than 30 days new trial jurors shall be drawn every 30 days until business dis- posed of. Provides also (Sec. 215) that drawing shall be in "open court" instead of "in the presence of the court", as at present.
S. B. 377. Shearer. Amending Section 225, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to the manner of serving jurors by the sheriff.
Adds: "or by mailing such notice by registered mail."
S. B. 74. Duncan. Amending Section 227, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to summoning jurors to complete a panel and the duties of the officers summoning the same. Provides that persons so summoned must answer under oath to the sheriff or elisor questions touching their citizen- ship, knowledge of the English language, whether or not they are on the last assessment roll; whether they have served or been discharged as grand or trial jurors within one year; whether if they are members of the National Guard, the paid fire department or exempt members of a duly organized fire company, they claim their exemption from jury duty. If the answers establish that the juror is not qualified his name must not be included in the return. All officers summoning jurors are authorized to administer the necessary oath.
A. B. 821. Rominger. Repealing Sections 230, 231 and 232, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the summoning of jurors of courts not of record.
A. B. 1158. Gebhart (by request). Amending Section 231, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the summoning of jurors in justice courts, police courts or other inferior courts.
Provides that jurors may be summoned by notifying them in writing delivered personally or through the United States mail.
A. B. 820. Rominger. Adding Sections 233, 233a, 233b, 233c, 233d, 233e, 233f and 233g (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the listing, drawing and summoning of jurors for courts not of record.
S. B. 589. Campbell. Amending Section 241, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to grand jurors.
Requires the drawing of two grand juries in each year in all counties having three or more Superior Court judges.
A. B. 1409. Canepa (by request). Amending Section 259, Code of Civil Procedure,, relating to the powers of Court Com- missioners.
Omits from subdivision 3 the clause: "and to take acknowl- edgments and proof of deeds, mortgages, and other instru- ments requiring proof or acknowledgment for any purpose under the law of this State".
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S. B. 121. Scott. Amending Section 274, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to official reporters.
Provides that official reporters shall be paid by the county, or city and county, "such fees and compensation as the Board of Supervisors shall fix and determine."
A. B. 183. McDonald, J. J. Identical with g. B. 121. Scott.
S. B. 1044. Thompson (by request). Amending Section 274 and repealing Section 274b, Code of Civil Procedure, both relating to and fixing the fees to be received by official re- porters of the Superior Court.
Provides that for transcribing, the reporter shall receive for one copy 10 cents per folio, for two copies 8 cents per folio, for three copies 6 cents per folio, and for four or more copies 5 cents per folio.
S. B. 627. Luce. Amending Section 274b, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the fees charged by phonographic re- porters in transcribing evidence.
Fixes compensation for making an original and three carbon copies, in any criminal case, 10 cents a folio, provided he shall receive no compensation unless testimony has been transcribed by him within time provided by law.
A. B. 808. McKnight. Amending Section 276, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to testimonials examination before Dis- trict Court of Appeal.
Adds that, in addition to satisfactory testimonials of good moral character, the applicant must produce proof of having studied law in a law school, or in the office of an attorney at law for three years, and of having the equivalent of a high school education, and undergo a strict examination in open court, part of which must be in writing, as to his qualifications by the justices of one of the District Courts of Appeal.
S. B. 82. Jones. Amending Sections 276, 277 and 279, Code of Civil Procedure, and adding Sections 276a, 276b and 276c (new), relating to the admission and license of attorneys and counsellors at law, and making an appro- priation to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Provides (Sec. 276) three years' study and passing of ex- amination by State Board of Law Examiners as qualifica- tion for admission to practice law.
Provides (Section 276a, new) for the appointment by the Supreme Court of a board of three attorneys of at least 5 years' active practice, to hold office at the court's pleasure, to act as a Board of State Law Examiners, who shall receive $750 each per year as salary, in addition to actual necessary traveling expenses, not to exceed in the aggregate for the board $750 a year. The board may appoint a secretary at $100 per annum, and is allowed $1000 per annum for other necessary expenses, including office rent.
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Applicants shall pay (Sec. 276b) such examination fee as may be fixed by the Supreme Court, to be paid into the State treasury, to defray the expenses of the board of examiners, but one examination fee shall entitle the appli- cant to the privilege of not exceeding two examinations.
Rules and regulat ons (Sec. 276c) shall be made by the Supreme Court rela* ng to qualifications of applicants, course of study, time, method and scope of examinations, but the examinations must consist, in whole or in part, of a written test of the learning and capacity of the applicants.
Upon presentation of the necessary evidence (Sec. 277) any District Court of Appeal may admit the applicant to practice, and direct the issuance of a certificate by the clerk.
Every citizen of the United States or person resident in this State (Sec. 279), who has bona fide declared his in- tention to become a citizen, who has been admitted to practice law in the highest court of another State, or of a foreign country, where the common Ifcw of England is the basis of jurisprudence, and who has been engaged in actual practice therein for at least 3 years may be admitted to practice by any District Court of Appeal upon production of his license and satisfactory evidence that it has not been revoked, that he is of good moral character, and has been engaged in actual practice for at least three years; but the court may examine the applicant as to his qualifications. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are repealed, but nothing herein shall be construed as a repeal or modification of Sections 280a or 280b, or any other existing law relating to the admission of graduates of law schools, nor as depriving any Court of Appeal of the right to require an examination of any applicant as to his qualifications when deemed proper. (S. B. 291, Jones; Pending Legislation, 1913, p. 76.)
A. B. 226. Prendergast. Amending Section 280, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to licenses to practice law.
Extends to graduates of Saint Ignatius University the right to be admitted to practice law without examination.
S. B. 268. Scott. Identical with A. B. 226. Prendergast.
S. B. 693. Wolfe. Identical with A. B. 226. Prendergast.
S. B. 643. Thompson. Adding Section 300 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to costs in proceedings for the removal and suspension of attorney*.
Provides that such costs shall be a charge upon the county.
S. B. 131. Thompson (by request). Amending Section 323, Code of Civil Procedure, defining adverse possession under written instrument of judgment.
Adds to Subdivision 2 the provision "or, if not so inclosed,
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when all county and city taxes and assessments on the land for a period of ten years have been heretofore, or shall here- after be, paid by such person claiming title thereto, or by his privies."
A. B. 1379. Wright, H. W. Identical with S. B. 131. Thomp- son.
A. B. 768. Dennett. Adding Section 329 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the time of commencing actions based upon a claim of riparian rights.
Provides that no action based on an allegation or claim of riparian rights can be maintained unless commenced within six months after commencement of construction of works al- leged to interfere with flow of stream upon which riparian rights are claimed; does not apply where water is being put to beneficial use or is in process of being so applied with reason- able diligence considering magnitude of work; section shall not be construed as permitting diversion from one watershed to another.
S. B. 224. Scott (by request). Amending Section 337, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to time within which certain ac- tions must be commenced.
Omits from Subdivision 1 the provision added in 1906 to protect the rights of action that would expire between June 1, 1906, and January 1, 1907.
A. B. 228. Prendergast. Identical with S. B. 224. Scott.
A. B. 1140. Chamberlin. Amending Section 337, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to time of commencing actions.
S. B. 223. Scott (by request). Adding Section 337a (new), to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the time when an action upon an open book account accrues.
Provides where an open book account consists of more than one item cause of action deemed to have accrued from time of last item proved.
A. B. 229. Prendergast. Identical with S\ B. 223. Scott.
A. B. 880. Pettis. Amending Section 344, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to time within which certain actions must be commenced.
Includes actions on an open book account.
S. B. 921. Strobridge. Amending Section 348, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the limitation of actions brought to recover money or other property deposited with any bank, banker, trust company or savings and loan society, by includ- ing therein building and loan associations.
A. B. 1332. Dennett. Identical with S. B. 921. Strobridge.
S. B. 662. Rush. Amending Section 394, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to the place of trial of actions, and provid- ing where actions to prevent work, approved by the Recla- mation Board, to carry out the plans of the California Debris
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Commission, transmitted to the Speaker of the House of •Representatives of the United States by the Secretary of War on June 27, 1911, with such amendments and modifica- tions as may be approved by the Reclamation Board, shall be commenced and tried, for the transfer of such actions, and making the Reclamation Board defendants on such actions.
A. B. 765. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 662. Rush.
S. B. 1045. Thompson. Amending Section 394, Code ol Civil Procedure, relating to the place of trial of actions.
Cities and counties are included; and a provision is added that an action instituted by a county, city and county or city may be commenced and tried in any county or city and county, subject to defendant's right to a change of venue. This sec- tion shall aply to actions now pending or hereafter brought.
A. B. 1243. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 1045. Thompson.
S. B. 717. Stuckenbruck. Amending Section 396, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to change of place of trial to the proper county.
S. B. 1196. Benedict. Amending Section 398, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the disqualification of Judges of the Superior Court.
Makes the section apply only to Superior Courts.
A. B. 933. Rutherford. Amending Sections 398 and 399, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the transfer of actions.
Provides (Sec. 398) for transfers from Police Courts exer- cising- civil jurisdiction, and (Sec. 399) includes a police judge and;: requires all fees and costs accruing after transfer to. inure to benefit of jurisdiction to which transferred.
S; B. 133. Duncan. Amending Section 411, Code of Civil Procedure,' relative to the manner of serving summons in civil actions.
Provides "(S'ubd. 1) if suit is against a corporation, "joint stock company or association to the person designated as the one upon whom process may be served as provided in Section 405, Civil Code; and eliminates Subdivision 2, relating to for- eign corporations, "from the present section.
A. B. 118. Hawson. Amending Section 411, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to service of summons, writ, notice, or other paper necessary or proper in the course of judicial pro- ceedings.
Adds to Subdivisions 1 and 2 that, in case of domestic and foreign corporations, or non-resident joint stock companies or ; associations, beside the president or other head of the concern, secretary, cashier or managing agent, summons may be* served on any ticket agent, freight agent or other agent of such corporation, etc., found within the county where action has been commenced and summons issued, and any other .process, writ, notice or paper may be so served; but
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if party be represented by attorney of record, in such action, then on such attorney.
A. B. 380. Avey. Amending Section 413, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to the service of summons, and making clear the intent of the law regarding the service of summons on non- residents.
Provides that where publication is ordered and court directs mailing of complaint and summons to known address of de- fendant, "the service of summons is complete at expiration of time prescribed by order for publication, a,nd that when per- sonal service is made outside of the State, service is complete, and defendant shall have 30 days thereafter within which to appear.
A. B. 44. Schmitt. Amending Section 427, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to what causes of action may be joined by omitting the last paragraph of the section as amended (Stats. 1913, p. 219).
A. B. 610. Manning. Amending Section 437, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to what an answer shall contain.
A. B. 916. Conard. Amending Section 437, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the contents of the answer of the de- fendant, by omitting the last paragraph.
S. B. 287. Kehoe. Amending Section 441, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to answers.
Adds a provision "that the admission of a fact in any de- fense inconsistent with any denial, or allegation in the answer, shall operate to make such denial or allegation ineffectual".
S. B. 639. Thompson. Amending Section 442, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to cross-complaints.
Strikes out the words "to the action" after the word party, in the second line.
S. B. 1047. Thompson. Amending Section 454, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to pleading accounts and bills of par- ticulars.
Adds provision that the court may in any case direct a bill of particulars of claim of either party to be delivered to ad- verse party.
S. B. 425. Thompson. Amending Section 475, Code of Civil Procedure, by providing that in certain cases on appeal, the Appellate Court may disregard errors of the trial court and determine substantial rights upon the record.
S. B. 904. Benedict. Amending Section 475, Code of Civil Procedure and providing that in certain cases on appeal the Appellate Court may disregard errors of the trial court and determine substantial rights upon the record.
Adds provision that in all cases on appeal tried in Superior Court without jury where testimony is preserved in bill of exceptions or statement sufficiently to enable Appellate Court
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to do substantial justice between parties, Appellate Court may disregard any orders, rulings, findings or want of findings, and upon consideration of whole record on appeal, may affirm, reverse or modify order, judgment or decree of court below or enter such order, judgment or decree as may be agreeable to justice.
S. B. 660. Rush. Amending Section 529, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, requiring counties and municipal corporations to give security on the granting of an injunction or restraining order to prevent the Reclamation Board of the State of California, or any reclamation district, levee district, swamp land district, drainage district, municipal corporation or public agency from building, constructing or maintaining on land which it owns or over which it has an easement or right of way, any by- pass, weir, levee, dam, dike, embankment, canal, ditch or other work, approved by the Reclamation Board, and which carries out or aids in carrying out, or is designed to carry out, the plans of the California Debris Commission, trans- mitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States by the Secretary of War on the 27th day of June, 1911, with such modifications and amendments as may be adopted by the Reclamation Board.
A. B. 766. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 660. Rush.
A. B. 328. Hawson. Adding Section 534 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to actions concerning water rights.
A. B. 149. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 538, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to attachments in civil actions, and providing what the affidavit for attachment shall contain.
Omits Subdivisions 2 and 3 as in present Section and adds the following facts that may be shown: That defendant is a foreign corporation, or not a resident of this State, or con- ceals himself, or has abandoned or absents himself from his usual place of abode in this State, so that ordinary process cannot be served upon him, or has or is about to remove any of his property from the State, or has assigned, secreted or disposed of his property, or is about to do so, with intent to delay or defraud his creditors or is about to convert his property or portion thereof into money for purpose of plac- ing it beyond reach of his creditors; or has been guilty of fraud in contracting the debt or incurring obligation for which action is brought.
S. B. 235. Jones. Amending Section 542a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to attachment liens.
A. B. 45. Schmitt. Amending Section 543, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to written instructions to be given to Sheriff on attachment.
Provides that any person holding such credits, or other personal property, when served with attachment, deliver to
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Sheriff a statement thereof or amount owing defend- ant, which Sheriff must keep available for plaintiff and his attorney but no one else. Any person who, after demand by Sheriff, refuses such statement or account, shall be liable to plaintiff for all costs and expenses incurred by him in obtaining such statement or account, together with reasonable fee for plaintiff's attorney, which can be collected in separate action.
S. B. 312. Ballard. Amending Sections 544 and 545, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to garnishment.
Provides (Sec. 544), as to debts owing to defendant, "which at the time of the service upon them of a copy of the writ and notice, as provided in the last two sections are then due or thereafter become due", and (Sec. 545) any persons owing debts "as described in Section 544, Code of Civil Procedure".
A. B. 70. Gebhart. Adding Section 557a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the allowance of attorney's fees upon motion for the dissolution of a writ of attachment levied on property exempt from execution.
Requires court to allow prevailing party on motion to dis- solve attachment made on ground property was exempt from execution under Section 690, Code of Civil Procedure, $15 at- torney's fees as part of costs.
S. B. 4. Breed. Amending Section 570, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to the disposition of unclaimed funds in the hands of a receiver.
Provides that such funds covered into the State treasury "shall be paid out by the State Treasurer to the owner thereof or his order upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the iden- tity of such owner".
S. B. 1100. Campbell. Amending Section 583, Code of Civil Procedure, relative to the dismissal of actions in certain cases.
Adds provision that in absence of stipulation extending time action shall be dismissed by court upon ex parte motion of defendant, or of any other person interested in subject-matter of action, unless action is brought to trial within five years after defendant has filed his answer.
S. B. 626. Luce. Amending Section 585, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, referring to judgment upon failure to answer.
Adds a new subdivision (4) providing that in all cases affecting title to or possession of real property, where service of summons was by publication and defendant failed to answer, no judgment shall be rendered upon mere proof of occupancy, unless such occupancy covered such time as would confer title by prescription, and where plaintiff bases claim upon paper title court shall require title to be established by com- petent evidence, provided that in actions involving merely possession where complaint is verified and shows no party to
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action claims title to property, but only possession thereof, court may render judgment on proof of occupancy by plaintiff and ouster by defendant.
S. B. 146. Scott. Amending Section 592, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to trials by jury.
Provides that all actions where issues of fact are raised by pleadings shall be tried by jury, if within 5 days after filing of answer any of parties file written demand for jury. Verdict of jury on any of issues shall determine fact for all purposes including appeal. If no jury is demanded as herein provided or no other provision of law requires jury trial, issues may be determined by judge.
A. B. 180. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 146. Scott.
S. B. 120. Scott. Adding Section 592a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the fees and expenses of jurors by providing that all fees and expenses of the jury in cases under Section 592, Code of Civil Procedure, shall be paid by the county or city and county.
A. B. 181. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 120. Scott.
A. B. 361. Downing. Adding Section 599 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the payment of fees and mile- age of jurors in civil actions, and providing that fees and mileage of jurors in civil actions shall be paid by the county in which the action is pending in the same manner as in criminal cases.
A. B. 120. Scott, Chas. E. Amending Section 601, Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California relating to chal- lenge of jurors.
Inserts provision "unless it appear from pleadings or other- wise that the interests of the parties upon the same side are conflicting," in which instance each party shall be treated as a separate party and shall be entitled to challenge without the other party or parties upon the same side whose interests are conflicting joining in the challenges.
S. B. 200. Ballard. Identical with A. B. 120. Scott.
A. B. 919. Conard. Amending Section 601, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the challenges of jurors to which the parties are entitled and the number of challenges to which the parties are entitled.
Allows six peremptory challenges.
S. B. 179. Luce. Adding Section 602a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to examining, challenging and excusing jurors.
Provides that court, without aid of counsel, shall ascertain whether any general or particular cause of challenge prescribed by Sections 1072, 1073 and 1074, Penal Code, exists against any juror, and if such exist, juror must be excused. During examination of jurors by court, counsel may interpose chal-
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lenges and may examine juror within reasonable limits fixed by court. After twelve jurors have been called against whom no general or particular cause of challenge has been allowed, counsel shall have right of examination for purpose of deter- mining exercise of peremptory challenges, within such rea- sonable limits as court in its discretion, shall determine. No reversal on appeal shall be predicated on any ruling under this section except for gross abuse of discretion.
A. B. 917. Conard. Adding Section 603a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the examination and hearing of jurors challenged for cause.
Provides that examination of any juror challenged for cause shall be conducted exclusively by the court and soundness of challenge inquired into and settled by court alone. Juror chal- lenged and any other person suggested by parties may be ex- amined on trial of challenge.
A. B. 918. Conard. Amending Section 608, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the scope of the charge of the court to the jury and the obligations of the court relative thereto.
Permits court to comment in charge on evidence adduced.
S. B. 976. Flint. Amending Section 643, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to the order in which debts must be paid, and fixing the rate of interest to be paid on demands against estates of decedents.
Strikes out of the last paragraph at beginning of last sen- tence the words "if the estate is insolvent."
S. B. 488. Kehoe. Amending Section 650, Code of CiviJ Procedure, relating to exceptions.
S. B. 577. Kehoe. Amending Section 656, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to new trials and appeals.
Abolishes appeal from order denying or granting a new trial and makes all rulings heretofore reviewable on such appeal reviewable on appeal from judgment. Notice of intention to move for new trial and of hearing thereof, for any cause except newly discovered evidence, may be joined and must be served within 10 days after entry of judgment or order; and time for hearing must not exceed 10 days from filing of notice. No statement of bill of exceptions is necessary; such motion must be heard and submitted within 10 days after hearing, and must be decided within 35 days after entry of judgment or order; if not so decided, then motion to be deemed denied; time of appeal from judgment shall not begin to run until motion for new trial is determined; times fixed herein shall not be extended; motions for new trial because of newly discovered evidence may be made upon 10 days' notice, which must be served and filed within 90 days after entry of judg- ment or order, but no notice of intention need be given; affidavits to be used on hearing must be served and filed with
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notice; appeal may be taken from order denying or granting such motion, but pendency of such motion, or right thereto, or of appeal from order made thereon, shall not delay execu- tion or proceedings on judgment, or prevent same from be- coming final; court may order a stay of proceedings; after appeal appellate court shall have like power.
A. B. 1118. Fish. Identical with S. B. 577. Kehoe.
A. B. 905. Schmitt (by request). Amending Section 657, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to when a new trial may be granted.
Adds a provision that no fact tried and determined by a jury shall be re-examined in or set aside by any court of this State, and no court or judge shall weigh the evidence or decide the conflict or contradictions of testimony or evi- dence contrary to such verdict.
S. B. 964. Beban. Identical with A. B. 905. Schmitt.
S. B. 489. Jones. Amending Sections 658, 659 and 660, and repealing Sections 661 and 662, Code of Civil Procedure, all relating to new trials.
Provides (Sec. 658) for motion for new trial on affidavits or on minutes of court only; permits extensions of 20 days (Sec. 659) only to either party to file affidavits, and eliminates pres- ent Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4, relating to bills of exceptions, statement of case and minutes of court, respectively; and that (Sec. 660) a motion for new trial shall be heard at earliest practicable time and has precedence; power of court to pass on new trial shall expire within three months after verdict of service of notice of decision, and if not determined within three months shall be deemed denied. (S. B. 610. Kehoe. "Pending Legislation, 1913, p. 85).
Section 661, relating to records on appeal, and Section 662, relating to new trial on court's own motion, are repealed.
A. B. 682. Fish. Identical with S. B. 489. Jones.
S. B. 578. Kehoe. Amending Section 658, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to new trials.
Provides in last clause that motion for new trial "for any other cause may be made either with or without a bill of exceptions or statement of the case prepared and settled before the hearing".
A. B. 1117. Fish. Identical with S. B. 578. Kehoe.
S. B. 579. Kehoe. Amending Section 660, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to new trials.
Strikes out the first sentence of present section.
A. B. 1119. Fish. Identical with S. B. 579. Kehoe.
S. B. 576. Kehoe. Amending Section 661, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to new trials and appeals.
Adds to first paragraph provision that if motion is made for insufficiency of evidence or that decision is against law,
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or for errors at trial and no bill of exceptions or statement was used on hearing, a bill of exceptions to be subsequently prepared and settled shall constitute a part of record to be used on appeal from order denying- motion for new trial. All matter not pertinent to specifications of particulars filed pur- suant to subdivision 3 of Section 656 shall be excluded. Time shall not be extended beyond 60 days respectively, except for good cause shown.
A. B. 1120. Fish. Identical with S. B. 576. Kehoe.
S. B. 490. Jones. Amending Section 663a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the setting aside of a judgment of the Superior Court and the rendition of a new judgment without a new trial.
A. B. 683. Fish. Identical with S. B. 490. Jones.
A. B. 1141. Chamberlin. Amending Section 671, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to judgment lien.
Extends the continuance of the lien from five to ten years.
A. B. 660. Spengler. Amending Subdivision 4 of Section 690, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to property exempt from execution.
Includes with the tools or implements of a mechanic or artisan "a reasonable amount of material" necessary to carry on his trade.
A. B. 1044. Widenmann. Amending Section 690, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to property exempt from execution.
Adds to Subdivision 6 one automobile, the selling price of which when new shall not have exceeded $1250, together with accessories for same, selling price of which when new shall not have exceeded $250, used by a physician, surgeon, constable or minister of the gospel in legitimate practice of profession or business.
A. B. 1172. Ryan. Amending Subdivision 9 of Section 690, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to property exempt from execution, by including "persons sent from this State to work in fish canneries located outside of this State".
A. B. 1320. Gelder. Amending Section 690, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to exemptions from execution (introduced by title only).
A. B. 1428. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 690, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to property exempt from execution.
Adds a new subdivision (11), defining the term "common necessaries of life" as "such food, clothing, shelter, and pro- vision for the common and ordinary contingencies of life, such as medical attendance in sickness and other services, as are necessary for the support of life and to make necessary pro- vision for the aforesaid contingencies during the life of the judgment debtor, his wife or other person for whose support he Is legally liable".
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S. B. 664. Beban. Amending Section 700a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating- to sales of property under judgments and powers of sale provided in mortgages, deeds of trust and other instruments in writing and providing for the redemption of property from such sales and declaring void any provision waiving such right of redemption.
A. B. 1390. Manning. Adding Section 705% to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to assignments, transfers and mort- gages of interests in estates of deceased persons.
Declares every transfer of undistributed interest, or any part thereof, in estate of a deceased person, pending' and undis- tributed in probate court, to be deemed a mortgage. Maker of any such instrument in pending probate proceeding is al- lowed three calendar months from entry of decree of settle- ment of final account and distribution except for legal ser- vices; where any interest has been conveyed or hypothecated for any consideration other than legal services court shall not make any partial or final distribution of such heir or his assignee or transferee, except upon written consent of such heir, until three months after entry of order settling final account and distribution to heirs who have not conveyed or hypothecated their interests. Assignor or transferor of his interest is allowed until three months after entry of order settling final account to repay consideration with interest. If at end of that period consideration with interest has not been repaid, court shall distribute interest of said heir to his assignee, provided amount of indebtedness is fixed and deter- mined. Should dispute arise between assignor and assignee as to amount of indebtedness court may continue final dis- tribution until amount is fixed and determined by some court of competent jurisdiction.
A. B. 392. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 731, Code of Civil Procedure, and adding Section 731a (new) thereto, relat- ing to the abatement of public nuisances and by whom actions may be instituted for such purpose.
Incorporates (Sec. 731) the provisions of Red Light Abate- ment Act with reference to bringing actions to abate nuisances; and in Section 731a the provisions of that Act with regard to dismissals.
A. B. 106. Brown, H. W. Adding Section 731a (new) . to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the abatement of nuisances.
Provides that where consequences of nuisance about to be erected or commenced will be irreparable in damages, and such consequences are not merely possible, but to a reason- able degree certain, court of equity may interfere to arrest nuisance before it is completed.
S. B. 596. Ballard (by request). Amending Section ; 738,
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Code of Civil Procedure, relating to actions to quiet title, wills in evidence and right to jury trial.
Provides that any person having or claiming to have any estate or interest of any kind or character in real property, whether legal or equitable or otherwise, may maintain an action to quiet title thereto and to determine any adverse estate or interest therein.
A. B. 999. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 596. Ballard.
S. B. 644. Thompson. Adding Section 749 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the recording of certified copies of judgments.
Provides that in actions affecting legal title to real property, judgment shall have effect of vesting in party in whose favor rendered such title and interest as therein specified, without further act of any person, upon recording certified copy of judgment with County Recorder.
A. B. 119. Gebhart. Amending Section 759, Code of Civil Procedure ^Political Code is intended), relating to the ap- pointment and employment of a phonographic reporter by each of the District Courts of Appeal and prescribing his duties and compensation.
Increases compensation to $3000 per annum.
A. B. 879. Pettis. Amending Section 832, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the place where civil actions in justices' courts must be commenced and tried.
Provides (Subd. 7) that either the township or city in which obligation is incurred or where business of creditor or obligee is located may be deemed township or city in which it is to be performed, unless there is special contract in writing to con- trary.
S. B. 222. Scott (by request). Amending Section 848, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to service of summons in the jus- tices' court.
Adds to Subdivision 2, "and in all cases where an action is brought under provisions of Subdivision 7 of Section 832, Code of Civil Procedure".
A. B. 230. Prendergast. Identical with S. B. 222. Scott.
A. B. 568. Satterwhite. Amending Section 848, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to service of summons.
Omits from Subdivision 2 the words "in writing".
A. B. 60. Hawson. Amending Section 850, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the fixing of the time of hearing or trial on demurrer or answer, and of notice thereof.
Provides that if a party demurs to or answers any pleading court must fix time for hearing or trial, and party so demur- ring or answering must take notice thereof. If adverse party does not appear at time fixed and court believes that he has no knowledge of time fixed for hearing court must postpone
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hearing or trial not to exceed 10 days and cause notice to be given to adverse party or his attorney. Court may from time to time make like postponement until notice be given.
A. B. 369. Bartlett. Amending Section 850, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to notices of hearing in the Justice Courts.
Omits the provision that parties shall have one hour in which to appear after ->the time fixed in the notice.
A. B. 151. Rigdon. Amending Section 853, Code of Civil Procedure, defining the complaint in Justice's courts as "a concise statement in writing, stating facts constituting the plaintiff's cause of action."
A. B. 823. Chamberlin. Adding Section 853a to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the appointment of counsel in suits filed in justice's court.
Provides that if, upon filing suit, plaintiff or defendant files affidavit alleging inability, through lack of funds, to prosecute or defend action, court shall assign counsel whose fee shall be fixed by court and paid out of any judgment recovered.
A. B. 87. Bartlett. Amending Section 855, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to answer of defendant in jusitce court.
Adds "or cross-complaint".
A. B. 85. Bartlett. Amending Section 856, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to counter-claim of defendant in justice's court.
Adds "or cross-complaint".
A. B. 208. Hawson. Amending Section 859, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the amendment of pleadings and open- ing of default judgments.
Strikes out the words "by default" in the sentence permitting the court to relieve a party from a judgment taken against him by his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.
A. B. 1144. Chamberlin. Amending Section 861, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to order of arrest and arrest of defendant.
S. B. 716. Stuckenbruck. Amending Section 868, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to writs of attachment.
A. B. 35. Hawson. Adding Section 869a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the publication of summons.
Provides that Sections 412 and 413, Code of Civil Procedure, are applicable to actions in justice's court, except that pub- lication of summons in justice's court actions shall be for such length of time as may be deemed reasonable, at least once a week, but not for less than 20 days, and no further action shall be taken until expiration of 20 days from and after date of first publication unless defendant appears.
A. B. 84. Bartlett. Amending Section 873, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the time when trial must be com- menced.
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Adds provision "or unless the court, for good cause, other- wipe direct", the trial must commence at time specified in notice.
S. B. 1195. Benedict. Adding Section 873^ (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the disqualification of Justices of the Peace.
Provides that where Justice of the Peace is disqualified case shall be transferred to such other Justice of the county as parties may agree upon either by stipulation in writing or made in open court and entered in minutes, and in event of no agreement then to some other Justice designated by the Justice disqualified.
S. B. 440. Campbell. Amending Section 890, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to judgment of dismissal entered without prejudice.
Strikes out reference to "cross-complainf in Subdivision 1.
A. B. 391. Brown, W. H. Amending Section 893, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to form of judgments and notice thereof to be given to litigants.
Adds provision that notice of rendition must be given to parties personally, or by mail in writing by justice, or to attorney. If notice served by mail must be placed in postoffice not later than five days after rendition of judgment; when served personally, within five days after rendition of judg- ment. Time for appeal begins to run in case of personal service from date of service, and in case of mail service from date of deposit in postoffice. Entry of date of mailing must be made by justice in his docket.
A. B. 1139. Chamberlin. Amending Section 900, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to judgments.
S. B. 225. Scott (by request). Adding Section 905a (new), to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the enforcement or carrying into execution of judgments rendered by the jus- tice's court after the lapse of five years from the date of entry, by leave of court upon motion or by judgment, founded upon supplemental pleadings. Does not revive judgments barred by statute of limitations at time of passage.
A. B. 231. Prendergast. Identical with S. B. 225. Scott.
S. B. 559. Benedict. Amending Section 939, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the time within which an appeal may be taken.
Provides that an appeal may be taken from any appealable judgment or order of a Superior Court within 60 days after entry thereof; no appeal shall be dismissed on ground that it was taken after rendition and before formal entry; if motion for new trial be made time for appeal shall not expire until 30 days after entry of order determining such motion.
A. B. 811. McKnifcht. Identical with S. B. 559. Benedict.
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S. B. 706. Thompson. Amending Sections 939, 940 and 948, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the time for and manner of taking of appeals, and the justification of sureties on under- taking on appeal, and repealing Sections 941a, 941b and 941c, relating to an alternative method of appeal.
Provides (Sec. 939) that an appeal must be taken within 60 days after notice of entry of judgment has been served on attorneys of record, provided if no notice be given within 6 months thereafter; and adds subdivision 4, from an order, decree or judgment in probate proceedings mentioned in Title XI of Part III, Code of Civil Procedure, at any time after such order, decree or judgment is made, but not later than 60 days after entry; any person (Sec. 940) having right of appeal may do so by riling notice that he appeals with clerk of court in which judgment, order or decree is rendered; notice need not be served, but appeal is ineffectual unless within 5 days after filing of notice of appeal, undertaking be filed or deposit of money be made with clerk, or undertaking waived by adverse party; in event of death of any person having right of appeal attorney of record representing him in court when judgment was rendered may appeal at any time prior to appointment of executor or administrator of his estate; requiring (Sec. 948) notice of filing undertaking to be served on attorneys of rec- ord of adverse party, and unless sureties justify within 10 days, execution is no longer stayed and appeal must be re- garded as if no such undertaking had been given.
S. B. 487. Kehoe. Amending Section 941b, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to a new or alternative method by which appeals may be taken from judgments, orders or decrees of the Superior Court of the State of California to the Supreme Court or District Courts of Appeal thereof.
S. B. 560. Benedict. Amending Sections 950, 951 and 953, Code of Civil Procedure, and to repeal Section 952 of said code, all relating to appeals.
Strikes out (Sec. 950) last paragraph, with reference to statements on motion for new trial; strikes out (Sec. 951) "except an order granting or refusing a new trial"; and (Sec. 953) changes the section to read "provided for in Sec- tions 950 and 951" instead of "provided for in the last three sections" as at present.
A. B. 810. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 560. Benedict.
S. B. 486. Kehoe. Amending Sections 953a and 953b, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to a new and alternative method for the preparation of records to be used on appeal from judgments, orders or decree from the Superior Court to the Supreme Court or District Courts of Appeal.
Adds to the first paragraph of the present section a pro- vision that if a motion for new trial be pending, the notice
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must be filed within 10 days after notice of decision denying said motion or of other termination thereof; and requires (par. 2) the shorthand reporter to prepare an original and two carbon copies of the record, the original to be filed with the clerk, and one of the copies furnished to appellant and the other to respondent, such copies to be furnished without extra charge. Upon the record being filed the clerk shall notify the attorneys thereof, and that within five days after receipt of said notice the record will be presented to the judge for approval.
S. B. 561. Benedict. Amending Section 956, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to what may be reviewed on appeal from judgment.
Adds the provision: "All matters heretofore reviewable on appeal from an order denying a motion for new trial shall be reviewable on appeal from the judgment."
A. B. 813. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 561. Benedict.
A. B. 86. Bartlett. Amending Section 959, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to appeals to Superior Courts.
Adds the provision: "That when an appeal from a justice court to the Superior Court has been dismissed by the Su- perior Court, the justice court from which the appeal was made shall have jurisdiction to enforce the judgment or order appealed from.
S. B. 563. Benedict. Amending Section 963, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to cases in which an appeal may be taken, so as to include among appealable matters orders dissolving an injunction, and interlocutory decrees of divorce, and doing away with appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
A. B. 814. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 563. Benedict.
A. B. 1196. Scott, F. C. (by request). Amending Section 976 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to appeals to Superior Courts on questions of fact or of law and fact.
A. B. 1087. Ellis. Amending Section 976, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to appeal on questions of fact, or law and fact.
Provides that a statement must be prepared substantially as in appeals from the Superior Court, which shall contain so much of the evidence as may be necessary for purposes of appeal.
S. B. 998. Scott. Identical with A. B. 1087. Ellis.
A. B. 714. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 978a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the filing of undertakings on ap- peal, and exception to and justification of sureties.
Failure to give notice upon filing of undertaking renders appeal ineffectual for any purpose.
A. B. 167. Lyon. Adding Section 981 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for the payment by parties appeal-
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ing from judgments in justices' courts of filing fees and cal- endar fees in the Superior Court.
Provides that no appeal from judgment of police or justices' courts shall be effectual unless appellant shall at time of filing notice of appeal pay in addition to fee payable to justice of the peace on appeal, fees provided by law to be paid county clerk for filing appeal and placing action on calendar in Superior Court. Justice or judge transmitting papers on appeal shall transmit to county clerk fees so deposited. No notice of appeal shall be filed unless fees provided are paid.
S. B. 229. Anderson. Adding Section 1020 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the service of summons in ac- tions for divorce or annulment of marriage.
S. B. 1030. Carr. Adding Section 1021a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to costs in civil actions and pro- ceedings.
Provides that where court determines action or proceeding was instituted or prosecuted frivolously or without reasonable cause or belief in merits thereof, or that a defense was inter- posed frivolously, etc., court may allow prevailing party such sum taxed as costs as is a reasonable attorney's fee for prose- cuting or defending such action, any sum so allowed to be in addition to costs and disbursements now provided for. Order may be made by court on own motion or on motion of counsel before entry of costs in judgment; and order may be set aside or amount allowed increased or decreased on motion to tax costs.
A. B. 63. Manning. Adding Section 1048% to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the consolidation of actions.
Provides that causes of like nature relative to same question may be consolidated when it appears reasonable to do so.
S. B. 491. Jones. Amending Section 1054, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the extension of time in which an act is to be done.
Omits "preparation of statements," limits extensions of time by the court to 30 days except upon consent of the adverse party; and strikes out the proviso added by extra session of 1906 [Stats. 1906, 9] (S. B. 612. Kehoe. Pending Legislation 1913, p. 104).
A. B. 681. Fish. Identical with S. B. 491. Jones.
S. B. 981. Rush. Adding Section 1060 (new) to the Code of Civil Procdure, providing for the deposit and payment of jury fees.
Provides that jury fees shall be deposited in court by party demanding a jury, and compensation of jurors to be paid therefrom; fees so paid may be recovered as costs by party depositing, if he recovers judgment for costs.
A. B. 1323. Satterwhite. Adding Section 1128 (new) to the
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Code of Civil Procedure, relating to salary of officers in case of delay in issuance of commission.
If delay is through no fault of officer- elect, he shall be en- titled to salary from date upon which he should have been seated.
S. B. 1161. Thompson. Repealing Section 1154, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to plaintiff advancing funds for support of prisoner.
A. B. 761. Schmitt. Amending Section 1167, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to service of summons in unlawful detainer.
Provides that if it appears to court that defendant is con- cealing himself to avoid service and cannot be found at his place of residence or business, or if such cannot be ascertained, summons may be served by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place on the premises in suit and by delivering a copy to a person there residing and by sending a copy through mail to defendant.
S. B. 749. Maddux (by request). Identical with A. B. 761. Schmitt.
S. B. 748. Benson. Adding Section 1193a to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the procedure of liens of mechanics and others upon real property.
An action to foreclose a lien under this chapter shall be com- menced by filing in proper court certified copy of claim of lien theretofore filed in Recorder's office; summons shall be issued and served as in other actions; within time specified in sum- mons any person interested may contest same, setting forth objections in writing verified as pleadings in other actions; no other pleadings permitted, and at expiration of time allowed for filing objections court shall set case for trial within 10 days; should judge not be able to hear case on day set, he must call in another judge to hold extra session of court and try case or refer it to commissioner, and within 10 days after filing of report of commissioner, court shall render judgment.
A. B. 242. Scott, P. C. Adding Section 1195a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for the allowance of attor- neys' fees in any action to establish liens in the Superior or Appellate courts, if, in the opinion of the court, the cause of action or defense is frivolous or vexatious.
S. B. 69. Scott. Adding Section 1195a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, permitting the court, in any action to establish a lien, to allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee, in the Superior or Appellate Courts, if in his opinion the cause of action or defense is frivolous or vexa- tious.
A. B. 1146. Gebhart. Amending Section 1206, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the payment of wage claims from prop- erty held under execution or attachment.
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Provides that a wage claimant must, among other things, file an affidavit showing the service of a copy of the statement of claim on each of the parties to the action in which execu- tion or attachment issues, and such claim, not exceeding $100, if not disputed, must be paid by the officer within 15 days from date of filing.
S. B. 803. Luce. Adding Section 1218a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for a jury trial in certain cases of contempt.
A. B. 928. Brown, H. W. Adding Section 1218a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for a jury trial in certain cases of contempt out of the presence of the court.
S. B. 43. Birdsall. Amending Section 1238, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the public uses on behalf of which the right of eminent domain may be exercised. Adds Subdivision 18 (new) including as property subject to condemnation stand- ing trees and ground necessary for their support and mainte- nance along any State highway within 300 feet of the center thereof, and ground for the culture and growth of such trees.
A. B. 31. Kerr. Identical with S. B. 43. Birdsall.
A. B. 517. Dennett. Amending Section 1240, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to private property which may be taken for public use.
Provides for the taking (Subd. 5, new) of property appro- priated to public use by any county, city and county, incor- porated city or town, irrigation or municipal water district, by another county, city and county, incorporated city or town, irrigation or municipal water district, for another public use and purpose consistent with the use to which it is then being put, provided that the right to such limited use in common shall include the right to enlarge, change or improve the property taken, so long as the original use is not interfered with.
S. B. 653. Thompson. Amending Section 1240, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the private property which may be taken under Title VII of Part III of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Adds a new subdivision (8) authorizing proceedings to con- demn lands belonging to the State, to be maintained as other condemnation proceedings and requiring summons and com- plaint to be served on Governor, Attorney-General and Sur- veyor-General.
A. B. 1021. Salisbury (by request). Amending Section 1246, Code of Civil Procedure of California, relating to eminent domain.
S. B. 413. Slater. Amending Section 1247, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the jurisdiction of a court to regulate the mode of making crossings.
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Adds Subdivision 4 "To regulate and determine the place and manner of making farm or private crossings."
S. B. 719. Slater. Amending Section 1248, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to what must be ascertained or assessed by the court, jury or referee at the trial of proceedings under Title VII, Part III, of the Code of Civil Procedure.
S. B. 414. Slater. Amending Section 1251, Code of Civil Pro- cedure, relating to when a plaintiff in eminent domain pro- ceedings must pay the sum of money assessed.
Includes "farm or private crossings."
S. B. 1125. Kehoe. Amending Section 1269, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to escheated property and the procedure in relation thereto.
Provides that property of every person dying and leaving no kindred resident of this State or citizen of the United States, not disposed of by will, shall escheat to the State for support of schools; if proceedings for settlement of estate are instituted and no relative appears within one year, court shall, after payment of debts and expenses of administration, distribute money and property remaining to State. Where proceedings not commenced within six months from death of such decedent, Attorney-General may direct Public Administrator to commence same; at any time after one year Attorney-General shall com- mence action in Superior Court of Sacramento county as at present provided.
A. B. 1327. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 1125. Kehoe.
S. B. 1124. Kehoe. Adding Section 1269a (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to escheated property and the pro- cedure in relation thereto.
Provides that whenever the Attorney-General is informed that any estate or property involved in any action or special proceeding has or is about to escheat to the State, he may bring an action on behalf of the State to determine its rights thereto or may intervene in any action affecting it.
A. B. 1329. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 1124. Kehoe.
S. B. 1123. Kehoe. Amending Section 1272, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to escheated property and the procedure in relation thereto.
Reduces the time within which petition may be filed from twenty to two years.
A. B. 1328. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 1123. Kehoe.
S. B. 671. Hans. Adding Section 1273 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to escheated property.
Provides for escheat of deposits to State after 20 years' in- activity. Requires Attorney-General, when notified, to com- mence actions in Superior Court, Sacramento, joining the banks and depositors as parties. Summons shall be personally served upon president, cashier or managing officer of each bank, and
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by publication for four weeks in newspaper of general cir- culation. Upon trial court must hear all parties and if de- termines moneys deposited are unclaimed, shall give judgment in favor of State, and banks shall forthwith deliver money to State Treasurer, to be invested, accounted for and paid out as provided in case of other escheated property.
S. B. 672. Hans. Amending Section 1278, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to hearing application for change of name, and remonstrance, and requiring production of the certificate of the Superintendent of Banks, by banking corporations, that name desired does not resemble so closely as to be likely to cause confusion, the name of any other bank previously formed under the laws of this State.
A. B. 234. Pettis. Adding Section 1296 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to jurisdiction of court over pro- ceedings to convey, sell, lease, and mortgage property of an estate in process of administration.
Provides that when court obtains jurisdiction over estate and issues letters thereon, it thereafter has full jurisdiction for all purposes of administration; errors or irregularities in petitions or proceedings for conveyances, sales, leases, or mort- gages may give ground for attack on appeal, or on motion to set aside; but each order of court directing or confirming such conveyances, sale, lease or mortgage shall be deemed valid against collateral attack.
S. B. 232. Irwin. Adding Section 1296 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to jurisdiction of courts over proceedings to convey, sell, lease and mortgage property of an estate in process of administration.
A. B. 790. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 1304, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to notice of time appointed for probate of will to be sent to heirs, legatees and named executors'.
S. B'. 130. Thompson. Amending Section 1365, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the order of persons entitled to admin- ister upon estates.
Adds in each of the first seven instances "or some competent person whom they or either of them may request to have appointed."
A. B. 123. Bruck. Amending section 1377, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the granting of letters of administra- tion so as to provide for the fixing of the value of the prop- erty of the estate for the purpose of ascertaining the time within which the notice to creditors shall fix a time, within which to present claims against the estate.
S. B. 1011. Luce. Amending Section 1444, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to appraisers of estates of deceased persons.
Provides that one of the appraisers must be one of the
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inheritance tax appraisers, and that where but two ap- praisers act, one must be an inheritance tax appraiser, and permitting the court to appoint an inheritance tax appraiser as sole appraiser.
A. B. 509. Satterwhite. Amending Section 1447, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the effect of naming a debtor executor.
Adds "unless he proves that he had not, either at that time or at any time thereafter, any means wherewith to pay such debt or demand, or such part thereof as may remain un- paid, and that such inability did not arise from any fraud committed by him".
S. B. 7. Crowley. Amending Section 1454, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the collection by surviving heirs of money in banks.
Increases the amount that may be collected by surviving heirs to $1000.00.
A. B. 82. Collins. Identical with S. B. 7. Crowley.
S. B. 445. Tyrrell. Amending Section 1465a, Code of Civil Procedure, relative to notices of petitions to set aside exempt property for use of family.
Requires notice to be served upon attorney of any person who has appeared or given notice of appearance (by attorney) in the estate as heir, legatee, devisee, next of kin, or creditor, or as otherwise interested.
S. B. 1067. Thompson. Amending Section 1489, Political Code, relating to State normal schools.
S. B. 278. Thompson. Amending Sections 1490, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1502, 1503, 1505, 1507, 1510, 1512, 1513 and 1514, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to claims against estates of deceased persons.
Requires (Sec. 1490) all claims to be filed in the office of the clerk of the court from which letters were issued; also (Sec. 1493) requires such claims to state the address of the claim- ant or his attorney, but provides that failure to state address of claimant or his attorney shall not invalidate any claim. The clerk is required to enter in the register a brief descrip- tion of every claim, showing name of claimant, amount and character of claim, rate of interest, if any, and date of filing. Balance of amendments are merely verbal changes so as to provide for filing instead of presentation of claims.
A. B. 1124. Rutherford. Identical with S. B. 278. Thompson.
S. B. 507. Campbell. Amending Section 1491, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the time to be given by notice to creditors.
Makes the time four months in all estates.
S. B. 1163. Thompson. Amending Section 1491, Code of Civil Procedure, relative to time of notice to creditors of an estate.
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Provides that after September 1, 1915, time expressed in notice must be six months when estate exceeds $10,000 and four months when it does not.
A. B. 1355. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 1491a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to filing statement as to publica- tion of notice to creditors.
Provides that in case statement be not filed in time notice shall be ineffective and a new notice to creditors may be pub- lished and a new statement filed within thirty days.
S. B. 1141. Flint. Identical with A. B. 1355. Brown.
A. B. 277. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 1494, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to claims against the estates of dece- dents, and interest thereon.
The words "if the estate be insolvent" are omitted from the beginning of the last sentence.
A. B. 1463. Godsil. Amending Section 1531, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to orders to show cause on sale of real estate.
Provides that where estate does not exceed $500, publication may be dispensed with and posting ordered.
A. B. 1460. Manning. Amending Section 1539, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the service of orders to show cause.
Adds a provision that when it appears from the inventory and appraisement that the value of the whole estate to be sold does not exceed $500, the court may in lieu of publica- tion order that notice be given by posting in at least three public places in the county.
A. B. 1461. Manning. Amending Section 1547, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to notices of £<ale at public auction.
Provides that where estate does not exceed $500 court may dispense with publication and order notices to be posted.
A. B. 1462. Manning. Amending Section 1549, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to notices of sale at public sale.
Provides that where estate does not exceed $500 court may dispense with publication and order notices posted.
S. B. 78. King. Amending Section 1618, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the compensation of executors and administrators. Provides that commissions shall be allowed "in such sums as may be fixed by the court, but not ex- ceeding" the rates fixed by the statute; with a further pro- vision that where the property of the estate is distributed in kind and involves no labor beyond custody and distribu- tion, commissions shall be computed on all the estate above $20,000 at one-half the rates fixed in the section, subject to the courts fixing such commission not exceeding said rates.
A. B. 607. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 1643, Code of Civil Procedure, prescribing the order in which debts must
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be paid, and fixing the rate of interest to be paid on demands against estates of decedents.
A. B. 1381. Dennett. Amending Section 1658, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to partial distribution.
Extends the provisions of the section to "annuitants".
S. B. 1010. Luce. Amending Section 1669, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to payment of taxes and decree of dis- tribution of estates.
Adds provision that no decree of distribution shall be valid unless there shall first have been filed in said proceeding a certificate or report of an inheritance tax appraiser showing the amount of inheritance tax due from said estate.
A. B. 105. Brown, H. W. Adding Section 1690 to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for the granting of letters of administration upon the estates of persons presumed to be dead, by reason of absence from the State for seven years; and for the administration of the estates of such absent per- sons.
Provides that seven years' absence shall be taken as pre- sumption of death, and petition for letters of administration, stating facts, may be filed in Superior Court where property is situated by any person entitled to administer in case of death; court shall prescribe notice, to be published in news- paper in county where property is situated, once a week for eight weeks. If upon hearing absentee fails to appear and court is satisfied from evidence that presumption of death is sustained, decree for letters shall issue and estate shall be administered according to laws governing estates of dece- dents, until revoked and all acts done thereunder shall be as valid as if absentee were really dead. Provided that if at any time during administration evidence that absentee is still living is presented, court shall suspend further proceedings until satisfied that such evidence is unfounded, or if satis- fied that absentee is still living, shall suspend all further proceedings in administration of the estate.
S. B. 913. Flint. Identical with A. B. 105. Brown.
S. B. 1065. Thompson. Amending Section 1696, Political Code, relating to teachers.
A. B. 218. Manning. Amending Section 1723, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the disposition of life estates or home- steads or community property on owner's death in certain cases.
Changes the clause as to a married woman to read "who at the time of her death held the record title to real property, which was community property."
S. B. 1009. Luce. Amending Section 1723, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to disposition of life estates or homesteads, on owner's death, in certain cases.
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Requires a copy of the notice to be served on the State Controller by mail at least five days before the time set for the hearing.
S. B. 107. Benedict. Amending Section 1726a, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the payment of funeral expenses of deceased persons by Public Administrator.
The amount of the estate is increased to $150, and the Public Administrator is permitted to expend not to exceed $100 for burial expense, the balance of the estate to be applied on ex- penses of last illness.
A. B. 375. Chamberlin. Identical with S. B. 107. Benedict.
S. B. 1066. Thompson. Amending Section 1858, Political Code, relating to the apportionment of school money.
S. B. 13. Jones. Adding Section 1871 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to experts, their appointment by the court, or a judge thereof, and providing for their compensa- tion and manner of examination as witnesses. Providing that in all proceedings, civil and criminal, where expert testimony is necessary, the judge may appoint experts to investigate and testify; the court to fix the compensation, which, in criminal cases, shall be a charge upon the county, and in civil cases shall be taxed as costs; that the experts so called may be examined and cross-examined by the several parties; and that the parties may call other experts if they so desire, the court to have power to limit the number of experts to be called by any party.
A. B. 763. Chamberlin. Adding Section 1871 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to experts, their appointment by the court, or a judge thereof, and providing for their com- pensation and manner of examination as witnesses.
Similar to S. B. 13. Jones.
S. B. 199. Ballard. Amending Section 1881, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to confidential communications.
Adds provision that the bringing of an action for damages for personal injuries, or for the death of a person, by his executor, etc., shall be deemed a consent by the plaintiff that any physician who has prescribed for or treated such person and whose testimony is material, shall testify.
A. B. 196. Bartlett. Identical with A. B. 199. Ballard.
S. B. 1201. Thompson (by request). Amending Section 1989, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the attendance of a wit- ness before a court, judge, justice or other officer, out of the county in which the witness resides.
Requires witness to attend out of county if distance is less than 50 miles; present limit is 30 miles.
A. B. 1468. Fish. Identical with S. B. 1201. Thompson.
A. B. 609. Manning. Amending Section 2021, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the taking of depositions.
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S. B. 613. Carr. Adding Article VII to Chapter III of Title V, Part IV, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to interrogatories to parties to actions and special proceedings, and admitting execution and genuineness of documents, letters or writings.
Provides (Section 2055) that in all civil actions and special proceedings either party to an action may serve upon adverse party or his attorney, and file, written interrogatories for the discovery of facts, documents or exhibits material to the support or defense of any issue raised by the pleadings.
Interrogatories (Sec. 2056) must be answered within 10 days and answers filed within 5 days thereafter. Court may extend time for cause.
Answers (Sec. 2057) to same must be on oath, and direct and specific, and true copies of documents and exhibits must be attached thereto, cost of making to be borne by party demanding them. Corporations (Sec. 2058) must answer in- terrogatories unless they can show that no stockholder, officer, or employee can give the desired information. By so filing interrogatories (Sec 2059), a party is not precluded from examining adverse party as witness at trial, nor from taking his deposition, nor shall he be concluded by the answers, and he may introduce in evidence such interrogatories and answers as may be pertinent. This article (Sec. 2060) shall apply to all civil actions and special proceedings. If a party refuse to answer (Sec. 2060a) it shall be conclusively presumed that answer would be adverse to party so refusing; he may be compelled to answer or to make his answers more definite, specific or certain, and may be punished for contempt of court, but no person may be compelled to answer any interrogatory where such answer might tend to subject him to criminal prosecution; refusal to answer on this ground must be spe- cifically stated. Any person (Sec. 2060b) may not less than 10 days before trial demand in writing admission in writing of execution or genuineness of any documents, letters or writings named, copies of which shall be attached, and shall name some disinterested bank, trust or bonding corporation at whose office papers mentioned will be deposited for five days from date of service for his inspection; if such admission not made within 5 days, cost of proving documents, letters or writings shall be taxed as costs against party refusing or neglecting to make admission, unless at trial court finds such refusal or neglect was for justifiable reasons.
A. B. 1093. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 613. Carr.
A. B. 674. Chenoweth. Amending Section 2093, Code of Civil Procedure, prescribing the officers who may administer oaths or affirmations.
Adds "every city clerk and the secretary of the governing body of any municipal government."
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S. B. 663. Beban. Adding Section 2953 (new) to the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for the redemption of real estate when the same is conveyed to secure the payment of money or the performance of an obligation and providing for the notice to be given for the sale of real estate under such con- veyance and providing that contracts waiving such right of redemption or dispensing with such notice shall be void.
S. B. 712. Stuckenbruck. Adding new article to Chapter IV under Title XI, Part II, Code of Civil Procedure, to be numbered "Article IV", relating to garnishment.
S. B: 713. Stuckenbruck. Adding new chapter under Title VII, Part II, of the Code of Civil Procedure, to be numbered "Chapter VII", relating to garnishment.
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PENAL CODE.
S. B. 1171. Butler. Amending Section 54, Penal Code, relat- ing to furnishing money for elections except for specific pur- poses.
Adds to Subdivision 3 provision that the giving or acceptance of any employment for conveyance of voters who are sick or infirm must be by written agreement, setting forth names and residences of employer and employee thereunder and names and residences of voters who are sick or infirm who are to be conveyed thereunder.
S. B. 481. Duncan. Repealing Section 55a, Penal Code, relating to soliciting, demanding or pledging votes for or against any particular bill or measure.
S. B. 727. Chandler. Adding Section 64b (new) to the Penal Code, prohibiting misrepresentation or fraud in relation to certain initiative, referendum or recall petitions, and prescrib- ing a penalty therefor.
A. B. 499. Encell. Amending Section 67, Penal Code, relat- ing to giving or offering bribes.
Extends provisions of section to include "any officer or em- ployee of this State".
A. B. 274. Browne. Amending Section 68, Penal Code, re- lating to the definition and punishment of the crime of seduc- tion.
Omits fine and fixes punishment at not less than five nor more than fifteen years.
A. B. 495. Encell. Amending Section 68, Penal Code, relating to asking or receiving bribes.
Extends the provisions of the section to every officer or em- ployee or person employed by the State, and includes "any matter . . . associated or connected with his employment by the State".
S. B. 122. Scott. Amending Section 95. Penal Code, relating to improper attempts to influence judges, justices, jurors, referees, etc.
Includes justices and justices of the peace, and declares such act a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one year or more than 20 years.
A. B. 182. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 122. Scott.
S. B. 25. Thompson. Adding Section 54c (new) to the Penal Code prohibiting contributions by corporations for political pur- poses, and the soliciting or receiving thereof, and makes vio- lation a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not to exceed $10,000; corporation officers consenting to violation of act and persons soliciting such contributions are guilty of misdemeanor, pun- ishable by fine of not more than $5000 or imprisonment in county jail not more than one year or both.
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A. B. 16. Pettis. Adding Section 54c (new) to the Penal Code, forbidding the circulation of initiative, referendum, re- call and like petitions, for hire, except under prescribed con- ditions.
Prohibits giving or receiving money or compensation for circulating or procuring signatures to petitions requring an election, violation punishable by imprisonment in state prison or county jail not more than three months nor more than three years; persons or voluntary associations desiring to have petition circulated may make special deposit of money with county treasurer, with written statement showing con- tributions and persons to whom payments may be made for services in procuring signatures, such claims duly verified and accompanied with affidavit that no signature has been secured by false representations, to be allowed by Board of Supervis- ors out of such special fund, actual expenses, together with compensation at not to exceed $3.00 a day may be allowed, but no payment shall be made on basis of number of signatures secured. Any surplus remaining to be returned to depositor; if not sufficient money in fund, then claims to be reduced pro rata.
S. B. 92. Stuckenbruck. Adding Section 159c (new) to the Penal Code, making it a misdemeanor to send by mail, or otherwise, threats or statements that judgments rendered against any person will be printed or published.
S. B. 645. Thompson. Amending Section 161a, Penal Code, relating to the practice of law.
Makes it a misdemeanor for any person, other than a regu- larly licensed attorney, to advertise or hold himself out as such.
A. B. 72. Satterwhite. Amending Section 169, Penal Code, relating to disclosing evidence adduced before the Grand Jury or manner grand juror voted.
Includes within the prohibition of the section "every witness testifying before any Grand Jury, and any other person present at a session thereof".
A. B. 562. Bruck. Amending Section 172, Penal Code, relating to selling, giving away, or exposing for sale, intoxi- cating, vinous or alcoholic liquors within or contiguous to certain State buildings and grounds.
Fixes the penalty at fine of not less than $100 or imprison- ment not less than 50 days, or both, and declares possession by a person within the prescribed limits of a United States Government liquor license shall be deemed prima facie evi- dence of violation.
S. B. 343. Butler. To safeguard the youth of the State, in attendance at universities and normal schools, by adding a new section to the Penal Code of California, to be numbered Section 172b, making unlawful the soliciting or receiving of
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orders for, also the sale, service or giving away of, spirituous, vinous, malt or other alcoholic liquors on or within one mile of any university or State normal school, with certain ex- ceptions.
A. B. 1407. Ryan (by request). Adding Section 183 (new) to the Penal Code, to regulate the charging or receiving of com- pensation for treatment of diseases.
Provides that the treatment of disease or ailments for com- pensation by any unlicensed person is a felony, and repeals all conflicting Acts and parts of Acts.
A. B. 144. Harris. Amending Section 190, Penal Code, re- lating to capital punishment.
Abolishes death penalty for murder in first degree, except in case of an assault with a deadly weapon or by means of force likely to produce great bodily harm, by a person under- going a life sentence in a state prison.
A. B. 592. Gebhart. Amending Section 192, Penal Code, defining manslaughter.
Adds "or in the violation of a municipal ordinance or statute."
S. B. 1128. Kehoe. Identical with A. B. 592. Gebhart.
S. B. 703. King. Repealing Section 258, Penal Code, relating to the publication of caricatures and cartoons.
S. B. 704. King. Repealing Section 259, Penal Code, requir- ing certain newspaper articles to be signed.
A. B. 7. Ferguson. Adding Secton 260 (new) to the Penal Code, relating to publishing indebtedness as part of scheme to collect.
Declares it unlawful to publish or threaten to publish in any newspaper, hand bill, poster or serial publication or supple- ment thereto, without written consent of debtor, the fact that one is indebted to another on an account, chose in action, or judgment; where such publication is for purpose of impeach- ing the honesty, integrity or reputation of the debtor or would tend to do so, and is for the purpose of enforcing payment; violation declared a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment not less than one nor more than six months, or both. No defense to prosecution under section that debt is just, due and unpaid.
A. B. 288. Browne. Amending Section 261, Penal Code, defining the crime of rape.
Increases the age of the female to twenty years.
A. B. 287. Browne. Amending Section 264, Penal Code, by fixing the punishment of the crime of rape at not less than twenty nor more than fifty years.
S. B. 583. Kehoe. Amending Section 264, Penal Code, relat- ing to the punishment for the crime of rape.
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Permits the court, upon a plea of guilty, to determine the place and time of punishment.
A. B. 702. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 583. Kehoe.
A. B. 78. Hawson. Amending Sections 269a and 269b, Penal Code, relating to adultery and fornication.
Provides (Sec. 269a) that if two unmarried persons live and cohabit together open and notoriously each is guilty of fornication; if one unmarried and one married person so live and cohabit together each is guilty of fornication and adul- tery. Fornication and adultery and fornication are declared misdemeanors, punishable by fine not exceeding $1000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year or both. The fact that no one but themselves knew that they were living together without marriage shall be no defense to a prosecution for either offense.
Also (Sec. 269b) provides that the living together shall be "open and notorious", and adds provision that persons so living together are guilty of adultery and punishable by im- prisonment in state prison not exceeding, five years, even though no one knew they were so living together without marriage.
A. B. 1. Arnerich (by request). Adding Section 269c (new) to the Penal Code, relating to fornication and cohabitation between either Chinese or Japanese males and white females.
Prohibits such acts, makes them misdemeanors and declares every white woman party thereto guilty of a misdemeanor.
S. B. 518. Butler. Amending Section 270, Penal Code, re- lating to non-support of child.
Includes illegitimate children, and provides that the non- support must be "without lawful excuse".
A. B. 561. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 518. Butler.
S. B. 141. S'tuckenbruck. Amending Sections 270, 270d, 270e and 273h, Penal Code, relating to the abandonment and neglect of minor children, and non-support of wife, and the evidence required to prove the punishment of such offenses.
Substitutes "minor" child or "minor" children for child or children in all four sections.
A. B. 497. Encell. Amending Section 274, Penal Code, relating to administering drugs, etc., with intent to produce miscarriage.
Includes any person who offers or agrees to provide, supply or administer, or advises the use of, any medicine, drug or substance, or agrees or offers to use or employ, any instru- ment, to procure a miscarriage.
A. B. 494. Encell. Amending Section 275, Penal Code, relat- ing to submitting to an attempt to produce miscarriage.
A. B. 219. Gebhart. Adding Section 288a (new) to the Penal
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Code, relating to sex perversions and defining the same to be felonies.
Declares "fellatio" and "cumulingus" felonies, punishable by not less than 20 years' imprisonment.
A. B. 1471. Browne. Amending Section 320, Penal Code, relating to the punishment for drawing lottery.
Increases degree from misdemeanor to felony, punishable by imprisonment for not less than one year.
A. B. 178. Hawson. Amending Section 321, Penal Code, relating to the punishment for selling lottery tickets.
S. B. 504. Lyon. Amending Section 321, Penal Code, relat- ing to punishment for selling lottery tickets.
A. B. 1472. Browne. Amending Section 321, Penal Code, relating to the punishment for selling lottery tickets.
Increases degree from misdemeanor to felony, punishable by imprisonment for not less- than one year.
A. B. 1470. Browne. Amending Section 322, Penal Code, relating to aiding lotteries.
Increases degree from misdemeanor to felony, punishable by imprisonment for not less' than one year.
A. B. 179. Hawson. Adding Section 327 (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the punishment for selling or offering for sale, lottery tickets.
Provides that in case of conviction and fine for selling lottery tickets half the fine shall be paid to the informer, provided that no peace officer shall be entitled to receive it.
A. B. 1473. Browne. Adding Section 327 (new) to the Penal Code, relating to possession of lottery tickets.
Declares such possession a misdemeanor.
A. B. 236. Phelps. Adding Section 330b to the Penal Code, relating to gambling by the use of cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues or other devices.
Declared unlawful for any person to maintain any place where any game not mentioned in Sections 330 and 330a, Penal Code, is played with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or other devices, for money, checks, chips, credit, or any other representative of value, or for merchandise or otner thing of value; or to knowingly permit any house, room, apartment or place owned by him or under his charge to be used for such purpose; and declaring it unlawful to play or bet at such game. Violation a misdemeanor; penalty, fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.
A. B. 686. Benton. Adding Section 330b (new) to the Penal Code, prohibiting the shaking of dice by women and minors, and declares every person who permits it to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
A. B. 590. Phillips. Amending Section 340, Penal Code,
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relating to the rate of interest that may be charged by pawnbrokers.
S. B. 859. Lyon. Amending Section 340, Penal Code, relat- ing to the rate of interest that may be charged by pawn- brokers.
Reduces interest rate to one per cent per month.
A. B. 633. Chamberlin. Adding Section 349b (new) to the Penal Code, to fix the punishment for fraudulent advertising and denning the same.
Declares such acts a misdemeanor.
A. B. 362. Spengler. Adding Sections 349b and 349c (new) to the Penal Code, relating to labor unions.
Provides (Sec. 349b) that any trades union, labor associa- tion or organization adopting and registering a trademark, pursuant to Section 3200, Political Code, shall have exclusive right to ownership, use and control thereof, prohibits the un- authorized use .thereof, and declares violation a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, or by imprisonment for not less than 20 or more than 90 days, or both.
Also prohibits (Sec. 349c) any person from misrepresenting or falsely stating that members of trade unions and labor associations or organizations are employed in the manufacture or sale of any article where persons not members of such organizations were either exclusively or partly employed in their manufacture; declares violation a misdemeanor, punish- able as in Section 349b.
A. B. 850. Harris. Adding Sections 349b and 349c (new) to the Penal Code, relating to labor unions. Similar to A. B. 362. Spengler.
A. B. 90. Johnson. Repealing Section 373, Penal Code, relating to the maintenance of pest houses within the limits of cities, towns or villages.
S. B. 656. Beban. Repealing Section 373, Penal Code, relat- ing to the maintenance of pest houses within the limits of cities, towns or villages.
A. B. 639. Brown. Adding Sections 373b, 373c and 373d (new) to the Penal Code, relating to public nuisances, and their abatement, and conferring certain powers upon the State Board of Health.
Provides (Sec. 373b) that where no board of health exists in any county, city or unincorporated town or village, or none has been appointed where law provides for such board; or in case sanitary laws or regulations where boards of health or health officers are established are inoperative or unenforced, State Board of Health shall make such regulations respecting nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness as may be necessary.
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Also (Sec. 373c), under similar circumstances, State Board of Health empowered to make such rules and regulations in regard to care and cleansing of privies, pig pens, slaughter houses and other noxious places, as they deem desirable for protection of health, and may declare any of such places nuisances and compel their immediate removal, discontinu- ance and abatement.
And also (Sec. 373d) declares violation of any rule or regula- tion of the State Board of Health hereunder a misdemeanor. S. B. 915. Flint. Identical with A. B. 639. Brown. A. B. 794. Godsil (by request). Adding Section 383b to the Penal Code, relating to adulteration, misbranding, mis- labeling and sale of white lead, pigments, house, shingle or wood stains of all kinds, kalsomines for walls and ceilings, house paints, etc.
A. B. 795. Godsil (by request). Adding Section 383c (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the adulteration, misbranding, mislabeling and sale of white lead, pigments, house, shingle, or wood stains of all kinds, kalsomines, for walls, ceilings, house paints, etc.
S. B. 858. Lyon. Adding Sections 384b and 384c (new) to the Penal Code, relating to keeping perishable foods in cold storage, marking the date thereof, and providing a penalty therefor.
Provides (Sec. 384b) any person keeping in cold storage food for human consumption of perishable nature more than ninety days is guilty of misdemeanor; and (Sec. 384c) making it a misdemeanor to receive food for human consumption in cold storage without marking thereon the date received.
A. B. 224. Rodgers. Amending Section 397, Penal Code, . relating to the sale or disposal of intoxicating liquors between certain hours.
Permits the sale of liquor all night until January 1, 1916. A. B. 1184. Phelps. Amending Section 397, Penal Code, re- lating to the sale of intoxicating liquors to habitual drunkards or Indians.
Includes also persons who live with or associate with In- dians.
A. B. 530. Pettis (by request). Adding Section 397d to the Penal Code, providing penalties for unlawful sale or gifts of intoxicating liquor, and to express intent and purpose of the Act.
Declares such acts misdemeanors, punishable by fine of not less than $600, or imprisonment not exceeding seven months, or both.
A. B. 210. Gelder. Adding Section 402f (new) to the Penal Code, requiring any physician, nurse or other person, having charge of or in attendance upon, any person or persons having
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or being afflicted with any contagious, infectious or communi- cable disease, to thoroughly disinfect himself or herself or cause such disinfection to be done, and in addition thereto to put on an entire new change of outer garments or clothing which have not been exposed, and especially to remove any and all clothing or garments or parts thereof that have been exposed, and every physician, nurse or other person who shall not wrap up such clothing in some airtight device, and cause same to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
S. B. 726. Chandler. Adding Section 472a (new) to the Penal Code, to be numbered 472a, relating to signing to any initiative, referendum or recall petition a fictitious name or the name of another.
A. B. 329. Hawson. Amending Section 476a, Penal Code, relating to the issuance of bank checks with the intent to defraud.
Changes punishment to imprisonment "for not more than fourteen years".
A. B. 699. Wishard. Amending Section 484, Penal Code, defining larceny.
A. B. 654. Encell. Amending Section 487, Penal Code, de- fining grand larceny. Includes automobiles.
S. B. 198. Ballard. Amending Section 499a, Penal Code, relating to the stealing of electric current and the injuring of electric wires or appliances, and providing a punishment therefor.
Declares every person who "willfully and knowingly", with intent to injure or defraud, "makes or causes to be made any connection in any manner whatsoever with any electric wire or electric appliance", or uses any such connection in such a manner as to supply electric current for heat, light or power, so that same is consumed without passing through any meter, or who tampers with any electric meter, is guilty of a mis- demeanor.
