of the amount paid for license imposed by the next section; such value and cost of repair and maintenance to be fixed by the Board of Supervisors when levying the rates of tolls or wharfage, by hearing evidence and examining the assessment rolls of the county. When fixed, the rates must be furnished the owner, and a printed or written copy thereof conspicuously posted on the wharf, chute, or pier. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCCXL.-An Act to amend sections two thousand nine hundred and fifty, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, and two thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight of the Political Code of California, and to add a new section thereto, to be numbered section two thousand nine hundred and fifty-five. [Approved March 25, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine hundred and fifty of the 2950. The report must state: One-The name, place of birth, last residence, age, and Reports occupation of all such passengers who are not citizens, or must state. who shall have, within the last preceding twelve months, arrived from any country out of the United States, and who have not been examined, bonded, or paid commutation money, as provided in this chapter, or have been landed from any such vessel at any place during her last voyage, or who have gone on board of any vessel with the intention of coming into this State, or who may have died during the last voyage of such vessel; and, Two-Whether any of the passengers so reported are lunatic, idiotic, deaf, dumb, blind, crippled, infirm, or are lepers, or persons affected with any of the diseases known as leprosy or elephantiasis. Three-The names and residences of the owners of such vessel. SEC. 2. Section two thousand nine hundred and fifty-two of the Political Code is amended so as to read as follows: 2952. It shall not be lawful for lepers or persons affected concerning with leprosy or elephantiasis to live in ordinary intercourse lepers, etc. with the population of this State; but all such persons shall be compelled to inhabit such lazarettos or lepers' quarters as may be assigned to them by the Board of Supervisors of the city or county in which they shall be domiciled or settled, and the Board of Supervisors are vested with power and are required to make all necessary provisions for the separation, detention, and care of lepers or persons affected with leprosy or elephantiasis, settled or domiciled in their respective cities or counties. The Superintendent or manager of all Commissioner to examine sengers. lepers' quarters under this chapter shall forward quarterly statements, showing the name, age, sex, and birth-place of each leper in such quarter, to the Secretary of State, who shall keep a proper record of such matters for the information of the public. SEC. 3. Section twenty-nine hundred and fifty-five of the Political Code is hereby reenacted and amended so as to read as follows: 2955. The Commissioner of Immigration must satisfy himself whether or not any person who shall arrive in this foreign pas- State, by vessel from any foreign port or place, is a leper, or affected with the disease known as leprosy or elephantiasis, before such person shall mingle with the population of this State. For the purpose of ascertaining said fact the Commissioner is vested with the power and authority to detain all such persons on board any such vessel so arriving, and to assign the vessel to a berth or anchorage separate and apart from other vessels, and at a safe and suitable distance from the shore, if in his judgment it shall be necessary, until such fact can be fully ascertained by him. Such fact shall be ascertained by personal inspection and examination of each and every person on board such vessel; and the Commissioner of Immigration is authorized, empowered, and required to make such personal inspection and examination of all persons so arriving by any such vessel, the same to be made at such berth or anchorage as he shall, in his discretion, assign to such vessel for that purpose, and shall be made before the landing of any person thereupon. All of such persons who, upon inspection and examination, are found to be lepers, or affected with the disease known as leprosy or elephantiasis, shall be taken in charge by the Commissioner of Immigration, and placed in a suitable lazaretto, or lepers' quarter, to be provided or designated by the Board of Supervisors, whenever necessary for that purpose, as herein before prescribed, and there detained and properly cared for, separate and apart from the general population of this State, so long as they, the said lepers, shall elect to remain in the State of California, or until they shall have recovered from said disease, and no longer. All of such persons as shall be found to be free from said disease shall be allowed to depart and go at their will, without unnecessary detention or delay, and shall be entitled to receive a certificate of the fact of their freedom from said Fees of Com- disease from said Commissioner. For his services in making such examination and inspection the Commissioner of Immigration shall demand and collect from the master, owner, or consignee of such vessel the sum of seventy cents in U. S. gold or silver coin, for each and every person so examined or inspected, which sum, except four thousand dollars a year and expenses of office, shall, when required for such purpose, be paid by the Commissioner into the State treasury, to be used in the maintenance, when necessary, of such Penalty for lazarettos or lepers' quarters as shall be constructed under this law. Any master, owner, or consignee of any vessel arriving at any port of this State who shall fail or refuse to missioner. failure on part of master or owner. perform, or permit the performance of, any of the acts or things required by this chapter, or to take and occupy with his vessel the berth or anchorage assigned for the same by the Commissioner, pending the examination and inspection herein provided for, or who shall permit or allow any person arriving in such vessel to depart therefrom, and to communicate, mingle, or associate with the population of this State or any part thereof, until after such examination and inspection by the Commissioner is had, shall, for every such act or