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The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled ''an Act to regulate
Fees of Office" approved April 10, 1855.
The People Of the State of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly do enact as
.foilO,os:
SEC. l. Section thirteenth of an act entitled
IAN Act to regulate Fees of Office" approved
April 10th, 1865. is hereby amended so as to read
as follows: For attending in any civil suit or pro-
cecding before any Court of Record, Referee, Com
mission or Justice of the Peace, for each day
three dollars, for travelling to the place of trial
for each mile twenty-five cents. No person shall
be Obliged TO testify in civil action, unless his
fees for attendance have been rendered him, or
he shall have not demanded the same, and no
person shall be obliged to attend in civil action
or proceeding as witness without the county in
which he resides, unless the distance be less than
thirty miles from his place of residence to the
place of trial.
SEC. 2. The fees of witnesses in the county of
San Francisco shall remain the same as allowed
by law previous to the passage of this act.
SEC. B. Section thirty-two of said act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Section thirty
two For attending in any civil suit or proceed
ing before any Court of Record, Referee, Commits
sion or Justice of the Peace for each day two
dollars. For travelling to the place of trial, for
each mile, twenty-five cents. No person shall be
obliged to attend as witness in civil action,
unless his fees for attendance have been rendered
HIM, or he shall not have demanded the same, and
no person shall be obliged in civil action or
proceeding to attend as a witness without the
county in which he resides unless the distance be
less than thirty miles from his place of residence
to the place of trial.
Approved April 7th 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT


Concerning the Board of Supervisors of Placer
Cuunty.
The People Of the state Of Cal.fornia repre-
sented in Senate and .4Ssemdly, do enact as
folioaos:
SEC. l. The Board of Supervisors of Placer
County SHALL after the expiration of the terms of
who shall hold their office for three years, except
as herein provided.
SEC. 2. The present Board of Supervisors of
Placer County shall, at their regular session in
May 1857, divide the county into three Supervi
sor Districts, and number said districts consecu-
lively from to three. and give notice in their
annual election proclamation of the boundaries
and number of said districts.
Sec. s. At the next general election there shall
be elected in each of the districts provided for in
the preceding section, by the qualified electors
thereof. one Supervsor-the Supervisor in the
first district to 90 out Of Office at the expiration of
one year. the Supervisor of the second district to
go out of Office, at the expiration Of two years
and the supervisor of the third district to 90 out
of office at the expiration of three years. that
after the next general election there shall be an
nually elected one Supervisor.
SEC. 4. Whenever it becomes necessary to elect
Supervisor to fill any vacancy occasioned by
death. resignation or any other cause. the person
elected shall hold his office for the uncXpred
period for which his predecessor was elected.
SEC. 5. So much Of the "Act entitled an act to
create a Board Of Supervisors in the Counties of
this State and to define their duties and power"
approved March 30th, 1885, as conflicts with the
provisions of this act, in its application to the
County Of Placer, is hereby repealed.
Approved February 4th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02

Every subsequent license after the first. shall be
dated from the expiration Of the former license
issued by the Sheriff his deputy, to any foreign
miner who shall have been engaged in mining
from the expiration of such former license
SEC 3. The fourth section of said Act is here
by repealed
SEC 4. The fifth section of said act is hereby
amended to read as follows: The Comp
troler of State shall fill the blanks for the couIl-
ties which have been left in The printed form. and
shall issue to the Recorder of each mining coun-
ty. such number of licenses may be required for
the use OF said county, taking receipt therefor
which receipt shall be recorded in a book provided
for that purpose, and shall charge the same against
said Recorder, and said Recorder shall execute
bond to the State. conditioned for the faithful
performance of all the duties required of him by
this act in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be
approved by the Governor and Comptroller. and
filed in the Office of the Comptroller
SEC. B. The twelfth section of said act is here
by amended so as to read as follows: The Comp
roler of State shall. as soon as practicable com
pare the returns of the Sheriff with the report of
the County recorder. and if there be any discre-
pancy in the statements, it shall be the duty of
the Comptroller to Immediately inform the Pro-
scouting Attorney of the county in which such
delinquent resides, who shall commence suit
against such delinquent and his sureties forthwith
SEC. The fifteenth section of said act is here
py amended so as to read as follows: 1t shall be
the duty of the different Sheritfs to return all un-
sold licenses to the County Recorder prior to the
18th day of December of each year, and receive
new licenses, and the County Recorder shall i'm
mediately transmit to the Comptroller of State
said licenses. Such licenses returned, shall
he placed to the credit of the different County
Recorders on the books of the Comptroller and
the licenses destroyed.
SEC 7. Immediately upon the passage of this
act, the Treasurer of State shall transfer to the
Comptroller of State all books and papers in his
wifi 90
Miners Licenses and when entries have been
made on books containing other entries of the
business of the Treasury Department, he shall de-
liver to the Comptroller certified copies of all such
entry respecting the issuance of Foreign Miners
Licenses, and it shall be the duty of the Comp
troller of State to make the necessary settlements
with the different officers for licenses heretofore
issued.
SEC. s. 1t is hereby made the duty of the Trea-
surer of each county to which licenses have been
issued, to report to the Comptroller of State on
the first Monday Of August next and on the first
Monday of every third month thereafter, the
amount of money received by him on account of
Foreign Miners License.
Approved April 9TH, 1851
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT,