A. B. 254. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 198. Ballard.
A. B. 373. Chamberlin. Adding Section 504a (new) to the Penal Code, relating to embezzlement, removal and disposal of leased property.
Declares that any person who shall embezzle, fraudulently remove, conceal or dispose of any personal property leased or let to him by instrument in, writing, or any personal property of another in his possession under contract of purchase not yet fulfilled, with intent to defraud the lessor or owner, is guilty of embezzlement.
A. B. 539. Prendergast. Adding Section 506a (new) to the Penal Code, relating to crime of embezzlement.
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S. B. 1197. Benedict. Adding Section 508a (new) to the Penal Code, relating to insurance premiums.
Declares the conversion or appropriation of money received by any insurance agent, solicitor or broker, as premium or return premium, contrary to instructions or without consent of insurance company, embezzlement, irrespective of such broker, solicitor or agent having any interest therein.
A. B. 1367. Meek. Adding Section 532b (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the concealment or misrepresentation of identity for the purpose of obtaining property or credit and prescribing the punishment therefor.
Makes such action a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment not more than six months, or both. "Person" defined to include natural persons, firms and corporations.
A. B. 1258. Hawson. Repealing Section 537, Penal Code, relating to defrauding proprietors of hotels, inns, etc.
A. B. 1257. Hawson. Repealing Section 537b, Penal Code, relating to defrauding owners of livery stables.
S. B. 58. Finn. Adding Section 537d (new) to the Penal Code making it a misdemeanor to defraud a garage keeper.
A. B. 378. Chamberlin. Identical with S. B. 58. Finn.
A. B. 1163. Lyon. Adding Section 555a (new) to the Penal Code.
A. B. 1192. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 588 of the Penal Code, relating to malicious injuries to any State or other public highway or bridge or any private way laid out by au- thority of law, or bridge upon any such highway or private way.
S. B. 1073. Birdsall. Amending Section 588, Penal Code, re- lating to malicious injuries to any State or other public highway or bridge or any private way laid out by authority of law, or bridge upon any such highway or private way.
Makes such acts, where damage amounts to $500 or more, punishable by imprisonment in State prison not exceeding five years, or in county jail not exceeding one year; if damage less than $500, action is misdemeanor.
A. B. 841. Wishard. Amending Section 588a, Penal Code, making it a misdemeanor to throw glass or rubbish on a public highway.
Includes newspaper, wrapping paper or other rubbish in prohibition of section.
S. B. 551. Birdsall. Adding Section 588b (new) to the Penal Code, concerning the breaking down, removal, injury or destruction of barriers or obstructions, the tearing down, removal or destruction of notices, or the extinguishment, re- moval, injury or destruction of warning lights or lanterns on
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a State road or highway, and prescribing a penalty for the violation of such section.
A. B. 747. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 551. Birdsall.
S. B. 550. Birdsall. Adding .Section 588c (new) to the Penal Code, concerning the injury, defacement or removal of monuments or stakes placed, erected or used by the State Department of Engineering, its officers or employees on or along any State road or highway or in connection with State road or highway work, and prescribing penalty for the viola- tion of such section.
A. B. 748. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 550. Birdsall.
A. B. 171. Dennett. Amending Section 592, Penal Code, relating to water, ditches, etc., and the penalty for trespass or interference therewith.
Makes violation of by-laws, rules and regulations established by board of directors of an irrigation district for distribution and use of water among owners of lands a misdemeanor.
A. B. 61. Hawson. Amending Section 597b (1), Penal Code, relating to cruelty to animals.
Provides that any person who for amusement or gain causes any animal or bird to fight, or causes any animal or bird to be worried or injured or subjected to fear, or who aids or abets the doing of such acts or is present as a spectator thereat, or who permits such acts to be done on premises under his charge and control, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
S. B. 823. Stuckenbruck. Amending Section 602, Penal Code, relating to trespass.
S. B. 49. Birdsall. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 206. Bruck. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 240. Rush. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 757. Flint. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 950. Ream. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 984. Shartel. Amending Section 626 of the Penal Code, relating to game birds.
A. B. 1052. Judson. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 1096. Luce. Amending Section 626, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of cotton-tail rabbit, bush rabbit, ducks, snipe, quail and other animals.
S. B. 15. King. Amending Sections 626, 626f, and 626g of the Penal Code of the State of California, relating to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 593. Irwin. Amending Sections 626a, 626f and 626j,
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and repealing Section 626i of the Penal Code, relating to fish and game.
S. B. 50. Birdsall. Amending Section 626a, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of doves.
S. B. 226. Lyon. Adding Section 626a (new), to the Penal Code, relating to the hunting or shooting of game or game birds with automatic shotguns or pump guns.
S. B. 769. Scott. Amending Section 626a, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 965. Ream. Amending Section 626a, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 964. Ream. Amending Section 626d, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 971. Flint. Amending Section 626d, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 825. Campbell. Amending Section 626e, Penal Code, relating to the protection of game.
A. B. 952. Ream. Amending Section 626e, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of game.
A. B. 1123. McCray. Amending Section 626e, Penal Code, relating to protection of female deer.
S. B. 831. Flint. Amending Section 626f, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 955. Ream. Amending Section 626f, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 987. Shartel. Amending Section 626f, Political Code, relating to deer.
S. B. 833. Butler. Amending Section 626g, Penal Code, relating to the protection of game.
A. B. 957. Ream. Amending Section 626g, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of game.
S. B. 743. Gerdes. Amending Section 626j, Penal Code, relating to the protection of game.
A. B. 953. Ream. Amending Section 626j, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of game.
A. B. 1442. Judson. Amending Section 626k, Penal Code, relating to the sale and shipment of wild game and the dead bodies or other parts thereof.
S. B. 756. Flint. Amending Section 626m, Penal Code, relating to hunting between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise.
A. B. 951. Ream. Amending Section 626m, Penal Code, re' lating to the protection of fish and game.
S. B. 742. Gerdes. Amending Section 626n, Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 954. Ream. Amending Section 626n, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish and game.
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S. B. 851. Breed. Adding Section 626r (new) to the Penal Code relating to the protection of fish and game.
A. B. 961. Ream. Identical with S. B. 851. Breed.
S. B. 853. Breed. Adding Section 626s to the Penal Code relating to the protection of game.
A. B. 972. Ream. Identical with S. B. 853. Breed.
A. B. 1179. Judson. Adding Section 627c (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the shipment and transportation of wild ducks, or the dead bodies thereof.
S. B. 484. Kehoe. Amending Section 628, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection and preservation of fish.
S. B. 768. Scott. Amending Section 628, Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 956. Ream. Amending Section 628, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
S. B. 1095. Luce. Amending Section 628, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of shrimp, lobster, catfish, sturgeon, crab, abalone, and prohibiting the use of certain apparatus.
S. B. 911. Beban. Amending Sections 628, 63i% and 636, Penal Code, all relating to the protection and preservation of fish.
A. B. 1202. Prendergast (by request). Identical with S. B. 911. Beban.
S. B. 741. Gerdes. Adding Section 628a to the Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 962. Ream. Amending Section 628a, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
S. B. 975. Flint. Amending Section 628a, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish.
S. B. 688. Mott. To amend Section 628b, Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 949. Ream. Amending Section 628b, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 1270. Rigdon. Amending Section 628b, Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 1001. Lyon. Amending Section 628e, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of surf fish.
S. B. 485. Kehoe. Amending Section 628f, Penal Code, relating to protection of clams.
S. B. 826. Campbell. Amending Section 628f, Penal Code, relating to the protection of shell fish.
S. B. 919. Campbell. Amending Section 628f, Penal Code, relating to the protection of clams.
A. B. 963. Ream. Amending Section 628f, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of shell fish.
A. B. 1078. Rigdon. Amending Section 628f, Penal Code, relating to protection of clams.
A. B. 948. Ream. Adding Section 628h (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the protection of fish.
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S. B. 836. Beban. Adding Section 628i (new) to the Penal Code relating to the protection of fish.
Prohibits use of "Chinese shrimp or bagnet" except in waters of District No. 13.
A. B. 970. Ream. Identical with S. B. 836. Beban.
S. B. 155. Kehoe. Amending Section 629, Penal Code, rela- tive to the placing and maintaining of screens over the inlets of pipes, flumes, ditches, canals, and mill races, taking water from any river, creek, stream or lake in which fish have been placed or may exist.
S. B. 852. Breed. Amending Section 630a, Penal Code, relating to the regulation of the business of wholesale dealers in fish and game and providing for a record of the transac- tions therein.
A. B. 968. Ream. Identical with S. B. 852. Breed.
A. B. 973. Ream. Amending Sections 1 and 2 of Section 631d, Penal Code, relating to the domestication of wild game.
S. B. 974. Flint. Amending Sections 1 and 2 of Section 631d, Penal Code, relating to the domestication of wild game.
S. B. 28. King. Amending Section 632, Penal Code, relating to the protection and preservation of fish.
S. B. 699. Brown. Amending Section 632, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish.
A. B. 960. Ream. Amending Section 632, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 986. Shartel. Amending Section 632, Penal Code, re- lating to fish and game.
A. B. 1160. Cary. Amending Sections 632 and 632a, Penal Code, relating to the preservation of fish and adding a new section thereto, to be numbered Section 632c, relating to the importation into the State of California of domestically reared trout.
S. B. 14. Kehoe. Amending Section 632^ of the Penal Code of the State of California, relating to the protection of steelhead trout.
S. B. 830. Flint. Amending Section 633, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish.
A. B. 971. Ream. Amending Section 633, Political Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 532. Sharkey. Amending Section 634, Penal Code, relating to the protection of salmon.
S. B. 530. Kehoe. Amending Section 634, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of salmon.
S. B. 705. King. Amending Section 634, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish.
S. B. 210. Benedict. Adding Section 634% to the Penal Code, relating to fishing.
S. B. 755. Flint. Amending Section 635, Penal Code, relat-
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ing to the killing or taking of fish by means of explosives or the pollution of waters.
Includes "or who has in his possession any fish that have been taken by means of explosives".
A. B. 959. Ream. Identical with S. B. 755. Flint.
A. B. 966. Ream. Amending Section 636, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
S. B. 973. Flint. Amending Section 636, Penal Code, relat- ing to the protection of fish.
S. B. 1094. Luce. Amending Section 636, Penal Code, relat- ing to the use of net for the catching of fish, shellfish, shrimp or crabs in the waters of the State.
A. B. 969. Ream. Amending Section 636^, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
S. B. 972. Flint. Amending Section 636M$, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
S. B. 156. Kehoe. Amending Section 637, Penal Code, rela- tive to the examination by the State Board of Fish Commis- sioners of dams and artificial obstructions in rivers and streams, and ordering of construction and maintaining fish- ways around or over dams and artificial obstructions in rivers and streams.
A. B. 958. Ream. Amending Section 637, Penal Code, re- lating to the protection of fish.
A. B. 1408. Canepa (by request). Amending Section 637a, 637f, 637d and 637e, Penal Code, all relating to protection of wild birds other than game birds, and their nests and eggs.
A. B. 1413. Long. Amending Section 637a, Penal Code, and adding thereto three new sections to be numbered 637f, 637d and 637e, all relating to protection of wild birds other than game birds, and their nests and eggs.
S. B. 832. Flint. Adding Section 637b (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the protection of game.
A. B. 967. Ream. Identical with S. B. 832. Flint.
S. B. 311. Scott (by request). Amending Section 640, Penal Code, relating to telegraph and telephone lines and messages.
Declares it unlawful to tap or make any unauthorized con- nection with any telegraph or telephone wire, line, cable or instrument, under the control of any telephone or telegraph company, or to read or attempt to read or learn the contents or meaning of any message, report or communication while same is in transit or passing over such wires, or to use or attempt to use or communicate in any way information so obtained, or to aid therein; penalty same as prescribed in Section 639, Penal Code.
A. B. 292. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 311. Scott.
A. B. 321. Hawson. Amending Section 647, Penal Code, relating to vagrancy.
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Provides (Subd. 2), "Every healthy beggar who solicits alms as a business, and any person who solicits or attempts to solicit .or procure money or other thing of value by falsely pretending or representing himself to be blind, deaf, dumb, crippled, or otherwise physically deficient or suffering from any physical defect or infirmity", is a vagrant.
A. B. 1189. Johnson. Adding Section 653e (new) to the Penal Code, providing that contractors on public work shall pay laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by them weekly all wages earned to within six days of date of pay- ment; employees leaving shall be paid in full on next pay day and employees discharged shall be paid in full on day of discharge. All contracts awarded by the State or political subdivisions shall contain a stipulation that contractor will forfeit $10 for each day during which wages are not paid as herein provided; violation declared a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.
S. B. 404. Brown. Amending Section 654a, Penal Code, de- claring false representations as to property advertised to be sold and service advertised to be performed a misdemeanor.
S. B. 818. Gerdes. Adding Section 654b (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the protection of the purchasers of real estate against fraud and deception.
Declares it a misdemeanor to misrepresent the extent, loca- tion, ownership, title or other characteristic, quality, or attribute of any real estate in this State, or the motive or purpose of the sale of such real estate to an intending or prospective purchaser.
A. B. 817. Ferguson. Identical with S. B. 818. Gerdes.
A. B. 275. Brown, H. W. Adding Section 680 to the Penal Code, prohibiting the appointment to office of relatives by state officers and judges; declaring violation a misdemeanor, and fixing the penalty for making such appointments at a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1000 and forfeiture of office.
A. B. 525. Godsil. Adding Section 680a (new) to the Penal Code, relating to compulsion of employees.
Declares any employer, or officer or agent of an employer, who shall control or interfere with, or attempt to do so, the social and business dealings of his employees outside of the scope of their employment, to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
S. B. 512. Beban. Identical with A. B. 525. Godsil.
S. B. 783. Finn. Amending Section 681, Penal Code, relat- ing to punishment and treatment of prisoners, inmates of reformatory institutions, and persons accused or suspected of having committed crime.
No person can be punished for public offense, except upon
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legal conviction in court having jurisdiction thereof; no per- son accused or suspected of crime shall be subjected to any punishment or method of examination inflicting physical pain, or which impairs mental or bodily faculties, or deprived of regular sleep, food and drink, or confined in unsanitary place; nor shall any person restrained of his liberty be subjected to any cruel and unusual punishments; various forms of pun- ishment enumerated are prohibited. Violation is declared a misdemeanor, and in addition to penalty imposed by court iMisiii) convicted shall be dismissed from his office or em- ployment and shall thereafter be ineligible to similar em- ployment.
A. B. 877. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 783. Finn.
A. B. 572. Anderson. Amending an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to add a new section to the Penal Code of the State of California under Title XVI thereof, to be numbered 681, pro- hibiting the use of cruel and unusual punishments in state prisons and reformatory institutions, by amending the subject- matter thereof and amending the title of said Act to read "Section 681a of the Penal Code".
Forbids any punishments which will impair the mental or physical efficiency of any prisoner, and prohibits in addition to other punishments specified, the water cure, heating, with- holding of proper clothing, food, educatonal or correspondence privileges; and declares it unlawful for anyone having authority over prisoners to use vile, indecent or profane language in their presence or toward them, to use violence, or to be under the influence of liquor.
No rule shall be made without their being posted where all prisoners may read them, nor shall any rule be made im- posing as a penalty prevention of release or parole unless such violation is a violation of some penal law of the State. Any board or persons in authority over prisons violating pro- visions of this section shall be immediately dismissed upon proof thereof before any Superior Court judge in county where institution is located.
A. B. 359. Harris. Amending Section 770, Penal Code, relat- ing to appeal from a judgment of removal from office.
Provides for appeal to the District Court of Appeal instead of the Supreme Court, and for the issuance of a certificate of probable cause by a justice of the District Court of Appeal, and strikes out the words "or within 20 days after such judg- ment is entered" from the sentence relating to the bill of exceptions.
A. B. 1331. Dennett (by request). Amending Section 772, Penal Code, relating to the removal of public officers by sum- mary proceedings before the Superior Court.
A. B. 1132. Scott, C. E. Adding Section 804 (new) to the
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Penal Code, relating to proof of residence as affirmative defense.
A. B. 498. Encell. Amending Section 817, Penal Code, relating to who are peace officers.
Includes officers of the Board of Medical Examiners.
S. B. 850. Strobridge. Amending Section 868, Penal Code, relating to who may be present at an examination before a magistrate.
Adds a provision that when prosecuting witness is a female she shall be entitled at all times to the attendance of a person of her own sex.
A. B. 103. Rigdon. Amending Section 925, Penal Code, rela- tive to proceedings before the Grand Jury, the persons who may be present at the session of such jury, and the records of testimony taken at such session.
Amendment is only a change in verbiage and does not change the effect of the section.
A. B. 1178. Beck (by request). Amending Section 925 of the Penal Code, relating to grand juries.
Provides that the District Attorney shall advise the grand jury "when requested by them".
A. B. 73. Satterwhite. Amening Section 926, Penal Code, relating to keeping secret testimony before Grand Jury or manner in which grand juror voted on any matter.
Includes "every witness testifying before such Grand Jury and every other person present at a session thereof".
S. B. 574. Benedict. Amending Section 928, Penal Code, relating to grand juries, permitting the use of the accounting department of the State Board of Control by the grand juries of the several counties of the State instead of employing "experts".
S. B. 1147. Campbell (by request). Amending Section 928, Penal Code, relating to powers and duties of Grand Juries.
Adds at end that comments as to any person or official not indicted shall not be deemed to be privileged "except insofar as they may be statements of fact."
S. B. 1160. Hans. Amending Section 928, Penal Code, relat- ing to Grand Jury examination of books of officers of a county.
Provides that compensation of expert shall be paid ".as other county charges" without approval of court; and strikes out provision that Grand Jury first impaneled in odd-num- bered years shall investigate and report upon needs of county officers, including increases or decreases of salaries, etc., and report same to members of Legislature representing county.
A. B. 74. Satterwhite. Adding Section 930 (new) to the Penal Code, relating to a foreman pro tern, for the Grand Jury.
Provides that in the absence of the foreman or his dis-
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qualification to act, the Grand Jury may select a member to act as foreman pro tern.
A. B. 518. Dennett. Adding Section 946 (new) to the Penal Code, relating to the powers of Grand Juries, and providing for the appointment of a special attorney by Grand Juries.
Permits Grand Juries, by two-thirds vote, to appoint an attorney at law to act as its attorney and legal adviser, who shall be vested with all the authority of the District Attorney, and shall fix his salary, which shall not exceed that of the District Attorney for the time such special attorney is actually employed.
S. B. 378. Purkitt. Amending Section 954, Penal Code, relating to charging two or more different offenses in indict- ments and informations.
Provides that two or more different offenses connected to- gether in their commission, or two or more different offenses of the same class may be charged, and if two or more in- dictments or informations are filed in such cases the court may order them to be consolidated. The prosecution is not required to elect, and the defendant may be convicted of any number of the offenses charged, and each offense upon which defendant is convicted must be stated in the verdict.
A. B. 826. Chamberlin. Amending Section 987, Penal Code, relating to the appointment and compensation of counsel as- signed by the court to defend persons unable to employ counsel.
Provides that compensation of counsel so assigned shall be fixed by court and be a charge upon the county.
A. B. 1134. Scott, C. E. Amending Section 990, Penal Code, relating to how defendant may answer on arraignment.
A. B. 11. Hawson. Amending Section 1042, Penal Code, relating to trials below grade of felony.
Provides that in cases of vagrancy, disturbing the peace and :all minor offenses the court may deny trial by jury, and if defendant be convicted he shall be punished by fine not ex- ceeding $50 or imprisoned in county jail not exceeding 30 days, or both.
S. B. 599. Butler. Amending Section 1046, Penal Code, relating to the formation of the trial jury in criminal actions.
Provides that jurors of both sexes shall serve on juries in criminal cases.
A. B. 1135. Scott, C. E. Amending Section 1049, Penal Code, relating to time to prepare for trial.
A. B. 107. Marron. Amending Section 1072, Penal Code, relating to general causes of challenge.
Adds as a fourth ground of challenge "Having served as a juror within one year in any criminal action."
S. B. 779. Scott. Identical with A. B. 107.
S. B. 139. Luce. Adding Section 1074a (new) to the Penal
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Code, relating to examining, challenging and excusing jurors.
Provides' that court, without aid of counsel, shall ascertain whether any general or particular cause of challenge prescribed by Sections 1072, 1073 and 1074. Penal Code exists against any juror, and if such exist, juror must be excused. During examination of jurors by court, counsel may interpose chal- lenges and may examine juror within reasonable limits fixed by court. After twelve jurors have been called against whom no general or particular cause of challenge hast been allowed, counsel shall have right of examination for purpose of deter- mining exercise of peremptory challenges, within such rea- sonable limits as court in its discretion, shall determine. No reversal on appeal shall be predicated on any ruling under this section except for gross abuse of discretion.
A. B. 618. Edwards. Amending Section 1093, Penal Code, relating to the order of trial.
S. B. 154. Kehoe. Adding Section 1098a (new) to the Penal Code, relating to providing places where county jail prisoners may exercise.
Each county jail shall have a yard or uncovered corridor, surrounded by an enclosure, in which prisoners may exercise.
A. B. 1159. Gebhart (by request). Amending Section 1109, Penal Code, relating to evidence required in certain cases.
A. B. 250. Ferguson. Amending Section 1203, Penal Code, relating to the probation of persons arrested for a crime after a plea or verdict of guilty and the suspending of the imposition or execution of sentence during the term of probation, and the dispositon of such accusation after full compliance with the terms of probation.
S. B. 477. Luce. Amending Section 1111, Penal Code, relat- ing to corroboration of accomplices and definition thereof.
Defines "accomplice" as one who is liable to prosecution for identical offense charged against aefendant on trial in cause in which testimony of accomplice is given.
A. B. 293. Chenoweth. Amending Section 1228, Penal Code, relative to capital punishment, by substituting electrocution for hanging.
S. B. 526. Shearer (by request). Identical with A. B. 293. Chenoweth.
S. B. 785. Finn. Amending Sections 1246, 1247, 1247a and 1247e, Penal Code, relating to the duty of the clerk upon appeal, and to the preparation of records to be used on appeal from judgments, orders or proceedings of the Superior Courts to the Supreme Court or the District Court of Appeal in criminal cases.
Provides (Sec. 1246) for a typewritten or printed transcript, allows 40 days to send it up; provides that defendant or his attorney shall be served with a copy of the transcript; ap- pellant or his attorney may designate whether transcript shall
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be typewritten or printed; omits (Sec. 1247) provision that record shall be typewritten. Reduces (Sec. 1247a) the time to five days; preparation of any record on appeal (Sec. 1247e) in a criminal case shall be under direction and control of clerk of court from which appeal is taken, and shall be charge on and paid by county.
A. B. 891. Byrnes. Identical with S. B. 785. Finn.
A. B. 1417. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 1305, Penal Code, relating to the forfeiture of bail and the discharge of bail forfeiture, by adding thereto a provision that such bail may be refunded by the Board of Supervisors, if such bail be the sole cause of the appearance and return to custody of defend- ant, upon the conviction of defendant.
A. B. 771. Edwards. Amending Section 1333, Penal Code, relating to the manner of producing before a Superior Court, grand jury or magistrate a witness who is a prisoner in a State prison or county jail.
Made applicable to witnesses for both prosecution and defense, and provides that in case prison or jail is out of the county, order shall be made only on affidavit of District At- torney or prosecutor, or of defendant or his counsel, that testimony is material and necessary.
S. B. 1003. Jones. Amending Sections 1349, 1350, 1352, 1353 and 1355, Penal Code, relating to the examination of witnesses on commission.
Extends to the people the right to have a witness residing out of the State examined on commission.
A. B. 1217. Fish. Identical with S. B. 1003. Jones.
A. B. 1133. Scott, C. E. Amending Section 1382, Penal Code, relating to time when action may be dismissed.
A. B. 1136. Scott, C. E. Amending Section 1385, Penal Code, relating to dismissal of action.
Provides that upon motion of the District Attorney, a magis- trate, justice of the Peace or other court shall order any pend- ing prosecution dismissed.
A. B. 934. Rutherford. Amending Section 1431, Penal Code, relating to the transfer of actions.
Provides that section not to be construed as prohibiting transfer from justices' court to police court and vice versa, but any fine recovered upon judgment shall accrue to juris- diction of original venue.
A. B. 1012. Hawson. Amending Section 1434, Penal Code, relating to the presence of the defendant at the time of trial in justices' court.
Provides that defendant must be present and be arraigned.
A. B. 1013. Hawson. Amending Section 1438, Penal Code, relating to conduct of trial in justices' court.
A. B. 1011. Hawson. Amending Section 1439, Penal Code,
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relating- to the duty of the court in charging- the jury in crim- inal trials, in justices' courts.
A. B. 121. Bartlett. Amending Section 1449, Penal Code, relating to the time for rendering judgment in justices' and police courts.
Adds provision that court may extend time not more than 10 days to hear or determine motion for new trial or in arrest of judgment, and may extend time not more than 15 days where question of suspended sentence or probation is considered in accordance with Section 1203, Penal Code, pro- vided that upon request of defendant time may be further extended not more than 30 days additional.
A. B. 536. Gebhart. Adding Section 1506 (new) to the Penal Code, providing for appeals in proceedings in habeas corpus.
Permits an appeal from an order refusing a writ of habeas corpus, or from a final order upon return of writ discharging or remanding a prisoner or dismissing the proceedings. Where order is made to discharge a prisoner, an appeal may be taken by the people, but the discharge of the prisoner on bail shall not be stayed thereby.
S. B. 527. iTyrrell. Identical with A. B. 536. Gebhart.
A. B. 290. Collins. Amending Section 1576, Penal Code, relating to the powers and duties of the State Board of Prison Directors.
Adds a provision that no guard shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any twenty-four.
A. B. 331. Chenoweth. Amending Section 1576, Penal Code, relating to the powers and duties of the State Board of Prison Directors.
S. B. 733. Flaherty. Amending Section 1587, Penal Code, relating to the treatment of prisoners in State prisons.
S. B. 478. Beban. Amending Section 1613, Penal Code, re- lating to labor of prisoners.
Provides that prisoners shall be required to work only within the limits of the county jail and makes it a misdemeanor for any public officer or other person resnonsible to direct or per- mit them to do so.
A. B. 521. McDonald, W. A. Identical with S. B. 478. Beban.
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S. B. 86. Slater. Amending Section 10, Political Code, relating to holidays. Declares February 12, "Lincoln Day," a legal holiday.
S, B. 855. Thompson. Amending Section 55, Political Code, relating to the State Board of Control.
S. B. 71. Duncan. Repealing Section 55a, Political Code, relating to soliciting, demanding, or pledging votes for or against any particular bill or measure.
A. B. 217. Wills. Amending Section 162, Political Code, es- tablishing the legal distance from the county seat of Imperial County to Sacramento at 661 miles.
S. B. 623. Slater. Amending Section 205, Political Code, relating to the officers of the Senate.
Provides that officers of Senate shall be a president, a presi- dent pro tern., a secretary, and assistant at the desk, a ser- geant-at-arms, a minute clerk, a journal clerk, a history clerk, a chaplain, and a postmaster.
S. B. 629. Hans. Adding Section 232a (new) to the Political Code, providing for the compensation of grand jurors and trial jurors in the Superior Court in counties of the third class.
S. B. 621. Slater. Adding Section 245a (new) to the Politi- cal Code, relating to the employees of the Senate.
Provides that the employees of the Senate shall consist of three assistant secretaries, one assistant sergeant-at-arms, one assistant sergeant-at-arms for the finance committee, one assistant sergeant-at-arms for the judiciary committee, one assistant sergeant-at-arms to be assigned by the sergeant-at- arms to any committee requiring the same, one bookkeeper for the sergeant-at-arms, three assistant minute clerks, two as- sistant journal clerks, one engrossing and enrolling clerk, five assistant engrossing and enrolling clerks, one assistant history clerk, two mail carriers (who shall be mailing and folding clerks), five pages, one clerk-room clerk, one stenographer for the finance committee, one stenographer for the judiciary com- mittee, thirty-four stenographers who shall also serve as com- mittee clerks, two press mailing clerks, all of whom shall be under the direction and supervision of the secretary, and such other employees as the Senate, by a three-fifths vote of all members, shall deem necessary.
S. B. 625. Slater. Amending Section 246, Political Code, relating to the officers of the Assembly.
Provides that officers of Assembly shall be a Speaker, Speaker pro tern., chief clerk, sergeant-at-arms, minute clerk, history clerk, journal clerk, engrossing and enrolling clerk, a chaplain, and a postmaster.
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S. B. 624. Slater. Amending Section 247, Political Code, relating to the election of officers of the Legislature.
Provides that all officers, except president of Senate, must be elected by the house to which such officers are attached.
S. B. 620. Slater. Adding Section 247a (new) - to the Political Code, relating to the appointment of the employees of the Legislature.
Provides that employees of the Legislature shall be selected and appointed by the State Civil Service Commission.
S. B. 622. Slater. Adding Section 247a (new) to the Politi- cal Code, relating to the employees of the Assembly.
Provides that the employees of the Assembly shall consist of four assistant clerks, one assistant sergeant-at-arms, one bookkeeper to the sergeant-at-arms, two assistant minute clerks, one assistant journal clerk, four assistant engrossing and enrolling clerks, one mail carrier (who shall be mailing and folding clerk), seven pages, forty committee clerks, twenty of whom shall be stenographers, one sergeant-at-arms for the ways and means committee, one sergeant-at-arms for the judiciary committee, all of whom shall be under the direction and supervision of the chief clerk, and such other employees as the assembly, by a three-fifths vote of all members, shall deem necessary.
A. B. 255. Kennedy. Amending Section 266, Political Code, relating to the compensation of members of the legislature.
Provides that mileage shall be computed according to the most direct route.
A. B. 246. Chamberlin. Amending Section 266, Political Code, relating to per diem and mileage of members of the legislature.
S. B. 1140. Breed. Amending Section 268, Political Code, relating to the compensation of other officers and employees, salaries of officers and attaches of the Senate and Assembly.
S. B. 431. Thompson. Amending Section 368, Political Code, and repealing Section 369 thereof, relating to executive officers, their appointment and terms.
S. B. 430. Thompson. Amending Section 386, Political Code, relating to the salary of the executive secretary of the Gov- ernor by increasing compensation to $3600.
S. B. 640. Thompson. Amending Section 408, Political Code, relating to the duties of Secretary of State.
S. B. 797. Gerdes. Amending Section 410, Political Code, relating to the distribution of the laws, resolutions and journals of legislature; of reports of Supreme Court.
A. B. 885. McDonald, W. A. Identical with S. B. 797. Gerdes.
S. B. 1200. Mott. Amending Sections 412 and 413, Political Code, relating to the duties and salaries of the Secretary of State and his appointees and their duties and salaries.
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A. B. 1380. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 1200. Molt.
A. B. 17. Rutherford. Amending Section 443 of the Political Code of the State of California, relating to the State school fund.
A. B. 139. Manning. Amending Section 443, Political Code, relating to the controller's estimate of school tax.
S. B. 689. Butler. Amending Section 443, Political Code, in regard to the State School Fund.
A. B. 1249. McKnight (by request). Amending Section 443, Political Code, in regard to the State School Fund.
S. B. 108. Benedict. Amending Section 445, Political Code, authorizing the Controller of State to maintain an inheritance tax department and in connection therewith to appoint an inheritance tax attorney and assistants thereto, and repealing Section 445, Political Code, as amended June 16, 1913.
S. B. 1053. Breed. Amending Section 456, Political Code, relating to employees in the office of the State Treasurer.
S. B. 1054. Breed. Repealing Section 460, Political Code, relating to porter for State Treasurer.
S. B. 724. Chandler. Amending Section 470, Political Code, relating to the duties of the Attorney-General.
A. B. 856. Prendergast. Adding S'ection 470a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the legal assistance of the Attorney- General in actions involving the validity of patents covering processes, devices or materials used in highway construction.
S. B. 557. Scott (by request). Amending Section 472, Political Code, relating to the appointees of the Attorney- General and his duties.
A. B. 1469. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 472, Political Code, relating to the appointees of the Attorney-General and his duties.
S. B. 654. Thompson. Amending Section 475, Political Code, providing for the appointment by the Attorney-General of clerks, phonographic reporter, service agent and stenographers, and fixing their salaries.
A. B. 710. Meek. Identical with S. B. 654. Thompson.
S. B. 641. Thompson. Amending Section 526, Political Code, relating to the general duties of the Superintendent of State Printing.
S. B. 966. Finn. Amending Section 531, Political Code, re- lating to duties of the Superintendent of State Printing.
A. B. 1187. Harris. Identical with S. B. 966. Finn.
S. B. 1076. Beban. Amending Section 535, Political Code, authorizing State printer, on approval by Board of Control, to purchase equipment for State printing plant.
A. B. 104. Brown, H. W. Adding Sections 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, and 555 (new) to the Political Code, under a new article to be numbered thirteen (13), to be added to Chapter
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III, Title I, Part III thereof, relating to the employment of legislative counsel and agents, prescribing and authorizing certain regulations governing said employment, and requiring statements of expenses incurred in connection with said em- ployment to be filed with the Secretary of State.
A. B. 858. Prendergast. Amending Section 591, Political Code, relating to the expenses and funds of the Insurance Commissioner.
S. B. 901. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 858. Prendergast.
S. B. 650. Thompson. Amending Section 594, Political Code, relating to the classification of insurance business and to the capital stock of insurance companies.
A. B. 862. Prendergast. Adding Section 594b (new) to the Political Code, imposing a penalty upon insurance companies soliciting or writing insurance in states where not regu- larly licensed.
S. B. 1055. Breed. Adding Section 594b (new) to the Polit- ical Code, relating to the soliciting and writing of insurance.
Similar to A. B. 862, Prendergast, with the additional pro- vision that on and after April 1, 1917, no company from any other State shall be licensed in this State whose home State does not prohibit or prevent the soliciting and writing of in- surance by all companies of that State in States or territories in which they are not licensed in accordance with laws there- of; certificate from insurance commissioner or supervising officer of any other State to that effect shall be sufficient compliance with this Act.
A. B. 859. Prendergast. Amending Section 596, Political Code, relating to insurance business by authorized and un- authorized companies and prescribing penalties for violation thereof and declaring certain policies of insurance void.
S. B. 900. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 859. Prendergast.
A. B. 1481. Kennedy. Adding Section 597a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the examination of insurance com- panies by the insurance commissioner.
S. B. 420. Benedict. Adding Section 602b (new) to the Political Code, to provide a uniform system of classification of risks, premium rates and schedule ratings (on merit ratings so-called) for the State Compensation Insurance Fund and all other insurance carriers in this State insuring employers or employees under the Workmen's Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act, Chapter 176, Laws 1913; to establish adequate rates for such insurance; to permit the limited issuance of compensa- tion participating policies; requiring the Industrial Accident Commission to furnish certain information for the use of the State Insurance Commissioner; requiring every insurance car- rier writing such insurance to file an annual report of its loss
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experience, and empowering the State Insurance Commissioner to supervise, control and enforce the provisions of this Act.
Places the State Insurance Fund under the supervision of the State Insurance Commissioner.
S. B. 891. Breed. Amending Section 605, Political Code, re- lating to fees for the filing of insurance documents.
A. B. 861. Prendergast. Amending Section 589, Political Code, relating to the annual salary of the Insurance Commis- sioner and Deputy Insurance Commissioner.
S. B. 902. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 861. Prendergast.
A. B. 977. Prendergast. Identical with S. B. 891. Breed.
A. B. 1204. Prendergast (by request). Amending Section 605, Political Code, relating to the fees of the Insurance De- partment. ,
S. B. 1034. Kehoe. Amending Section 605, Political Code, relating to the fees of the insurance department.
A. B. 863. Prendergast. Amending Section 611, Political Code, relating to filing of statements.
S. B. 1027. Benedict. Amending Section 611, Political Code, relating to the filing of statements with the Insurance Com- missioner.
S. B. 158. Beban. Adding Section 620b (new) to the Politi- cal Code, relating to the withdrawal of deposit of securities by insurance companies.
Provides that securities deposited by an insurance company created under the laws of this State to enable it to do busi- ness in another state may be withdrawn whenever such com- pany ceases to do business in such other state and conclusive evidence is filed that all policies written in such other state have expired or been paid, cancelled or re-insured.
A. B. 1203. Prendergast (by request). Amending Section 623, Political Code, relating to the bonds of insurance com- panies.
S. B. 1037. Kehoe. Amending Section 623, Political Code, relating to the bonds of insurance companies.
A. B. 857. Prendergast. Amending Section 629, Political Code, relatiing to the method to be used in the valuation of life insurance reserves.
S. B. 1056. Breed. Amending Section 629, Political Code, relating to the method to be used in the valuation of life insurance reserves.
S. B. 572. Benedict. Amending Section 633, Political Code, relating to the licensing of insurance agents.
A. B. 1176. Anderson. Identical with S. B. 572. Benedict.
A. B. 864. Prendergast. Amending Section 633, Political Code, so as to concern only the licensing of insurance and surety agents; providing for the revoking of such licenses and providing a penalty for a violation thereof.
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S. B. 573. Benedict. Adding Section 633a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the licensing of fire insurance brokers.
Provides for the issuance, for a fee of $10, of a license to fire insurance brokers.
A. B. 1174. Anderson. Identical with S. B. 573. Benedict.
A. B. 866. Prendergast. Adding Section 633a (new) to the Political Code, concerning the licensing of insurance brokers, and providing for the issuance and revoking of licenses by the Insurance Commissioner.
A. B. 538. Prendergast. Amending Section 634, Political Code, relating to registration of policies of life insurance com- panies.
S. B. 501. Benedict. Amending Section 634, Political Code, relating to registration of policies of life insurance companies.
A.' B. 1205. Prendergast (by request). Identical with S". B. 501. Benedict.
S. B. 1035. Kehoe. Amending Section 634, Political Code, relating to the registration of policies of life insurance com- panies.
A. B. 554. Schmitt. Adding Section 635 (new) to the Political Code, relating to a standard form of life insurance policy.
Requires a standard form of policy for life and endowment insurance, to contain provisions: that insured is entitled to a grace of either 30 days or one month to pay premium with interest, at company's option, not to exceed 6 per cent; that policy shall be incontestable after two years except for non- payment of premiums or violations of conditions concerning military or naval service in time of war; that the policy shall constitute the entire contract between the parties, except that the company may make the application a part of the contract, in which event it shall be attached to the policy; that if the age of the insured has been misstated, the amount payable shall be such as the premium would have purchased at the correct age; that the policy shall participate in the surplus of the company annually; specifying the options to which the policyholder is entitled in event of default in premium pay- ment after three full annual premiums have been paid; that after three full years' premiums have been paid the company will advance on security of the policy at a specified rate of interest a sum equal to the reserve at the end of the current policy year on the policy and any dividend additions thereto, less 2y2 per cent, and will deduct from such loan value any existing indebtedness on the policy and any unpaid balance of premiums for current policy year, and it may collect in- terest in advance on loan to end of current policy year; a company may in lieu of the foregoing insert a provision that
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one-fifth of the entire reserve may be deducted in case of a loan under the policy, or may provide that the deduction may be the 2^ per cent or one-fifth of the entire reserve at option of company; a table showing in figures the loan values and options available each year upon default in premium pay- ments; if proceeds of policy are payable in installments or as an annuity, a table showing the amounts of the payments; that the holder shall be entitled to have the policy reinstated at any time within 3 years from date of default unless cash value has been paid, or extension period expired, on produc- tion of satisfactory evidence of insurability and payment of all overdue premiums with interest at not to exceed 6 per cent; any of foregoing provisions not applicable to single premium or non-participation or term policies shall not be incorporated therein, and any such policy may be issued or delivered in this State, that in opinion of Superintendent of Insurance contains provisions more favorable to insured than herein required; section shall not apply to policies of rein- surance.
A. B. 1360. Schmitt. Adding Section 635a (new) to the Political Code, relating to a standard form for accident and health policies.
S. B. 1075. Birdsall. Amending Section 643, Political Code, providing for the compensation of Fish and Game Commis- sioners.
S. B. 907. Benedict. Adding Section 664a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of the State Board of Control as regards claims against the State.
A. B. 427.- Dennett. Amending Section 677, Political Code, relating to investment of money in the estates of deceased per- sons' fund.
A. B. 629. Dennett. Adding Section 677a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the purchase of bonds of irrigation districts by the Board of Control.
Provides that when Board of Control has funds for invest- ment in bonds or securities it shall be duty of board to invest at least 20 per cent thereof in bonds of irrigation districts, at par or less.
A. B. 425. Dennett. Repealing Section 680, Political Code, relative to the investment of school funds.
A. B. 777. Ashley. Amending Section 696, Political Code, relating to teachers in public schools.
S. B. 1132. Duncan. Amending Section 714, Code of Civil Procedure, relating to examination of judgment debtors on proceedings supplementary to execution.
Provides that judgment debtor must not be required to attend before judge or referee out of county in which judg- ment was rendered.
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B. B. 1083. Cohn. Amending Section 718, Political Code, relating to employees of the superintendent of the Capitol building and grounds, prescribing their duties and fixing their salaries and appropriating money for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof not otherwise provided for by law.
S. B. 718. Slater. Amending Section 737, Political Code, relating to the salary of Superior Judges.
S. B. 186. Benson. Amending Section 7511/2, Political Code, relating to appointment and salary of stenographer of the clerk of the Supreme Court.
Increases salary from $1000 to $1500 per annum.
S. B. 132. Gerdes. Amending Section 756, Political Code, relating to the salaries of deputy clerks of the Supreme Court.
Increases salary of chief deputy to $2700, and of other deputies to $2100.
A. B. 626. Mouser. Adding Section 762 (new) to the Po- litical Code relating to the libraries, furniture and library funds of the District Courts of Appeal and incidental expenses of such courts.
Authorizes judges to sell books, furniture or furnishings to the court when in their discreation it seems advisable, or to exchange books for other books deemed more suitable for use of court. Proceeds of sales to be paid into State Treasury to credit of library fund of court; incidental expenses not other- wise provided for may be paid from library fund.
A. B. 778. Ashley. Amending Section 768, Political Code, relating to the composition, qualifications, term of office and organization of members of county boards of education.
S. B. 219. Scott. Amending Section 791, Political Code, relating to notaries public.
Increases the number of notaries in San Francisco from 110 to 120.
A. B. 223. Prendergast. Identical with S. B. 219. Scott.
A. B. 997. Chamberlin. Amending Section 791, Political Code, relating to notaries public.
Provides for appointment by Governor of such number of notaries in several counties and cities and counties of State as he shall deem necessary for public convenience; provided, that there shall be not more than one notary appointed for every 500 inhabitants of such counties and cities and counties.
A. B. 55. Ferguson. Amending Section 792, Political Code.
ating to qualification and application to become notaries.
Requires application for appointment to state that applicant is citizen and twenty-one years of age; has resided in county at least one year prior to date of application; application must be signed by at least five residents of county, and where applicant is not an attorney, admitted to practice in this State, by a judge of the Superor Court of the county and
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accompanied by a certificate from said judge that he has examined applicant touching qualifications and is satisfied that he has sufficient educational qualifications to act as notary.
A. B. 914. Canepa. Amending Section 798, Political Code, relating to notaries public, and fixing a scale of fees.
Adds "For every demand for payment of a promissory note, or for payment or acceptance of a bill of exchange, draft or check, where same is paid or accepted upon such dmand, $2.
S. B. 304. Beban. Amending Section 799, Political Code, relating to official bonds of persons authorized to administer oaths.
Requires notaries and all other persons before whom proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made, except an executive officer, or judge or clerk of any court, to execute a bond in $5000.
A. B. 56. Ferguson. Adding Section 802 (new) to the Political Code, relating to official misconduct of notaries.
Declares it to be official misconduct for a notary public to charge fees in excess or less than the amount specified in Section 798, Political Code.
A. B. 668. Browne. Amending Section 843, Political Code, prohibiting a county officer acting as a deputy of another county officer of the same county, except where the salary is less than $150 a month.
S. B. 095. King. Identical with A. B. 668. Browne.
S. B. 541. Cogswell. Repealing Section 924, Political Code, relating to duties of auditing officers.
A. B. 704. Gebhart. Amending Section 1032, Political Code, relating to records open for inspection.
Declares "all records, books, pleadings, judgments or decrees in the office of any State, county, city and county, city or township officer" except papers on attachment, shall "at all times" be open to inspection.
A. B'. 580. McPherson. Amending Section 1055, Political Code, relating te> publication of election proclamations.
S. B. 847. Slater. Amending Section 1055, Political Code, relating to publication of election proclamations.
A. B. 28. Mouser. Amending Section 1072, Political Code, relating to compensation for members of boards of election and clerks thereof.
Changes basis of compensation to $3 for each eight hours board shall be in session, with provision that compensation shall in no case be less than $8 nor more than $16; com- pensation to be as nearly as possible in proportion to number of votes cast.
A. B. 1005. Wright, T. M. Amending Sections 1073, 1079, 1083a, 1094, 1096, 1113, 1115, 1120, 1121, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1133, 1192, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1290, 1294 and 4025, Political
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Code, repealing Sections 1334, 1335, 1344, 1345, 1359, 1361a and 1366a thereof, and adding thereto Section 1083b (new), all re- lating to furnishing printed blanks, poll lists, tally lists, etc., for election purposes.
S. B. 1112. Flint. Identical with A. B. 1005. Wright.
S. B. 355. Jones. Amending Section 1083, Political Code, relating to the right to vote and the registration of voters.
A. B. 1284. Encell. Amending Section 1083, Political Code, relating to the right to vote and the registration of voters.
A. B. 1090. Ellis. Amending Section 1083a, Political Code, relating to qualifications of signing petitions.
A. B. 1195. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 1083a, Political Code, relating to qualification of signers of initiative, refer- endum, recall or nominating petitions.
A. B. 1288. Sisson. Amending Section 1083a, political Code, relating to the signing by qualified electors of petitions and papers, and to the duties of county clerks and registrars of voters respecting same.
A. B. 1198. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 1094, Political Code, relating to the registration of voters.
A. B. 1421. Harris. Amending Section 1094, Political Code, relating to registration of voters.
A. B. 1425. Sisson. Amending Section 1096, Political Code, relating to affidavits of registration.
A. B. 1197. Scott, F. C. Amending Sections 1096, 1097 and 1097a, Political Code, relating to affidavits of registration.
A. B. 1424. Kramer. Amending Section 1097, Political Code, relating to registration of electors.
A. B. 1287. Satterwhite. Repealing Sections 1102, 1143, 1185, 1286, 1287, 1359, 1361a, 1366a and 4026, Political Code, all relating to elections.
A. B. 1423. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 1103, Political Code, relating to the preservation and distribution by the County Clerk of affidavits of registration.
A. B. 1285. Gelder. Amending Section 1104, Political Code, relating to the registration of voters.
A. B. 1286. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 1105, Political Code, relating to the cancellation of registrations.
A. B. 1290. Conard. Amending Section 1113, Political Code, relating to the binding of affidavits of registration.
A. B. 1294. Wright, T. M. Amending Section 1115, Political Code, relating to affidavits of registration.
A. B. 1295. Edwards, L. Amending Sections 1120 and 1121, Political Code, both relating to qualifications of voters and the registers to be used at certain elections.
A. B. 553. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 1127, Political Code, relating to the establishment of election precincts by the Board of Supervisors.
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Av B. 661. Spengler. Amending Section 1130, Political. Code, relating- to limitation upon the powers of Supervisors in estab- - lishing election precincts.
Adds provision that if any precinct contains insufficient number of qualified electors to make up precinct board, such precinct may be consolidated with an adjoining election pre- cinct.
A. B. 801. Encell. Amending Section 1132, Political Code, relating to the place for holding an election.
A. B. 511. McKnight. Amending Section 1142, Political Code, relating to boards of election, their appointment, duties, etc.
A. B. 804. Encell. Amending Section 1142, Political Code, relating to the appointment of election boards.
S. B. 1126. Kehoe. • Amending Section 1142, Political Code, requiring boards of supervisors to appoint election officers from an eligible list of persons who have previously passed an ex- amination as to their fitness and competency.
A. B. 1416. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 1126. Kehoe.
A. B. 1296. Ryan. Amending Section 1149, Political . Code, relating to posting and polling places of copies of index to affidavits of registration.
A. B. 802. Encell. Amending Section 1151, Political Code, relating to board of elections for special election precincts — poll lists, etc.
A. B. 1292. Widenmann. Amending Section 1151, Political Code, relating to boards of elections for certain elections.
A. B. 1291. Kerr. Amending Sections 1188 and 1192, Political Code, relating to the nomination of candidates otherwise than by primary election, and to the filing of nomination papers.
A. B. 1293. Kramer. Adding Section 1193 (new) to the Political Code, and repealing Section 1191 thereof, both relat- ing to the preservation and subsequent destruction of nomina- tion papers.
S. B. 1089. Chandler. Adding Section 1194 (new), to the Political Code, relating to the preservation and subsequent destruction by the Secretary of State of initiative, referendum and recall petitions.
S. B. 73. Duncan. Amending Section 1195, Political Code, relating to proposed constitutional amendments, initiative and referendum measures, and providing for the mailing and distribution of the same, together with arguments for and against adoption.
S, B. 728. Chandler. Amending Section 1195, Political Code, relating to the preparation, printing and distribution of state- ments concerning proposed constitutional amendments, and to the printing and distribution of such constitutional amend- ments.
A. B. 1467. Fi&'h. Amending Section 1195, Political Code,-
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relating to the preparation of arguments concerning proposed' constitutional amendments and propositions to be submitted to the vote of the elector.
A. B. 1422. Wright, T. M. Amending Sections 1195 and 2195a of the Political Code and adding, a new section thereto to be designated Section 1195b, relating to the preparation, printing and distribution of statements concerning proposed constitutional amendments, and to the printing and distribu- tion of such constitutional amendments and propositions, measures and questions to be submitted to the vote of the electors.
A. B. 1298. Mouser. Amending Section 1196, Political Code, relating to providing and printing ballots for elections.
A. B. 1456. Young. Amending Section 1197, Political Code, relating to form of ballot?-1.
S. B. 22. Slater. Amending Sections 1197, 1205 and 1211, Political Code, relating to election ballots, manner of voting and the conduct of elections.
S. B. 725. Chandler. Adding Section 1197a (new), to the Political Code, relating to titles and summaries for initiative and referendum measures.
Requires proponents of initiative measures to submit draft of their petition to Attorney-General with request that he pre- pare title and summary of chief purposes and points of pro- posed measure, such title and summary not to exceed 100 words in all; this title and summary shall appear on each petition; and across the top of each petition shall be printed in 12-point black-face type the words "referendum measure against an Act passed by the Legislature". And across each page after the first of every initiative, referendum or recall petition shall be printed in 18-point gothic type a short title not to exceed twenty words showing nature and subject of petition; petitions not so printed shall be null and void.
A. B. 1426. Sisson. Adding Section 1203 (new) to the Po- litical Code, relating to supplies for election booths and the duties of election officers with respect thereto.
A. B. 783. Phelps. Amending Section 1210, Political Code, relating to sample ballots.
A. B. 1297. Johnson. Amending Section 1211, Political Code, relating to the marking of election ballots.
A. B. 1420. Ryan. Amending- Section 1211, Political Code, relating to the marking of election ballots.
A. B. 663. Godsil. Amending Section 1212, Political Code, relating to the right of employees to vote at any general or special election in this State.
Requires application for leave of absence to be made prior to day of election, and permits employer to specify hours dur- ing which employee may be absent; refusal of privilege or
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deduction of wages, declared a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not less than $10 or more than $50.
S. B. 739. Gerdes. Amending Section 1212, Political Code, relating to the right of employees to vote at any general or special election in this State.
S. B. 930. Carr. Amending Section 1216, Political Code, re- lating to the duties of Registrar of Voters.
S. B. 137. Luce. Amending Section 1239, Political Code, re- lating to rules for determining questions of residence.
Adds Subdivision 10 (new), providing that person whose name appears on great register and who changes his residence from one precinct to another in a city, county or city and county within 30 days prior to date of election shall not be deemed to have lost his residence for purpose of voting in precinct from which he removed.
S. B. 354. Jones. Amending Section 1239, Political Code, relating to rules for determining place of residence of electors.
A. B. 1289. Harris. Amending Section 1244, Political Code, relating to certificates of election.
A. B. 1007. Wright. T. M. Amending Section 1282, Political Code, by adding thereto a new paragraph to be numbered 6, relating to the disregarding of votes, etc.
S. B. 1115. Flint. Amending Section 1282, Political Code, relating to the statement and record of votes cast at elections.
S. B. 346. Thompson. Amending Section 1431 of the Political Code, to provide for payment of the traveling expenses of the regents of the University of California.
A. B. 365. McPherson. Amending Section 1431, Political Code, to provide for payment of the traveling expenses of the regents of the University of California.
S. B. 448. Chandler. Amending Section 1489, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of normal school boards.
S. B. 449. Chandler. Amending Section 1494, Political Code, relating to qualifications for admission to normal schools.
S. B. 447. "Chandler. Amending Sections 1518 and 1519, Political Code, adding a new section thereto to be numbered ]518a, all relating to the State Board of Education, and pre- scribing its powers and duties; and repealing Section 1492 of the Political Code.
S. B. 885. Breed. Amending Sections 1518 and 1519 of the Political Code, relating to the organization of the State Board of Education and to the powers and duties of the State Board of Education.
S. B. 767. Scott. Amending Section 1519, Political Code, relating to certification of teachers in special subjects.
A B. 848. Scott, P. C. Identical with S. B. 767. Scott.
S. B. 1130. Anderson. Adding Section 1519a (new) to the
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Political Code, relating to the furnishing of free text books to State institutions.
A. B. 1395. Wills. Adding Section 1519a (new) to the Politi- cal Code, relating to the furnishing of free text-books to State institutions.
A. B. 1319. Shartel. Amending Section 1532, Political Code, relating to general duties of Superintendent of Public In- struction.
S. B. 424. Anderson. Amending Section 1543, Political Code, relating to the duties of Superintendent of Schools.
A. B. 731. Wright. Amending Section 1543, Political Code, relating to the duties of the Superintendent of Schools.
A. B. 1318. Shartel. Amending Section 1543, Political Code, relating to duties of County Superintendent.
A. B. 132. Manning. Adding Section 1543b (new) to the Political Code, relating to superintendents of schools passing and auditing claims of any school district in excess of the funds to its credit.
S. B. 422. Anderson. Amending Section 1544, Political Code, relating to the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools.
Provides that the Auditor instead of the Board of Super- visors shall deduct the $100 forfeiture from salary of Superin- tendent of Schools for failure to make annual report.
A. B. 134. Manning. Amending Section 1576a, Political Code, relating to the appointment of clerk of school districts, prescribing his term of office and affixing his compensation.
A. B. 1317. Shartel. Amending Section 1577, Political Code, relating to formation of new school districts.
A. B. 212. Avey. Amending Section 1581, Political Code, relating to the opening of school in new school districts.
A. B. 664. Bruck. Amending Section 1584, Political Code, relating to the control and government of school districts, a portion of which is embraced within the limits of an incor- porated city or town governed by a charter proposed and adopted as provided by Section 8 of Article XI of the Con- stitution of the State of California, by providing for the elec- tion under said charters of the trustees of such school dis- tricts without further control and government.
A. B. 665. Bruck. Amending Section 1593, Political Code, providing for the time and place of electing school trustees, the number and qualification thereof, the filling of vacancies therein, and to provide for such election under charters of cities or towns having a charter proposed and adopted as provided by Section 8 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California.
S. B. 696. Benedict. Amending Section 1593, Political Code, relating to the election of school trustees.
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A. B. 1227. Fish. Amending Section 1593, Political Code, relating to the election of school trustees.
A. B. 775. Ashley. Amending Section 1595, Political Code, relating to the calling of an election of trustees.
A. B. 1002. Lyon. Amending Section 1599, Political Code, relating to the election of school trustees, and defining the duties of the County Clerk in relation to such election.
A. B. 657. Downing. Amending Section 1615, Political Code, relating to formation of new districts and joint districts.
A. B. 658. Downing. Amending Section 1616, Political Code, relating to time term of hoards of education begins.
S. B. 103. Strobridge. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of city boards of edu- cation and boards of school trustees.
S. B. 1016. Cogswell. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating Lo the powers and duties of City hoards of education and boards of school trustees.
S. B. 1199. Benedict. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of boards of school trustees and city boards of education.
A. B. 140. Manning. Adding Subdivision 6a (new) to Sec- tion 1617, Political Code, relating to the uniting of one or more school districts, for the purpose of employing a super- vising principal, or local or city superintendent and to pro- vide for his compensation.
A. B. 13$. Manning. Amending Subdivision 7 of Section 1617. Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of trustees of common school districts and hoards of education in city school districts, to employ a principal, a supervising principal or city superintendent of schools, and to fix their compensation and prescribe their term of office.
A. B. 135. Manning. Amending Subdivision 22 of Section 1617, Political Code, relating to transportation of children by school districts.
A. B. 385. Manning. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of boards of school trustees and city boards of education.
S. B. 462. Benedict. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of trustees of common school districts and of boards of education in city school districts.
A. B. 730. Wright. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating to the purchase of staple apparatus and supplies by trustees of common school districts.
A. B. 756. Sisson. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, defining the powers and duties of boards of school trustees and city boards of education.
A. B. 776. Ashley. Amending Section 1617, Political Code,
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relating to the powers and duties of trustees in common school districts, and of boards of education in city school districts.
S. B. 809. Thompson. Amending Section 1617, Political Code, relating to kindergartens.
S. B. 427. Thompson. Adding Section 1617b (new) to the Political Code, relating to the employment of home teachers.
A. B. 1228. Fish. Amending Section 1617c, Political Code, relating to kindergartens.
S. B. 691. Butler. Adding Section 1618a (new) to the Politi- cal Code, providing for the establishment of separate schools for the instruction of the feeble-minded.
A. B. 1235. Wishard (by request). Adding Section 1618a (new) to the Political Code, providing for the establishment of separate schools for the instruction of the feeble-minded.
S. B. 736. Strobridge. Amending Section 1619, Political Code, relating to rights and privileges in school districts.
S. B. 933. Carr (by request). Amending Section 1619 of the Political Code, relating to the maintenance of public schools with equal rights and privileges.
A. B. 1237. Wishard (by request). Amending Section 1619, Political Code, relating to the maintenance of public schools with equal rights and privileges.
S. B. 215. Slater. Amending Section 1620, Political Code, relating to school supplies and libraries.
S. B. 216. Slater. Adding Section 1620a (new) to the Politi- cal Code, relating to county library compensation.
A. B. 133. Manning. Amending Section 1622, Political Code, relating to how the county school money may be used.
S. B. 630. Hans. Amending Section 1622a, Political Code, relating to teachers' salaries and fixing a minimum amount to be paid.
S, B. 849. Strobridge. Amending Section 1645, Political Code, relating to the subjects in which instruction shall be provided in the elementary schools of the State.
S. B. 841. Anderson. Amending Section 1649, Political Code, relating to the election of clerks of school districts, and providing for the salaries thereof.
A. B. 1316. Shartel. Amending Section 1663, Political Code, relating to classification of schools and teachers.
S. B. 392. Cogswell. Amending Section 1667, Political Code, relating to instruction in manners and morals.
Requires same tests upon nature of alcohol and other nar- cotics and their effects upon human system for promotion and graduation as in other subjects; and provides for instruction in normal schools in teaching this subject and requires that it be included in all examinations for teachers' certificates.
S. Eta -39. Beban. . Amending Section 1668; Political Cod-e,
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so as to require physical culture and health and development supervision in the public schools.
A. B. 430. Rominger. Amending Section 1672, Political Code, relating to school studies.
S. B. 844. Anderson. Amending Section 1673, Political Code, relating to school hours of elementary and secondary schools of the State of California.
A. B. 214. Avey. Amending Section 1674, Political Code, relating to union school districts.
S. B. 694. Benedict. Amending Section 1674, Political Code, relating to the formation of union school districts.
A. B. 1239. Wishard (by request). Amending Section 1674, Political Code, relating to the formation of union school dis- tricts.
S. B. 822. S'tuckenbruck. Amending the Political Code by adding thereto a new article, to be designated and numbered Article Xa, of Chapter III, of Title III of Part III of said Code, relating to elementary and secondary schools.
S. B. 842. Anderson. Amending Section 1685, Political Code, relating to causes for the suspension or expulsion of school children.
A. B. 991. Burke. Amending Section 1685, Political Code, relating to causes for suspension or expulsion of school children.
S. B. 352. Maddux. Amending Section 1687, Political Code, relating to qualifications of teachers for beginners.
A. B. 510. McKnight. Amending Section 1687, Political Code, relating to teachers in elementary schools.
S. B. 763. Brown. Amending Section 1687, Political Code, in relation to teachers in elementary schools.
S. B. 695. Benedict. Amending Section 1696, Political Code, relating to the duties of teachers in public schools.
A. B. 1251. McKnight (by request). Amending Section 1696, Political Code, relating to the duties of teachers in public schools.
A. B. 1312. Shartel. Amending Section 1704, Political Code, relating to eligibility to teach.
S. B. 217. Slater. Repealing Sections 1712, 1713 and 1714, Political Code, relating to school library funds, libraries and use of such libraries.
A. B. 560. Prendergast. Amending Section 1714, Political Code, relating to the library fund in cities, or cities and coun- ties, not divided into school districts.
S. B. 766. Scott. Identical with A. B. 560. Prendergast. A. B. 1233.' Fish. Amending Section 1715, Political Code, relating to the control and location of libraries.
S. B. 1129. Brown. Identical with A. B. 1233. Fish.
A. B. 1206. Scott, L. D. (by request). Adding Section 1727a
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(new) to the Political Code, relating to the formation and reorganization of County High School Districts.
S. B. 587. Campbell. Amending Section 1729, Political Code, relating to the establishment of post-graduate elementary school courses.
A. B. 1213. Avey. Amending Section 1729, Political Code, relating to the manner in which high school districts may unite.
S. B. 423. Anderson. Amending Section 1730, Political Code, relating to boards of trustees in high school districts.
S. B. 764. Brown. Amending Section 1730, Political Code, fixing the date when the term of office of members of high school boards shall expire.
A. B. 1238. Wishard (by request). Amending Section 1730, Political Code, fixing the date when the term of office of mem- bers of high school boards shall expire.
S. B. 710. Cogswell. Amending Section 1731, Political Code, relating to the election or appointment of high school boards.
A. B. 1236. Wishard (by request). Amending Section 1731, Political Code, relating to the election or appointment of mem- bers of high school boards.
A. B. 345. Wills. Adding Section 1739a (new) to the Polit- ical Code, relating to the reorganization of county high school districts.
S. B. 811. Rush. Amending Section 1741, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of high school boards.
A. B. 1234. Widenmann. Amending Section 1741, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of high school boards.
S. B. 820. Anderson. Adding Section 1743a (new) to the Political Code, relating to reports of high school principals.
S'.B. 531. Anderson. Amending Section 1750, Political Code, relating to adoption of course of study and textbooks by high school boards.
S. B. 439. Benedict. Adding Sections 1750a and 1617d (new) to the Political Code, relating to the establishment of inter- mediate school courses by high school boards, and authorizing boards of school trustees and boards of education in common school districts to permit pupils of certain grades to attend such intermediate school courses.
A. B. 1352. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 1751, Political Code, relating to admission of pupils to the high schools of the State of California.
A. B. 444. Arnerich. Adding Section 1752 (new) to the Political Code, relating to conventions of high school principals.
S. B. 943. Cogswell. Amending Section 1756, Political Code, relating to the estimate of tax for maintenance of high school.
S. B. 819. .Thompson. Adding Section 1764 (new) to the
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Political Code, relating to the County High School fund, and repealing Sections 1758 and 1759 thereof.
S. B. 452. Anderson. Amending Sections 1768 and 1770, Political Code, relating to the nomination, appointment and organization of county boards of education.
A. B. 1036. Scott, P. C. "identical with S.B. 452. Anderson.
A. B. 1315. Shartel. Amending Section 1771, Political Code, relating to kinds of certificates.
A. B. 936. Rominger. Amending Sections 1771, 1772 and 1775, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of the county board of education.
A. B. 1314. Shartel. Amending Section 1772, 'Political 'Code, relating to grammar school certificates.
A. B. 332. Rigdon. Amending Section 1779, Political Code, relating to the establishment of post-graduate elementary school courses.
S". B. 934. Carr (by request). Amending: Section 1779, Polit- ical Code, relating' to grammar -grade post graduate courses of study. .
"** A. B. 1240. Wishard (by request). Amending Section 1779, Political Code, relating to grammar^ grade post grade courses of study.
A. B. 937. Rominger. Amending Section 17.91, Political/Code, relating to the powers and duties of city, or city and GOUhty, boards of examination.
A. B. 136. Manning. Amending Subdivision 2 . of . section 4817, Political Code, relating to the duty of the county super- intendent of schools in estimating the minimum amount ;: per teacher and the amount to be received for each pupil in average daily attendance in the- county, or city and county. . A. B. 384. Manning. Amending Section i817,."Politicar Code, relating --to the estimates of school funds . t>y . county •super- intendents.
A. B. 1311. .Shartel. Amending Section 1817,' Political Code, relating to estimate of county" school fund. . S. B. 700. "Brown. Amending" Sections 1817 and 1818, Political : Code, relative to the levying of taxes for school purposes.
S. B. 1137. Anderson. Amending Sections 1817 and' 1818, Political Code/relating to the" county school tax. . A. B. 1252. McKnight (by request). Amending' Sections 1817 and 1818," Political Code, relative to the' "levying of taxes for school purposes.
A. B. 1394. Wills. Amending Sections 1817 and 1818," Politi- cal Code, relating to the cOurtty school tax.
S. B. 529. "Thompson. Amending"" Section 1818," Political* Code, relating to the levy of county or city and county school tax. ■ ' S.* "B." 709. Cogswell. -Amending Section l#37r Poll tlcar Code, relating to the "fixing of "tax "rates for School districts.
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A. B. 124S. McKnight (by request). Amending Section 1837, Political Code, relating to the fixing of tax rates for school - districts.
S. B. 810. Thompson (by request). Adding Section 1838 (new), to the Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of the governing boards of school districts in levying taxes for building purposes.
A. B. 1250. McKnight (by request). Adding Section 183S (new) to the Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of the governing boards of school districts in levying taxes for building purposes.
A. B..137. Manning. Amending Section 1839, Poltical Code, relating. to the maximum rate. of taxes to be levied for .build- ing and other school purposes.
Fixes maximum rate for building purposes at not to. exceed 10 cents on each $100, arid for other purposes at 50 cents.
S. B. 1021. Anderson. Identical with A. B. 137. Burke.
S. B. 690. Butler. Amending Section 1839, Political Code, relating to district tax rates.
A. B. 1242. Wishard (by request). Amending Section 1839, Political Code, relating to district tax rates.
A. B. 68. Gelder. Repealing Section 1840, Politcal Code, re- lating to the support of schools, estimates of moneys needed, levy of tax and funds, and for what purpose available.
A. B. 659. Downing. Amending Section 1840, Political .Code, relating to estimate of amount of money in excess of sum derived from State and county funds required for maintenance of schools.
S. B. 1156. Benedict. Adding Section 1840a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the levy and collection of taxes to "constitute a building and equipment fund in school districts having" a population of more than two hundred thousand.
A. B. 1476. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 1156. Benedict.
A. B. 779. Ashley. Amending Section 1858, Political Code, relating to apportionment of school funds by county or city and county school superintendents.
■~S. "B. 698. Brown. Amending Section 1858, Political Code, relative to the apportionment of school money by the county superintendent of schools'.
S. B. "770. Scott. Amending Section 1858, Political Code, • relating to the attendance of children in the public schools of the State.
A. B. 845. Scott, F. C. Identical with S\ B. 770. .Scott.
A. B. 1253. MCKnight (by request). Amending Section' 1858, Political Code, ■ relative to the apportionment Of school money by the Count)- Superintendent of Schools.
A. "~B. 1310. Shartel. Amending Section 1S58, "Political 'Code, relating to duties of County Superintendent.
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A. B. 1313. Shartel. Adding Section 1858a (new) to the Political Code, relating to apprentice teachers.
S. B. 101. Carr. Amending Section 1885, Political Code, relating to the form of bonds of school districts.
A. B. 1008. Wright, T M. Amending Section 1897, Political Code, relating to county clerks and assessors, Section 1898, Po- litical Code, relating to liability of county clerks and assessors; Section 1900, Political Code, relating to delivery of military roll to Adjutant General; Section 1901, Political Code, relating to compensation for computing military roll.
S. B. 1113. Flint. Identical with A. B. 1008. Wright.
S. B. 772. Scott. Amending Sections 1925, 1927, 1928, 1928a, 1928b, 1928d, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1985, 2006, 2081, 1982, 2079, 2086, 2107, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1984, 20.80, 2111, 2112, of the Political Code of the State of California, and adding one new section to said code, to be known as Section 1963a, all relating to the organization, equipment, maintenance and government of the National Guard of the State of Cali- fornia.
A. B. 832. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 772. Scott.
S. B. 503. Lyon. Amending Section 1963, Political Code, relating to the National Guard.
S. B. 305. Beban. Amending Section 2141, Political Code, relating to the Powers of the Lunacy Commission.
A. B. 830. Edwards. Amending Section 2141, Political Code, relating to the power of the State Commission in Lunacy.
S. B. 1041. Rush. Amending Section 2141, Political Code, relating to the power of the State Commission in Lunacy, and the salaries and wages of officers and employees of State hospitals.
A. B. 671. Kramer. Amending Sections 2152, 2154 and 2156, Political Code, and to add a new section thereto, desig- nated Section 2153b, all relating to the government and man- agement of State hospitals for the insane, feebleminded and other incompetent persons, and to the care, training and edu- cation of insane, feebleminded and other incompetent persons.
S. B. 1081. Tyrrell. Amending Sections 2152, 2153, 2154 and 2156, Political Code, and adding a new section thereto, to be numbered Section 2153b, all relating to the government and management of State Hospitals for the Insane, Feeble-minded, and other incompetent persons, and to the care, training and education of insane, feeble-minded, and other incompetent persons.
A. B. 882. Salisbury. Amending Section 2153, Political Code, relating to superintendents of State hospitals.
A. B. 177. Widenmann. Amending Sections 2153a and 2161, Political Code, relating to the government and management of State hospitals for the insane and other incompetent persons.
