3. To make out, prepare, and enforce the use of forms in relation to the assessment of property. 4. To hold such special meetings as the Chairman may direct. 5. To meet at any time between the first and third Mondays in September in each year, and at such meetings to fix the rate of State taxation. 6. To appoint a clerk when necessary, prescribe and enforce his duties. 7. To report to the Governor annually a statement showing: First-The acreage of each county in the State that is Report to assessed. Second-The amount assessed per acre. Third-The aggregate value of all town and city lots. Fourth-The aggregate value of all real estate in the State. Fifth-The kinds of personal property in each county, and the value of each kind. Sixth-The aggregate value of all personal property in the State. Seventh-Any information relative to the assessment of property and the collection of revenue. Eighth-Such further suggestions as it shall deem proper. 8. To keep a record of all its proceedings. SEC. 5. Section three thousand six hundred and ninetyfour of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: contain. County 3694. If the County Auditor fails to forward to the State Failure of Board of Equalization the statement provided for in section Auditors three thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight, the Board to make must obtain the statement, or so much thereof as is necessary, from other and reliable sources. SEC. 6. Section three thousand six hundred and ninetysix of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: statement. determine 3696. Between the first and third Mondays in September Board to of each year, the Board must determine the rate of State tax rates of to be levied and collected upon the assessed valuation of the State tax. property of the State, which, after allowing fifteen per cent. for delinquencies in and costs of collection of taxes, must be sufficient to raise the specific amount of revenue directed to be raised by the Legislature for State purposes. The Board must immediately thereafter transmit to the Board of Supervisors of each county a statement of such rate, and upon its receipt, the County Clerk must in writing notify the State Board of Equalization thereof. SEC. 7. Section three thousand seven hundred and two of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: of Board. 3702. All necessary expenses in carrying into effect the Expenses provisions of this title must be allowed the Board, not to exceed annually one thousand dollars; the amount thereof to be audited and allowed by the Board of Examiners, and paid out of the State treasury. SEC. 8. Section three thousand seven hundred and thirty of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: 3730. The Auditor must disregard any action of the Duties of Board of Supervisors which is prohibited by section three Auditor. thousand six hundred and thirty-three of this Code. Duties of Auditor. Same. Unfinished former State Board. SEC. 9. Section three thousand seven hundred and thirtyone of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: 3731. The Auditor must compute and enter in a separate money column in the assessment book the respective sums, in dollars and cents, rejecting the fractions of a cent, to be paid as a tax on the property therein enumerated, and foot up the column, showing the total amount of such taxes... SEC. 10. Section three thousand and seven hundred and thirty-two of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: 3732. On or before the fourth Monday of October he must deliver a copy of the assessment book, to be styled "duplicate assessment book," to the Tax Collector, with an affidavit attached thereto, and by him subscribed, as follows: "I. Auditor of the County of , do swear that I received the assessment book of the taxable property of the county from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, with his affidavit thereto affixed; that I have reckoned the respective sums due as taxes, and have added up the columns of valuations, taxes, and acreage, as required by law, and that the copy to which this affidavit is affixed is a full, true, and correct copy thereof, made in the manner prescribed by law." SEC. 11. The Board is empowered and directed to combusiness of plete the unfinished business, if any there is, of the former State Board of Equalization; which said Board is directed to deliver to the Board created by this Act, all the maps, papers, and records of the office. Copies of revenue laws Sections repealed. SEC. 12. The State Board of Equalization, if it deem it necessary, may have printed five hundred copies of the whole or any part of Title IX. of the Political Code, and transmit five copies thereof to the County Clerk of each county, for distribution to the revenue officers thereof. SEC. 13. Sections three thousand six hundred and ninetythree, three thousand six hundred and ninety-five, three thousand seven hundred, three thousand seven hundred and one, three thousand seven hundred and three of the Political Code are hereby repealed. SEC. 14. This Act takes effect immediately after its passage. Sections repealed. CHAP. VIII.-An Act to repeal sections three hundred and sixtythree and seven hundred and two of the Political Code. [Approved January 13, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Sections three hundred and sixty-three and seven hundred and two of the Political Code are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. XLIX.-An Act to abolish the State Board of Tide Land Commissioners, and to repeal sections three hundred and sixtyfive and six hundred and ninety-eight of the Political Code. [Approved February 4, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The State Board of Tide Land Commissioners State Board is hereby abolished. abolished. SEC. 2. All books, maps, papers, and documents belong- Books, ing to the archives of said Board, and all other property of papers, etc. the State under its custody or control, must be deposited with and kept and preserved by the Surveyor-General of the State. SEC. 3. Sections three hundred and sixty-five and six Sections hundred and ninety-eight of the Political Code are hereby repealed. repealed. SEC. 4. An Act entitled "An Act supplementary to and Acts amendatory of an Act supplementary to and amendatory of repealed. an Act entitled an Act to survey and dispose of certain salt marsh and tide lands belonging to the State of California, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, also an Act approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. DXXV.