In addition to and explanatory Of an "Act for
securing liens to mechanics and Others" ap-
proved April l9th 1856.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
tollocs:
Sec. /. Every bill fled and recorded under and
in accordance with the.provisions of the Act en-
titled can Act for securing liens to mechanics
and Others" approved April 10Th, 1856, shall
have preference as in the said Act specified and
provided, and every lien provided by mortgage
or other conveyance or incumbrance whatsoever
which shall not have been duly recorded in the
Office of the County Recorder Of the county where
in the premises are situated, prior to the time
when the work was commenced or the mate
rial furnished, as in the said act specified and
mentioned: Provided, that in order to obtain a
preference mortgage or other conveyance,
notice of intention to hold such lien shall be re-
corded at the time such work was begun, or such
material was furnished.
Approved March 4th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT.

Supplementary to an Act entitled can Act con-
cerning the Board of Supervisors of Placer
County"-approved February 4th, 1S57-and
to extend its provisions to other counties here
in named
The Ieople Of the State Of California, repre-
scented IN Senate and .4ssenidly, do enact as
tohOWs:
SECTION l. The provisions of "An Act con-
cerning the Board of Supervisors of Placer coun-
ty"-approved February 4th, 1857, are here
by extended to the counties of Shasta, Trinity,
Siskiyou, Tehama. Colusi. Stanslaus, Contra Cos
ia. San Joaquin, Butte, klamath, and Humboldt.
SEC. 2. The Supervisors, filling the term near
est expiration, shall be Chairman of the Board;
Pr0rided That in no instance shall this provis-
ion apply to a member of the Board elected to
fill vacancy, unless each member composing
the Board shall have been elected to serve out an
uneXpired term.
Approved March 3lst, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT.

Supplementary to ian act for securing Liens to
Mechanics and others" passed .aprl 9th, 1856
the People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and .Assembly, do enact as
.fofioWs:
SEC |. I'm .4ct entitled ".an act for securing
Liens to Mechanics and others, passed .dprl 10TH
1856 shall be and is hereby extended, so as to
include in its provisions, bridges, bitches, fumes
or aqucducts to create hydraulic power, or for
chancs contractors lumber mehchants journey
men or laborers, and all other persons perform
ing labor or furnishing materials for, or employ
ed in the construction or repair of any bridge,
ditch, fiume or aqueduct aforesaid shall have the
same lien, subject to the same provisions and re-
gulations, as in and by said act are provided for
liens upon buildings, wharves and other super
structures.
approved March 18th, 1857,
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT

Concerning county officers in the County Of Placer
The People Of the State of California repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
foIotcS:
Sec. |. All County officers who shall hereafter
be elected in and for the county Of Placer except
those who shall be elected at the General Elec-
ton in the year one thousand eight hundred and
ffty-eight, shall enter upon the discharge Of the
duties of their respective offices, on the first Mon
day of December next succeeding their election.
SEC. 2. There shall be elected in and for the
county Of Placer, at the next General Election in
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight one Clerk, one Sheriff, one County Treasl-
rer, one County Assessor one Public Admnstra-
tor, one District Attorney. one County Surveyor
and one Coroner and shall enter upon the duties
of their respective Offices at the expiration of the
terms OF their predecessors. and shall continue to
hold their offices until the first Monday in Decem-
Der one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
SEC. 3. The successors of the officers whose
terms of office is prescribed in the second section
of this act, shall be elected at the General Elec-
tion in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, and at the general election every two years
thereafter
Approved January 29th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
Post-OHces in Placer County
NATURALIZATION.