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A. B. 1£62. Satterwhite. Amending Section 2185c, Political Code, relating to the commitment of inebriates, drug habitues and sex perverts to State hospitals.
A. B. 176. Widenmann. Amending Section 2187, Political Code, relating to the government and management of State hospitals for the insane and other incompetent persons.
S. B. 1020. Tyrrell. Amending Section 2187, Political Code, relating to transfers in State hospitals, and adding a new section thereto, to be known and designated as Section 2181b, relating to the disposition of moneys belonging to insane persons.
S. B. 340. Tyrrell. Amending Section 2175, Political Code, relating to the expenses incurred in determining the insanity of a person and securing his admission into a State hospital.
Adds a provision that where it appears to the satisfaction of the judge that the person under examination is only tempo- rarily a resident of the county or city and county from whence he is committed, and that his actual residence is elsewhere, the court may order the expense charged upon the county of which such person is an actual and bona fide resident.
S. B. 314. Tyrrell. Amending Section 2189, Political Code, relating to the discharge of patients from State hospitals.
S. B. 315. Tyrrell. Amending Section 2192, Political Code, relating to the commitment of incompetents other than insane persons.
A. B. 335. Young. Amending the Political Code by chang- ing the headings of the title to Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; also by changing the headings of the title to Article I of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2236 of said Political Code; and to amend Sections 2238, 2239 and 2240 of said Politi- cal Code; and to repeal Sections 2241 and 2242 of said Political Code; and to amend Section 2243 of said Political Code; and to amend said Political Code by changing the headings of the title to Article II of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to amend Sections 2254 and 2255 of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2256 of said Political Code; and amend said Political Code by changing the headings of Article III of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to amend Sections 2267 and 2268 of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2269 of said Political Code; and to amend said Political Code by changing the head- ings of Article IV of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to amend Section 2280 of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2281 of said Political Code; all relating to the California School for the Deaf and Blind.
S. B. 497. Breed. To amend the Political Code by chang- ing the headings of the title to Chapter II of Title V of Part
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Ill of said Political Code; also by changing the headings of the title to Article I of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2236 of said Political Code; and to Amend Sections 2238, 2239 and 2240 of said Political Code; and to repeal Sections 2241 and 2242 of said Political Code; and to amend Section 2243 of said Political Code; and to amend said Political Code by changing the headings, of the title to Article II of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to amend Sections 2254 and 2255 of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2256 of said Political Code; and to amend said Political Code by changing the headings of Article
III of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to amend Sections 2267 and 2268 of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2269 of said Political Code; and to amend said Political Code by changing the headings of Article
IV of Chapter II of Title V of Part III of said Political Code; and to amend Section 2280 of said Political Code; and to repeal Section 2281 of said Political Code; all relating to the California School for the Deaf and the Blind.
A. B. 788. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 2289, Political Code, relating to the support and maintenance of orphans, half orphans and abandoned children.
A. B. 881. Salisbury. Amending Section 2289, Political Code, relating to institutions caring for minor orphans, half orphans and abandoned children, and providing for placing departments therein.
S. B. 1080. Tyrrell. Amending Section 2289, Political Code, relating to the support and maintenance of orphans, half or- phans and abandoned children.
S. B. 794. Benedict. Amending Section 2302, Political Code, relating to the salary of the State Librarian, increasing it to $5000 per year.
A. B. 897. Gebhart. Identical with S. B. 794. Benedict.
S. B. 816. Cogswell. Amending Section 2319, Political Code, relating to the State Commissioner of Horticulture, and pre- .scribing the powers, duties and compensation of said State Commissioner of Horticulture and the officers and employees appointed by said Commissioner, and providing for the appoint- ment of additional officers, fixing their compensation and pre- scribing their duties.
A. B. 1211. Avey. Amending Section 2319c, Political Code, relating to the establishment of quarantine against infectious plant diseases.
A. B. 1042. Widenmann. Amending Sections 2322,- 2322b, 2322c, 2322d and 2322e, Political Code, said sections relating to orchards, trees, vines or plants of any variety infested with diseases or scale insects of any kind injurious to fruit, fruit
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trees, vines or other plants or vegetables, or noxious weeds and to the eradication of insect pests and diseases, and to the appointment and removal of a County Horticultural Com- missioner in the several counties of the State, prescribing his duties and powers and fixing his compensation and term of office, also providing for a State Board of Horticultural Ex- aminers, prescribing the duties of said board and providing for examinations to be taken by persons desiring to qualify for position as County Horticultural Commissioners; providing for the dividing of the several counties of the State into dis- tricts by the respective County Horticultural Commissioners and providing for the appointment of deputy commissioners, local inspectors and quarantine guardians, prescribing their duties and powers and fixing their compensation.
S. B. 584. Flint. Amending Section 2466, Political Code, and adding Section 2466a (new), relating to rates of pilotage at San Francisco.
A. B. 938. Pettis (by request). Revising and amending Sections 2520, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2524. 2526, 2527, 2529, 2530, 2531, 2532, 2533, 2535, 2536, 2539, 2540, 2542, 2545, 2547, 2552, Political Code, repealing Section 2537, Political Code, and adding four new sections to said code to be known as Sections 2534, 2554, 2555 and 2556 thereof respectively, all relating to the creation of a board of State harbor commissioners for the harbor of San Francisco, etc.
S. B. 68. Scott. Amending Section 2522, Political Code, relating to employees and their duties of the State Harbor Commission of San Francisco Harbor.
A. B. 679. Pettis. Adding Section 2522a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the manner in which the Secretary of the Board of Harbor Commissioners shall keep the accounts, and authorizing the employment of a certified public account- ant to certify to statements of accounts and authorizing the compensation to be paid such certified public accountant.
S. B. 11. Hans. Amending Section 2552, Political Code, relating to the salaries and compensation of the officers of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners of San Francisco, and the employees of the State of California employed by. and under said Board of State Harbor Commissioners of San FranGisco.
S. B. 67. Scott. Amending Section 2552, Political Code,' increasing the salaries of officers and employees of the State Harbor Commissioners of San Francisco Harbor.
S. B. 94. Beban. Amending Section 2552, Political Cade, relating to the salaries of the Board of State Harbor Commis- sioners and assistants, said amendment relating to the salary of the president of the board and his duties, and the fund out
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of which the said salaries and the compensation of the em- ployees of the board shall be payable.
A. B. 406. Ryan. Amending Section 2552, Political Code, re- lating to the salaries of the Board of State Harbor Commis- sioners and assistants, said amendment relating to the salary of the president of the board and his duties, and the fund out of which said salaries and the compensation of employees of the board shall be payable.
S. B. 521. Luce. Amending Sections 2605 and 2607, Political Code, relating to State Board of Harbor Commissioners for the bay of San Diego.
S. B. 540. Cogswell. Amending Section 2643, Political Code, relating to the powers of boards of supervisors relating to roads.
A. B. 774. Gebhart. Amending Section 2643, Political Code, relating to the powers of boards of supervisors respecting roads.
S. B. 591. Shearer. Amending Section 2643, Political Code, relating to the powers of boards of supervisors, relating to roads, and repealing Section 2641, Political Code.
A. B. 796. Godsil. Amending Section 2643, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of highway officers, boards of supervisors, county surveyors and the State Department of Engineering, respecting roads and highways.
A. B. 1335. Long. Amending Section 2643, Political Code, relating to the powers of boards of supervisors, relating to roads, and repealing Section 2641, Political Code.
A. B. 869. Sharkey. Amending Sections 2651, 2654 and 2655, Political Code, relating to highway taxes.
A. B. 1018. Hawson. Amending Section 2684, Political Code, relating to the viewing of road changes.
A. B. 531. Pettis. Amending Section 2691, Political Code, relating to roads and highways.
S. B. 498. Breed. Adding Sections 2697 and 2698 (new) to the Political Code, relating to the abandonment of highways.
A. B. 1414. Long. Adding Sections 2750a and 2750b (new) to the Political Code, relating to the creation of road com- missioners in permanent road divisions; and repealing Sections 2751, 2752, 2768 and 2769, Political Code, relating to permanent road divisions.
S. B. 558. Brown. Amending Section 2978, Political Code, relating to the constitution of the State Board of Health and the terms of the members of said board.
S. B. 95. Beban. Amending Section 2982, Political Code, relating to the secretary and assistant to the secretary of the State Board of Health.
A. B. 440. Conrad. Amending Section 2982, Political Code, relating to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the State Board of Health.
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S. B. 585. Flint. Amending Section 3075, Political Code, relating to the office of State Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics and the State Board of Health, and providing for deputies, clerks and assistants and their compensation.
A. B. 757. Shartel. Amending Section 3075, Political Code, relating to the office of the State Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics and the State Board of Health, and providing for deputies, clerks and assistants and their compensation.
A. B. 1353. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 3084, Political Code, relating to the issuance of burial permits.
A. B. 405. Prendergast. Amending Sections 3209, 3215, 3216 and 3222, Political Code, all relating to weights and measures and the standards thereof.
A. B. 99. Schmitt. Amending Section 3247a, Political Code, relating to the purchase of supplies for the State by boards, committees and other persons.
Provides that "every board, committee, official, officer and every other person" authorized to purchase supplies for the State of California or any of its institutions or offices, "shall always purchase only such" supplies, etc., as have been grown, manufactured, prepared or produced in California. In adver- tising for bids for any special mark or brand of article the advertisement shall contain, following the name of the article, the words, "or a similar article of equal value, utility and merit".
A. B. 48. Brown. Amending Section 3306, Political Code, relating to cemeteries, and providing that six or more human bodies buried at one place constitutes the place a public ceme- tery or graveyard for the use of a city, town or village.
S. B. 1098. Scott. Amending Section 3366, Political Code, relative to the powers of boards of supervisors, city councils and town trustees, in their respective counties, cities, and towns, to impose a license tax.
A. B. 1017. Hawson. Amending Sections 3456, 3457, 3462, 3465 and 3466, Political Code, relating to reclamation and swampland districts.
S. B. 12. Irwin. Amending Sections 3457 and 3466, Political Code, relating to reclamation and swampland districts.
A. B. 1154. Gebhart. Amending Section 3457, Political Code, relative to the payment of warrants drawn on reclamation districts and prescribing the method of payment thereof.
A. B. 129. Tabler. Amend Section 3460, Political Code, relating to assessments and reassessments in reclamation dis-, tricts.
S. B. 953. Irwin. Amending Section 3462, Political Code, relating to assessments of reclamation districts.
A. B. 1014. Hawson. Adding Section 3462^ (new) to the Political Code, relating to reclamation and swampland districts.
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A. B. 1015. Hawson. Adding Section 3463^ to the Political Code, relating to reclamation and swampland districts.
A. B. 1153. Gebhart. Amending Section 3465, Political Code, relative to the payment of assessment warrants drawn in reclamation districts.
A. R lolG. Hawson. Adding Section 3466% (new) to the Political Code, relating to reclamation and swampland dis- tricts.
S. B. 786. Purkitt. Amending Section 3466^, Political Code, relating to invalid assessments in reclamation districts, and providing for the reassessments of said lands.
A. B. 908. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 786. Purkitt.
S. B. 31. Irwin. Adding Section 3476ya (new) . to . the.rPolitieal Code, relating to reclamation and swampland districts. Pro- vides that when any tract of land in a . district shall have been subdivided by sale or otherwise after an assessment shall have been made thereon, the trustees must apportion the total amount assessed against the tract so subdivided in a just and equitable manner. If any owner within 30 days files . objection then commissioners who levied assessment or some other person shall be appointed to determine and settle the apportionment.
S. B. 151. Irwin. Amending Section 3491, Political Code, relating to reclamation and swamp land districts.
A. B. 484. Johnson. Amending Section 3494, Political Code, relating to the sale of school lands and appropriating $10,000 for the examination and classification of -said lands.
S. B. 876. Luce. Identical with A. B. 484. Johnson.
A.m 483. Johnson. Amending Section 3498, "Political Code, relating to applications for the purchase of school lands.
S. "B. -875. "Luce. Amending -Section - 3498, ^-Political Code, relating to applications for the purchase of -school 4ahds.
S. B. 1012. Thompson. Amending Section 3555, Political Code, relating to the judgment and costs of foreclosing the interests of purchasers of State lands.
S. B. 808. Thompson. Amending Sections 3607, 3608, 3617, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3641, 3643, 3650, 3663, 3678, 3679, 3701, 3728, 3734 and 3753, Political Code, and repealing Sections 3609, 3610, 3719, 3757 and 3769a thereof, and adding thereto Section 3714a (new), all relating to revenue and taxation.
A. B. 904. Meek. Identical with S. B. 808. Thompson.
A. B. 91. Lostutter. Adding Section 3612 (new) to the Political Code, relating to the exemption of certain property from taxation.
Provides that all buildings and real property on "which sit- uated, used solely and exclusively for military purposes by National Guard, shall be exempt. Section to apply only to property owned by corporations formed under 'Title "■'XXII,
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Part TV, Division I, Civil Code, membership of which is com- posed entirely of members of organizations using property for military purposes. Provides, also, manner in which return shall be made on property so claimed to be exempt.
S. B. 126. Thompson. An Act to carry into effect the pro- visions of Section l1^ of Article XIII of the Constitution of California, exempting property from taxation in certain in- stances, and to that end adding Section 3612 (new) to the Political Code by providing the manner in which exemption may be secured,. the duty, of the Assessor with regard .thereto, and the wars recognized as within the intent and ..meaning of the section of the Constitution.
A. B. 303. Meek. Identical with -S. B. . 126. Thompson.
A. -B. 5S6. Bartlett. Amending -Section 3617, PoHticalCode, . defining terms.
Adds to the definition "real estate", "including -estates for years in real property, the fee of which is vested in any municipal corporation, State of California, or any subdivision thereof".
A. B. 588. Spengler. Adding Section 3629 V2 (new) to the Political Code, relating to taxation.
Requires the cash value of real estate and improvements to be stated separately; failure, refusal or neglect to - state values authorizes Assessor to attach such valuation to state- ment; valuation so stated shall be option price at-whieh State . or . county may . purchase such property, option to continue until next assessment. Either State or county may exercise such option, but if. both elect to exercise option on same day, ; State shall have precedence. . S.:B. 637. Thompson. Amending.. Section .3650,? Political. Code, relating to the assessment of property for. taxation.
A. B. 1200. Kramer. Adding Section 36.51a (new) to the Political 'Code, relating to the publishing and mailing of the assessment rolls.
S. B. 994. King. Adding Section 3652a (new) to the-Politicai Code, relating to the duties of assessors in counties below the • third class. ""Provides for the mailing, on or before the third Monday of June, to each person to whom real estate is- as- sessed, a statement of the gross amount of such assessment.
S. B. 806. Thompson. "Repealing Sections 3664, 3665, 3666, 3667, 3668, 3669, 3670 and 3371, Penal ~Code, relating to revenue and taxation.
A. B. 902. Meek. Repealing Sections 3664, 3665, 3667, 3668, 3667," 36B8, 3669, 3P670 -and 3B7lrPolitical "Code,- relating- to reve- nue and i^txation.
B. 889. ~ Meek. Repealing Sections 3664, 3665, 3666, 3667,
3669, 3670 and 3671, Political Code, as they now exist,
and- to re*enact- said sections,- -and adding twenty-nine new
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sections to said code, to be numbered Sections 3664a, 3664b, 3664c, 3664d, 3665a, 3665b, 3665c, 3666a, 3666b, 3666c, 3667a, 3667b, 3667c, 3668a, 3668b, 3668c, 3669a, 3669b, 3669c, 3669d, 3669e, 3670a, 3670b, 3670c, 3671a, 3671b, 3671c, 3671d, 3671e, all relating to taxation of public service and other corporations, banks and insurance companies for the benefit of the State.
S. B. 1164. Thompson. Identical with A. B. 889. Meek.
A. B. 843. Judson. Amending Sections 3672 and 3682, Po- litical Code, relating to the equalization of taxes.
S. B. 799. Gerdes. Adding Section 3673a (new) to the Political Code, relating to powers of county boards of equali- zation.
A. B. 894. Byrnes. Identical with S. B. 799. Gerdes.
Requires Board of Supervisors, sitting as Board of Equaliza- tion, before increasing rate upon any class of property, to publish notice of intention to do so for five days in a daily newspaper or one time in a weekly newspaper published in the county, fixing therein a time not less than ten days from the first day of publication when any person interested may appear and be heard.
S. B. 638. Thompson. Amending Sections 3692, 3696, 3714, 3732, 3737, 3746, 3756, Political Code, relating to the assess- ment, equalization and collection of taxes.
A. B. 1338. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 638. Thompson.
A. B. 150. Rigdon. Amending Section 3732, Political Code, relating to the delivery of duplioate assessment books to the tax collector by the county auditor.
' S. B. 692. Wolfe. Adding Section 3749a (new) to the Political Code, relating to notice to non-resident owners of real property by tax collectors as to amount of taxes or assessment due and time and place for payment.
A. B. 581. McPherson. Amending Section 3766, Political Code, relating to the manner of publication of the delinquent tax list- 's. B. 633. Benson. Amending Section 3766, Political Code, relating to the manner of publication of the delinquent tax list.
S. B. 321.. Thompson. Amending Section 3773, Political Code, relating to revenue and taxation.
A. B. 697. Schmitt. Amending Section 3804, Political Code, relating to taxes erroneously collected.
S. B. 674. Gerdes. Amending Section 3804, Political Code, relative to taxes erroneously collected.
A. B, 906, Schmitt. Adding Section 3804a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the approval or rejection of claims for refund of taxes, penalties and costs by boards of super- visors.
S. B. 815. Cogswell; Adding Section 3804b (new) to the
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Political Code, relating to the cancellation of erroneous assess- ments.
A. B. 1046. Meek. Identical with S. B. 815. Cogswell.
S. B. 252. Stuckenbruck. Amending Section 3819, Political Code, relating to payment of taxes under protest.
Eliminates the provision added in 1913, requiring such ac- tions to be brought by the owner or his guardian, or in case of death by his executor or administrator, and prohibiting re- covery if action brought by an assignee.
A. B. 695. Schmitt. Amending Section 3819, Political Code, relating to payment of taxes under protest.
S. B. 673. Gerdes. Amending Section 3819, Political Code, relating to payment of taxes under protest.
S. B. 127. Thompson. Amending Section 3823, Political Code, relating to the collection of taxes by the assessor.
Provides that for the assessment year 1915 no collection of taxes shall be made by the assessor in aid of the Panama - Pacific International Exposition.
A. B. 304. Meek. Identical with S. B. 127. Thompson.
A. B. 635. Chamberlin. Amending Section 3823, Political Code, relating to the duties of assessors.
A. B. 767. Sisson. Amending Sections 3824, 3825 and 3828, Political Code, all relating to the collection of taxes on per- sonal property, when such taxes are not a lien upon real prop- erty sufficient to secure the payment thereof.
A. B. 738. Meek. Amending Section 3866, Political Code, relating to settlements of county treasurers with the State.
S. B. 707. Benedict. Amending Section 3866, Political Code, relating to settlements of county treasurers with the State.
A. B. 546. Sisson. Amending Section 3876, Political Code, relating to allowance of mileage to county treasurers in set- tlements with the State, and appropriating $7500 therefor.
S. B. 528. Thompson. Amending Section 3897, Political Code, relating to the sale of property for delinquent taxes.
A. B. 1339. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 528. Thompson.
A. B. 669. Kramer. Amending Section 4014, Political Code, relating to township officers.
Provides for four justices of the peace and four constables in townships of more than 100,000 and less than 300,000.
S. B. 595. Irwin. Amending Section 4014, Political Code, relating to township officers.
A. B. 1427. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 4014, Political Code, relating to township officers.
A. B. 617. Scott, C. E. Amending Section 4023, Political Code, relating to the qualification of county officers.
S. B. 931. Carr. Identical with A. B. 617. Scott.
A. B. 355. Sharkey. Amending Section 4028, Political Code, relating to qualifications and election of supervisors.
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Provides for election of supervisors at large and not by districts.
S. B. 920. Brown. Amending Section 4028, Political Code, rpJating to qualifications and election of supervisors.
A. B. 533. Sharkey. Amending Section 4029, Political Code, relating to changes in supervisorial districts.
S. B. 332. Birdsall. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the general powers of boards of supervisors.
Provides (Sec. 5a new) for the employment by three-fifths vote of a road engineer.
S. B. 537. Cogswell. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the general powers of boards of supervisors.
S. B. 845. . Breed. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the general powers of boards of supervisors.
A. B. 926. Encell. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the general powers of boards of supervisors.
A. B. 1006. Wright, T. M. Amending Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the powers and duties of county boards of supervisors.
A3 B. 1105. Wills. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the general powers of Boards of Supervisors.
A. B. 139S. Shartel. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, relating to the general powers of boards of supervisors.
S B. 1114. Flint. Amending Section 4041, Political Code, re- lating to the powers and duties of county boards of supervisors.
A. B. 357. Harris. Adding Section 4041b (new) to the Polit- ical Code, relating to the manner of doing construction work in counties, exceeding in cost the sum of $500.
Provides that no contract where the cost exceeds $500 shall be let, if with 10 days after first publication or first day of posting of notice for bids, an initiative petition be filed with the county clerk with the requisite number of signatures, asking that the work be done by day labor. If the petition conform to Section 4058, Political Code, a special election shall be called at which the matter shall be voted on and if a majority of electors favor doing the work by day labor, it shall be so done; if a majority be opposed, then a contract shall be let for the work. Any contract let before determination of such question by electors shall be void.
S, B. 1102, King. Amending Section 4048, Political Code, regarding the purchase of supplies and advertising by coun- ties, defining the duties and powers of officers relating thereto, and establishing a legal square and a legal rate.
A. B. 1264. McPherson. Identical with S. B. 1102. King.
A. B. 1263. McPherson. Ameifcding Section 4049, Political Code, regarding the publication of proceedings of boards of supervisors.
Provides for. publication, within three- days after each ses-
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sion, in at least two newspapers in the county, of a statement of all proceedings of the board with list of all claims allowed.
S. B. 542. Cogswell. Amending Sections 4075 and 4076, Polit- ical Code, relating to payment and form of claims against the county.
A. B. 348. Ream. Amending Section 4085%, Political Code, relating to authorizing the board of supervisors of the several counties of this State to declare innavigable streams highways for the purpose of fishing, and providing for the use of the same.
A. B. 335. Satterwhite. Adding Sec^-on 4091 to the Political Code, relative to the payment of salaries of all regular em- ployees of counties, cities and counties, cities and towns, and providing a sinking fund therefor.
A. B. 1026. Tabler. Amending Section 4099a, Political Code, by fixing a definite amount as compensation for services rendered.
S. B. 143. Tyrrell. Amending Section 4112, Political Code, relating to county treasurers' reports.
A. B. 146. Encell. Amending Section 4131, Political Code, relating to the duties of county recorders.
S. B. 1004. Jones. Amending Section 4131, Political Code, relating to the recording of certain instruments.
A. B. 1454. McKnight. Amending Section 4131, Political Code, relating to the duties of county recorders.
S. B. 1028. Benedict. Amending Section 4131, Political Code, relating to the duties of County Recorder.
S. B. 320. Thompson. Amending Section 4132, Political Code, prescribing what indexes shall be kept by county recorders.
A. B. 366. Mouser. Amending Section 4132, Political Code, prescribing what indexes shall be kept by county recorders.
Strikes out of Subdivision 24 the words "approved March 17, 1897."
A. B. 1333. Chenoweth (by request). Amending Section 4142, Political Code, relating to the time when contracts, plans and specifications may be returned or destroyed by Recorders.
A. B. 145. Encell. Amending Section 4145, Political Code, relating to the duties of coroners.
S. B. 863. Crowley. Amending Section 4146. Political OM«, relating to the duties of the Coronor.
A. B. 978. Prendergast. Amending Section 414(5, Political Code, relating to the duties of coroner.
A. B. 1177. Beck (by request). Amending Section 4153 of the Political Code, relating to the duties of District Attorneys.
Omits all but the first two subdivisions, and strikes out from subdivision 2 provision that District Attorney shall at- tend upon and advise the grand jury.
S. B. 231. Anderson. Adding Section 4153a (new) to the
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Political Code, providing for the powers and duties of district attorneys in actions for divorce or annulment of marriage, and to authorize the appointment of additional deputies by district attorneys in counties of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and tenth classes, and pro- viding for their compensation.
A. B. 1127. Harris (by request). Adding Section 4154a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the duties of District Attorneys.
S. B. 204. Kehoe. Repealing Section 4156b, Political Code, prohibiting the defense by district attorneys of persons charged with crime, and adding Section 4156c (new) thereto, prohibiting the defense by district attorneys of persons charged with crime.
Prohibits district attorneys, during their incumbency, from defending, assisting in the defense of, or acting as counsel for any person charged with crime; penalty, forfeiture of office.
S. B. 446. King. Adding Section 4190a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the law library fund and repealing Section 4221a.
Authorizing boards of supervisors to set apart each month from fees collected by county clerks in addition to funds now provided for by law a sum not exceeding $100 in any one month to be paid by County Clerk into "Law Library Fund", designated in Section 4190.
S. B. 752. Maddux. Amending Section 4218, Political Code, relating to the duties of county surveyors and the furnishing of assessors' maps and block books.
A. B. 393. Johnson. Amending Section 4221a, Political Code, relating to the amount of money that the boards of super- visors of the several counties may set apart and pay into the "Law Library Fund."
Increases amount to $100.
S. B. 118. Tyrrell. Amending Section 4232, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees, and expenses of officers in counties of the third class. (Alameda County.)
A. B. 508. Satterwhite. Adding Section 4232a to the Political Code, providing for the compensation of grand jurors and trial jurors in the Superior Court in counties of the third class.
Fixes fees at $3 per day and necessary railway fare.
S. B. 720. Jones. Amending Section 4233, Political Code, relating to officers and salaries in counties of the fourth class (Santa Clara County).
A. B. 755. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 720. Jones
A. B. 1256. Hawson. Amending Section 4234, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers in counties of the fifth class (Fresno County).
A. B. 263. Gebhart. Amending Section 4235, Political Code, relating to the compensation and fees of officers of counties
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of the sixth class and their assistants, deputies and clerks (Sacramento county).
S. B. 260. Luce. Amending Section 4236, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees and expenses of officers in coun- ties of the seventh class (San Diego county).
S. B. 839. Stuckenbruck. Amending Section 4238, Political Code, relating to the compensation of county and township officers of counties of the ninth class, and to number, appoint- ment and salaries of their assistants and deputies (San Joa- quin County).
A. B. 1107. Salisbury. Amending Section 4239, Political Code, relating to the compensation of county and township officers of counties of the tenth class, and to the number, appointment and salaries of their assistants and deputies.
A. B. 623. Harris. Amending Section 4240, Political Code, relating to the compensation of county and township officers of counties of the eleventh class (Kern County).
A. B. 844. Scott, F. C. Amending Section 4241, Political Code, relating to the salaries and compensations of officers of counties of the twelfth class (Tulare County).
A B. 555. Avey. Amending Section 4242, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers of counties of the thirteenth class (Riverside County).
S. B. 730. Anderson. Amending Section 4243, Political Code, relating to the compensation of officers of counties of the four- teenth class (Orange County).
A. B. 994. Burke. Identical with S. B. 730. Anderson.
S. B. 152. Kehoe. Amending Section 4244, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers in counties of the fifteenth class (Humboldt county).
A. B. 698. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 152. Kehoe.
S. B. 19. Owens. Amending Section 4245, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees, and expenses of officers in counties of the sixteenth class.
A. B. 673. Sharkey. Indentical with S. B. 19. Owens.
A. B. 728. Kramer. Amending Section 4246, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers in counties of the seventeenth class (Santa Barbara County).
S. B. 762. Mott. Identical with S. B. 728. Kramer.
A. B. 872. Widenmann. Amending Section 4247, Political Code, relative to salaries and fees of officers in counties of the eighteenth class (Solano County).
S. B. 666. Duncan. Amending Section 4248, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees and expenses of officers in counties of the nineteenth class (Butte County).
A. B. 931. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 4249, Political Code, relating to county officers and their salaries and depu- ties; to township officers and their compensation; and to the
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compensation of jurors . and grand jurors in counties of the twentieth class (San Mateo County).
82 B. 912. Flint. Identical With A., B. 931. Brown.
A. B. 500. McPherson. Amending Section 4250, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of the officers of the counties of the twenty-first class (Santa Cruz County).
A. B. 13. Manning. Amending Section 4251 of the Political Code of the State of California, relating to the salaries, fees and expenses of officers in counties of the twenty-second class (Marin County).
S. B. 177. Owens. Amending Section 4251, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees, and expenses of officers in counties of the twenty-second class (Marin county).
A. B. 1091. Manning. Amending Section 4251, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers of the counties of the twenty-second class (Marin County).
A. B. 1411. Boyce. Amending Section 4252, Political Code, relating to salaries and compensation of the county and town- ship officers of counties of the twenty-third class (Monterey County).
S. B. 787. Purkitt. Amending Section 4253, Political Code, State of California, relating to the compensation of officers in counties of the twenty-fourth class (Mendocino County).
A. B. 876. Pettis. Identical with S. B. 787. Purkitt.
S. B. 211. Maddux. Amending Section 4254, Political Code, relating to compensation of officers in counties of the twenty- fifth class (Stanislaus county).
A. B. 840. Rigdon. Amending Section 4256, Political Code, relating to compensation of officers and jurors of counties of the twenty-seventh class, their clerks, deputies, stenograph- ers and assistants (San Luis Obispo County).
A. B. 624. McCray. Amending Section 4257, Political Code, relating to the compensation of county and township officers of counties of the twenty-eighth class, and to number, ap- pointment and salaries of their assistants and deputies, (Shasta. County), by title only,
A. B. 273. Ream. Amending Section 4258. Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers of counties of the twenty-ninth class (Siskiyou County).
S. B. 524. Shearer. Amending Section 4258, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers of counties of the twenty-ninth class (Siskiyou County).
S. B. 684. Mott. Amending Section 4259, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers in counties of the . thirtieth class (Ventura County).
A. B. 737. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 684, Mott.
S. B. a35. Birdsall. Amending Section 4260, Political Code;
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relating to the compensation of officers of counties of the thirty-first class. (Placer County.)
S. B. 594. Irwin. Amending Section 4261, Political Code, relating to compensation of officers in counties of the thirty- second class (Kings County).
A. B. 1334. Long. Amending Section 4261, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers in counties of the thirty- second class (Kings County).
A. B. 141. Rutherford. Amending Sections 4263 and 4263a, Political Code, relating to the salaries of officers and fees of jurors in. counties of the thirty-fourth class.
S. B. 454. Birdsall. Amending Sections 4263 and 4263a, Political Code, relating to the salaries of officers and fees of jurors in counties of the thirty-fourth class (Nevada County).
S. B. 970. Birdsall. Adding Section 4263a (new) to the Political Code, relating to and fixing the compensation of grand and trial jurors in the Superior Courts in counties of. the thirty-fourth class (Nevada County) at $3 per day and mileage at 35 cents a mile, except that no one mileage shall exceed $11.00, and providing for the payment thereof.
A. B. 616. Tabler. Amending Section 4264, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers in counties of the thirty-fifth class. (Yolo County.)
A. B. 873. Tabler. Amending Section 4264, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers in counties of the thirty-fifth class (Yolo County).
A. B. 1029. Tabler. Amending Section 4264, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers in counties of the thirty- fifth class (Yolo County).
A. B, 216. Wills. Amending Section 4265, Political Code, relating to the compensation of officers of counties of the thirty-sixth class (Imperial County).
A. B. 625. Sisson. Amending Section 4266, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers and fees and mileage of jurors in counties of the thirty-seventh class (Tehama County).
A. B. 912. Tabler. Amending Section 4267, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees and expenses of officers in coun- ties of the thirty-eighth class (Yuba County).
A. B. 667. Browne. Amending Section 4268, Political Code, relating to counties of the thirty-ninth class. (Tuolumne County.)
S. B. 408. Maddux. Amending Section 4269 of the Political Code, relating to compensation of officers in counties of the fortieth class. (Calaveras County.)
A. B. 743. Kerr. Amending Section 4270, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers in counties of the forty-first class (Amador County).
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A. B. 1412. Boyce. Amending Section 4272, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers of counties of +he forty- third class (San Benito County).
S. B. 789. Purkitt. Amending Section 4275, Political Code, relative to the salary of officers in counties of the forty-sixth class (Glenn County).
A. B. 911. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 789. Purkitt.
A. B. 131. Tabler. Amending Section 4277, Political Code, relating to salaries, fees and compensation of officers of counties of the forty- eighth class (Modoc county).
S. B. 665. Duncan. Amending Section 4277, Political Code, relating to the salaries, fees and expenses of officers in counties of the forty-eighth class (Sutter County).
A. B. 1307. Shartel. Amending Section 4278, Political Code, relating to the compensation of officers of counties of the forty- ninth class (Modoc County).
A. B. 102. Bruck. Amending Section 4279, Political Code, relating to salaries of officers of counties of the 50th class (Plumas county).
S. B. 848. Purkitt. Amending Section 4279, Political Code, relating to salaries of county officers for counties of the fiftieth class (Lake County).
S. B. 336. Birdsall. Amending Section 4280, Political Code, relating to the compensation of officers of counties of the fifty-first class. (Plumas County.)
A. B. 1308. Shartel. Amending Section 4281, Political Code, relating to the compensation of officers of counties of the fifty-second class (Lassen County).
S. B. 337. Birdsall. Amending Section 4282, Political Code, relating to the compensation of officers in counties of the fifty- third class. (Sierra County.)
S. B. 261. Maddux. Amending Section 4283, Political Code, relating to compensation of officers in counties of the fifty- fourth class (Mariposa county).
A. B'. 666. Browne. Identical with S. B. 261. Maddux.
A. B. 839. McCray. Amending Section 4284, Political Code, relating to salaries and fees of officers of counties of the fifty-fifth class (Trinity County).
S. B. 419. Kehoe. Amending Section 4285, Political Code, relating to the salaries of officers in counties of the fifty-sixth class. (Del Norte County.)
A. B. 566. Ream. Amending Section 4285, Political Code, relating to the salaries and fees of officers of counties of the fifty-sixth class (Alpine' County).
S. B. 750. Maddux. Amending Section 4286, Political Code, relating to counties of the fifty-seventh class, and salaries of officers thereof (Mono County).
S. B. 538. Cogswell. Amending Section 4288, Political Code,
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by adding a new section thereto permitting- boards of super- visors in counties of the first class or counties operating under a charter to fix dates on which salaried employees may be paid.
A. B. 1350. Brown, H. W. Adding Section 4292a (new) to the Political Code, relating to the compensation of justices of the peace.
S. B. 112. Luce. Adding Section 4293 (new) to the Political Code, relating to the qualifications of coroners and deputy coroners and prohibiting certain agreements on the part of such coroners and deputy coroners.
Declares ineligible to the office of coroner or deputy coroner any person engaged or interested in the business of under- taking, embalming, or of directing funerals, or who is em- ployed in such business, and prohibiting any coroner or deputy coroner from entering into any agreement with any under- takers to favor them in the handling of cases within the jurisdiction of the coroner. Violation works forfeiture of office.
S. B. 164. Benson. Amending Section 4295, Political Code, relating to official services and fees.
A. B. 30. McCray. Amending Section 4300, Political Code, relative to fees and mileage of witnesses.
Witness fees fixed at $2 per day and 10 cents a mile, going only, for travel by rail or water, 20 cents per mile by wagon road, and 25 cents per mile by trail.
S. B. 162. Benson. Amending Section 4300a, Political Code, relating to the fees of county clerks.
Fixes a new schedule of fees.
A. B. 1057. Canepa (by request). Amending Section 4300a, Political Code, relating to County Clerk's fees.
S. B. 353. Jones. Amending Section 4300c, Political Code, relating to the fees to be charged by recorders.
A. B. 1056. Canepa (by request). Amending Section 4300e, Political Code, relating to Justices of the Peace fees.
A. B. 822. Rominger. Amending Section 4300f, Political Code, relating to jurors' fees.
A. B. 1050. Harris. Amending Section 4300f, Political Code, relating to jurors' fees.
A. B. 700. Quinn. Amending Section 4300g, Political Code, relating to witness fees.
S. B. 968. Benson. Amending Section 4300k, Political Code, by providing that township officers must demand the pay- ment of all fees in civil cases in advance, except that such advance payment may be waived by Justices of the Peace in
rtain cases. . B. 1209. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 968. Benson.
A. B. 982. Ryan. Amending Section 4307, Political Code, relating to county charges.
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S. B. 274. Jones. Amending Section 4316, Political Code, relating to officers prohibited from practicing law.
Includes district attorneys who are allowed deputies by law, among the officers prohibited from practicing law; and pro- vides as a penalty for violation forfeiture of office.
A. 15. 1897. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 274. Jones.
A. B. 548. Ellis (by request). Amending Section 4316, Political Code, prohibiting certain county officers from prac- ticing law.
Includes "assessors" in the prohibition of the statute; and prohibits Sheriffs, Clerks. Assessors and Constables from act- ing as collectors or for any collection agency.
A. B. l)2f>. Manning. Amending Section 4408, Political Code, relating to additional powers of common council.
S. B. 929. Carr. Identical with A. B. 925. Manning.
A. P. 40 1. Heck (by request). To amend the Political Code, relative to the manner of collecting property taxes. (Intro- duced by title only.)
A. B. 865. Prendergast. Adding a new section to the Polit- ical Code, concerning insurance and surety companies, cor- porations, associations, societies, firms, agents, brokers, em- ployees and other persons; prohibiting rebating or accepting rebates on insurance bonds, and providing for the revoking or the suspension of licenses by and prescribing the powers and duties of the Insurance Commissioner.
S. B. 1024. Benedict. Amending Title V of Part III of the Political Code by adding and enacting new chapters to be desig- nated Chapters 1, la, lb, lc, Id and le, relating to and creating a State Board of Administration; providing for the organization of such board; defining its powers and duties; prescribing the number and fixing the salaries of the members and employees thereof; providing for the government and management by said Board of Administration of the State hospitals for the insane and other incompetent persons, the State schools and institutions for reformation, the Veterans' Home of California, the Woman's Relief Corps Home, the Industrial Home for the Adult Blind; for the appointment, salaries, powers and duties of the executive and other officers and employees Of said in- stitutions and for the commitment or admission and care, custody and maintenance of the inmates and members of such institutions; and to amend said Title V of Part III of the Political Code by renumbering Chapter lc thereof, relating to the Woman's Relief Corps Home of California and designating said chapter as Chapter If, and to repeal Chapter 1 of Title V of Part III of the Political Code, relating to the State Commission in Lunacy, State hospitals and care, custody, apprehension and commitment of insane and other incompetent persons, and Chapter lb of Title V of Part III of the Political Code, relating to the Industrial Home for the Adult Blind;
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and to repeal an Act entitled 'An Act to create a State Board of Charities and Corrections, prescribing its duties and powers, and appropriating money therefor", approved March 25, 1903, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and to repeal an Act entitled 'An Act providing for the super- vision and control by the State Board of Charities and Cor- rections of the placing of dependent children into homes and for the supervision of all societies or organizations engaged in such work and known as children's home finding societies", approved April 24, 1911; and to repeal an Act entitled 'An Act to establish a school of industry and providing for the maintenance and management of the same and to make an appropriation therefor", approved March 11, 1889, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to establish a State reform school for juvenile offenders and to make an appropriation therefor", approved March 11, 1SS9, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto; and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to accept from the Veterans' Home Association the conveyance of, and to vest title In the State of California to, the tract of land in Napa county known as the Veterans' Home, with the improvements and furnishings thereon, to make the same a State home for United States soldiers, sailors and marines, and to provide for the government thereof by the State", ap- proved March 11, 1897, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto; and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to establish a State training school for girls; to provide for the maintenance and management of the same, and to make an appropriation therefor", approved June 14, 1913; and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.
A. B. 1301. Manning. Adding a new chapter to Title V of Part III, Political Code, to be known as Chapter IVc, relating to the establishment of a county mosquito extermination com- mission, and to define their powers and duties.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
AGRICULTURAL PARK.
S. B. 6. Cohn. Appropriating $10,000 to provide for the improvement and maintenance of grounds at the State Agri- cultural Park in the City of Sacramento, California.
A. B. 77. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 6. Cohn.
S\ B. 18. Mott. Authorizing the directors of the State Agricultural Society to erect a new building and to furnish and equip the same, at Agricultural Park in the City of Sacramento, State of California, to be known as the Woman's Building and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
A. B. 8. Gebhart. Identical with S. B. 18. Mott.
S. B. 35. Cohn. Appropriating $10,000 to make general plans for the improvement of the State Fair grounds at Agri- cultural Park in the City of Sacramento and to make draw- ings, specifications and estimates therefor under the direction of the State Department of Engineering.
A. B. 37. Gebhart. Identical with S. B. 35. Cohn.
S. B. 65. Cohn. Appropriating $50,000 for the purchase of additional land for the State Fair Grounds in the City of Sacramento.
A. B. 5. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 65. Cohn.
S. B. 66. Cohn. Appropriating $500.00 for the reconstruc- tion of windows in the agricultural pavilion at the State Fair Grounds in Agricultural Park in the City of Sacramento.
A. B. 39. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 66. Cohn.
S. B. 297. Cohn. Providing for the construction and repair- ing of livestock barns and sheds on the State Fair Grounds at Agricultural Park in the City of Sacramento, and appro- priating $10,000 therefor.
A. B. 294. Chenowetn. Identical with S. B. 297. Cohn.
S. B. 909. Cohn. Appropriating money for the purchase of additional land adjoining the State Fair Grounds in the City of Sacramento, for the use of said State Fair Grounds.
A. B. 990. Gebhart. Indentical with S. B. 909. Cohn.
S. B. 946. Rush. Appropriating $50,000 for furnishing, equip- ping and maintaining the buildings and grounds at Sacramento, California, known as the State Fair Grounds, and for estab- lishing a permanent- exhibit therein of the products and resources of the different counties of the State of California,
ARMORIES.
S. B. 598. Butler. Appropriating $100,000 to complete the buildings, equipping and furnishing of an armory to be used for the National Guard and National Guard purposes in the city of Los Angeles.
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A. B. 1244. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 598. Butler.
A. B. , 278. Bruck. Appropriating $15,000 for the building and construction of an armory for the National Guard at Napa City, Napa County, California.
S. B. 453. Rush. Identical with A, B. 278. Bruck.
S. B. 1142. Hans. Appropriating $100,000 for the erection, construction, equipment and furnishing of an armory for1 the National Guard in the City of Oakland.
A. B. 450. McCray. Appropriating $10,000 for the building and construction of an armory for the National Guard at Redding, Shasta County, California.
A. B. 785. Johnson. Providing for the building of an armory for the National Guard of the State of California at San Ber- nardino, and appropriating $12,500 therefor.
S. B. 233. Scott. Providing for the completion of the armory for the National Guard at San Francisco, and appropriating $100,000 therefor.
S. B. 778. Scott. Appropriating $2000 to provide a cash revolving fund for the use of the State Armory Board for operating the State Armory at San Francisco.
A. B. 439. Edwards. To provide for marking off and setting apart a portion of the Stockton State Hospital grounds for a site upon which to construct an armory; to provide for the conveyance and transfer of the lands comprising said proposed site by said corporation through its proper officers, board of managers or their successors as trustees of such property, to the State of California; to provide for the control and manage- ment thereof; to provide for the construction and erection of an armory and drill hall thereon, and appropriating money therefor.
CLAIMS, COUNTY.
A. B. 100. Shartel. Appropriating $4439.30 to pay the claim of Lassen county against the State of California for refund of taxes under Section 3804, Political Code.
A. B. 598. Wright. Appropriating $91.03 to pay the claim of Los Angeles County against the State of California for the support of orphans, half-orphans and abandoned children in the sixty- second fiscal year.
S. B. 334. Birdsall. Reimbursing the County of Plumas in sum of $7500 annua'ly for net loss of revenue sustained by the withdrawal of railroad property from county taxation under the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution of this State.
A. B. 1386. Phelps. To reimburse the county of San Ber- nardino for net loss of revenue sustained by the withdrawal of railroad property from county taxation under the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution of this State.
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CLAIMS, PRIVATE.
A. B. 1364. Quinn. Appropriating $1200 to pay the claim of Thomas Bair against the State of California.
A. B. 578. Phelps. Appropriating $39.85 to pay the claim of C. S. Baldwin against the State of California for cost in foreclosing swamp lands.
S. B. 784. Finn. Appropriating $100 to pay the claim of Mrs. Richard D. Barton against the State of California.
A. B. 892. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 784. Finn.
S. B. 835. Shearer. To authorize the repayment to Mary Ann Bath, Carrie F. Stone, Alice B. Walker and John Thad- deus Bath, as heirs at law of John F. Bath, deceased, of moneys paid by said deceased in his lifetime to the State of California, for the purchase of certain indemnity or lieu land certificates, and which indemnity or lieu land certificates have been surrendered to the State, said moneys amounting to the sum of $640, and for such purpose authorizing the State Register to issue a certificate to said heirs of John F. Bath, deceased, for the amount so paid for said indemnity certifi- cates, and authorizing the State Controller to draw his war- rant on the State Treasurer for said sum, and authorizing the State Treasurer to pay the same, said sum having here- tofore been paid into the State School Land Fund.
A. B. 1309. Shartel. Identical with S. B. 835. Shearer.
A. B. 711. Meek. Appropriating $2519.88 to pay the claim of Mrs. S. L. Bee against the State of California for interest on Indian war bonds.
A. B. 946. Pettis. Identical with A. B. 711. Meek.
A. B. 1110. Wright, T. M. An Act for the relief of M. B. Bell.
A. B. 211. Meek. Appropriating * $309.50 to pay claim of Bryant & May, Limited, against the State of California.
A. B. 130. Tabler. Appropriating $1500.00 to pay the claim of W. H. Carlin against the State of California.
A. B. 577. Phelps. Appropriating $1011.25 to pay the claim of the Clark & Henry Construction Company against the State of California for street work fronting the State Armory in the City of Sacramento.
A. B. 1065. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $77.00 to pay the claim of the Coast Counties Gas and Electric Com- pany against the State of California.
S. B. 923. Finn. Appropriating $1250 to pay the claim of Pr. W. B. Coffey against the State of California.
A. B. 1103. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 923. Finn.
A. B. 205. Johnson. Appropriating $5000 to pay the claim of Firth Crossland against the State of California for injuries received while in the employ of the State.
A. B. 649. Wright. Appropriating $540.00 to pay the claim
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of the Des Moines Bridge and Iron Company against the State of California.
A. B. 1071. Canepa (by request). Appropriating money to pay the claim of Edward A. Dobson against the State of California.
A. B. 773. Gebhart. Appropriating $3217.50 to pay the claim of Daisy M. Drewry against the State of California.
A. B. 1064. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $37.00 to pay the claim of the Economic Gas Company against the State of California.
A. B. 1068. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $25,000.00 to pay the claim of Ed Fletcher.
A. B. 712. Meek. Appropriating $860.83 to pay the claim of Fred H. Figel against the State of California.
IS. B. 1087. Jones. Identical with* A. B. 712. Meek.
A. B. 559. Avey. Appropriating $600 to pay the claim of Frankfort General Insurance Company against the State of California.
S. B. 8P6. Birdsall. Appropriating $1800 to pay the claim of W. E. Gerber against the State of California.
A. B. 551. Kramer. Appropriating $840 to pay the claim of the Globe Express Company against the State of California.
A. B. 1062. Canepa (by request). Appropriating money to pay the claim of the Great Western Power Company against the State of California.
S. B. 128. Thompson. Appropriating $245 to pay the claim of Grocer's Building Company against the State of California.
A. B. 550. Kramer. Appropriating $28,705 to pay the claim of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company against the State of California.
A. B. 1362. S'chmitt. Appropriating $520 to pay the claim of A. B. Hooke against the State of California.
A. B. 595. Wright. Appropriating $674.97 to pay the claim of the E. Clemens Horst Company against the State of California.
A. B. 732. Quinn. Appropriating $10,000 to pay the claim of the Humboldt and Trinity Toll Road Company against the State of California.
S. B. 804. Scott. To reimburse Russell T. Joy for money paid by him to the State of California in the purchase of certain certificates of indemnity or scrip, on account of his becoming subsequently disqualified to purchase State lands by reason of removal from the State of California, and ap- propriating $872 therefor.
A. B. 1101. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 804. Scott.
S. B. 947. Rush. Appropriating $300 to pay the claim of J. W. Kavanagh against the State of California.
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S. B. 514. Scott. Appropriating money to pay the claim of William LaHaye against the State of California.
A. B. 514. Phillips. Appropriating $4133.55. to pay the claim of the Lake. Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company against the State of California.
S. B. 546. Cogswell. Identical with A. B. 514. Phillips.
A. B. 1060. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $3261.34 to pay the claim of Lake Tahoe Railway and Navigation Com- pany upon a judgment rendered against the State of Cali- fornia.
A. B. 1482. Chenoweth. Appropriating $39,500 to pay the claim of Lauritzen Company against the State of California.
A. B. 6t)0. Wright. Appropriating $468.50 to pay the claim of John Loftus against the State of California, for personal injury sustained.
A. B. 1340. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $30 to pay the claim of the Long Beach Consolidated Gas Company- against the State of California.
A. B. 1070. Canepa (by request). Appropriating money to pay the claim of the Los Angeles Packing Company against the State of California.
A. B. 1072. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $5.00 to pay the claim of the Frank Lyman Company against the State of California.
S. B. 513. Scott. Appropriating $5000 to pay the claim of Peter P. Macdonald against the State of California.
A. B. 204. Johnson. Appropriating $10,000 to pay the claim of R. T. Macklin against the State of California for injuries received while in the service of the State.
S. B. 432. Tyrrell. Appropriating money to pay the claim of C. S. MacMullan.
A. B. 1366. Quinn. Appropriating $500 to pay the claim of James E. Mathews against the State of California.
A. B. 576. Phelps. Appropriating $2871.24 to pay the claim of the Matson Navigation Company upon a judgment rendered against the State of California.
A. B. 46. Schmitt. Appropriating $7000 to pay the claim of Johan Alfred Matsson against the State of California.
A. B. 1215. Ream. Appropriating $3600 to pay the claim of Mrs. May Arminnie McCrea against the State of California.
A. B. 672. Schmitt. Appropriating $2500 to pay the claim of Arthur G. Meehan. •
A. B. 549. Kramer. Appropriating $1075 to pay the claim of the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York against the State of California.
A. B. 109. Arnerich. Appropriating $3307.06 to pay the claim of Miller & Lux Incorporated against the State of Cali- fornia.
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S. B. 281. Thompson. Identical with A. B. 109. Arnerich.
A. B. 110. Arnerich. Appropriating $10,306.47 to pay the claim of Miller & Lux Incorporated against the State of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 282. Thompson. Identical with A B. 110. Arnerich.
A. B. 111. Arnerich. Appropriating $10,337.06 to pay the claim of Miller & Lux Incorporated against the State of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 283. Thompson. Identical with A. B. 111. Arnerich.
A. B. 112. Arnerich. Appropriating $3061.47 to pay the claim of Miller & Lux Incorporated against the State of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 284. Thompson. Identical with A. B. 112. Arnerich.
A. B. 557. Avey. Appropriating $1850 to pay the claim of the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company against the State of California.
A. B. 713. Meek. Appropriating $1077.50 to pay the funeral expenses of the late Controller, Alfred B. Nye.
S. B. 828. Campbell. Appropriating $6730.10 to pay the claim of James C. Owens against the State of California, un- der the provisions of Section 1 of Article XXIII of the Consti- tution of the State of California.
A. B. 558. Avey. Appropriating $7770 to pay the claim of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company against the State of California.
A. B. 1061. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $901.25 to pay the claim of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany against the State of California.
S. B. 997. Crowley. Identical with A. B. 1061. Canepa.
A. B. 1214. Avey (by request). Appropriating $2020 to pay the claim of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany against the State of California.
A. B. 225. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $5,314.10 to pay the claim of Chas. A. Palm against the State of California.
A. B. 650. Wright. Appropriating $2316.40 to pay the claim of the Palm Iron and Bridge Works against the State of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 451. Slater. Appropriating $12,422.25, to pay the claim of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Co. upon judgment rendered against the State of California.
A. B. 1168. Edwards, L. (by request). Appropriating $1000 to pay the claim of Clarence H. Peterson against the State of California.
A. B. 1389. Manning. Appropriating $4162.63 to pay the claim of A. J. Raisch against the State of California.
A. B. 1170. McCray. Appropriating $131.84 to pay the claim of John S. Reid against the State of California.
A. B. 1059. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $45.00 to
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pay the claim of Ralph S. Roberts against the State of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 924. Finn. Appropriating $480 to pay the claim of Saint Francis Hospital, a Corporation, against the State of California.
A. B. 1102. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 924. Finn.
A. B. 1066. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $30.00 to pay the claim of the San Diego Home Telephone Company againpt the State of California.
A. B. 1067. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $117.50 to pay the claim of the San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Rail- ways against the State of California.
A. B. 725. Cary. Appropriating $1301.43 to pay the claim of the fc'an Joaquin Light & Power Corporation against the State of California.
A. B. 1343. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $35 to pay the claim of the Santa Barbara Gas and Electric Company against the State of California.
A. B, 92, McDonald, J. J. Appropriating $160 to pay the claim of R. A. Sarle against the State of California.
S. B. 1167. Scott. Identical with A. B. 92. McDonald.
A. B. 382. Gebhart. Appropriating $699.80 to pay the claim of Frank D. Scott against the State of California.
A. B. 199. Kerr. Appropriating $1037 to pay the claim of Mrs. J. W. Sibole against the State of California.
A. B. 1341. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $905 to pay the claim of the Southern California Edison Company against the State of California.
S. B. 925. Finn. Appropriating $407.50 to pay the claim of the Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation, against the State of California.
A. B. 1104 Ryan. Identical with S. B. 925. Finn.
S. B. 547. Cogswell. Appropriating $28.50 to pay the claim of W. H. Taylor against the State of California.
S. B. 678. Flaherty. Appropriating $2000 to pay the claim of Martha O. Ullner against the State of California.
A. B. 782. Canepa. Appropriating $50,000 to pay the claim of Martha O. Ullner against the State of California.
A. B. 1063. Canepa (by request). Appropriating $75.00 to pay the claim of the Union Home Telephone and Telegraph Corporation against the State of California.
A. B. 829. Edwards. Appropriating $500.00 to pay the claim of Benjamin Walters against the State of California.
S. B. 1149. Mott. Appropriating money to pay the claim of Harve Oliver Waterman against the State of California.
A. B. 1069. Canepa (by request). Appropriating money to pay the claim of Harvey Oliver Waterman against the State of California.
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A. B. 556. Avey. Appropriating $3164.83 to pay the claim of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company upon a judgment rendered against the State of California.
S. B. 254. Benedict. Appropriating $600 to pay the claim of Charles W. Williams against the State of California.
A. B. 475. Fish (by request). Identical with S. B. 251. Benedict.
EXPOSITIONS.
S. B. 345. Thompson. Appropriating $60,000 for furnishing, equipping and maintaining the exposition building at Los An- geles, California, and for establishing and maintaining a per- manent exhibit therein of the products and resources of the different counties of the State of California.
A. B. 644. Conrad. Appropriating $5000.00 for the main- tenance of the California State Building at the Panama-Cali- fornia Exposition.
A. B. 645. Conrad. Appropriating $28,750.00 to reimburse the Panama-California Exposition for money furnished by it to the Panama-California Exposition Commissioners to complete the California State Building at said Exposition.
S. B. 1061. Chandler. Appropriating $15,000 for the com- pletion of the petroleum experimental station at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
EDUCATIONAL. California Polytechnic School.
A. B. 152. Rigdon. Appropriating $33,000.00 to provide a permanent water supply for the California Polytechnic School.
S. B. 168. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 152. Rigdon.
A. B. 153. Rigdon. Appropriating $5000.00 for the purchase of live stock and poultry at the California Polytechnic School.
S. B. 169. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 153. Rigdon.
A. B. 154. Rigdon. Appropriating $45,000.00 for building a horse barn, a hay barn, hog barn, dairy barn, green-houses, and poultry houses, and other farm buildings at the Califor- nia Polytechnic School.
S. B. 175. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 154. Rigdon.
A. B. 155. Rigdon. Appropriating $6000.00 for the purchase of_ farm machinery and implements at the California Poly- technic School.
S. B. 171. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 155. Rigdon.
A. B. 156. Rigdon. Appropriating $8000.00 for the estab- lishment and maintenance of a normal and a business course at the California Polytechnic School.
S. B. 172. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 156. Rigdon.
A. B. 157. Rigdon. Appropriating $15,000.00 for the pur-
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chase of equipment for shops, power plant, and laboratories at the California Polytechnic School.
S. B. 166. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 157. Rigdon.
A. B. 158. Rigdon. Appropriating $15,000.00 for repairs and improvements to buildings and equipment at the Cali- fornia Polytechnic School.
S. B. 167. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 158. Rigdon.
A. B. 159. Rigdon. Appropriating $10,000.00 for the build- ing and equipment of a carpenter shop at the California Polytechnic School.
■S. B. 170. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 159. Rigdon.
A. B. 160. Rigdon. Appropriating $15,000.00 for the build- ing and equipping of an armory, gymnasium, assembly hall and ball ground at the California Polytechnic School.
S. B. 173. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 160. Rigdon.
State Normal Schools. Chico.
S. B. 358. Duncan. Appropriating $5600 for repairs and im- provements to the Chico State Normal School.
A. B. 93. Canepa. Appropriating $25,000 for constructing a hospital building on site near the ferry building in the City and County of San Francisco; arranging for its upkeep by said city and county.
A. B. 94. Canepa. Appropriating $30,000 for building and furnishing an observatory in the City and County of San Francisco; arranging for its upkeep by said city and county.
Fresno.
S. B. 135. Chandler. Appropriating $20,000 to pay the ex- penses of furnishing and equipping a new normal school build- ing at the Fresno State Normal School.
S. B. 136. Chandler. Appropriating $15,000 for improving the grounds at the Fresno State Normal School.
Humboldt (Eureka).
S. B. 113. Kehoe. Appropriating $112,000 for the construc- tion and equipment of buildings on the property of Humboldt State Normal School.
A. B. 1276. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 113. Kehoe.
S. B. 114. Kehoe. Appropriating $10,000 for the equipment and furnishing of buildings at Humboldt State Normal School.
A. B. 1273. Quinn. Identical with S, B. 114. Kehoe.
S. B. 115. Kehoe. Appropriating $4720 for the construction of temporary buildings at Humboldt State Normal School.
A. B. 1275. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 115. Kehoe.
S. B. 116. Kehoe. Appropriating $1500 for moving tempo- rary buildings at Humboldt State Normal School.
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A. B. 1277. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 116. Kehoe.
S. B. 117. Kehoe. Appropriating $2000 for clearing the site for erecting buildings on the property of Humboldt State Normal School.
A. B. 1274. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 117. Kehoe.
Los Angeles.
S. B. 369. Benedict. Appropriating $9600 to pay additional salaries at the Los Angeles State Normal School for the sixty- sixth fiscal year. . - - -
A. B. 473. Wright. . Identical with S. B. 369. Benedict. ..S. B. 370. Benedict. Appropriating $8000 for additional slip* port at the Los Angeles State Normal School for the sixty- sixth fiscal year.
A. B. 472. Wright,/ Identical with S. B. 370. Benedict.
S. B. 371. Benedict. Appropriating $8500 to complete and furnish the Los Angeles Normal School buildings.
S. B. 372. Benedict. Appropriating $5500 to purchase addi- tional equipment for the industrial training departments of the Los Angeles State Normal School.
S. B. 373. Benedict. Appropriating $2500 to construct an : addition to the manual training building of the Los Angeles State Normal School.
S. B. 374. Benedict. Appropriating $18,000 to pay the ex- penses of street improvements and" sewer assessments fronting the property of the Los Angeles State Normal School in the (City of Los Angeles.
S. B. 375. Benedict. Appropriating $6000 for improvement to :grounds at the Los Angeles State Normal School.
A. B. 1430. Fish. Appropriating $1000 to pay the claim of rthe Consolidated Construction Company against the State of 'California for sewer assessment against the property of the State Normal School at Los Angeles.
San Diego.
A. B. 443. Conrad. Appropriating $14,000 for repairs and improvements at the San Diego State Normal School.
S. B. 389. Luce. Appropriating $1000 for furniture and equipment at the San Diego Normal School.
A, B. 442. Conrad. Appropriating money for furniture and equipment at the San Diego State Normal School.
S. B. 390. Luce. Appropriating $7000 for improvement of grounds at the San Diego State Normal School.
A. B. 441. Conrad. Appropriating money for improvement of grounds at the San Diego State Normal- School.
S. B. 880. Luce. Appropriating $20,000 for the purchase of land adjoining the grounds of the San Diego State Normal School.
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S. B. 388. Luce. Appropriating- $14,000 for repairs and im- provements at the San Diego State Normal School.
A. B. 1097. Conrad. Appropriating money to purchase land for the use of the San Diego State Normal School in the city of San Diego.
A. B. 1098. Conrad. Appropriating $20,000.00 to pay the expenses of street •improvements fronting the property of the San Diego State Normal School in the city of San Diego.
San Francisco.
S. B. 359. Gerdes. Appropriating $7500 for remodeling the training school building at the San Francisco State Normal School.
S. B. 360. Gerdes. Appropriating $1000 for repairs and fur- nishings at the San Francisco State Normal School.
San Jose.
S. B. 292. Benson. Appropriating $25,000 to main- tain a continuous course of instruction at the San Jose State Normal "School.
A. B. 296. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 292. Benson.
S. B. 293. Benson. Appropriating $20,000 to construct out- door Class rooms for the training school at the San Jose Nor- mal School.
S. B. 444. Benson. Appropriating $20,000 to pay the ex- penses of street improvements fronting the property of the San Jose State Normal School in the city of San Jose.
A. B. 504. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 444. Benson.
S. 3. 938. Benson. Appropriating money to construct an assembly hall at the San Jose State Normal School.
A. B. 1009. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 938. Benson.
Santa Barbara (Manual Arts).
S. B. 184. Mott. Appropriating $5000 for repairs and altera- tions to main buildings, Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics.
A. B. 173. Kramer. Identical with S. B. 184. Mott.
S. B. 185. Mott. Appropriating $6500 to pay the expense of improving the grounds of the Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics, including grad- ing, installation of sewer, gas and water mains and conduits.
A. B. 174. Kramer. Identical with S. B. 185. Mott.
S. B. 214. "Mott. Appropriating $15,000 for the improvement and equipment of the Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics.
A. B. 215. Kramer. Identical with S. B. 214. Mott.
S. B. 213. Mott. Appropriating $10,000 for the construction
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of a machinery building at the Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics. A. B. 213. Kramer. Identical with S. B. 213. Mott.
University of California.
S. B. 299. Breed. Appropriating $62,000 for the use and benefit of the University . of California, and specifying the duties of the Controller and Treasurer of the State in relation thereto.
A. B. 337. Young. Identical with S. B. 299. Breed.
S. B. 275. Anderson. Appropriating $4,000 for the construc- tion of buildings on the lands of the agricultural experiment station of the University of California in the County of Im- perial.
A. B. 268. Wills. Identical with S. B. 275. Anderson.
S. B. 288. Duncan. Appropriating $25,000 for the construction of a building to be known as the "Farm Ma- chinery Building" at the Farm and Agricultural School of the University of California at Davis.
A. B. 353. Tabler. Identical with S. B. 288. Duncan.
S. B. 289. Duncan. Appropriating $40,000 for the construc- tion and equipment of buildings at the Farm and Agricultural School of the University of California at Davis.
A. B. 352. Tabler. Identical with S. B. 289. Duncan.
S. B. 290. Duncan. Appropriating $100,000 for the construc- tion and equipment of creamery and abbatoir buildings at the Farm and Agricultural School of the University of California at Davis.
A. B. 396. Tabler. Identical with S. B. 290. Duncan.
S. B. 291. Duncan. Appropriating $5000 for the construc- tion of a building to be known as the "Live Stock Judging Room" at the Farm and Agricultural School of the University of California at Davis.
A. B. 397. Tabler. Identical with S. B. 291. Duncan.
S. B. 272. Jones. Appropriating $35,000 for the construction of buildings and the purchase and installation of machinery and equipment for use by the Lick Observatory of the Uni- versity of California.
A. B. 295. Wright. Identical with S. B. 272. Jones.
S. B. 265. King. Appropriating $40,000 for the support and maintenance of university extension work by the University of California.
A. B. 320. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 265. King.
S. B. 754. Flint. Appropriating $65,000 for University Ex- tension work for the University of California.
A. B. 573. Shartel. Appropriating money for University Ex- tension work for the University of California.
A. B. 319. McKnight. Appropriating $25,000 for additions
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and improvements to the buildings of the Medical School of the University Of California at Los Angeles and the equip- ment thereof.
S. B. 327. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 319. McKnight.
S. B. 326. Benedict. Appropriating $13,500 for the equip- ment of the buildings of the Medical School of the University of California at Los Angeles, California.
S. B. 307. Finn. Appropriating $200,000 for the support and maintenance of the Medical Department of the University of California in the City and County of San Francisco.
A. B. 372. Prendergast. Indentical with S. B. 307. Finn.
A. B. 1099. Conrad. Appropriating money for the Univer- sity of California for the purpose of investigating the treat- ment of nickel ores.
S, B. 1060. Chandler. Appropriating $5000 for the transfer to the University of California of the petroleum experimental station at the Panama -Pacific International Exposition.
S. B. 300. Breed. Amending Section 3 of an Act, adopted as an initiative measure by vote of the people November 3, 1914, authorizing the construction of the unfinished portion of the library building of the University of California, and the construction of a building for general use as a recitation building, of a building for the use of the College of Agricul- ture, and of a building for the use of the College of Natural Sciences as a chemistry building, upon the grounds of said University of California at Berkeley; providing for the issu- ance and sale of State bonds to meet the cost of the fore- going purposes; and providing the necessary moneys for the payment of the principal and interest to become due on said bonds.
A. B. 326. Satterwhite. Identical with S. B. 300. Breed.
S. B. 298. Breed. Amending Sections 1 and 4 of an Act, approved April 25, 1911, to carry into effect the provisions of Subdivision (e) of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitu- tion of the State of California as the said article was amended on the eighth day of 'November in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten, in so far as the same relates to the State University; and also to provide for the permanent support and improvement of the University of California; and to that end making a continuing appropriation and creating an annual fund therefor; and repealing an Act, approved March 20, 1909, to provide for the permanent support and improvement of the L^niversity of California by the levy of a rate of taxation and the creation of a fund therefor, and to repeal an Act approved February 14, 1887, to provide for the permanent support and improvement of the University of California by the levy of a rate of taxation and the creation of a fund therefor, and also to repeal an Act approved February 27,
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1897, to provide additional support and maintenance, and for the acquisition of necessary property and improvements of the University of California by the levy of a rate of taxation, and the creation of a fund therefor.
A. B. 336. Young. Identical with S. B. 298. Breed.
FREE TEXT BOOKS.
S. B. 426. Thompson. Appropriating $500,000 to pay the cost of printing, publishing and distributing State text books free to the school children of the State in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
A. B. 407. Avey. Identical with S. B. 426. Thompson.
HIGHWAYS.
S. B. 23. Stuckenbruck. Appropriating $15,000 for the loca- tion, survey, and construction of a proposed State road from the junction of the counties of San Joaquin, Calaveras, and Amador to Jackson, Amador County.
A. B. 97. Kerr„ Identical with S. B. 23. Stuckenbruck.
A. B. 198. Kerr. Establishing a state highway to run through portions of the counties of Amador and Calaveras, to define its course, to provide for its supervision, construction, repair and maintenance and appropriating $20,000 therefor.
A. B. 25. Rutherford. Approprating $75,000 for the location, survey and construction of a highway to connect the State of California with the State of Nevada.
A. B. 163. Brown, H. W. Providing for locating, surveying and maintaining a highway from Pescadero in the county of San Mateo to the California Redwood Park in Santa Cruz County, and appropriating $30,000.00 therefor.
S. B. 1111. Flint. Identical with A. B. 163. Brown.
S. B. 150. Jones. Providing for a sprinkling system for the State highway extending from Saratoga Gap into and through California Redwood Park, and appropriating $15,000 therefor.
A. B. 247. McPherson. Identical with S. B. 150. Jones.
A. B. 260. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 150. Jones.
S. B. 161. King. Providing for the building of a bridge across the Colorado river at Needles, California, and making an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 170. Phelps. Identical with S. B. 161. King.
S. B. 351. Luce. Appropriating $200,000 to construct a high- way between El Centro, California, and a point on the Cali- fornia State line directly opposite Yuma, Arizona.
A. B. 344. Wills. Identical with S. B. 351. Luce.
S. B. 617. King. Providing for the location and construc- tion of a State highway in Imperial county, and making ap- propriation therefor.
A. B. 676. Avey. Indentical with S. B. 617. King.
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S. B. 687. Mott. To provide for the survey, location and estimate of cost of a State highway from a point on the pres- ent located California State highway in Kern county, Cali- fornia, south of Bakersfield, southerly to the town of Nord- hoff, Ventura county, and appropriating $8000 therefor.
A. B. 736. Edwards. To provide for the survey, location and estimate of cost of a State highway from a point on the present located California State highway in Kern County, California, south of Bakersfield, southerly to the town of Nordhoff, Ventura County, and appropriating $8000 therefor.
A. B. 1272. Rigdon. Appropriating $6800 for the survey and location of a highway between McKittrick in Kern County and Santa Margarita in the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California.
A. B. 40. Cary. Appropriating $25,000 for work on the State Highway known as Kings River Canyon Road, to au- thorize changes in the location of said road, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith.
S. B. 548. Cogswell. To provide for th*e location, survey and construction of a proposed highway to connect the road system of Los Angeles county in the vicinity of Azusa with the road system of Antelope Valley in the vicinity of Palm- dale, and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
A. B. 690. Lostutter. Identical with S. B. 548. Cogswell.
A. B. 634. Chamberlin. Appropriating $100,000 in aid of the location, survey and construction of a proposed highway to connect the road system of Los Angeles County within the vicinity of the city of Los Angeles with the road system within Antelope Valley, through Mint Canyon, Arroyo Seco Canyon, or San Gabriel Canyon in the Angeles National Forest, and terminating at or near Palmdale.
A. B. 781. Wishard. Appropriating $50,000 for the survey and construction of a proposed highway connecting Lancaster in Los Angeles county and Mojave in Kern county along the county road of the respective counties.
