STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA PASSED AT THE TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. CHAPTER I. An Act to authorize the Board of State Harbor Commissioners to pay the claim of John S. Wilkins. [Approved February 3, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Wilkins. SECTION 1. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners is Claim of hereby authorized to adjust and pay the claim of John S. John S. Wilkins, for the damage sustained by him in consequence of his horse having been injured by a defect in the planking of the outer half of Bryant Street, adjacent to the waterfront, in San Francisco; provided, that the amount paid shall not exceed five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER II. An Act to amend section six hundred and thirteen of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Civil Code," approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, relating to cemetery corporations. [Approved February 10, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section six hundred and thirteen of the Civil Code of the State of California is hereby amended so as to read as follows: lot inalien 613. Whenever an interment is made in any lot or plat When burial transferred to individual owners by the corporation, the same able thereby becomes forever inalienable, and descends in regular Who may in lot. line of succession to the heirs at law of the owner. When there are several owners of interests in such lot or plat, one or more may acquire by purchase the interest of others interested in the fee simple title thereof, but no one not an owner acquires interest or right of burial therein by purchase; nor not be buried must any one be buried in any such lot or plat not at the time owning an interest therein, or who is not a relative of such owner, or of his wife, except by consent of all jointly interested; provided, however, that when all the bodies buried in any such lot shall have been removed therefrom, with the consent of the owners of such lot, it shall be lawful for the then owners of such lot to sell and transfer the same by deed; and any such sale and transfer heretofore made is hereby declared to be valid and effectual to transfer the title to the purchaser, any law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Appropria tion for New Orleans Exposition. Commission Vouchers. CHAPTER III. An Act to enable the State of California to make a proper exhibition of her material resources at the World's Exposition at New Orleans. [Approved February 10, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay A. Andrews, the Commissioner for the State of California to the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans, Louisiana, to be expended by him in procuring the productions of this State, both of art and manufactures, and of soil, and of mines, and making a proper exhibition of the same at the said Exposition; and the Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant for the said amount, and the Treasurer is hereby directed and authorized to pay the same. SEC. 2. The said Commissioner shall make a report to the er to report. Governor of this State of his proceedings, and of such matters as may be of interest to the people of California, and he shall present to the Controller of this State his vouchers, properly authenticated, for all moneys disbursed by him under this Act; and he shall return to the State Treasurer any balance of this appropriation remaining, after all necessary expenses shall be paid. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER IV. An Act to amend section three thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight of the Political Code of the State of California, relating to revenue. [Approved February 13, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section three thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight of the Political Code of the State of California is hereby amended to read as follows: conveys ab be recorded. 3788. The deed conveys to the grantee the absolute title Tax deed to the lands described therein as of the date of the expira-solute title. tion of the period for redemption, free of all incumbrances, except the lien for taxes which may have attached subsequent to the sale, and except when the land is owned by the Ünited States, or this State, in which case it is prima facie evidence of the right of possession, accrued as of the date. of the expiration of such period for redemption. Deeds to Deeds of the State of State lands sold for delinquent taxes shall be State lands to recorded by the Recorders of the several counties, as prescribed in section three thousand eight hundred and sixteen of this Code, and a copy of said deeds, duly certified by the County Recorder, and acknowledged before the County Clerk, shall, without delay, be filed in the office of the Surveyor-General, and thereupon the land shall again become subject to entry and sale, in the same manner and subject to Subject to the same conditions as apply to other State lands of like reentry. character, except that the former possessors of lands thus deeded to the State, their heirs or assigns, shall be preferred purchasers thereof for three months after the deeds are filed with the Surveyor-General, as prescribed in this section; but the Surveyor-General shall not permit an entry, nor make a sale of any lands thus deeded to the State, except upon the previous payment into the State Treasury, in addition to the price of said lands as compared with the price fixed for other State lands of a like character, by the person or persons proposing to make the entry or purchase, of a sum equal to the delinquent taxes, costs, and penalties, by virtue whereof the State became a purchaser of the lands thus sought to be entered or purchased. The money thus paid into the State Treasury shall be distributed in the manner prescribed in section three thousand eight hundred and sixteen of this Code. In all cases where land has been heretofore sold for When deeds delinquent taxes, the deed therefor must be made within one to be made. year and three months after this Act takes effect, and unless so made, the purchaser shall be deemed to have relinquished all his rights under such sale. Appropria tion contingent expenses Assembly. CHAPTER V. An Act to provide for a contingent fund for the Assembly for the twenty-sixth session of the Legislature. [Approved February 13, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, to provide a contingent fund for the Assembly, for the twentysixth session of the Legislature. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Contingent expenses Senate. CHAPTER VI. An Act appropriating money to meet the contingent expenses of the Senate for its twenty-sixth session. [Approved February 14, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund in the State Treasury to meet the contingent expenses of the Senate. SEC. 2. The Controller shall draw his warrants, as ordered by the Senate, for the payment of the money hereby appropriated, and the Treasurer shall pay the same. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. Duty of CHAPTER VII. An Act to amend sections eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve of an [Approved February 18, 1885.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend all meetings of the Board, and to preserve records of its pro ceedings and correspondence; to collect books, pamphlets, and periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relating to horticulture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other information showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in this State and elsewhere; to correspond with agricultural and horticultural societies, colleges, and schools of agriculture and horticulture, and other persons and bodies, as he may be directed by the Board, and prepare, as required by the Board, reports for publication. He shall also act as assistant to and obey To assist the directions of the Inspector of Fruit Pests in the exercise Inspector. of the duties of his office, and shall be paid for his services as Salary. such Secretary and assistant a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, to be paid as other State officers. SEC. 2. Section nine of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 9. The Inspector of Fruit Pests shall receive as Inspector's compensation for his services the sum of two hundred dol- salary. lars per month, to be paid as other State officers, and his actual traveling expenses shall be allowed, not to exceed one thousand dollars per annum. The members of the Board Traveling and Secretary shall receive their actual traveling expenses the Board. in attending semi-annual meetings of the Board. SEC. 3. Section ten of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: expenses of biennially. Section 10. The Board shall, biennially, in the month of Report January, report to the Legislature a statement of its doings, with a copy of the Treasurer's accounts for the two years preceding the session thereof, and abstracts of the reports of the Inspector of Fruit Pests and Secretary. SEC. 4. Section eleven is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 11. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belong- Treasurer. ing to the Board, and pay out the same only for bills approved by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and shall, annually, render a detailed account to the Board. 1886. SEC. 5. Section 12. There is hereby appropriated, for the Appropriauses of the State Board of Horticulture, as set forth in this tin 1885 and Act, out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars for the year commencing April first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and ten thousand dollars for the year commencing April first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and the State Controller will draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer in favor of the Treasurer of said Board for the said sums, or any part thereof, when they become available, upon proper demand being made for the same by the said Board. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately. |