To obtain certificate of naturalization. ann,i.
cation must be made to the District Courts of ri;
State.
Any free white male person arriving in tho
United States shall make his declaration of inten0
ton to become such citizen before the Clerk of
said Court, two years before he shall be entitlea
to the certificates Provided, that if he has arrived
in the United States before he was eighteen veors
of age, such declaration may be made at the Tina
of applying for certificate of citizenship.
1t is necessary in obtaining certificate Of nap.
raization. to produce two citizens of the IIn;tod
States, each of whom have been personally oc'
quainted with the applicant and who can testify
that he has resided in the United States for tho
full term of five years and in the State within ths
year last past. That during all this time he has
behaved as man of good moral character at.
tached to the principles of the Constitution of tho
United States and well disposed to the good order
and happiness of the same.
In case it has been necessary for the applicant
to make his declaration of intention he must nro.
duce evidence of that.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT


To amend an act entitled ian Act to amend an
act entitled an act to regulate proceedings in
Criminal Cases passed May lst, lS51-approv-
ed May 22d 1856.
The pe0pie Of the State Of CaHfornia repre-
sented IN Senate and .AsSembiy do ,nact as
f0iI0US:
SEC. |. Section first of an act entitled "an Act
to amend an act entitled act to regulate pro-
ceedings in Criminal cases" passed March lst.
1S5 approved March 22d, 1856, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows Section |. Section
six hundred and ninety-two is hereby amended
so as to read as follows: Section 692. The District
Attorney shall receive on each conviction for
felony, where the punishment is death, fifty dol
lars; for each conviction for other felony, twenty
five dollars; on each conviction for misdemeanor
the sum Of fifteen dollars; which said sums shall
be assessed against the one convicted; and If the
sum cannot be collected from the defendant, then
1T shall be considered county charge, and be
audited by the Board of Supervisors; propided
that in the counties of San joaquin. Humboldt
Placer, and Solano, the fees allowed by this act
to District Attorneys, shall in no event. from
and after the passage of lns act, become county
charge The District Attorney shall receive ten
per cent upon all collections upon forfeited re-
cognizanccs.
SEC. 2. Nothing in this act shall be held or
construed to apply to the city and county of San
Francisco.
Approved April 7th, 1851.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT

Amendatory OF, and supplemental to, an act en-
titled an act to provide for the protection of
Foreigners, and TO define their liabilities and
privileges, approved March 30h, 1853.
THE People Of the State of California, rep
resented IN Senate and AssemJly do enact
as .tolloms:
Sec l. The act entitled ''an Act to provide for
the protection of foreigners, and to define their
liabilities and privileges" approved March 30th
1858, is hereby amended as follows
Sec. 2. The second section of the said Act is
hereby amended so as to read as follows: Itshal
be the duty of the Controller of State to procure
a sufficient number of blank licenses which shall
be substantially in the following form, and num-
bered consecutively, and a record thereof be filed
in his Office:
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT
AN ACT
Concerning persons under Sentence of Imprison-


Concerning persons under Sentence of Imprson-
ment.
The People of the State Of CaHf0rnia, repre-
sented m Senate and assembly, do enact as
foiiOUS:
SEC. |. The Board of Supervisors in each coun-
ty shall have power, and they hereby authoriz-
ed, to cause persons in the county jail, under SEN
tence of Imprisonment, to labor upon any public
or private work in the county, the county receiv-
ing the benefit, or the hire, or labor; pr0pided,
that the Board Of Supervisors shall not have the
power to hire the prisoners to private pcryons in
the county of Ell Dorado.
SEC 2 When person shall be imprisoned for
non-payment of a fine, or until fine be paid, the
imprisonment may extend to, but shall not cx-
ceed one day for every two dollars of the fine and
the costs that may be due from the person i'm
prisoned in the prosecution in which the fine was
adjudicated
SEC. 3. This Act shall not apply to the coun-
ties of Sacramento San Francisco, Yula, Neva-
da and San Joaquin.
Approved March 3lst 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT
AN ACT
Concering certain fees paid by the County of
Placer.