A. B. 1399. Shartel. Providing for an appropriation of $20,000 for the location, survey and construction of a highway to lead from Surprise Valley, in Modoc county, to the Nevada State line.
A. B. 1022. Browne. To provide for the survey and con- struction of a State highway from Bridgeport, county seat of Mono County, to Independence, county seat of Inyo County, and making an appropriation therefor.
S. B. 1033. Carr. Appropriating $7500 for the location and survey of a State highway, to be known as the Pasadena State Highway.
A. B. 1113. Fish. Appropriating money for the location and
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survey of a State highway, to be known as the Pasadena State Highway.
A. B. 528. Browne. Appropriating money for the mainte- nance of the Sonora and Mono State highway.
S. B. 937. Carr. Appropriating money for the construction of a trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to be known as the "John Muir Trail."
A. B. 1035. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 937. Carr.
S. B. 894. Birdsall. Appropriating $10,000 for the continu- ation of the location, survey and construction of a State high- way from Goodyear Bar, Sierra County, California, in a west- erly direction to Indian Valley, California.
S. B. 592. Shearer. Appropriating $7500 for the purpose of making a survey for a State highway from the intersec- tion of the State highway and the Klamath River road in Siskiyou county to the terminus of the Humboldt county road at Orleans at the mouth of the Redwood river.
A. B. 302. Ellis. Appropriating $20,000 for the purchase of the Great Sierra Wagon Road.
S. B. 331. Birdsall. Appropriating $5000 for the location, survey and construction of a State highway from Tahoe City, Placer County, along the northern boundary of Lake Tahoe to western boundary of the State of Nevada at Crystal Bay in Placer County.
S. B. 44. Birdsall. Appropriating $14,000 for the purpose of purchasing additional rights of way, land and trees on ana along the course of the Lake Tahoe wagon roaa.
A. B. 66. Kerr. Identical with S. B. 44. Birdsall.
A. B. 1038. Scott, F. C. Providing for the location, survey and construction of a proposed highway to connect the San Joaquin Valley State Highway trunk line in Tulare County with the Coast State Highway trunk line in Monterey County through Coalinga Pass, and appropriating $200,000 therefor.
S. B. 952. Irwin. Identical with A. B. 1038. Scott.
A. B. 527. Browne. Declaring the public highway extending from Long Barn in Tuolumne County to the eastern boundary of the City of Sonora to be a State highway, and appropriating $15,000 for the improvement thereof.
A. B. 1365. Quinn. Appropriating $20,000 for the construc- tion of the western extension of the Trinity-Humboldt State road.
S. B. 286. Kehoe. Appropriating $100,000 for the construc- tion and completion of a State highway connecting the coun- ties of Trinity, Shasta and Humboldt with the road system of Tehama county.
A. B. 309. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 286. Kehoe.
S. B. 46. Birdsall. Providing for the survey, location and construction of a State bridle trail from Meyers Station In
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El D.orado County, thence to or near the Hetch Hetchy Val- ley, thence to Yosemite Valley, and appropriating $3000 there- for.
S. B. 47. Birdsall. Declaring the county road extending from Auburn, State of California, in an easterly direction to a point near Emigrant Gap, a State highway, and appropriat- ing $20,000 for the improvement thereof.
S. B. 48. Birdsall. Declaring the wagon road from Mc- Kinney's to the west end of Donner Lake a State highway.
S. B. 96. Purkitt. Establishing the Yolo and Lake High- way; to define its course; to provide for its survey and con- struction; and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
A. B. 80. Tabler. Identical with S. B. 96. Purkitt.
S. B. 144. Benson. Providing for the survey and construc- tion of a State highway through the Pacheco Pass connecting the State highway in Santa Clara County at Gilroy with the State highway in Madera County at or near Califa, and appro- priating $150,000 therefor.
A. B. 116. McPherson. Identical with S. B. 144. Benson.
S. B. 1019. Cogswell. Identical with A. B. 1019. Mouser.
A. B. 1271. Rigdon. Providing for the location, survey and construction of a proposed highway from Bakersfield in Kern County by the most direct and feasible route by the Lost Hills through the Cholame Pass to a point on the State high- way in the County of S?an Luis Obispo, and also for the loca- tion, survey and construction of a lateral State highway start- ing from Hanford in Kings County and running by the most direct and feasible route to connect with the highway above described at a convenient point near the easterly entrance to the Cholame Pass, and appropriating $200,000 therefor.
HISTORIC LANDMARKS.
S. B. 88. Slater. Appropriating $2000 for the restoration and rebuilding of the old Greek Chapel at Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California.
A. B. 89. Boyce. Appropriating $5000 for repairing and im- proving custom house at Monterey.
S. B. 165. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 89. Boyce.
S. B. 545. Cogswell. To provide for the appointment of a board of Pio Pico mansion trustees and for the acquisition of the Pio Pico mansion property; and making an appropria- tion for the preservation and protection of said property.
A. B. 1431. Boyce. Appropriating $2000 for repairing and improving old theatre property at Monterey.
MONUMENTS.
S. B. 63. Finn. Provides for the erection of a memorial monument to Abraham Lincoln, appointing a commission
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therefor and appropriating $10,000 to carry this Act into effect.
A. B. 95. Godsil. Providing for the erection of a memorial monument to George Washington; appointing a commission therefor and appropriating $20,000 to carry this Act into effect.
A. B. 519. Rominger. To provide for the erection of a memorial monument at Long Beach to deceased members of the G. A. R.; appointing a commission therefor; and appro- priating $1000 to carry this Act into effect.
. A. B. 1054. Canepa. To provide for the erection of a mem- orial monument to Christopher Columbus and George Wash- ington, appointing a commission therefor, and appropriating money to carry this Act into effect.
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. B. 64. Finn. Providing that one-half of' the cost and expense of maintenance of the salaries of the officers, fire- men and crew of the fire boats "David Scannell" and "Dennis Sullivan" shall be borne and paid by the State of California out of the general fund.
A. B. 122. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 64. Finn.
A. B. 113. Avey. Providing for the reforestation, the cut- ting of fire lanes and fire trails on the Angeles National Forest, and appropriating $5000.00 therefor.
A. B. 469. Wright, H. W. Appropriating money to supple- ment the appropriation for the emergency fund for the sixty- sixth fiscal year.
A. B. 477. Meek. Appropriating $25,000 to aid the State Board of Equalization in the appraisement of property and the collection of data relating to assessments of property and taxes due thereon.
A. B. 454. Rodgers. Appropriating $272,760 to pay for the services rendered the State of California by members of the boards of election of each of the election precincts of the State at the general State election held on November 3, 1914.
S. B. 525. Shearer. Appropriating $10,000 for the investiga- tion of agricultural problems and conditions in Siskiyou County, contingent upon the appropriation by the United States of America of the like, or greater sum for the same purpose.
A. B. 615. Godsil. Appropriating $11,433.82 out of the San Francisco Harbor Improvement. Fund in the State Treasury to pay the assessment levied for said amount on property belong- ing to the State of California by the City and County of* San Francisco for a local improvement.
S. B. 615. Gerdes. Identical with A. B. 615. Godsil.
A. B. 585. Lostutter. To provide for the fighting of forest firee in the San Antonio Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, and appropriating $2500 therefor.
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A. B. 60$, Wright, H. W. Appropriating- money to meet additional expense for the support of orphans, half-orphans and abandoned children for the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth fiscal years.
S. B. 702. King. Appropriating $10,000 for the conducting of experiments in the manufacture of by-products from citrus fruits at Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside, California.
A. B. 680. Pettis (by request). Providing for the creation and management of the Branscomb Redwood Park, appro- priating $75,000 therefor, and creating a board of five com- missioners with the power to make purchases and manage said Branscomb Redwood Park.
A. B. 734. Lost utter. Appropriating money for the flood control and conservation of the waters of the San Antonio wash, along the boundary line between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
S. B. 1040. Cogswell. Appropriating $10,000 to pay the pre- mium or charge on official bonds of State officers as provided for in an Act, approved March 25, 1903, to provide for the payment by the State or counties, or cities, or cities and counties, of the premium or charge on official bonds wheni given by surety companies.
S. B. 1079. Wolfe. Appropriating $30,0U0 for building and furnishing an observatory in the City and County of San Fran- cisco; arranging for its upkeep by said City and county.
A. B. 1265. Encell. Identical with S. B. 1090. Anderson.
S. B. 1086. Jones. Appropriating money to pay the expenses of the Recreational Inquiry Committee in the preparation and distribution of the report of said committee.
S. B. 1090. Anderson. Appropriating $40,000 to defray the expenses during the sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth fiscal years of the Commission of Immigration and Housing of California in conducting inspections of housing conditions and enforcng the State housing laws.
S. B. 1151. Luce. Appropriating $25,000 to repay subscribers to the fund for constructing the bridge across the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona.
S. B. 1189. Cogswell. To provide for the purchase of a portrait of former Lieutenant Governor A. J. Wallace, and appropriating $500 therefor.
A. B. 1259. Chenoweth. Appropriating $2500 for the com- pletion of the conservatory and propagating plant on the State Capitol grounds at Sacramento.
A. B. 1400. Avey. Appropriating $15,000 for the purpose of transporting water from the Highgrove well to the property of the Citrus Experimental Station at Riverside.
A. B. 1401. Avey. Appropriating $5000 for the construction of buildings for the Citrus Experimental Station at Riverside. ;
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A. B. 1402. Avey. Appropriating $20,000 for the planting and transplanting of nursery stock and fruit trees on the prop- erty of the Citrus Experimental Station at Riverside.
A. B. 1403. Avey. Appropriating $5000 to construct roads on State property of the Citrus Experimental Station at River- side.
A. B. 1404. Avey. Appropriating $5000 for the construction of reservoirs on the property of the Citrus Experimental Sta- tion at Riverside.
A. B. 1444. Scott, F. C For the establishment of a Mb hatchery at Three Rivers, Tulare County, and appropriating $10,000 therefor.
S. B. 149. Jones. Providing for the construction or a build- ing to be used as a barn and garage in California Redwood Park, and appropriating $5000 therefor.
A. B. 248. McPherson. Identical with S. B. 149. Jones.
A. B. 261. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 149. Jones.
A. B. 93. Canepa. Appropriating $25,000 for constructing a hospital building on site near the ferry building, in the City and County of San Francisco, and arranging for its upkeep by said city and county.
S. B. 675. Crowley. Identical with A. B. 93. Canepa.
NATIONAL GUARD.
A. B. 596. Wright, H. W. Appropriating $10,000 to defray the expenses, during the sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth fiscal years, of organizing, controlling, equipping, instructing and maintaining high school cadet companies in the State of Cali- fornia, and for promoting rifle practice in said companies and to further carry out the purposes of an Act approved April 5, 1911, to provide for the organization, control and equipment of high school cadet companies, and for the promotion of rifle practice therein, and appropriating the sum of $5000 therefor.
S. B. 773. Scott. Making available and reappropriating certain moneys for the expenses of the National Guard in case of insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot or imminent dan- ger thereof.
A. B. 833. Edwards. Identical with g. B. 773. Scott.
S. B. 777. Scott. Appropriating $50,000 for the subsistence, supplies, transportation and other expenses incidental to the encampment of the troops of the National Guard of California, upon the occasion of the Panama-Pacific International Ex- position.
A. B. 837. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 111. Scott.
S. B. 776. Scott. Appropriating $3000 for the attendance of certain members of the High School Cadets organizations of the State of California at the student camp under the supervision of the Secretary of War of the United States, to
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be held in the State of California, during the summer of 1915.
A. B. 834. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 776. Scott.
S. B. 775. Scott. Appropriating $10,000 for the entertainment ©f the delegates to the convention of the National Guard Asso- ciation of the United States, at its meeting in the city of San Francisco, California, during the year 1915.
A. B. 835. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 775. Scott.
S. B. 774. Scott. Appropriating $5000 to pay the expenses of an encampment of California High School Cadets in the vicinity of San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific Inter- national Exposition.
A. B. 836. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 774. Scott. S. B. 771. Scott. Appropriating $12,000 for the purchase of lands in Sacramento county, State of California, for the use of the National Guard of California, for target and range , purposes.
A. B. 838. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 771. Scott.
S. B. 883. Luce. Appropriating $2500 for the erection of
additional buildings for the use of the Naval Reserves of San Diego, California.
A. B. 1032. Conrad. Identical with S. B. 883. Luce.
RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
A. B. 88. Boyce. Provides for the accomplishment of the work of constructing a breakwater in ' Monterey Bay, Cali- fornia, as recommended in the report of the chief of Engineers, United States army, and printed in a document of the United States House of Representatives, No. 1084, 61st Congress, 3d session, calling for an expenditure of $600,000 and appropriat- ing $200,000 for such work.
S. B. 174. Campbell. Identical with A. B. 88. Boyce.
A. B. 101. Shartel. Providing for removing obstruction in Pitt river above the mouth of Hat creek so as to enable salmon to reach the spawning grounds of the upper waters of said river and its tributaries, and appropriating $1000 therefor. , A. B. 565. Manning. Appropriating money to meet part of the expenses in maintaining the navigability of the San Rafael -deep water channel.
A. B. 1156. Gebhart. Appropriating money to be expended by and under the direction of the Department of Engineering for the purpose of rectifying and improving the channels of the "Sacramento, San Joaquin and Feather rivers and such other waters of the State as the Department of Engineering may-determine ] etc.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS. Agnews State Hospital.
S. B. 269. Jones. Appropriating $45,000 for the construction and furnishing of a cottage for male patients at the Agnews State Hospital.
A. B. 258. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 269. Jones.
S. B. 270. Jones. Appropriating $10,000 for the purchase of a dairy herd for the Agnews State Hospital.
A. B. £62. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 270. Jones.
S. B. £71. Jones. Appropriating $20,000 for the construction of dairy buildings and equipment at the Agnews State Hospital.
A. B. 259. Hayes. Identical with S. B. 271. Jones.
S. B. 1000. Jones. Appropriating money for the construc- tion of- a building for women patients at the Agnews State Hospital.
S. B. 1001. Jones. Appropriating money for the construc- tion and furnishing of a building for tubercular patients at the Agnews State Hospital.
S. B. 1002. Jones. Appropriating money for the purchase of land for the Agnews State Hospital.
Adult Blind, Industrial Home for.
S. B. 464. Breed. Appropriating $3000 for repairs and im- provements at 'the Industrial Home for the- Adult Blind.
S. B. 465. Breed. Appropriating $4000 for furniture for the new dormitory building at the Industrial Home for the Adult Blind.
California School for Deaf and Blind.
S. B. 466. Breed. Appropriating $S550 for repairs and im- provements at the California School for the Deaf and the Blind.
S. B. 467. Breed. Appropriating $12,500 to install new electric wiring in the institution of the California School for the Deaf and the Blind.
S. B. 468. Breed. Appropriating $1500 to provide the manual arts building of the California School for the Deaf and the Blind with fire escape equipment.
S. B. 469. Breed. Appropriating $4000 to develop and equip artesian wells and to connect the same with the water system of the California School for the Deaf and the Blind at the California School for the Deaf and the Blind.
S. B. 496. Breed. Appropriating $4500 for repairs and im- provements at the California School for the Deaf and the Blind.
S. B. 759. Breed. Appropriating $50,000 for the construc- tion of a dormitory building at the California School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Folsom State Hospital.
S. B. 253. Crowley. Appropriating $30,300 to complete, equip and furnish the Folsom State Hospital.
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A. B. 235. Pettis. Appropriating $30,000 to complete, equip and furnish the Folsom State Hospital.
Folsom State Prison.
S. B. 373. Cohn. Appropriating $12,000 for the construction of a horse barn at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 414. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 379. Cohn.
S. B. 380. Cohn. Appropriating $4000 for furnishing and decorating the warden's residence at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 415. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 380. Cohn.
S. B. 381. Cohn. Appropriating $2000 for the expense of changing from coal to oil burners at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 418. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 381. Cohn.
S. B. 382. Cohn. Appropriating $4500 for the purchase of live stock for the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 419. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 382. Cohn.
S. B. 383. Cohn. Appropriating $31,000 for reconstruction of electrical equipment connected with the power house at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 416. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 383. Cohn.
S. B. 384. Cohn. Appropriating $20,000 for repairs and im- provements at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 417. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 384. Cohn.
S. B. 385. Cohn. Appropriating $6000 for the purchase and installation of refrigerating plant at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 412. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 385. Cohn.
S. B. 386. Cohn. Appropriating $1500 for the construction of farm buildings at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 411. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 386. Cohn.
S. B. 387. Cohn. Appropriating $5000 for the expense of pur- chasing and installing new bake oven at the State prison at Folsom.
A. B. 413. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 387. Cohn.
A. B. 852. Chenoweth. Appropriating $15,000.00 for the pur- chase of additional land for the Folsom State Prison.
Norwalk State Hospital.
S. B. 394. Cogswell. Appropriating $100,000 for the support and maintenance and erection of additional buildings at the State Hospital at Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California.
Mendocino State Hospital.
S. B. 187. Purkitt. Appropriating $100,000 for building, fur- nishing and equipping a receiving building at Mendocino State Hospital.
A. B. 165. Pettis. Identical with • S. B. 187. Purkitt.
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A. B. 280. Pettis. Appropriating $25,000 for the replace- ment of the main pipe line and connections thereto at the Mendocino State Hospital.
S. B. 295. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 280. Pettis.
A. B. 281. Pettis. Appropriating $5000 for plumbing repairs at the Mendocino State Hospital.
S. B. 296. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 281. Pettis.
A. B. 282. Pettis. Appropriating $7500 for the purchase and installation of three electric elevators at the Mendocino State Hospital.
S. B. 294. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 282. Pettis.
Napa State Hospital.
S. B. 246. Rush. Appropriating $15,000 for the construction and furnishing of a cottage for men patients at the Napa State Hospital.
A. B. 479. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 246. Rush.
S. B. 247. Rush. Appropriating $15,000 for the construction and furnishing of a cottage for women patients at the Napa State Hospital.
A. B. 478. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 247. Rush.
S. B. 248. Rush. Appropriating $15,000 for the construction and equipment of a building or buildings as a home for work- ingmen on what is known as the Smith-Brown ranch belonging to the Napa State Hospital.
A. B. 480. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 248. Rush.
S. B. 249. Rush. Appropriating $15,000 for remodeling South P Cottage at the Napa State Hospital.
A. B. 482. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 249. Rush.
S. B. 250. Rush. Appropriating $7500 for the purchase of additional land at the Napa State Hospital.
A. B. 481. Widenmann. Identical with S. B. 250. Rush.
A. B. 1041. Widenmann. Appropriating money for power house repairs and equipment at the Napa State Hospital.
California School for Girls.
S. B. 416. Mott. Appropriating $7000 for the construction of a commissary building and equipment at the California School for Girls located near Ventura.
S. B. 417. Mott. Appropriating $21,000 for the construction of farm buildings and improvements at the California School for Girls located near Ventura.
S. B. 418. Mott. Appropriating money for the construction and furnishing of a cottage for males at the California School for Girls located near Ventura.
A. B. 435. Edwards, R. G. Appropriating money for the construction and furnishing of six typical cottages at the California School for Girls located near Ventura.
A. B. 436. Edwards, R. G. Appropriating $2500 for the con-
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struction of garage and tool house at the California School for Girls located near Ventura.
A. B. 437. Edwards, R. G. Appropriating money for the construction of fences on the property of the California School for Girls located near Ventura.
. A. B. 438. Edwards, R. G. Appropriating money for the improvement of grounds and purchase of necessary equipment therefor at the California School for Girls near Ventura.
A. B. 1164. Edwards, R. G. Appropriating $7500 for the construction of surface drains and to in other ways care for storm water at the California Schools for Girls located near Ventura.
Preston School of Industry.
S. B. 1038. Mott. Identical with A. B. 1164. Edwards.
S. B. 191. Stuckenbruck. Appropriating $30,000 for repairs and improvements and erection of small buildings at the Pres- ton School of Industry.
A. B. 249. Kerr. Identical with S. B. 191. Stuckenbruck.
San Quentln State Prison.
A. B. 470. Wright. Appropriating $232,000 for the support and maintenance of the State prison at San Quentin for the sixty- sixth fiscal year.
S. B. 356. Strobridge. Appropriating $232,000 for the support and maintenance of the State prison at San Quentin for the sixty-sixth fiscal year.
S. B. 362. Finn. Appropriating $15,000 for the purchase of machinery and equipment for the manufacturing departments at the State prison at San Quentin.
A. B. 464. Manning. Identical with S. B. 362. Finn.
S. B. 363. Finn. Appropriating $25,000 for repairs and im- provements at the State prison at San Quentin.
A. B. 466. Manning. Identical with S. B. 363. Finn.
S. B. 364. Finn. Appropriating $10,000 for the construction and equipment of dairy and farm buildings at the State prison at San Quentin.
A. B. 462. Manning. Identical with S. B. 364. Finn.
S. B. 365. Finn. Appropriating $5000 for the construction and equipment of a concrete bath house at the State prison at San Quentin.
A. B. 463. Manning. Identical with S. B. 365. Finn.
S. B. 366. Finn. Appropriating $5000 for the extension of the walls at the State prison at San Quentin.
A. B. 460. Manning. Identical with S. B. 366. Finn.
S. B. 367. Finn. Appropriating $5000 for the development of the water supply and pumping plant at the State prison at San Quentin.
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A. B. 461. Manning. Identical with S. B. 367. Finn.
S. B. 368. Finn. Appropriating $5000 for the purchase of live stock at the State prison at San Quentin.
A. B. 465. Manning. Identical with S. B. 368. Finn.
A. B. 601. Wright. To create a revolving fund for the manufacturing departments at the State prison at San Quen- tin and to appropriate $50,000 therefor.
Sonoma State Home.
S. B. 182. Slater. Appropriating $25,000 for the construction and furnishing of a building for male epileptics at the Sonoma State Home.
S. B. 183. Slater. Appropriating $5000 for the improvement of grounds and roads at the- Sonoma State Home.
A. B. 187. Salisbury. Appropriating $25,000 for the con- struction and furnishing of a girls' nursery building at the: Sonoma State Home.
A. B. 188. Salisbury. Appropriating $16,750 for water and! steam piping and plumbing repairs at the Sonoma State Home.
S. B. 977. Slater. Appropriating money for the erection of a laundry building at Sonoma State Home.
S. B. 978. Slater. Appropriating $3000.00 for the purpose of remodeling the present laundry building at the Sonoma State Home into a commissary.
Southern California State Hospital.
S. B. 262. King. Appropriating $25,000 for the construction and furnishing of two patient cottages at the Southern Cali- fornia State Hospital.
A. B. 311. Phelps. Identical with S. B. 262. King.
S. B. 263. King. Appropriating $10,000 for the development of water, including the installation of pumping station and mains at the Southern California State Hospital.
A. B. 312. Phelps. Identical with S. B. 263. King.
S. B. 264. King. Appropriating $5000 for the construction of fences and the purchase of wire and other material for enclosures at the Southern California State Hospital. B. 313. Phelps. Identical with S. B. 264. King.
Stockton State Hospital.
S. B. 190. Stuckenbruck. Appropriating $12,000 for the pur- chase of additions to the dairy herd at the Stockton State Hospital.
S. B. 192. Stuckenbruck. Appropriating $30,000 for the con- struction and furnishing of a convalescent building for females at the Stockton State Hospital.
S. B. 193. Stuckenbruck. Appropriating $3000 for the con- struction and furnishing of an isolation hospital at the Stock- ton State Hospital.
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S. B. 194. Stuckenbruck. Appropriating $7000 for the pur- chase and expense of installation of a boiler at the Stockton State Hospital.
A. B. 244. Ashley. Appropriating $7000 for the construction of farm buildings at the Stockton State Hospital.
A. B. 322. Edwards, L. Appropriating $14,500 for wiring for electricity at the Stockton State Hospital.
A. B. 323. Edwards, L. Appropriating money for the con- struction and furnishing of a cottage for males at the Stock- ton State Hospital.
A. B. 324. Edwards, L. Appropriating $6000 for the con- struction and furnishing of a tubercular hospital at the Stock- ton State Hospital.
A. B. 828. Edwards, L. Appropriating $8000 to construct and furnish two cottages for physicians at the Stockton State Hospital.
Veterans' Home.
S. B. 241. Rush. Appropriating $150,000 for the construc- tion and equipping of a new hospital building for the Veterans' Home of California.
S. B. 242. Rush. Appropriating $15,000 for repairs and im- provements to the buildings at the Veterans' Home of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 243. Rush. Appropriating $15,000 for the construction and equipment of bath rooms in the barracks at the Veterans' Home.
S. B. 244. Rush. Appropriating $10,000 for plumbing and repairs to plumbing at the Veterans' Home of California.
S. B. 245. Rush. Appropriating $3500 for wiring for electric- ity at the Veterans' Home of California.
Women's Relief Corps Home.
A. B. 161. Wright, T. M. Providing for improvements, re- pairs and furnishings for the buildings and grounds of the Woman's Relief Corps Home located at Evergreen, Santa Clara County, and appropriating $2,500.00 therefor.
A. B. 162. Wright, T. M. Providing for nurses and medi- cal attendants for the inmates of the Woman's Relief Corps Home located at Evergreen, Santa Clara County, and ap- propriating money therefor.
S. B. 412. Benson. Appropriating $2500 for repairs and im- provements at the Women's Relief Corps Home at Evergreen.
Whittier State School.
S. B. 395. Cogswell. Appropriating $6000 for the erection of a superintendent's residence at the Whittier State School.
A. B. 421. Lostutter. Identical with S. B. 395. Cogswell.
S. B. 396. Cogswell. Appropriating $25,000 for repairs, im- provements and equipment at the Whittier State School.
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A. B. 422. Lostutter. Identical with S. B. 396. Cogswell.
S. B. 397. Cogswell. Appropriating $10,000 for the erection of school quarters and library building at the Whittier State School.
A. B. 420. Lostutter. Identical with S. B. 397. Cogswell.
S. B. 39S. Cogswell. Appropriating $50,000 for the erection and furnishing of cottages at the Whittier State School.
A. B. 423. Lostutter. Identical with S. B. 398. Cogswell.
S. B. 399. Cogswell. Appropriating $15,000 for building, equipping and furnishing quarters for officers at Whittier State School.
S. B. 400. Cogswell. Appropriating $35,000 for building, equipping and furnishing an administration building at Whit- tier State School.
S. B. 544. Cogswell. Appropriating money to supplement the support appropriation of the Whittier State School for the sixty-sixth fiscal year.
STATE OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS.
A. B. 1092. Wright, H. W. Appropriating money for the support of the Government of the State of California for the sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth fiscal years (introduced by title and preamble only).
A. B. 594. Wright. H. W. Appropriating money for the payment of compensation benefits accruing by reason of per- sonal injury resulting from accident to State officers and em- ployees while performing services accruing out of and inci- dental to their employment.
A. B. 467. Wright. H. W. Appropriating money to pay the cost of rental, porter service, cost of moving, and other ex- pense necessary to the location and maintenance of State offices in Sacramento outside the Capitol Building for the sixty-sixth fiscal year.
A. B. 613. Gebhart. Appropriating $1650 to pay for auto truck and equipment therefor for the State Printing Office,
A. B. 614. Gebhart. Appropriating $2500 for the purpose of insuring the State Printing Plant.
A. B. 579. Phelps. Appropriating $145.85 to pay the de- ficiency in the appropriation for traveling expense for the State Board of Agriculture in the sixty-second fiscal year.
S. B. 636. Thompson. Appropriating $72,500 to defray the expense of legislative printing, and mailing handled by the Superintendent of State Printing, for the forty-first session of the Legislature of the State of California.
A. B. 709. Meek. Appropriating $30,000 to meet the ex- penses of compiling, printing and distributing constitutional amendments.
S. B. 376. Benedict. Appropriating $2000 to pay the expense
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of compiling and publishing the revenue laws of the State of California.
A. B. 468. Wright, H. W. Appropriating money to pay the expenses incurred In the publication of bond acts presented to the people at the election of November 3, 1914.
A. B. 471. Wright, H. W. Appropriating money to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for printing and distributing constitutional amendments for the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth fiscal years.
S. B. 463. Strobridge. Appropriating $6649.19 to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for printing and distributing constitutional amendments for the 65th and 66th fiscal years.
A. B. 693. Gebhart. Appropriating $25,000 for the purchase of machinery and equipment for the State Printing Plant.
S. B. 856. Thompson. Appropriating $200,000.00 for the use of the Railroad Commission of the State of California in the control of public utilities within incorporated municipalities.
S. B. 829. Campbell. Appropriating $3500.00 for office equip- ment for Secretary of State.
A. B. 998. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 829. Campbell.
S. B. 897. Birdsall. Appropriating $5000 for furnishing, repairing, renovating and improving the Governor's residence.
S. B. 980. Rush. Appropriating $2658.00 for the purchase of an automobile for the use of the Governor of the State of California.
A. B. 1148. Gebhart. Appropriating money to supplement and be added to the cash revolving fund provided for the use of the State Engineeer by Chapter 108 of the Statutes of 1913, approved May 8, 1913.
A. B. 1157. Gebhart. Appropriating money to be expended on the paths, walks and drives in the grounds of the State Capitol in the City of Sacramento.
S. B. 1052. Breed. Appropriating $2000 for equipment foi the State Treasurer's office.
A. B. 1346. Gebhart. Appropriating $25,000 for equipping and furnishing the State printing plant.
A. B. 1347. Gebhart. Appropriating $5000 for the furnish- ing and equipping of the gardener's lodge to be erected on the State Capitol grounds.
A. B. 1348. Gebhart. Appropriating $100,000 for the con- struction of a building to accommodate the State printing plant.
A. B. 1349. Gebhart. Appropriating $25,000 for the purchase of suitable lands in the City of Sacramento upon which to build a State Printing Office, and creating a commission to select and purchase such lands.
A. B. 1363. Gebhart. Appropriating $20,000 for the con- struction of a gardener's lodge on the State Capitol grounds.
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GENERAL LAWS
ADVERTISING.
S. B. 220. Scott (by request). Providing against the pub- lishing or circulating of an advertisement, in any form, con- taining any assertion, representation or statement of fact which is untrue, deceptive or misleading, and declaring vio- lation of statute a misdemeanor.
A. B. 222. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 220. Scott.
A. B. 496. Encell. Prohibiting the advertisement or publica- tion of any advertisement that any person will cure or treat or attempt to cure or treat any venereal disease or diseases of the sexual organs, or the advertisement of any medicine, medical preparation, remedy or prescription for such diseases or ailments, and providing a penalty therefor.
A. B. 1432. Fish. Relating to exterior advertising as< in this Act denned, declaring the prohibition of the use of property for such purpose a public use, providing for the acquisition of such use, and prohibiting exterior advertising on property as to which such use has been acquired. (Introduced by title only.) A. B. 1954. Fish. "Pending Legislation, 1913," p. 270.
AGRICULTURE.
S. B. 188. Cogswell. Creating a Department of Agriculture and creating the office of Secretary of Agriculture, to be appointed by the Governor, for a term of four years; denning his powers and duties and fixing his salary at $7500 per annum; providing for the reorganization and consolidation of various departments — the State Agricultural Society, State Commis- sioner of Horticulture, State Board of Horticultural Examin- ers, State Dairy Bureau, Board of Examiners of Veterinary Medicine, State Veterinarian, State Board of Sheep Commis- sioners, Stallion Registration Board, Viticultural Commission- ers, and State Superintendent of Weights and Measures — and the administration of said departments under one head, to be known as the Department of Agriculture, with three bureaus, the bureau of animal industry, in two divisions; live stock, including bees, and dairying; the bureau of horticulture, and the bureau of economics, in three divisions, land settlement, fairs and exhibits, and markets and statistics, and denning the powers and duties of its officers.
A. B. 164. Avey. Creating a department of agriculture and creating the office of secretary of agriculture; denning his powers and duties and fixing his salary; providing for the reorganization and consolidation of various departments and the administration of said departments under one head to be
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known as the Department of Agriculture, and defining the powers and duties of its officers.
S. B. 508. Brown. Creating a special trust fund in aid of agriculture within the State of California, to be known as the State Rural Credit Fund, appropriating $200,000 therefor, and providing for its administration.
Creates a board of trustees, consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Superintendent of Banks, who shall act ex- officio, and one other person to be appointed by the Governor, who shall be chairman of the commission and receive a salary of $5000 a year, to administer the State Rural Credit Fund, and make loans payable in fixed annual sums of both prin- cipal and interest secured by first mortgages on agricultural property within the State to approved borrowers for periods not to exceed 35 years and at not less than 4 per cent per annum.
The trustees are authorized to issue and sell tax exempt mortgage collateral bonds, which shall be a legal investment for trust and savings funds, but at no time shall the amount of such bonds exceed twenty times the amount of paid up capital of the fund; to purchase mortgage loans on agri- cultural property within the State from private banking and credit corporations, and may reduce interest thereon to not less than 4 per cent and introduce a plan of gradual amortiz- ation of both principal and interest; to frame regulations for the organization of rural credit associations, and upon suf- ficient security make loans to the members, secured by first mortgages, and may accept deposits or reserve funds thereof and pay interest thereon and act as agent and trustee therefor.
Reports on lands on which developments are contemplated through loans from this fund shall be made by the Depart- ment of Agriculture free of charge to the fund, but other agents may be engaged to determine the value of the prop- erty on which loans are sought.
S. B. 509. Brown. Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase, improve, subdivide and sell agricultural lands in California, and providing the conditions under which such lands shall be purchased, improved, subdivided and sold; authorizing the issuance and sale of land settlement bonds and the creation of a land settlement fund for the purchase of agricultural lands in California; together with any water rights and rights of way necessary or desirable therefor, and all expenses and costs of surveying, improving, subdividing and selling such lands, including costs of assessments and taxes, and the payment of interest on outstanding land set- tlement bonds to case there is insufficient money for that purpose in the land settlement sinking fund, and all costs of
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engineering, superintendence and administration, including the cost of operating any works built; providing for the ad- ministration of said land settlement fund; providing for the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds; authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to make necessary rules and regulations for the disposal of lands purchased under the provisions of this Act; authorizing the Secretary of Agri- culture to investigate land settlement conditions and to sub- mit recommendations for legislation in regard thereto; au- thorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to condemn water rights and rights of way for necessary roads, canals, ditches, dams and reservoirs; and making an appropriation to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 34. Judson. To form agricultural districts, pro- viding for boards of directors for the government thereof, and for the management and control of the same by the State, and making an appropriation therefor, and repealing all Acts and portions of Acts in conflict with this Act.
A. B. 651. Judson. To form agricultural districts, providing for boards of directors for the government thereof, and for the management and control of the same by the S'tate, and appropriating $42,000 therefor, and repealing all Acts and por- tions of Acts in conflict with this Act.
Divides the State into eight districts, and provides for a board of directors in each district to hold fairs, expositions and exhibitions.
A. B. 297. Avey. Assenting to the provisions and require- ments of the Act of Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to provide for co-operative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture", approved by the President of the United States May 8, 1914, and authorizing and em- powering the regents of the University of California to receive the grants of money appropriated under said Act, and to organize and conduct agricultural extension work in accord- ance with the terms and conditions expressed in said Act, Id making an appropriation for the purposes thereof. 5. B. 450. Chandler. Indentical with A. B. 297. Avey. \. B. 306. Judson. Empowering county boards of super- iors to appropriate and use county funds for the support d maintenance of extension work in agriculture and home economics in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of California.
S. B. 436. Flint. Identical with A. B. 306. Judson.
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S. B. 945. Rush. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved April 15, 1880, as amended June 11, 1913, to provide for the management and control of the State Agricultural Society by the State.
A. B. 1433. Meek. Providing for the establishment and maintenance of a branch agricultural experiment station and making an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 1171. Rigdon. To encourage the teaching of agriculture In the public schools of the State and providing an appropria- tion therefor.
A. B. 1393. Boude. To provide for the holding of an annual State Poultry Show and appropriating $3000 therefor.
S. B. 301. Breed. Amending Section 9 of an Act, approved March 20, 1903, to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers or materials used for manorial purposes, and to provide pen- alties for the infraction thereof, and means for the enforce- ment of the Act, by providing that all registry, analytical or special license fees shall be paid to the secretary of the Board of Regents, etc.
A. B. 308. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 301. Breed.
ANIMALS, DISEASES OF.
See Cattle, Horses and Livestock.)
ANIMALS, TRESPASSING OF.
A. B. 529. Ream. To prohibit the bringing of actions against owners of livestock trespassing upon unfenced private lands within the boundaries of any national forest in the State of California.
A. B. 197. Conard, by request. Regulating the keeping or pasturing of goats.
More than three goats cannot be maintained on grazing land unless enclosed with goat-tight fence, except by per- mission of board of supervisors, and no such permit shall be granted until there shall be first filed with the county clerk the written consent of all land owners within three miles of the boundary of the land to be used as a goat pasture. Violation a misdemeanor.
A. B. 1116. Fish. An Act supplemental to an Act approved March 7, 1878, concerning trespassing animals upon private lands in certain counties of the State of California, and to extend the provisions of said Act to Kern County.
ANTI-ALIEN LAND LAWS.
A. B. 612. Shartel. Amending Sections 2 and 3 of an Act approved May 19, 1913, relating to the rights, powers and disabilities of aliens and of certain companies, associations and corporations with respect to property in this State, pro-
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viding for escheats in certain cases, prescribing the pro- cedure therein, and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts incon- sistent or in conflict herewith; providing for the repeal of certain provisions in relation to the right to lease lands for agricultural purposes.
ARCHITECTURE.
S. B. 1031. Carr. Amending Section 5 of an Act, approved March 23, 1901, to regulate the practice of architecture.
ASEXUALIZATION.
S. B. 1018. Cogswell. Amending Section 1 of an Act, ap- proved April 26, 1909, to permit asexualization of inmates of the State hospitals and the California Home for the Care and Training of Febble-Minded Children, and of convicts in the State prisons.
ASSESSMENT. (See also Taxation.)
S. B. 280. Thompson. Confirming, validating and legalizing assessments of property and taxes due thereunder entered and contained in assessment books or rolls from which assessment books or rolls the clerk of the board of supervisors and auditor omitted to attach and enter the affidavit or certificate, or both such certificate and affidavit, required by the provisions of Sections 3682 and 3732 of the Political Code, and to confirm, validate and legalize all certificates of sale, tax deeds, or other tax conveyances issued under and based upon any such assess- ments and taxes.
BANKING. (See also Public Moneys.)
S. B. 668. Hans. Amending Sections 1, 3, 11, 15, 20, 25, 28, 32, 36, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 56, 61, 65, 67, 68, 80, 83, 96, 101, 127, 144 and 145 of an Act to define and regulate the business of banking, approved March 1, 1909, designated the "Bank Act", and by adding a new section thereto to be numbered Section 57, all relating to the definition and regulation of the business of banking.
S. B. 586. Flint. Amending an Act, approved March 1, 1909, to define and regulate the business of banking known as the Bank Act, by amending Section 53 thereof added thereto by an Act entitled an Act to amend that certain Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled "An Act to define and regulate the business of banking", approved March 1, 1909, by amending Sections 11, 20, 23, 33, 35, 39, 43, 49, 60, 62, 80, 82, 83, 96, 123, 133, 124 and 121 thereof, and by adding new Sections 12a, 52, 53 and 84 thereto, approved April 21, 1911, relating to the capital stock of banks.
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A. B'. 655. Encell. Adding Section 67a (new) to an Act to define and regulate the business of banking, approved March 1, 1901, designated the "Banking Act" as amended February 6, 1911, April 21, 1911, December 18, 1911, December 24, 1911, May 6, 1913, and May 31, 1913, providing that no loan shall ' be made by a savings bank on security of real estate unless title is shown to be in borrower by policy of title insurance or guaranteed certificate of title, or by abstract of title examined by and approved in writing by attorney of bank making loan.
S. B. 652. Thompson. Amending Section 96 of the Act known as the "Bank Act", approved March 1, 1909, as amended February 6, 1911; April 21, 1911; December 18, 1911; December 24, 1911, and May 6, 1913.
S. B. 81. Jones. Adding section 146 to an Act "approved March 1, 1909, to define and regulate the business of banking, designated the "Bank Aet," relating to trusts and dispensing with the deposit of securities by corporations acting as trus- tees under deeds of trust or similar instruments securing the performance of obligations in certain instances.
S. B. 957. Shearer. Amending Section 10 of an Act, ap- proved March 1, 1909, as amended February 6, 1911, April 21, 1911, December 18, 1911, December 24, 1911 and May 6, 1913, to define and regulate the business of banking, designated the "Bank Act".
BARBERS.
A. B. 1357. Downing (by request). Authorizing and direct- ing the State Board of Health to establish the State barber registration and sanitation bureau for the purpose of regulat- ing barbers and their occupation and the sanitation of barber shops, etc. . .
"BLUE SKY" LAW. (See Investment Companies, Regulation of.)
BOARD OF HEALTH, STATE.
(See Public Health and Sanitation; Barbers; Embalmers; Tuberculosis.)
S. B. 407. Scott. Creating the position of stenographer of the State Board of Health and fixing the compensation thereof.
A. B. 652. McPherson. Identical with S. B. 407, Scott.
S. B. 798. Gerdes. Providing for the organization of the State Board of Health, prescribing its duties and powers and providing for the protection and preservation of the public health.
A. B. 923. Manning. Identical with S. B. 798. Gerdes.
S. B. 838. Jones. To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a department of sanitary engineering under
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the direction of the State Board of Health and appropriating $30,000.00 therefor.
BONDS.
(See Irrigation; Street Improvement; Municipal Corporations; Official Bonds.)
S. B. 614. Carr (by request). To confirm and validate bonds issued and to be issued by the State of California under the provisions of the "State Highways Act", and "San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act of 1909".
A. B. 342. Wills. To legalize bonds issued and to be issued and sold by Imperial Irrigation District.
A. B. 341. Wills. To legalize bonds issued and to be issued and sold by irrigation districts.
S. B. 98. Carr. Validating municipal bonds, and to pro- vide for the levy and collection of taxes to pay the principal and interest on such bonds.
A. B. 909. Sisson. Identical with S. B. 98. Carr.
S. B. 99. Carr. Validating bonds of school districts and high school districts, and to provide for the levy and collec- tion of taxes to pay the principal and interest on such bonds.
A. B. 455. Manning (by request). To provide for the issu- ance of street improvement bonds to represent and be secured by certain assessments made for the cost of certain work and improvements made in and upon streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks within municipalities and upon property and rights of way owned by municipalities, to pro- vide for the collection of such assessments, the sale of the property secured thereby and for the payment of the bonds so issued.
A. B, 819. Lostutter (by request). To validate street im- provement bonds.
BONDS, OFFICIAL, PREMIUM ON. ■ A. B. 1193. Scott, F. C. To provide for the filing of bonds by certain employees of the Department of Engineering ami for the payment by the said department of the premiums or charges on bonds of its employees when given by surety companies.
S. B. 1074. Birdsall. Identical with A. B. 1193. Scott.
BROKERS.
A. B. 513. Phillips. Relating to the regulation and licensing of pawnbrokers; investing the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics with the administration of the Act; and pre- scribing penalties for violation of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 1112. Marron. Providing for the regulation and licen- sing of the business of making small loans, designated as the.
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business of personal loan broker; requiring the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to enforce and administer the Act; and prescribing penalties for violation of the provis- ions hereof.
A. B. 1429. Brown, H. W. Defining and relating to wage- brokers; regulating assignments of wages and salaries as se- curities for loans; and fixing a maximum rate of interest for loans upon wages and salaries, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
Requires a license and execution of bond to conduct busi- ness as wage-broker; boards of supervisors empowered to regulate business; no assignment of salary or wages by any employee or wage-earner to a wage-broker or other person shall be valid or enforceable, unless it be for fixed and definite part of salary or wages earned or to be earned during period not exceeding 30 days immediately following assignment. Post dated or wrongly dated assignments shall be void; no wage- broker shall ask or receive any compensation or interest in excess of 1 per cent a month, computed on the amount actu- ally advanced; no assignment of wages or salary by a married man shall be valid or enforceable without consent of wife evidenced by her signature to assignment executed and ac- knowledged before notary, and no wage-broker or person con- nected directly or indirectly with him shall be authorized to take acknowledgments; no wage-broker shall make any loan to a minor, nor shall any assignment of wages or salary by minor be valid or enforceable; no assignment of wages or salary shall be valid or enforceable unless notice in writing with copy be given employer of debtor within 10 days after date of execution; every purchase by wage-broker of an assign- ment of wages or salary shall be held to be a loan, in sum actually paid to person making assignment, and subject to all provisions of this act; violation declared a misdemeanor, pun- ishable by fine of not less than $25 or more than $500 for each offense, or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 "days , or both; any note or indebtedness and any assignment of wages given to or received by any wage-broker in violation of this Act shall be null and void, and upon conviction any and all moneys advanced or loaned in violation hereof shall be forfeited.
A. B. 374. Chamberlain. Relating to real estate brokers, agents, salesmen and dealers in the State of California.
Provides that no person shall act as broker, agent, salesman or dealer in soliciting or receiving applications or contracts for the rental, sale, purchase or exchange of real estate with- out a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State; defines "real estate broker;" provides that every person de- siring to engage in real estate business shall apply to Secre- tary of State for certificate of registration, which application shall be accompanied by certificate from county clerk of county
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where applicant resides, reciting that he is a resident of that county, giving his specific business address, and that he has a good reputation therein for truth, honesty and integrity; together with fee of $10; whereupon Secretary of State shall issue a non-transferable certificate, entitling applicant to engage in real estate business. Every person to whom such certificate is issued must conspicuously display in his place of business a sign bearing words "Registered Real Estate Broker." Such certificates to be renewed annually on July 1st upon payment of fee of $5. Out of each dollar collected Secretary of State shall pay ten cents into general fund of State and 90 cents into State advertising fund.
Persons so registered are prohibited from paying any com- mission, brokerage, or other valuable consideration on account of any real estate transaction in this State to any person in this State not so registered.
Certificate may be revoked upon conviction of violation of Act or of fraud against principal in a sale, tried upon a veri- fied accusation in writing in the Superior Court, and court shall determine period of revocation, which shall be not less than one year nor more than five years.
Any person engaging in real estate business without certifi- cate of registration after passage of this Act, or who continues business after revocation of certificate, shall be guilty of mis- demeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, or imprisonment not less than one or more than 30 days, or both.
BUILDING AND LOAN LAW.
(See also Civil Code.)
S. B. 97. Benson. Amending Sections 2, 3 and 6 of an Act approved April 5, 1911, known as "The Building and Loan Commission Act," and amended by an Act approved Decem- ber 18, 1911, relating to the powers and duties of the Build- ing and Loan Commissioner.
Provides (Sec. 2.) secretary shall be deputy Commissioner; increases the salary (Sec. 3) of Commissioner and secretary to $3600 and $2400, respectively, with $1600 per year for ex- penses; and provides that where an extended audit is neces- sary a competent auditor may be appointed at expense of concern examined at not to exceed $15.00 per day; and grants power to make examinations of books and affairs of any for- eign association applying for license in this State expense of which shall be paid by concern examined, except that Commissioner may accept result of similar examination made and certified by duly constituted authorities of any State having similar laws of supervision.
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A. B. 53. Wright. Identical with S. B. 97. Benson.
S. B. 38. Benson. Adding a new section to be numbered 9a to an Act approved April 5, 1911, to amend an Act known as "The Building and Loan Commission Act," and amended by an Act approved December 18, 1911, relating to the powers and duties of the Building and Loan Commissioner; makes it a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment not less than 10 nor more than 90 days or both, for any officer or director of a building and loan association to refuse to comply with the demand of the Com- missioner for possession of the property and assets, and em- powering the Commissioner to call a peace officer to enforce his demands.
A. B. 51. Wrtght Identical with S. B. 38. Benson.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
S. B. 483. Crowley. Providing for the enforcement of labor laws of the State of California by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Confers authority upon the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to enforce any and all labor laws, the en- forcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board or commission, and clothing the deputies and agents of such commissioner with the power and authority of sheriffs and other peace officers to make arrests, etc.
A. B. 505. Wright. Identical with S'. B. 483. Crowley.
A. B. 842. Gelder. To make lawful certain agreements between employees and laborers, and to limit the issuing of injunctions in certain cases.
Provides that it shall not be unlawful for persons employed or seeking employment to enter into any arrangements or agreements with a view of lessening the hours of labor or of increasing their wages, and no restraining order or injunc- tion shall be granted by any court in any case between an employer or employees growing out of a dispute concerning terms or conditions of employment, unless such order or injunction be necessary to prevent irreparable injury to prop- erty or property rights of the party making the application. If it cannot be shown that irreparable damage to property is imminent, no injunction shall be granted. No persons who are employed or seeking employment shall be indicted or prosecuted in any court for any act done to bring about an increase in pay or better hours, unless that act is in itself unlawful.
S. B. 857. Lyon. Identical with A. B. 842. Gelder. i A. B. 64. Ryan. Providing that any person, firm, associa- tion or corporation or agent, superintendent or manager
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thereof, employing special agents, detectives, or so-called spotters shall, before disciplining or discharging any employee upon a report by such special agent, detective, or so-called spotters, give notice and accord a hearing to such employee upon his request therefor, and providing that said accused employee shall have the opportunity to be confronted with the person making such report, and shall have the right to furnish testimony in his own defense; violations made a mis- demeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $100 or more than $1000, or imprisonment in county jail for not more than one year or both. In case of an association or corporation the imprisonment to be imposed on officers or agents com- mitting the offense.
S. B. 402. Flaherty. To prohibit discrimination against em- ployees who belong to or join any labor organization, and de- claring it a misdemeanor so to do, punishable by fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, or imprisonment not less than 30 days or more than one year, or both.
A. B. 474. Godsil. Identical with S. B. 402. Flaherty.
8. B. 438. Finn. To prohibit any employer from discriminat- ing against any of his employees on account of engaging in politics or running for public office, and declaring it a mis- demeanor to do so, punishable by fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 for each offense, recoverable by suit in the name of the State, but no prosecution shall be commenced later than one year after commission of offense. Employee not precluded from recovering damages from employer.
A. B. 448. Spengler. To promote the safety of employees of electric light, power, telephone and telegraph plants and electric street railways, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof.
A. B. 656. Downing. Prohibiting foremen, superintendents, managers or other agents having authority to employ labor, from charging fees for giving employment to any person, and declaring violation of this Act a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $25 or more than $500, or by imprison- ment not less than 15 days or more than six months, or both.
A. B. 684. Lyon. To forbid managers, superintendents, •foremen and other persons having authority from their re- spective employers to hire, employ, or direct the services of other persons in such employments, to demand or receive any fee, gift or other remuneration in consideration of any such hiring, employment or permission to continue to perform work or services in such employment; and to provide for the enforcement of this Act by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
S. B. 765. Lyon. Identical with A. B. 6S4. Lyon.
A. B. -563. Harris. Prescribing certain requirements with
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respect to the qualifications and employment of workmen and employees engaged in certain extra hazardous occupations, providing penalties for violations thereof, and providing for the enforcement of this Act.
Makes it unlawful to employ or permit any deaf and dumb person, or any person who cannot speak and understand Eng- lish sufficiently well to comprehend any rules or regulations governing the occupation or industry in which they may be engaged, or to understand necessary orders, and com- municate them orally in English to others, to work in under- ground mines, tunnels and excavations; in connection with machinery and in the operation of underground mines, tunnels and excavations; in connection with the operation of steam, . electric and other trains, and locomotives, engines, motors, cars or other vehicles propelled by steam, electricity or other motive power;
Any person, firm, association or corporation employing a person, or any person accepting employment, contrary to this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $10 nor more than $300, or imprisonment not more (less?) than 10 days or more than six months, or both;
Any officer, board or commission charged with the inspection or supervision of hazardous or dangerous occupations is charged with enforcing this law.
S. B. 955. Lyon, Amending Section 1 of an Act, approved March 20, 1903, to prevent misrepresentations of conditions of employment, making it a misdemeanor to misrepresent the same and providing penalties therefor.
S. B. 505. Lyon. Amending Section 9 of an Act approved March 3, 1883, as amended, to establish and support a bureau of labor statistics, relating to deputies of Labor Commissioner.
S. B. 984. Lyon. Amending Sections 9 and 10 of an Act, approved March 3, 1883, to establish and support a Bureau of Labor Statistics, relating to deputies and offices of commis- sioner, and salaries of commissioner, deputies and employees.
CATTLE, HORSES AND LIVESTOCK.
S. B. 682. Flint. To provide for the branding, marking, buying, selling, handling, breeding, importing, inspection, arid general care of all kinds of cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, and all other kinds of live stock now in or that may hereafter be brought into the State Of California; to prevent the im- portation into the State of California of all or any of the aforesaid until the same have been inspected for diseases; to provide for certificates of inspection to be attached to waybills when such live stock are transported by train or other com- mon carrier into this State, and for certificates of inspection. to be given t6 arid retained by ariy person drivirig or iri any
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way transporting such live stock into this State other than by common carrier, and for such certificates of inspection to be given to and retained by any person driving or in any way transporting such live stock along or upon the public high- ways of this State; to provide for the payment of all fees of inspection and other acts to be performed under the terms of this Act; to provide for the various fines and punishments for the violation of any or all of the provisions of this Act; and, repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in any way in con- flict herewith, which said Acts and part$ of Acts are in this Act specifically mentioned.
A. B. 1115. Fish. Identical with S. B. 682, Flint.
S. B. 737. Colin. Amending Sections 3, 4, 7 and 9 of an Act, approved May 1, 1911, to regulate the public service of stallions and jacks in the State of California, and by adding a new section there to be known and numbered Section 11^, all relating to the licensing of stallions and jacks, and providing for jthe reporting of the collection of fees to the State Controller and the creation of a fund to be known as the stallion registra- tion board contingent fund.
A. B. 895. Gebhart. Identical with S. B. 737. Conn.
S. B. 434. Crowley. To revise the law in relation to the sup- pression and prevention of the spread of contagious and in- fectious diseases among domestic animals; and providing for the inspection of meat and meat food products offered for sale within the State of California; and making an appropriation for the purposes of this Act.
Creates board of live stock commissioners, to be composed of one practical live stock man, one doctor of medicine, and one practical butcher, to be appointed by the Governor; also pro- vides for ihe appointment by the Governor of a competent veterinary surgeon as State veterinarian; a practical butcher, as State market inspector, to carry out provisions of Act.
A. B. 523. Canepa. Identical with S. B. 434. Crowley.
S. B. 744. Benson (by request). To provide for the protection of breeders and growers of live stock from theft, for registra- tion of brands, butchers and slaughter houses, and the in- spection of live stock and the hides thereof.
S. -B. 435. Crowley. To define the duties of railroad, steam- boat, transportation and stock yards companies under procla- mation of the Governor, scheduling territory on account of splenic or Texas fever among cattle.
Requires all railroad, steamboat and transportation com- panies transporting cattle from scheduled territory into or through this -State to state in bill of lading point whence cattle were originally shipped or derived; requires cars or quarters of such cattle to be disinfected immediately following unloading; such cattle to be unloaded in separate pens, and all
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stock yards shall set apart certain parts of their yards for such cattle; violation punishable by fine not exceeding $1000.
A. B. 522. Canepa. Identical with S, B. 435. Crowley. S. B. 555. Scott. Identical with A. B. 220. Tabler. S. B. 5'36. Conn. To prevent the importation into the State 'of California of horses, mules, dairy cattle and breeding bulls which are affected with communicable diseases, providing for the inspection or certificaton of such animals before being brought into the State of California, exempting certain ani- mals from such inspection, or certification, providing penalties Yor violating any of the provisions of this Act, and repealing an Act approved June 4, 1913, to prevent the importation into the State of California of horses, mules, asses, or cattle which are affected with any infection or contagious disease; to provide for the inspection of such animals before they are brought into the State; to repeal an Act, approved March 7, 1911, to prevent the importation of neat cattle for dairy Or breeding purposes affected with tuberculosis into the State of California, and to repeal an Act, approved March 7, 1911, to -prevent the importation of horses, mules and asses affected with glanders into the State of California.
A, B. 603. Gebhart.- Identical with S. B. 536. Conn.
S. B. 535. Conn. Amending Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ll/2 and 8 of an Act to protect domestic live stock from contagious and infectious diseases, to provide for the appointment and duties of officials to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, and to provide an appropriation therefor, which became a law March 18, 1899, and as amended March 20, 1905, and March 23, 1907, and as further amended March 19, 1909, and adding a new section thereto to be numbered Section Ql/2, and repealing Section 7 thereof, all relating to the powers and duties of the State veterinarian, assistant State veterinarian and deputy State veterinarians, and fixing salaries, and prescribing pen- alties for violation of this Act.
A. B. 604. Gebhardt. Identical with S. B. 535. Conn.
S. B. 1006. Purkitt. Prohibiting the preparation, sale, bar- ter, shipment or exchange of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous or harmful hog cholera serum or virus; requiring every establishment for the preparation of hog cholera serum or virus to be inspected and licensed by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Cali- fornia; and providing penalties for violation of any of the provisions hereof.
S. B. 1008. Purkitt. Amending Sections 2, 3 and 7 of an Act, approved April 21, 1911, to provide for the preparation and distribution of serums or vaccines for the prevention of the disease: known as cholera in hogs in the State of Cali- fornia,; marking an appropriation therefor and prescribing the duties of the Controller and Treasurer in relation thereto.
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CEMETERIES.
- (See also Civil Code.)
S. B. 51. Finn. Regulating the opening, widening and clos- ing of roads and paths and the disinterment of bodies in cemeteries which have been transferred to cities or cities and Counties and which are held by them in trust for the purpose of maintaining said cemeteries forever as public parks.
Places in hands of board or officer having charge of ceme- tery so dedicated the opening of new roads or widening of old ones, bodies disinterred for the purpose to be reinterred; plot holders may compel the officer to show necessity for open- ing of road. Lot owners may remove remains upon payment of fee, shall remove all monuments, etc.; Act does not confer right upon board or officer to remove any bodies from ceme- tery or park.
;A. B. 124. McDonald, W-. A. Identical with S. B. 51. Finn. • S. '*B. ' 5"2. Finn. Authorizing a cemetery corporation or association to transfer its land and certain funds to the city, or city and county within which cemetery land is located whenever further burials in such land shall be prohibited; and to authorize said city or city and county to accept and execute a trust in relation to such property for the purpose of maintaining said land forever as a public park, to provide for the carrying into effect of the purposes in this Act.
A. B. 127. McDonald, W. A. Identical with S. B. 52. Finn.
S. B. 53. Finn. Providing compensation to lot owners who have removed bodies, monuments and mortuary emblems from their lots in any cemetery the title of which shall have been transferred to the city or city and county in which it is located in trust for the purpose of ' maintaining such ceme- tery forever as a public park; to authorize such city or city and county to pay such compensation; and to provide the means and the procedure to carry out the purposes of this Act.; ; J; .
A. B. 125, McDonald, W. A. Identical with S. B. 53. Finn.
g, B. 54. Finn. Repealing an Act approved April 24, 1911, providing for the removal of human remains from cemeteries in any city, or city and county in this State, and repealing all Acts in .conflict therewith.
A. B. 126, McDonald, W. A. Identical with S. B. 54. Finn.
A. B. 646. Conrad. To provide for the conservation and protection of trust funds held by cemetery corporations for perpetual care of cemetery lots and grounds. •
Provides that whenever any part of prices of cemetery lots shall, be by terms of contract of sale or provisions of by-laws or rules of . any cemetery corporation, set. apart for perpetual care-, improvement, embellishment, or .preservation ; of such
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cemetery or burial lots and grounds where located, principal is declared a perpetual trust fund, to be invested at interest in securities and preserved intact perpetually; interest and income to be devoted to such perpetual care, etc; Superintend- ent of State Banking Department to require from each ceme- tery corporation on or before October 1st of each year reports of condition and investments of such trust funds, which re- ports shall be verified by oath of president, secretary and treasurer of corporation making same; wilful and fraudulent mistatements declared a misdemeanor; fee for filing such report $10; Superintendent of Banks to have power of visita- tion over any cemetery corporation, to examine condition and investment of such trust funds; if upon any report or exam- ination it be found that any part of principal of such trust funds has been lost or impaired or invested contrary to law, such corporation shall be directed to make good any such loss, impairment or unlawful investment, and it shall be unlawful for such corporation to pay any portion of proceeds of sales Of any burial lots or any dividends or profits to any member or stockholder so long as order remain uncomplied with; every violation of this prohibition declared a misdemeanor; also declared a misdemeanor for any director or other officer to use or borrow any portion of such trust fund, punishable by fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed 1 year, or both, and any director or officer who by violation hereof causes loss to trust fund becomes civilly liable for amount of such loss,, together with reasonable attorney fees, to be recovered as provided in Section 613, Civil Code.
S. B. 866. Scott. Providing for the abandonment and dis- posal of portions of cemeteries and cemetery lands, by ceme- tery corporations or other owners, the removal of human re- mains therefrom and repealing all Acts in conflict therewith.
Provides that cemetery corporation or person owning, in possession or in charge of cemeteries shall have power to re- move human remains and have them interred or deposited elsewhere, and to abandon such cemetery or part thereof, and to cause the real property to be improved, sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with this Act.
Subsequent to the requirement for and prior to actual re- moval of human remains from the cemetery, any cemetery corporation by resolution of its board of directors, or the owner of any land used as a cemetery by declaration of in- tention so to do, determine to voluntarily abandon such ceme- tery which resolution or declaration of intention shall specify the date on or after which the remains will be removed; notice of the proposed removal shall be given publication in a news- paper; the notice shall contain a copy of the resolution or declaration of intention, and shall specify that any relative
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or friend of any person buried in such cemetery may remove the remains at any time prior to the removal thereof by the corporation or owner, upon delivery to the corporation of an affidavit stating the name of the person whose remains are to be removed, the date of burial, and the names of the heirs at law, the written consent of a majority of whom shall be required in case the person desiring to remove the remains is not an neir at law.
Within 30 days after the first publication, a copy of the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the ceme- tery, and a copy mailed to very lot owner or holder whose name appears upon the records of the cemetery, and to every person who prior to the date of the resolution or declaration shall have recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or city and county the verified statement pro- vided in an Act approved April 24, 1911, providing for the re- moval of human remains from cemeteries.
Upon compliance with these requirements the cemetery cor- poration or owner shall at or after the date fixed in the reso- lution or declaration of intention have power to cause the removal of all human remains interred in such cemetery and to cause their re-interment without further notice to any person. Upon request of any relative or friend desiring to be present at the disinterment the cemetery corporation or owner shall give written notice at least 10 days prior thereto of the date when the remains will be disinterred.
The owner of any burial lot may cause the removal of all the remains interred therein without filing any affidavit or consent. In the event of the death of the grantee of any cemetery lot, the affidavit of any heir at law to whom title to the lot may have passed shall be accepted as sufficient evidence of the transfer of such title.
Remains disinterred by the cemetery corporation shall be re-interred in a separate grave or may be deposited in a mausoleum or columbarium in a separate compartment, marked with the name of the person whose remains are therein in- terred or deposited. When remains are removed by relatives or friends, the persons causing the removal shall have power to remove any monument, headstone, coping or other improve- ment, but any monument, etc., remaining on any lot for more than ninety days after removal of remains shall become the property of the cemetery corporation or owner.
The cemetery corporation shall have power to use any money in its treasury to defray the expenses of abandonment and removal, including the acquisition of a new place of burial or deposit, the expense of disinterment, transportation and re- interment, and removal and disposal of monuments, etc., and the expense of opening, grading arid sewering streets, placing
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gas, water and other pipes and conduits or poles therein, and otherwise improving the property. The cemetery corporation may subdivide any new place of burial, mausoleum or colum- barium acquired by it, and dispose of lots or burial places to purchasers, and may accept in payment full or partial releases from members in or to the whole or any part of the assets of the corporation except the lot or niche conveyed to them.
Any land from which all human remains have been removed may be improved and sold, after first obtaining from the Superior Court an order of sale as provided in Section 15 of the Civil Code.
Such corporation if it have funds in its treasury not required for other purposes may set aside a sufficient sum for the perpetual or other care or improvement of lands, etc., where remains may be reinterred, or may transfer funds to some other corporation for that purpose after first obtaining per- mission from the Superior Court after publication of notice.
In case of cemeteries owned or controlled by religious or- ganizations no remains may be removed except in accordance with the rules, regulations and discipline of such religious organization.
All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith and particu- larly Sections 2, 3, 4 and 6 of an Act approved April 24, 1911, providing for the removal of human remains from cemeteries, are hereby repealed. (S. B. 323. Boynton. Pending Legisla- tion, 1913, p. 293.)
A. B. 1278. McDonald, J. J. (by request). Identical with S. B. 866. Scott.
S. B. 867. Scott. Relating to the borrowing of money by cemetery corporations and the giving of security therefor by mortgage or conveyance in trust of real estate.
Cemetery corporations may borrow money and execute deeds of trust or mortgages of lands held by them upon order from the Superior Court, after proper publication of notice, and it appearing to the court that the lands are not needed for burial purposes, and that it is for the best interests of the corpora- tion that the money be borrowed and secured by mortgage or deed of trust; any member of the corporation may oppose the granting of the order by affidavit or otherwise. (S. B. 324. Boynton. Pending Legislation, 1913, p. 295.)
A. B. 1279. McDonald, J. J. (by request). Identical with S. B. 867. Scott.
A. B. 1121. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 13 of an Act to amend an Act to authorize the incorporation of Rural Cemetery Associations, approved April 28, 1859, and to author- ize the owners of lots in such cemeteries to transfer them by deed, approved March 81,-1891, and giving to lot owners authority to sell -and . convey title to lots in such cemeteries;
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CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
A. B. 232. Hawson. Amending Section 2 of an Act approved March 25, 1903, and amended May 1, 1911, to create a State Board of Charities and Corrections, prescribing its duties and powers and appropriating money therefor, relating to compen- sation of members of board.
S. B. 888. Breed. To provide county boards of charities and corrections and to define the powers and duties thereof.
Upon petition of 100 electors of county judge or judges of Superior Court shall appoint seven persons, not more than four of whom shall be of the same sex, as a county board of charities and corrections, to serve without compensation, for term of four years; no person connectetd officially with any charitable or correctional institution in the county supported at public expense. Board shall meet quarterly, and as much oftener as necessary; at least once each quarter and as much oftener as may be necessary they shall inspect the county hospital, the county infirmary or relief home for aged, the county jail, each jail or lock-up in the county, and any other charitable or correctional institution receiving support from county funds; they shall ascertain condition of each depart- ment as to effective and economical administration, cleanli- ness, discipline and comfort of inmates, etc.; they shall study rules of board of supervisors for government of institutions and ascertain whether same are being complied with, and shall make such suggestions as to improved administration as they think proper to persons in charge of such institutions and may report to board of supervisors any facts that ought to be known to them, and if they find conditions in such institutions injurious to county or to the inmates or contrary to good order or public policy, they shall so notify the board of super- visors or other officials having jurisdiction. A report in writ- ing shall be made quarterly to the grand jury, and if none to the district attorney for presentation to grand jury as soon as sworn; and a report shall be made annually to judges of Superior Court which shall be filed as public document with county clerk; and copies of all reports to board of supervisors or judges of Superior Court shall be transmitted to State Board of Charities and Corrections. Board of supervisors shall appropriate not to exceed $50 annually for expenses for said board.
A. B. 1081. Gelder. Identical with S. B. 888. Breed.
CHILD LABOR.
A. B. 388. McDonald. Amending an Act approved February 20, 1905; approved April 14, 1911; approved June 2, 1913, regu- lating the employment and hours of labor of children; pro- hibiting the' employment of minors' under certain ages; pro-
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habiting- the employment of certain illiterate minors; providing for the enforcement hereof by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and providing penalties for the violation thereof; providing for physical examination of minors, pro- hibiting sweat shop work, prohibiting the employment of minors under certain age in dangerous occupations, regulating street trades and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts incon- sistent herewith.
S. B. 257. Lyon. Amending an Act, approved February 20th, 1905; approved April 14th, 1911; approved June 2nd, 1913, as amended, regulating the employment and hours of labor of children; prohibiting the employment of minors under cer- tain ages; prohibiting the employment of certain illiterate minors; providing for the enforcement hereof by the Commis- sioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and providing penal- ties for the violation thereof; and providing for physical ex- amination of minors, prohibiting sweat shop work, prohibiting the employment of minors under certain age in dangerous oc- cupations, regulating street trades and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith.
CHILDREN. (See Juvenile Court; Orphans and Indigent Persons.)
A. B. 239. Gebhart. Amending Section 1 of an Act, ap- proved March 24, 1903, amended March 20, 1905, amended April 21, 1911, to enforce the educational rights of children and providing penalties for violation of the Act, relating to the age of school children.
S. B. 735. Strobridge. Amending Sections 1, 4, 5 and 6 of an Act, approved March 24, 1903; amended March 20, 1905; amended March 4, 1907; amended April 21, 1911, to enforce the educational rights of children and providing penalties for viola- tion of the Act.
S. B. 1162. Thompson. Establishing a bureau of child and animal protection, appropriating $7500 therefor, and defining the duties thereof.
Provides that the State Humane Association of California shall compose the bureau, with the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney-General as ex-officio mem- bers.
CIVIL SERVICE.
S. B. 1166. Gerdes. Amending an Act approved June 16, 1913, to provide for a general system, based upon investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness, for appointment to and holding during good behavior of office and employment under State authority and, in that behalf, to create a State civil service commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, to
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make the wilful violation of the provisions of this Act a mis- demeanor, to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith in so far as they may be inconsistent with the pro- visions of this Act, and to make an appropriation therefor.
S. B. 864. Scott. Amending Sections 2, 14 and 18 of an Act approved June 16, 1913, to provide for a general system, based upon investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness for ap- pointment to and holding during good behavior of office and employment under State authority and, in that behalf, to create a State civil service commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, to make the wilful violation of the provisions of this Act a misdemeanor, to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith insofar as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and to make an appropria- tion therefor.
S. B. 207. Benedict. Amending Sections 5, 7 and 9 of an Act, approved June 16, 1913, providing for a general system, based upon investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness, for appointment to and holding during good behavior of office and employment under State authority and, in that behalf, to create a State Civil Service Commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, to make the wilful violation of the pro- visions of this Act a misdemeanor, to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith in so far as they be in- consistent with the provisions of this Act, and to make an ap- propriation therefor.