omission, forfeit to the Commissioner of Immigration the sum of one thousand dollars in U. S. gold coin, to be sued for and recovered by suit in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and to be applied in like manner with the fees. And any master, owner, or consignee of any such vessel so arriving, who shall refuse or neglect to pay or cause to be paid to said Commissioner the fee of seventy cents for the examination and inspection of each and every person so arriving in such vessel, shall forfeit to said Commissioner, for each case, the sum of five hundred dollars in U. S. gold coin, to be recovered and applied as above. And the Commissioner shall have a lien upon the vessel, and the same shall be sold to pay any judgment recovered under this Act. The Commissioner shall have the power to call in the aid of the Sheriff and all police authorities to assist in enforcing this law. And he may appoint one or more deputies under him, who shall be invested with all the powers of the Com- Deputies. missioner and may discharge his official duties when required by him. The Commissioner of Immigration must commisprepare and transmit to the Secretary of State quarterly report. statements, certified under his hand and seal, showing the name, age, sex, birth-place, and present residence of every leper, or person affected with leprosy or elephantiasis, examined or inspected by him, as well as any other information or fact touching the character and prevalence of said disease within his knowledge. SEC. 4. Section twenty-nine hundred and sixty-eight of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: sioner's 2968. The Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of official bond. San Francisco must execute an official bond in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. CCLXXIII.-An Act to amend section three thousand three hundred and eighty-four of the Political Code. [Approved March 20, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section three thousand three hundred and eighty-four of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Peddlers' license. 3384. Every traveling merchant, hawker, or peddler, who carries a pack and vends goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind other than the manufactures or productions of this State, must pay for a license five dollars per month; and every such traveling merchant, hawker, or peddler, who uses a wagon, or one or more animals, for the purpose of vending such goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind, must pay for a license fifteen dollars per month; and every traveling merchant, hawker, or peddler, who uses a trading boat or other water craft only, shall pay a merchant's license according to the provisions and classifications of section three thousand three hundred and eighty-two of this Code. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. License. CHAP. CXLI.-An Act to amend section three thousand three hundred and eighty-five of the Political Code. [Approved March 7, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section three thousand three hundred and eighty-five of the Political Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 3385. Every person who keeps a stallion, jack, or bull, and who permits the same to be used for the purpose of propagation for hire, must annually obtain a license therefor from the Tax Collector, and pay therefor as follows: 1. Horses that are hired for the purpose of propagation, by the season, at one hundred dollars or more, constitute the first class, and require a license of seventy-five dollars. 2. At seventy-five dollars and less than one hundred dollars, constitute the second class, and require a license of sixty dollars. 3. At fifty dollars and less than seventy-five dollars, constitute the third class, and require a license of forty dollars. 4. At thirty dollars and less than fifty dollars, constitute the fourth class, and require a license of twenty-five dollars. 5. At fifteen dollars and less than thirty dollars, constitute the fifth class, and require a license of fifteen dollars. 6. All at less than fifteen dollars, constitute the sixth class, and require a license of ten dollars. 7. For each jack, ten dollars. 8. For each bull, ten dollars. A license so obtained from the Tax Collector, under the provisions of this Act, shall entitle the holder thereof [to] the right to go into any county of this State for the purposes of propagation, without further license or expense. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. DL.-An Act to repeal section three thousand four hundred and eight of the Political Code. [Approved April 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. All of section three thousand four hundred Section repealed. and eight of the Political Code is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAP. DIV. An Act to amend section three thousand four hundred and sixty-five of the Political Code. [Approved April 3, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section three thousand four hundred and sixty-five of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 3465. The lists thus prepared and filed must remain in Payment of the office of the Treasurer for thirty days, or longer, if assessments. ordered by the Board of Trustees; and during the time they so remain any person may pay the amount of the charge assessed against any tract of land to the Treasurer, in gold coin of the United States, or in warrants of the district drawn by order of the Trustees thereof and approved by the Board of Supervisors of the county. Where payment is made in the warrants of the district, legal interest must be computed thereon from the date thereof to the time of such payment, when said warrants must be surrendered to the Treasurer and by him canceled. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAP. LXIX.-An Act to amend section thirty-five hundred and seventy-four of the Political Code, concerning the fees of the State Land Office. [Approved February 10, 1876.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section thirty-five hundred and seventy-four of the Political Code is amended to read as follows: 3574. Each application for lands must be accompanied Fees for by a fee of five dollars, and no application shall be received, applications. |