Placer.
The People Of the State Of Caiifornid. repre-
sented IN Senate and .4Ssem6iy do enact as
.toi/o,cs:
SEC. L. The County Clerk of Placer County
shall receive for all services required of him by
law, as Clerk, Auditor, Recorder. Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors, and for all other business
required Of him by virtue of his office or eX-olco
Offices, for which the county is chargeabe. the
sum of three thousand dollars per annum, to be
paid quarterly out of the County Treasury, and
in no case whatever shall he be allowed any other
fee or compensation for any service rendered for
or in behalf of the county by virtue of his Office
and the requirements of the law, except the sum
of seven hundred and fifty dollars per quarter:
and the Board of Supervisors, or any other au-
thority, are hereby inhibited from auditing sny
account or allowing any fee compensation to
the Clerk for any official service payable ont OF
the County Treasury, further than the sum above
specified.
SEC 2. So much of the act entitled ''an Act to
regulate fees of Office" passed April 10th, 1865;
and ian Act to create Board of Superv isors in
the counties of this State, and to define their du-
ties and powers passed March goth, 1853. as
conflicts with the provisions of this act, in their
application TO the county of Placer are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after
the second day of June, 1857.
Approved April 4th, 1857
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT

To amend San Act concerning Marks and Brands y
passed May lst, 1851.
The People of the State Of California. repre-
sented in Senate and .4sSembiy do enact as
foHocs:
SEC. L. Section three of said Act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3. No
mark, brand or counter brand shall be considered
as lawful, if not recorded, as specified in this Act
SEC. q Section nine Of said Act is hereby
repealed.
Approved March 30th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02

"I'm woman, with woman's weakness,
and having good constitution, can bear a
great deal of happiness. If was asked my
idea of perfect bliss, should say fast
horse, duck of a cutter, plenty of buffalo
robes, neat fitting overcoat, with a hand
some man in it, and one of Madame Walsh's
little French bonnets! If that wouldn't be
happiness for one lifetime, I'm open to con
viction as to what would"
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
PLACER COUNTY OFFICERS

Hon. J. E. Hale, County Judge.
VIM. 7. Henson. Sheriff.
a. S. Grant. County Clerk.
j. r. Crandall. Treasurer.
NJ. Z. Mills, District Attorney.
A. S. Smith. Assessor.
Thos. A. Young, Surveyor.
j. II. Gwynn, Public Administrator.
j. l.. Finley, Coroner.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

d. W. Sherman, lst District, Pine Grove.
W. r. K. Devane, I'd District, Gold Hill.
John McNally, Sd District, Illinoistown
John X. Cate, 4th District, Iowa Hill.
William Duck. 5th District, Yankee Jims.
The Board meet on the first Monday in Februa-
ry, May. August and November.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
COURT OF SESSIONS,

Hon. JAMES E. HALE, Presiding Judge, F. |
Frey and Rufus Smith. Associates
Meets on the second Monday of February, May
August and November.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
AN ACT

To fix the salary of the County Judge of Placer
county.
The People of the State Of California, repre-
sented m Senate and .Assembly, do enact as
fohOps:
SEC. l. The salary of the County Judge of
Placer county, from and after the expiration of
the term of the present incumbent, shall be two
thousand dollars per annrm.
Sec 2. All laws and parts of laws conflicting
with the provisions of this act hereby repealed
Approved February 18th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
IN 4CT

IN .dCT,
Concerning tenants in common, joint tenants and
coparceners.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and ASSEMBLY, do enact as
foUOWS:
SEC. |. I'll persons holding as tenants in COM
mon, joint tenants, or coparceners, or any num-
Der less than all, may jointly or severally bring
or defend, any civil action for the enforcement or
protection of the rights of such party.
approved March 9th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
DISTRICT COURT.