S. B. 740. Gerdes. Amending Sections 9 and 14 of an Act, ap- proved June 16, 1913, to provide for a general system, based upon investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness, for appointment to and holding during good behavior of office and employment under State authority and, in that behalf, to create a State. Qivi.l Service Commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, to make the wilful violation of the pro- visions of this Act a misdemeanor, to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith in so far as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and to make an appropriation therefor.
COAL.
A. B. 265. Satterwhite. Regulating the sale of coal.
Makes it a misdemeanor to sell the output of one mine as the product of another.
S. B. 473. Breed. Identical with A. B. 265. Satterwhite.
A. B. 569. Satterwhite. To regulate the carriage of coal, and to provide for destination weights on the shipments of coal, providing a penalty for violation thereof.
True weight of coal shipped over any common carrier must be stated in bill of lading; when coal arrives at destination carrier shall cause same to be weighed at nearest track scales
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and shall be responsible to consignee for all deficiencies in weight, less natural shrinkage; failure or" refusal of carrier to weigh coal at destination renders it liable in damages; any agent, servant or employee of a carrier failing or refusing to weigh coal, or who makes false weights thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100, or imprisonment not less than 30 nor more than 60 days, or both; coal brought into State shall be weighed at nearest track scales, within State, to State line; in case of contention between consignee and carrier regarding shortage of coal on any car, car shall be weighed first while leaded and then empty and actual gross and net weight as- certained, stencil weight of any car marked thereon shall not be taken in any case as true weight of car.
COLLECTION AGENCIES.
S. B. 62. Finn. Relating to the bonding, of collection agen- cies, fixing amount and time of bond. and. qualifications, .and number of sureties thereon, terms and conditions thereof and prescribing the penalties for the violation of any of the pro- visions thereof. - - - •'-'- ...;.. ... ..
Provides that no person, partnership, association or cor- poration, other than an attorney-at-law, bank -or trust- com-* pany, shall collect or receive payment for others of an in- debtedness, or engage in this State in soliciting the right to collect such, unless he shall have on file with the Secretary of State a bond in the sum of $5000,- good for one year, with two sureties who shall be residents and owners of real estate in this State. (S. B. 154. Finn. "Pending Legislation 1913"," p. -304.)
S. B. 1143. Hans. Relating to collection agencies; placing them under the supervision of the Bank Commissioner; pro- viding for registration and licensing the same; requiring a bond to be filed; fixing the period of time within which settle- ments are to be made; providing a penalty for violation of this Act. .:.....
Collection agencies are placed under supervision of Bank Commissioner and are required, before beginning business to file with him an application for registration, with which shall be deposited the annual license fee, together with a bond, in $5000; if upon examination it is found that said agency or any of its officers or stockholders has not at any time de- faulted in payment of collections license shall issue, which shall be "renewed annually, . application for renewal to state among other things amount of collections made for year end- ing December 31 previous, and statement of total amount of collections made which at date of application had been re- tained for more than 45 days and had not at that time been
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paid over to assignor, accompanied by bond equal to one- fourth of total amount of collections for the year, and the annual license fee; if agency is found to have complied with provisions of Act license shall issue; if not, no license shall issue, and Commissioner shall proceed to cause sureties to pay defaulted collections.
Every collection agency shall within 45 days after making collection notify assignor, and pay over to him sum collected, less charges; when proof submitted to Commissioner that collection agency has defaulted in payment of collections after written demand, he shall serve written notice on such agency that it shall within five days thereafter pay to assignor moneys collected, or appear and show cause why bond should not be forfeited and assignor paid from proceeds; if agency there- after neglects or refuses to pay or fails to show good cause as to non-payment, Commissioner shall declare license re- voked and bond forfeited, and serve notice in writing on sure- ties on bond, stating facts and calling on them to 'pay amounts defaulted; if within 10 days - sureties -make no payment of amount demanded Commissioner .shall take proceedings to collect on bond, and all moneys derived from forfeiture of bonds shall be paid into State Treasury to credit of "Collection Agency Fund;" and from that fund Commissioner shall issue order to assignor on State Controller for amount due and Controller shall draw warrant therefor and Treasurer shall pay same; any collection agency violating any provisions of this Act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
. (See Produce Exchange Commission.) S. B. 4S0. Duncan. Defining commission merchants and consignors; providing for filing of bond and certificates show- ing names of persons doing business or advertising as com- mission merchants, requiring records of all consignments received or sold be kept and furnished, and providing penalties for the violation of the requirements herein contained.
Defines "commission merchant" as any person, firm, cor- poration, partnership, association or copartnership carrying on or advertising as carrying on the business of commission merchant, or as selling or receiving for purposes of sale, pro- duce, goods or other personal property on commission. "Con- signor" is defined as including any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, shipping or forwarding produce, goods, or other property to a commission merchant to be sold on commission.
Commission merchants are prohibited from engaging in that business without, first filing with the Secretary of State a statement " 5n "detail showing whether said commission mer-
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chant is a private individual, incorporation, partnership or association, the interest of all persons interested in the busi- ness, with the name and address of each person in full; a bond in $5000 shall be filed with such statement, to guarantee proper conduct of the business.
A record in detail shall be kept of all produce received, with the name of consignor, date sold, price received, and place of residence or business address of the purchaser, which record shall be open to inspection of any consignor; and requiring return to be made to consignor on all sales within five days, with statement Jn detail showing all facts to be kept of record.
Violation punishable by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300, or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both. Nothing in Act shall be deemed to prevent prosecu- tion of commission merchant or other person for embezzle- ment or other felony or misdemeanor.
COMMON CARRIERS.
(See Railroads.)
S. F. 206. Benedict. Declaring certain persons or corpora- tions engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire to •be common carriers and subject to the provisions of an Act known as the "Public Utilities Act of the State of California", approved December 23, 1911, as amended June 14, 1913.
Declares every person or corporation operating a motor vehicle or automobile on highways for transportation of per- sons for hire a common carrier, subject to provisions of "Public Utilities Act".
A. B. 394. Gelder. Making it the duty of every common car- rier and operator of a motor or other vehicle, upon the hap- pening of any accident, and any person injured as a result of any accident, to file a list of the names and addresses of all witnesses to any such accident with the county clerk of the county in which such accident occurred; providing that no per- son, whose name is not contained in such list, shall be per- mitted to testify in any action at law arising out of such ac- cident, except under certain circumstances.
A. B. .13.51. Brown, H. W. Regulating the transportation of passengers by common carriers, and railway companies, and io compel such common carriers and railway companies to provide seats for all passengers carried, and fixing a penalty tor failure to so provide seats.
CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
(See also Forests and Forestry; Water and Water Rights;
Civil Code.)
A. B. 367. Dennett. In relation to Act of Congress known as
the Carey Act, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supple-
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mental thereto, and governing the State Conservation Commis- sion in the control of the selection, management and disposal of all lands granted the State under the provisions thereof.
S. B. 441. Luce. Identical with A. B. 367. Dennett.
A. B. 1191. Johnson. Authorizing the Conservation Commis- sion of the State of California to examine, classify and ap- praise the unsold school lands of the State of California and appropriating $10,000 therefor.
S. B. 1014. Luce. To authorize the conservation commis- sion of the State of California to examine, classify and ap- praise the unsold school lands of the State of California, and appropriating $10,000 therefor.
CONTAINERS.
A. B. 240. Scott, F. C. Revising and amending Sections 3, 5, 6 and 12, of the Act of the Legisltaure of the State of Cali- fornia entitled, "The Net Container Act", approved May 24th, 1 r»l 4 .
S. B. 218. Scott. Identical with A. B. 240, Scott.
A. B.' 1100. Rodgers. To regulate the sale of packages, cartons, cans, boxes, commodities and containers of all kinds, with the name and address of the original manufacturer thereof, providing for the enforcement of, and providing for penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act.
CONTRACTS, STATE.
S. B. 877. Luce. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 of an Act approved March 22, 1909, to regulate contracts on behalf of the State in relation to the erection, construction, alteration, repair or improvement of any State structure, building, road, or other State improvement of any kind, and to repeal an Act approved March 28, 1876, to regulate contracts On behalf of the State in relation to erections and buildings.
A. B. 1194. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 877, Luce.
S. B. 147. Scott. Adding Section 4 (new) to an Act approved March 28, 1876, approved March 22, 1909, to regulate contracts on behalf of the State in relation to the erection, construction, alteration, repair or improvement of any kind and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to regulate contracts on behalf of the State in relation to erection of buildings."
Provides that all work done for State of California under provisions of Act wherein brick, stone, terra cotta or concrete is used shall not be accepted until inspected by duly appointed State masonry inspectors.
A. B. 300. ScOtt, F. C. Identical with S. B. 147. Scott.
CORPORATION LICENSE TAX.
A. B. 402. Br6wne. Relating to revenue and taxation pro-
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viding for a license tax upon corporations, and appropriating $27,000 for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this Act. Restores the corporation license tax with the following schedule of fees: When the authorized capital stock of the corporation does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) the tax shall be ten dollars ($10); when the authorized capital stock exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000) but does not ex- ceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) the tax shall be fifteen dollars ($15); when the authorized capital stock exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) but does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) the tax shall be twenty dollars ($20); when the authorized capital stock exceeds fifty thousand dol- lars ($50,000) but does not exceed one hundred thousand dol- lars ($100,000) the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25); when the authorized capital stock exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) but does not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50); when the authorized capital stock exceeds two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) but does not exceed five hun- dred thousand dollars ($500,000) the tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75); when the authorized capital stock exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) but does not exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) the tax shall be one hundred dol- lars ($100); when the authorized capital stock exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000) but does not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) the tax shall be two hundred dollars ($200); when the authorized capital stock exceeds five million dollars ($5,000,000) the tax shall be two hundred and fifty dollars ($250).
COUNTY OFFICES AND OFFICERS,
A. B. 1224. Fish. Authorizing the transfer of certain powers, duties and functions of certain cities and officers thereof to the officers of counties in which any such city is located.
DAY OF REST.
S. B. 91. Lyon. Providing for a day of rest from labor.
S. B. 163. Benson. Providing for one day of rest in seven, and repealing an Act, approved February 27, 1893, to provide for a day of rest from labor.
Defines "day" as twenty-four consecutive hours, which may include two calendar days; "necessary work" as work that could " not have been done on preceding day and could not be postponed until next day; "urgent emergency" as immediate danger to life, property, public safety or public health only.
Makes it unlawful to require any employee, apprentice, ser- vant or other person to work in any trade/ business, profes- sion,- or occupation for more than six days m any calendar
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week of seven days; provided, above provisions do not apply to necessary work of domestic servants, of caring for live animals, and sick or suffering persons, of making yeast or setting sponge in bakeshops, of cases of urgent emergency, or to any work that the Railroad Commission deems necessary to permit, nor shall act apply to railroad employees governed by Act of Congress approved March 4, 1907, limiting hours of service of employees of railroads. Violation declared a mis- demeanor punishable by fine of not less than $10 or more than $300, or imprisonment in county jail not to exceed 30 days for first offense; both line and imprisonment to be imposed for subsequent offenses; Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics and his deputies charged with enforcement.
A. B. 507. Ferguson. Identical with S. B. 163. Benson.
S. B. 520. Flaherty. Identical with S'. B. 163. Benson.
A. B. 506. Ferguson. To provide for one day of rest in seven for public employees.
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $300 to hire, employ or permit any person to work more than six days in any calendar week of seven days, except in case of emergency in which there is immediate danger to life, property, public safety or public health.
S. B. 519. Flaherty. Identical with A. B. 506. Ferguson.
S. B. 1050. Rush. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved February 27, 1893, to provide for a day of rest from labor, providing for a day of rest for employees in State institutions.
A. B. 1358. Spengler (by request). To provide for one day in seven as a day of rest.
DAIRIES AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
S. B. 582. Kehoe. To promote the public health; to prevent fraud or deception in the sale of butter, or in the sale of milk or cream intended for butter making, when any of such products are sold on the basis of quality or grade; to fix and define standards and grades for milk and cream intended for butter making; to fix and define standards and grades for butter; to regulate the buying and selling of butter when any such buying or selling is on the basis of quality or grade; to regulate the buying and selling of milk and cream intended for butter making when any such buying or selling is on the basis of quality or grade; and to provide for the enforce- ment of its provisions, and for the punishment of violations thereof.
A. B. 696. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 582. Kehoe.
A. B. 271. Wills. Amending Section 7 of an Act, approved March 10, 1905, to prevent the sale of dairy products from unhealthy animals and produced under unsanitary conditions; to provide, for the inspection of dairy stock, dairies, factories
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for the production of dairy products and places where dairy- products are handled and sold; to improve the quality of dairy products of the State; to prevent deception in the sale of dairy products and to appropriate money for enforcing" its provisions, relating to the duties of the State Dairy Bureau.
S. B. 61. Finn. Amending Section 5 of an Act approved April 21, 1911, to prevent the manufacture or sale of dairy products from unhealthy animals, or that are produced under unsanitary conditions; to prevent deception or fraud in the production and sale of dairy products, and in the manufac- ture and sale of renovated butter and oleomargarine; to license the manufacture of renovated butter, and oleomar- garine; to regulate the business of producing, buying and selling dairy products, oleomargarine, renovated or imitation butter and cheese; to provide for the enforcement of its pro- visions and for the punishment of violations thereof, and appropriating money therefor and to repeal Section 17 of an Act approved March 4, 1897, entitled "An Act to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese, to secure its enforcement, and to appropriate money therefor," and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act.
S. B. 960. Finn. Amending Sections 5 and 29 of an Act, approved April 21, 1911, to prevent the manufacture or sale of dairy products from unhealthy animals, or that are pro- duced under unsanitary conditions; to prevent deception or fraud in the production and sale of dairy products, and in the manufacture and sale of renovated butter and oleomargarine; to license the manufacture and sale of renovated butter and oleomargarine; to regulate the business of producing, buying and selling dairy products, oleomargarine, renovated or imi- tation butter and cheese; to provide for the enforcement of its provisions and for the punishment of violations thereof, and appropriating money therefor and to repeal Section 17 of an Act approved March 4, 1897, to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese, to secure its enforcement, and to appropriate money therefor, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act.
A. B. 1047. Quinn. Amending Section 7 of an Act approved April 21, 1911, to prevent the manufacture or sale of dairy products from unhealthy animals, or that are produced under unsanitary conditions; to prevent deception or fraud in the production and sale of dairy products, and in the manufacture and sale of renovated butter and oleomargarine, etc.
A. B. 1045. Rigdon. Amending Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 of an Act approved April 21, 1911, to prevent the manufacture or sale of dairy products from unhealthy ani-
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mals, etc.; regulating the manufacture and sale of oleomar- garine.
S. B. 1165. Rush. Amending Subdivisions 1 and 6 of Section 29 and Section 30 of an Act approved April 21, 1911, to prevent the manufacture or sale of dairy products from unhealthy animals, or that are produced under unsanitary conditions; to prevent deception and fraud in the production and sale of dairy products, and in the manufacture and sale of renovated butter and oleomargarine; to license the manu- facture and sale of renovated butter, and oleomargarine; to regulate the business of producing, buying and selling dairy products, oleomargarine, renovated or imitation butter and cheese; to provide "for the enforcement of its provisions and for the punishment of violations thereof, and appropriating money therefor, and to repeal Section 17 of an Act approved March 4, 1897, to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese, to secure its enforcement, and to appropriate money therefor, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act, and adding thereto two new sections to be known as Section 30*4 and Section 30^, and to improve the quality of dairy products, to prevent fraud and deception in the marketing thereof, and to establish uniform standards therefor.
A. B. 701. Boude. Amending an Act approved April 21, 1911, to prevent the manufacture or sale of dairy products from unhealthy animals, or that are produced under un- sanitary conditions; to prevent deception or fraud in the production and sale of renovated butter and oleomargarine; to license the manufacture and sale of renovated butter, and oleomargarine; to regulate the business of producing, buying and selling dairy products, oleomargarine, renovated or imi- tation butter and cheese; to provide for the enforcement of its provisions and for the punishment of violations thereof, and appropriating money therefor and to repeal Section 17 of an Act approved March 4, 1897, entitled "An Act to pre- vent deception in the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese, to secure its enforcement, and to appropriate money therefor," and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts incon- sistent with this Act, by amending Section 29 in Subdivisions 1 and 6, and Section 30, and by adding thereto two new sec- tions to be numbered 30a and 30b, relating to the enforce-, ment of uniform standards and rules to be observed by all persons, firms, or corporations dealing with, handling or transporting milk or cream in bottles, cans or other contain- ers, and by amending the title of this Act; to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act.
S. B. 1174. Kehoe (by request). To regulate the sale of food ingredients which are in part composed of butter shipped
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or imported into the State of California from any point or place outside of the United States, requiring the marking of all bills of fare or menu cards placed on tables or counters in establishments, preparing, serving or offering for sale any such food, and fixing penalties for the violation of the same or any of the provisions thereof.
S. B. 1175. Kehoe (by request). To regulate the sale of butter that has been shipped or imported into the State of California from any point or place outside of the United States, requiring the marking thereof by all persons selling or offering same for sale, and fixing penalties for the violation of the same or any of the provisions thereof.
S. B. 993. Shearer. To regulate the sale' of impure and un- wholesome milk.
A. B. 238. Marron. Regulating the preparation and sale of pasteurized milk.
Requires the cap or cover of container of pasteurized milk to be marked with the hour and date of pasteurization; re- quires all such milk to be offered for sale or sold to be cooled immediately after pasteurization and sealed in sterilized con- tainers; requires such milk to be delivered within 24 hours after pasteurization; forbids pasteurization a second time; failure to comply with law misdemeanor, penalty, fine of not less than $100 nor more than $300, or imprisonment in county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or both.
A. B. 703. Boude. To improve the milk and cream supply of incorporated cities and of the cities and counties; to pro- mote sanitary methods in the production and marketing there- of; to establish uniform standards therefor; to prevent fraud and deception in the production and sale thereof; and to estab- lish municipal milk commissions to supervise the production and marketing of milk and cream in said cities, and cities and counties.
S. B. 1177. Rush. Identical with A. B. 703. Boude.
A. B. 1475. Hawson. Amending an Act approved April 24* 1911, to establish a standard for evaporated milk and con- densed milk.
DEAF AND BLIND. (See Appropriations.)
S. B. 157. Beban. Establishing the California State Com- •mission for the Blind, of five persons, to be appointed by the Governor; providing for the maintenance of a register of the blind and a bureau of information and industrial aid, and providing for home teachers along industrial lines; also to co- operate with the State Board of Health for the prevention of blindness; and appropriating $12,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
A. B: 1034. Hayes. Identical" with S. B. 157. Beban.
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A. B. 395. Gebhart. To create the California State commis- sion for the blind; defining the duties thereof; and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Provides for appointment by Governor within 100 days after adjournment of Legislature of a commission for the blind, of five persons. The commission shall keep a register of all blind persons in the State, with a description of cause and extent of blindness and condition of such persons, strive to prevent blindness and co-operate with State Board of Health to that end; promote a comprehensive education and special training for the blind, including compulsory education; maintain a bureau of information of employment for the blind and aid in marketing their products; prepare and file an annual report; and appropriating $6000 to carry out the provisions of Act.
A. B. 315. Encell. Authorizing the directors of the Cali- fornia School for the Deaf and the Blind to organize separate departments for the deaf and the blind.
S. B. 471. Breed. Identical with A. B. 315. Encell.
A. B. 316. Encell. Providing readers for blind students in the University of California, and to assist deaf students at- tending the National College for the Deaf at Washington, D. C.
S. B. 472. Breed. Identical with A. B. 316. Encell.
S. B. 948. Tyrrell. To provide for the prevention of blind- ness in the newly born by fixing the duty of the State Board of Health in regard thereto, and compelling doctors, nurses and midwives to treat the eyes of infants in a certain manner, and to provide a penalty for failure so to do.
A. B. 718. Prendergast. To prevent blindness from ophthal- mia neonatorum; to vest vertain power and duties in the State Board of Health and health officers; to impose certain duties upon physicians, midwives, nurses, and other persons; and to provide for the enforcement of this Act, and the repeal of Chapter XIV, Statutes of 1897, entitled "An Act to regulate medical practice, to prevent blindness in infants," and other Acts in conflict herewith.
S. B. 758. Jones. Identical with A. B. 718. Prendergast.
DEFENDER, PUBLIC.
(See also Legal Aid.)
S. B. 142. Lyon. Creating the office of public defender in the counties of California, from the first to the tenth classes, inclusive, to provide for the appointment and election of such officers, and prescribing their duties and compensation.
Creates for counties of the first to the tenth classes the office of public defender, who when elected or appointed shall have been a practicing attorney in all courts of State for at least three years. Within 30 days after Act goes into effect, Governor shall appoint in counties from first to tenth classes,
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inclusive, some suitable person as public defender, who shall hold office until first Monday after first day of January, 1919; his successor to be elected at general election in 1918. Act not to apply to counties that have or may adopt a special county charter providing for public defender. Compensation in counties of first, second and third classes, in which public defender to devote all his time to duties of office, to be $3600 per annum; in fourth to tenth classes, inclusive, $2400. If any county in which office of public defender is created shall here- after be classified differently than at present, office shall not be abolished thereby.
Upon request by defendant, or order of court, public de- fender shall defend without expense to them, all persons charged in Superior Court with any contempt, misdemeanor, felony, or other offense, who are not financially able to em- ploy counsel, and give advice, and prosecute appeals. He shall also upon request prosecute actions for collection of wages and other demands of persons unable to employ counsel, in cases where sum involved does not exceed $100, and in which in his judgment claims are valid and enforceable; he shall also upon request defend such persons in all civil litigation, in which, in his judgment they are being persecuted or unjustly harassed.
Suitable quarters and such deputies, clerks and employees as are necessary to properly conduct office, shall be provided for by Board of Supervisors, which shall fix their salaries. All deputies, clerks and employees shall be appointed by the public defender, and all such appointments may be revoked by him.
A. B. 620. Harris. To authorize the creation of the office of public defender in the respective counties, cities and counties, and municipalities of the State of California, to provide for the appointment or election of such officers, and prescribing their duties and compensation.
Authorizes counties, cities and counties and municipalities to create office of public defender and requires person elected or appointed to have been practicing attorney in all courts of this State for at least three years next preceding election or appointment; jurisdiction shall extend to all courts of county, except those of municipalities having public defenders; pro- vides for fixing of compensation of public defender and the appointment and compensation of deputies and assistants; Act does not affect appointment or election of any public de- fender heretofore elected or appointed in any county, city and county or municipality that has adopted or may here- after adopt a charter, but such officer shall perform duties under provisions of this Act and shall have same powers and duties as public defenders hereunder; additional duties not in
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conflict with this Act may be prescribed by the political sub- division establishing the office; terms fixed at four years.
Upon request of defendant, or order of court, public de- fender shall defend, without expense to them, any persons charged in Superior Court with contempt, misdemeanor, fel- ony or other offense, not financially able to employ counsel, and give counsel and advice, and shall prosecute all appeals in their behalf where in his opinion appeal may reasonably be expected to result in reversal or modification of judgment.
He shall also upon request prosecute actions for collection of wages and other demands of persons not able to employ counsel in cases involving less than $100, where in his judg- ment claims are valid and enforceable, and shall defend such persons in all civil litigation in which, in his judgment, they are being persecuted or unjustly harassed.
Suitable offices shall be provided for public defender by Board of Supervisors, which shall also provide sufficient num- ber of clerks and employees to properly conduct business of office and fix their compensation.
S. B. 780. Crowley. Identical with A. B. 620. Harris.
DENTISTS.
S. B. 109. Brown. To insure the better education of prac- titioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relat- ing to the same and known as: 'An Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relating to the same, and known as An Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, approved March 12, 1885, approved March, 1901."
Makes it unlawful for any person to practice dentistry in California without a license; creates a Board of Dental Ex- aminers of seven reputable practicing dentists, to be ap- pointed by the Governor; provides for the organization of the board, the election of officers, times and places of meetings, compensation of members at $10 a day for time actually spent in attending to duties of office; declares books and examination papers public records and open to public inspec- tion, a certified copy of all or part to be primary evidence in every court in the State. Secretary custodian of the books and shall furnish copies of any part thereof upon applicant
aying 25 cents per 100 words, fee to belong to secretary.
Board shall examine all applicants who furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral character, upon payment of fee of
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$25; prescribes subjects in which applicants shall be examined, and provides that any applicant passing examination with general average of not less than 75 per cent shall be regis- tered as a licensed dentist; applicants failing to pass to be re-examined in the subjects in which they failed; diplomas from any reputable dental college recognized by the National Association of Dental Faculties, and certificates of registra- tion in dentistry from any other State shall entitle appli- cants to license without examination upon payment of requi- site fee.
Lost or destroyed licenses may be reissued on payment of fee of $5.00.
Secretary before 10th of each month shall report to State Controller all fees, fines, licenses and other collections and pay entire amount of receipts into State treasury, where it shall be credited to State Board of Dental Examiners' con- tingent fund, out of which all salaries and expenses incurred by the Board shall be paid. Every licensed dentist must register with County Clerk of county wherein his place of business is located within 60 days after Act takes effect; and provides for County Clerk keeping proper record.
It is declared a misdemeanor to sell or offer to sell any dental degree, or any certificate or transcript made pursuant to laws regulating license and registration of dentists; or to purchase any such diploma, certificate or transcript with intent to use it as evidence of qualification to practice; or to alter with fraudulent intent in a material regard any such diploma, certificate or transcript, or use or attempt to use any diploma, certificate or transcript purchased, fraudulently issued, counterfeited or materially altered as a license to practice or in order to procure registration; or practice den- tistry under a false or assumed name; or assume a dental degree not duly conferred on him or her; wilfully make a false statement in a material regard in an affidavit required of an applicant for examination, license or registration, or to practice dentistry without a license, punishable by fine of not less than $50 or more than $500, or by imprisonment not less than ten days or more than six months, for a first offense; and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1000, or by imprisonment not less than 30 days nor more than one year, or both.
Every practitioner must conspicuously display his name, and if there be more than one chair, the name of the practitioner must be displayed on or by said chair in plain sight of patients, with the same penalties as above.
Licenses may be revoked for conviction of felony or mis- demeanor involving moral turpitude, unprofessional conduct;
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gross ignorance or inefficiency; and the method of procedure for revocation is provided.
The Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, and four members shall constitute a quorum.
S. B. 339. Benson. To insure the better education of dental surgeons and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof.
Prohibits the practice of dentistry without a license; creates a board of dental examiners of seven, to be appointed by the Governor, who shall have been legally practicing in California for at least five years, and none of whom shall be members of the faculty of any dental or medical college in this State or have any interest therein, for a term of four years. Pro- vides for a secretary whose compensation shall be fixed by the board. Meetings shall be held regularly at least twice a year at time and place to be designated; all books to be public records; members of board to receive $10 per day for actual time spent in attendance at meetings of board and of com- mittees thereof, and necessary expenses.
Any person over 21 years of age shall be eligible to examina- tion upon application, payment of fee of $25, furnishing satis- factory testimonials of good moral character, and furnishing satisfactory evidence of graduation from a reputable dental college approved by board of dental examiners, and after August 1, 1918, shall also file diploma or certificate of gradua- tion with recommendations from high school accredited to University of California or other university of equal standing, or certificate by a State superintendent of public instruction or similar officer; or in lieu thereof a certificate from the board of dental examiners of any other State showing that he has been a duly licensed practitioner of dentistry in such State for at least five years.
Provides what examination shall consist of, including dem- onstration of applicant's skill in operative and prosthetic dentistry; those passing successfully to be registered as licensed dentists and granted a license to practice; all receiv- ing 85 per cent or over in any subject to be exempt from re- examination.
Requires all licensed dentists to register with county clerk in county where they practice, for which a fee of $1 must be paid.
Provides for an annual license tax of $2, failure to pay which shall work forfeiture of license.
Declares who shall be understood to be practicing dentistry.
Sale, purchase or alteration of a diploma or certificate, or use thereof with fraudulent intent, or refusal to furnish name and address of any person practicing or assisting in practice
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of dentistry without a license, or assuming degree or append- ing letters indicating degree not duly . conferred by some recognized dental college or school, or making a false statement in affidavit accompanying application, or practicing dentistry without conspicuously displaying the names of every person employed, or who shall practice dentistry without a license, or while license is suspended or has been revoked, or who under name other than that under which he is licensed, prac- tice, advertise or otherwise declares that he is practicing den- tistry, is declared a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment not less than 10 days or more than one year, or by fine of not less than $100 or more than $1500, or both.
License may be revoked for conviction of felony involving moral turpitude, rendition of final judgment upon cause of action alleging grossly unskillful or negligent dental practice, or unprofessional conduct or gross ignorance or inefficiency in his profession, and provides procedure for such revocation.
A. B. 1010. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 339. Benson.
A. B. 1119. Sharkey (by request). To provide for the estab- lishment and maintenance of a Bureau of Dental Sanitation under the direction of the State Board of Health, defining the powers and duties of said bureau; and prescribing penalties for violations of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 190. Gelder. Prohibiting the use of arsenic, any alka- loid, cocaine or its salts, alpha or beta eucaine or their salts, in the practice of dentistry; providing a penalty therefor; re- pealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith.
A. B. 762. Chenoweth. Declaring unlawful the employment of any person as an operator in dental work Who is not a duly licensed practitioner in dentistry, and making violation a misdemeanor.
S. B. 482. Crowley. Amending Section 1 of an Act ap- proved April 16, 1906, to create the office of State dental surgeon, prescribing his duties, fixing his manner of appoint- ment, salary and term of office, and to make an appropriation for the expenses of his office.
A. B. 611. Prendergast. Identical with S. B, 482, Crowley.
A. B. 209. Gelder. Amending Sections 1, 6 and 14 of an Act approved March 12, 1885, approved March 23, 1901, ap- proved March 20, 1903, approved March 20, 1905, approved March 2, 1907, approved April 6, 1909, approved June 11, 1913, to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Cali- fornia, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relating to the same, and known as "An Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California; said amendments relating to the registra-
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tion, practice, and examination of applicants to practice den- tistry, and also relating to the books and public records of the Board of Public Examiners, and also relating to the fees relating to such examination and practice.
A. B. 195. Gelder. Amending Section 2 of an Act, ap- proved March 12, 1885; approved March 23, 1901; approved March 20, 1905; approved March 2, 1907; approved April 6, 1909; approved June 11, 1913; to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relating to the same, and known as an Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California; said amendment relating to the Board of Dental Examiners.
A. B. 194. Gelder. Amending Section 8 of an Act, ap- proved March 12, 1885; approved March 23, 1901; approved March 20, 1903; approved March 20, 1905; approved March 2, 1907; approved April 6, 1909; approved June 11, 1913; to insure better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relating to the same, and known as an Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California; said amendment relating to persons entitled to an examination for the practice of dentistry.
A. B. 1324. Kennedy. Amending Section 8 of an Act to insure better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, relating to persons entitled to an examination for the prac- tice of dentistry.
A. B. 192. Gelder. Adding Section 8% (new) to an Act, approved March 12, 1885; approved March 23, 1901; approved March 20, 1903; approved March 20, 1905; approved March 2, 1907; approved April 6, 1909; approved June 11, 1913; to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relating to the same and known as an Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, relating to persons entitled to prac- tice dentistry in this State.
Provides that any person holding diploma from school or college of dentistry recognized as reputable and in good stand- ing by National Association of Dental Faculties, in full force and effect for five years prior to application to practice den- tistry in this State, shall be entitled to register without ex-
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aminatidn to practice dentistry in this State, and board must issue him a license therefor; applicant must present certificate signed by two citizens that he is of good moral character, that he is not under any charges involving moral turpitude, and has not had his license revoked.
A. B. 193. Gelder. Amending Section 10 of an Act, ap- proved March 12, 1885; approved March 23, 1901; approved March 20, 1903, approved March 20, 1905; approved March 2, 1907; approved April 6, 1909; approved June 11, 1913; to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation thereof and to repeal an Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and" to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California; said amendments relating to the register of license of persons entitled to practice dentistry.
A. B. 1325. Kennedy. Amending Section 12 of an Act to insure better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, etc., relating to persons entitled to an examination for the practice of dentistry.
A. B. 191. Gelder. Amending Section 19 of an Act, ap- proved March 12, 1885; approved March 23, 1901; approved March 20, 1903; approved March 20, 1905; approved March 2, 1907; approved April 6, 1909; approved June 11, 1913; to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an Act now in force relating to the same, and known as an Act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of California; said amendment relating to the prac- tice of dentistry and providing- a penalty thereforr and adding Subdivision 11 (new) thereto, forbidding the performance of dental operations upon females without the presence at all times of a competent female assistant or nurse.
DETECTIVES.
S. B. 20. Purkitt. To license and regulate the business of private detectives and detective agencies.
Requires every person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation engaging in the business of private detective for hire or reward to procure a license from the Secretary of State, and must give bond in $2000; a license fee for indi- viduals is to be $100, and for copartnerships $150, and co- partnership bond is fixed at $3000; violation declared a mis- demeanor.
S. B. 437. Finn. To regulate private detective agencies and
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detectives; prescribing certain qualifications of all persons operating as private detectives; providing for the licensing and bonding of such agencies and detectives, under the super- vision of the Secretary of State, and defining their liabilities for misconduct to persons injured thereby.
Requires every person, firm, association or corporation con- . ducting a secret service agency to secure annually a license from the Secretary of State, for which they shall pay $1000; individuals employed as secret service operatives or detectives or operating independently as such shall pay a license fee of- $100 annually; failure to pay tax forfeits right to engage in such business; operating without a license is declared a mis- demeanor, punishable in the case of an agency, by fine of $3000, and of an individual of $300. Every agency shall give a surety bond of $25,000 and each independent operative a bond of $3000, to indemnify the public for any misconduct.
A. B. 541. Kennedy. Identical with S. B. 437. Finn.
A. B. 1478. Avey. To license and regulate the busine&s of private detectives and private detective agencies.
Vests jurisdiction over private detectives and private de- tective agencies in the State Board of Prison Directors.
EDUCATIONAL.
S. B. 236. Strobridge. Providing for the establishment and maintenance of vocational courses and schools by local boards of education for the purpose of encouraging agricultural, in- dustrial, trade, commercial and all other practical subjects, and providing State aid therefor.
S. B. 237. Strobridge. Providing for the establishment and maintenance of classes for the training of vocational teachers and providing State aid therefor.
S. B. 1191. Butler. To provide for the establishment of a system of vocational education, for the qualification of in- structors in vocations, and for the supervision of each in- structor and for State aid therefor. . .
A. B. 940. Fish. Creating a bureau of visual instruction under the University Extension Division of the University of California and appropriating $25,000 for the purpose of carry- ing out the provisions of this Act.
S. B. 935. Carr. Identical with A. B. 940. Fish.
S. B. 760. Breed. To establish a State training high school, to prescribe the functions thereof, to provide for its organiza- tion and management, to authorize the high school district where the same is located to appropriate moneys for the partial payment of its expenses and to provide for its housing, and appropriating $75,000 therefor.
A. B. 299. Scott, F. C. Establishing the Allensworth : Poly-
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technic Institute in the county of Tulare, and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
S. B. 411. Irwin. Identical with A. B. 299, Scott.
A. B. 716. Rigdon. Establishing one State scholarship for the benefit of each county at the State Polytechnic School, and appropriating $8000 annually for their maintenance.
A. B. 1435. Cary. To regulate the issuance of charters to persons intending to found an institution for the teaching of the healing art or any of its branches in the States of Cali- fornia.
ELECTRICITY.
S. B. 201. Ballard. Regulating the placing, erection, use and maintenance of electric poles, wires, cables and appliances, and providing the punishment for the violation thereof, and the repeal of certain other Acts.
A. B. 267. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 201. Ballard.
S. B. 677. Amending Section 1 of an Act, approved April 22, 1911, regulating the placing, erection, use and maintenance of electric poles, wires, cables and appliances, and providing the punishment for the violation thereof.
ELECTIONS.
(See Political Code; Voters and Voting.) A. B. 237. Marron. Providing changes in the method of vote canvassing at general and municipal elections, and adding election booth equipment, by amending Sections 1142, 1203, 1252, 1255 and 1257, Political Code, relating to the same subject, and providing for the addition of a new section to the Political Code, to be numbered 1257a, also relating to the same subject; repealing Section 1253 of the same code, relating to the manner of commencing a vote canvass, and repealing all sections or parts of sections in conflict herewith.
A. B. 285. Cary. Providing changes in the method of vote canvassing at general and municipal elections, and adding election booth equipment, by amending Sections 1072, relating to compensation of election officers; 1127, relating to election precincts; 1142, 1203, 1252, 1253, 1255 and 1257 of the Political Code, relating to the same subject, and adding Section 1257a (new) to the Political Code, also relating to the same subject; repealing Section 1129 of the same code, relating to election precincts; and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith.
S. B. 494. Birdsall. To provide for the issuance of identi- fication certificates and official ballots to duly registered voters, to enable voters to whom such certificates and ballots have been issued to cast their votes wherever they may be within the State of California, on the day of any general or
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primary election, and to provide the manner in which such votes shall be cast and counted.
A. B. 567. Ream. Identical with S. B. 494. Birdsall.
A. B. 715. Young. To provide for and regulate primary elections and providing for the election of party committees, and to repeal the Act providing for the regulating primary elections known as the Direct Primary Law and approved June 16, 1913, and also to repeal all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
Speaker Young thus explains this measure:
The form of the Direct Primary Bill is almost entirely changed. It attempts a more orderly presentation of the various questions involved and is an entire recasting of the old law.
Registration of party affiliation prior to the primary gives way to declaration of party affiliation at the primary election.
Instead of six ballots as at the last primary election, one for each of the five parties and one non-partisan ballot there is only one ballot provided for in the present law.
Candidates for congressional offices are placed on this bal- lot in their various party headings and the election officer is instructed to cancel all lists of party candidates in the ballot given to each voter, except those of the party with which he declares himself affiliated.
The party convention is no longer made up of party nomi- nees for office since these are now confined to congressional offices, but are composed of one party committeeman elected from each Assembly District or appointed by the congression- al officers in case any Assembly District fails to elect such committeeman. Congressional officers are made ex-offlcio members of such convention and the platform to be promul- gated is confined to national issues such as will be dealt with by congressional candidates in their campaign and in the presidential campaign.
S. B. 495. Ballard. Amending Section 5 of an Act ap- proved June 6, 1913, to provide for and regulate primary elections, and providing a method for choosing the delegates for political parties to state conventions and for nominating electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, and providing for the election of party county central com- mittees, and to repeal the Act approved April 7, 1911, known as the Direct Primary Law, and also to repeal the Act ap- proved December 24, 1911, amending Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23 and 24 of the said Direct Primary Law, and also to repeal all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 520. Bartlett. Amending Section 5 of an Act, ap-
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proved June 6, 1913, to provide for and regulate primary elec- tions, and providing- a method for choosing the delegates for political parties to State conventions and for nominating elec- tors of President and Vice-President of the United States, and providing for the election of party county central com- mittees, and to repeal the Act approved April 7, 1911, known as the Direct Primary Daw, and also to repeal the Act ap- proved December 24, 1911, amending Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23 and 24 of the said Direct Primary Law, and also to repeal all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 784. Amending Section 13 of an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to provide for and regulate primary elections, and providing a method for choosing the delegates for political parties to State conventions and for nominating electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, and pro- viding for the election of party county central committees, and to repeal the Act approved April 7, 1911, known as the Direct Primary Law, and also to repeal the Act approved December 24, 1911, amending Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23 and 24 of the said Direct Primary Law, and also to repeal all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 1180. Sisson. Amending Section 29 of an Act, ap- proved June 16, 1913, to provide for and regulate primary elections, and providing a method for choosing the delegates for political parties to State conventions, and for nominating electors of President and Vice-President of the United States and providing for the election of party county central com- mittees, and to repeal the Act approved April 7, 1911, known, as the Direct Primary Law, and also to repeal the Act ap- proved December 24, 1911, etc.
A. B. 1223. Fish. Amending Section 4 of an Act, approved June 11, 1913, to permit the consolidation of elections and to provide a procedure therefor.
S. B. 1173. Butler. Amending Section 4 of an Act approved June 11, 1913, to permit the consolidation of elections and to provide a procedure therefor, relating to election precincts.
S. B. 1135. Duncan. Amending Section 3 of an Act ap- proved March 19, 1907, to regulate the conduct of election campaigns, and repealing an Act approved February 23, 1893, to promote the purity of elections by regulating the conduct thereof, and to support the privilege of free suffrage by pro- hibiting certain acts and practices in relation thereto, and providing for the punishment thereof, relating to campaign contributions.
A. B. 1811. Sisson. Amending Sections 3 and 9 of an Act ap- proved March 19, 1907, to regulate the conduct of election
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campaign, and repealing- an Act approved February 23, 1893, to promote the purity of elections by regulating the conduct thereof, and to support the privilege of free suffrage by pro- hibiting certain acts and practices in relation thereto, and providing for the punishment thereof.
ELEVATORS.
A. B. 201. Kennedy. Regulating the construction, operation and maintenance of elevators in all buildings, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction, opera- tion, and maintenance of elevators in buildings during course of construction; providing for inspection of the same by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and providing a penalty for vio- lation thereof", approved June 7, 1913.
A. B. 233. Schmitt. To promote the safety of passengers in elevators.
Requires persons, firms or corporations operating and main- taining elevators for passenger service to conspicuously display therein a sign setting forth the number of passengers that can safely be carried on one trip, violation a misdemeanor, which extends also to any person operating such elevator permitting more than the maximum number of persons indicated on the notice to ride at any one time on said elevator.
A. B. 346. Schmitt. Prohibiting the use of mirrors and other glass in elevators, and declaring violation a misdemeanor.
EMBALMERS.
S. B. 34 2. Crowley. Establishing a state board of embalm- ers, defining the duties thereof, providing for the better pro- tection of life and health, preventing the spread of contagious disease, regulating the practice of embalming in connection with the care and disposition of the dead and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
Provides for a State board of embalmers appointed by the Governor consisting of five members, four of whom shall be practical embalmers and one of whom shall be a member of the State Board of Health, to serve without pay. It shall be the duty of said board to examine applicants for license as embalmers, to issue and revoke such licenses to applicants meeting the requirements specified. It shall be deemed a mis- demeanor for any person to embalm a dead body without such license. (A. B. 1228. Smith. Pending Legislation, 1913, p. 321.)
A. B. 403. Godsil. To establish a State board of embalmers, defining the duties thereof, providing for the better protection of life and health, preventing the spread of contagious dfsease, regulating the- practice of embalming in connection "with" the
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care and disposition of the dead and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, STATE.
A. B. 19. Spengler. Creating for the State of California a free employment bureau in connection with the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the management of a director at $2000 per year, to be appointed by the Commissioner of the S'tate Bureau of Labor Statistics; public employment offices to be established at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland and. Sacramento, and such other places as may be necessary; pro- viding for the appointment, terms of office, compensation and duties of officers and employees of said employment bureau; making certain rules and regulations in relation to same; making it a misdemeanor for private employment agencies to charge fees in any city where a free employment bureau has been established hereunder, and appropriating $250,000 for the purposes of this Act.
A. B. 251. Ferguson. Establishing in the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Stockton, Oakland, Fres- no, Bakersfield and San Diego employment offices under the control and management of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; defining the duties and powers of said commissioner in relation to such offices and the manner of conducting same; providing for suitable rooms or offices, to be located in different cities and providing for the equipment and maintenance thereof. Providing for necessary employees' fees and compensation and defining their powers and duties. Pre- scribing the fees to be paid by persons furnished positions and appropriating $35,000 to carry out the purpose of this Act.
S. B. 325. Lyon. Establishing free employment bureaus under the control and management of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
A. B. 333. McDonald. Identical with A. B. 333, McDonald.
S. B. 349. Kehoe. Relating to labor exchanges and employ- ment agencies, creating a bureau of labor exchanges under the Commission of Immigration and Housing of California, providing for the employment by said commission of a director, superintendents and other employees, authorizing said com- mission to fix their compensation, prescribing the duties of said bureau, providing for the free service of said bureau in securing employment for applicants, prescribing certain rules and regulations for the conduct of private employment agencies, authorizing the said bureau to license private em-* ployment agencies and enforce all laws pertaining to the regu- lation of private employment agencies, and making an appro- priation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof.
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A. B. 356. Harris. Relating- to labor exchanges and employ- ment agencies, creating a bureau of labor exchanges under the Commission of Immigration and Housing of California, and the establishment of State labor exchanges at such centers of population as may after investigation be selected; pro- viding for the employment of said commission of a director, superintendents and other employees, authorizing said com- mission to fix their compensation, prescribing the duties of said bureau, providing for the free service of said bureau in securing employment for applicants, prescribing certain rules and regulations for the conduct of private employment agencies, authorizing the said bureau to license private em- ployment agencies and enforce all laws pertaining to the regu- lation of private employment agencies, and appropriating $150,- 000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof.
S. B. 1068. Duncan. Providing that all justices of the peace in townships having a population of less than 15,000 shall act as labor and employment agents.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
A. B. 515. Edwards. Amending an Act, approved June 3, 1913, regulating private employment agencies, providing for .a license for the operation thereof and a fee therefor, pro- viding forms or receipts and registers to be used and kept, prohibiting any charge for registering or filing application for help or employment, prohibiting the dividing of fees, providing for the refunding of fees and expenses in the event of failure to procure employment, and granting the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics the power to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purpose and intent of this Act, by adding two new sections thereto, to be numbered 12a and 12b, relating to the making of application to any private employment agency for help.
Provides (Sec. 12a) that no person shall apply to an em- ployment agency for help unless he has a position to be filled; and (Sec. 12b) renders such person so appplying and having no place to be filled, or having such position refusing, without valid reason, to employ the person furnished by the employ- ment agency, liable in an action at law for any and all losses sustained by the agency.
A. B. 516. Edwards. Amending Section 12 of an Act, ap- proved June 3, 1913, regulating private employment agencies, providing for a license for the operation thereof and a fee therefor^ providing forms of receipts and registers to be used and kept, prohibiting any charge for registering or filing ap- plication for help or employment, prohibiting the dividing of fees, providing for the refunding of fees and expeness in the event of failure to procure employment, and granting the
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Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics the power to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and intent of this Act.
Provides for the return of the difference between five per cent of the amount earned by the applicant and the fee paid, in case he worked less than seven days by reason of discharge.
S. B. 983. Lyon. Amending Sections 4, 7, 12 and 14 of an Act, approved June 3, 1913, regulating private employment agencies, providing for a license for the operation thereof and a fee therefor, providing forms of receipts and registers to be • used and kept, prohibiting any charge for registering or filing application for help or employment, prohibiting the dividing of fees, providing for the refunding of fees and expenses in the event of failure to procure employment, and granting the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics the power to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purpose and intent of this Act.
S;- B. 986. Lyon. Adding- Section 12a (new) to an Act, ap- proved June 3, 1913, regulating private employment agencies, providing for a license for the operation thereof and a fee therefor, providing forms of receipts and registers to be used and kept, prohibiting any charge for registering or filing ap- plication for help or employment, prohibiting the dividing of fees, providing for the refunding of fees and expenses in the event of failure to procure employment, and granting the Com- missioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics the power to pre- scribe rules and regulations to carry out the purpose and intent of this Act.
ENGINEERING, DEPARTMENT OF.
"S. B, 90. Finn. Amending Sections 5 and 12 of an Act entitled "An Act to create for the State of California a de- partment of engineering, to provide for the appointment of the officers and employees thereof, defining its powers and prescribing the duties of said department, its officers and employees; to provide the compensation of such officers and employees, to make an appropriation for the salaries and other expenses for the remainder of the fifty-eighth fiscal year and making certain acts a felony, and repealing an Act entitled 'An Act creating a commissioner of public works, defining his duties and powers, and fixing his compensation,' approved February 9, 1900, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act :tp: create.- a department of highways for the State of Califor- nia, to define its duties and powers, to provide for the appoint- ment of officers and employees thereof, and to provide for the compensation of said officers and employes, and for the additional expenses- of .said department, and to make an ap-
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propriation therefor for the remainder of the forty- eighth fiscal year,' approved April 1, 1897; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act providing for the appointment of an auditing board to the Commissioner of Public Works, authorizing him and them to perform certain duties relating to drainage, to purchase machinery, tools, dredgers and appliances therefor, to improve and rectify water channels, to erect works neces- sary and incident to said drainage, to condemn land and prop- erty for the purposes aforesaid, making certain acts a felony, and making an appropriation of money for the purposes of this Act.' approved March 17, 1897, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the appointment, duties and compensation of a debris commissioner, and to make an appropriation to be expended under his direction in the discharge of his duties as such commissioner,' approved March 24, 1893, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act to create the office of Lake Tahoe Wagon Road Commissioner, providing the term of office and compen- sation of such commissioner, defining his duties, and making an appropriation for the salary and expenditures provided for and authorized by this Act,' approved April 1, 1897, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof," approved March 11, 1907, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof relating to the officers and employes of the department of engineering, their powers, duties and salaries and particu- larly to the engineer appointed for service in the harbor of San Francisco under the State Board of Harbor Commis- sioners.
S. B. 21. Scott. Amending Sections 6a and 17 of an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create for the State of California a department of engineering, to provide for the appointment of the officers and employees thereof, defining its powers and prescribing the duties of said department, its officers and employees, to provide the compensation of such officers and employees, to make an appropriation for the salaries and other expenses for the remainder of the fifty- eighth fiscal year making certain acts a felony, and repealing an Act entitled 'An Act creating a commissioner of public works, defining his duties and powers, and fixing his compen- sation,' approved February ninth, nineteen hundred, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act to create a department of highways' for the State of California, to define its duties and powers, to provide for the appointment of officers and employees thereof, and to provide for the compensation of said officers and em- ployees, and for the additional expenses of said department,
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and to make an appropriation therefor for the remainder of the forty- eighth fiscal year,' approved April first, eighteen hundred ninety-seven; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act providing for the appointment of an auditing board to the commissioner of public works, authorizing him and them to perform certain duties relating to drainage, to purchase ma- chinery, tools, dredges, and appliances therefor, to improve and rectify water channels, to erect works necessary and incident to said drainage, to condemn land and property for the purposes aforesaid, making certain acts a felony, and making an appropriation of money for the purposes of this Act,' approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred ninety- seven and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the appoint- ment, duties and compensation of a debris commissioner, and to make an appropriation to be expended under his direction in the discharge of his duties as such commissioner,' approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred ninety-three, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof; also repealing an Act entitled 'An Act to create the office of Lake Tahoe wagon road commissioner, providing the term of office and compensation of such commissioner, defining his duties, and making an appropriation for the salary and expenditures provided for and authorized by this Act,' approved April first, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof," approved March eleventh, nine- teen hundred and seven, a#d aft Acts or parts of Acts amend- atory thereof, relating to the officers and employees of the department of engineering, their powers, duties and salaries.
A. B. 1152. Gebhart. Amending Sections 6, 8, 11 and 17, to create for the State of California a Department of Engi- neering, to provide for the appointment of the officers and employees thereof, defining its powers and prescribing the duties of said department.
A. B. 24. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 21. Scott.
A. B. 241. Scott. Identical with S. B. 21. Scott.
A. B. £71. Shartel. To create the office of County Engineer in and for each county, providing for the term of office, quali- fication, appointment, and compensation of such officer, de- fining his duties, and authorizing the Board of Supervisors to provide said County Engineer with office and necessary office and field fixtures.
S. B. 42. Birdsall. To provide that the Department of Engineering of the State of California may acquire for and in the name of the people of the State of California, by pur- chase, donation, dedication or by proceedings in eminent do- main, additional rights of way, land and trees on and along the course of any State highway.
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A. B. 12. Kerr. Identical with S. B. 42. Birdsall.
A. B. 279. Scott, F. C. Authorizing the establishment of a cash revolving fund for the department of engineering, and defining its use.
S. B. 330. Birdsall. Identical with A. B. 279. Scott.
ESTRAYS.
S. B. 180. Shearer. Amending an Act, approved March 23, 1901, relating to estrays, providing for taking them up and giving a lien on them for all damages, costs, and expenses incurred by reason of taking them up, and repealing all other Acts and parts of Acts now in force relating to estrays.
A. B. 169. McCray and Ream. Identical with S\ B. 180. Shearer.
FIREARMS.
S. B. 9. Finn. Relating to the sale and carrying of danger^ ous weapons. Prohibits the carrying in any city, village or town any loaded pistol, revolver or other firearm concealed on his person or of a size to be concealed without a license issued by a police magistrate or justice of the peace; makes it a mis- demeanor to carry, own, manufacture or sell any instrument or weapon such as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag or metal knuckles or to carry or own a dirk, dagger or knife with a blade longer than three and one-half inches. Every person, whether retail dealer, pawnbroker or otherwise, selling, leasing or otherwise transferring a pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size to be concealed shall keep a register in which all such sales shall be entered, and shall require the purchaser to produce a permit for possession or carrying thereof; and every person lawfully coming into possession of such weapon transferring it without notifying the police au- thorities shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violation of the prohibition as to owning, carrying, manufacturing and selling is made a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of not less than thirty days or more than one year; any person violating the act who has previously been convicted of vio- lation thereof is guilty of a felony punishable by imprison- ment in a state prison not exceeding three years. The Act carries this drastic provision applicable to all misdemeanors: "Sec. 7. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by this Act, every offense declared to be a mis- demeanor is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding $500 or by both."
A. B. 79. Lyon. Identical with S. B. 9. Finn.
A. B. 128, Gebhart. Relating to the sale and carrying of dangerous weapons. •• .
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Of the same general purport as S. B. 9. Finn.
A. B. 168. Mouser. An Act limiting and denning the right of civilians to carry or obtain firearms, and all other dangerous weapons.
To the same effect as S. B. 9 (Finn) and A. B. 128 (Gebhart).
S. B. 632. Benson. Relating to and regulating the carrying and possession of firearms that may be concealed upon the person within cities, towns and other municipal corporations of this State, and providing for the issuance of licenses there- for and regulating the sale thereof; and prohibiting the sale and disposition of firearms and ammunition therefor to minors within the State; and prohibiting the possession, carrying, manufacturing and sale of other dangerous instruments and weapons and the giving, transferring and disposition thereof to other persons within this State; and relating to the carrying and possession of dangerous and deadly instruments and weapons by any person who intends or attempts to use the same unlawfully against another.
A. B. 1084. Sisson. Identical with S\ B. 632. Benson.
FOOD PRODUCTS.
S. B. 940. Flaherty. Amending an Act approved June 5, 1913, prohibiting the destruction of foodstuffs, food products or food articles, by adding thereto two new sections to be numbered Sections 3 and 4, providing for the forfeiture and disposition of foodstuffs, food products or food articles about to be destroyed in restraint of trade, and providing for the enforcement of this Act by the Fish and Game Commission and by the Commission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A. B. 975. McDonald, J. J. Amending an Act approved June 5, 1913, prohibiting the destruction of foodstuffs, food products or food articles, by adding thereto two new sections be to numbered Sections 3 and 4, providing for the forfeiture and disposition of foodstuffs, food products or food articles about to be destroyed in restraint of trade, and providing for the enforcement of this Act by the Fish and Game Commis- sion and by the Commission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A. B. 1053. McDonald, W. A. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved June 5, 1913, prohibiting the destruction of food- stuffs, food products or food articles.
FISH AND GAME.
S. B. 1158. Finn. To empower the Fish and Game Commis- sion of California to control the business of catching and sell- ing fish, and to buy fish, in order to distribute the same to the people, and to fix prices to producer and consumer; makes it unlawful to destroy fish for purpose of keeping up prices with- out first offering same to Fish and Game Commission.'
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A. B. 1453. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 1158. Finn.
S. B. 181. Shearer. To protect bear, and forbidding the use of steel traps, etc., in their pursuit.
A. B. 172. Ream. Identical with S. B. 181. Shearer.
A. B. 283. Canepa. Regulating the sale of crabs that have been shipped or imported into the State of California from any point or place outside of the State of California and requiring the branding thereof by all persons selling or offer- ing the same for sale.
A. B. 347. Canepa (by request). To provide for branding on the back of all crabs brought into the State of California name of the place where they were caught, and providing penalty for the violation thereof.
S. B. 655. Wolfe. Identical with A. B. 347. Canepa.
A. B. 166. Lyon. Prohibiting fishing within three miles of the shore line of the county of Los Angeles, State of California.
Declares violation misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $20 nor more than $500, or imprisonment in county jail not less than 10 nor more than 150 days.
A. B. 399. Pettis. To restrict fishing in the rivers and streams of the County of Mendocino, State of California.
Declares such fishing a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than. $20 or more than $500, or imprisonment not less than 10 nor more than 150 days.
S. B. 721. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 399. Pettis.
A. B. 545. Boyce. To prohibit the use of nets for taking fish from the Salinas River and Elk Horn Sloughs.
S. B. 681. Flint. To divide the State of California into twenty-seven fish and game districts and to repeal an Act, approved March 21, 1911, to divide the State of California into six fish and game districts.
A. B. 947. Ream. Identical with S. B. 681. Flint.
A. B. 772. Edwards. To prohibit the use of nets, seines, traps, or weirs for the catching of fish in the waters of Mokelumne river and its tributaries-, White Slough and its tributaries, Mud Slough and its tributaries, Potato Slough and its tributaries, Little Connection Slough and its tributaries, Disappointment Slough and its tributaries including the arti- ficial canals connecting White Slough and Disappointment Slough and Fourteen Mile Slough and its tributaries, and the artificial canals connecting Fourteen Mile Slough, and Dis- appointment Slough, the Calaveras River and North Street Canal, Whiskey Slough and its tributaries and Walthall Slough, all in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, and to provide for the punishment of the violation thereof.
A. B. 606. Brown, H. W. Relating to hunting licenses granting permission to kill wild game for sale, providing what such licenses shall state, by whom to be issued and dis-
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position to be made of fees, and imposing fine for violation of Act.
S. B. 1107. Flint. To regulate the issuance of licenses for resale to hunters and anglers.
A. B. 1443. Judson. Providing for the exhibition of licenses authorizing the taking of fish or game, and for the display of fish and game upon the demand of officers authorized to en- force the laws for the protection of same.
A. B. 726. Kramer. Amending Section 4 of an Act ap- proved June 16, 1913, to regulate and license the taking and catching of game fishes and to define game fish and to pro- vide revenue therefrom, for fish preservation and restoration.
A. B. 727. Kramer. Amending Section 4 of an Act to regu- late and license the hunting of wild birds and animals, etc.
A. B. 985. Shartel. Amending an Act approved March 22, 1909, to regulate and license the hunting of wild birds and ani- mals, and to provide revenue therefrom, for game and fish preservation and restoration.
A. B. 1169. McCray. To regulate and license the hunting of game birds and animals and the taking and catching of game fish; to provide revenue from licenses for game and fish preservation and restoration; to repeal an Act entitled an Act, approved March 22, 1909, to regulate and license the hunting of wild birds and animals and to provide revenue therefrom for game and fish preservation and restoration, and to repeal an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to regulate and license the taking, and catching of game fish and to define game fish, and to provide revenue therefrom for fish preservation and restoration.
A. B. 1445. Scott, P. C. (by request). Amending an Act approved March 22, 1909, to regulate and license the hunting of wild birds and animals, and to provide revenue therefrom for game fish preservation and restoration.
A. B. 1446. Scott, F. C. (by request). Amending an Act approved June 16, 1913, to regulate and license the taking and catching of game fish and to define game fish and to provide revenue therefrom, for fish preservation and restoration.
S\ B. 1106. Flint. Providing for the disposition of fine* and forfeitures collected in all prosecutions for violations of the laws of the State referring to wild birds, wild animals* and fishes.
A. B. 691. Lostutter. To further divide the State into fish and game districts by establishing a district specially suited for propagation of game, and to provide for the management and protection thereof.
A. B. 1020. Kramer. Dividing the State of California into seven fish and game districts and repealing an Act approved
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March 21, 1911. to divide the State of California into six fish and game districts.
S. B. 40. Anderson. To prevent the killing and destruction of wild game within certain territory lying within the boun- daries of the Cleveland National Forest, in the State of Cali- fornia, and providing a penalty therefor.
A. B. Hi. Burke. Identical with S. B. 40— Anderson.
A. B. 636. Burke (by request). To prevent the killing and destruction of wild game within certain territory lying within the boundaries of the Los Angeles National Forest, in the State of California, and providing- a penalty therefor.
S. B. 939. Anderson. To prevent the killing and destruc- tion of wild game within certain territory lying within the boundaries of the Angeles National Forest, in the State of California, and providing a penalty therefor.
A. B. 1114. Fish. Identical with S. B. 939. Anderson.
S. B. 1032. Carr. To prevent the destruction of wild game within certain territory lying within the boundaries of the Angeles National Forest, and providing a penalty therefor.
Creates a game refuge to be known as the "Sierra Madre Game Preserve".
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS.
(See also Reclamation and Drainage.) S. B. 459. Benedict and Carr. To provide for the formation, organization, government and dissolution of flood control dis- tricts, in the State of California, the boundaries of which dis- tricts shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the counties in which formed, to be known as county flood control districts, for the purpose of protecting the land therein from damage from storm waters and from the waters of innavigable streams, water courses, canyons or washes, and for the purpose of sav- ing and conserving storm, flood or snow water for beneficial and useful purposes; for the construction of the necessary works of protection and conservation and distribution of such storm or flood waters by said flood control districts; for bond- ing and assessing such flood control districts, for the cost of constructing and maintaining such improvements, and for levying taxes and assessments to pay the costs of repairing and maintaining such improvements when constructed and for the dissolution of any such districts.
A. B. 79 7. Edwards. To validate the organization of levee districts.
FORESTS AND FORESTRY.
S. B. 348. Kehoe. Creating the office of State forester and .providing for the appointment and revocation of appointment of a proper person thereto; prescribing the powers and duties
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of the State forester and fixing his salary; providing for the appointment and revocation of appointment of "assistant for- esters and fixing their duties and salaries; providing for the appointment of and revocation of appointment of fire wardens and prescribing their duties and mode of compensation; pro- viding for co-operative agreements between the State Con- servation Commission and persons, firms, associations, or cor- porations, or any combinations or groups of such persons, fiims, associations or corporations and for agreements between the State Conservation Commission and the Federal Govern- ment; declaring certain fires to be public nuisances, and re- quiring those owning or controlling lands upon which said nuisances exist to abate them; declaring certain inflammable debris to be public nuisances, providing for their inspection and abatement; authorizing and providing for the summary abatement of all nuisances declared by this Act; making the cost of the abatement of certain nuisances a lien upon the land upon which said nuisances are situated; providing for the filing and the satisfying of claims for such liens and the recovery of costs accruing for said filing and satisfaction; providing for the satisfaction of such liens by district attor- neys and the compensation of district attorneys therefor; de- claring the duties of those owning or controlling lands on which fires may burn; providing for the payment in the county treasuries of moneys collected under the penal section of this Act; providing penalties for violating the provisions of this Act; defining the word "Forest;" repealing Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1905 as amended by the Act of -April -7, 1911, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the pro- visions of this Act; providing for the designation of this Act.
A. B. 491. Encell. Identical with S. B. 348. Kehoe.
S.'B." 357. Mott. Providing for the acquisition by purchase or gift, of lands for reforestation and agricultural purposes; for the management and control of same; for the distribution of seeds and seedlings; and appropriating money to carry out the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 351. Pettis, identical with S.'B'. 357. Mott.
S. B. 460. Benedict, Providing for the protection of public and private forest lands by regulation and prevention of fires; creating the office of state forester, and fixing his powers and duties; prescribing penalties for violation of the provisions hereof; repealing an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the regulation of fires on, and the protection and management of, public and private forest lands within the State of California, creating a State -hoard-: of forestry, and certain officers sub- ordinate to said board, prescribing the duties of such officers, creating a forestry fund, and -appropriating the moneys in said; fund, and defining and providing .for the punishment of
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certain offenses for violations of the provisions of this Act, and making an appropriation therefor/' approved March 18, 1905, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith.
A. B. 605. Fish. Identical with S. B. 460. Benedict.
A. B. 575. Shartel. Relating to the conservation of forests; prohibiting the cutting of small trees, and providing penalties for violations hereof.
FRANCHISES.
A. B. 1003. Avey (by request). Amending Section 6 of an Act approved March 22, 1905, as amended March 3, 1909, to provide for the sale of street railroad and other franchises in counties and municipalities, and providing conditions for the granting of such franchises by legislative or other governing bodies, and repealing conflicting Acts.
S. B. 996. King. Relating to franchises heretofore or here- after granted under • existing laws and the exercise of fran- chise rights thereunder by ^public utilities and the supervisory or regulating power of the Rialroad Commission, under the provisions of the "Public Utilities Act".
A. B. 1451. Johnson. Identical with S. B. 996. King,
FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.
... - (See also Civil Code.) -
S. B. 580. Kehoe. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved May 1st, 1911, for the regulation and control of fraternal benefit societies.
A. B. 142. Ellis. Amending Section 3 of an Act approved May 1, 1911, for the regulation and control of fraternal bene- fit societies.
GAMBLING.
(See also Penal Code.) A. B. 175. Browne. Prohibiting the playing of games with cards, dice or any device for money and making violation a misdemeanor punishable by fine not to exceed $500 or im- prisonment not less than 30 or more than 90 days; declaring all buildings and places nuisances wherein or upon which any such games are opened or played, and providing that district attorney or any citizen may maintain an action to abate such nuisance. If nuisance be established order of abatement shall be entered and plaintiff's costs shall be a lien on such building, enforcible and collectible by execution. Violation of any in- junction or order shall be punished as contempt of court by fine of not less than $200 or. more than $1000 or by imprison- ment not less than one or more than six months, or both, such fine for contempt to be a_ lien; oh building to extent of owner
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therein. "Person" defined to mean and include individuals, corporations, associations, partnerships, trustees, lessees, agents and assignees.
HARBOR COMMISSIONERS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
S. B. 89. Finn. Amending Section 2 of an Act to amend an Act approved March 25, 1901, empowering and authoriz- ing the Board of State Harbor Commissioners to insure against loss or damage by fire the property of the State of California located on ..the water front of San Francisco, California, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereof, relating to the aggregate amount of insurance and the cost thereof. Fixes the amount of insurance at $1,200,000, the post not to exceed $24,000 in premiums for 3 year policies.
A. B. 32. Kennedy. Identical with S. B. 89. Finn.
HARBOR DISTRICTS.
A. B. 1137. Burke. Providing .for the organization, incor- poration and government of harbor districts, authorizing the acquirement, construction, maintenance, operation^ develop- ment and regulation .of a system of harbor improvements.
HIGHWAYS.
(See also Engineering, Department of; Penal Code; Appro- priations.)
S. B. 313. Mott. Creating for the State of California a division of county highways of the State Department of Engi- neering; to provide for the appointment of an assistant State Engineer to take charge of the division of county highways, and prescribing- his duties; to provide for the appointment of county highway engineers for the several counties of the State and prescribing their duties; fixing and providing for the salaries and expenses of the engineers whose appointment is herein provided for and the necessary expenses of the division of county highways.
A. B. 289. Scott and Ream. Identical with S. B. 313. Mott.
A. B. 868. Sharkey. To create a county highway depart- ment for each county of the State of California; to provide for the appointment of a county highway engineer for each department; to provide for the compensation of such officer and to define his duties; to provide for the appointment of his assistants; to authorize the purchase and acquisition of ail necessary equipment and instrumentalities to carry out the objects of this Act; to etc.
A. B. 1043. Widenmann. Creating a division of County Highways of the State Department of Engineering; to provide for the appointment of an Assistant State Engineer to take charge of the Division of County Highways, and prescribing
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his duties; to provide for the appointment of County Highway Engineers for the several counties of the State and prescribing their duties; fixing and providing for the salaries and expenses of the engineers whose appointment is herein provided for and the necessary expenses of the Division of County Highways.
Creates the Division of County Highways of the State De- partment of Engineering under the supervision of the State Engineer, but directly under the charge of a competent civil engineer of at least seven years' actual experience in road construction, who shall be appointed by the State Engineer, with the approval of the advisory board of the department of engineering and as an assistant to the State Engineer.
It shall be the duty of the Assistant State Engineer in charge of the division to visit each county in the State at least once each year, make a thorough examination of the roads, bridges and other public works and consult and advise with the Board of Supervisors and county highway engineer.
The Assistant State Engineer in charge of the division of county highways shall be paid an annual salary of $4500.
A competent civil engineer who has had at least five years of practical experience in actual road construction shall be appointed as county highway engineer for each of the several counties of the State in the same manner and by the same authority as the Assistant State Engineer in charge of the division of county highways. He shall receive a compensation of not less than $2000 per year nor more than $4000.
For the small counties of the State, the State Engineer may assign one county highway engineer to two counties.
A. B. 49. Meek. Creating the office of County Highway En- gineer in and for each county; providing the term of office and compensation of such officer; defining his duties; providing for the appointment of his assistants, and authorizing the Board of Supervisors of each county to purchase and obtain all necessary equipment and instrumentalities to carry out the objects of this Act.
S. B. 532. Owens (by request). Authorizing the use of convict labor on State highways; regulating the handling of such labor; authorizing extra good time allowance; and pro- viding penalties for interference.
A. B. 547. Meek. Identical with S. B. 532. Owens.
S. B. 1122. Kehoe. Amending Section 8 of an Act approved March 22, 1909, authorizing the construction, acquisition, maintenance and control of a system of State highways in the State of California; specifying the work, fixing the payments to be made by counties for moneys expended therein; pro- viding for the issuance and sale of State bonds to create a fund for the construction and acquisition of such system; creating a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds; and
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providing for the submission of this Act to a vote of the peo- ple, approved, ratified and adopted by the people of the State of California at the general election held in the month of November, 1910, A. D., relative to the reimbursement to the State by the several counties thereof of sums equal to the interest upon certain outstanding bonds, and the proceeds of sale thereof, sold and applied as in said Act provided, and pro- viding for the submission of this Act to a vote of the people.
A. B. 1373. Tabler. Identical with S. B. 1122. Kehoe.
S. B. 549. Birdsall. Regulating the making of openings or the placing of structures or the change or renewal of any structure and the planting or removal of trees or shrubs or the placing of obstructions in or on State roads and highways; providing for the issuance of permits by the State Depart- ment of Engineering relative thereto, and for the laying or placing pipes, conduits, sewers, poles, wires, railways, ob- structions and other objects, and for the planting, trimming or removal of trees or shrubs in or on State roads and high- ways; providing for the requirement of bonds from applicants before the issuance of such permits; and prescribing the penalty for violations of the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 745. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 549. Birdsall.
