CHAPTER CII. An act to amend that certain act of the legislature of the state of California entitled "An act to provide for the classification of municipal corporations," approved March 2, 1883, by amending section three thereof, relating to the enumeration of the inhabitants of a city or town. [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section three of that certain act of the legislature of the state of California entitled "An act to provide for the classification of municipal corporations," approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: tion of tions. Section 3. The council, board of trustees, or other legislative classificabody of any municipal corporation, may at any time cause an municipal enumeration of the inhabitants thereof to be made, and in such corporamanner and under such regulations as such body may by ordinance direct. If upon such enumeration it shall appear May reorthat such municipal corporation contains a sufficient number ganize. of inhabitants to entitle it to reorganize under a higher or lower class, the common council, trustees, or other legislative body shall, upon receiving a petition therefor signed by not less than one fifth of the qualified electors thereof, submit to the electors of such city or town, at the next general election to be held therein, the question whether such city or town shall reorganize under the laws relating to municipal corporations of the class to which such city or town may belong. And thereupon such proceedings shall be had and election held as provided in the general law for the reorganization, incorporation, and government of municipal corporations. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of such reorganization, thereafter such officers shall be elected as are or may be and at the time prescribed by law for municipal corporations of the class having the population under which such reorganization is had, and from and after the qualification of such officers, such corporation shall belong to such class. Whenever the result of such enumeration shall have been declared by the council, board of trustees, or other governing body, and entered in the minutes of such body, thereupon the number of such inhabitants so ascertained shall be deemed the number of the inhabitants of such city for all the purposes of this act, and for the purposes of legislation affecting municipalities. The clerk of the council, board of trustees, or other governing body of such city, shall cause a certified copy of such minute order to be filed with the board of supervisors of the county wherein such city is situated. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately on its passage. Deputy clerks of supreme court, salaries. CHAPTER CIII. An act entitled an act to amend section seven hundred and fifty-six of the Political Code of the state of California, and providing for the amount, and the time and manner of payment of, and making an appropriation to pay, the salaries of the chief deputy clerk, and the deputy clerks, of the clerk of the supreme court. [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section seven hundred and fifty-six of the Political Code of the state of California is hereby amended to read as follows: 756. The annual salary of the chief deputy clerk of the supreme court shall be twenty-four hundred dollars; the annual salary of each of the deputy clerks of the supreme court shall be eighteen hundred dollars. The salaries of the chief deputy clerk and the deputy clerks of the supreme court shall be paid out of the state treasury in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of other state officers are paid. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Deputy clerks of supreme court. CHAPTER CIV. An act entitled an act to amend section seven hundred and fifty-one of the Political Code of the state of California, and providing for the appointment of a chief deputy clerk and five deputy clerks of the clerk of the supreme court. [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section seven hundred and fifty-one of the Political Code of the state of California is hereby amended to read as follows: 751. There shall be appointed by the clerk of the supreme court five deputy clerks of the supreme court; and there shall likewise be appointed, in addition thereto, a chief deputy clerk of said supreme court, who shall act as clerk of the supreme court in the absence of said clerk. The chief deputy clerk and deputy clerks of the supreme court shall be civil executive officers. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER CV. An act authorizing the secretary of state to appoint a clerk in addition to the number now allowed by law, and to be known as janitor's clerk, and providing for the payment of his salary for the remainder of the fiftieth fiscal year. [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: clerk. SECTION 1. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to Secretary appoint one additional clerk for his office in addition to the of state to appoint number now allowed by law, to be known as the janitor's clerk, janitor's who shall keep the accounts of the supply department. The salary of said clerk shall be the same in amount as is paid to other clerks in the office of the secretary of state, and shall be payable at the same time as other state officers. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER CVI. An act to appropriate the sum of $3,450 to pay the claim of San [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tion to pay cisco SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money Appropriain the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of claim of three thousand four hundred and fifty dollars to pay the claim San Franof San Francisco Chronicle, the said sum of three thousand Chronicle. four hundred and fifty dollars being now due and owing from the state of California to the said San Francisco Chronicle. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said San Francisco Chronicle for the said sum of three thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen. hundred. Appropria CHAPTER CVII. An act to appropriate the sum of $125 to pay the claim of F. B. Colver for money due and owing the said F. B. Colver from the state of California. [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money tion to pay in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of of F. B. Colver. one hundred and twenty-five dollars to pay the claim of F. B. Colver, the said sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars being now due and owing from the state of California to the said F. B. Colver. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said F. B. Colver for the said sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. The Callfornia Paris exposition commission. CHAPTER CVIII. An act appropriating money to pay the expense of collecting, preparing, forwarding, installing, maintaining, and returning an exhibit of the products of the state of California, at the Paris exposition in nineteen hundred; also, for preparing and printing literature for distribution at said exposition, and providing a commission, and expenses of commission and attachés. [Approved March 20, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is made the duty of the governor of California, within ten days after the passage of this act, to appoint three commissioners, one from the northern portion of the state, one from the central portion of the state, and one from the southern portion of the state, who shall constitute "The California Paris exposition commission," not more than two members of which shall belong to the same political party. Said California Paris exposition commission shall have the exclusive charge and control of the expenditures of all moneys appropriated by the state of California, for the collecting, preparing, forwarding, installing, and maintaining an exhibit of the products of the state of California, and for properly representing the state of California at the Paris exposition to be held in the city of Paris, France, in the year nineteen hundred, and for preparing and printing literature descriptive of the state of California, its resources, industries, and capabilities, for distribution at said exposition; also, for the purpose of returning such portion of the exhibit as is desired to the terminal point of shipment, within the state of California, after the close of the exhibition. Each of said commissioners shall execute and file with the Bonds. secretary of state, within thirty days after his appointment by the governor, a good and sufficient bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, made to the people of the state of California, which bond must be approved by the governor. Said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance by said commissioners of all the duties enjoined upon them by this act. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall be experienced in exposi- Qualification work, and shall receive from the money hereby appropri- tions. ated, as full compensation for services rendered, the sum of Compenfive thousand dollars each, and in addition thereto, their actual traveling expenses. sation. tion. SEC. 3. The sum of one hundred and thirty thousand Appropria dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to collect, prepare, forward, install, and maintain an exhibit of the products of the state of California at the Paris exposition, to be held in the city of Paris, France, in nineteen hundred, and return such portion of the exhibit, so desired, to the terminal shipping point in California, to prepare, print, and distribute literature as provided in section one of this act, and also pay salaries and traveling expenses of commission and attendants; the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars by this act appropriated shall be available immediately after the passage of this act, and the remaining one hundred and five thousand dollars thereof shall not be paid and shall not become available until December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; and the controller is hereby directed to draw his warrants on the general fund, as provided herewith, in favor of the said commission, and the state treasurer is hereby empowered and directed to pay the same. Said commission to return to the controller vouchers properly certified for all money expended by it. stitutions SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the public institutions of the Public instate of California to assist the commission in every possible to assist. way, by loaning it such material in their possession as will add to the attractive features of the state exhibit. SEC. 5. This act is exempted from the provisions of section six hundred and seventy-two of the Political Code. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. |