Hon. JOHN NJ. HOWELL, Judge.
Meets on the second Monday in January, and
on the third Mondays in April, July and October
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02

An Emeraldcr being charged with stealing
wagon, swore he had it ever since it was a
wheelbarrow.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
COURT.

Hon. JAMES E. HALE, Judge.
Meets on the first Mondays in January, March
May, July, September and November.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02

An editor out west, who served four days
on a jury, says that he is so full of law, that
it is hard for him to keep from cheating
somebody.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02

MAIL FAcIImEs.-A Nebraska paper
gives the following account of the Mails
out West: 1--WE received a letter two days
ago from Chicago informing us that its
author would be in Nebraska last Septem-
ber And since it was written he has been
here, remained month, made thousand
dollars in cash, had two fights, and gone back
and got married"
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
MAILS.

MAIIS.
Arrivals and departures of the Mails to and
from Auburn
Arrives from Sacramento at o'clock. p. NJ
From Iowa Hill. IlinoistOwn. and Yankee Jims
at 9 o'clock. A. NJ.
Closes for Sacramento at 9, p NJ. For the
North at noon.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
Aquafortis as a Beverage.

In the pretty village Of Haddonfield, New
Jersey, some years ago, there resided an old
fellow who was familiary known in the town
and country around as "Old joe" He
had no particular occupation except doing
Chores or errands near any particular loca
ton. He ate where he could get a bite, and
slept where ever he could find lodging
place. Joe was regular old TOPPER and ersev
lightning had no more effect on his inside
than just so much water. He generally
made his headquarters at the lower tavern:
there were two in town. lie would sleep
and doze away the afternoon on an old bench
in one corner of the bar-room but was always
awake when there was any drinking Going
on. When he was not asked to drink he
would slip to the bar and drain the glasses of
the few drops left in them. One after
noon, DIR. Bolus, the village physician, was
in the tavern mixing up preparation. He
placed tumbler half full of aquafortis on
the bar, and turned around to mix some
other ingredients. A few moments after he
had occasion to use the poisonous drug, when
he found to his dsmay that the tumbler had
been drained to the last drop.
"Mr. Wiggins,' exclaimed the doctor, in
alright, to the landlord" what has become
of the aquotortis | put on the bar few mo-
ments ago."
81 don't KNOW" replied the landlord, Gun
less Old Joe slipped in and drank it."
In this suspicion they were soon confirmed,
for the hostler said that he had seen Old Joe
swallow the fatal draught The doctor,
knowing that he must die after such a dose,
instituted search at once. After some
hours spent looking through the barns, out
houses, woods, &c, for three or four miles
round the village, Joe was abandoned to his
fate. 1t was a cold night; and as the village
topers assembled around the blazing hickory
fire in the bar room, nothing was thought or
or talked Of but the unfortunate end of poor
Old Joe. Some four days elapsed, and
nothing having been heard of poor Old Joe
they all came to the conclusion that he was
goner. The doctor about this time, had
had occasion to visit patient some eight
miles distant. What was his surprise to see
Old Joe in front of farmers house splitting
wood?
"Why, joe" said the doctor, riding up tc
the fence" thought you were dead and bu-
ried before this9"
"Why, what made you think that, doctor?'
said Joe, leaning on his axe handle
Didn't you drink that dose left on old
Wiggins bar few days since!"
"Yes," replied Joe, half ashamed to own it.
"Do you know what il was!' asked the
doctor.
no." returned joe
"Why it was aquatortis-enough to kill a
dozen men,"
"Well, doctor, do you know that Mought
that there was something queer about that
darned stuff for after drank it, epery time /
J'owed nsy nose, 1t burnt a hole Mrough my
pocket handkerchief"
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
FORM OF LICENSES.

No. No County date
County (date)
1S5- This ccrtiies that
Has paid four dol has this
dars mining license. day paid the Sher-
which entities him if of county
to work in the mines four dollars. which
: one month. entities him to
work in the mines :
of this State for
one month from
date. :
Compiler of State
BY
Sheriff.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-02
PROBATE COUR'
State Government.

Hon. JAMES E. HALE, Judge.
Meets on the fourth Monday in each month.