S. B. 552. Birdsall. To provide for the care, management and protection of State highways and providing penalties for violations of the provisions of the Act.
A. B. 749. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 552. Birdsall.
S. B. 553. Birdsall. To provide for the abandonment of State roads and highways by the State Department of Engi- neering.
A. B. 746. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 553. Birdsall.
S. B. 602. Carr. To provide for the laying out, opening, extending, widening, or straightening, in whole or in part of public highways, squares, lands, alleys, parks, storm water drains, settling basins, courts, and places, within counties, for the condemnation of property necessary or convenient for such purposes, and for the establishment of assessment dis- tricts and the assessment of property therein to pay the expense of such improvement.
A. B. 621. Harris. Declaring section lines running through all agricultural lands in this State and the lands on each side thereof, for a distance of twenty feet, public highways, and providing for the condemnation of such lands and for the opening of such highways.
S. B. 45. Birdsall. Declaring the wagon road extending from the western end of the Lake Tahoe state wagon road to the eastern limits of the City of Placerville to be a State high- way.
S. B. 892-. Birdsall. Providing for the construction, acquisi-
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tion and maintenance of a system of State lateral highways connecting each county seat with the nearest State main line highway; providing for the issuance and sale of State bonds to create a fund for the payment of said bonds; and providing for the submission of this Act to a vote of the people.
A. B. 1019. Kramer. Declaring and establishing a State highway from the intersection of the Foxen Canyon road and Tepusquet Canyon road in the County of Santa Barbara to the boundary line between the counties of San Luis Obispo and Kern, and to be known as the Tepusquet-Cuyama State Highway.
A. B. 992. Burke. Amending Section 12 of an Act to provide for the formation and establishment of boulevard districts; the construction, acquisition, maintenance, control and use of boulevards; defining the term boulevard; providing for the voting, issuing and selling of bonds, and the levying of taxes to pay for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and re- pair of such boulevards, etc.
S. B. 958. Ballard (by request). Identical with A. B. 992. Burke.
A. B. 678. Avey. Amending Section 20 of an Act approved May 1, 1911, to provide for the formation and establishment of boulevard districts, etc., relating to the amount to be raised by the issuance of bonds.
HORTICULTURE.
S. B. 861. Chandler. Creating the office of State commis- sioner of horticulture, denning his powers and duties; pre- scribing for the appointment of inspectors, and defining their powers and duties; providing for the inspection of nursery stock, fruit, fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubbery, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, scions, seeds, pits, vines, vegetables and all horticultural and agricultural plants and plant products thereof; requiring shippers of nursery stock to have same inspected by an inspector; prescribing quarantine and the method employed thereunder; providing for the disinfection of fruit, fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubbery, and all horticultural and agricultural plants and plant products there- of; denning the qualifications of inspectors and commissioners; providing for the destruction of infested and infected fruit, fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubbery and all horticultural and agricultural plants and plant products thereof, including a lien against the property whereon the same is standing or growing, and providing for a right of action for all expenses incident thereto; authorizing the destruction of fruit, fruit trees, shrubbery, nursery stock and all horticultural and agri- cultural plants and plant products thereof infested or infected with pest or disease, and prescribing a salary for those en-
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joined to enforce the provisions of this Act, and for their re- moval from office; to provide for the appropriation of money to pay the necessary expenses of the conduct of the office of State Commissioner of Horticulture, and repealing- certain sections.
S. B. 862. Chandler. Identical with A. B. 851. Ashley.
S. B. 1. Anderson. Regulating the distribution of date palms and date palm offshoots and to hold the same in quar- antine under the supervision of the State Commissioner of Horticulture until they are free from Marlatt Scale (Phoeni- cococcus Marlatti) and Blanchard Scale (Parlatori Blanch - ardii) when introduced from or grown in, any infected local- ity within the State or from other states, or if of foreign introduction, after they have been released by the Federal Horticultural Board, and fixing a penalty for violation of this Act.
Makes it unlawful to plant scale infested date palms or date palm offshoots except under the supervision and direction of the State quarantine guardian of the county; also makes it unlawful to move such scale infested date palms or offshoots without permission of the State quarantine guardian or until inspection has shown that the palms are entirely free from scale. Violation declared a misdemeanor.
A. B. 20. Wills. Identical with S. B. 1. Anderson.
A. B. 1212. Avey. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3 and 6 of an Act to provide for the protection of horticulture and to pre- vent the introduction into this State of insects or diseases, etc.
S. B. 476. Jones. To establish a horticultural experiment station to be known as the "California Deciduous Fruit Ex- periment Station," to provide for the maintenance and man- agement thereof, and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
A. B. 851. Ashley. To establish a standard for the State of California for packing of fresh fruits for sale or for trans- portation for sale, for interstate and foreign shipment, and to prevent deception in the packing of fresh fruits for such purposes.
A. B. 243. McPherson. Establishing a standard for the packing and marketing of apples, fixing penalties for the viola- tion of its provisions, and providing for its enforcement.
S. B. 657. King. Regulating the sale or transportation of immature oranges; preventing deception in the packing of oranges; and prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 754. Avey. Identical with S. B. 657. King.
S. B. 658. King. Regulating the sale and shipment of citrus fruits damaged by frost, and prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof.
A. B. 753. Avey. Identical with S. B. 658. King.
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HOSPITALS AND NURSES.
A. B. 1337. Sisson. To provide for the formation, govern- ment, operation and dissolution of hospital districts in any part of the State, for the construction and maintenance of hospitals, the acquisition of property thereby; the calling and conducting of elections in such districts; the assessment, levy, collection, custody, and disbursement of taxes therein; the issuance and disposal of the bonds thereof, and the determina- tion of their validity and making provisions for the payment of such bonds, and the disposal of their proceeds.
S. B. 967. Benson. To establish a State Hospital for the care, custody and maintenance of inebriates and drug habitues within the State of California, to be known as the California State Hospital, and to provide for the government and man- agement thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 1321. Hayes. To establish a State hospital for the care, custody and maintenance of inebriates and drug habitues within the State of California, to be known as the California State Hospital and to provide for the government and man- agement thereof, and appropriating $25,000 therefor.
A. B. 807. Fish. To establish a home for the care and training of feeble-minded and defective persons in Southern California and to provide for the maintenance of the same, and appropriating $60,000 therefor.
HOTELS AND LODGING HOUSES.
A. B. 36. Gelder. Relating to hotels, defining the same, providing regulations in connection therewith, providing for the sanitation of the rooms of such hotels, providing for the sanitary method and manner of keeping, handling and using bed clothes or bed covering in such hotels, repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, providing for its enforcement by the State Board of Health, and providing a penalty for the violation of any of its provisions.
S. B. 442. Flaherty. Amending an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to regulate the building and occupancy of hotels and lodging houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities, and cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.
A. B. 1129. Salisbury. Identical with S. B. 442. Flaherty.
S. B. 1097. Flaherty. Amending an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to regulate the building and occupancy of hotels and lodging houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities, and cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.
A. B. 1326. Kennedy. Identical with S. B. 1097. Flaherty.
S. B. 1179. Brown. Amending Section 6 of an Act approved June 16, 1913, to regulate the building and occupancy of
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hotels and lodging houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.
S. B. 732. Flaherty. Amending Sections 7 and 8 of an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to regulate the building and occupancy of hotels and lodging-houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities, and cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.
A. B. 760. Schmitt. Identical with S. B. 732. Flaherty.
A. B. 884. Collins (by request). To compel owners, lessees, proprietors or managers of certain factories, hotels, and lodg- ing-houses to provide a means of escape from such factories, hotels and lodging-houses in case of fire.
IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING.
A. B. 574. Shartel. Amending Section 10 of an Act, ap- proved June 12, 1913, S'tats. 1913, p. 608, relating to immigrants and immigration, creating a Commission of Immigration and Housing, providing for the employment by said commission of a secretary, agents and other employees, authorizing said commission to fix their compensaton, prescribing the duties of said commission, providing for the investigation by said commission of all things affecting immigrants, and for the care, protecton and welfare of immigrants, and making an ap- propriation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof.
S. B. 601. Carr. Identical with A. B. 574. Shartel.
S. B. 824. Beban. Adding Section 10a (new) to an Act approved June 12, 1913, relating to immigrants and immigra- tion, creating a commission of immigration and housing, pro- viding for the employment by said commission of a secre- tary, agents and other employees, authorizing said commis- sion to fix their compensation, prescribing the duties of said commission, providing for the investigation by said commis- sion of all things affecting immigrants, and for their care, protection and welfare of immigrants, and making an appro- priation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof, relating to the translation of contracts and other documents.
A. B. 883. Collins. Identical with S. B. 824. Beban.
S. B. 679. Flaherty. Adding Sections 15, 16 and 17 (new) to an Act, approved June 12, 1913, relating to immigrants and immigration, creating a commission of immigration and hous- ing, providing for the employment by said commission of a secretary, agents and other employees, authorizing said com- mission to fix their compensation, prescribing the duties of said commission, providing for the investigation by said com- mission of all things affecting immigrants, and for the care protection arid welfare of immigrants, and making an appro-
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propriation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof, relating to investigating housing of working people and city planning; receipt of reports annually of all local housing and city planning commissions in the State; and mak- ing an annual report on housing and city planning to the Governor.
A. B. 719. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 679. Flaherty.
S. B. 801. Flaherty. Providing for the establishment by the Commission of Immigration and Housing of California of zones or areas on docks where immigrants are landed; pre- scribing the powers and duties of the said commission with regard thereto; and providing a penalty for violation of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 827. Edwards. Identical with S. B'. 801. Flaherty.
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION AND INVESTIGATION.
. S. B. 256. Lyon. Establishing an industrial commission, to define its powers and duties, to provide for a review of its orders, decisions, and awards, and making an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 447. Downing. To create for the State of California a bureau of industrial investigation and to provide for the ap- pointment of the officers and employees thereof, defining its powers and prescribing the duties of said bureau, its officers and employees, to make appropriation for the salaries and other expenses of said bureau.
Charged with the duty of investigating the quantity of hydro- electric power available in this State, with reference to cost; the cost of appropriating such power by the State for all State, municipal and commercial purposes; to investigate the average cost per mile of constructing and equipping electric railroad systems; to extend from Red Bluff to San Diego, with lateral lines to industrial and commercial centers; the cost of con- structing and establishing cold storage plants, ocean steamship freight and passenger line between Pacific and Atlantic ports, hydro-electric plants, such other plants as may be necessary.
INFERIOR COURTS.
A. B. 1086. Ellis. Creating an Inferior Court in each county in this State to supersede Justice's Courts and have jurisdic- tion over all matters now heard by Justices of the Peace; pro- viding for judges to preside over said Inferior Court; fixing a time for the election of said judges, the length of their term of office and their compensation, and defining their qualifica- tions and duties; providing for the transfer of all Justice Court records to said Inferior Court and for the determination of all matters pending at the time of such transfer
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INHERITANCE TAX.
A. B. 806. Downing. Amending Section 6 of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a tax on gifts, legacies, inheritances, bequests, devises, successions and transfers, etc.", relating to rates of tax.
S. B. 1012. Luce. Amending Sections 6 and 9 of an Act, approved June 16, 1913, known as the "Inheritance Tax Act", relating to rate of tax, and to appraisements.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
(See also Constitutional Amendments.)
S. B. 277. Thompson. Amending Section 1 of an Act ap- proved January 2, 1912, to provide for direct legislation by cities and towns, including initiative and referendum.
S. B. 871. Scott. To facilitate the operation and to carry into effect the initiative and referendum powers reserved by the people in Section 1 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California; to regulate the circulating, signing, filing and certifying of petitions thereunder; to regulate elections thereunder; to punish violations of this Act and provisions of said Section 1 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California.
S. B. 872. Scott. To facilitate the operation and to carry into effect the recall power reserved by the people in Article XXIII of the Constitution of the State of California; to regu- late the circulating, signing, filing and certifying of petitions thereunder; to regulate elections thereunder; to punish viola- tions of said Article XXIII of the Constitution of the State of California.
S. B. 10S8. Chandler (by request). To regulate the signing and circulation of initiative, referendum and recall petitions required by law to be filed with the Secretary of State.
INTEREST RATE.
(See Civil Code; see Usury.)
A. B. 542. Benton (by request). Fixing the maximum rate of interest which may be charged for a loan or forbearance of money, goods or things in action; and prescribing penalties and forfeitures for violations of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 812. McKnight. To establish a lawful rate of interest and to regulate the making of certain loans limiting the charges therefor; to require and regulate the licensing of lenders, fixing the fee therefor, and to prescribe penalties for violation of this Act.
Provides that any rate of interest not exceeding 12 per cent per annum shall be legal, and forbids charging of any greater sum; permits persons, etc., complying with this Act to loan
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money at interest and charge therefor brokerage fees and charges, in addition to 12 per cent. Such persons, etc., shall make application in writing to clerk of the Superior Court for a license, which application shall be published, and heard by a judge of said court, and if court deem proper, a license to loan money shall be issued to applicant for one year, upon applicant giving $5000 bond and paying license fee of $100. License shall entitle holder to do business at only one location in county, and shall not give holder right to loan money, conduct or solicit business, except by advertising in the news- papers, either by agents, solicitors or mailed matter or other- wise, outside of the county; a separate license must be secured in order to do business in any other location in the county, for each place, and the fee of $100 paid therefor; license shall not issue to one not a citizen of the United States or to person convicted of forgery, etc. Brokerage fee shall not be more than one-tenth of amount loaned, and not to exceed $3 for fees or charges on all loans not exceeding $50; same fees may be charged for renewals; any person who may be charged more than provided herein may recover it back with interest at 12 per cent by action at law. Card shall be given borrower at time of loan setting forth this fact; receipts shall be given for all payments; loans on security of money to be paid to borrower by some third person shall not be made, unless assignment is dated same day as loan was made, and filed with such third person. Licensee shall not ask or accept from any actual or intending borrower any power of attorney to sign, make or execute any note, etc., to pay any money, and any note so made shall be void. Violation declared a mis- demeanor, punishable by fine of not more than $500 for first offense and for each subsequent offense, a like fine, and im- prisonment not to exceed six months and revocation of license; Act shall not apply to banks, trust companies, building asso- ciations or pawnbrokers.
INSURANCE.
(See also Civil Code; Political Code.) S. B. 569. Benedict. To incorporate standard provisions in policies of accident and health insurance, to prevent discrimi- nations in connection therewith and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions hereof.
Requires form of all policies of insurance against loss or damage from sickness, bodily injury or death of insured by accident to be approved by Insurance Commissioner; forms not so approved shall not be used; action of Commissioner refusing right to use policy form may be reviewed by courts. No such policies shall be issued unless they set forth (1) entire money and other considerations therefor, (2) the time
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at which insurance takes effect and terminates, (3) if it purports to insure more than one person; (4) unless every printed portion and all endorsements and attached papers shall be plainly printed in type not smaller than 10-point; (5) unless a brief description thereof be printed on first page and on filing back in type not smaller than 14-point; (6) unless exceptions of policy be printed as prominently as benefits; portion of policy reducing indemnity by reason of circum- stances under which loss incurred shall be printed in bold-face type and with greater prominence than any other part of policy.
Two forms of policy provided: one (A) that does not provide for reduction of indemnity for change of occupation, and the other (B) which does; if form B used and policy provides indemnity against loss from sickness, words "or contracts sickness" shall be inserted. Policies shall contain standard provisions relative to changes in contract, to reinstatement of policy after lapse; to time of notice of claim; to sufficiency of notice of claim; to furnishing forms for convenience of insured in submitting proof of loss; to filing proof of loss; to examination of person of insured and to autopsy; to time within which payments other than those for loss of time on account of disability shall be made; to periodical payments of indemnity for loss of time on account of disability, to indemnity payments; for cancellation of policy at instance of insured; to rights of beneficiary under policy; limiting time within which suit may be brought on policy; relative to time limitations of policy. Policies shall contain optional standard provisions, relative to cancellation at instance of insurer; to reduction of amount of indemnity; to deduction of premium upon settlement of claim; to other insurance by same insurer; to age limits of policy.
No policy shall be issued if it contains any provision con- tradictory of any of the "standard provisions" or "optional standard ' provisions"; or any provision purporting to mak& any portion of charter, constitution or by-law of insurer part thereof unless such provisions are set forth in full in policy; this prohibition not to apply to any statement of rates or classification of risks filed with superintendent of insurance.
Falsity of statement in application for policy shall not bar right of recovery, unless such false statement was made with intent to deceive; acknowledgment by insurer of receipt of notice, furnishing of forms for filing proofs of loss, or accept- ance of such proofs, or investigation of any claim shall not operate as waiver of rights of insurer in defense of such claim.
No alteration of any written application for insurance shall be made without consent of applicant, and making such altera- tion declared misdemeanor.
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Policy issued in violation of this section shall be held valid, but shall be construed as herein provided, and when any pro- vision therein is in conflict with this section rights of parties shall be governed hereby.
Policies against accidental bodily injury or sickness issued by insurer not organized under laws of this State may con- tain, when issued in this State, any provision which law of State of organization prescribes for insertion therein; and policies issued in another State by companies organized under laws of this State, shall contain any provision laws of State in which issued.
This section shall not apply to or affect any policy of lia- bility or workman's compensation insurance or any general blanket policy of insurance issued to any municipal corpora- tion or to any corporation, copartnership, association or in- dividual employer, police or fire department, underwriters' corps, salvage bureau, or like associations, where officers, members or employees or classes or departments thereof are insured for individual benefit against specified accidental bod- ily injuries or sickness while exposed to hazards of occupation or otherwise, in consideration of premium; nor shall it apply to contracts supplemental to contracts of life or endowment to contracts of life or endowment insurance containing no1 provisions except such as operate to safeguard such insurance against lapse or to provide a special surrender value in event insured shall be totally and permanently disabled by reason of accidental bodily injury or sickness; no such supplemental contract shall be issued to any person in this State unless the •form has been approved by Superintendent of Insurance.
Fraternal benefit societies not affected, clause 5, subdivision d and clauses 2, 3, 8 and 12, subdivision c may be omitted from railroad ticket policies.
Violation punishable by fine of not more than $500 for each offense, and Insurance Commissioner may revoke license.
A. B. 1230. Fish. Identical with S. B. 569. Benedict.
S. B. 570. Benedict. Prohibiting insurance companies and their agents from giving, and insured persons from receiving, a rebate of any portion of an insurance premium, and pro- viding a penalty for violations of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 1173. Anderson. Identical with S. B. 570. Benedict.
A. B. 867. Prendergast. Providing for standard policy con- ditions for accident and health insurance; requiring the Insur- ance Commissioner to approve all forms of policy contracts and applications.
S. B. 29. Kehoe. Relating to fire insurance business, pro- viding for the filing of rating schedules, the establishment of public rating bureaus, defining their powers and method of conductng their business, providing for the supervision of the
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Insurance Commissioner over such rating bureaus and rating schedules, prohibiting deviation from such rating schedules and providing a penalty therefor.
Provides that fire insurance companies shall, before De- cember 31, 1915, file with Insurance Commissioner a copy of its rating schedule; and all new companies shall do the same before receiving a license. Further requirements of such schedules are specified. An amended schedule may be filed at any time, but it cannot take effect until 30 days after being filed. Any company adopting "the advisory rates" need not file such schedule, but must file a statement to that effect.
Provides for rating bureaus, and for securing uniformity in rating schedules. Insurance Commissioner may refuse a rating schedule. Any rate is subject to review before the Insurance Commissioner. Any violating of this Act is a mis- demeanor, and may cause the loss of license for a year. (S. B. 896. Kehoe. "Pending Legislation," 1913, p. 366.)
S. B. 761. Breed. To provide for the establishment and maintenance by fire insurance companies of guaranty surplus funds and special reserve funds and thereby limiting liability.
A. B. 979. Prendergast (by request). Relating to fire in- surance business, prohibiting compacts or combinations for the purpose of discriminating against any fire insurance company or its representatives by reason of its or their affiliation or non-affiliation with any board or association of fire insurance companies or for any purpose detrimental to the public good, and providing for a penalty for any violation of this Act.
A. B. 786. Rigdon. Amending Section 1 of an Act ap- proved March 18, 1909, to establish a standard form of fire insurance policy and to prevent variations therefrom, except- ing under certain stated conditions and restrictions.
A. B. 537. Prendergast. Concerning life insurance com- panies, associations and societies and their agents and other persons, firms and corporations, prohibiting rebating, mis- representation and twisting, and providing a penalty for a violation thereof.
S. B. 571. Benedict. To prohibit insurance companies, asso- ciations, or societies and their agents from misrepresenting the terms of any policy of insurance.
Violation declared a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment not more than 6 months; and the Insurance Commissioner is also empowered to revoke or suspend the license of the offending party.
A. B. 1175. Anderson. Identical with S. B. 571. Benedict.
A. B. 1303. Hawson (by request). Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of an Act approved April 15, 1909, to pro- vide for the organization and management of county fire in- surance companies.
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A. B. 1361. Schmitt. To provide for the organization ana management of mutual casualty insurance corporations.
S. B. 1157. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of an Act approved May 1, 1911, providing for the organization and management of mutual fire insurance corporations and associations and defining the same, and regulating the transaction of the business of mutual fire insurance in the State of California, and repealing an Act approved March 19, 1907, providing for the organization and management of mutual fire insurance companies.
A. B. 976. Prendergast. Amending an Act approved May 1, 1911, providing for the organization and management of mutual fire insurance corporations and associations and defining the same, and regulating the transaction of the business of mutual fire insurance in the State of California.
A. B. 1024. Godsil. Repealing Section 7 of an Act approved May 26, 1913, providing for the organization and management of mutual workmen's compensation insurance companies and defining the same and regulating the transaction of the busi- ness of mutual workmen's compensation insurance in the State of California.
INVESTMENT COMPANIES, REGULATION OF.
S. B. 669. Hans. Amending Section 3 of an Act approved May 28, 1913, to define investment companies, investment brok- ers and agents; to provide for the regulation, supervision and licensing thereof; to provide penalties for the violation thereof; to create the office of Commissioner of Corporations, and mak- ing an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 1245. McKnight (by request). Providing for the pro- tection of stockholders, investors and creditors by requiring certain copartnerships, joint stock companies and corporations to cause to be issued certified balance sheets and statements of income, profit and loss, and providing for adequate penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof.
"Financial Certificate" Act. Requires every copartnership, joint stock company, or corporation doing business in this State, not under the supervision and jurisdiction of the Super- intendent of Banks, Railroad Commission, Insurance Commis- sioner, and Building and Loan Commissioner, having a sub- scribed capital stock or investment of $30,000 and more than fifteen stockholders, members or copartners, except concerns subject to this law holding the entire capital stock, except directors qualifying shares, of any copartnership, joint stock company or corporation, shall furnish at least annually a bal- ance sheet, duly certified by some auditor or firm of auditors, showing the financial condition of the enterprise as at the close of either the fiscal or the calendar year, together with
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a detailed profit and loss statement for the year. Copies of this statement shall be mailed by the auditor within sixty-five days to each shareholder, at his last known address.
Every copartnership, joint stock company or corporation offer- ing or causing to be offered for sale in this State its stocks, bonds or other evidence of proprietorship or debt, or the stock, bonds or other evidence of proprietorship or debt of any similar concern, shall have every financial statement issued in con- nection therewith certified by an auditor or firm of auditors.
Every such concern having an indebtedness of more than lj&£ per cent of its subscribed capital stock or investment, shall, at the joint written request of the creditors of any single creditor to the extent of more than 12^ per cent of its stock or investment, issue to them a certified balance sheet.
Failure to make or to have such certification made is de- clared a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $1000 nor less than $500, and any auditor certifying to an incorrect or misleading statement, unlesss deprived of neces- sary information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding $5000 nor less than $500, and every auditor or firm of auditors selected for the preparation of such statement must have his responsibility secured by a bond of 5 per cent of the subscribed capital stock or investment, but in no event shall the bond exceed $100,000. No auditor or firm of auditors that is an employee, stockholder, member or" copartner of the enterprise shall be eligible to prepare such a statement. (A. B. 275. Farwell. "Pending Legislation 1913", p. 280.)
S. B. 1190. Butler. Identical with A. B. 1245. McKnight.
S. B. 843. Anderson. To require corporations doing busi- ness in the State of California to pay dividends, and author^ izing any stockholder to institute proceedings in a competent court against corporations for failure to pay dividends, and empowering said court to issue orders for the dissolution of corporations.
Requires all corporations to pay dividend during the third year of existence and thereafter at least one dividend an- nually of not less than 6 per cent of the actual cost of the stock owned by the stockholders, unless those holding at least 75 per cent of the stock vote a dividend be not paid. One or more stockholders may bring an action in the Superior Court setting forth failure to pay dividends, that 75 per cent of the stockholders have not voted to pass the dividend and praying for the dissolution of the corporation; a citation shall thereupon issue if court is satisfied facts alleged are true to the directors to show cause why corporation should not be dissolved, and if it appears that corporation has
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neither paid a dividend nor been excused from so doing it shall be dissolved.
A. B. 944. Harris. Prohibiting corporations engaged in certain kinds of business from engaging in certain other kinds of business and prohibiting certain investments in other cor- porations and prohibiting directors of certain corporations from being directors of or interested in certain other corpo- rations, and providing penalty for violation thereof.
IRRIGATION.
A. B. 75. Wills. Providing for the government of irrigation districts having an area of more than 500,000 acres and to enable such irrigation districts to construct levees and to protect the lands within such districts from damage resulting from floods and the overflow of rivers and for that purpose to provide additional powers for boards of directors within such irrigation districts.
This measure affects Imperial county particularly, and is to provide protection from inundation of that section from the Colorado river, there being no other public body authorized to make the necessary expenditures.
S. B. 176. Benedict. Amending the title of an Act, approved June 13, 1913, to provide for the formation, management and dissolution of county irrigation districts; for supplying the in- habitants thereof with water; for levying and collecting taxes on property in such districts; and for the issuance of county irrigation district bonds and the payment thereof; and by amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13 and 14 thereof, and by adding a new section thereto, to be known as Section 17, relating to change of name of said districts, and to bond issues thereof.
A. B. 1138. Dennett. To provide for the consolidation of irrigation districts organized and existing under the provisions of an Act, approved March 31, 1897, to provide for the organi- zation and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irrigation of the lands embraced within such districts, and, also, to provide for the distribution of water for irrigation pur- poses, and to provide for the government of such consolidated districts,
S. B. 1168. Irwin. To provide for the consolidation of irri- gation, reclamation, drainage, protective and flood water dis- tricts and to provide for the acquisition or construction by such consolidated district of works for the conservation of water and the drainage of the lands thereof; and to provide for the government of such districts.
A. B. 1188. Ellis. Creating a bureau of irrigation districts in the State Water Commission to supervise, regulate and
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control the affairs of irrigation districts which have been or may hereafter be organized under the laws of this State; providing for the appointment of a director for said bureau of irrigation districts, defining his duties and fixing his salary; and, also, for the general government of said bureau of irri- gation districts.
A. B. 1383. Dennett. To provide for the collection and enforcement of the payment of assessments including delin- quent assessments in irrigation districts, by county officers and for the sale and redemption from sale of property sold for the non-payment of. such assessments and for the per- formance by county officers of the duties of officers of such irrigation districts respecting such matters, and to provide for the compensation to be paid to counties by such irrigation districts for the services performed by such county officers for such irrigation districts under the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 1031. Sisson. To create a commission ( to be known
as ) to co-operate with the Federal government and
other interests in building and operating storage reservoirs and irrigation projects; to provide for the appointment of the officers and employes thereof, defining its powers and pre- scribing the duties of said commission, its officers and em- ployes, and to provide the compensation of such officers and employes. (Introduced by title only.)
A. B. 368. Amending Sections 1, 28, 57 and 61 of an Act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation dis- tricts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction there- by of works for the irrigation of lands embraced within such districts, and also, to provide for the distribution of water for irrigation purposes, and adding new sections to be known as Sections 41a and 61a thereto.
S. B. 79. King. Amending Section 39 of an Act ap- proved March 31, 1897, to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irriga- tion of lands embraced within such districts, and, also, to provide for the distribution of water for irrigation pur- poses, relating to the levying and collection of assessments.
A. B 1004. Avey. Identical with S. B. 79. King.
A. B. 1382. Dennett. Adding Section 41a (new) to an Act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irrigation of the lands embraced within such irrigation district, and also to provide for the distribution of the water for irrigation purposes; authorizing boards of drectors to provide for the collection of assessments by the proper county officers.
A. B. 1089. Ellis. Adding Section 50y2 (new) to an Act
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approved March 31, 1897, to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irri- gation of the lands embraced within such districts; and also to provide for the distribution of water for irriga- tion purposes, providing for the acquisition by the State of property sold for delinquent assessments in an irrigation dis- trict; and providing for the payment of assessments thereon; and providing for the management and disposition of such property.
A. B. 340. Wills. Adding Sections 61a and 61b (new) to an Act approved March 31, 1897, to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irrigation of the lands embraced within such districts, and also to pro- vide for the distribution of water for irrigation purposes, re- lating to the acquiring of irrigation systems and works by the exchange of bonds therefor and the validation of such bonds.
A. B. 424. Dennett. Repealing Section 64 of an Act approved March 31, 1897, to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irrigation of the lands embraced within such districts, and, also, to provide for the distribution of water for irrigation purposes.
A. B. 307. Dennett. Amending Section 78 of an Act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation dis- tricts, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the irrigation of the lands embraced within such districts, and, also, to provide for the distribution of water for irrigation purposes.
A. B. 343. Wills. Authorizing the Imperial Irrigation Dis- trict to acquire the irrigation system and works of the Cali- fornia Development Company and its subsidiary company and successors in California and Mexico by condemnation or pur- chase, and, in case of purchase, to exchange bonds of said district for such irrigation system and works or for property interests therein.
A. B. 266. Dennett. Amending Section 4 of an Act relating to bonds of irrigation districts, providing under what circum- stances such bonds shall be legal investments for funds of banks, insurance companies and trust companies, trust funds, State school funds and any money or funds which may be now or hereafter invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts or municipalities, and providing under what circumstances the use of bonds of irrigation districts as security for the performance of any Act may be authorized.
S. B. 303. Shearer. Recognizing and declaring valid all pro- ceedings in Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District.
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A. B. 338. McCray. Identical with S. B. 303. Shearer.
S. B. 309. Luce. Recognizing and declaring valid all pro- ceedings in La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irriga- tion District.
A. B. 305. Judson. Identical with S. B. 309. Luce.
S. B. 461. Benedict. To validate the formation of certain districts formed under the provisions of an Act approved June 13, 1913, to provide for the formation, management and disso- lution of county irrigation districts; for supplying the inhabi- tants thereof with water; for levying and collecting taxes on property in such districts; and for the issuance of county irrigation district bonds and the payment thereof, and to vali- date the issuance and sale of certain bonds therefor. '
S. B. 575. Benedict. To validate the formation of certain districts formed under the provisions of an Act, approved June 13, 1913, to provide for the formation, management and dis- solution of county irrigation districts; for supplying the in- habitants thereof with water; for levying and collecting taxes on property in such districts; and for the issuance of county irrigation district bonds and the payment thereof, and to validate the issuance and sale of certain bonds thereof.
S. B. 753. Maddux. To recognize and declare valid all pro- ceedings in Oakdale Irrigation District.
A. B. 1225. Fish. An Act to validate the formation of cer- tain districts formed under the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the formation, management and dis- solution of county irrigation districts; for supplying the in- habitants thereof with water; etc.
S. B. 1063. Chandler. Relating to bonds of drainage dis- tricts, providing under what circumstances such bonds shall be* legal investments for funds of banks, insurance companies and trust companies, trust funds, State school funds and any money or" funds which may now or hereafter be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts or municipalities, and providing under what circumstances the use of bonds of irrigation districts as security for the per- formance of any Act may be authorized.
JUVENILE COURT LAW.
S. B. 347. Thompson. An Act to be known as the Juvenile Court Law, and concerning persons under the age of twenty- one years; and in certain cases providing for their care, custody and maintenance; providing for the probationary treat- ment of such persons, and for the commitment of such per- sons to the Whittier State School and the Preston School of Industry, California School for Girls, and other institutions; establishing probation officers and a probation committee to deal with such persons and fixing the salary thereof; provid-
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ing for the establishment of detention homes for such persons; fixing the method of procedure and treatment or commitment where crimes have been committed by such persons; provid- ing for the punishment of those guilty of offenses with refer- ence to such persons, and defining such crime; and repealing the Juvenile Court Law approved March 8, 1909, as amended by an Act approved April 5, 1911, and as amended by an Act approved June 16, 1913, and all amendments thereof and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed.
A. B. 875. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 347. Thomp- son.
A. B. 117. Hawson. Adding Section 5% (new) to an Act concerning dependent and delinquent minor children, provid- ing for their care, custody and maintenance until twenty-one years of age; providing for their commitment to the Whittier State School and the Preston State School of Industry, and the manner of such commitment and release therefrom, estab- lishing a probation committee and probation officer to deal with such children, and fixing the salaries of probation offi- cers; providing for detention homes for said children; provid- ing for the punishment of persons responsible for or con- tributing to the dependency or delinquency of children and giving to the Superior Court jurisdiction of such offenses, and repealing inconsistent Acts.
Provides that whenever any minor child under 14 years of age shall be found by court to be dependent or delinquent, such child shall be subject to adoption by any adult person. No consent of parent or guardian of child shall be necessary. If court is satisfied interests of child will be promoted by adoption it shall make necessary order. From date of adop- tion natural parents shall be relieved of all parental duties toward child and forfeit all parental rights over it.
A. B. 1305. Shartel. To amend Section 14 of an Act, ap- proved March 8, 1909, and amended April 5, 1911, concerning neglected, dependent and delinquent persons, providing for their care, custody and maintenance until twenty-one years of age; providing for their commitment to the Whittier State School and the Preston School of Industry, etc., relating to probation officers.
S. B. 104. Duncan. Amending Sections 14h and 14n of an Act approved June 16, 1913, in effect August 10, 1913, to amend the title of an Act entitled "An Act concerning dependent and delinquent minor children, providing for their care, cus- tody and maintenance until twenty-one years of age; provide ing for their commitment to the Whittier State School anrt the Preston State School of Industry, and the manner of such commitment and release therefrom, establishing a probation
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committee and probation officers to deal with such children, and fixing the salaries of probation officers; providing for detenton homes for said children; providing for the punish- ment of persons responsible for, or contributing to, the de- pendency or delinquency of children; and giving to the Su- perior Court jurisdiction of such offenses, and repealing in- consistent Acts," approved March 8, 1909, and as amended by an Act approved April 5, 1911, relative to the salaries of pro- bation officers in counties of the nineteenth class.
A. B. 386. Manning. Amending Sections 14k and 14n of an Act entitled "An Act to amend the title and an Act entitled 'An Act concerning dependent and delinquent minor children, providing for their care, custody and maintenance until 21 years of age; providing for their commitment to the Whittier State School and the Preston State School of Industry, and the manner of such commitment and release therefrom, establish- ing a probation committee and probation officers to deal with such children, and fixing the salaries of probation officers; pro- viding for detention homes for said children; providing for the punishment of persons responsible for, or contributing to, the dependency or delinquency of children; and giving to the Superior Court jurisdiction of such offenses, and repealing in- consistent Acts,' approved March 8, 1909, amended April 5, 1911," amended June 16, 1913, with reference to number and compensation of probation officers in certain counties.
S. B. 153. Kehoe. Amending Section 14m of an Act, ap- proved March 8, 1909, as amended April 5, 11, as amended June 16, 1913, concerning neglected, dependent and delinquent persons, providing for their care, custody and maintenance until twenty-one years of age; providing for their commitment to the Whittier State School and the Preston School of In- dustry, and the manner of such commitment and release there- from; establishing a probation committee and probation officers to deal with such persons; fixing the salaries of probation officers; providing for detention homes for said persons; pro- viding for the punishment, of those responsible for, or con- tributing to, the neglect, dependency or delinquency of said persons; and giving to the superior court jurisdiction of such offenses and repealing inconsistent acts.
Provides one probation officer at $100 a month.
A. B. 1048. Quinn. Identical with S. B. 153. Kehoe.
A. B. 264. Bruck. Amending Sections 14t and 14u of the "Juvenile Court Law", approved June 16, 1913, relating to probation officers in counties of the 44th, 48th, 50th, 52nd and 55th classes and their salaries.
S. B. 949. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 264. Bruck.
A. B. 898. Rutherford. Amending Section 14p of ah Act, approved March 8, 1909, as amended April 5, 1911, as amended
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June 16, 1013, entitled "An Act concerning neglected, dependent and delinquent persons, providing for their care, custody and maintenance until twenty-one years of age; providing for their commitment to the Whittier State School and the Preston School of Industry, and the manner of such commitment and release therefrom; establishing a probation committee and pro- bation officers to deal with such persons; fixing the salaries of probation officers; providing for detention homes for said persons; providing for the punishment of those responsible for, or contributing to, the neglect, dependency, or delinquency of said person and giving to the Superior Court jurisdiction of such offenses, and repealing inconsistent Acts", relating to salary of probation officers in counties of the thirty-fourth class.
S. B. 590. Campbell. Fixing the number of probation officers and assistant probation officers in all the. counties of the State of California, fixing the salaries of such officers and providing for the payment thereof, authorizing the. payment of incidental expenses incurred by probation officers, assistant probation officers, deputy probation officers and members of the probation committee in the discharge of their duties.
A B. 687. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 590. Campbell.
S. B. 1070. Campbell. Concerning neglected, dependent and delinquent persons, providing for their care, custody and maintenance until 21 years of age; providing for their com- mitment to the Whittier State School, the Preston School of Industry and the California School for Girls, and the manner of such commitment; establishing a probation committee and probation officers to deal with such persons; providing for detention homes for such persons; providing for the punish- ment of persons responsible for, or contributing to, the de- pendency or delinquency of such persons and giving the Supe- rior Court jurisdiction of such offenses, and providing for ap- peal from any order or judgment of such Superior Court and repealing inconsistent Acts.
A. B. 1322. Bartlett. Identical with S. B. 1070. Campbell.
LABOR.
(See Capital and Labor; Wages and Hours; Mines and Mining; Employment Bureau, State; Employment Agencies; Work- men's Compensation Act.)
LEGAL AID.
(See Public Defender.)
S. B. 17. Lyon. Creating small debtors' courts in counties of the first, second and third classes, and denning their powers, jurisdiction and procedure.
Provides for appointment by the Governor of one judge in
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each county designated, and for the appointment by the court of a Public Defender to hold office for four years, who shall prosecute actions for collection of wages or other demands of persons not able to employ counsel, where sum involved, exclusive of interest, does not exceed $100 and where claim is legally valid and enforceable; he shall also defend such persons in civil litigation in which they are being persecuted or harassed. The County Clerk and Sheriff are declared ex-officio officers of the court with power to appoint deputies to keep docket and serve process. Salaries are fixed at: judge, $3600; public defender, $2400, deputy clerk, $1500; deputy sheriff, $1200 per annum. The Board of Supervisors shall provide suitable quarters.
Jurisdiction of court extends to limits of county, but mesne and final process may be issued to and served in any part " of the State; court shall have civil jurisdiction in all cases hot cognizable by courts of record, in which sum involved does hot exceed $100; no fees are* to be charged except upon appeal; court to be governed by provisions of law regulating "Justices' Court, and shall have power to make rules; if plaintiff is able to engage own attorney his case not cogniz- able by poor debtors' court. A. B. 685. Lyon. Identical with S. B. 17. Lyon. A. B. 21. Wishard. Providing a method of procedure whereby a poor person, having a good cause of action or a good defense, may have an attorney assigned to prosecute his action or to conduct his defense and relieving him from the payment of fees and costs; if such person guilty of improper conduct in prosecution or defense court may annul order; order does not authorize petitioner to take or maintain an appeal; but where appeal is taken by adverse party, order is applicable in favor of petitioner as respondent in the appeal; costs, where awarded to person prosecuting as poor person, must be paid to his attorney when collected from adverse party and distributed among counsel assigned to him as court directs. A. B. 349. Ream. To permit a poor person having a good cause of action to sue without payment of costs and have an attorney assigned to him.
Provides that where court is satisfied plaintiff is poor per- son and unable to prosecute action and pay costs and ex- penses thereof, court may permit commencement and prose- cution thereof as poor person, and have all necessary process and proceedings without fee, tax or charge, and court may assign counsel to perform services without fee or reward; but if judgment is entered for plaintiff, costs shall be recovered for use of officers of court; if person files with any clerk in vacation affidavit that he has just cause of action on which he proposes to sue and is unable to pay costs, clerk shall issue
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summons without fee; but court may refuse to permit further prosecution of suit without payment of costs.
A. B. 721. Marron. Creating a small debts' court in each county of the State and defining the powers, jurisdiction and procedure thereof.
Similar to S. B. 17, Lyon, except that it applies to all counties and omits reference to a Public Defender. The amount involved shall not exceed $25 in any case.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU.
S. B. 723. Chandler. Amending Section 2 of an Act, ap- proved May 26, 1913, establishing a legislative counsel bureau and making an appropriation therefor.
Adds provision that it shall also be duty of chief of legis- lative counsel bureau to co-operate with the proponents of any initiative measure in the preparation of such law.
A. B. 1359. Downing. Amending Sections 2 and 3 of an Act approved May 26, 1913, to establish a legislative counsel bureau and making an appropriation therefor.
LIBRARIES.
S. B. 20S. Benedict. Amending Section 6 of an Act approved February 25, 1911, entitled, An Act to provide for the estab- lishment and maintenance of county free libraries in the State of California, and repealing "An Act entitled 'An Act to provide county library systems', approved April 12, 1909, and all Acts and parts' of Acts in conflict with this Act", relating to qualification of county librarian.
S. B. 209. Benedict. Amending Section 9 of an Act, ap- proved February 25, 1911, providing for the establishment and maintenance of county free libraries in the State of California, and repealing an Act entitled "An Act to provide county library system", approved April 12, 1909, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, relating to county librarians.
LIENS OF MATERIAL MEN, MECHANICS, ETC.
A. B. 354. Sharkey. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved March 27, 1907, approved May 1, 1911, to amend an Act to secure the payment of the claims of material men, mechanics, or laborers, employed by contractors upon State, municipal or other public work.
Adds a provision that no money shall be paid on any con- tract until a certified copy of the bond has been filed with the county treasurer of the county in which the work Is to be per- formed; and the commissioners, managers, trustees, common council or other body by whom such contract was awarded shall be personally responsible for all debts arising thereunder in event that the bond is not obtained and filed.
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A. B. 1058. Canepa (by request). Amending- Sections 1 and 2 of an Act approved March 27, 1897, to secure the pay- ment of the claims of materialmen, mechanics or laborers employed by contractors upon State, municipal or other public work, and by adding new Sections 3 and 4 thereto.
S. B. 963. Beban. Amending Sections 1, 2 and 3 of an Act, approved March 27, 1897, as amended May 1, 1911, to secure the payment of the claims of materialmen, mechanics, or laborers, employed by contractors upon State, municipal or other public work, and to add a new section thereto to be numbered Section 4.
LIGHTING DISTRICTS.
S. B. 648. Thompson. Validating and confirming the organi- zation of lighting districts.
LIQUORS, SALE OF.
A B. 874. Bruck. For the suppression of intemperance and the regulation of the liquor traffic to be known as the Liquor Code of California.
This measure transfers jurisdiction over saloons from cities and counties to a State Excise Commission. It was intro- duced at the instance of the California Grape Growers' Asso- ciation.
The bill creates a State Excise Commission of three mem- bers, who shall receive salaries of $4000 each. Eight district commissions of three members each are provided for.
The power to grant and revoke liquor licenses is placed ex- clusively in the hands of the commission. City and county authorities will have no right to revoke any permit. The commission may grant no more than one saloon license to every 500 population. It cannot take away a license until after a saloon man has been convicted in the Superior Court of improper conduct of his business.
A license will cost $1000 a year. Ten per cent of the amount collected will go to defray the expenses of the commission. Every saloon man who obtains a license will be required to contribute $1000 to a fund, out of which the commission will compensate saloon men who do not get permits. The prop- erty of persons refused licenses will be sold at auction after appraisal by the commission, and the owners will be paid out of the compensation fund the difference between the proceeds of the sale and the appraised value of the property disposed of.
Barkeepers will be required to wear badges issued by the commission and carrying an annual tax of $3. The badges are revocable at any time.
A. B. 22. Wright. Declaring all buildings and places nuis- ances, wherein or upon which any spirituous, vinous, malt or
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other alcoholic liquor is unlawfully sold, served or given away, or which are used for the purpose of unlawfully selling, serv- ing or giving away such liquors; and providing for the abate- ment of such nuisances.
S. B. 588. Campbell. Amending an Act, approved March 19, 1889, to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors to persons addicted to the inordinate use of intoxicating liquors.
A. B. 675. Wright. Prohibiting the sale, gift or delivery of intoxicating liquor at public school houses, and prescribing penalties for the violation of any provision hereof.
S. B. 1069. Duncan. An Act to regulate the number of licenses which may be issued to retail liquor establishments in proportion to the population of any county, city and county, city, town or supervisor district in which the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors is permitted; defining certain terms; providing penalties for the issuance of any licenses in excess of the number herein provided for.
Limits number of licenses to one for each 1000 population.
LOCAL OPTION.
S. B. 401. Duncan. Amending Sections 1, 2, 8 and 11 of an Act approved April 4, 1911, to provide for the regulation of the traffic in alcoholic liquors by establishing local option; author- izing the filing of petitions praying for elections to vote upon the question whether the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be licensed within the territory described in such petitions; pro- viding for the calling and holding of such elections; making it the duty of the proper governing body to declare such territory to be no-license territory unless a majority of votes is cast in favor of license; providing that no licenses, permits or other authority to sell or distribute alcoholic liquors in no-license territory shall be granted; forfeiting and declaring void all such licenses or permits theretofore issued and in force; mak- ing it a penal offense to sell, give away or distribute alcoholic liquors within such territon% with certain exceptions; and pro- viding penalties for such offenses, relative to territory in- cluded within petition; form of petition; form of ballot.
S. B. 8. Duncan. Amending Sections 1, 2 and 11 of an Act, approved April 4, 1911, to provide for the regulation of the traffic in alcoholic liquors by establishing local option; author- izing the filing of petitions praying for elections to vote upon the question whether the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be licensed within the territory described in such petitions; pro- viding for the calling and holding of such elections; making it the duty of the proper governing body to declare such terri- tory to be no-license territory unless a majority of votes is cast in favor of license; providing that no licenses, permits or other authority to sell or distribute alcoholic liquors in
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no-license territory shall be granted; forfeiting and declaring void all such licenses or permits theretofore issued and in force; making it a penal offense to sell, give away or dis- tribute alcoholic liquors within such territory, with certain exceptions; and providing penalties for such offenses.
A. B. 1336. Long. Amending Section 6 of an Act, approved April 4, 1911, to provide for the regulation of the traffic in alcoholic liquors by establishing local option; authorizing the filing of petitions praying for elections to vote upon the ques- tion whether the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be licensed within the territory described in such petitions; providing for the calling and holding of such elections; making it the duty of the proper governing body to declare such territory to be no-license territory unless a majority of votes is cast in favor of license; providing that no licenses, permits or other author- ity to sell or distribute alcoholic liquors in no-license territory shall be granted, etc.
A. B. 1185. Phelps. Amending Sections 13 and 14 of "An Act to provide for the regulation of the traffic in alcoholic liquors by establishing local option," etc.
Adds (Sec. 13) transportation companies to those forbidden to sell or distribute liquor in no license territory, and (Sec. 14) provides that in prosecutions for violation, common repute of character of places (blind pigs) may be received as compe- tent evidence.
A. B. 1039. Scott, F. C. (by request). Amending the seventh subdivision of Section 16 of an Act to provide for the regulation of the traffic in alcoholic liquors by establishing local option; authorizing the filing of petitions praying for elections to vote upon the question whether the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be licensed within the territory described in such pe- titions, etc.
LOS ANGELES STATE BUILDING.
S. B. 160. Brown. Providing for the selection, location, purchase or acquisition of a site for a state building in the city of Los Angeles; to provide for the construction, equip- ment and furnishing of a state building thereon, and for the improvement of said site; to prescribe the use or occupancy of said building; creating a commission to locate and acquire said site and to construct said building, with power to deter- mine the respective amounts to be paid for said site, for the improvement thereof, for the construction of said building and for furnishing or equipping the same; providing for the issu- ance and sale of state bonds to be known as "Los Angeles state building bonds", to provide a fund therefor; establishing said fund, appropriating the proceeds thereof for said purpose and directing the manner in which the same shall be : ex-
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pended; creating a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds and interest thereon; making an appropriation therefor, defin- ing the duties of state officers in relation thereto, and providing for the collection of revenue for said purpose; appropriating two thousand five hundred dollars for the expense of prepara- tion of said bonds and providing for the submission of this Act to a vote of the people.
MAPS, RECORDING OF.
A. B. 457. Manning (by request). Amending Sections 1 and 4 of an Act approved March 15, 1907, requiring the recording of maps of subdivisions of land into lots for the purpose of sale, and prescribing the conditions on which such maps may be recorded and prohibiting the selling or offering for sale of land by reference to said maps unless the same are recorded.
S. B. 611. Carr. Identical with A. B. 457. Manning.
A. B. 81. Bruck. Amending Section 4 of an Act, approved March 15, 1907, amended June 11, 1913, requiring the recording of maps of subdivisions oc^Iand into lots for the purpose of sale, and prescribing the conditions on which such maps may be recorded and prohibiting the selling or offering for sale of land by reference to said maps unless the same are recorded, relating to approval of such maps.
Provides that governing body may refuse to approve map or plat unless it is established to its satisfaction that proposal to subdivide property shown thereon is made in good faith. Upon such showing being made, governing body shall, within 30 days after same is submitted, approve or disapprove such map or plat.
MARKETS AND MARKETING.
(See Commission Merchants; Produce Exchange Commission.) S. B. 93. Stuckenbruck. Providing for the establishment of county free markets and for the conducting and main- tenance of the same.
S. B. 341. Brown. Providing for the organization of the State marketing commission, to define its powers and duties and the rights and privileges of producers of agricultural, horticultural, dairy and farm products, and products manu- factured or processed therefrom, which shall be grown, raised, produced, processed, or manufactured within the State of California, and to provide a penalty for the offense of using or imitating the State brand or label adopted by such commis- sion, and appropriating money for establishing and carrying out the provisions of this Act, creating the "State Marketing Commission Fund," and providing for the manner in which money shall be placed therein and paid therefrom, and ap- propriating the moneys therein to carry out the provisions of
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this Act, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 318. McPherson. Providing for the creation of the State Commission Market, and the organization thereof, to carry on the business of receiving from the producers the agricultural, fishery, dairy and farm products of the State of California and selling and disposing of such products on com- mission, creating the "State Commission Market Fund" and appropriating money therefor.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
S. B. 361. Gerdes. Directing the State Bureau of Vital Sta- tistics to collect, compile and present certain statistics relat- ing to marriage and divorce and making it the duty of certain officers to furnish such statistics in compliance with the pro- visions of this Act, and making an appropriation therefor. (S. B. 1170. Gerdes. Pending Legislation, 1913, p. 512.)
A. B. 1162. Phillips. Identical with S. B. 361. Gerdes.
McENERNEY ACT.
A. B. 735. Beck. Amending an Act to provide for the establishment and quieting of title to real property in case of the loss or destruction of public records, by making said Act also applicable to real property whose records have been destroyed among the records of another county of which it was formerly a part.
S. B. 1134. Duncan. Identical with A. B. 735. Beck.
MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT.
(See Dentists; Pharmacy; Vaccination.) S. B. 500. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 17 of an Act approved June 2, 1913, to regulate the exami- nation of applicants for license, and the practice of those licensed to treat disease, injuries, deformities, or other physi- cal or mental conditions of human beings, to establish a board of medical examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act entitled an Act for the regulation of the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appointment of a board of medical examiners in the matter of said regulation, approved March 14, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also to repeal all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, said amendments re- lating to the board of examiners, and to the requirements of applicants for examination, and to the requirements of
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schools, and to the revocation of licenses and to the regula- tion of practice.
A. B. 593. Wright. Identical with S. B. 500. Benedict.
S. B. 443. Benson. Amending Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, JO, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18 of an Act approved June 2, 1913, to regulate the examination of applicants for license, and the practice of those licensed, to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions of human beings; to establish a board of medical examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy, and other systems and modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appointment of a board of medical examiners in the matter of said regulation", approved March 14, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also to repeal all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, and adding a new section thereto to be numbered 12V2, relating to the practice of chiropody.
A. B. 544. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 443. Benson.
A. B. 640. Gelder. Amending Section 5 of an Act approved June 2, 1913, to regulate the examination of applicants for license, and the practice of those licensed, to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions of human beings; to establish a board of medical examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act for the regula- tion of the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy, and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appointment of a board of medical examiners in the matter of said regulation," ap- proved March 14, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also to repeal all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.
A. B. 1085. Gelder. Amending Section 13 of an Act ap- proved June 2, 1913, to regulate the examination of appli- cants for license, and the practice of those licensed, to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions of human beings; to establish a Board of Medi- cal Examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy, and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appoint- ment of a Board of Medical Examiners in the matter of said regulation," approved March 14, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also to repeal all other acts and parts of acts
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in conflict with this Act, relating to the issuance of "reci- procity certificates."
S. B. 1077. Flaherty (by request). Amending Section 13 of an Act, approved June 2, 1913, to regulate the examination of applicants for license, and the practice of those licensed, to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions of human beings; to establish a Board of Medical Examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act en- titled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of medicine
ml surgery, osteopathy, and other systems or modes of treat- ing the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appointment of a Board of Medical- Examiners in the matter of said regulation", approved March 14, 1907, and Acts amenda- tory thereof, and also to repeal all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, relating to the issuance of certificates without examination to holders of certificates from other States requiring similar qualifications.
A. B. 642. Gelder; Amending Section 14 of an Act ap- proved June 2, 1913, to regulate the examination of appli- cants for license, and the practice of those licensed, to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or. other physical or mental conditions of human beings; to establish a board of medical examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy, and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appointment of a board of medical examiners in the matter of said regula- tion," approved March 14, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also to repeal all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act. Relating to advertising.
Omits entirely Subdivision 10, Section 14, providing as a ground for refusal of certificate advertising, announcing or stating in any manner that the holder of such certificate or any other person, company or association by which he is em- ployed, will cure or attempt to cure, or will treat, any venereal disease, or will cure or attempt to cure or treat persons for any sexual disease, for lost manhood, sexual weakness or sexual disorder; or being employed by or being in the service of any person, firm, association, or corporation so advertising, announcing, or stating.
A. B. 641. Gelder. .Amending Section 18 of an Act ap- proved June 2, 1913, to regulate the examination of applicants for license, and the practice of those licensed, to treat dis- eases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental con- ditions of human beings; to establish a board of medical examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe
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their powers and duties, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy, and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appoint- ment of a board of medical examiners in the matter of said regulation," approved March 14, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also to repeal all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act; said amendment relating to fines and penalties.
S. B. 276. Irwin. Providing for the granting of certificates to practice medicine and surgery by the board of medical examiners of the State of California, to graduates from legally chartered or reputable medical schools in the State of Cali- fornia, upon payment of fee of $25.00.
A. B. 272. Pettis. Identical with S. B. 276. Irwin.
S. B. 1078. Thompson (by request). Authorizing and regu- lating the practice of chiropractic in the State of California; creating a State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; providing for the appointment of the same; defining its powers, duties and emoluments; to provide a standard of education for chiro- practors; to provide penalties for the violation of this Act; to provide for the examination and licensing of chiropractors in the State of California, and to repeal any or all parts of any Act or Acts in conflict with this Act.
A. B. 256. Bartlett (by request). Authorizing and regulating the practice of chiropractic in the State of California; creating a state board of chiropractic examiners; providing for the appointment of the same; defining its powers, duties, and emoluments; to provide a standard of education for chiroprac- tors; to provide penalties for the violation of this Act; to provide for the examination and licensing of chiropractors in the State of California, and to repeal any or all parts of any Act or Acts in conflict with this Act.
A. B. 428. Phillips. Authorizing and regulating the practice of cosmetic surgery and facial dermatology in the State of California; creating a State board of cosmetic surgery and facial dermatologlcal examiners; providing for the appointment of the same; defining its powers, duties and emolument's; to provide for the examination and licensing of cosmetic surgeons and facial dermatologists in the State of California, and to re- peal all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith.
A. B. 1208. Wright, T. M. To regulate the practice ol optometry; to provide for the appointment -of a board of optometry, define its duties and powers and prescribing a penalty for the violation of this Act.
S. B. 1039. Mott. Identical with A. B. 1208. Wright.
A. B. 252. Lyon (by request). Regulating the practice of drugless system or method of treating sick or afflicted human
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beings; regulating the examination of applicants for license; regulating registration of applicants; allowing those licensed to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or psychopathic conditions of human beings by drugless methods; to establish a board of examiners for drugless physicians; to provide for their appointment and formation and prescribe their powers and duties; making violations of the provisions of this Act a misdemeanor; and repealing all parts of an Act, approved March 14, 1907, to regulate the examination of ap- plicants for license and the practice of those licensed, to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions of human beings; to establish a board of medical -examiners, to provide for their appointment and prescribe their powers and duties, and to repeal all parts of an Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of medi- cine and surgery, osteopathy, and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of California, and for the appointment of a board of medical examiners in the matter of said regulation, and Acts amendatory thereof, and also repealing all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, approved June 2, 1913, in conflict with this Act, or pertaining in any way to the examination and licensing of . applicants to practice drugless systems or the practice of drugless systems, and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.
This is the same measure that was submitted to the people by initiative at the last general election and defeated. It creates a state board of drugless physicians, with office in Oakland, creating fund from fees for members and employee's compensation, salaries and expenses, regulates examinations and issuance of certificates. Authorizes holders thereof to treat all physical or mental ailments of human beings without drugs or medicines, use "Doctor", "Dr.", or "D. P." in con- nection with "Drugless Physician' and sign birth and death certificates. Exempts from examination any person practicing any drugless system for six months prior to effective date .of Act, but requires all who come subsequent thereto to pass a stiff examination. Prescribes penalties for violations and repeals all inconsistent and conflicting provisions of law gov- erning the practice of medicine and healing.
S. B. 310. Scott. Identical with A. B. 252. Lyon.
MEETINGS, UNINCORPORATED SOCIETIES, CALLING OF.
(See Civil Code.) A. B. 65. Ryan. Providing for the manner Of calling meet- ings of an unincorporated society, organization or association, when the manner of calling the same is unprovided for in the constitution or by-laws of such unincorporated society,
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organization or association, or the officer whose duty it is to call such meeting fails or refuses so to do.
Provides that meeting may be called by twelve members, call to state time and place of meeting, and by giving two weeks' notice by publication in newspaper in county, or city and county, where last precedng meeting was held.
S. B. 119. Tyrrell. Identical with A. B. 65. Ryan.
MINES AND MINING. (See also Capital and Labor.)
S. B. 916. Maddux (by request). Establishing and creating a department of the State Mining Bureau for the protection of the natural resources of petroleum and gas from waste and destruction through improper operations in production; pro- viding for the appointment of a State oil and gas supervisor; prescribing his duties and powers; fixing his compensation; providing for the appointment of deputies and employees; providing for their duties and compensation; providing for the inspection of petroleum and gas wells; requiring all per- sons operating petroleum and gas wells to make certain re- ports; providing procedure for arbitration of departmental rulings; creating a fund for the purposes of the Act; fixing a fee to be paid by operators and providing for the collection thereof; and making an appropriation for the purpose of this Act.
A. B. 35S. Harris. To protect the health of underground workers in mines and tunnels and regulating the use of drills driven by mechanical power and the forcing out of under- ground mines and tunnels smoke and gases generated by blasting powder and other explosives, and the ventilating of said mines and tunnels, and prescribing penalties for the in- fraction of such regulations, and declaring that such infraction constitutes gross negligence in case of actions for damage to health of employees.
A. B. 974. Ream. An Act to regulate mines and under- ground workings for the protection and safety of workmen; providing for the inspection of mines and underground work- ings by the Industrial Accident Commission; authorizing and directing said commission to appoint two inspectors of mines; prescribing their powers, duties, compensation, and author- izing certain expenditures for the purposes of this Act; re- quiring employers and employes to comply with the provis- ions of this Act, and fixing penalties for the violation thereof.
Provides for appointment of chief inspector of mines at $3000 per year and an assistant at $1800 per year. Duty of inspector to at least once a year visit each mining county of State and examine such mines as in his judgment require examination for purpose of determining their condition as to
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safety, and for that purpose shall have full power at all hours to enter and examine any and all mines in this State and all workings and equipment, and to require, in case of dangerous conditions, that all necessary changes be made without delays; neglect or refusal by mine owners or operators to comply with his orders shall be prima facie evidence of culpable neg- ligence in case of accident.
All mine owners or operators shall furnish to the commis- sion not later than June 30 of each year a detailed report showing character of mine, number of men then employed and maximum number of men to be employed during ensuing year, method of working and general condition of mine.
Upon receipt of formal complaint in writing signed by one or more persons, stating that a mine is unsafe, and specifi- cally stating in what particulars it is dangerous and other details, commission shall cause such mine to be examined, and if complaint justified owner or operator shall be required to remedy condition complained of on penalty of having dangerous workings closed until defects are remedied.
District Attorney is charged with prosecuting all mine own- ers or operators neglecting or refusing to comply with com- mission's orders.
Upon occurrence of a serious or fatal accident owners or operators of mine shall notify commission, who shall cause inspector to make full investigation.
Chief inspector of mines shall on first Monday of December of each year make report which shall be printed with report of commission.
No blasting powder or high explosives, except such as are necessary for temporary requirements, shall be stored in any mine, and use of gasoline underground is prohibited. Wooden tamping bars shall be furnished, and the use of steel or metal tamping bars by any person is declared a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50; all timber removed shall be taken from mines; all hoisting ma- chinery shall be equipped with an indicator in plain view of engineer; all persons are prohibited from riding on cage, skip or bucket when loaded with tools, timber, powder or other material so loaded as to render riding unsafe; all shafts shall be equipped with ladders, and shafts more than 200 feet deep inclined more than 45 degrees from horizontal, equipped with hoisting machinery, shall be divided into at least two compart- ments. All mines over 300 feet deep having a single shaft as only means of egress, covered by non-fireproof building, shall have bulkhead or trap-door closing from point outside build- ing, constructed at least 25 feet below collar of shaft, and below a drift driven to surface or point beyond walls raise and ladder - way for exit in case of fire; signboards plainly
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marking direction must be installed where exit or outlet is not in direct or continuous line; employes engaged in sinking shafts or inclines shall at all times be provided with ladders for exit; guard rails or hand holds must be maintained at all shaft stations, and all winzes and mill holes or chutes shall be protected; cars and cages in shafts over 350 feet deep must be enclosed and fitted with doors and overhead bars; a pillar of ground shall be left on each side of shaft of sufficient di- mensions to protect it, and no stoping shall be permitted within such close proximity to shaft as to render same in- secure.
No structure shall be erected over any mine except head frames necessary for hoisting, and hatch necessary for closing shaft, except that house of non-inflammable or fire-proof ma- terial may be erected; in case of existing houses, all inflam- mable material stored therein shall be immediately removed, and storage of such material within 30 feet from exterior walls of such housing is prohibited.
Every tunnel or adit level, mouth of which is covered by house, shall be provided with door near mouth, closing from outside building with pull wire in event of fire; inside of door raise shall be run to surface for exit.
No rope or cable for hoisting, except an iron or steel wire cable, shall be used, nor shall any cable be continued in use either when the number of breaks in any running foot exceeds ten per cent of total number of wires therein, or when wires on crown of strands are worn down to less that one-half original diameter, or when it shows marked signs of corrosion.
All steam boilers shall be kept in good order, and examined and inspected once in twelve months or oftener if inspector of mines deems necessary.
Good and sufficient ventilation shall be maintained at all times.
Men shall not be permitted to work in stopes so far apart that cries of one for help in case of need cannot be heard; an engineer shall be on duty at all times to answer signals connected with shaft hoists; and it shall be unlawful for any person to ride on bale or cable of hoisting bucket, cage or skip unless safe to do so; notice of maximum number of men permitted to ride on or in cage, skip or bucket at one time shall be posted at collar of shaft and on each level, and it is made a misdemeanor for any person to ride upon or in an overloaded cage, ship or bucket, punishable by fine of not less than $5 or more than $50.
At least two smoke or respirator helmets shall be kept at every mine employing 40 or more men underground, with an additional smoke helmet for each additional fifty men employed.
Any owner, agent, manager or lessee operating a mine failing
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to comply with provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than 6 months, or both.
Act not to apply to any mine worked by owners, or where no men are employed working therein for wages; and nothing herein is to be construed as repealing or modifying any existing law, except so far as such provisions relate to mines and are inconsistent herewith.
$16,600 appropriated to carry out provisions of Act
A. B. 622. Harris. Regulating the hours of employment in underground mines or any underground workings, whether for the purpose of tunneling, making excavation or to accom- plish any other purpose or design, or in smelting and reduc- tion works.
Provides for an eight-hour day, hours of employment to be consecutive, and for underground workers to begin and end at entrance to shaft or tunnel, excluding time for meals; except that in case of emergency, where life or property is in danger, period may be longer; violation a misdemeanor, pun- ishable by fine of not less than $50 or more than $300 or im- prisonment not more than three months, or both.
A. B. 1269. Encell. To regulate the hours of employment in underground mines and in smelting and reduction works and to repeal the Act approved March 10, 1909, regulating the hours of employment in underground mines and in smelting and reduction works; and to repeal the Act approved May 30, 1913, regulating the hours of employment in underground mines, underground workings, whether for the purpose of tunneling, making excavations or to accomplish any other purpose or design, or in smelting and reduction works, and also to repeal all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 1055. Canepa (by request). To regulate and control the dredging for gold or other minerals or metals on culti- vated or arable land, and giving the State Railroad Commis- sion power to control and regulate the same.
Requires dredging companies to conduct their work so that the land will be left in an arable condition. Dredging is to be under the control of the Railroad Commission and makes a permit from the Commission necessary to be obtained before dredging can be done. Violation of the Act is declared a mis- demeanor.
MISCELLANEOUS. S. B. 102. Brown. Creating and establishing a commission for the investigating and gathering of data and statistics con- cerning the use of live animals for experimental purposes;
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providing for the appointment of said commission, to be known as the "commission for the preservation of statistics of animal life," and prescribing the powers and duties of said commission and its members.
S. B. 317. Jones. Providing for the care and confinement of certain delinquents in correctional institutions, to establish two correctional institutions, to provide for the government thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.
S. B. 318. Jones. Providing for the regulation of county jails, county hospitals and almshouses, county orphanages, de- tention homes and city or town jails under the supervision of the State Board of Charities and Corrections.
S. B. 323. Thompson. Amending Section 3 of an Act, ap- proved April 21, 1911, requiring the compilation and publication of reports of the financial transactions of the several counties and municipalities of the State and making an appropriation therefor.
S. B. 338. Benson. Prohibiting the making or soliciting of contracts wherein one party thereto obligates himself to make to the other party periodical payments which may be applied to the operating expenses of the obligee, or which may be forfeited, and wherein an agreement by the obligee to lend money to the obligor is made to depend upon the date of con- tract and the number of periodical payments; and declares violation a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not less than $100 or more than $1000, or by imprisonment not less than 30 days or more than one year, or both.
A. B. 381. Wright. Identical with S. B. 338. Benson.
S. B. 393. Cogswell. Creating a department of natural re- sources and creating the office of secretary of said depart- ment; defining his powers and duties and fixing his salary; providing for the consolidation of certain commissions, boards and offices; providing for the organization and administration of said department, and defining the powers and duties of its officers.
A. B. 490. Encell. Identical with S. B. 393. Cogswell.
S. B. 406. Scott. To select, designate and adopt a song en- titled "I Love You California" as State song to be known as "California's State Song."
A. B. 350. Bruck. Providing for the printing and binding of the several Codes of the State of California after each regular session of the Legislature thereof with the amendments there- to, by the State Printer, and for the sale and distribution thereof.
A. B. 387. Godsil. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved March 23, 1901, to secure to native born and naturalized citizens of the United States the exclusive right to be em- ployed in any department of the State, county, city and
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county, or incorporated city or town government in this State, relating to the employment of citizens of the United States.
A. B. 401. Bruek. Providing for the transfer and conveyance to the regents of the University of California the title to a certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of Napa, State of California, and heretofore pur- chased for said State under and by virtue of an Act approved April 24, 1911, to establish the California State Reformatory; and the construction of buildings and other improvements in connection therewith; to provide for the commitment and transfer of prisoners thereto and therefrom; to provide for the equipment, conduct and management thereof; and to make an appropriation therefor, and providing for the use, management and control thereof by the regents of the University of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 455. Birdsall (by request). Creating a State Art Com- mission, to be composed of the Governor (ex-officio), one archi- tect, one artist painter, one sculptor, and two persons known for their interest in the development of art, to be appointed by the Governor; the painter, sculptor and architect from nominations made by the Southern California Chapter and the Northern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the San Francisco Society of Architects; pre- scribing the qualifications and duties of its members and pro- hibiting the purchase, gift or acceptance of any work of art by the State until the State Art Commission has approved the design for the same, and appropriating $12,000 therefor.
A. B. 489. Conard. Amending Section 14 of an Act, ap- proved March 2, 1911, creating a Board of Pilot Commissioners for the harbor of San Diego, defining their duties and fixing their compensation.
S. B. 523. Luce. Amending Section 14 of an Act creating a board of pilot commissioners for the harbor of S'an Diego, de- fining their duties and fixing their compensation.
A. B. 543. Prendergast. To promote a better condition of music teaching and the better protection of the public against misrepresentation on the part of those engaged in the music teaching profession in the State of California, to provide for and regulate the registration of music teachers, and to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration to applicants presenting a sworn statement of their preparation and quali- fication to the Secretary of State.
A. B. 571. Canepa. To provide for the appropriation of certain submerged lands lying along the water front of the City and County of San Francisco for aquatic sports.