—An Act to add a new section to the Political Code, to be numbered section four hundred and seventy-four, relative to the duties of the Attorney-General. [Approved April 1, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The following new section is hereby added to the Political Code, to be numbered section four hundred and seventy-four: General to action for that should 474. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to in- Attorneystitute investigation for the discovery of all real and personal ascertain property which may have or should escheat to the State, and and bring for that purpose shall have full power and authority to cite recovery of any and all persons before any of the Probate Courts of this property State to answer investigations and render accounts concern- escheat to ing said property, real or personal, and to examine all books and papers of any and all corporations. When any real or personal property shall be discovered which should escheat to the State, the Attorney-General must institute suit in the District Court where said property shall be situated, for the the State. recovery, to escheat the same to the State. The proceedings in all such actions shall be those provided for in Title VIII. May employ Part III., Code of Civil Procedure. The Attorney-General counsel. Counsel, how paid. may, for the purposes and objects of this section, employ counsel to act in his place and stead for the discovery and recovery of both personal and real property, and in such proceedings, both in investigation for discovery or proceedings for recovery, such counsel so employed shall have the power and authority of the Attorney-General. The compensation for services of such counsel shall be determined by the Board of Examiners and paid out of the sums so found to be escheated and recovered to the State, and not otherwise; provided, that the State of California shall in no case be responsible for any charges for attorney fees for suits prosecuted under this Act, but the Attorney-General is hereby authorized to pay to the person or persons discovering the same the costs and charges of prosecuting any suit or suits under this Act, a sum not in any case exceeding ten per cent. of the sums actually received as provided in this Act. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Duties of CHAP. DLXXVIII.-An Act to amend the Political and Penal [Approved April 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five hundred and twenty-six of the 526. It is the duty of the Superintendent of State Print tendent of ing: State One-To print the laws, the journals of the Legislature, reports of State officers, public documents ordered to be printed by the Legislature, blanks for the Supreme Court, the offices of Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, and Register of the Land Office, the bills, resolutions, and other job printing which may be ordered by either of the two Houses of the Legislature, and other public printing for the State, unless otherwise expressly ordered by law. Two-To publish, prefixed to each volume of the laws, the names and place of residence of the Governor, and other executive officers of the State, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators and Representatives in the Legislature, the presiding officers of the Senate and Assembly, and of Commissioners of the State of California residing out of the State and in office at the time of such publication. Three-To perform the duties required by the provisions of Article Twelve, Chapter Two, Title One, Part Three, of this Code, and such other duties as are imposed upon him Duties of by law. Superintendent of Printing. Four-He shall keep in his office, open to public inspec- State tion, a time-book, containing the name of every employé connected with the State Printing Office, the time employed, the rate of wages, and amount paid; and he shall certify, under oath, to the correctness of all claims for services rendered, and materials furnished, which certificate shall be attached to and presented with each claim that shall be presented to the Board of Examiners for allowance, and no such claim shall be certified or allowed unless it be fully itemized. Five-He shall file in the office of the Secretary of State all proposals, bids, contracts, bonds, and other papers appertaining to the awarding of contracts now in his possession, or which may hereafter come into his possession, retaining in his office copies of the same; and the Secretary of State shall promptly furnish the Board of Examiners, for their use, certified copies of all such papers. Six-All printing required by any of the State departments, Boards, or any State officer for the State, the order for the same shall be made out upon a printed blank, with voucher attached, to be furnished by the Superintendent of State Printing, and forwarded to the office of said Superintendent, who shall enter upon a book kept in his office for that purpose, a transcript of said orders; and shall return with the work, when completed, to the person ordering the same, the original order, with duplicate voucher attached; said voucher to be signed by the person receiving the work and returned to the Superintendent of State Printing, and both original and duplicate orders shall be kept on file in his office, and shall be sufficient voucher for said work. The Superintendent of State Printing shall enter upon a book to be kept for said purpose, the name, quantity, and weight of paper used for each order printed. He shall also certify, under oath, that all materials, stock, and paper furnished the office under contracts are of the quality, kind, and weight required by such contracts; and no claim arising under any I contract shall be allowed or paid unless accompanied by such certificate. He shall also retain and file in his office one copy or sample of each blank, circular, pamphlet, book, legislative bill, file, or report, or any other work emanating from the State Printing Office excepting blank books, of which he shall file only sample sheets. Said copies or samples shall bear a uniform number and date with the voucher. SEC. 2. Section five hundred and twenty-eight of said Code is amended to read as follows: of laws, 528. There must be printed of the laws of each session of Printing and the Legislature, twenty-two hundred and fifty copies in disposition English, to be deposited with the Secretary of State, who, journals, and 'after retaining a sufficient number of said volumes for dis appendices, tribution, in accordance with the provisions of section four hundred and nine of the Political Code, shall deposit one hundred and fifty copies with the State Librarian; the re |