A. B. 587. Downing. Requiring all public work to be done under the supervision of a superintendent; prohibiting con- tract work; and naming a penalty for a violation of this Act,
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S. B, 628. Luce. Declaring kelp beds to be the property of the State of California and providing for the control and leasing of said beds.
S. B. 738. Duncan (by request). Amending Section 38 of Subdivision 25 of Act 837 of the General Laws of the State of California, relating to a uniform system of county and town- ship government.
A. B. 707. Gebhart. Recognizing and establishing that the unpaid expenses of the convention which framed the Consti- tution of the State of California, including the unpaid per diem of the delegates to such convention for the full term thereof, are obligations against the State, providing that suits may be brought against the State to determine by judgment the amount and ownership of claims for such un- paid expenses and per diem.
A. B. 722. Canepa. To provide for the establishment of pas- senger service upon the State railroad located on The Em- barcadero, in the City and County of San Francisco.
A. B. 740. Kerr. Relating to the powers' and privileges of officers and employees of State reformatories in arresting pupils who have escaped or been rescued therefrom.
S. B. 846. Finn. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved March 15, 1909, providing for vacations for certain employees of the State.
S. B. 854. Stuckenbruck. Authorizing the sale of certain property belonging to the Stockton State Hospital.
A. B. 799. Benton. Declaring hedges to be a private nuisance in certain instances and providing for the abatement thereof.
A. B. 890. Schmitt. Amending an Act, approved March 13, 1909, to prevent the formation and prohibit the existence of secret oath-bound fraternities in the public schools, by pro- hibiting the existence of secret oath-bound fraternities in the public schools and in all educational institutions supported in whole or in part by the State of California or which are exempt from taxation within this State.
A. B. 896. Gebhart. To prevent the discrimination in prices and to provide for publicity of prices to dealers and to the public.
S. B. 873. Scott. Relating to the relief of soldiers, sailors and marines.
S. B. 879. Luce (by request). To provide for the formation and management of transportation districts; for acquiring rights of way and transportation facilities; for levying and collecting taxes on property in such districts; and for the issuance of transportation district bonds and the payment thereof.
S. B. 890. Breed. To provide for the alteration of county
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boundary lines of old counties and for the formation of new counties, organizations and classifications thereof, for locat- ing county seats, for the election and appointment of officers and for the adjustment and the fulfillment of the rights and obligations arising between such new counties, created out of other counties.
A. B. 1095. Anderson. Identical with Ss B. 890. Breed.
S. B. 927. Crowley. Relating to the deposit of moneys and assets held by bonded fiduciaries; providing for agreements between surety and fiduciary as to place of deposit of such funds and assets.
A. B. 989. Gebhart. To create a State purchasing depart- ment, to define the authority, powers and duties thereof; to provide for the appointment of and to define the authority, powers and duties and to fix the salaries and wages of the officers and employees thereof, to provide funds for the sup- port and expenditures thereof; to provide for the manner of payment of obligations incurred thereby; to create a revolving fund therefor; to provide for the appointment of, to define the authority, powers and duties of, and to fix the salaries of a State purchasing agent, an assistant State purchasing agent, and a State testing engineer; and to repeal all Acts of parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
Provides for the appointment by the Governor of a purchas- ing agent, who shall be required to buy all materials and sup- plies for State departments. The salary of the proposed official is fixed at $4000. There would be, besides the agent, an assist- ant at $2400, three clerks at $1800, two stenographers at $1200 and a testing engineer at $2400.
A. B. 1023. Godsil. Amending an Act approved December 24, 1911, defining certain classes of contracts for the exchange of indemnity, prescribing regulations therefor and fixing a license fee, by adding thereto a new section to be numbered Section 10, relating to the contingent liability of parties to such contracts.
A. B. 1033. Phillips. Prohibiting the sale or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette papers, and declaring such act a mis- demeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100.
A. B. 1051. Judson. Requiring the owner of trees to prevent injury to the property of an adjoining land owner and granting relief to the latter in case such injury occurs.
A. B. 1077. Downing. Requiring every packing house, mer- cantile or manufacturing establishment, work shop, or other establishment where labor is employed, to be heated so as to be comfortable, and providing penalties for the violation of this Act.
S. B. 992. Owens (by request). Amending Section 15 of an
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Act, approved April 1, 1897, to establish a uniform system of county and township government.
A. B. 1128. Salisbury. Regarding the publication of proceed- ings of boards of supervisors.
A. B. 1201. Collins (by request). Relating to the deposit of moneys and assets held by bonded fiduciaries providing for agreements between surety and fiduciary as to place of deposit of such funds and assets.
S. B. 1015. Cogswell. Authorizing and empowering the board of trustees of the Whittier State School to transfer, exchange and convey any and all water rights now owned and held by said board for stock in a corporation.
S. B. 1036. Kehoe. To provide for the regulation of the sale of shingles by makers, manufacturers and dealers thereof.
Shingles shall be sold by numerical count; four bundles of random width shingles packed in regulation frames, 20 inches in width, twenty-five courses at each end, shall con- stitute a thousand; openings in bundles shall not average more than iy2 inches to the course, and a variation of 1 inch in length shall be allowed in 10 per cent of shingles in a bundle.
S. B. 1084. Colin. To provide for the appointment of a State Capitol Planning Commission to formulate plans for the Capitol City of the State and to confer with the City Planning Com- mission of the State Capitol City.
Commission to consist of the Governor, State Librarian and three other persons to be named by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be a recognized expert in the planning of cities and towns, the appointive members to serve without pay.
A. B. 1255. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 1084. Cohn.
S. B. 1093. King. Relating to the conducting of a company store by any person, firm or corporation engaged in doing public work.
Prohibits the conducting of such store if, at the time, there be any store selling supplies within two miles of the place where such contract is being executed; makes violation a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.
A. B. 930. Brown, H. W. Amending Section 1 of an Act, approved May 28, 1913, in relation to fences, and other struc- tures erected to annoy, and for the abatement of nuisances.
S. B. 1110. Flint. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved May 28, 1913, in relation to fences, and other structures erected to annoy, and for the abatement of nuisances, making an appropriation for such purpose.
S. B. 1131. Anderson. Providing for the establishment and conduct of a State Land Information Bureau as a department of the College of Agriculture of the University of California; prescribing the powers and duties of said bureau, and appro- priating $25,000 therefor.
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A. B. 1266. Encell. Identical with S. B. 1131. Anderson.
S. B. 1116. Breed. To provide for the return to the owners thereof of any funds paid into the State Treasury by any re- ceiver in conformity with the provisions of Section 570 of the Code of Civil Procedure; prescribing the procedure relative thereto; and making an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 1376. Wright, H. W. Identical with S. B. 1116. Breed
S. B. 1133. Duncan. To permit three or more counties adjoining each other to appropriate from the general fund of the county a sum not exceeding $1000, by each county, to be used in connection with an. equal sum from each of the other two counties in causing a survey to be made of a pro- posed highway in or through one or more of said counties.
S. B. 1139. Breed. To provide for the payment of awards of court, or judgments, rendered in conformity with the provisions of Section 1272 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and appropriating $15,000 therefor.
A. B. 1375. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 1139. Breed.
S. B. 1115. Beban. To create a commission for the pur- pose of making a survey of local historical material in the State of California; defining the powers and duties of said commission; and appropriating $10,000 therefor.
Creates a commission of three persons for purpose, to be appointed by Governor, to serve without compensation, one member to be nominated by regents of University of Cali- fornia, and one by board of officers N. S. G. W.
A. B. 1372. Bruck. Identical with S. B. 1145. Beban.
A. B. 1268. Encell. Prohibiting the exposure or exhibition of deformed or diseased human beings or parts thereof, or the exposure or exhibition of facsimile or purporting to be fac- simile thereof, by picture, model, cast, mold, chart, pamphlet, card or any form or representation of sucn diseased human bodies or parts thereof, which would be indecent in the case of a living person, without a permit from the State Board of Health, save and except for scientific and educational purposes before members of the medical profession or practitioners of any system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted or before students in the actual prosecution of their studies in schools, hospitals or colleges.
A. B. 1345. Ryan. Providing for the acceptance of the U. S. Ship Portsmouth by the State of California from the gov- ernment of the United States and providing for repairs for said ship and for the care and preservation of the same, and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
S. B. 1159. Finn. Identical with A. B. 1345. Ryan.
A. B. 1371. Gelder. Prohibiting the use of dining cars as sleeping quarters.
A. B. 1448. S'pengler. To prevent any peace officer against
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whom there is an unpaid judgment rendered in a suit for false imprisonment from holding any position as peace officer.
A. B. 1450. Downing. To make compensation to persons arrested but not convicted, at the rate of $2 a day for each day held in confinement, to be paid out of the general fund of the county.
A. B. 1466. Wishard (by request). Concerning actions for libel and slander, and repealing an Act approved March 23, 1892.
Provides that if plaintiff prevails he shall be allowed as costs $100 counsel fees in addition to other costs: if action dismissed or defendant prevails, he shall be allowed $100 counsel fees in addition to other costs.
S. B. 1013. Luce. Transferring $5837.69 from the disputed title to lands on San Diego Bay fund to the general fund of the State of California.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
A. B. 284. Mouser. Regulating the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere to provide for the registration and identification of vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating certain vehicles upon the public highways, and to prohibit other persons from causing or knowingly permitting such operation; to prohibit the possession or use of a vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the pur- chase of supplies or parts for vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures imposed thereon; to limit the power of local author- ities to enact or maintain ordinances, rules or regulations in regard to matters embraced within the provisionss of this act; to provide for the disposition of registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appro- priation, and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act.
This measure reduces the fees for autoists and provides for the registration of all vehicles and the payment of a license fee of $2 for a one-horse vehicle and $5 for one of two or more horses.
A. B. 798. Mouser. To regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and
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for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public high- ways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for motor vehicles, or for work or repair done there- on; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeit- ures imposed thereon; to provide for the disposition of regis- tration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected here- under; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving- fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act.
Representatives of foreign powers, officers of the United States, Sheriffs and police officers are exempt from paying tin- State license fees.
The horsepower is computed by the California method, and the license is figured ftt a flat rate of 35 cents per horsepower, but in no case shall the minimum be counted at less than 20 horsepower.
Reductions from $50 to $25 and from $10 to $2 are given dealers for five number plates and those in excess of five.
Lights must be carried by all vehicles except those pro- pelled by a pedestrian.
The bill also contains the provision to allow offenders to go free on promise, and makes a violation of the promise a misdemeanor. An appeal to the Superior Court is provided against the suspension of an auto license. In case of arrest two times within sixty days in any calendar year for viola- tions by driving an auto while intoxicated, and racing on the public- highways without permission, the motorist shall have his license revoked and he shall remain suspended from re- ceiving another license for six months.
Counties shall receive half of the net proceeds from the licenses and the money is to be used as at present. Cities shall have the right to keep the moneys secured on fines for violations.
S. B. 814. Cogswell. To provide for the licensing of motor vehicles engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire upon the public highways in the State of California.
Introduced in blank; license fees not specified.
S. B. 893. Breed. To prescribe a formula by which alone the horsepower of any automobile or motor vehicle must be determined for purposes of registration.
Provides that horsepower may be determined by formula
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adopted by associations of licensed automobile manufacturers.
S. B. 2. Beban. Amending Section 1, Subdivision 1, and Section 5, Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an act to regulate the operation of motor vehicles on public highways, etc., ap- proved March 22, 1905, amended March 23, 1907, and adding a new subdivision thereto to be numbered Subdivision 6.
Relates to examination of chauffeurs by a board of exam- iners; no chauffeur shall be under 20 years old, and every applicant must send his photograph to the Secretary of State. Chauffeurs' licenses are raised to $5 from $2.
S. B. 792. Beban. Amending Sections 1 and 24 of an Act, approved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public high- ways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts, for motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and for- feitures imposed thereon; to provide for the disposition or registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act.
S. B. 41. Birdsall. Amending Sections 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 22, and 35 of the Motor Vehicle Act, approved May 31, 1913, re- lating to the use and operation of motor vehicles on the public highways and elsewhere.
A. B. 409/ Collins. Amending Section 5 of an Act to regu- late the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identifica- tion of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public highways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts of motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures imposed thereon; to provide for the dis-
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position of registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act, relating to the issuance of seals and number plates, and providing that same shall be made in California.
A, B. 23. Schmitt. Amending Section 7 of an Act approved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public high- ways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures im- posed thereon; to provide for the disposition of "registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal air Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act, fixing a new schedule of fees for motor vehicles.
A. B. 584. Arnerich. Amending Sections 7 and 8 of the Act, approved May 31, 1913, "Motor Vehicle Act".
Bases the tax on weight instead of horsepower, an the fol- lowing basis: Up to 2,500 the tax is $5; 2,500 to 3,500, $10; 3,500 to 4,500, $15; 4,500 to 5,500, $20, all others $25.
A. B, 2. Ashley. Amending Sections 7, 13, 23 and 35 of an Act approved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to pro- vide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for. the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to pro- hibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public highways.
Provides (Sec. 7) a new schedule of fees; requires (Sec. 13, Subd. C [new]) the display of visible lights on all vehicles other than automobiles and motorcycles, while in use upon any public highway, from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, and (Subd. D [new]) the display of visible lights during the same period on all vehicles in or upon any public highway, but not in use; requiring (Sec. 20, Subd. K)
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that in passing any railroad, interurban or street car, vehicles shall pass to the right, that due care must be exercised for the safety of persons alighting therefrom, to the extent of stopping such vehicle, if necessary, or if required to do so by ordinance or by any traffic officer; and providing (Sec. 35) for the return of all net receipts to those counties in which im- proved highways have been constructed under county bond issues and in which less than one-half (or in which none) of the State highways contemplated by the State Highway Act have been constructed.
S. B. 492. Birdsall. Adding Section 7a (new) to an Ad a.pproved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public high- ways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to and acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts lor motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and for- feitures imposed thereon; to provide for the disposition of registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act, relating to the fees to be collected for the registration of motor vehicles.
Applies particularly to motor trucks and provides for reg- istration of every motor vehicle, equipped with solid tires other than traction engines, weighing under 4,000 pounds, $5, in addition to the fees provided for the horsepower rating; for every vehicle weighing over 4,000 pounds* and less than 6,000 pounds, $10, in addition to the fees provided for horse- power rating; for every vehicle weighing over 6,000 pounds, $15, in addition to the fees for horsepower rating.
A. B. 800. Anderson. Amending Section 8 of the "Motor Vehicle Act", approved May 31, 1913, relating to transfer of ownership.
A. B. 410. Chenoweth. Requiring horsedrawn vehicles, and all other vehicles propelled by muscular power to be equipped with suitable lights to be shown between sunset and sunrise, and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act.
S. B. 714. Stuckenbruck. Regulating the use, speed, moving
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or operating of vehicles and other subjects and contrivances over and upon the highways and bridges of the State and fixing the responsibility for injury to highways and bridges thereby, prescribing the procedure for the issuance of permits relating thereto by the appropriate public officers, and fixing the penalty for the violations of the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 744. Scott, F. C. (by request). Identical with S, B. 714. Stuckenbrucfk.
S. B. 878. Luce. Regulating the use, speed, moving or oper- ating of vehicles and other objects and contrivances over and upon the highways and bridges of the State and fixing the responsibility for injury to highways and bridges thereby, pre- scribing the procedure for the issuance of permits relating thereto by the appropriate public officers, and fixing the penalty for the violation of the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 534. Sharkey. Amending Section 13 of an Acf, ap- proved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon public highways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures imposed thereon; to provide for the disposition of registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act.
S. B. 502. Benedict. Amending Section 35 of an Act ap- proved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public high- ways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or dis-* count or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this* Act,
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and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures im- posed thereon; to provide for the disposition of registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carrying out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund there- for; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in con- formity or in conflict with this Act.
S. B. 285. Carr. Amending Section 36 of an Act approved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways and elsewhere; to provide for the registration and identification of motor vehicles and for the payment of registration fees therefor; to provide for the licens- ing of persons operating motor vehicles; to prohibit certain persons from operating vehicles upon the public highways; to prohibit the possession or use of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof, and to prohibit the offer to or acceptance by certain persons of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for motor vehicles, or for work or repair done thereon; to provide penalties for violations of provisions of this Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures imposed thereon; to provide for the disposition of registration and license fees, fines and forfeitures collected hereunder; to provide for carry- ing out the objects of this Act and to make an appropriation and to create a revolving fund therefor; and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts either in conformity or in conflict with this Act, relating to disposition of fines.
A. B. 1155. Gebhart. Amending Section 36 of an Act, approved May 31, 1913, to regulate the use and operation of vehicles upon the public highways, relating to disposition of fines.
S. B. 1118. Breed. To provide for the repayment to such persons as are or may become entitled thereto of moneys by them, or their assignors, paid to the State of California in con- sequence of illegally imposed charges for the registration of motor vehicles, or paid to the State by mistake or inadver- tence in connection with the registration of such motor ve- hicles, and thereafter deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the motor vehicle fund pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 326 of California Statutes of 1913, approved May 31, 1913, and known as the "Motor Vehicle Act;" making an ap- propriation for such purpose; prescribing certain duties with respect thereto; and providing for the retention by the State of proportionate deductions from the moneys which would otherwise be apportioned to the several counties under the provisions of said Motor Vehicle Act.
A. B. 1374. Mouser. Identical with S. B. 1118. Breed.
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MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
(See Street Improvements; Public Improvements; Constitu- tional Amendments; Public Improvements; Parks and Park- ways.)
A. B. 41. Brown, H. W. Validating the organization and incorporation of municipal corporations.
S. B. 228. Anderson. Identical with A. B. 41. Brown. S. B. 1109. Flint. To validate the organization and incor- poration of municipal corporations.
S. B. 203. Kehoe. Authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by counties, cities and counties and incorporated cities and towns for public improvements and the acquisition of public utilities and regulating the procedure of acquiring the same.
A. B. 276. Brown, II. W. Authorizing any municipal cor- poration, using the word "city"' in its corporate name, to change such word to "town" and providing the procedure therefor.
S, B. 110S. Flint. Identical with A. B. 276. Brown. A. B. 400. Salisbury. Relating to municipal charters and providing for cities having freeholder charters or charters under the general laws of the State of California, to make and enforce any and all general laws or regulations in respect to municipal affairs, and to elect to proceed under such general laws in lieu of the charter provisions.
S. B. 195. Stuckenbruck. Authorizing municipal corpora- tions to permit other municipal corporations and counties to construct and maintain sewers, water mains and other con- duits, and pole lines for the transmission of electricity and electric energy in, through, over, along and across its streets and public places, and to construct and maintain sewers, water mains and other conduits and pole lines for the trans- mission of electricity and electric energy for their joint benefit and at their joint expense, through, over, along and across such streets and public places, and to make and enter into contracts for such purposes, prescribing a method for com- pelling such use of such streets and public places, and repeal- ing an Act, approved March 22, 1909, authorizing municipal corporations to permit other municipal corporations to con- struct and maintain sewers, water mains, and other conduits therein, also to construct and maintain sewers, water mains, and other conduits for their joint benefit, and at their joint expense, and to make and enter into contracts for said pur- poses.
S. B. 123. Carr. Amending Section 4 of an Act approved March 22, 1909, authorizing municipal corporations to permit other municipal corporations to construct and maintain sewers, water mains, and other conduits therein; also to construct and maintain sewers, water mains, and other conduits for
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their joint benefit, and at their joint expense, and to make and enter into contracts for said purposes, as amended, so as to authorize the use of highways for the construction and maintenance of sewers.
S. B. 517. Crowley. Granting municipal corporations of the State of California the right to construct, operate and maintain water and gas pipes, mains or conduits, electric light and electric power lines, and telephone and telegraph lines, along or upon any road, street, alley, avenue or highway, or across any railway, canal, ditch or flume, and repealing an Act ap- proved April 10, 1911. for the same purpose.
A. B. 662. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 517. Crowley. S. B. 564. Benedict. Authorizing any municipality to incur indebtedness by the issuance and sale of bonds for the pur- pose of investing the proceeds arising from the sale thereof in other bonds, evidences of debt or liens issued for public improvements in said municipality.
A. B. 1.20. Fish. Identical with S. B. 564. Benedict. S. B. 565. Benedict. Empowering municipal corporations to secure and enforce payment of rates and charges for water, gas or electricity furnished by them.
A. B. 915. Benton. To regulate the making of monthly reports of itemized receipts and expenditures of public moneys of incorporated cities in the State of California and to provide for their publication.
A. B. 924. Manning. Authorizing any municipality in this State to designate residence districts in such municipality wheren only buildings for residences may be erected and maintained, and to prohibit the creation and maintenance of hotels, stores, factories, warehouses, undertaking or embalm- ing establishments, dry-cleaning plants, public garages, stables, tenement houses or apartment houses in such designated resi- dence districts.
S. B. 928. Carr. Identical with A. B. 924. Manning. A. B. 1125. Wills. To authorize municipal corporations of the sixth class to abandon parks and sell and convey the land embraced therein, and reinvest the proceeds from the sale thereof.
A. B. 637. Burke. Amending Section 2 of an Act authoriz- ing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns, and mu- nicipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regulat- ing the acquisition, construction or completion thereof, which became a law under constitutional provision without Gov- ernor's approval February 25th, 1909, as amended.
A. B. 189. Manning. Amending Section 2 of an Act author- izing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns, and mu- nicipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regulat- ing the acquisition,- construction or completion- thereof, "which
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became a law under the constitutional provisions without the Governor's approval February 25, 1901, as subsequently amended, relating to the proceedings for the calling of an election therefor.
A. B. 1219. Fish. Amending Sections 2 and 3 of an Act authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns and municipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regu- lating the acquisition, construction or completion thereof; which became a law under the constitutional provision without the Governor's approval, February 25, 1901, as subsequently amended, relating to the proceedings for the calling of an election therefor and by adding a new section thereto to be numbered Section 12%, relating to the consolidation of elections.
S. B. 1026. Benedict. Amending Sections 5. 7, 10, 11 and 14 of an Act, approved June 11, 1913, to provide for the con- solidation of municipal corporations, and by adding a new section thereto, to be numbered Section 13%, relating to cer- tain non-contiguous municipal corporations.
A. B. 1247. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 1026. Benedict.
8. B. 1057. Breed. Amending Section 4 of an Act authoriz- ing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns and munlc ipal corporations for municipal improvements and regulating the acquisition, construction or completion thereof, which became a law under constitutional provision without the Gov- ernor's approval February 15, 1901.
Excludes from 15 per cent debt limit indebtedness incurred in purchase or original construction of public works for sup- plying inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transporta- tion, telephone service or other means of communication.
S. B. 1058. Breed. Amending Section 5 of an Act approved March 19, 1889, authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns and municipal corporations, incorporated under the laws of this State, for the construction of waterworks, sewers, and all necessary public improvements, or for any pur* pose whatever, and to repeal the Act approved March 9, 1885, entitled "An Act to authorize municipal corporations of the fifth class, containing more than 3000 and less than 10,000 in- habitants, to obtain waterworks," also to repeal an Act ap- proved March 15, 1887, entitled "An Act authorizing the in- curring of indebtedness by cities, towns and municipal cor- porations, incorporated under the laws of this State."
Excludes from 15 per cent debt limit indebtedness incurred in purchase or original construction of public works for sup- plying inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transporta- tion, telephone service or other means of communication.
S. B. 1170. Butler. Amending Sections 2 and 3 of an Act authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns and municipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regu-
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la ting the acquisition, construction &r completion thereof; which became a law under the constitutional provision with- out the Governor's approval, February 25, 1901, as subse- quently amended, relating to the proceedings for the calling of an election therefor and by adding a new section thereto to be numbered Section 12%, relating to the consolidation of elections.
B. B. 1150. Jones. Amending Section 3 of an Act approved March 26, 1895, to provide for the disincorporation of munic- ipal corporations of the sixth class, by providing for the taking over and administering by counties of certain functions, powers and property previously administered by municipalities that have disincorporated.
S. B. irjS. Benedict. Authorizing municipal corporations operating woiks for distributing and supplying water, gas or electricity to their inhabitants to provide for levying a-rrd col- lecting an annual assessment against property abutting on such works and -which is or may be served therefrom, for the purpose of operating, maintaining and improving such works. A. B. 1283. McDonald, J. J. (by request). Authorizing mu- nicipalities to declare noxious or dangerous weeds growing upon the streets or sidewalks, or upon private property within municipalities, to be a public nuisance, creating a lien upon the property fronting upon such streets or sidewalks or upon which such nuisance exists for the cost of abating the same. S. B. 1188. Thompson. Identical with A. B. 1283. McDonald. S. B. 908. Benedict. Authorizing any city, city and county, county, town, municipality or other political subdivision to acquire certain liens on property offered for sale for the non- payment of certain assessments.
A. B. 1455. McKnight and Spengler. Authorizing any city, city and county, county, town, municipality or other political subdivision to acquire certain liens or property offered for sale for the non-payment of certain assessments.
A. B. 445. Anderson. Amending Section 1 of an Act ap- proved February 23, 1907, relating to senior rights of members of paid police departments of counties, cities and counties, cities or towns.
A. B. 825. '• Chamberlin. To regulate the salaries of certain officers in the police departments within municipalities of the first and second class in the State of California.
Fixes salary of captains of police at $2400 per annum each; lieutenants, $1920; sergeants, $1680; patrolmen, $1464; patrol- men assigned to detective service, $1740.
A/^B. 458. Manning (by request). To provide for the estab- lishment, government, and maintenance of city planning com- missions within municipalities, and prescribing their powers and duties.
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When one-fourth of the electors request by petition the creation of a city planning commission, the legislative body of any incorporated city or town must create one, consisting of five members, to be appointed by the Mayor, one of whom shall be a member of the legislative body, the City Attorney and City Engineer to be members ex-officio; non-residents shall be eligible to appointment. City planning commissions shall have. -power to provide for regulating the future growth, development and beautification of the municipality, and to provide plans and make recommendations therefor, and to approve or disapprove of maps, plats or subdivisions of lands laid out in building lots.
S. B. 610. Carr. Identical with A. B. 458. Manning. , , S. B. 813. Finn. To carry into effect the provisions of sub- divisions 6 and 7 of. Section Sy2 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California as the said section of said article was amended on the third day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; and also to provide for the alteration of the boundaries of and for the annexation of territory to consolidated cities and counties, for the incor- poration of. such annexed territory in and as a part thereof, and.for the government of such annexed territory as an integ- ral part of such cities and counties. A. B. 920. Ryan. Identical with S. B. 813. Finn. S. B. 1169. Butler. Enabling any city or town maintaining a free public swimming bath to take water therefor from a public utility water ditch, and after such use to return the . water to the ditch, provided the latter is not used for do- mestic or municipal purposes.
A. B. 1388. Chenoweth (by request). Identical with S. B. 1169. Butler.
A. B. 1267. Encell. To regulate the building and occupancy of dwelling houses in incorporated and unincorporated towns, cities, cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the .violation thereof.
S-.: B. 1138; Anderson. Identical with A. B. 1267. Encell. S, B. 1025. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 5, 6, 7 and. 11, approved June 11, 1913, to provide for the alteration of the boundaries of and for the annexation of territory to municipal corporations, for the incorporation of such annexed territory in and as a part thereof, and for the districting, government and municipal control of such annexed territory.
A.:B. 1246. McKnight. Identical with S. B. 1015. Benedict, A. B. 803. Encell. Adding Section iy2 (new) to an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the alteration of the boundar- ies of, and for the annexation of, territory to incorporated towns and cities, -and for the incorporation of such annexed territory in and as a part of such municipality, and- for the
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districting, government and municipal control of annexed ter- ritory", etc., relating to the levying of taxes for other than school purposes.
S. B. 607. Carr. Adding Section 10% (new) to an Act authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns, and municipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regulating the acquisition, construction, or completion thereof, which became a law under constitutional provision without Governor's approval, February 25, 1901, relating to establishing the validity of municipal bonds.
S. B. 618. Anderson. Amending Section 2 of an Act author- izing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns and mu- nicipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regulat- ing the acquisition, construction or completion thereof, which became a law under constitutional provision without Gover- nor's approval February 25, 1909, as amended: . S. B. 391. ; Lyon. . Providing. for a two-platoon system in the fire .departments of cities having paid fire departments.- A. B. 816. Phillips. Identical with S. B. 391. Lyon. A. B. 981. Marron. Providing for a two-platoon system in the fire departments of cities having paid fire departments.;
A. B. .1108. Marron. Relating to the qualifications of mem- bers of paid fire departments of cities or cities and counties. Provides that every regular or permanent member of a regu- larly organized paid fire department shall be not less than 5 feet 6 inches in height and weigh not less than 135 pounds.
S. B. 635. Purkitt. Amending Section 3 of an Act, approved March 4, 1881, as amended March 6, 1889, and April 21, 1909, to allow unincorporated towns and villages to equip and main- tain a fire department, and to assess and collect taxes from time to time for such purpose, and to create a board of fire commissioners.
A. B. 552. Scott. L. D. Amending an act, approved March 4, 1881; amended March 6, 1889, to amend an Act to allow unincorporated towns and villages to equip and maintain a fire department, and to assess and' collect taxes from time to time for such purpose, and to create a board of fire com- missioners.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT.
• A. B. 913. Canepa. Adding Section 56a (new) to an Act, approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, in- corporation and. government of municipal corporations, relating to : night schools for aliens.
A. Br 1369. Meek. Amending Sections 7.51 and 752b of .an Act, approved March 13, ;1883, as amended February 28yrl901, and April lOj 1911, to provide for the organization, incorpora- tion, and government of municipal corporations.
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B. B. 1023. Anderson, Amending- Section 752 of an Act, approved March 13, 1S83, to provide for the organization, in- corporation and government of municipal corporations, re- lating to the election and term of office of officers of cities of the fifth class.
A. B. 390. Godsil. Amending Sections 752 and 852, and re- pealing Sections 752b and 852b of an Act approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, incorporation and gov- ernment of municipal corporations.
S. B. 6Q6. Cair. Identical with A. B. 390. Godsil.
8. B. 1136. Anderson. Amending Section 764 of an Act ap- proved March 13, 1883, and as amended March 23, 1901, and March 3, 1905, to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal corporations, relating to the powers of boards of trustees of cities of the fifth class.
A. B. 582. McPherson. Amending Section 765 of an Act, approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, in- corporation and government of municipal corporations, relating to the enacting clause of ordinances.
S. B. 685. Mott. Identical with A. B. 582. McPherson.
A. B. 1145. Edwards, R. G. Amending Section 777 of the Municipal Corporations Act, relating to contracting for public work in cities of the fifth class.
S. B. 1148. Mott. Amending Section 777 of an Act approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal corporations, relating to con- tracting for public work in cities of the fifth class.
S. B. 979. Duncan. Amending Section 789 of an Act ap- proved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, incor- poration and government of municipal corporations, relative to the duties of city attorney in cities of the fifth class.
A. B. 1260. Rutherford. Amending Sections 806, 807 and 808 of an Act, approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organi- zation, incorporation and government of municipal corporations, relating to recorders' courts in cities of the fifth class.
S. B. 77. King. Amending Sections 851 and 852 of the Municipal Corporations Act, relating to officers of a munic- ipality.
A. B. 1186. Phelps. Amending Section 852 of an Act ap- proved March 13, 1883, providing for organization, incorpora- tion and government of municipal corporations,
S. B. 110. Luce. Amending Subdivision 9 of Section 862 of an Act approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organiza- tion, incorporation and government of municipal corporations, relative to collection of property tax.
- S. B. 619. Anderson. Amending Section 862 of an Act, ap- proved March 18, 1883, as amended, to provide for the organ!-
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zation, incorporation and government of municipal corpora- tions, relating to power and duties of boards of trustees.
A. B. 638. Burke. Amending Section 862 of an Act ap- proved March 13, 1883, as amended, to provide for the organ- ization, incorporation and government of municipal corpora- tions.
S. B. 956. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 638. Burke.
A. B. 1207. Wright, T. M. Amending Section 862 of an Act approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal corporations, and all amendments thereto.
A. B. 583. McPherson. Amending Section 863 of an Act to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal corporations.
S. B. 686. Mott. Identical with A. B. 583. McPherson.
A. B. 459. Manning (by request). Amending Section 875 of an Act approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organiza- tion, incorporation, and government of municipal corporations, as subsequently amended relating to the powers of the presi- dent and presidents pro tern, of the boards of trustees of cities of the sixth class.
S. B. 606. Carr. Identical with A. B. 459. Manning.
A. B. 389. Godsil. Amending Section 882 of an Act approved March 13, 1S83, to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal corporations.
A. B. 1344. Rutherford. Amending Sections 882, 883 and 884 of an Act, approved March 13, 1883, to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal cor- porations, relating to recorders' courts.
A. B. 1474. Rutherford. Amending Sections 882, 883 and 884 of an Act approved March 13, 1883. to provide for the organization, incorporation and government of municipal cor- porations, relating to recorder's courts.
NATIONAL GUARD.
(See also Political Code; Appropriations.) S. B. 267. Scott. Amending an Act approved March 9, 1911, authorizing the Governor of the State of California to issue licenses to bodies of men to organize, drill, and bear arms as military companies or organizations, and providing for their control, by adding thereto two new sections to be numbered Sections 2 and 3, providing for an allowance of $50 per month for armory rent and proper and necessary incidental expenses, and providing for such companies' means of target practice.
S. B. 865. Scott. Amending Sections 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of an Act approved April 5, 1911, to provide for the organization, control and equipment of high school cadet companies, and for the promotion of rifle
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practice therein, and appropriating the sum of $5000 therefor. A. B. 1030. Edwards. Identical with S. B. 865. Scott.
NURSES AND NURSING.
S. B. 202. Benson. Authorizing county boards of super- visors to employ visiting nurses.
A. B. 408. Avey. Identical with S. B. 202. Benson.
S. B. 821. Benedict. Amending Sections 2 and 3 of an Act approved June 12, 1913, to promote the better education of nurses and the better care of the sick in the State of Califor- nia, to provide for and regulate the examination and regis- tration of graduate nurses, and to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration as registered nurses to qualified applicants by the State Board of Health, and to repeal an Act approved March 20, 1905, to promote the better education of the practice of nursing the sick in the State of California, to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration as a ■registered nurse to qualified applicants of the Board of Regents of the University of California, and to provide pen- alties for violation thereof, relating to examinations.
A. B. 932. Mouser. Identical with S. B. 821. Benedict.
S. B. 895. Birdsall. Amending an Act approved June 12, 1913, to promote The better education of nurses and the better care of the sick in the State of California, to provide for and regulate the examination and registration of graduate nurses, and to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration as registered nurses to qualified applicants by the State Board of Health, and to repeal an Act approved March 20, 1905, to promote the better education of the practice of nursing the sick in the State of California, to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration as a registered nurse to qualified applicants of the Board of Regents of the University of Cali- fornia, and to provide penalties for violation thereof, by add- ing a new section to be known as Section 12, limiting the hours of employment Of female pupil or student nurses in hospitals, prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, and providing for the enforcement of the restrictions imposed.
Provides that in last year of course female student nurses, when assigned as special nurses for cure of sick, may work for periods not aggregating more than three months free from restrictions.
A. B. 1111. Manning. Identical with S. B. 895. Birdsall.
OFFICERS, PUBLIC.
A. B. 383. Widenmann (by request). Providing an alterna- tive system for the nomination and election of officers of cities of the- fifth and sixth class and: providing for - the ' preferential system -of voting at such elections. "•'-•. - .' * " ' -""•= "-'
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OIL AND GAS.
S. B. 1103. Chandler. To prevent injury to oil, gas or petroleum bearing strata or formations by the penetration or infiltration of water therein, providing penalties for the vio- lation thereof, and repealing an Act approved March 20, 1909, to prevent injury to oil, gas or petroleum bearing strata or formations by the penetration or infiltration of water therein.
S. B. 1104. Chandler. An Act to provide for the organiza- tion and government of districts for the protection of lands within this State producing or containing oil or gas from in- jury or damage from the infiltration or intrusion of water into the oil or gas-bearing strata in said lands.
S. B. 1146. Chandler. Requiring retail dealers in oils and in gasoline and other inflammable fluids to display conspicu- ously placards showing the quality and price thereof; provid- ing for tests of such fluids, and prescribing penalties for violation of the provisions hereof.
ORPHANS AND INDIGENT PERSONS.
(See also Children.)
A. B. 379. Kennedy. Concerning the custody, maintenance and support of indigent, dependent and poor persons, orphans, and half-orphans, and for the education of such persons and other worthy persons, under twenty-one years of age; au- thorizing and empowering the maintenance of funds therefor in the county and State treasuries, to be derived from taxation and private benefaction to be known as a "Children's Relief Fund" and as a "Scholarship Fund," making appropriations for a campaign to secure private benefactions, and for the disposition of "transfer and collateral inheritence taxes" there- for, authorizing gifts, bequests and devises therefor without limitation, in trust or otherwise, and defining the powers and duties of the Superior Court and board of supervisors in re- lation to such persons and such funds.
A. B. 815. Wishard. Concerning the custody, maintenance And support of indigent, dependent and poor persons, orphans and half orphans, and for the education of such persons and other worthy persons, under twenty-one years of age; fixing the responsibility of parents and relatives, stepfathers and fathers of illegitimate persons therefor, etc.
A. B. 787. Brown, H. W. Requiring relatives to support dependent poor persons who are unable to earn a livelihood in consequence of any bodily or mental infirmity, or other unavoidable cause.
Boards of Supervisors are empowered to order the support of such persons by relatives, it is provided that children shall first be called upon to support 'their parents if the latter are in need. If ' the person or persons requiring' aid have no
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children who are capable of assisting them, then the parents of such persons shall be required to give the necessary sup- port. If this is impossible, the brothers or sisters of the object of charity are made liable, and as a last resort the grandchildren of the persons in question must take care of them. In the event that a person is a pauper as a result of intemperance or criminal tendencies, the act provides that only the parents or the children of such a person will be required to support them.
PARKS AND PARKWAYS,
A. B. 694. Quinn. Authorizing counties to acquire, estab- lish and maintain public parks, and to incur indebtedness for such purposes or improvements.
B, B. 205. Kehoe. Providing for the establishment of State parks in the counties of California, providing for the issuance of county and of State bonds in aid of the establishment of such parks, and submission of such bond issues to a vote, providing a method of acquiring such parks with or without condemnation proceedings, and providing for the government of such parks.
S. B. 125. Thompson. Providing for the planting, improv- ing, care and maintenance of parkings and parkways in the public streets, boulevards and highways of incorporated cities.
A. B. 143. Wright. Identical with S. B. 125. Thompson.
A. B. 1073. Encell. To provide for the acquisition by municipalities of land for public park, public play ground or public library purposes by condemnation, and for the estab- lishment of assessment districts and the assessment of prop- erty therein to pay the expenses of acquiring such land .
PAROLE AND PARDON.
S. B. 55. Finn. Providing for the discharge and restora- tion of citizenship of paroled prisoners from State prisons.
S. B. 961. Thompson. Creating an Advisory Pardon Board; defining and prescribing the powers and duties thereof; and making an appropriation therefor.
Provides that all applications for pardons shall be submitted to the Advisory Pardon Board, to consist of the Lieutenant- Governor, Attorney- General and the wardens of the two State Prisons. This board shall meet at the State Capitol at least once every two months and at such other times as may be necessary. Upon request of the Governor the board shall in- vestigate and report on all applications for reprieves, pardons and commutations and shall -make such recommendations to the Governor as may seem advisable, and to that end may examine all evidence and records and call and examine wit- nesses. An appropriation of $5000 is provided.
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A. B. 121§. Fish. Amending an Act, approved June 16, 1913, to establish a Board of Parole Commissioners for the parole of and government of paroled prisoners, and repealing an Act to amend an Act, approved March 23, 1893, to establish a Board of Parole Commissioners for the parole of and govern- ment of paroled prisoners, by adding thereto Section IV2. relat- ing to the granting of paroles and the forfeiture of credits for the violation thereof or of a law of the State or any rule or regulation of the prison, of the Board of Prison Directors or Of the Board of Parole Commissioners.
S. B. 1059. Gerdes. identical with A. B. 1218. Pish.
PAWNBROKERS.
(See Brokers.)
PENSIONS.
A. B. 96. Bruck. Creating a board of retirement to keep, invest, maintain, and control a certain fund for the payment of benefits and annuities to the officers and employees of the Napa State Hospital, Stockton State Hospital, Agnews State Hospital, Mendocino State Hospital, Southern California State Hospital, and the Sonoma State Home; providing for the creation of said fund, investments thereof, the payments to be made therefrom, and for the general government of said board of retirement.
S. B. 239. Rush. Identical with A. B. 96. Bruck.
A. B. 1166. Edwards, L. Similar to A. B. 96, Bruck, and S. B. 239, Rush.
S. B. 212. Maddux. Amending Section 13 of an Act, ap- proved June 16, 1913, providing for the payment of retirement salaries to public school teachers of this State; creating a public school teachers' retirement salary fund, and also a public school teachers' permanent fund, providing for the administra- tion Of such funds, and making an appropriation for the uses of said funds, prescribing what teachers are entitled to retire- ment salaries.
S. B. 4?0. Breed. Amending Section 15 of an Act approved June 16, 1913, to provide for the payment of retirement salaries to the public school teachers of this State; creating a public school teachers' retirement salary fund, and also a public school teachers' permanent fund, providing for the administra- tion of such funds, and making an appropriation for the uses of said funds.
Makes service as teacher, with or Without certificate in State Normal School or California School for Deaf and Blind equiva- lent to service under legal certificate in a day or evening school and time of such Service shall be reckoned in deter- mining right to retirement salaries under provisions of Sections 13 and 14 of this Act.
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A. B. 421). Rominger. Identical with S. B, 470. Breed.
A. B. 364. Sisson. Amending Section 16 of an Act approved June 16, 1913, to provide for the payment of retirement salaries to public school teachers of this State; creating a public school teachers' retirement salary fund, and also a public school teachers' permanent fund, providing for the administra- tion of such funds, and making an appropriation for the uses of said funds.
Adds provision that time of service for purpose of this Act if a teacher has taught some part of each of thirty school years and the aggregate number of months taught, number 30 years, is equivalent to an average of the number of months fixed as minimum for full years teaching by board, such teacher shall be adjudged to have taught required time within meaning of Act.
A. B. 472. Wright. Identical with iS. B. 470. Breed.
A. B. 739. Kerr. Amending Section 17 and 18 of an Act ap- proved June 13, 1913, to provide for the payment of retire- ment salaries to public school teachers of this State; creating a public school teachers' retirement salary fund, and also a public school teachers' permanent fund, providing for the administration of such funds, and making an appropriation for the uses of said funds, by including all teachers employed in the Preston School of Industry, the Whittier State School and the California School for Girls, who on or before Janu- ary 1, 1916, sign the notification provided for.
A. B. 627. Rlgdon. Adding Section 21a (new) to an Act approved June 16, 1913, to provide for the payment of ^retire- ment salaries to public school teachers of this State, creating a public school teachers' retirement salary fund, and also a public school teachers', permanent fund, providing for the- ad- ministration'of such' funds, and "making an appropriation for the use of said fund, making said Act applicable to teachers of the California Polytechnic School.
A. B. 805. Encell. Providing for resignation and retirement with half pay, after thirty years of service, of justices of the Supreme Court, and District Court of Appeal, and judges of the Superior Court.
A. B. 1483. Byrnes. Creating a fund for the payment of dis- ability benefits and annuities for disabled professional ball players, and establishing a board of retirement for the admin- istration of said fund.
Provides for the appointment by the Governor of a board of three members, to serve without pay, and to be known as the "State Retirement Board". Any professional baseball player who has played for fifteen years or more in the Coast League and for. at least ten consecutive years with one club-, of the league, and who has been disabled in the practice of his pro-
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fessipn shall, so long as such disability lasts,, be paid monthly from the fund of the retirement board a sum amounting to . 50 per cent of his salary, but not to exceed $100 a month. This pension is to be paid from a "disability benefit and an- nuity fund" to be created by gifts and bequests.
PHARMACY.
S. B. 827. Campbell. Amending Section 13 of an Act ap- proved March 20, 1905, to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State of California, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof; and for the appointment of a board to be known as the California State Board of Pharmacy.
S. B. 708. Shearer (by request). Amending Section 16 of an Act, approved March 20, 1905, and amended March 21, 1907, and April 21, 1909, to regulate the practice of pharmacy' in the State of California, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof; and for the appointment of a board to be known as tire California State Board of Pharmacy.
A. B. 632." Chamberlin. Amending Section 16 of an Act approved' March ' 20, 1905, and amended March 21, 1907, and April 21, 1909, to 'regulate the practice of phar- macy in the State of California, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof; and for the appointment of a board to be known as the California State Board of Pharmacy, relat- ing to drugs, chemicals, medicines and remedies that may be sold by grocers and dealers generally without restrictions, and without fee, permit or license.
S. B. 834. Conn. Identical with A. B. 632. Chamberlin.
A. B. 770. Encell. Amending Section 16 of an A.ct, ap- proved March 20, 1905, and amended March 21, 1907, and April 21, 1909, to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the Statte of California, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof; and for the appointment of a board to be known as the California State Board of Pharmacy.:
POISONS.
S. B. 145. Scott. Amending Section 7 of an Act to regulate the sale and use of poisons in the State of California, and pro- viding a penalty for the violation thereof, approved March 6, 1907, as the title of said Act and said Act were amended March 19, 1909, and as said Act was amended April 25, 1911, and as said Act was amended June 11, 1913, relating to pen- alties.
>A. B. 589. Lyon. Amending Section 7 of an Act , -approved March 6, 1907, amended March 19, 1909, amended April 25, 1911, amended June 11, 1913, to regulate the sale and use of poisons in the State of California, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof, relating to penalties.
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S. B. "112u. Crowley. Amending Sections 7, -8, 8a, Sb, 8d and 9 of an Act approved March 6, 1907; approved March 19, 1909; approved April 25, 1911; approved June 11, 1913, to regu- late the sale and use of poisons in the State of California and providing- a penalty for the violation thereof.
A. B. 899. Gebhart. Amending Sections 8 and 8a of an Act, approved March 6, 1907, as the title of said Act and said Act was amended April 25, 1911, as amended June 11, 1913, to regulate the sale and use of poisons in the State of California, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof.
PRISON-S AND PRISONERS.
(See alsu Parole and Pardon.)
S. B. <oSu. Finn. Authorizing the State Board of Prison Direc- tors to fix the price, terms and conditions of sale at "Which jute bags should be sold for the State, providing for the prosecu- tion and punishment for offenses under the same, and repeal- ing an Act, approved June 16, 1913, fixing the price, terms and conditions of sale at ^which jute goods shall be sold by the State, and providing for prosecution and punishment for of- fenses under the same, and all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith.
A. B. 723. Chenoweth. Identical with S. B. 680, Finn.
S. B. 860. Brown. Authorizing the State Board of Prison Directors to make and enforce rules and regulations to estab- lish and maintain an earning system to apply to the inmates of State prisons engaged in productive activity, and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 599. Wright. Appropriating money to continue in effect an Act approved June 14, 1913, to authorize the State Board Of Prison Directors to provide for assisting paroled and discharged prisoners and to secure employment for the same and "making an appropriation for that purpose.
A. B. 1342. Canepa. Prohibiting the photographing or mak- ing of likenesses of any person arrested for the commission of a crime until such person has been convicted of crime -charged, and declaring violation a misdemeanor.
PROTECTION DISTRICTS.
• S. B. 499. Benedict. To provid-e for the formation, organ- ization and government of protection districts in the various counties of this State, for the improvement and rectification of the channels of innavigable streams and water courses, canyons, washes and swales, for the purpose of saving and conserving any storm water, flood water or snow "water "for beneficial and useful purposes, for the prevention of the over- flow thereof by widening, deeping and straightening and otherwise improving the said channels, and by constructing
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new channels, for the condemnation of property therefor, and for the construction of the necessary works for the protection against, and conservation of said storm, flood or snow waters by said district, and for the issuance of bonds representing the costs and expenses thereof, and for levying assessments to pay the interest and principal of such bonds, and for levying an assessment to extend, repair or maintain such work.
Bi B. 251. Stuckenbruck. Providing the manner in which protection districts may be dissolved.
.Majority of holders of title to real property in district may join in petition for dissolution; board of supervisors to fix time for hearing, not less than ten nor more than thirty days after receipt of petition, and shall publish notice by one pub- lication in newspaper at least five days before date of hearing. At time appointed supervisors shall hear and grant such peti- tion if signed by majority in number of holders of title to property, and shall by ordinance or resolution order such dis- trict dissolved. If there be any bonded or other indebtedness outstanding at time of dissolution taxes for payment thereof shall be levied and collected as though district not dissolved.
S. B. 729. Chandler. Providing for the formation and con- duct of oil protection districts, qualification of voters, election of trustees, their powers and duties, establishment of office, levying tax, disposition of funds, and specifying duties of land or well owners and further providing for dissolution of districts.
PRODUCE EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
S. B. 989. Maddux. To provide for the organization of the State Produce Exchange Commission, to define its powers and duties and the rights and privileges of producers of agricul- tural, horticultural, dairy and farm products, and products manufactured or processed therefrom, which shall be grown, raised, produced, processed, or manufactured within the State of California, and to provide a penalty for the offense of using or imitating the State brand or label adopted by such commis- sion, and appropriating money for establishing and carrying out the provisions of this Act, creating the "State Produce Exchange Fund", and providing for the manner in which money shall be placed therein and paid therefrom, and appro- priating the moneys therein to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to provide that subsequent legislation by the Legis- lature may be enacted to facilitate the operation of this Act, but without limiting or restricting its provisions, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
Provides for handling of horticultural, dairy and farm pro- ducts and manufactures by the State. Offices are to be estab-
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lished in San Francisco and Los Angeles and distributing stations throughout the State. Five commissioners are to govern the exchange, at salaries of $6000 a year, with an attorney at $4000 and a secretary at $3600. It is planned to make the exchange self-supporting.
A. B. 818. Spengler. To provide for the organization of the State Produce Exchange Commission, to define its powers and duties and the rights and privileges of producers of agri- cultural, horticultural, dairy and farm products, and products manufactured or processed therefrom, which shall be grown, raised, produced, processed, or manufactured; and to pro- vide a penalty for the offense of using or imitating the State brand or label adopted by such commission, and appropriating money for establishing and carrying out the provisions of this Act, creating the "State Produce Exchange Fund", and providing for the manner in which money shall be placed therein and paid therefrom, and appropriating the moneys therein to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
S. B. 234. Jones. Repealing an Act, approved April 1, 1872, relating to the erection of public buildings* and structures.
S. B. 711. Cogswell. Repealing an Act, approved April 1, 1872, to regulate the erection of public buildings and structures.
A. B. 1226. Fish. Repealing an Act, approved April 1, 1872, to regulate the erection of public buildings and structures.
PUBLIC DEFENDER.
(See Defender, Public; Legal Aid.)
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
(See also Hospitals and Nurses; Cattle and Livestock.) S. B. 10. Flaherty. To protect the health of persons em- ployed in handling Portland cement, by requiring such cement to be packed in paper sacks or other dust-proof containers, and empowering the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prevent the loading or unloading of same from vessels or cars; makes it a misdemeanor to violate this act or the order of the Commissioner, the punishment being a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200 or by imprison- ment not more than 60 days or both; in the case of corpora- tions, imprisonment shall be inflicted upon the officers order- ing or permitting the violation. A. B. 14. McDonald. Identical with S. B. 10. Flaherty. " ' A. B. "4. Canepa." Relative to 'the furnishing of drinking
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water and individual drinking cups on passenger trains of railroad corporations, and providing penalties therefor.
Requires furnishing of drinking water and individual cups free to passengers on cars or trains running 20 miles or more. Violation punishable by fine of not less than $25 for each trip made by car transporting passengers and not provided with water and cups. (A. B. 418. Canepa. "Pending Legislation, 1913," p. 446.)
S. B. 409. Gerdes. To regulate bakeries; to provide for in- spection, regulation and control thereof by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and prohibiting the opera- tion of bakeries without sanitary certificates as herein pro- vided.
A. B. 535. Collins. Identical with S. B. 409. Gerdes.
S. B. 410. Crowley. Defining mattresses; regulating the making, remaking, and sale thereof; prohibiting the use of unsanitary and unhealthy materials therein; requiring that materials used shall be accurately described, and the percent- age of materials used in each mattress stated, and prescribing the manner in which mattresses shall be labelled; and making the violation of any of the provisions of thi«« Act a misdemeanor, and repealing legislation inconsistent with this Act.
A. B. 526. Godsil. Identical with S. B. 410. Crowley.
S. B. 403. Beban. Requiring employers of labor to furnish, without charge, pure drinking water to their employees during working hours, to which access shall be permitted at reason- able and convenient times and places; violation a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $25 or more than $100, or by imprisonment not more than 30 days, or both.
A. B. 524. McDonald, J. J. Identical with S. B. 403. Beban.
A. B. 47. Schmitt. Amending Sections 3 and 5 of an Act, approved March 6, 1909, providing for the sanitation of food-producing establishments, places where food is stored, prepared, kept or manufactured and in which food is dis- tributed; regulating the health of persons by whom the material from which food is prepared or the finished product is handled ; providing for the inspection of such places, per- sons and things.
A. B. 431. Chamberlin. Repealing an Act approved April 25, 1913, regulating the cleaning, laundering, sale, offering for sale, and furnishing for use to employees, of wiping rags; authorizing counties, cities and counties, cities and towns, to enact ordinances prohibiting the cleaning, laundering, steriliz- ing and sale of wiping rags without a permit, and to issue and revoke permits to clean, launder, and sell wiping rags within their respective jurisdictions; authorizing peace and health officers to make inspections of wiping rags, and making viola- tions of this Act a misdemeanor.
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A. B. 540. Prendergast. Providing a minimum standard of sanitation for all labor camps, making an appropriation to carry out the provisions hereof, and repealing Acts incon- sistent herewith.
S. B. 903. Benedict. Identical with A. B. 540. Prendergast.
A. B. 564. Godsil (by request). Relating to public health and safety and providing for the regulation and inspection of hotels and public lodging houses, empowering the State Board of Health to make rules and regulations in relation thereto and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
Defines "hotel" as any building or structure kept, used, maintained or advertised as a place where sleeping accommo- dations are furnished for pay to transient guests whether with or without meals; requires every hotel more than two stories high to have a hall on each floor extending from outer wall to outer wall with an opening at each end connecting with an iron fire escape on the outside of the building, marked with a red light to be kept burning all night; and an auto- matic gong located near the center of the building on each floor, operated from the office or ground floor. In all hotels of fifty or more rooms a watchman shall be employed from 9 p. m. to 6 a. m., who shall patrol the building every hour; specifies the method of erecting fire escapes; there shall be at least one efficient chemical fire extinguisher on each floor for 1500 square feet, or less, of floor area; in lieu thereof hotels in cities shall be equipped with a not less than two- inch stand pipe with two-inch hose connection on each floor writh sufficient two-inch hose to throw water into every room; requires all elevator shafts to be enclosed sheathing, with tight, automatic doors at each floor. Proper sanitary plumbing shall be installed; guests shall be supplied with clean sheets of sufficient width and length to reach the entire width and length of the bed, writh the uppor sheet to be not less than 90 inches long; clean pillow slips and clean individual towels shall also be supplied; all parts of hotels shall be kept clean and all sleeping places shall be disinfected once every three months; a public wash room shall be maintained with suf- ficient clean towels in sight at all times for use of guests; all places where food is prepared, kept or served shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition.
State Board of Health authorized to make rules and regu- lations necessary to make Act effective; chief food and drug inspector and his assistants, the county health officer, the city health officer and the fire marshal of each city constituted hotel inspectors; any person in charge of a hotel who violates this Act and any person hindering, inspectors in discharge of their duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100.
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A. R 597. Wright. To prevent the introduction, and pro- vide for the investigation and suppression of contagious or infectious diseases, and appropriating $50,000 to be used for such purposes.
S. B. 796. Campbell. Amending Sections 1 and 2 of an Act, approved June 13, 1913, relating to cold storage, the regulation of refrigerating warehouses^ the disposition or sale of food kept or preserved therein, and defining the duties of the State Board of Health in relation thereto, both relating to cold storage.
A. B. 846. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 796. Campbell.
A. B. 988. Gebhart. To provide for th_e establishment and maintenance of a department of sanitary engineering under the directions of the State Board of Health and appropriating $30,000 therefor.
S. B. 999. Scott. To regulate the retinting and repapering of any house or building, or portion thereof, which is occupied by human beings, or intended or designed for human habita- tion; allowing health and peace officers to make inspection of such buildings, and making violations of this Act a mis- demeanor.
Requires all old tint or paper to be removed from walls.
S. B. 616. Gerties. Amending Sections 3 and 5 of an Act, approved March 6, 1909, providing for the sanitation of food- producing establishments, places where food is stored, prepared, kept or manufactured and in which food is distributed; regu- lating the health of persons by whom the materials from which food is prepared or the finished product is handled; pro- viding for the inspection of such places, persons and things; declaring places and things in violation of this Act to be a nuisance, dangerous to health and providing for the abatement of the same; making violations of this Act misdemeanors; and providing for the punishment of the same.
A. B. 136S. Meek. To provide for the formation of dis- tricts to facilitate the extermination of mosquitos and flies.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
S. B. 793. Benedict. To provide for the formation of dis- tricts within municipalities for the acquisition or construction of public improvements, works and public utilities therein; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such improvements; and for the acquisition or construction of such improvements.
S. B. 1172. Butler. Authorizing any county and cities with- in such county to join in the acquisition, construction or maintenance of bridges or viaducts.
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such county to join in the acquisition, construction or main- tenance of bridges or viaducts.
A. B. 449. Ashley. Relating- to the time for performance oi improvement work under a contract of sale, lease or transfer of real estate.
PUBLIC LANDS.
A. B. 71. Conrad. Provides for leasing public lands to set- tlers and prescribing the terms and conditions of leases so made, empowerng boards of supervisors to make improve- ments and to purchase land when necessary to supply the demand for such leases, and directing that all receipts be paid into a "Land for Settlement Fund" in the office a? the County Treasurer.
S. B. 255. Benedict. Repealing an Act, approved March 20, 1909, to authorize the State of California to release and convey to the United States such portions of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of land contained in the Cleveland National Forest, formerly San Jacinto forest reserve (and referred to in that certain Act entitled "An Act to authorize the settlement of an existing controversy between the United States of America and the State of California, and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of said Act", approved March 21, 1907), as may remain after the settlement referred to in said Act has been consummated, for the pur- pose of reimbursing the United States for lands surrendered to it by the State and which said lands so surrendered were thereafter sold and patented by said State.
A. B. 476. Fish. Identical with S. B. £55. Benedict.
A. B. 286. Browne. Authorizing the issuance of letters pat- ent to P. W. Fahey for certain swamp and overflowed land in Tuolumne county, California.
A. B. 769. Dennett (by request). Authorizing the Surveyor- General of the State of California to consent to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 17, 1914, entitled "An Act to provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas or asphaltic minerals".
A. B. 903. Gebhart. Providing for the preferential rights of certain persons to purchase public lands of the State.
S. B. 905. Benedict. To authorize the Surveyor-General of the State of California to relinquish certain lieu lands to the United States.
A. B. 1222. Fish. Identical with S. B. 905. Benedict.
S. B. 906. Benedict. Providing for the sale of certain State lands.
A. B. 1221. Fish. Identical with S. B. 906. Benedict.
S. B. 1105. Slater. Authorizing the sale of certain property
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belonging to the State of California, and located in what is known, as Reclamation District 1600 in Yolo County.
S. B." 1117. Breed. An Act for making restitution to the per- sons who are or may become entitled thereto in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3408d, 3571 and 3572 of the Political Code of the principal sums by them, or by their re- spective predecessors in interest, paid to the State of Cali- fornia and thereafter deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State School Land Fund pursuant to law, prescrib- ing certain duties of the Register of the State Land Office, the State Controller and the State Treasurer with respect thereto", and making an appropriation for such purpose. '■ A! B. 1377. Wright, H. W. Identical with S. B. 1117. Breed.
S\ B. 1119. Breed. To provide ^or making restitution to the persons who are or may become entitled thereto, in accord- ance with the provisions of Sections 3571 and 3572 of the Polit- ical Code, of the sums by them, or by their respective prede- cessors in interest, paid to the State of California as interest upOn the unpaid balance of the purchase price of lands wrong- fully sold, or to which the State is unable to pass title, and thereafter deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State school fund pursuant to law; prescribing certain duties of the Register of the State Land Office, the State Con- troller and the State Treasurer with respect thereto; and making an appropriation for such purpose.
A. B. 1378. Wright, H. W. Identical with S. B. 1119. Breed.
PUBLIC MONEY.
(See Banking.)
A. B. 1106. Shartel. Amending Section 1 of an Act ap- proved March 23, 1907, to provide for and regulate the de- posit of county and municipal moneys in banks and banking corporations, limiting the amount of public moneys that may be deposited therein, and providing a penalty for the illegal deposit and use thereof.
Requires the payment of at least two per cent per annum interest.
A. B. 1465. Lostutter. Amending Section 1 of an Act ap- proved March 23, 1907, to provide for and regulate the deposit of county and municipal moneys in banks and banking cor- porations, limiting the amount of public moneys that may be deposited therein, and providing a penalty for the illegal de- posit and use thereof
S. B. 566. Benedict. Amending Sections 2 and 7 of an Act, approved March 23, 1907, to provide for and regulate the deposit of county and municipal moneys in banks and bank- ing corporations, limiting the amount of public moneys that
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may be deposited therein, and providing a penalty for the illegal deposit and use thereof.
A. B. 1241. Wishard (by request). Identical with S. B. 566. Benedict.
S. B. 1099. Duncan. Amending Section 2 of an Act, ap- proved March 23, 1907, to provide for and regulate the deposit of county and municipal moneys in banks and banking cor- porations, limiting the amount of public moneys that may be deposited therein, and providing a penalty for the illegal deposit and use thereof, relating to rate of interest.
A. B. 907. Sisson. To provide for the deposit of the funds in the county treasury, for the presentation to, and approval by the Board of Supervisors, registration, interest upon, time of payment and receipt in payment of assessment of war- rants, etc.
A. B. 628. Dennett. Amending Section 1 of an Act pro- viding for the designation of money in the State Treasury as surplus money, authorizing the investment and reinvestment of such money in certain classes of bonds, directing the dis- posal of interest or premium received therefrom and permit- ting the subsequent sale or exchange of the bonds so pur- chased, so as to authorize the investment thereof in bonds of irrigation districts.
A. B. 63.0. Dennett. Amending Section 1 of an Act author- izing the investment and reinvestment and disposition of any surplus moneys in the territory of any county, city and county or incorporated city or town.
Authorizes investment of surplus moneys in bonds of school or irrigation districts.
A. B. 1109. Shartel. Authorizing the loaning and deposition of surplus moneys in the treasury of any county, city and county, or incorporated city or town.
Provides for loan of surplus moneys to any person or per- sons upon being secured therefor by first mortgages on real estate. Sum so loaned not to exceed 20 per cent of the value of said real estate which must be situated within limits of such county, city and county, or incorporated city or town.
PUBLIC OFFICERS
S. B. 1121. Luce. Amending Section 1 of an Act approved April 26, 1911, relating to the liability of public officers for damages resulting from defects and dangers in streets, high- ways, public buildings, public work or property.
A. B. 1415. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 1121. Luce.
S. B. 1152. Benedict. Authorizing the transfer of certain powers, duties and functions of certain cities and officers thereof to the officers of counties in which any such city is located.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES, ACQUISITION OF.
A. B. 1254. Manning. To facilitate the purchase by munici- palities of existing public utility plants at valuation fixed by agreement of by the Railroad Commission of the State of Cali- fornia.
S. B. 600. Carr. To provide for submitting to the qualified electors of every city and county, or incorporated city or town, in this State, the question whether such city and county, or incorporated city or town, shall retain powers of control vested therein respecting all or any public utilities, and to provide for elections thereafter to surrender such powers of control in case the qualified electors of any such city and county, or incorporated city or town, shall have voted to retain such powers of control.
A. B. 677. Avey. Identical with S. B. 600. Carr.
A. B. 943. Harris. Declaring corporations, individuals and associations of individuals engaged in developing or produc- ing, refining, buying and selling or transporting crude petrol- eum or any of its products, a public utility, and providing for the regulation thereof.
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS.
S. B. 884. Breed. An Act providing for the incorporation of public utility- districts by municipalities and unincorporated territory, authorizing such districts to incur bonded indebted- ness for the purpose of the constructon of works and the acquisition of property, and to levy and collect taxes to pay the principal and interest on bonds and for carrying on their operations, and providing for the powers, management and government of such districts.
A. B. 1261. Satterwhite. To provide for the incorporation and organization of public utility districts, authorizing such districts to incur bonded indebtedness for the purpose of the construction of works and the acquisition of property, and to levy and collect taxes to pay the principal and interest on bonds and for carrying- on their operations, and providing for the powers, management and government of such districts and to amend an Act entitled as above, approved June 5, 1913.
PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACTS.
A. B. 792. Schmitt. Amending Sections 9 and 22 of an Act approved March 11, 1907, for preventing the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded foods and liquors and regulating the traffic therein, provid- ing penalties, establishing a State laboratory for foods, etc., relating to the State laboratory for the analysis and examina- tion of foods and drugs.
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B. B. 817. Cogswell. Identical with A. B. 792. Schmitt.
S. B. 812. Rush. Amending- Section 21 of an Act, approved March 11, 1907, for the prevention of the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded drugs, regulating the traffic in drugs and providing penalties for violation thereof, relating to the establishment of a guar- anty by the dealer from the wholesaler.
A. B. 847. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 812. Rush.
A. B. 1040. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 812. Rush.
S. B. 1048. Thompson. Amending Section 21 of an Act ap- proved March 11, 1907, for the prevention of manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded drugs, regulating the traffic in drugs and providing penalties for violation thereof, relating to guarantee by wholesaler, jobber or manufacturer, etc.
S. B. in 16. Thompson. Amending Section 22 of an Act for preventing the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulter- ated, mislabeled, or misbranded foods and liquors and regulat- ing the traffic therein, providing penalties, establishing a State laboratory for foods, liquors and drugs and making an appro- priation therefor, approved March 11, 1907, as amended by an Act entitled "An Act to amend Sections 20 and 22 of an Act entitled 'An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale or trans- portation of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded foods and liquors and regulating the traffic therein, providing penalties, establishing a State laboratory for foods, liquors and drugs and making an appropriation therefor,' approved March 11, 1907," which amendatory Act was approved April 26, 1911, relating to guarantees by wholesalers, Jobbers or manu- facturers.
A. B. 1037. Scott. Amending Section 22 of an Act for pre- venting the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulter- ated, mislabeled or misbranded foods and liquors and regu- alting the traffic therein, etc.
A. B. 1147. Gebhart. Amending an Act for preventing the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded foods and liquors, and regulating the traffic therein, providing penalty, establishing a State laboratory for foods, liquors and drugs, and making an appropriation there- for, by adding a new paragraph to be numbered 10, to Section 4 thereof, providing "If meat or meat products contain or are colored with analine colors".
PURE PRODUCTS,
A. B. 184. Boude. Regulating the sale of eggs that have been shipped or imported into the State of California from any point or place outside of the State of California, requiring the marking thereof by all persons selling or offering the same
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for sale, and fixing penalties fur the violation of the same or of any of the provisions thereof.
A. B. 185. Boude. Regulating the sale or food and drink, the ingredients of which are in part composed of eggs shipped or imported into the State of California, from any point or place outside of the State of California, requiring the marking of all bills of fare or menu cards placed on tables or counters in establishments preparing, serving or offering for sale any such food or drink, and fixing penalties for the violation of the same or of any of the provisions thereof.
A. B. 186. Boude. Requiring the placing of cards in all packages or wrappers enclosing manufacturers' food products, before being sold or offered for sale, which are composed in part of eggs shipped or imported into the State of California, from any point or place outside of the State of California, declaring that the eggs used are imported, and fixing penalties for the violation of the same or any of the provisions thereof.
S. B. 926. Shearer (by request). To regulate the sale and labeling of paints; prescribing what the label shall set forth; and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
S. B. 1176. Kehoe (by request). To regulate the placing of cards in all packages or wrappers inclosing manufactured food products before being sold or offered for sale which are com- posed in part of butter shipped or imported into the State of California from any point or place outside of the United States and fixing penalties for the violation of the same or of any of the provisions thereof.
A. B. 1304. Hawson. To prevent deception in the manufac- ture, packing and sale of raisins and providing a penalty for the violation thereof.
RACING.
A. B. 720. Marron. Relating to horse racing; creating a State racing commission for the regulating, licensing and supervision of such races; and prescribing penalties for the violation of the 'provisions hereof.
Provides for one or more running race meetings in each year, but no more than one race meeting shall be held in any county in any one year, nor shall any meeting be for longer than 30 days; purses, prizes, premiums or stakes may be offered, but no persons other than owners of horses con- testing shall have any interest in such purse. A State racing commission of three reputable citizens is created, to be ap- pointed by the Governor, and to hold office for four years; it shall prescribe rules, regulations and conditions under which races shall be conducted. Five per cent of total gate receipts of every race meeting shall be paid into State treasury. Corporation or association desiring to conduct racing may ap-
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ply annually to State racing commission for license, and if commission deems proper same may be granted for one year, and race meetings conducted thereunder, subject to the rules, regulations and conditions of the commission. Refusal or revocation of license shall be made publicly and reasons given in writing, such action by commission being reviewable by the courts.
Unauthorized racing is declared a public nuisance, and every person acting or aiding therein shall be guilty of mis- demeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $500 or more than $1000 for each day of such racing, and action may be maintained by commission to enjoin such race meeting.
A. B. 1405. Matron. Relating to horse racing; creating a State Racing Commission for the regulating, licensing and supervision of such races, and prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof, and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith.
Similar to A. B. 720, Marron, except that this bill provides that "there shall be no wagering on the result of any race held under the provisions of this Act except the Pari-mutuels and auction pool systems". The provision in the original bill (A. B. 720) permitting the offering of purses, prizes, premiums or stakes, but providing that no person or persons other than owners of horses contesting shall have any pecuniary interest in such purses, or be entitled to or receive any portion thereof after such race, and that purses shall be allotted in accordance with terms and conditions of such race, is stricken out; and a provision repealing all conflicting Acts or parts of Acts is added.
S. B. 1202. Beban. To provide for the regulation and super- vision of racing meetings; establishing a State racing com- mission for the purpose of administering the provisions hereof, and denning its powers and duties; prohibiting book-making; and prescribing penalties for violation of the provisions of the Act.
Provides that racing may be held by any association which receives a permit from a commission of five members to be appointed by the Governor, this commission to be composed of men who are horse breeders and who have not had any financial interest in any race track for five years. The measure does not permit any form of betting on the races or the pres- ence of any bookmakers.
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
S. B. 457. Carr. To provide for the organization of the Railroad Commission, to define its powers and duties and the rights, remedies, powers and duties of public utilities and their officers, and the rights and remedies of patrons of
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public utilities, and to provide penalties for offenses by public utilities, their officers, agents and employees and by other persons and corporations, creating the "Railroad Commission fund" and . appropriating moneys therein to carry out the provisions of this Act, and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 503. Avey. Identical with S. B. 457. Carr.
S. B. 533. Scott. Placing under the jurisdiction of the Rail- road Commission every employer who provides hospital service for his employees and makes a charge therefor; requiring every such charge to be just and reasonable and to be devoted to no other purpose than such hospital service; and prescribing penalties for violations of the provisions hereof.
A. B. 942. Harris. Amending Section 2 and Section 50 of an Act to amend an Act to provide for the organization of the Railroad Commission, to define its powers and duties and the rights, remedies, powers and duties of public utilities, their officers, define its powers and duties and the rights, remedies, of patrons of public utilities, and to provide penalties for offenses by public utilities, their officers, agents and employees and by other persons and corporations, creating the "railroad commission fund" and appropriating the moneys therein to carry out the provisions of this Act, and repealing the Railroad Commission Act, approved February 10, 1911, and also repealing an Act entitled "An Act to amend the railroad commission Act by amending Section 15 thereof re- lating to powers and duties of the Railroad Commission of the State of California, and to amend Section 37 thereof re- lating to free and reduced rate transportation for freight and passengers," approved April 6, 1911, and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, approved December 23, 1911, and known as the "Public Utilities Act," relating to the creation of new public utilities and providing for regulation thereof.
A. B. 1300. Manning. Amending Section 17 of an Act ap- proved December 23, 1911, to provide for the organization of the Railroad Commission, to define its powers and duties and the rights, remedies, powers, duties of public utilities, their officers, define its powers and duties and the rights, remedies of patrons, etc.
S. B. 795. Campbell (by request). To provide in what man- ner any private corporation or individual, or association of individuals, owning or controlling real property, or any right appertaining thereto, which by reason of its location is suit- able, convenient and useful for the use of one or more private or public corporations serving the public, may subject itself to the control and regulation by the Railroad Commission of the State of California.
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RAILROADS.
(See Common Carriers.)
A. B. 493. Encell. To regulate the use of derailing switches or other derailing devices, in the operation of railroads in the State of California; providing for the use of signboards in connection with such derailing switches or devices for the purpose of designating the location of the same to approaching trains, their enginemen and crews; providing penalties for the violation of its provisions and providing for the enforcement of this Act by the Railroad Commission.
A. B. 619. Harris. Prescribing a certain kind of water- glass for use on steam locomotives; providing a penalty for neglect to use such glass, and prescribing a rule of evidence in civil suits for damages occasioned by such negligence.
S. B. 837. Jones. To promote the safety of employees and the traveling public upon railroads by prohibiting certain per- sons, firms and corporations operating railroads in this State from requiring or permitting any engineer, fireman, conductor, brakeman or trainman to receive, deliver or transmit over telegraph or telephone lines any orders for the movement of trains, except in case of urgency, and declaring violation hereof a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.
S. B. 1064. Thompson. Authorizing the placing of notice of warning upon the roadway of railroads, and providing that the disregarding of said notice of warning shall be presumptive evidence of negligence upon the part of a person injured or killed in disregard of said notice of warning.
A. B. 1447. Arnerich. To regulate the height of all passenger car steps of all street railways in municipalities of the Stat© of California.
Provides that lowest step shall be not more than nine in- ches above the roadbed, and declares violation a misdemeanor.
A. B. 927. Gelder. Amending Sections 1, 2 and 3 of an Act, approved February 20, 1911, and amended May 24, 1913, to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon rail- roads by compelling common carriers by railroad to properly man their trains, and repealing Section 7 thereof.
S. B. 781. Tyrrell. Amending Act, approved February 20, 1911, amended May 24, 1913, to promote the safety of em- ployees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers by railroad to properly man their trains, by amending Sections 1, 2 and 3 and repealing Section 7.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, REGULATION OF,
(See Brokers.)
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RECLAMATION AND DRAINAGE.
A. B. 62. Tabler. Creating a reclamation district to be called and known as "Big Valley Reclamation District". S. B. 554. Scott. Identical with A. B. 62. Tabler.
A. B. 220. Tabler. Creating a reclamation district to be called and known as "Upper Lake Reclamation District;" pro- viding for the management and control thereof and dissolving all reclamation districts lying wholly within the boundaries of said Uppe Lake Reclamation District, and excluding from any reclamation district any land lying within the boundaries of said Upper Lake Reclamation District.
A. B. 221. Tabler. Creating a reclamation district to be called and known as "Tule Lake Reclamation District;" pro- viding for the management and control thereof and dissolving all reclamation districts lying wholly within the boundaries of said Tule Lake Reclamation District, and providing for the liquidation and winding up of said dissolved districts, and ex- cluding from any reclamation district any land lying within the boundaries of said Tule Lake Reclamation District.
S. B. 556. Scott. Identical with A. B. 221. Tabler.
S. B. 631, Benson. To create a river control and drainage district, to be called Sutter Basin River Control and Drain- age District; to provide for the control and improvement of the Sacramento river, and to promote drainage in said dis- trict by the construction of by-passes, and of levees, ditches, dams, dikes, canals and other works for the control and im- provement of the Sacramento river, and the control of the flood waters thereof, and the drainage of lands in said dis- trict; to provide for the appointment of officers of said dis- tricts; defining the powers, duties and compensation of such officers; and providing for levying and collecting assessments upon the lands within said district; the. issuance of bonds by said district, and testing the validity of the levy of such as- sessments and the issuance of such bonds.
A. B. 759. Ream (by request). Identical with S. B. 631. Benson.
S. B. 634. Benson. Amending an Act creating a reclamation district to be called and known as "Reclamation District No. 1500"; providing for the management and control thereof and dissolving all levee districts, swamp land districts, and recla- mation districts, lying wholly within the boundaries of said Reclamation District No. 1500, providing for the liquidation and winding up of said dissolved districts, and excluding from any levee district, swamp land district and reclamation district any land lying within the boundaries of said Reclamation District No. 1500.
A. B. 831. Browne (by request). Identical with S. B. 634 Benson.
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S. B. 722. Benson. Amending Sections 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16V2, 17 and 18 of an Act, approved December 24th, 1911, amended May 26th, 1913, approving the report of the California Debris Commission transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on June 27th, 1911, directing the approval of plans of reclamation 1 along the Sacramento river pr its tributaries or upon the swamp lands adjacent to said river, directing the State Engineer to procure data and make surveys and examinations for the purpose of perfecting the plans contained in said report of the California Debris Com- mission and to make report thereof, making an- appropriation to pay the expenses of such examinations and .surveys,^ and creating a reclamation board and defining its powers; and add- ing thirteen new sections to said Act to be numbered 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, relating to the organi- zation,, powers and duties of said reclamation board, and create ing a. revolving fund and appropriating money therefor.
A. B. 793. Wright. Identical with 9. B. 722, Benson.
S. B. 745. Benson. Amending Section 4 -of an Act, approved December 24, 1911; amended May 26,. 1^13, approving the report of the California. Debris Commission transmitted to the Speaker of the" House of . Representatives by the Secretary of War on June 27thr 1911, directing the approval of plans of reclamation along" the Sacramento river or its tributaries or upon the swamp lands adjacent to said river, directing the State Engi- neer to procure data and make surveys and examinations for the purpose of perfecting the plans contained in said report of the California Debris- Commission and to make report thereof, making an appropriation to pay the expenses of such examinations and surveys and creating a reclamation board and defining its< powers, altering and extending the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaauin Drainage District.
A. B. 886. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 745. Benson.
S. B. 747. Benson. Amending an Act, approved December
24, 1911, amended May 26, 1913, approving the report of the California Debris Commission transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on June 27th, 1911, directing the approval of plans of reclamation along the Sacramento river or its tributaries upon the swamp lands adjacent to said river, directing the State Engineer to procure data and make surveys and examinations for the pur- pose of perfecting the plans contained in said report of the California Debris Commission and to make report thereof, making an appropriation to pay the expenses of said examina- tions and surveys, and creating a reclamation board and de-- fining its powers, by adding Section 33 thereto, relating to and providing for the issuance and disposal of bonds of the"
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Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District and testing the validity of such bonds.
A. B. 888. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 747. Benson.
S. B. 788. Purkitt. To provide for the deposit of the funds in the county treasury, for the presentation to, and approval by the Board of Supervisors, registration, interest upon, time of payment and receipt in payment of assessment of warrants, of Reclamation District No. 108, created by that certain Act of the Legislature of the State of California, approved April 23, 1913, legalizing the consolidation and reorganization of Reclamation District No. 729 with Reclamation District No. 108, in the counties of Yolo and Colusa; fixing, defining and establishing the boundaries of the consolidated district; pro- viding for its management and control, subject to the provi- sions of the Political Code of California, and to other laws of said State relative to reclamation districts; and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent therewith, and situated in Colusa and Yolo counties, and providing that the Board of Supervisors of the county of Colusa shall have jurisdiction of all matters concerning said district and all funds of said dis- trict shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county of Colusa.
S. B. 910. Conn. To create a reclamation district to be called "Reclamation District No. 1660," and providing for the control and management thereof.
A. B. 1151. Gebhart. Identical with S. B. 910. Cohn.
S. B. 932. Carr. To validate the organization and forma- of levee districts.
A. B. 1080. Sisson. Amending an Act, approved April 30, 1913, entitled, "An Act to create a drainage district to be called Knight's Landing Ridge Drainage District, to promote drainage therein by the making of a cut through Knight's Landing Ridge and the construction of a canal leading there- from; to provide for the election and appointment of officers of said drainage district; defining the powers, duties and compen- sation of such officers; and providing for levying and cellecting assessments upon the lands within said drainage district; the issuance of bonds by said drainage district and testing the ' validity of the levy of such assessments and the issuance of such bonds," by amending Section 1 thereof and making the description more certain, amending Section 6 in reference to the certifying and depositing of a certified copy of assessment, amending Section 7 in reference to the Hen of said assess- ment, and also in regard to the collection of the assessments, issuance of warrants and the payment of all moneys that may be collected into the county treasury of Yolo County. S. B. 950. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 1080. Sisson.
. A. B. 1082. Sisson. Approving, confirming and declaring
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valid the creation, formation and organization of Reclama- tion District No. 108, created by an Act approved April 23, 1913, legalizing the consolidation and reorganization of Recla- mation District No. 729 with Reclamation District No. 108, in the counties of Yolo and Colusa, etc.
S. B. 951. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 1082. Sisson.
A. B. 1149. Gebhart. Relating to the assessments levied under and by virtue of an Act to create a drainage district to be called "Sacramento Drainage District", to promote drain- age therein, to provide for the election and appointment of officers of said drainage district, etc.
A. B. 1150. Gebhart. Relating to the transfer of money m>w held in a special fund created under and by virtue of an Act entitled an Act to create a drainage district to be called "Sacramento Drainage District", to promote drainage therein, to the general fund of the counties in which such money is held.
A. B. 1161. Edwards, L. Establishing a State Reclamation District for the conservation of water for the safe develop- ment of the State; creating a State Reclamation Board for the administration of the provisions hereof; defining its powers and duties; making an appropriation therefor; and repealing all Acts in conflict herewith.
S. B. 1062. Chandler. Amending Sections 28, 35 and 36 of an Act approved March 20, 1903, to provide for the organiza- tion and government of drainage districts, for the drainage of agricultural lands other than swamp and overflowed lands, and to provide for the acquisition or construction thereby of works for the drainage of the lands embraced within such districts.
RECREATION.
S. B. 30. Jones. Creating a state recreation commission of five persons, to be appointed by the Governor for term of four years, without compensation; providing for the employ- ment by said commission of a secretary and other employees and authorizing said commission to fix their compensation, prescribing the powers and duties of said commission, and appropriating $20,000 for the purpose of carrying out the# provisions hereof.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
A. B. 692. Gebhart. To provide for the accomplishment of the work of the direct improvement of the navigation of the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Feather Rivers of the State of California, as recommended in the special report of the Cali- fornia Debris Commission, dated June 30, 1907, and made jointly by Brigadier General A. Mackenzie, Chief of Engi-
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neers, C. H. McKinstry, Mayor, Corps of Engineers, and Thomas H. Jackson, Captain, Corps of Engineers, of the United States Army, and printed with the annual report of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, for the fiscal year "ending June 30, 1907, and making an appropriation for such work.
S. B. 746. Benson. To authorize the immediate use and expenditure, in such manner and to such extent as the Gov- ernor may direct, of the sum of $200,000 appropriated by that certain Act, approved June 7, 1913, to provide for the accom- plishment of the work of the direct improvement of the navi- gation of the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Feather rivers of the State of California, as recommended in the special report of thft California Debris Commission, dated June 30, 1907, and made jointly by Brigadier General A. Mackenzie, chief of engi- neers; C. H. McKinstry, major, corps of engineers, and Thomas H. Jackson, captain, corps of engineers, of the United States army, and printed with the annual report of the chief of engi- neers of the United States army, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, and making an appropriation for such work.
A. B. 887. Wright, T. M. Identical with S. B. 746. Benson.
RURAL CREDITS.
S. B." 159. Brown. Providing for the formation of land banks and prescribing regulations for the conduct of their affairs.
S. B. 37. To provide for the incorporation, management and dissolution of rural credit unions.
Defines "rural credit union" as co-operative association formed to promote thrift among members and to enable them to obtain for productive purposes moderate loans of money for short periods at reasonable rates of interest. Ten or more citizens may organize, with capital stock at $25 per share; may receive savings of members in payment for shares, lend money to members at not to exceed 6 per cent interest, and invest funds; to be under jurisdiction of Superintendent of Banks. The rules for organization, operation and dissolution are fully set forth.
S. B. 329. Birdsall. Providing for the incorporation and management of land loan associations, for a commission to supervise such associations, and making an appropriation therefor.
Creates "California State Commission of Land Loans," composed of Attorney-General, State Treasurer and State Controller, who shall within 90 days after passage of Act ap- point a land loan commissioner and such other officers and assistants as shall be necessary, and fix their compensation.
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Land loan commissioner given power to examine all land loan associations the creation of which is authorized.
State commissioner of land loans shall have power to or- ganize and charter land loan associations, review and alter rate of interest to be charged, to grant or refuse associations authority to issue land loan bonds and to fix rate of interest thereon, to recommend to State Treasurer purchase of land loan bonds; to require reports and statements and to make examinations of land loan associations; to appraise lands through land loan commissioner.
Not less than ten persons may organize land loan associa- tions with capital stock of not less than $10,000, divided into shares of $25 each; to loan money to stockholders only on land within a certain "land loan district" to be designated by the land loan commissioner, who if he grant application to organize, shall issue a certificate therefor. The Act provides that the certificate shall state the name of the association, the district within which it may operate, the amount of capital stock and number of shares, the names and residences and number of shares of the stockholders, and that the cer- tificate is issued under the Act; individuals may subscribe for stock on partial payment plan, but no certificate to be issued until fully paid up; fifty per cent of capital stock must be paid in cash before association is authorized to do business,, and at least ten per cent of capital stock at time of organization shall be invested in United States bonds, remainder of stock may be paid in first mortgages on lands of stockholders.
Provision shall be made by each land loan association for increase of its capital stock from time to time for purpose of acquiring additional cash funds or for issue of shares to bor- rowers; capital stock may also be reduced to any sum not below amount required for organization, except that capital may not be reduced below one-twentieth of amount unpaid on outstanding mortgages, nor shall reduction be made until amount has been reported to and approved by land loan commissioner.
A board of directors of not less than five shall be elected, which shall appoint two of its members as an "appraisal committee," with one person named by land loan commis- sioner, who shall not be a stockholder of any land loan asso- ciation, to appraise all land upon which loans are asked.
Land loan associations shall have power to loan current funds on first mortgages on lands of members within its loan district, to buy other land loan association endorsed first mort- gages; to buy and sell land loan bonds; to buy and sell United States bonds; to acquire a suitable house for the transaction of its business; to buy and sell land acquired in satisfaction of mortgages, but only in accordance with provisions of this Act.
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Applications for loans shall be made only on prescribed forms, and .loans shall be made " only when ~ secured by first mortgages" 'to" run for not less than five nOr more than thirty years, bearing interest at legal rate, on lands in loan district, containing agreement for reduction of loan through semi- annual amortization payments, and providing for extinguish- ment at option of borrower after five years from date made.
Loans to be made only: to liquidate indebtedness of owner of land mortgaged existing at time of organization of land loan association; for improvement of lands, to provide for purchase of equipment and live stock necessary for proper operation of farm; to provide for purchase of home.
No loan shall exceed 50 per cent of value, of land and 25 per cent of value of buildings to be ascertained by appraisal; ncr shall any loan be made to any person not at the time a bona '-fide resident on land mortgaged or in case of a farm primarily engaged in cultivation thereof; nor shall any loan exceed $4000 to-any one borrower or 20 per cent of capital and surplus of association making it.
Every borrower shatl agree to pay all taxes when due and ■ to keep property insured,, loss payable to mortgagee; and that ■in" -'-case any portion of loan shall be expended for purposes other than those specified in original application,- or if he default in "respect to. any condition of mortgage loan shall immediately become due and payable.
When associations' organized to:make loans on unencum- bered" lands in this "State are certified by land loan commis- sioner to afford holders of first mortgages protection and assurance of safety equal to that provided under- this Act, State land loan commission may authorize State Treasurer to purchase first mortgage bonds- thereof -with their endorsement and that of such bank or banks- in land loan district as may be designated by commission; banks to be compensated for endorsement at .rate of .one per cent per year on face value of hon&s, this per. cent to be added to annual rate to be paid by borrower; land loan commission shall make rules and regu- lations for such associations.
.Appraisers shall . be appointed by . land, loan commissioner, one or more .of whpm shall at stated periods visit every land loan, district and. make report; on values of lands therein, and . a schedule stating, maximum .acre or town lot valuation for each loan district shall be prepared, .which schedule shall not be exceeded in making loans.
Applications for -loans shall be made on prescribed forms
and presented to land loan association, which, after appraising
^ 4andr, shall.. take note, and mortgage, thereon, endorse note and
present it with mortgage., to local, bank, . which shall in turn
endorse note and present it with mortgage to commissioner,
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who, after approving it, shall deliver it to State Treasurer to be held in trust by him, and bonds in like amount to be issued against it.
Land loan bonds shall be issued in amounts of $100, $500 and $1000, to run for specified maximum periods, in series of not less than $1000, bearing interest at not to exceed 5 per- cent, payable out of funds deposited by mortgagees for that purpose.
First mortgages presented as collateral for issue of bonds shall be accompanied by schedule showing face of mortgages, dates due, and gross amount of amortization installments, payable monthly in cash. Land loan associations shall deposit monthly with designated local bank for deposit with State Treasurer in an amount equal to gross amortization install- ments and interest as shown by schedule, either land loan bonds issued by itself, first mortgages of same kinds as those originally deposited, or cash or current funds.
Every land loan association shall carry out of earnings, to^a reserve account, a sum not less than 2 per cent of its capital or one-fourth of its earnings until reserve account equals 20 per cent of outstanding capital stock, against which shall be debited all losses due to return or redemption of mortgages. Whenever net earnings, after crediting one-fourth to reserve account, shall amount to 2 per cent on face value of capital stock association may declare a dividend, which may be in- creased as earnings permit to six per cent; any earnings above cumulative six per cent dividend shall be carried to reserve fund.
State Treasurer may upon application of one or more desig- nated local banks and upon recommendation of commission purchase from local banks land bonds not previously issued or sold, not to exceed in amount $5,000,000.
Local land association examiners shall be appointed by com- missioner to examine condition of associations, physical con- dition of properties and check up books and records and re- port to commissioner at least once a year; no examiner shall perform any other service for compensation by any land loan association, or any officer, director, or employee thereof, nor shall he disclose the names of borrowers without permission.
False statements in applications for loan, over-valuation by appraiser, or acceptance by any examiner of a loan or gratuity from any land loan association examined by him or from any officer, director or employee thereof, the acceptance by an officer, director or employee of a land loan association of any fee, commission, gift or other consideration for or in connection with any transaction or business of such associa- tion, and the disclosure by an examiner without permission in writing from the commissioner, or by order of court, of the
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name of any borrower, are declared misdemeanors, punishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or fine of not more than $5000, or both; and in case of examiner receiving loan or gratuity a further fine not to exceed the amount thereof and perpetual disqualification to hold office as examiner.
If any land loan association refuses to substitute mortgages for others formerly sold to a local bank or to State Treasurer on which default had occurred, or fails to meet its outstanding obligations when due, or is in default, the land commissioner may appoint a receiver to take charge and dispose of the property of such association, turning the proceeds into the State Treasury subject to order of commissioner; upon default of any obligation local bank making land loan endorsement may be declared insolvent and placed in hands of a receiver.
$50,000 is appropriated to carry out provisions of Act.
SALT MARSH-TIDE LANDS, CESSION AND RECESSION.
A. B. 18. Schmitt. Granting to the City and County of San Francisco certain tide lands, marsh lands and submerged lands of the State of California, within the boundaries of said City and County, including the right to wharf out therefrom; regulating the management, use and control thereof, and pro- viding for the deposit w-ith the State of Californa of certain bonds to protect the State of California from any loss which might accrue to said State by reason of outstanding bonds for the use and purpose of the harbor front of San Francisco.
A. B. 317. McPherson. Granting to the City of Santa Cruz the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of Cali- fornia, including- the right to wharf out therefrom to the City of Santa Cruz, and regulating the management, use and con- trol thereof.
A. B. 334. Brown, H. W. Granting to the town of Red- wood City the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of California, including the right to wharf out therefrom, and regulating the management, use and control thereof.
A. B. 485. Brown, H. W. Granting to the City of Bur- lingame the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of California, including the right to wharf out therefrom, and regulating the management, use and control thereof.
A. B. 486. Brown, H. W. Granting to the City of San Mateo the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of California, including the right to wharf therefrom, and regu- lating the management, use and control thereof.
A. B. 370. Rominger. Amending Sections 5, 6 and 7 of an Act approved March 21, 1903, to promote the drainage of wet, swamp and overflowed lands, and to promote the public health in the communities in which they lie.
A. B. 1096. Conrad. Amending Section 5 of . an Act ap-
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proved May 1, 1911, conveying certain tide lands and lands lying under inland navigable waters in the bay of San Diego, to the city of San Diego, in furtherance of navigation and commerce and the fisheries, and providing for the government management and control thereof, relating to the granting of franchises on the lands conveyed by said Act and the leas- ing of the same by the city of San Diego.
A. B. 57. Gelder. Amending an Act, approved June 11, 1913, entitled "An Act granting to the city of Berkeley the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of Cali- fornia, including the right to wharf out therefrom to the city of Berkeley, and regulating the management, use and con- trol thereof.
S. B. 991. Owens. Confirming, ratifying and adopting a certain agreement by the city of Richmond concerning its harbor, harbor lines and certain tide and submerged lands, and- granting it certain, submerged land and authorizing it to convey certain small parcels of such land not needed for commerce and navigation.
SANITARY DISTRICTS.
A. B. 758. Manning. To validate the organization of sanitary districts and their proceedings whereby the boundaries thereof were altered, and outlying contiguous territory in the same county as such sanitary district annexed thereto.
A. B. 1391. Manning. To provide for the formation, gov- ernment, operation, alteration of boundaries of districts al- ready formed, reorganization and dissolution of sanitary dis- tricts in any part of the State, for the construction of sewers, septic tanks, and other sanitary disposal of sewerage matter; the acquisition of property thereby, the calling and conducting of elections in such districts; the assessment, levying, collec- tion, custody, and disbursement of taxes therein, the issuance, disposal and retirement of the bonds thereof, and the deter- mination of their validity and making provision for the pay- ment of such bonds, and the disposal of their proceeds.
SCHOOLS.
<See Pensions; Teachers; Political Code.) S. B. 100. Carr. Confirming and validating the organiza- tion of school districts. . A. B. 147. Schmitt. Establishing a nautical school and for the appointment of a board of commissioners who shall manage the same.
Creates a state nautical school commission of three per- sons to be appointed by the Governor for term of four years, and to serve without compensation; they shall establish and .maintain a nautical school for instruction and training In
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science and practice of navigation; provide accommodations for school on board proper vessel; provide books, stationery, apparatus and supplies, appoint and remove instructors and other necessary employees, determine their number and com- pensation, fix terms and conditions on which pupils will be received and instructed, establish all necessary rules, provida for cruises in or from the harbor of San Francisco, receive from United States Government such vessels as may be de- tailed for use of the schools; and expend such sums as may be appropriated under this act or by the United States Gov- ernment pursuant to "An Act for the establishment of Marine Schools and for other purposes," H. R. 24145, approved March 4, 1911. Appropriates $20,000 to carry out provisions.
A. B. 451. Sisson. Establishing a State vocational school in the City of Red Bluff, State of California, or in the imme- diate vicinity of said city, to be known as the "Northern Cali- fornia Vocational School," and making an appropriation therefor.
A. B. 742. Kerr. To authorize the boards of trustees of the Preston School of Industry and the Whittier State School to provide for the disposition of the products of the skill and labor of the pupils confined therein.
S. B. 791. Beban. To require physical culture and health development supervision in the public schools and to repeal Section 1668, Political Code, and all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.
A. B. 939. Fish. To provide for visual instruction in the public schools of the State under the supervision of the State Board of Education and appropriating $12,500 therefor.
S. B. 936. Carr. Identical with A. B. 939. Fish.
S. B. 887. Breed. Relating to the joint board of normal school trustees.
S. B. 944. Cogswell. Authorizing the Board of Trustees of Whittier State School to maintain a department for the care and training of male defectives at the Whittier State School and to provide for the commitment of defectives thereto.
S. B. 1017. Cogswell. To create a State Board of School Appeals and defining its duties and powers and providing for the enforcement of its decisions.
S. B. 479, Gerdes. Amending Section 3 of an Act approved June 14, 1913, to establish a State training school for girls; to provide for the maintenance and management of the same; and to make an appropriation therefor, relating to election of officers of board of trustees and appointment of superin- tendent, providing that none but a member of the board shall be elected president or vice-president thereof.
A. B. 741. Kerr. Amending Section 10 of an Act approved March. 11, 1899, amended February 27, 1893, to establish a school
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of industry, to provide for the maintenance and management of the same, and to make an appropriation therefor, relating to compensation of board and salaries and wages of officers and employees.
A. B. 1356. Downing (by request). To establish a model teachers' training school at Berkeley, California, providing th& rules and regulations therefor, and revenue for the support of same.
SEWER DISTRICTS.
(See Municipal Corporations.)
S. B. USD. Benedict. Amending an Act to amend Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an Act approved April 14, 1911, to provide for the division of municipalities into sewer districts and for the construction of, or acquisition and maintenance of sewers therein; providing a system of district sewer bonds to pay the cost of such construction of, or acquisition, and also for the payment of such bonds. (Introduced by title only.)
SHIP SUBSIDY.
A. B. 291. Schmitt (by request). Providing for the encour- agement of ship building within the State of California; for the appointment of a board of five commissioners, to be ap- pointed by the Governor, at a salary of $5000 each per year, for a term of four years, and who shall give a bond of $20,000 for the faithful performance of their duties, and appropriating $500,000 therefor.
The commission shall appoint a secretary at $250 per month and maintain an office in San Francisco; they shall immediate- ly upon written application of owners of ships built in Cali- fornia and to be used in freight or passenger service, examine such vessel and thereafter pay to the owners out of the ship- building fund 5 per cent per annum upon one-half of the cost of building such vessel, but no payment to be made until after the vessel shall have been actually engaged in foreign trade for at least six months; and shall also pay to the owners the difference in operating cost between American and foreign standards.
STEAM BOILERS AND ENGINEERING.
S. B. 328. Flaherty. Regulating the practice or occupation of steam engineering in the State of California; providing for the registration and licensing of persons to carry on such practice or occupation; providing for a board of examiners and a clerk thereof, to be under the supervision and manage- ment of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; fixing the terms, compensation, powers and duties of the clerk
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and the members of said board of examiners; fixing the fees to be paid by persons authorized to practice under the pro- visions of this Act; and creating a fund to be kept by the State Treasurer for the purposes of this Act.
Requires every person following occupation of steam engi- neer in this State, except steam engineers on locomotives, automobiles or other steam propelled vehicles, or persons operating boilers under jurisdiction of United States Govern- ment, or boilers less than four horsepower, boilers used in logging camps, or in dairies or agricultural pursuits, or in pumping or boring wells for Oil or water, where in charge of a skilled foreman, within 90 days after Act takes effect, to file with clerk of board of examiners application for certificate of registration, accompanied with fee of $5, and requires is- suance of such certificate without examination; creates board of three examiners to be appointed by Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics, from practical steam engineers of at least ten years' experience; chief examiner to receive not less than $^400 per annum, and two assistant examiners not less than $2000 per year each; examiners to file bonds of $2000 each; examiners to hold examinations in various parts of State from time to time of all applicants for certificates; each examiner to have power to grant licenses to persons duly qualified, and to have power to visit all engine and boiler rooms in remote sections of State; owners or operators of steam plants per- mitted to operate for 30 days without licensed engineer upon notifying examiner or clerk of board in writing; certificates may be suspended for wilful neglect of duty, incompetency, or drunkenness while on duty; fee for examination $5, to be deposited with application; if applicant fails he may take another examination within 3 months without payment of addi- tional fee; certificates to be prominently displayed in place where holder is employed and to be renewed annually upon payment of $2; declares it a misdemeanor to operate as steam engineer without proper license.
A. B. 512— Rodgers. Identical with S. B. 32S. Flaherty.
A. B. 452. Kennedy. Identical with S. B." 328. Flaherty.
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
S. B. 731. Shearer. Creating and establishing a commission to codify, revise and perfect the law of the State concerning roads, streets, highways and bridges; prescribing the powers and duties of said commission; providing for the expense of said commission and appropriating money therefor.
S. B. 609. Carr. To provide for the issuance Of street im- provement bonds to represent and be secured by certain as- sessments made for the cost of certain work and improve- ments made in and upon streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts,
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places and sidewalks within municipalities and upon property and rights of way owned by municipalities, to provide for the collection of such assessments, the sale of the property se- cured thereby and for the payment of the bonds so issued.
A. B. 1083. Sisson. To provide for reassessments by municipal corporations on property benefited by street work done under authority of the governing bodies thereof; pro- viding for the method of making and collecting such assess- ments and for the payment of contractors and others per- forming labor or supplying materials for the work done out of funds so raised or bonds issued by municipal corporations.
S. B. 1007. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 1083. Sisson.
S. B. 1085. Jones. Making each city, county, or city and county, liable in an action for damages for injury sustained in consequence of the dangerous or defective condition of any street, highway, public building, public work or property there- in; and limiting the liability to public officers in respect thereto.
S. B. 1155. Benedict. To provide for the improvement by any city of streets, lanes, alleys, courts and rights of way in such city by the assessment of the cost of any such improve- ment upon the property located within a district determined to be benefited thereby, and for the collection of such assess- ments and for the issuance of bonds to represent such assess- ments.
A. B. 1231. Fish. To provide for the improvement by any city of streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and rights of way in such city by the assessment of the cost of any such improve- ment upon the property, etc.
A. B. 1477. Manning. To provide for work in and upon high- ways, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and side- walks in counties, and upon property and rights of way owned by counties, and for establishing and changing the grade of the same, etc.
S. B. 1183. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an Act approved March 18, 1885, to provide for work upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and for the construction of sewers within municipalities. (Introduced by title only.)
S. B. 612. Carr. Amending Section 2 of an Act, approved March 18, 1885, to provide for work upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and for the construction of sewers within municipalities.
S. B. 27. Lyon. Adding a new section to be numbered 6a to an Act approved March 18, 1885, to provide for work upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and for the construction of sewers within municipalities, relating to doing of public work by municipalities. Provides that mu- nicipalities may do their own street work, the actual cost
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only to be charged to .benefited property. In such work no patented process shall be used.
S. B. 941. Flaherty. Amending an Act approved March 18, 1885, to provide for work upon streets, lanes, -alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and for the construction of sewers with- in municipalities, also known as the "Vrooman Act," and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, by adding one new section thereto, to be numbered Section 63, provid- ing that all work or labor done or performed thereunder shall be limited to eight hours within each period of twenty-four hours.
S. B. 1186. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an Act approved March 6, 1889, to provide for laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening or closing up, in . whole or in part, any street, square, lane, alley, court or place within municipalities, and to condemn and acquire any and all land and property necessary or convenient for that purpose. (Introduced by title only.)
A. B. 780. Burke. Amending Section 18 of an Act, approved March 6r 1889, to provide for laying out, opening, extending,
• widening, straightening, or closing up in whole or- in part any street, square, lane, alley, court, or- place within municipalities, and to condemn and acquire any and all land and property necessary or convenient for that purpose.
S. B. 1022; Anderson. Identical with A. B. 780. Burke.
S. B. 1182. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an. Act approved March 23, 1893, to provide for laying but, opening, extending, widening, straightening, diverting, curving, contracting, or closing up, in whole or in part, any street, square, lane, alley, court, or place within municipalities or cities, and cities and counties of 40,000 inhabitants or over, and to condemn and acquire any and all land and property necessary or convenient for that purpose. (Introduced by title only.) •-S, B. 1184. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an Act approved February 26, 1901, to provide .for local improvements upon streets, lanes,, alleys, courts, places and . sidewalks* and for the construction of . sewers within "munic- ipalities, such Act to be known as "The Local; Improvement Act of 1901." (Introduced by title only.)
S. B. 942. Cogswell. Amending an Act approved February 26, 1901, to provide for local improvement upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, arid for the construction -of
* sewers within municipalities, such Act to be known as "T-he Local Improvement Act of 1901," by adding a new ^section thereto to be known as Section 21a, providing for the altera- tion "of plans, profiles, cross-sections and specifications" and
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providing for a pro rata distribution of funds raised by assess- ment in case the improvement is abandoned.
A. B. 995. Rominger. Amending an Act approved February 26, 1901, to provide for local improvement upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and for the construction of sewers within municipalities, such Act to be known as "The Local Improvement Act of 1901," by adding a new section thereto to be known as Section 21a, providing for the altera- tion of plans, profiles, cross-sections and specifications and providing for a pro rata distribution of funds raised by assess- ment in case the improvement is abandoned.
S. B. 1185. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an Act approved March 24, 1903, to provide for the laying out, opening, extending, widening or straightening, in whole or in part, of public streets, squares, lanes, alleys, courts and places, within municipalities, for the condemnation of prop- erty necessary or convenient for such purposes, and for the establishment of assessment districts and the assessment of property therein to pay the expense of such improvement. (Introduced by title only.)
8. B. 604. Carr. Amending Sections 2, 8, 11 and 13 of an Act, approved March 21, 1907, as subsequently amended, to provide for work upon public roads, streets, avenues, boule- vards, lanes and alleys not within the territory of incor- porated cities or towns; for the incidental establishment of grades thereof; for the construction therein or thereon of sidewalks, sewers, manholes, bridges, cesspools, gutters, tun- nels, curbing, and crosswalks; for the issue of bonds represent- ing the costs and expenses thereof; for a special fund derived in part from the county road fund and in part by special assess- ment upon a district, and for the establishment of such dis- tricts.
S. B. 11S1. Benedict. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of an Act approved April 21, 1909, to provide for the improve- ment of public streets, lanes, alleys, courts and places in municipalities, in cases where any damage to private property would result from such improvement, and for the assessment of the costs, damages and expenses thereof upon the property benefited thereby. (Introduced by title only.)
S. B. 603. Carr. Amending Section 3 of an Act, approved March 20, 1909; amended March 23, 1911, to allow unincor- porated towns and villages to establish, equip and maintain systems of street lights on public highways; to provide, for the formation, government and operation of highway lighting districts; the calling and holding of elections in such districts; the assessment, collection, custody and disbursement of taxes therein; and creation of ex-officio boards of supervisors.
A. B. 456. Manning (by request). Amending Sections. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27., 43, 59, 61, 62, 63 and 65 of an
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Act approved April 7, 1911, to provide for work in and upon streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, within municipalities, and upon property and rights of way owned by municipalities, and for establishing and changing the grades of any such streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and s?dewalks, and providing for the issuance and pay- ment of street improvement bonds to represent certain assess- ments for the cost thereof and providing a method for the pay- ment of such bonds, and repealing Sections 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89 thereof, relating to work in unincorporated territory.
S. B. 608. Carr. Identical with A. B. 456. Manning.
S. B. 1164. Benedict. Amending Section 6 of an Act ap- proved April 7, 1911, to provide for work in and upon streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks within municipalities, and upon property and rights of way owned by municipalities, and for establishing and changing the grades of any such streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and providing for the issuance and payment of street improvement bonds to represent certain assessments for the cost thereof and providing a method for the payment of such bonds, relating to protests.
S. B. 111. Luce. Amending Section 9 of an Act approved April 7, 1911, to provide for work in and upon streets, ave* nues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks within munic- ipalities and upon property and rights of way owned by municipalities, and for establishing and changing grades of any such streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and providing for the issuance and payment of street improvement bonds to represent certain assessments for the cost thereof, and providing a method for the payment of such bonds, relative to notices of intention, etc.
A. B. 1126. Gebhart. Repealing Section 36 of an Act ap- proved April 7, 1911, to provide for work in and upon streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks within municipalities, etc?.
S. B. 701. Breed. Amending Sections 60 and 63 of the "Improvement Act of 1911", approved April 7, 1911, relating to bonds.
S. B. 1187. Benedict. Amending Sections 3, 4, 8, 24 and 25 of an Act approved June 16, 1913, to provide for the establish- ment and change of grade of public streets, lands, alleys, courts, places and rights of ways in municipalities, and pro- viding for the improvement thereof, in cases where any dam- age to private property would result from such improvement, and for the assessment of the costs, damages and expenses thereof upon the property benefited thereby, and to provide a system of local improvement bonds to represent the assess-
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m.ent for the. costs, damages and expenses of such, improve- ment, and for the payment and effect of such bonds.
A. B. 1484. McKnight. Amending Section 8 of an Act ap- proved June 16, 1913, to provide for the establishment and change of grade of public streets, lands, alleys, courts, places and rights of ways in municipalities, and providing for the im- provement thereof, in cases where any damage to private prop- erty would result from such improvement, and for the assess- ment of the costs, damages and expenses thereof upon the property benefited thereby, and to provide a system of local improvements bonds to represent the assessments for the costs, damages and expenses of such improvement, and for the pay- ment and effect of such bonds, relating to hearings of petitions for damages.
SUITS AGAINST STATE.
S. B. 106. Scott. Authorizing suits against the State to quiet title against it to real property purchased under the .provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to survey and .dispose of certain marsh and tidelands belonging to the State of Cali- fornia," approved . March 30, 1868, or any or the : Acts supple- mentary thereto and amendatory thereof,, and regulating the procedure therein. -
.Providing that where full payment has been made and no deed or patent- has been issued by the State, or the. deed or patent has been lost or destroyed and never -recorded, . the person or persons claiming or deraigning title from -the State are authorized to bring suit against the State to quiet ...title within one year after this Act takes effect; all provisions and rules of law relating to suits to quiet title and appeals shall apply to such suits as may be brought under this Act; if judgment be given against the State no costs shall be allowed; summons shall be served on the Surveyor General and the Attorney General.
A. B. 76. Scott, F. C. Identical with S. B. 106. Scott.
A. B. 733. Quihn. Granting the Humboldt and, Trinity Toll Road Company the right to bring suit against the State of California for compensation -'for -the use and destruction of portions of road bed belonging to the said Humboldt and Trinity Road Company and used and destroyed by the- State
• of California in the construction and completion of the State highway connecting the counties^ of v Trinity, Tehama and Shasta with the road system of Humboldt County.
- S. B. 918,' -Cam.pt>ell. Authorizing certain suits against the State, and regulating the procedure therein. ' A. "B. 1479. -GebhaTt : Authorizing any owner of swamp and overflow: land fn- this State to bring: action -against the State of : California to "correct any errors: in description that •; .may
• i exist in the- patent: to s^d- lands.. ;: :;:;;. ;.:' :. - ■_;-.
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SUPERIOR COURTS.
S. B. 16. Luce. Increasing the number of judges of the Superior Court of the County of San Diego, State of Cali- fornia, from four to five, and for the appointment of such additional judge.
A. B. 9. Gelder. Increasing the number of judges of the Superior Court of the County of Alameda, State of California, from five to seven, and for the appointment of such additional judges.
S. B. 782. Tyrrell. Identical with A. B. 9. Gelder.
A. B. 363. McCray. Diminishing the number of judges of the Superior Court of the County of Shasta, State of California, from two to one.
A. B. 398. Pettis (by request). To increase the number of judges in the Superior Court Of the State of California, in and for the County of Mendocino, to provide for the appointment of an additional judge and for his compensation.
S. B. 456. Purkitt. Identical with A. B. 398. Pettis.
A. B. 708. Wills. To increase the number of judges of the Superior Court of the County of Imperial and to provide for the appointment of an additional judge.
TAXATION.
(See also Assessments; Constitutional Amendments; Political Code.)
S. B. 962. Thompson. Authorizing and providing for an investigation and report upon the matter of revenue and taxa- tion, and appropriating $75,000 therefor.
Authorizes the Governor to direct any State officer or ap- point any expert or other assistants as may be necessary to investigate the systems of revenue and taxation in force in this and other states and to present recommendations for nec- essary changes in the taxation system of this State to the Legislature in January, 1917.
S. B. 493. Birdsall. Providing for the reimbursement of counties sustaining net loss of revenue on account of with- drawal from county taxation of property hereafter becom- ing operative property under the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution.
Defines "operative property" as operative property of a cor- poration subject to franchise tax; provides that the amount of county taxes assessed against each piece of such property during the last year it was subject to county taxation shall be deemed to be the annual net loss of revenue sustained by the county on account of the withdrawal of such property from county taxation; that reimbursement shall be made each year that such property remains operative property, and
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withdrawn from county taxation; and creates a "county re- imbursement fund" from which the State Treasurer shall in October and March of each year settle with the treasurer of each county for moneys due from the State.
S. B. 539. Cogswell. To limit the times when district lines in districts, where tax rates for same are to be fixed by the board of supervisors of any county, may be changed or new district formed. »
Such changes are prohibited between the first Monday in August and the third Monday in October of each year.
S. B. 805. Thompson. Authorizing the State Board of Equal- ization to destroy by fire certain reports and other documents.
A. B. 901. Meek. Identical with S. B. 805. Thompson.
S. B. 1005. Jones. To carry into effect the provisions of Section la of Article XIII of trie Constitution of California, exempting property from taxation in certain instances; de- fining certain terms; providing certain regulations with refer- ence to said exemption, and to that end adding a new section to the Political Code of the State of California to be numbered 3613.
A. B. 1183. Johnson and Phelps. Providing for the reim- bursement of counties in this State which sustained a net loss of revenues during the years 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914, by the withdrawal of railroad property from county taxation, etc.
S. B. 1092. King. Identical with A. B. 1183. Johnson and Phelps.
A. B. 1452. Quinn. To provide for the levy and collection of taxes for the support of the State Government for the sixty- seventh and sixty-eighth fiscal years.
A. B. 1459. Ashley. To provide for the making and publi- cation by boards of supervisors of annual estimates of the amount of money proposed to be raised by taxation for the ensuing year in counties, and cities and counties, of the State of California.
S. B. 581. Kehoe. Amending Section 14 of an Act, ap- proved April 1, 1911, to carry into effect the provisions of Section 14 of Article 13 of the Constitution of the State of California as said Constitution was amended November 8, 1910, providing for the separation of State from local taxation, and providing for the taxation of public service and other corporations, banks and insurance companies for the benefit of the State, all relating to revenue and taxation, and every Act amendatory of said Section 14, by providing the procedure for asscertaining and determining the actual cash value of every franchise subject to taxation, other than the actual exercise of the right to be a corporation and to do business as a corporation under the laws of this State, and providing a procedure for ascertaining and determining the actual cash value of the actual exercise of the right to be a corporation
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and to do business as a corporation under the laws of this State.
S. B. 3_2. Thompson. Amending Section 21 of an Act, ap- proved April 1, 1911 (statute 1911, page 530), as amended June 12, 1913 (statutes 1913, page 615), to carry into effect the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of California as said Constitution was amended November 8, 1910, providing for the separation of state from local taxation, and providing for the taxation of public service and other corporations, banks and insurance companies for the benefit of the State, all relating to revenue and "taxation.
A. B. 1182. Johnson and Phelps. Amending Section 30 of an Act approved April 1, 1911, to carry into effect the provi- sions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of California, etc.
S. B. 1091. King. Identical with A. B. 1182. Johnson and Phelps.
S. B. 24. Thompson. Amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of an act approved February 3, 1913, to amend an act entitled 'An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to carry into effect the provisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of California as said Constitution was amended November 3, 1910, providing for the separation of State from local taxation, and providing for the taxation of public service and other corporations, banks and insurance companies for the benefit of the State, all relating to revenue and taxation,* approved April 1, 1911, by amending Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 24 and 35," approved February 3, 1913.
A. B. 1441. Encell. Amending Section 2 of an Act approved June 10, 1913, to repeal an Act approved March 20, 1905, relat- ing to revenue and taxation, providing for a license tax upon corporations and making an appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the object of this Act, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and to provide upon what con- ditions any corporation which has failed to pay any license tax imposed by the provisions of any of the Acts hereby re- pealed may pay the same and be restored to its former cor- porate status and rights, and also to provide for settling the affairs of any corporation which by reason of failure to pay any tax imposed by any of said Acts, has forfeited either its charter or right to do business! in this State.
TEACHERS.
(See Pensions.) S. B. 886. Breed. Relating to the employment of teachers who have no legal certificate.
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TENEMENT HOUSES.
S. B. 76. Flaherty. Amending- an Act approved April 10, 1911, Stats. 1911, p. 860, to regulate the building and occu- pancy of tenement houses in incorporated towns, incor- porated cities, and cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof and repealing an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the building and occupancy of tenement houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities, and cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof," approved April 16, 1909, Stats. 1909, p. 948.
A. B. 453. Kennedy. Identical with S. B. 76. Flaherty.
S. B. 9SS. Butler. Amending an Act, approved April 16, 1909, amended April 10, 1911, amended June 13, 1913, to regulate the building and occupancy of tenement houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities, and cities and counties, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof and repealing an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the building and occupancy of tenement houses in incorporated towns, incorporated cities, and cities and counties, and to provied penalties for the viola- tion thereof".
A. B. 1299. Godsil. Identical with S. B. 988. Butler.
THEATER TICKETS, TO PREVENT FRAUD IN SALE OF.
A. B. 360. Rodgers. Prohibiting the sale or purchase of theater or vaudeville tickets, other than exhibitions for charity, on the streets, in saloons, cigar stands, hotels or other stores, and declaring violation a misdemeanor.
TRADE MARKS.
A. B. 1199. Scott, F. C. To perpetuate marks, brands and counterbrands established in the several counties of the State under Sections 3168 and 3169 of the Political Code, to provide methods of perpetuation and declaring all marks, brands and counterbrands not so perpetuated to be inoperative and void.
Requires each County Recorder in whose office more than 100 marks, brands and counterbrands are recorded under Section 3168, Political Code, to, within 30 days after this law goes into effect, publish a notice in a newspaper in the county, notifying all persons owning a mark, brand or counterbrand so recorded, to, within three months after final publication of notice, to notify county recorder in Writing of his desire to continue and perpetuate same; and all marks, brands and counterbrands not so perpetuated shall be destroyed and ex- punged from records, and deemed to have been abandoned. County recorders shall send a list of such marks, etc., to county recorders of adjoining counties, who shall likewise
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destroy all evidence in relation thereto. This procedure shall be followed at intervals of five years.
TUBERCULOSIS.
S. B. 34. Crowley. To provide for the establishment, maintenance and control of sanatoria, farm colonies and other - institutions for the treatment of tuberculosis and appropriat- ing $150,000 therefor, and authorizing counties and cities and counties within the State to send patients to said institutions and to pay the running expenses and maintenance of the same and of patients therein, and to levy taxes therefor, and providing for other sources of revenue.
A. B. 10. Godsil. Identical with S. B. 34. Crowley.
A. B. 33. Kennedy. Providing for the establishment, main- tenance and control of a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis and" appropriating $150,000 therefor.
S. B.. 148. Jones. Providing for the establishment and main- tenance of a bureau of tuberculosis under the direction of the State Board of Health; defining its powers and duties; pro- viding for the granting of State aid to cities, counties, cities and counties and groups of counties for the support and care of persons -afflicted with tuberculosis; making an appropria- tion therefor, and repealing certain Acts of the Legislature of the State of California. ^A. B. 446. Fish. Identical with S. B. 148. Jones.
USURY.
(See Interest Rate.)
S. B. 189. Brown. Establishing a "usury law", relating to the rate of interest which may be charged for the loan or forebearance of money, goods or things in action, or on ac- counts after demand, or on judgments, providing penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof, and repealing Sections 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1920, Civil Code, and all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.
Fixes the legal rate of interest at 6 per cent, but providing that by contract in writing parties may provide for a rate of interest not exceeding 10 per cent; forbids the taking directly or indirectly of a greater interest rate than 10 per cent; declares all contracts in violation of statute void, and "no action at law to recover either principal or interest shall be maintained". Any person who shall have paid more than 10 per cent interest may recover treble the amount so paid if action commenced within one year after payment; any per- son, etc., who demands or receives for any loan of money secured, by mortgage, deed of trust, bill of sale, assignment, pledge, receipt, or other evidence of debt, real or personal,
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for examinations, views, fees, appraisals, commissions, re- newals and charges of any kind, more than one-twentieth of the amount loaned, if less than $1000, or more than one- thirtieth if in excess of $1000, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, punishable for first offense by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $300, or by imprisonment not more than six months, or both, and for each subsequent offense by fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, and imprisonment not less than six months nor more than one year.
UNEMPLOYMENT.
A. B. 501. Downing. For the relief of unemployed citizens of this State, and appropriating $1,000,000, to be disbursed by the Board of Control in such sums and at such time as it may deem expedient by giving employment to unemployed citizens on such work as building and improving roads, public buildings, etc.; no person shall be employed under provisions of act who shall not have been a resident of this State for at least one year next before such employment.
A. B. 502. Spengler. To ameliorate unemployment by au- thorizing boards and officials of State or political subdivisions, having charge of employing labor or help, to so arrange work to be done as to employ the maximum number of persons during seasons of greatest unemployment.
A. B. 670. Kramer (by request). To establish the Cali- fornia State Farm for the unemployed; to provide for the purchase of land therefor; to provide buildings and other im- provements in connection therewith; to provide for the em- ployment of labor thereon; to provide for the equipment, man- agement and conduct thereof; and appropriating $500,000 therefor.
S. B. 87 4. Scott. To set aside certain lands now owned by the State of California for the purpose of establishing, main- taining and conducting a State farm, and appropriating $50,000 therefor.
VACCINATION
A. B. 67. Gelder. To protect any child or person enrolled or in attendance upon any public or private school, or other educational institution, within the State of California, from compulsory vaccination; and to prevent vaccination being made a condition precedent or a prerequisite to admission to or attendance upon any of the public or private schools or other educational institutions within the State of California; making violations thereof a misdemeanor; providing penalties; making exceptions as to private educational institutions; and repealing an Act approved March 7, 1911, to encourage and provide for a general vaccination for all public and private
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schools of California, specifying the duties of certain officers and persons with relation thereto, making violations of its provisions a misdemeanor, providing penalties, and repealing an Act approved February 20, 1889, entitled "An Act to en- courage and provide for a general vaccination in the State of California.''
VETERANS, WAR.
S. B. 266. Scott. Providing for memorial halls and meeting places for army and navy veterans of the Civil War, the Span- ish-American War, and the Philippine Insurrection, to be furnished by the board of supervisors or city council in some public building, upon request; if there is no space available in any public building then to provide quarters elsewhere at a rental not to exceed $25 per month.
VITAL STATISTICS.
(See Marriage and Divorce.) S. B. 511. Strobridge. To provide for the registration of all births and deaths, the establishment of registration districts in cities, incorporated towns and townships, under the superin- tendence of the State Bureau of Vital Statistics; the issuance and registration of burial and disinterment permits and cer- tificates of births and deaths; the appointment of a State and a local registrar of vital statistics; and prescribing the powers and duties of registrars, coroners, physicians, undertakers, sextons and other persons in relation to such registration and fixing penalties for violation of this Act; creating the office of State and local registrars of vital statistics and providing for the salary and fees of same.
VOTERS AND VOTING.
(See Elections; Political Code.) A B. 631. Chamberlin. Requring all qualified electors in the State of California to register and to vote at general elections and prescribing a poll tax upon all electors who fail or neglect so to register or to vote, and prescribing punish- ment for those persons who swear falsely in such matters and prescribing certain duties for county clerks, tax collectors and boards of elections.
Every qualified elector failing or neglecting to register and vote at any general election shall be subject to a tax of $2.00; persons unavoidably prevented from registering or voting by reason of accident, violence, sickness, absence from precinct on public business or from county on private business at least one day previous and including election day filing a written sworn statement with County Clerk verified by at least two
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reputable witnesses, giving full details, and reasons for sUGh • failure or neglect, shall be exempt from such poll tax.- - -
Electors failing to vote and to. file statement of reasons . shall have names stricken from register and shall not again be allowed to register or vote until poll tax is paid. County Clerk shall transmit to Tax Collector before 3d day of March following general election certified copy of poll lists. Boards of election shall post copy of names of all persons voting as soon as polls are closed, signed by all members of board.
Every person who swears falsely to a state'ment of reasons for not voting or who swears falsely to statements contained in affidavit of any other person, shall be guilty of misde- meanor, punishable by fine of not less than $10 or more than $500 and imprisonment not less than 10 days nor more than 6 months. All money collected under this Act to be paid to school fund.
A. B. 1457. Young. -To provide for the indication by the registered qualified electors of the several political parties of their choice for nomination by their party for President of the United States through the election of the delegates of said political parties to their respective national conventions, and to repeal an Act approved December 24, 1911, known as the Presidential Primary Act, and also to repeal all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with the pro- visions of this Act.
WAGES AND HOURS.
A. B. 6. Collins. Providing for weekly payment of wages by employers of labor.
Provides that all employers of labor (except agricultural labor) shall pay each employee weekly, payment to include all wages earned and unpaid up to 6th day preceding payment, and no deduction shall be made- therefor. Act noes not apply to employee of co-operative corporation or association who is stockholder, unless he requests weekly payment; violation sub- ject to fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50.
A. B. 15. Mouser. Providing for semi-monthly paydays in certain public and private employments; to regulate the man- ner of payment of wages or compensaton of employees in such employments; and providing penalties for the violation of this Act.
Provides for semi-monthly paydays in all departments and institutions of the public service, state, county and municipal, and in all private employments where ten or more persons are employed; requires notices of the regular paydays to be con- spicuously posted; violation punishable by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, except that in case of state, cOunty or municipality, the fine shall be assessed against the officer
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whose refusal, failure or neglect causes violation; Act not applicable to temporary employees or teachers in public schools, and not to be construed as prohibiting more frequent paydays.
A. B. 980. Marron. To provide semi-monthly pay days for State employes.
S. B. 433. Flaherty. To provide for semi-monthly pay days in certain public employments; and to regulate the manner of payment of wages or compensation of employees in such em- ployments.
A. B. 488. Mouser. Identical with S. B. 433. Flaherty.
S. B. 405. Scott. To regulate the payment of wages or com- pensation of employees in private employments; to provide for regular pay days in such employment; creating a liability on the part of the employers to pay damages in certain cases; and authorizing the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to enforce the provisions of this Act.
Provides that where 10 or more persons are employed by the same employer their wages shall be due and payable semi- monthly; where less than 10 are so employed, wages shall be due and payable weekly; regular pay days shall be maintained, and a notice stating such pay days shall be posted conspicu- ously; wages shall be paid in lawful money of the United States or by good and valid negotiable check or draft, payable on presentation at some bank, without discount; if an employee shall be absent on pay day he shall be paid within three days after making demand therefor; for violation employer shall be subject to fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each offense.
If an employee shall be discharged or quit wages earned and unpaid at time of leaving shall be due and payable within five days thereafter, and if not so paid employer shall be liable to such employee as damages in addition to wages owing a sum equivalent to wages that would have been earned if he had continued to work until paid in full, but not to exceed three times the wages actually due.
Act does not apply to seasonal employments in which wages are otherwise regulated by law. Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics shall enforce provisions of Act.
A. B. 487. Mouser. Identical with S. B. 405. Scott.
S. B. 987. Lyon. Amending an Act, approved March 1, 1911, prohibiting the issuance as payment for wages of any evidence of indebtedness unless the same is negotiable and payable with- out discount, and providing that the same must be payable upon demand, by prohibiting the issuance of any scrip, coupons, cards, or other thing redeemable in merchandise or purporting to be payable or redeemable otherwise than in money.
A. B. 1190. Johnson. Amending Sections 2, 3 and 4 of an
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Act approved May 1, 1911, providing for the time of payment of wages, and adding Sections 5 and 6 thereto.
S. B. 982. Lyon. Amending Section 3 of an Act, approved May 1, 1911, providing for the time of payment of wages, providing penalties for the violation of said Act.
A. B. 1392. Ream. Relating to the payment of wages.
Provides that all wages earned shall be paid in cash; failure to do so is made a misdemeanor.
A. B. 148. Rodgers. Providing compensation for State employees on certain legal holidays.
Provides that all State employees on per diem basis shall be paid for legal holidays, except Sundays, as on other days, but shall not be required to labor thereon except in cases of extreme emergency.
S. B. 515. S'eott. Identical wtth A. B. 148. Rodgers.
A. B. 108. Rodgers. Prescribing the minimum wage to be paid for labor upon all work performed for and in the interest of the State of California by contract, at $3.00 per day, and requiring a stipulation to that effect in all contracts; penalty, misdemeanor, punishable by fine not to exceed $500 or im- prisonment not to exceed seven months.
A. B. 98. Spengler. Regulating the hours of persons em- ployed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile estab- lishment, laundry, hotel, public lodging house, apartment house, hospital, place of amusement or restaurant, or telegraph or telephone establishment or office; also providing a penalty for the violation of this Act.
Limits hours to eight per day and 48 per week; not to apply to or affect harvesting, curing, canning or drying of any variety of perishable fruit or vegetables or to graduate nurses in hos- pitals. Bureau of Labor Statistics charged with enforcement; violation punishable by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50 for first offense; and for second offense by fine of not less than $100 nor more than $250, or imprisonment not more than 60 days, or both.
A. B. 750. Browne. Regulating the hours of employment in the manufacture of lumber.
Limits hours to ten in each twenty-four; except in case of emergency; violation declared a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300, or by imprison- ment not more than three months, or both.
WATER DISTRICTS.
S. B. 105. Strobridge. Amending Sections S, 19, 21 and 26 of an Act to amend an Act to provide for the incorporation and organization and management of county water districts, and to provide for the acquisition of water rights or construc- tion thereby of waterworks and for the acquisition of all
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property necessary therefor, and also to provide for the dis- tribution and sale of water by said districts.
A. B. 310. Beck. Amneding Sections 3, 19, 21 and 26 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation and organization and management of county water districts and to provide for the acquisition of water rights or construction thereby of water works and for the acquisition of all property necessary therefor, and also to provide for the distribution and sale of water by said districts".
A. B. 339. Gelder. Amending Sections 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14 and 25 of an Act approved December 24, 1911, to provide for the incorporation and organization and management of munic- ipal water districts, and to provide for the acquisition or con- struction by said districts of waterworks, and for the acquisi- tion of all property necessary therefor, and also to provide tot the distribution and sale of water by said districts, and add' ing a new section to be designated Section 14*£ thereto, relat- ing to the Auditor.
S. B. 350. Luce. Adding Section 27a (new) to an Act to provide for the incorporation and organization and manage- ment of municipal water districts; providing for the disincor- poration of said districts.
S. B. 567. Benedict. Relating to bonds of county water works districts, providing under what circumstances such bonds shall be legal investments for funds of banks, insur- ance companies and trust companies, trust funds, State school funds and any money or funds which may now or hereafter be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts or municipalities, and providing under what circumstances the use of bonds of county water works dis- tricts as security for the performance of any act may be authorized.
S. B. 319. Strobridge. Validating the formation and organi- zation, and determining the boundaries of Alameda County Water District in the county of Alameda, State of California.
S. B. 534. Strobridge. Validating the formation and organi- zation, and determining the boundaries of the Pleasanton township county water district in the county of Alameda, State of California.
A. B. 643. Beck. Validating the formation and organiza- tion, and determining the boundaries of the Pleasanton Town- ship County Water District in the County of Alameda, State of California.
S. B. 790. Owens. Legalizing and validating the formation and organization of Marin municipal water district in the County of Marin, State of California; declaring the same created; fixing, defining and establishing the boundaries there- of; providing for its management and control subject to the
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provisions of the laws of the State of California relative to municipal water districts; and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith.
A. B. 854. Manning. Identical with S. B. 790. Owens.
WATER AND WATER RIGHTS.
S. B. 33. Flaherty. To compel every person, company, association or corporation carrying on or conducting the busi- ness of supplying water in any city, city and county, or town, to supply all the inhabitants thereof upon demand. Failure to furnish water on the ground that the persons demanding it must pay for necessary extensions of pipe, the city shall install the necessary pipe and charge the cost to the person or corporation furnishing the water. Failure or refusal to furnish water on demand for three consecutive times shall forfeit its franchise and waterworks to the city, city and county, or town, where same is situated, for the public use.
A. B. 301. Ellis. Requiring a riparian proprietor to apply any riparian waters claimed by him to a beneficial use, and providing for the abandonment of the right.
A. B. 983. Shartel. To conserve the water supply of streams used for mining, irrigation or municipal purposes, by regulat- ing the cutting of timber on the watersheds thereof; and pre- scribing penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 1216. Fish. Relating to the establishment and crea- tion of commercial waterway districts, and the construction and maintenance of a system of commercial waterways, in- cluding the straightening, deepening and widening of rivers, water courses and streams and the protecting of the banks thereof, and to provide for the means of payment thereof.
S. B. 1049. Thompson. Identical with A. B. 1216. Fish.
S. B. 1029. Irwin (by request). An Act to prohibit the contamination of streams, creeks, irrigation ditches, lakes and other sources of surface water supply by the discharge and flow of petroleum or petroleum emulsion resulting from the operations of any person, firm, corporation or association in drilling, pumping or maintaining an oil or petroleum produc- ing well; providing for the stoppage of such discharge or flow and providing penalties for the violating of the provisions of this Act.
S. B. 1051. Benedict. To provide for the accomplishment of the work in the confining and diversion of the Los Angeles, Rio Honda and San Gabriel Rivers in the County of Los An- geles, providing for co-operation between the State and United States Government in such work, and appropriating $200,000 therefor.
S. B. 1144. Maddux. Relating to the use of the public waters of the State of California.
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Prohibits use of water flowing in any river, stream, canyon, ravine or other natural channel, on lands not riparian thereto without permission of State Water Commission; diversion or use of water contrary hereto is declared a trespass, subject to legal action for its abatement.
A. B. 1464. Dennett. Identical with S. B. 1144. Maddux.
A. B. 1302. Browne (by request). Amending Sections 1 and 2 of an Act to preserve and maintain lakes, ponds, brooks, creeks, rivers and streams of this State, and to prevent the waters thereof from being carried by pipe, conduits, ditches, tunnels or canals into other states, for use therein.
S. B. 1101. Jones. Amending Section 2 of an Act, approved June 13, 1913, to prevent the supply of water dangerous to health for domestic purposes, and to provide for the installation of sanitary water system.
A. B. 1396. Wright, T. M. Amending Section 2 of an Act, approved June 13, 1913, to prevent the supply of water dan- gerous to health for domestic purposes and to provide for the installation of sanitary water systems.
WEEDS, NOXIOUS PROPAGATION OF. S. B. 333. Birdsall. To prevent the propagation, by the pro- duction of seed, of those certain plants known as sorghum halepense, cnicus arvensis, salsoli kali, onoprodon acanthium, cnicus lanceolatus and convolvulus arvensis; and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
A. B. 257. Widenmann. Relating to persons engaged in the business of public weighing for hire and prescribing for such a bond and fixing the amount thereof; regulating fees to be collected for such service; a certificate and the form thereof; defining the duties of public weighmasters and providing pen- alties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
Declares all persons engaged in the business of public weigh- ing for hire and issuing weight certificates, public weigh masters, and requires them to file a bond of $5000 with the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, and to obtain from him a seal for the stamping of weight certificates, the form of which shall be prescribed by the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures; requires public weigh masters to keep and preserve accurate records of public weighing, which shall be noted on the certificates; violations are declared a mis- demeanor. In cases of difference over correctness of net or gross weight, for which a certificate has been issued, the person questioning the weight may have the articles reweighed by the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures or a public weigh master designated by him upon deposit of a sum
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sufficient to defray the actual cost of the reweighing. All lots, shipments or consignments, after having been weighed, shall be piled or stored separately in order that they may be read- ily distinguished from others of the same kind.
S. B. 227. Tyrrell. Relating to persons engaged in the busi- ness of public weighing for hire, and prescribing for such a bond and fixing the amount thereof; regulating fees to be collected for such service; a certificate and the form thereof; defining the duties of public weightmasters and providing pen- alties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
S. B. 667. Tyrrell. Amending Sections 2, 3, 12, 16 and 17 of an Act, approved June 16, 1913, known as the "Weights and Measures Act".
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
A. B. 729. Wright. To establish a detention home for women, to provide for the maintenance and management thereof, and appropriating money therefor.
Provides for the purchase of a site and the erection of necessary buildings, the appointment by the Governor of a board of three trustees to govern the proposed institution and the employment of a matron and other attaches. The salary of the matron is not fixed, but the compensation of the secre- tary is fixed at $1500 a year.
The amount of money to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Act is to be determined by the ways and means committee.
It is made incumbent upon magistrates to sentence women who are guilty of violating the redlight abatement law to the home for terms not to exceed ten years. During the time the women are confined they will be clothed and fed by the State.
S. B. 954. Amending Sections 8, 11 and 12 of an Act, ap- proved May 26, 1913, regulating the employment of women and minors and establishing an Industrial Welfare Commis- sion to investigate and deal with such employment, including a minimum wage; providing for an appropriation therefor and fixing a penalty for violations of this Act.
Provides (Sec. 8) for a special license for an apprentice or learner at a wage less than the legal minimum wage, to be fixed by the commission; also (Sec. 11) adds a penalty for violation, refusal or neglect to comply with provisions of Act or any orders or rulings of commission, by making it a mis- demeanor so to do, punishable by fine of not less than $50 or by imprisonment not less than 30 days, or both; also (Sec. 12) includes with the maximum wage, "the maximum hours of Work and the standard conditions of labor fixed by the Com- mission" to be taken prima facie to be reasonable, in prosecu- tions under this Act.
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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.
A. B. 1025. Godsil. Amending Section 2 of an Act approved May 26, 1913, to promote the general welfare of the people of this State as affected by accident causing the injury or death of employes in the course of their employment, by creating a liability on the part of employers to compensate such employes and their dependents for such accidental injury or death ir- respective of the fault of either party, etc., relating to defini- nitions of certain terms.
S. B. 510. Benson. Amending Sections 2, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 46, 47, 57, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77 and 81 of an Act approved May 26, 1913, to pro- mote the general welfare of the people of this State as affected by accident causing the injury or death of employees in the course of their employment, by creating a liability on the part of employers to compensate such employees and their depend- ents for such accidental injury or death irrespective of the fault of either party, and providing the means and methods of enforcing such liability; and creating a "State compensation insurance fund" to insure employers against such liability and providing for its administration and regulating such insurance by other insurance carriers; and requiring safety in all em- ployments and places of employment in this State and pro- viding the means and methods of enforcing such safety; and requiring reports of industrial accidents; and providing penal- ties for offenses by employers, their officers, agents, and by employees and other persons and corporations; and creating an industrial accident commission, providing for its organization, defining its powers and duties and providing for a review of its orders, decisions and awards; and appropriating moneys to carry out the provisions of this Act; and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and adding thereto a new section to be numbered 75a, con- ferring jurisdiction on the commission over all controversies arising out of injuries suffered without the State in cases where injured employee is resident of this State at time of injury and contract of hire was made in this State.
S. B. 800. Flaherty. Amending Sections 12, 14, 15, 49 and 50 of the Act, approved May 26, 1913, and designated as the "Workmen's Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act".
A. B. 849. Harris. Identical with S. B. 800. Flaherty.
A. B. 791. Rutherford. Amending Section 15 of an Act approved May 21, 1913, to promote the general welfare of the people of this State as affected by accident causing the injury or death of employees in the course of their employment by creating a liability on the part of' employers to compensate such employees, etc., relating to what compensation shall be furnished or paid by the employer.
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S. B. 898. Birdsall. Identical with A. B. 791. Rutherford.
S. B. 807. Thompson. Amending Section 40 of an Act, ap- proved May 26, 1913, to promote the general welfare of the people of this State as affected by accident causing the injury or death of employees in the course of their employment, by creating a liability on the part of .employers to compensate such employees and their dependents for such accidental in- jury or death irrespective of the fault of either party, and providing the means and methods of enforcing such liability; and creating a "State compensation insurance fund" to insure employers against such liability and providing for its admin- istration and regulating such insurance by other insurance car- riers; and requiring safety in all employments and places of employment in this State and providing the means and methods of enforcing such safety; and requiring reports of industrial accidents; and providing penalties for offenses by employers, their officers, agents, and by employees and other persons and corporations; and creating an industrial accident commission, providing for its organization, denning its powers and duties and providing for a review of its orders, decisions and awards; and appropriating moneys to carry out the provisions of this Act; and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
A. B. 900. Meek. Identical with S. B. 807. Thompson.
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